Currently the use of mobile phones and other electronic devices is part of our daily lives and their presence in both the personal and professional spheres is increasing. We are more dependent on these devices which translates into a longer time of use and therefore, in a battery consumption that on many occasions does not allow us to save the day without the need to recharge it.
It is an easy task. It just means plugging the charger into the wall and inserting the other part into our device, but what options do we have if we find ourselves in a situation where we do not have a charger? We are going to give you some tips on how to get out of the way and get charge our phone without it.
use a solar charger
The first of our advice goes hand in hand with the ecological movement and is that a solar charger can get you out of trouble without the need for electricity. Rather, you will need have sunlight to make it work. Its operation is very simple, since you simply have to place the unit directly in the sun and it is the latter that is responsible for recharging the energy reserve of the device itself.
Once this is done, all that remains is to connect it to our mobile phone to receive the corresponding battery charge through the cable that we usually use. As expected, his power is somewhat limited and loading times are usually quite high.
use your vehicle
It is not something new, far from it, but it is always good to have this resource and that is to carry a charger that can be connect to the cigarette lighter of our car It may be a good idea, furthermore, since it can be used solely and exclusively in this connector, there is no possibility of taking it to use it elsewhere, so we eliminate the possibility of not having it when we need it.
At present, it is true that this type of charger is in disuse with the proliferation and evolution of multimedia equipment in vehicles and the appearance of usb connectors that facilitate this task, so it would only be necessary to leave a cable in the car.
The famous “power banks” or external batteries
We could place this advice in the first position of the alternatives that we have to recover the charge of our battery and since they made their first appearance, the evolution, updating and expansion of the capacity of these devices has been more than evident to which we must also add a significant reduction in size, which results in a substantial improvement in the user experience.
Conclusion Many manufacturers offer external batteries, at very attractive prices, having several options in terms of capacity, shape or size. Also, they allow you to multiple full loads and you can check the remaining energy through LEDs or digit displays, which makes the task even easier.
The unknown handloaders
You may not have seen them or heard little about them, but they also exist. A few years ago, flashlights with a small built-in manual dynamo, either through a push button or a small rotating crank that, when actuated, turned on the light bulb.
The operation of this charger is identical. Once connected to the phone, you will only need a little (or a lot) handwork to gradually charge your battery. It is, together with the solar charger, one of the slowest methods to achieve an acceptably high charge level.
A USB port on your computer
Another highly recommended alternative is use of a usb port of any computereither desktop or laptop. This method can get us out of trouble, for example, in our workplace because the different computer devices allow us to charge our phones through USB ports. Also, you don't have to worry about your privacy, since once connected (on Android devices) you'll have the option to choose whether the connection is only as charging station, avoiding any transfer of documents, photos or information contained in our phone.
Shopping mall or public places
At a specific moment and if the need is imperative, we can choose to look for an alternative way out to increase the percentage of remaining battery and this is none other than search for a shopping mall, bus station or even an airport where it is more and more common to find charging stations for electronic devices. They are usually close to the restaurant and cafeteria areas, so you can take the opportunity to have a coffee or snack.
Some of these stations are free and others are paid.
Wireless charger
Finally we have the option of use a wireless charger. It has its advantages, such as being the simpler option and less laborious of all the options presented, since it only requires placing the phone on the charging base and waiting but, on the contrary, it presents a main drawback and it is that our device must be compatible with this type of load.
Tips to extend battery life
Apart from the options to charge our mobile phone without a charger, we have other options that, although they will not give us even 1% of battery, they will help extend the wear time of what we have left. Some of these options are:
turn off location
Yes, as a general rule we usually carry the permanently connected location, which means that in many more applications than you imagine, when you start them, the GPS module of the terminal is activated with the consequent energy consumption that this entails. By deactivating this feature we will extend the life of our battery.
Lock the phone after use
It may seem obvious, but it is quite usual to let it be the auto screen off or auto lock the one that acts once we use our phone. This can mean between 30 seconds and 1 minute of screen on each time we pick up our smartphone to, for example, read or send a message. Coincidentally, the most demanding component from an energy point of view is the screen.
Reduce screen brightness
In addition to the aforementioned, reduce screen brightness as much as possible It will significantly increase the remaining charge life of our battery. Outdoors, the use compromises us a lot, but indoors we can lower it practically to the minimum possible, being able to continue making more than acceptable use.
Airplane mode
If we see that even with all of the above, we need conserve our remaining battery to the maximumthere is nothing more effective than activate airplane mode of the terminal. With this, we will isolate our connection to the mobile network, as well as to the Internet via 3G/4G/5G, so we will only need to deactivate this mode when we need to use our phone. It should be noted that in old terminals, it is possible that with the airplane mode activated, it does not allow you to use the Wi-Fi connection, while in more current terminals, you will have this option, so you can continue communicating using the different messaging applications current, such as Whatsapp, Telegram or Facebook chat.