Samsung Galaxy J3 V / Galaxy J3 (3rd Gen.) - View / Extend Battery Life
Here's how to extend battery life, view charging status / remaining battery and determine what uses the most power on your Galaxy J3 V / Galaxy J3.
- Battery life is measured by standby time and talk time.
- Standby time is the amount of time the device stays powered on with no voice, data or other usage.
- Talk time is based on voice usage.
- Using data such as web browsing, apps, or streaming reduces overall talk time.
- Apps and processes are listed from highest to lowest percentage of power consumption. Review any high or unusual battery drain.
- From a Home screen, swipe up or down from the center of the display to access the apps screen.These instructions only apply to Standard mode and the default Home screen layout.
- Navigate:.SettingsDevice careBattery
- Review the current battery status.Percentage indicates the remaining battery life, charging status.Charging status is only displayed if device is connected to a charger.
- USB connected: Charging at lower rate.
- Charger connected: Charging at standard rate, preferred method.
- TapBattery usage(located to the right of the battery percentage).The Battery history graph displays the time since it was last charged to 100%.
- View the history of battery usage.
- Battery Usage line graph.
- Color-coded Mobile network signal bar graph.Signal strength has an effect on battery life.
- Green: Very Good
- Gray: Good
- Gold: Moderate
- Yellow: No Signal
- Red: Scanning
- Black: Radio Off
- Color-coded bar graphs for Wi-Fi, Awake, Screen on and Charging.
- Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi radio is on/off.
- Awake: Running tasks/apps, however the screen is not necessarily on.
- Screen On: Indicates the screen is visible, not in standby.
- Charging: Indicates when a device is plugged into a charger and charging.The charging line shows periods of partial charging (in green) since the last complete charge.
- Blue: On
- Black: Off
In order to improve battery life, you can:
- Stop running apps not being used.
- Disable apps that are consuming too much battery or RAM and not being used.
- Contact the app developer if an app appears to cause excessive battery drain.
- Adjust brightness settings to lowest setting or use Automatic brightness.
- Turn off GPS when not in use.If disabled, certain apps or services may not work properly.
- Turn off vibrate mode if not used.
- Change account sync settings to lowest frequency.
- Remove widgets that automatically update.