iPhone battery isn’t lasting very long? Maybe even just a day? There’s a very simple trick that had worked for many types of systems to ensure you get all the power and speed you paid for: Only use things when you need them. Settings that are set to ‘Auto’ are usually bad news for the power of any system, and that includes the iPhone.
1. Cycle iPhone once a month: Once a month charge your iPhone to 100% and let it run down to 0% percent charge and shutoff. This cycles the lithium battery inside the iPhone. This ensures correct display of your charge status and keeps your battery from having the dreaded ‘memory’, which can degrade its performance.
2. Use limited mail account: Turn off the auto check option for e-mail that you don’t use often. This will not only save the battery but also
3. Use auto lock: Set the auto lock at Never and see the effect it has on the battery. This setting really eats away the battery. Set the option at the minimum of 1 minute or 2 minute. This way your phone can get a digital ‘rest’ sometimes, and not constantly have to be checking and drain the battery.
4. Turn off bluetooth when you aren’t using it: If you are not using a bluetooth device such as a headset, shut it off. That saves a good amount of your battery energy.
5. Turn Wi-Fi off: You’re getting the idea by now. When you are not using Wi-Fi, learn to shut the option off in your Settings area.
By following the above steps, you can extend your battery life by as much as 40%.
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> and keeps your battery from having the
> dreaded ‘memory’
Lithium batteries don’t have that “memory” problem.
I don’t care how much they tout “no memory problem” all batteries build up a memory if you charge them too often. I always let all of my devices including cordless phones and Sonicare toothbrush run completely down before recharging and never have to replace the batteries in them.
If you have an email set up, you can leave fetch on at 15min intervals, but turn “push” off. I still get my emails pretty consistently and it has definitely saved my battery life. I get a full day (7am to 11pm) with an hour of browsing and music playing, using programs about 20 different times, and maybe 30 minutes of game playing/youtube-ing with a little battery to spare. This requires the aforementioned setting (push-off), location on only when needed, and wi-fi on auto-connect mode (though in my typical day it only gets active usage of about 30minutes, though connected to my home an various wifi’s around the city for a total of about 6-7 hours). I also have my google calendar set to sync manually only. Auto-brightness I’ve been leaving on with brightness set to about 1/3. The biggest jump I noticed (as I’ve been running my iPhone like this from day one) was turning off Push. The 2.1 did not make any noticeable effect, so I looked for options and heard turning off push could add significant battery life.
That’s actually some pretty bad advice. Cycling your battery like that can actually damage it… Did you just pull this stuff out of your (hat)?
pritty sure that the wifi turns its self off when on sandby or locked as it take at least half a minute to appear when you start using the phone. i could be wrong it just appears this way to me.