This also includes third-party apps intended to limit or reduce battery usage. We advise that the battery saving setting remain disabled for these reasons. Since many phones don't recognize our app as a native or pre-installed app, having battery saving features enabled or turned ON may result in issues with texting, calling, access to data, etc. Republic Wireless phones use the Republic Wireless app to manage multiple phone services. Activating the battery saver from your phone settings may disable some feature in your device, but not all. Toggle battery saver on or off (slider will need to be gray and slid to the left to turn it off) From the Battery saver screen, tap Turn Battery saver on (at the top of the screen) to set the phone to activate Battery saver mode immediately, when the charge.Tap the battery icon (if the phone is on Oreo, this is the last step) Battery Drain (Parasitic drain) Parasitic drain is due to components in your vehicle continuing to run after the key is turned off.From the top of your phone screen, swipe down to access the quick settings menu.