How To Increase The Battery Life On Your HTC Desire Smartphone

It is important to try to find ways to increase the battery life on your HTC Desire phone.

The HTC smart phone is crammed full of applications and features and they have a huge effect on the battery life. With average usage, the battery will only last for 5 or 6 hours.

This article will give you a few ideas on how to almost double the life of your HTC Desire battery.

I will go through what you will need to do and also tell you a way to do this quickly and easily.

How To Increase The HTC Desire's Battery Life

There are programs and applications on the Desire that run in the background and will quickly drain your battery. When not being used, the following should be switched off:
your mobile networkthe wireless connectionyour phone's blue tooth connectionthe GPS signalautomatic updates

Another easy way to decrease battery usage is to dim the back light for the screen.

When you think about it, none of the above features need to be running until you actually need them. For example, you would only need to switch on your phones automatic updates and mobile network when you need the internet. The wireless signal is only any use when you are within range of a wireless connection.

The GPS signal could be only turned on when using Google Maps or a similar program.

This would be very time-consuming if you had to go into every program to turn it on and off but there is a much easier way. Here's what to do.

The HTC Desire Power Control Widget

If you go into your Desire's 'Widget' list (press the + sign in the bottom right corner) you should scroll down to find the 'Power Control' widget.

Drag it to a location that is easily accessible on your screen.

The Power Control panel has 5 blocks which, from left to right, are switches for the following:
Wireless SignalBlue toothGPSAutomatic UpdatesBack light

Simply press the block you need and it will light up to show it is in use. The back light button has 3 different brightness levels.

Finally, to switch the whole mobile network on and off, press and hold the Stand-By button on the top of the phone and press the Mobile Network button.

I have used the above steps and have seen a huge increase in the battery life of my HTC Desire smart phone.