This tutorial will show you how to limit battery drain on Lollipop by limiting background process and killing apps activities when they are not in use. It does not require third party apps or root access on your phone. All you need to enable the developer option and activate the features.
By limiting background process, you can reduce the impact apps running in the background have on your battery. Also, by killing every activity as soon as you leave an app will reduce the battery drain.
How to Limit Battery Drain on Lollipop by Limiting Background Processes & Killing Apps Activities
- First, go to Settings -> Developer options (If you have not enabled the developer option, go to Settings ->About phone and tap Build number repeatedly).
- Scroll through the ‘Developer options’ and under ‘Apps’, enable ‘Don’t keep activities’ setting. It will kill any app you stop using.
- Also, you can disable background processes entirely or limit those that are running up to 4.
Tap ‘Background process limit’ and choose your option – Standard (default), No Background process or limit any number between 1 and 4. Let us know have the above steps helped you to increase the battery life on your Android Lollipop phone.
