should i use a "battery saver" app?

[nooktablet]

i seem to get pretty bad battery life with my tablet, about 5 hours,
i'm thinking of using a battery saver app, but i don't know if i should because i worry these apps will harm my tablet,

how do these "battery saver" apps work? it always runs in the background to monitor battery/change settings,.... so it even makes our tablet drain battery quicker? (because it always runs in the background)

some apps also have feature like "fast charge, continuous charge, fully charge cycle, trickle charge". how can it change the "charging way" that asus made? i heard trickle charge is charging with low current and help extend battery life, but how can it lower the current?
this is what i worry the most, does it do something that physically harm my battery?

if you use an app like this, do you see any battery life improvement, and if so, which app would you recommend using?

thanks

 

[seshaz]

I use eugenea CPU sleeper for quad core

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[Nschneider7]

I would say how long have you had the tablet? 5 hours is a bit ridiculous. If its new just give it some time and you should start seeing better battery life. If not you probably got a bad battery. Talk to asus about that. I don't even know of any tablet on the market that cant get more than 5 hours. With something that bad a battery saver app wont help.

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[seshaz]

More info like what screen time etc, download app sucker and CPU spy. See what's using battery

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[lazer9]

More info like what screen time etc, download app sucker and CPU spy. See what's using battery

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Where do you find app sucker?

 

[seshaz]

Where do you find app sucker?

Just dl gsam battery

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