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Three quick fixes are recommended: restricting background app refresh to improve battery life by 15-20%, disabling targeted ad tracking and diagnostic reporting in privacy settings, and switching to dynamic refresh rate mode instead of forcing 120Hz constantly. The post serves as a teaser for a more complete Android setup guide. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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