[Nfbktad] 22 tips to save battery.
slery
slerythema at gmail.com
Wed Dec 31 01:46:19 UTC 2014
And the best tip of all, buy a Galaxy S 5 and you can leave all of that on and have a battery that lasts 2-3 days.
Cindy
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> 22 Tips to Extend iPhone Battery Life (iOS 8 Updated)
>
> 1. Turn on Auto-Brightness
>
>
> The iPhone has an ambient light sensor that adjusts the
> brightness of the screen based on the light around it (darker in
> dark places, brighter when there's more ambient light) to both
> save battery and make it easier to see. Turn Auto-Brightness on
> and you’ll save energy because your screen will need to use
> less power in dark places.
>
> Adjust that setting by tapping:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2. Display & Brightness (it's called Brightness & Wallpaper in
> iOS 7) 3.Move the Auto-Brightness slider to On/green
>
>
>
> iphone battery life: screen brightness -
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>
>
> 2. Reduce Screen Brightness
>
>
> You can control the default brightness of your iPhone screen
> with this slider. Needless to say, the brighter the default
> setting for the screen, the more power it requires. Keep the
> screen dimmer to conserve more of your battery by tapping:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2. Display & Brightness (it's called Brightness & Wallpaper in
> iOS 7) 3.Move the slider as needed
>
>
> reduce motion and animation in iOS 7 -
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>
>
> 3. Stop Motion & Animations (iOS 7)
>
>
> One of the coolest features of iOS 7 is called Background
> Motion. It's subtle, but if you move your iPhone and watch the
> app icons and background image, you'll see them move
> slightly independently of each other, as if they're on different
> planes. This is called a parallax effect. It's really cool, but it
> also drains battery. You may want to leave it on to enjoy the
> effect, but if not, turn it off by tapping:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2.General
> 3.Accessibility
> 4.Reduce Motion
> 5.Move slider to green/On
> More »
>
>
> iOS 7 battery: Dynamic Backgrounds -
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>
>
> 4. Disable Dynamic Backgrounds (iOS 7)
>
> Another neat feature introduced in iOS 7 is animated
> wallpapers that move underneath your app icons. These
> dynamic backgrounds offer a cool interface flourish, but they
> also use more power than a simple static background image.
> Dynamic Backgrounds aren't a feature you have to turn on or
> off, just don't select the Dynamic Backgrounds in the
> Wallpapers & Backgrounds menu.
>
>
> iphone battery extend: bluetooth -
>
>
>
> 5. Turn Bluetooth Off
>
> Bluetooth wireless networking is especially useful for cell
> phone users with wireless headsets or earpieces. But
> transmitting data wirelessly takes battery and leaving
> Bluetooth on to accept incoming data at all times requires even
> more juice. Turn off Bluetooth except when you’re using it to
> squeeze more power from your battery.
>
> Find it in:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2.Bluetooth
> 3.Move slider to Off/white
>
> You can also access the Bluetooth setting through Control
> Center. To do that, swipe up from the bottom of the screen and
> tap the Bluetooth icon (the center one) so that it is grayed out.
>
>
>
> iphone battery life: turn off cellular data -
>
>
>
> 6. Turn Off LTE or Cellular Data
>
>
> The nearly perpetual connectivity offered by the iPhone means
> connecting to 3G and speedy 4G LTE cellular phone networks.
> Not surprisingly, using 3G, and especially 4G LTE, requires
> more energy to get the quicker data speeds and higher-quality
> calls. It’s tough to go slower, but if you need more power, turn
> off LTE and just use the older, slower networks. Your battery
> will last longer (though you’ll need it when you’re downloading
> websites more slowly!) or turn off all cellular data and either
> just use Wi-Fi or no connectivity at all.
>
> To do this:
> 1.Tap Settings
> 2.Cellular
> 3.Slide Enable LTE to Off/white to use slower cellular data
> networks while still allowing yourself to use cellular data 4.To
> limit yourself just to Wi-Fi, slide Cellular Data to Off/white
>
>
> iphone battery extend: turn off wi-fi -
>
>
>
> 7. Keep Wi-Fi Off
>
> The other kind of high-speed network that the iPhone can
> connect to is Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is even faster than 3G or 4G, though
> it’s only available where there’s a hotspot (not virtually
> everywhere like 3G or 4G). Keeping Wi-Fi turned on at all
> times in hopes that an open hotspot will appear is a sure way
> to drain your battery life. So, unless you’re using it right this
> second, keep Wi-Fi turned off by tapping:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2.Wi-Fi
> 3.Slide to Off/white
>
> You can also turn off Wi-Fi via Control Center. To access that
> setting, swipe up from the bottom of the screen and tap the Wi-
> Fi icon to gray it out.
>
>
> iphone battery performance: turn off location services -
>
>
>
> 8. Turn Off Location Services
>
>
> One of the coolest features of the iPhone is its built-in GPS.
> This allows your phone to know where you are and give you
> exact driving directions, give that information to apps that help
> you find restaurants, and more. But, like any service that sends
> data over a network, it needs battery power to work. If you’re
> not using Location Services, and don’t plan to right away, turn
> them off and save some power.
>
> Turn off Location Services by tapping:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2.Privacy
> 3.Location Services
> 4.Slide to Off/white
>
>
> system services settings -
>
>
>
> 9. Turn Off Other Location Settings
>
>
> The iPhone can perform a lot of useful tasks in the background,
> but the more background activity there is, especially activity
> that connects to the Internet or uses GPS, can drain battery
> quickly. Some of these features in particular are not required by
> most iPhone users and can be safely turned off to regain some
> battery life.
>
> Find them in:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2.Privacy
> 3.Location Services
> 4.System Services
> 5.Turn off Diagnostics & Usage, Location-Based iAds, Popular
> Near Me, and Setting Time Zone.
>
>
> iOS 7 battery issues: background app refresh -
>
>
>
> 10. Prevent Background App Refresh (iOS 7)
>
>
> There are a number of new features in iOS 7 designed to make
> your iPhone smarter and ready for you whenever you need it.
> One of these features is Background App Refresh. This feature
> looks at the apps you use most often, the time of day that you
> use them, and then automatically updates them for you so that
> the next time you open the app, the latest information is
> waiting for you. For instance, if you always check social
> media at 7:30 am, iOS 7 learns that and automatically updates
> your social apps before 7:30 am. Needless to say, this useful
> feature drains battery.
>
> To turn it off, tap:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2.General
> 3.Background App Refresh
> 4.Either disable the feature entirely or just for for specific apps
> that you want to use it with
>
>
>
>
> 11. Don't Automatically Update Apps (iOS 7)
>
>
> If you've got iOS 7, you can forget needing to update your apps
> by hand. There's now a feature that automatically updates
> them for you when new versions are released. Convenient, but
> also a drain on your battery. To only update apps when you
> want to, and thus manage your power better:
> 1.Tap the Settings app
> 2.iTunes & App Store
> 3.In the Automatic Downloads section, find Updates 4.Move
> slider to Off/white
>
>
>
> iphone battery: turn off data push -
>
>
>
> 12. Turn Data Push Off
>
>
> The iPhone can be set to automatically suck email and other
> data down to it or, for some kinds of accounts, have data
> pushed out to it whenever new data becomes available. You’re
> probably realized by now that accessing wireless networks
> costs you energy, so turning data push off, and thus reducing
> the number of times your phone connects to the network, will
> extend your battery’s life. With push off, you’ll need to set your
> email to check periodically or do it manually (see the next tip
> for more on this).
>
> Find it in:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2.Mail, Contacts, Calendar
> 3.Fetch New Data
> 4.Push
> 5.Slide to Off/white
>
>
> iphone battery performance: fetch data less -
>
>
>
> 13. Fetch Email Less Often
>
>
> The less often your phone accesses a network, the less
> battery it uses. Save battery life by setting your phone to check
> your email accounts less often. Try checking every hour or, if
> you’re really serious about saving battery, manually. Manual
> checks means you’ll never have email waiting for you on your
> phone, but you’ll also stave off the red battery icon.
>
> Change your Fetch settings by tapping:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2.Mail, Contacts, Calendar
> 3.Fetch
> 4.Select your preference (the longer between checks, the better
> for your battery)
>
>
>
> iphone battery life: auto-lock sooner -
>
>
>
> 14. Auto-Lock Sooner
>
>
> You can set your iPhone to automatically go to sleep – a
> feature known as Auto-Lock - after a certain amount of time.
> The sooner it sleeps, the less power is used to run the screen
> or other services. Try setting Auto-Lock to 1 or 2 minutes.
>
> Change the setting in:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2.General
> 3.Auto-Lock
> 4.Tap your preference (the shorter, the better)
>
>
> iphone battery: turn off equalizer -
>
>
>
> 15. Turn off Equalizer
>
>
> The Music app on the iPhone has an Equalizer feature that can
> adjust music to increase bass, decrease treble, etc. Because
> these adjustments are made on the fly, they require extra
> battery. Turn the equalizer off to conserve battery. This means
> you'll have a slightly modified listening experience - the power
> savings might not be worth it to true audiophiles - but for those
> hoarding battery power, it's a good deal.
>
> Find it in:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2.Music
> 3.EQ
> 4.Tap off
>
>
>
> save iphone battery: turn off hotspot -
>
>
>
> 16. Make Sure Personal Hotspot Is Off
>
>
> This only applies if you use the iPhone's Personal Hotspot
> feature to share your wireless data connection with other
> devices. But if you do that, this tip is key.
>
> Personal Hotspot turns your iPhone into a wireless hotspot that
> broadcasts its cellular data to other devices within in range.
> This is a tremendously useful feature, but as you may have
> guessed if you've read this far, it also really drains your
> battery. That's an acceptable trade when you're using it, but if
> you forget to turn it off when you're done, you'll be surprised at
> how quickly your battery drains.
>
> To make sure you turn off Personal Hotspot when you're done
> using it:
> 1.Tap the Settings app
> 2.Personal Hotspot
> 3.Move slider to off/white
>
>
> Battery usage in iOS 8 -
>
>
>
> 17. Find the Battery Killers (iOS 8)
>
> Most of the suggestions on this list are about turning things off
> or not doing certain things. This one helps you discover which
> apps are killing your battery. In iOS 8, there's a new feature
> called Battery Usage that shows which apps have been
> sucking the most power over the last 24 hours and the last 7
> days. If you start seeing an app showing up there consistently,
> you'll know that running the app is costing you battery life.
>
> Access Battery Usage by tapping:
> 1.The Settings app
> 2.General
> 3.Usage
> 4.Battery Usage
>
> On that screen, you'll sometimes see notes beneath each item
> (for instance, in the screenshot, notice "Low Signal" under
> Personal Hotspot). This note provides more detail on why the
> app drained so much battery and can suggest ways for you to
> fix it.
>
>
> Suggested Apps in iOS 8 -
>
>
>
> 18. Don't Take App Suggestions (iOS 8)
>
>
> Suggested Apps is another new feature of iOS 8 that uses your
> location information to figure out where you are, what you're
> near, and what apps—both installed on your phone and
> available in the App Store—might come in handy based on that
> information. It can be neat, but needless to say, it uses extra
> battery life by checking for your location, communicating with
> the App Store, etc.
>
> To turn off suggested apps:
> 1.Tap the Settings app
> 2.Tap General
> 3.Tap Handoff & Suggested Apps
> 4.Move the My Apps and App Store sliders to Off
>
>
> killing apps doesn't save battery life -
>
>
>
> 19. One Common Mistake: Quitting Apps Doesn't Save Battery
>
> When you talk about tips for saving battery life on your iPhone,
> perhaps the most common one that comes up is quitting your
> apps when you're done with them, rather than letting them run
> in the background.
>
> This is wrong. In fact, regularly quitting your apps in that way
> can actually make your battery drain faster. So, if saving
> battery life is important to you, don't follow this bad tip.
>
> For more about why this can do the opposite of what you want,
> read this.
>
>
> let iphone battery run down to save life -
>
>
>
> 20. Run Down Your Battery As Much As Possible
>
> Believe it or not, but the more often you charge a battery, the
> less energy it can hold. Counter-intuitive, I know, but it's one of
> the quirks of modern batteries.
>
> Over time, the battery remembers the point in its drain at which
> you recharge it and starts to treat that as its limit. For example,
> if you always charge your iPhone when it's still got 75% of its
> battery left, eventually the battery will start to behave as if it's
> total capacity is 75%, not the original 100%.
>
> The way to get around your battery losing capacity in this way
> is to use your phone as long as possible before charging it. Try
> waiting until your phone is down to 20% (or even less!) battery
> before charging. Just make sure not to wait too long.
>
>
> mophie Juice Pack iphone extended battery - image copyright
> mophie
>
> mophie Juice Pack Plus. image copyright mophie
>
> 21. Buy an Extended Life Battery
>
> If all else fails, just get more battery. A few accessory makers
> like mophie and Kensington offer extended life batteries for the
> iPhone. If you need so much battery life that none of these tips
> help you enough, an extended life battery is your best bet.
> With one, you’ll get days more standby time and many hours
> more use.
>
>
>
> 22. Do Less-Battery-Intensive Things
>
> Not all ways to save battery life involve settings. Some of
> them involve the way you use the phone. Things that require
> the phone be on for long periods of time, or use a lot of system
> resources, suck the most battery. These things include
> movies, games, and browsing the web. If you need to
> conserve battery, limit your use of battery-intensive apps.
>
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