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how many times have you gotten halfway through your day only to find that your precious connection to the outside world is dwindling away you're down to a frightening 10 percent battery the batteries that power our phones tablets computers and other electronics are bound to lose their edge as time takes its toll but before you pull out your lifeline of power cords that you keep stashed away let's take a look at what we can do to assist our lithium ion cloud soldiers in their daily struggle just like a car your device can become weighed down by excessive tasks the more you have running the faster you'll run out of battery similar to how a car hauling around tons of junk will run out of gas more quickly however if you can't afford to dump the body hiding in your trunk there might be weight elsewhere that you could lose let's take a look at some of the key contributors beyond obvious things like screen brightness background data flow that constantly pushes updates to your phone for apps like Facebook Twitter and your favorite email client are notorious for taking a toll on your battery even worse can be if your phone is searching for cellular Wi-Fi or Bluetooth signals as your phone is chewing through battery trying to find a network to latch on to and if you use a mobile device as a navigational aid good luck trying to keep it from draining faster than a pool at the end of the freaking summer as GPS requires your phone to constantly refresh its location which you can learn about more in this video so how can you keep your battery afloat without avoiding doing the stuff that actually makes your device useful well one of the most easiest things to do is to close programs that you don't need running use a process tab and task manager on a Windows PC or the running apps tab under settings and apps on most Android phones to see what processes are using the most resources and don't forget about double tap to force quit on iOS often devices are loaded down with bloatware installed by the manufacturer whose usefulness is questionable at best and often do nothing except for suck power and be annoying so try and stop it from running or better yet uninstall the bloatware completely if you can't also be sure to turn off your Wi-Fi if you're in an area without fast hotspots and you can just use your cellular connection and disable location tracking on GPS enabled devices if you won't be using them but on the flipside if Wi-Fi is an option to stay connected wherever you are I suggest using that over your cell network as Wi-Fi is actually usually easier on your battery and some carriers even feature Wi-Fi calling which can be especially useful if your cell signal isn't great also the constant needing to remember to turn your Wi-Fi back on which can be problematic but Luke you say this sounds incredibly tedious there must be an easier way of course well it would be difficult to get a second gas tank for your cards becoming easier and cheaper to get an external battery bank which can charge your devices as they drain themselves this way you can make it out to the desert to bury your cargo that we're talking about earlier but never mind that without stopping for gas or battery in this case and don't forget that there are ways to maintain the long-term life of your battery so be sure to check out our separate video on rechargeable battery care up here speaking of that thing in your trunk mass drop is another one of their pretty killer deals going on today the cloud twos from our friends over at HyperX are available for the low price of $69.99 USD we've highlighted these headphones a few times on our coverage of events like packs but the bottom line is that they deliver a solid sound they're very comfortable for most listeners and they're affordable of course this product is available only through mass drop at this significantly discounted price thanks to their group by model essentially the more people that buy the more the price goes down to a set minimum you can check out this drop and many others like it in the link in the description DRO PS / tech quickie so head over there if you're interested and that link doesn't actually give us a kickback or anything but it does does let them know that we sent you alright guys thanks for watching don't forget to like or dislike the video depending on whether or not you liked it don't forget to check out our videos online is tech tips or a channel superfund if you're feeling like wasting some time instead of studying comment on the video down below with suggestions for things that we should cover and don't forget to subscribe