So you've rooted your phone and you're noticing that your battery is not what it used to be. Well you're in luck. Reason number 151 of why it's great to have a rooted phone with Clockwork Mod Recovery. You can wipe your battery stats from your recovery. Why would you do this? Believe it or not, your battery has a memory. You've no doubt only half charged your phone before which is not conducive to a long lasting battery life. Well this little trick will reset the memory on that battery of yours. 

• Charge your battery to full
• Boot in to clockworkmod recovery
• Go to advanced on the menu
• Select 'Wipe battery stats'
• Select 'Yes' and you're all done
• Reboot your phone

I do this maybe once every month or so to keep it fresh. Happy flashing!

As with a lot of Android users I was always concerned with battery life and had been given little tips here and there to help save that precious power. Today I came across an article (click here) that puts a lot of good tips all in the one place, easy and convenient for you to read.

As most experienced users will see some of these we already practise and there may be some you may not have seen before, however this is a great start for those that are new to Android and are frustrated with the lack of battery life. Have a read courtesy of How-To Geek.

Also have a read of the comments section below the article as there are a few handy tips there too.

I thought I had read it all! I came across this post on XDA Developers which showed a response from HTC to a consumer on how to increase their battery life. There was a load of suggestions around apps and widgets and then there was this crazy little suggestion...