If you have used your Android smartphone for a long time, you have to know how to check the phone’s battery life in order not to run out of battery power unexpectedly.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports as you charge and discharge your phone’s battery, it slowly becomes less effective at holding power.
This means you have to keep going to the power outlet to keep the juice of your smartphone flowing, but there is the possibility you will be left stranded if you are out and about, and your phone suddenly powers off.
Thankfully, there are ways of giving the battery inside your smartphone a check-up like a pro medical professional.
The basics only tell you about what your power is currently being used for, so you can then force-close apps accordingly.
You can access more in-depth information too, depending on the brand of phone you’re using, or by installing specialist apps.
Below we have several methods for you to learn more about your Android phone’s battery health. We hope that by using one or more of these methods, you will find out if your long-serving phone has much life left in it.
How to check Android battery health: From the Settings menu
Although the wording of some of these options may differ, this method should let you check battery activity on any recent Android device. The level of detail will differ depending on the make of your phone.
1. In the Settings app on your phone, select “Battery”. This option should be easy to find from the top tier menu, but you can also search for it by scrolling up the page to find the search bar.
2. Once you’re in the Battery section, and if the information you’re after isn’t immediately obvious, look for an option such as “Battery usage.”
3. Here you can see your Battery status over the last 24 hours, and which apps have been using the most power.
4. If you want to force an app to close, or to disable it outright, tap one of the apps in this menu. You’ll then see the option to disable, force stop, or pick an optimization setting.
Some brands of phones will show you more details. For example, phones running MIUI, such as devices made by Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO, will show you your battery’s current temperature.
While this isn’t something you need to check regularly, any temperature below 50 degrees Celsius (about 122 Fahrenheit) is completely normal.
How to check Android battery health using a dial code
Android phones have hidden diagnostic menus that you can access by inputting sequences of numbers, hashes and asterisks into the dial pad in their Phone app.
There are several of these that take you to different menus, but the focus here will be on the battery-related one. Just don’t be upset if your phone doesn’t display battery information.
1. Open your phone’s dial-pad in its Phone app. Input the code *#*#4636#*#*.
Upon entering the final “*”, your phone should take you to a menu.
2. Now look for the heading “Battery information. ” If it doesn’t appear, then you are unfortunately locked out from this method. If it does, then selecting it will show you information like charge level, health and temperature.
How to check Android battery health on a Samsung phone
While the dial code didn’t work, Samsung offers its own battery health check via its Samsung Members app, which is installed by default on its phones.
1. Open Samsung Members and select the “Get Help” tab at the bottom of the screen.
2. Towards the top of this new menu, select the “Interactive checks” option.
3. From this list of features, select “Battery.” This option is already checked on our phone because we confirmed the step before taking the screen capture, so yours may not look the same.
4. Now you can see how the Samsung Members app rates your phone’s battery life.
How to check Android battery health with an app
If the methods we’ve outlined above don’t provide the information you need, then you have a backup in the form of third-party apps.
Good ones for this task include AccuBattery by Digibites, CPU-Z by CPUID, and Battery by MacroPinch. These will show you details including typical battery capacity, temperature, and usage information.
These apps all are free to download, but offer Pro versions for a small sum if you want to get rid of the in-app adverts or unlock extra features.