The “Minimal” profile is not a preset profile per se – it is rather a customized configuration that allows you to get email/Facebook/IM/whathaveyou notifications instantly, by leaving connectivity always on while still keeping some of JuiceDefender’s positive effect on battery life.

Just remember that always-on connectivity is tough on your battery. Most people are happy of the substantial improvement in battery life that comes with letting JuiceDefender judiciously manage connectivity; but if you need instant notifications for work or dependency issues… well JuiceDefender can be a good companion for you as well, still optimizing power consumption when possible.

The “minimal” profile – step by step guide:

• make sure the Balanced profile is activated

• activate the Advanced profile (Status tab) and confirm your selection

• go to the Controls tab and scroll down to the Keep enabled section

• under Keep enabled, enable Data, 4G and WiFi as needed

• go to the Triggers tab; make sure Battery is enabled and configure the threshold at which you want JuiceDefender to kick in and start automatically managing connectivity

• scroll down and make sure that Screen is enabled, while Ignore on low battery must be disabled.

What happens in a nutshell is that JuiceDefender’s automatic connectivity management will effectively be disabled until the low battery threshold is reached. At that point JuiceDefender will kick in, cutting connectivity when the phone isn’t being used; this will greatly extend the duration of the remaining battery charge, ensuring that you can get through the day.

For bonus points (and some further battery saving) enable the Apps trigger (Triggers tab) and Configure the apps that never require internet access (such as games, offline reading, media players etc.) to Disable.