技术不断改进我们的沟通方式，使我们的生活更易于管理。你有你的笔记本电脑来完成项目。用于上网的平板电脑和用于保持连接的智能手机。
虽然它为管理你的生活提供了许多可能性，但它也有一些缺点。一个例子是电池寿命低。每个人都(Everyone)与一个死机或垂死的设备面对面，至少，它很烦人。然而，对于那些依赖这些小工具工作的人来说，处理起来非常痛苦（而且昂贵）。
如果有办法阻止它（或至少延长不可避免的时间(prolong the inevitable)）怎么办？有了正确的知识和应用，你就可以。
锂电池耗尽是如何发生的(How Lithium Battery Drain Happens)
当今电子产品中最常用的两种电池是锂离子电池（在笔记本电脑和移动设备中）和锂聚合物电池（在某些笔记本电脑中使用）。虽然它们是两种不同的技术，但它们的功能相似。
可充电锂离子电池由锂离子通过电解质来回移动，电解质充当传输介质。
在此过程中，锂离子从正电荷电极进入负电荷电极。此过程会导致残留物并在每次来回传输时缓慢降解电极。这就是随着时间的推移导致电池耗尽的原因。
这对您的笔记本电脑或智能手机电池意味着什么？好吧，大多数锂电池的充电周期在 300 到 500 次之间。有些笔记本电脑的电池可以持续 1,000 次充电周期。
一个充电周期是您让您的设备死机，然后将其充电至 100%。通常，您最多可以在电池开始耗尽之前执行此操作 500 次。一旦发生这种情况，您会注意到您的电池不会充满电，并且在两次充电之间会更快耗尽。
优化您的移动设备的设置(Optimize Your Mobile Device’s Settings)
某些智能手机具有优化功能，可以为您延长电池寿命。但是，如果您没有，您可以执行以下操作：
- 降低屏幕超时（最好低于 30 秒）。
- 使用您的WiFi而不是移动数据。
- 关闭GPS和蓝牙(Bluetooth)。
- 让您的平板电脑处于休息模式，而不是关闭它。
- 检查您的哪些应用程序最耗电（并关闭它们）。
- 删除或禁用您不再使用的任何应用程序。
- 工作时（或不需要）打开飞行模式。
- 不使用时关闭移动数据和WiFi。
- 将您的电子邮件设置更改为“较少同步”。
- 降低屏幕亮度。
- 禁用推送通知和位置跟踪。
- 禁用您不使用的应用程序的自动同步。
- 在浏览网页时屏蔽广告。
请务必检查设备的优化设置，了解如何尽可能降低功耗。
给您的移动设备温柔的关怀(Give Your Mobile Device Tender Loving Care)
现在，您可以做几件事来延长电池寿命。只需要知道如何保养您的电池。
以下是您可以执行的操作：
- 将您的设备保持在中等温度（42 到 85华氏度(Fahrenheit)之间）。
- 不要让您的设备达到 0%，如果是，请不要将其长时间放置在那里。
- 保持适当的充电水平——介于 40% 和 80% 之间（永远不要让它低于 20%）。
- 每周至少关闭一次设备。
- 将正确的充电器连接到您的设备（避免使用非品牌充电器(avoid off-brand chargers)）。
- 让您的笔记本电脑定期放电（总是插上电源会更快地耗尽电池）
如果您拥有 Mac 笔记本电脑，则可以使用此资源(use this resource)来了解电池的充电周期数。
卸下电池是个好主意吗？(Is It a Good Idea To Remove Your Battery?)
假设您要将设备留在热车中 - 您应该取出电池吗？或者你的笔记本电脑怎么样 - 可以在没有电池的情况下 24/7 全天候插入它吗？
很好的问题，当你试图延长电池寿命时似乎相当合乎逻辑。这可能取决于您拥有的设备。
例如，一些笔记本电脑、智能手机和平板电脑采用密封电池。所以这使得它无法删除。宏碁(Acer)等品牌表示，您无需(don’t need to remove your battery)在使用交流电源时取出电池 - 但是，如果您几天不打算使用该设备，则应该将其取出。
(Apple)另一方面，苹果公司告诉其客户，他们永远不应该把电池拿出来(never take their batteries out)。戴尔(Dell)说你可以让你的笔记本电脑一直插着(plugged in at all times)电池。华硕(Asus)声称你应该让你的电池每月 allow your battery to drain to at least 50%
因此，这取决于您使用的设备。
请务必考虑相关设备的电源管理。当您使用没有电池的交流电源时，某些笔记本电脑会降低功耗。这可能会导致表现不佳。
如果您决定取出电池，请务必妥善存放。将其充电到 40% 到 80% 之间，然后将其存放在室温附近。
您应该相信无线和快速充电方法吗？(Should You Trust Wireless & Quick Charging Methods?)
未来就在我们身上——我们似乎可以凭空产生能量。或者至少当您使用无线充电技术时看起来是这样。
虽然这种方法看起来很酷，但绝非如此。事实上，它会使您的电池过热（我们知道这会耗尽您的电池寿命）。另外，充电速度要慢得多。
如果您拥有 iPhone 8、iPhone 8+ 或 iPhone X，则可以选择使用快速充电。这使您可以在半小时内将设备从 0% 充电到 50%。不过，您需要一个功能强大的 USB-C 充电器才能完成此任务。
这样做的问题是它会释放额外的能量来更快地为手机充电。不幸的是，这会更快地降低您的电池性能。
所以在这种情况下，为了延长电池寿命，最好还是坚持老式较慢的有线充电方式。
挽救生命——电池的生命(Save a Life – Your Battery’s Life)
让我们面对现实吧，您的智能设备就是您的生命。那么，为什么不通过延长小工具的使用寿命来表达您的爱意和欣赏呢？
这将为您节省购买新电池的钱（如果它是密封的，请有人为您放入）。此外，您可以更长时间地享受您的设备——谁喜欢将所有这些文件传输到新计算机或智能手机上？
现在您不必这样做了 — 只需遵循这些提示，您就可以为您的设备带来它应得的“九条生命”。
How To Preserve & Extend Your Device’s Battery Life
Technology is continually еnhancing the way wе communicate and make our lives easier to manage. You have your laptop for completing projects. Your tablet for surfing the net, and your smartphone for staying connected to it all.
Although it presents many possibilities for managing your life, it also comes with some shortcomings. One example is a low battery life. Everyone’s come face-to-face with a dead or dying device, and at the very least, it’s annoying. However, for those who rely on these gadgets for work, it’s excruciatingly painful (and expensive) to deal with.
What if there was a way to prevent it (or at least prolong the inevitable)? With the right knowledge and application, you can.
How Lithium Battery Drain Happens
The two most common types of batteries used in today’s electronics are lithium-ion (in laptops and mobile devices) and lithium-polymer (found in some laptops). While they’re two different technologies, they both function similarly.
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are powered by lithium ions traveling to and fro via electrolytes, which act as a transport medium.
During this passage, the lithium ions go from a positive charge electrode to a negatively-charged one. This process causes residue and slowly degrades the electrodes with each transfer back and forth. This is what leads to battery drain over time.
What does this mean for your laptop or smartphone battery? Well, most lithium batteries have between 300 and 500 charge cycles. There are some laptops with batteries that can last 1,000 charge cycles.
One charge cycle is when you allow your device to die and then recharge it to 100%. Generally, you can do this up to 500 times before your battery begins to die. Once this happens, you’ll notice your battery won’t charge to full capacity and dies quicker in between charges.
Optimize Your Mobile Device’s Settings
Some smartphones come with optimization features to extend battery life for you. However, in case you don’t have one, you can do the following:
- Lower your screen timeout (preferably below 30 seconds).
- Use your WiFi instead of mobile data.
- Turn off your GPS and Bluetooth.
- Leave your tablet in rest mode instead of turning it off.
- Check to see which of your apps use the most power (and turn them off).
- Delete or disable any apps you no longer use.
- Turn on airplane mode when you’re working (or don’t need it).
- Turn off your mobile data and WiFi when not in use.
- Change your email settings to “sync less often”.
- Lower your screen brightness.
- Disable push notifications and location tracking.
- Disable auto-sync for the apps you’re not using.
- Block ads during web browsing.
Be sure to check your device’s optimization settings to see how you can reduce power consumption as much as possible.
Give Your Mobile Device Tender Loving Care
Now, there are several things you can do to extend battery life. All it takes is knowing how to care for your battery.
Here’s what you can do:
- Keep your device in moderate temperatures (between 42 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit).
- Don’t allow your device to reach 0% and if it does, don’t keep it there for extended periods.
- Maintain proper charge levels — somewhere between 40% and 80% (never allow it to drop beneath 20%).
- Turn off your device at least one time per week.
- Connect the right charger to your device (avoid off-brand chargers).
- Allow your laptop to discharge regularly (always plugged in will kill the battery faster)
If you own a Mac notebook, you can use this resource to find out your battery’s charge cycle count.
Is It a Good Idea To Remove Your Battery?
Let’s say you’re going to leave your device in a hot car — should you remove the battery? Or how about your laptop — is it okay to have it plugged in 24/7 without the battery?
Excellent questions, and seems fairly logical when you’re trying to extend battery life. This may work depending on the device you have.
For instance, some laptops, smartphones, and tablets have sealed batteries. So this makes it impossible to remove. Brands like Acer say you don’t need to remove your battery while it’s on AC power — yet, you should take it out if you don’t plan to use the device for a few days.
Apple, on the other hand, tells its customers they should never take their batteries out. Dell says you can keep your laptop plugged in at all times with the battery in. Asus claims you should allow your battery to drain to at least 50% twice per month.
So it depends on the device you’re using.
Just be sure to consider the power management of the device in question. Some laptops will reduce power consumption when you have AC power without a battery. This could lead to subpar performance.
In the event you decide to remove your battery, be sure to store it properly. Have it charged somewhere between 40% and 80% and store it somewhere around room temperature.
Should You Trust Wireless & Quick Charging Methods?
The future is upon us — we’re able to generate energy seemingly out of thin air. Or at least that’s how it seems when you’re using wireless charging techniques.
While this method may seem cool, it’s anything but. In fact, it overheats your battery (which we know can drain your battery’s life). Plus, the charge is much slower.
If you have the iPhone 8, iPhone 8+, or iPhone X, then you can choose to use a quick charge. This allows you to charge your device from 0% to 50% in a half hour. You’ll need a powerful USB-C charger to pull this off, though.
The issue with this is that it releases additional energy to charge your phone faster. Unfortunately, this degrades your battery quicker.
So in this case, to extend battery life, it may be best to stick to the old-fashioned slower wired charging methods.
Save a Life – Your Battery’s Life
Let’s face it, your smart device is your life. So why not show your love and appreciation by adding years to the lifespan of your gadget?
This will save you money from having to buy a new battery (and have someone put it in for you, if it’s sealed). Plus, you’ll enjoy your device longer — who likes having to transfer all of those files to a new computer or smartphone?
Now you won’t have to — just follow these tips, and you’ll give your device the “nine lives” it deserves.
