4 ms·

The Android dig at the end is wrong. I don't know what he means by "basically turn everything off and turn your $600+ phone into a dumb phone" but an Android ph

by guelo 11y ago

The Android dig at the end is wrong. I don't know what he means by "basically turn everything off and turn your $600+ phone into a dumb phone" but an Android phone is still very usable in low battery mode. Basically it dims the screen, slows the CPU and limits background data syncing. Probably the same thing the iphone does.

bsimpson 11y ago
My Nexus 5 is so slow and clunky in Battery Saver mode that I seriously wonder if it actually helps. Taking a minute to do something in Battery Saver mode isn't necessarily more efficient than spending 5 seconds in normal mode.
- jff 11y ago
  I've found the exact opposite... by turning on Battery Saver mode, it disabled all the extraneous animations and transitions and actually made my old Nexus 4 feel responsive again!
  - NolF 11y ago
    Under the developer options section, you can disable animations.
    - lugg 11y ago
      Where is that? (google did not help..)
      - pmh 11y ago
        I followed http://www.cnet.com/how-to/speed-up-your-android-by-adjusting-animation-settings/ http://www.cnet.com/how-to/speed-up-your-android-by-adjustin... on a Moto X (reached via Googling "android disable animations").
        lugg 11y ago
        Thank you!
tdkl 11y ago
He meant the "extreme" low battery mode some vendors like HTC, Samsung[1] and Sony implemented, which soft reboots your phone into a power save mode where all you can do is make calls and send texts. [1] http://m.androidcentral.com/using-ultra-power-saver-samsung-galaxy-s5 http://m.androidcentral.com/using-ultra-power-saver-samsung-...
deleted 11y ago
[deleted]