Impressions from the new iOS 11 are strange. It seems to have become more beautiful, but the phone consumes charge at some unhealthy rate - it feels like it is consuming the battery 2 times faster than before.
In any case, I encountered this problem; our readers and viewers on social networks also complain about the sudden “burning” of the battery. Although, in fairness, it must be said that not everyone was affected - some were fine. But what about the rest?
Apple usually solves problems in future updates, but no one knows when iOS 11.1 will be released, so saving drowning people is the work of the drowning people themselves. Simple instructions appear on websites on how to optimize the power consumption of phones, let's not stand aside, let's share tips and proven methods.
How to check iPhone charge level?
To do this, go to Settings - Battery. There you can turn on the charge level indication, then an icon with a percentage will appear on the screen, and you can track how quickly the battery drains. At the same time, this menu also contains statistics, here you can see which programs are most actively attacking the system and consuming charge.
Decrease screen brightness
The brightness of the display greatly affects the operating time, maybe the selected settings are to blame? Try changing the settings manually, disable automatic backlight adjustment, using only manual mode. But then you will have to change the brightness yourself by moving the slider. In my opinion, this option is not particularly effective, it only adds unnecessary problems. The parameters change as follows: Settings – General – Universal access – Display adaptation. Yes, for some reason Apple hid them in the deep jungle of the system.
Disable notifications
One problem with notifications is that they constantly distract you from your work, another is that as soon as a notification arrives, the screen backlight turns on. To last longer, you can turn them off. To do this, you need to go to Settings - Notifications, and then select those programs that are not so important. You can completely turn off everything, but these are extreme measures. As my experience has shown, this does not really affect the operating time. Alternatively, you can leave notifications, but turn them off on the locked screen, then the backlight will not work. Although the value of such a technique is already quite minimal.
Disable background updates
Some applications may update in the background even though you are not using them. The thing is convenient, but it affects the operating time. So you can turn this off to extend the life on a single charge. To do this, go to Settings - General - Content Update. Here you can disable either everything, or only selected programs at your discretion.
Reduce flash brightness
In iOS 11, flash power is controlled from Control Center by pressing and holding a button to change the settings. Set the minimum level to save. In addition, some use the flash to display notifications, a kind of alternative to the indicator light, which can also be turned off in order to save money.
Disable Siri Quick Launch
I don’t believe that the assistant is quietly “eating up” the battery charge, but some say that she is the culprit of our troubles. Therefore, if you doubt its effectiveness, it would be logical to turn off the auxiliary function. Or you can deactivate the setting that launches Siri on command. That is, the phone is constantly listening to your speech, waiting for you to call it for help. To disable, go to: Settings – Siri – Disable “Hey Siri”.
Disable geolocation
No matter how much I turn on the phone, the geolocation icon always looms on the screen. I checked in the settings, there the standard weather application is listed as the culprit of the activity. Moreover, in its properties I had already turned off geolocation altogether, but the problems did not end there; even with the “Never” mode active, the weather application still tried to determine where the device was located.
Settings - Privacy - Location Services, so you can see which programs use GPS. In theory, you can turn everything off altogether, but then you’ll lose geotags for photos and won’t be able to call a taxi through the app. Are you ready to part with these useful features? Then take action.
Enable power saving mode
In one fell swoop, you can turn off “unnecessary functions”: effects in the menu, quick launch of Siri, background application updates, push-downloading of mail, the screen locks after 30 seconds of inactivity in standby mode. When the battery charge level drops to 20%, then the phone turns on this mode automatically; you can also turn it on yourself in the battery settings.
Instead of a conclusion
In general, in 2017, fighting for phone battery life is somehow painful and offensive. Devices are becoming thinner and lighter, although every second person asks for larger batteries so as not to think about whether the smartphone will work all day or run out by lunchtime. So why do all these neural networks and augmented reality in the phone, if all this then has to be turned off so that the device does not consume charge at an impressive speed? I'm waiting for Apple to solve the problems with autonomy in iOS 11, but for now I don't leave home without a powerbank and charger. C'est la vie.
One of the inevitable features of modern technologies is the constant need for power supply from the network. Smartphones and tablets cling to sockets like vampire ghouls to the tender necks of young ladies. The battery of the iPhone or iPad was no exception, which, although they are somewhere close to the limit of technical perfection, when drained, they make the devices more like useless bars of metal and glass.
In this voluminous article, we will look at a lot of useful and simple tips on how to increase battery life on the small old iPhone 4, and on the small modern iPhone SE, and on the huge iPad Pro. The article is focused on iOS 10, but most of the tips are also relevant for iOS 7, iOS 8 and iOS 9.
So, we'll move from system settings that require calibration to third-party applications that help the iPhone or iPad battery last longer. There are 36 exciting and useful steps ahead.
Don't bother shutting down apps
Enable Low Power Mode
Updating iOS
Or maybe the battery life has expired?
Checking Battery Usage
What apps drain your battery?
Facebook
Turn down the brightness
Automatic blocking
Airplane mode
Turn off Wi-Fi
Turn off Bluetooth
Disable AirDrop
Disable 3G and 4
Turn down the volume
Turn off vibration
Down with visuals
Games and heavy applications
Camera
Turn off Spotlight search
Notification Center
Stop email synchronization
Removing redundant email accounts
Disable iCloud
Disable automatic time zone
Location services
Disable Hey Siri
Disable background content refresh
Disable app updates
Display battery charge as a percentage
Battery calibration
How much time do you have left?
Should you leave your iPhone on charge all the time?
Turn off your iPhone
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If you're a happy iPhone 6 owner, make sure your battery is in good health, because back in November 2016, Apple announced a free battery replacement program for the iPhone 6. A sign of such a warranty issue is when your iPhone 6 turns off unexpectedly. If this bothers you, Feel free to contact customer service.
Let's start by debunking a common myth about saving iPhone or iPad battery. iOS users tend to end apps when they exit them, which seems like a logical way to save battery power. But, in fact, this is not such a good idea. As the folks at the Apple Store explain, when you close an app, it's removed from RAM, so the next time you open it, it's loaded there again. These upload/download manipulations cause more damage to the iPhone than if you simply left everything as is.
Apple itself, represented by Craig Federighi, confirmed that closing the application does not affect the battery in any way. At one time, Tim Cook was asked by email the question: “How often do you terminate your applications, to what extent is this necessary for battery life?” Federighi answered for him: “No and no.”
So our concerns about unused apps draining your battery are unfounded, as they only update in the background if you set them to Background Update. If Background Refresh is not enabled, programs will not be able to run in the background unless they are playing music, recording audio, using location services, or checking VoIP calls such as Skype.
iOS 10 (and iOS 9) includes Low Power Mode, a power-saving mode that reduces overall power requirements and extends battery life. Apple claims this mode will give you three extra hours of iPhone battery life.
Power saving mode in iOS is not enabled by default. It is offered to you when the device's charge reaches 20% battery level. You turn it on and immediately the battery indicator turns orange from red or even turns green if there is enough energy. The mode automatically turns off when the battery charge reaches 80%.
But you don't have to wait until your iPhone battery reaches 20% charge. You need to turn on the power saving mode forcibly, for which you just need to select “Settings” - “Battery” and move the button there.
The tests carried out confirmed that Low Power Mode significantly saves battery. According to users, by midnight in normal mode the iPhone is discharged up to 17%, and with energy saving the same figure is 49%. These savings come from stopping email, Siri, background app updates, automatic downloads, and some visual effects. Surprisingly, even with all these features disabled anyway, Low Power Mode still makes an impact.
This tip only works on iPhone, not iPad. The iPad does not have a low power mode.
When problems start with your iPad or iPhone, including those related to battery life, one of the most useful and universal solutions is updating iOS. Apple uses its regular and free operating system updates to fix vulnerabilities, bugs, and glitches, and it's possible that the problem you're experiencing can be fixed with a simple update. On the battery front, for example, iOS 10.2.1 solves the well-known battery charging bugs for the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 and Plus variants.
Unfortunately, iPhone batteries do not last forever. Sooner or later there comes a time when the device must be examined by a specialist in order to make a final verdict. Fortunately, iOS 10.2.1 introduces such a useful system as a warning about battery repairs and replacement. The message reads: “Your battery needs service.” So, if you have updated, you can wait until you see this message.
There is a good way to make sure that your iPhone or iPad's battery, or the device itself, is in good working order when it comes to power. This will require a small test.
You need to go to “Settings” - “General” - “Battery” to look at the battery load report. Here you can compare the energy consumption during use and in standby mode. Usage time is how long you have used the device since the last charge, standby time is the total time that has passed since the last charge. The usage should be much less than standby mode (unless you use your iPhone non-stop until you turn it off).
To test the battery, record the usage and standby time, and then put the device into sleep mode by pressing the on/off button at the top. After five minutes, look at the indicators again. If your device is working properly, your usage time should have increased by less than a minute, and your standby time should have increased by five minutes. If you see an increase in usage time of more than a minute, something is preventing the phone from sleeping and there is a battery drain problem. This check works well starting from iOS 9.
Most likely, your iPhone battery is dying due to some application or email settings, and not damage to the device itself and the battery.
To stop unnecessary leaks, see the following tips in this article.
In iOS 10, 9, and 8, you can see which apps are the biggest battery drainers. Go to “Settings” - “General” - “Battery” and then at the bottom there is a visual graph of which of your applications were the most power-hungry over the last 24 hours or 7 days. Facebook and VKontakte will most likely be at the top, then Safari. Obviously, these are frequently used applications. It is worth paying attention to any applications that drain the battery with background activities, which will be marked in the table. It is necessary to decide what kind of activity this is. Let's discuss this below.
Facebook has been accused of draining batteries on iPhones and iPads in iOS 9 and even 10. Facebook itself admits that its iOS app uses a lot of resources in the background. So, in February of this year, The Guardian wrote that deleting the Facebook application can save up to 15% of iPhone operating time. At the same time, you should not give up Facebook itself, which can be quite conveniently used on the Facebook website via Safari.
Take a look at your battery usage log (Settings - Battery) and see how Facebook is eating up your battery. Its share in the discharge can be up to a quarter of the total volume! Facebook admitted its fault and then tried to fix it, but the battery drain problems persisted.
The Retina display you probably carry around on your favorite device contains a huge number of pixels, more than an iMac. Even the number of pixels on the iPhone screen can be compared to the MacBook Air. It's no surprise that the screen has become one of the main sources of power consumption in your iOS device. Lighting the pixels of a Retina display requires a lot of power. Testing revealed that excessive screen brightness was the main cause of iPhone battery drain.
With the iPhone 5 screen at full brightness, the shock lasted 6 hours and 21 minutes while playing 720p video. If I turned down the screen brightness by half, the phone had been sitting for 9 hours and 48 minutes. The difference is huge.
So, save battery power by adjusting the brightness of your iPhone. This setting can be quickly accessed via the Control Center slider, which you can access by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. Drag the brightness slider to the left until the dimness begins to cause despondency and discomfort. You also need to open “Settings” - “Display and Brightness”, where you make sure that the “Auto-Brightness” function is disabled so that your phone does not turn up the brightness every time it wants. True, Apple assures that automatic brightness is precisely what can save battery life, so if manual settings are still too dim for you in bright light, then you will probably have to leave everything as is.
In iOS 7, you can find the adjustment in “Wallpaper and Brightness.”
While the screen is on, it consumes power relentlessly, so you need to make sure your iPhone or iPad doesn't wake up whenever it wants. When setting for maximum battery life, you must set the auto-lock to the shortest 30 seconds. This feature was added only in iOS 9, it is also available in iOS 10. Go to “Settings” - “General” - “Auto-Lock” for iOS 9. And “Settings” - “Display and Brightness” - “Auto-Lock” to switch the device to sleep mode after 30 seconds of inactivity in iOS 10. This will significantly extend battery life, but it can get on your nerves. In this case, if you are annoyed by being forced to fall asleep, all you have to do is shut it up for half a minute, you will have to get used to pressing the “Sleep/Wake” button at the top of the iPhone more often on your own.
The antenna is the biggest consumer of energy as it constantly checks for nearby Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Even if you're not doing anything, the phone is simply draining the battery in your pocket as it continually monitors itself against base stations to switch. If you don't need to make calls, you're not waiting for a call, you're not currently using the Internet, you don't need GPS for maps, you can put your phone in airplane mode and save a ton of energy using the iPhone's antenna. Despite the abundance of “ifs,” such situations still occur quite often, and besides, savings for different types of networks can be configured separately.
To activate Airplane Mode, simply enter the control screen and tap the airplane icon in the upper left corner. In addition, “Airplane mode” is enabled in the settings.
If you need to use Wi-Fi, even in airplane mode, you can turn it on separately, just click on the Wi-Fi icon.
“Airplane Mode” especially helps in low coverage areas, since the iPhone maintains antenna power at maximum in such places. So, in an area with poor signal, like a basement, your iPhone will desperately try to boost the signal using its battery.
As Scott Lovelace told Apple Store Genius, your battery will drain quickly even with strong Wi-Fi because the phone still requires cellular service for calls and texts. Which, in principle, is a no brainer without such authorities. So don’t be surprised if the iPhone dies down faster in the office than, for example, at home, it’s not that hard work, it’s just a crappy connection.
If you need a full-fledged phone, but you can do without Wi-Fi, turn it off (Control Center and click the Wi-Fi icon). This will stop the phone searching for available Wi-Fi networks and save battery
You should also remember that poor Wi-Fi will require more energy to transmit and receive data. But it's still better to use Wi-Fi, if possible, than 3G. This isn't about finances or security, it's about the fact that the iPhone consumes less power when accessing data over Wi-Fi than when performing the same task on 3G networks. Therefore, Apple gives different battery discharge times for 3G and Wi-Fi. And if the Internet use on the iPhone 6 Plus is the same for both options - up to 12 hours, then in the iPhone 6 these figures are different: 10 hours on 3G and up to 11 hours on Wi-Fi. iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c – 8 hours on 3G networks, up to 10 hours in LTE mode and 10 hours in Wi-Fi. IPhone 4s - 6 hours on 3G networks and 9 hours on Wi-Fi networks.
Most likely, Bluetooth on your iPhone is not needed most of the time, so it is better to turn it off. Swipe across the screen and in the Control Center, tap on the icon that looks like a runic B. So, after updating iOS, Bluetooth remains turned on, so you may not even realize that it is active. Bluetooth drains your battery noticeably, so if you're not using it to connect to speakers, headphones, or other accessories, feel free to turn it off.
Starting with iOS 7, the AirDrop service is built into the iPhone, which requires Bluetooth to be turned on. This feature allows you to transfer photos and other files to nearby iPhones. Unfortunately, this service drains your battery because it searches for nearby smartphones. AirDrop is disabled in Control Center; enable this feature only when necessary.
If you can live without the Internet at the moment, but need to be connected, turn off 3G or 4G. Go to Settings - Cellular Network (or Mobile Data) and turn the Data switch to Off. If your iPhone supports 4G, turn off this network, especially if you are not using it, which will also save battery.
Typically, the iPhone receives two signals at once: one for calls and SMS, and the other for data transmission, turn off unused channels.
It should be noted that, according to Scotty Loveless, the signal strength indicator on the iPhone only shows the signal strength for the connection, not for data. So, your iPhone may show 2-3 dots, but in fact have a lousy 3G connection, as a result of which the smartphone will go into enhanced search mode and drain the battery.
Surprisingly, even adjusting the volume affects battery life. If you are listening to music or other audio from your phone, turn down the level using the volume buttons. At the same time, you can save battery power by switching to headphones, which is more economical than using the internal speakers of the iPhone. And the best part: the music equalizer also wastes your battery!
Well, since we have dealt with the screen and sound so much, it remains to save on vibration. Turn it off, because a simple sound, without bouncing, will consume less energy from the battery.
Starting with iOS 7, we are pleased with various volumetric effects, nice Parallax features, thanks to which icons and notifications float attractively on the wallpaper. Nice, but they constantly use the iPhone's GPU, wasting precious energy. An extra half hour of using a smartphone is easily spent on these bells and whistles.
Switch to static rather than dynamic wallpapers that move when you tilt the phone. This will save a little battery. When setting new wallpapers, turn off perspective and zoom. You can do this in “Settings” - “General” - “Accessibility” and turn on “Reduce Motion” to turn off parallax effects.
Obviously, your iPhone's battery drains faster the more apps it is loaded with. Some burn through the battery much faster than others, such as those that use the CPU and GPU intensively. So 3D games or GPS for maps use much more energy than reading a book.
If you play games with flashy graphics and visual effects, your iPhone battery will drain before your eyes. Therefore, if you are away from the charger and also waiting for an important call, playing such games will not be the best idea. In fact, even fairly simple games often use a fairly complex 3D engine, and so when the battery is in the redline, avoid them completely.
Probably everyone has experienced when the battery on your iPhone runs out just when you are taking a breathtaking night photo with friends? Therefore, if you are running low on battery, you need to minimize your use of the Camera app and even more so avoid flash.
Just like on the Mac, iOS has Spotlight Search running constantly in the background, indexing your data so it's easy to find later. This is, of course, great, but when you have little energy, it is better to refrain from indexing. Go to “Settings” - “General” - “Spotlight Search” and turn off some or all Spotlight categories.
Unfortunately, notifications do not have a global switch and if you run out of power, you have to change notification settings for all applications. Every time a notification arrives, the iPhone screen lights up and makes a sound, which inevitably drains the battery. Each message wakes up your device for 5-10 seconds. It’s quite possible to live without notifications in non-critical applications, so go to “Settings” - “Notifications” and scroll down the page. Halfway down, in the INCLUDE section, there is a list of built-in iPhone applications and third-party applications installed on the phone. Click on each one that you are not interested in and select the “No” option to prevent banners and alerts from being sent. You can also uninstall apps directly from Action Center.
You can configure your iPhone so that it will immediately download letters from the server and immediately notify its owner about this, so that he will not miss a single new email. But when your iPhone is away from a power outlet, you can save money on receiving emails by checking your email only when necessary.
The Push Notification service constantly polls the server, so when you receive a new email, your iPhone knows instantly. You can disable the service in “Settings” - “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” - “Get new data” - “Turn off”. Instead, you can choose to receive email at regular intervals. Using Push for email requires much more data sharing and battery drain than selectively receiving mail. You can select "Every 15 minutes", "Every 30 minutes", "Hourly" or "Manual" to receive emails only when you request them.
Multiple email accounts consume both your precious time and battery life. You can redirect all your accounts to one email service, and then delete additional ones in “Settings” - “Mail, Contacts, Calendars”.
Likewise, if we want to squeeze out the next batch of battery juice for ourselves, turn off everything that doesn't really need to sync via iCloud. It uses connectivity and energy, so you can save battery power by turning off unused features. Go to “Settings” - “iCloud” and turn off everything you can and even a little bit of what you can’t.
The iPhone can automatically update its time based on where you are. Since the iPhone determines the exact time through location services, this uses some battery power. So, unless you're flying back and forth on hourly trains, go to Settings - General - Date & Time and set Automatic to Off.
Most often, it is not iOS itself that causes the iPhone or iPad battery to drain, but the applications that run on it. There are a number of apps that use location services on your iPhone that can play a role in draining your battery. It even makes you a little angry, especially when it’s unclear why the hell some of them need to know where you are now. To prevent apps from using location services, go to Settings - Privacy - Location Services and turn them off completely, or deselect any apps you don't need to access GPS.
Siri does reduce battery life a bit, but if it's a "Hey Siri" service it drains even faster and should be disabled if you want better battery life. Go to Settings - Siri and make sure "Hey Siri" is not turned on.
This feature, when activated, makes you listen for the phrase “Hey Siri,” and when it hears it, the Siri assistant turns on and prepares for the next commands. This sounds tempting, but constant readiness to hear the magic phrase takes a toll on your battery life. It is for this reason that previously “Hey Siri” only worked if the gadget was connected to a charger, but due to its popularity, Apple relaxed this condition when updating iOS.
Before iOS 7, if you switched between apps by double-pressing the Home button, the old app would freeze and have limited access to system resources. With iOS 7, background apps are allowed to periodically update their data, something iOS 8, iOS 9, and iOS 10 inherited. So when you open the app again, you'll immediately see the latest results.
This can be useful in certain circumstances, but most of the time it wastes battery power at the expense of the apps you actually need. To get the most out of your battery, turn off background content refreshes. Open “Settings” - “General” - “Content Update”. Here you can completely disable this service or reduce the list of applications active in it.
Another feature added to iOS 7 was the ability to update apps without user interaction. The feature remains in iOS 10, 9 and 8. This feature allows apps to always be up to date, but can drain the iPhone's battery. In addition, some users prefer to update data on a case-by-case basis, because sometimes the developer completes his programs in such a way that it only gets worse. Luckily, you can stop apps from updating automatically. It is turned off in “Settings” - “iTunes & App Store”, scroll to “Automatic downloads” and turn off “Updates”.
It's a good habit to keep track of your battery level as a percentage rather than as a bar icon. You can switch in “Settings” - “Battery” - “Battery percentage”. Now you will have more detailed information about how much time your device has left to work. However, for reasons known only to Apple, the iPod touch does not have this feature.
If, despite all the advice, your battery life is running out sooner than it should, for example your iPhone drains from 17% to 2% in a matter of minutes, the device may need to have its battery calibrated. Apple recommends periodically completely draining your iPhone or iPad's battery and then charging it completely, from 0 to 100 percent. This must be done at least once a month. The process is called calibration and helps the device more accurately estimate battery life. Battery calibration ensures that you know when to charge your battery. The procedure itself does not extend battery life.
There is no simple answer to this question. iOS 8 introduced the ability to see which applications have become the biggest consumers of battery, plus we know the percentage of remaining battery charge and can estimate how long it will last. But there is no accuracy, which is due to the dependence of the battery charge on your unpredictable activity.
However, there are third-party apps that can give you some more detailed information about how much runtime is left. One such app is BatteryDoctor (formerly BatterySaver) from KS Mobile. This tool offers a wide range of system settings, with an emphasis on saving battery power. The app's main screen shows an estimate of your remaining battery life based on what's happening in the background and your current system settings.
In principle, BatteryDoctor suggests doing the same thing as we discussed above, only it immediately displays the expected effect of the manipulation.
When you get to the office, do you put your iOS devices on charge so they're fully charged for the ride home? But could this practice of constantly charging your iPhone harm the battery? There are some discussions about this. In general, the iPhone stops charging the battery once the battery is fully charged, so the battery cannot be "overcharged" per se. However, from experience with laptops that remain plugged in all the time, their batteries lose their ability to maintain a charge. The only thing that can be definitely recommended here is to make sure that the battery is discharged to zero at least once a month.
The last resort that is guaranteed to save energy if you need your iPhone for an entire weekend or the power goes out is to turn off the device when not in use. First, it will discourage the temptation to play something to pass the time. And secondly, it guarantees that even background tasks will not waste power.
However, be aware that if there is only a few percent of battery left, your iPhone may not turn on again if you turn it off. In such circumstances, switch to airplane mode.
If you need even more battery life after following the advice, you should consider an option with an external battery pack or a case with a built-in battery. There are many noteworthy devices on sale that will extend the life of your iPhone for significant periods.
Results
You should not mindlessly carry out all 36 listed points. It is enough that you have become acquainted with them and now understand the main principles of saving energy on your iPhone. Use this information to wisely save battery power by subtly and optimally adjusting the device to your needs. Every time the battery treacherously runs out at the most inopportune moment, you will roughly know where you could have saved some energy and the next time it will be increasingly difficult for a depleted iPhone battery to catch you by surprise.
How to save battery from the Addictive Tips blog. Some of them have been known for a long time in previous versions of iOS, but they are always found
1. Disable beauty
We are talking about displaying a number of elements. Well, for example, the icons do not lie directly on the wallpaper, but a little higher. If you are not an inveterate perfectionist, then you will not even notice what happened. Here's how it's done:
Settings > General > Accessibility > Motion Reduction
2. Disable background app updates
Now application content can be updated independently in the background. But it costs money in battery charge. You can disable all at once or selected ones:
Settings > General > Content Update
3. Use static wallpaper
Dynamic wallpaper eats up more battery life, although (according to the author’s research) not by much.
4. Turn off unnecessary “radio”
Enabled Wi-Fi and especially Bluetooth affect power consumption, so if you don’t need it, it’s better to turn it off, especially from the new control center this can be done with one click.
5. Disable location services for apps
For some reason, a lot of applications determine our location. And it costs us minutes of battery life. You can remove this option from some applications at
Settings > Privacy > Location Services
6. Disable automatic app updates
This is not about updating the content mentioned in paragraph 2, but about updating the applications themselves. I couldn’t do this; the ever-increasing number on the App Store icon made me very nervous.
But if you’re not as crazy as me, you can turn this off and update the old fashioned way, in a quiet environment, via Wi-Fi
Settings > iTunes Store, App Store
7. Disable location detection by system services
A similar story with point 5, only not about applications, but about system services. There is also a “Frequent places” item, which can also be disabled.
Settings > Privacy > > Geolocation services > System services (you may not find it right away, it’s under the application list from step 5)
8. At this point you should not turn it off, but rather turn it on. Do Not Track feature in Safari. This is your browsing history, and sites use it to target and show you ads that are more relevant to you. If you don’t want to share your online activities with anyone, cut them off. By and large, this has a very indirect relation to energy saving (the charge is spent on data transfer, but these are, of course, crumbs), much more to confidentiality, but, nevertheless.
Settings > Safari > Do Not Track
9. Reduce the amount of information displayed in the notification center.
Notification Center
10-11. Here in the original there is an extremely interesting (if not the most interesting) life hack about the ability to push a folder inside another folder and the folder into the dock. But, alas, I was unable to implement this trick, so I won’t even translate it. You can try it yourself according to the instructions in the post.
12. Block access to the Control Center (Center) from applications. This is especially true in games, when a careless gesture can bring the Item to the screen. Not only is this inconvenient, but it leads to additional unwanted actions, and any action on a smartphone costs a battery.
Settings > Control Center > Access in programs
13. At the same time turn off unnecessary applications that run in the background.
Previously, they could be extinguished several at a time - with several fingers. But now, with the advent of application pages, it is much more convenient. The benefit here is simple (besides reducing the load on the processor): the less time you spend on this operation, the less the screen lights up, so that’s your savings. Although, let’s be honest, it’s cheap.
Press the Home button twice
Until recently, iPhone and iPad owners felt like they were “on horseback” - they had excellent technology in their hands, which seemed to have no drawbacks! Today, the happiness of users who actively use iPhones has become somewhat darker. Their iPhone lasts less than a day without recharging!
So how can I increase the battery life of my iPhone?
Few people know that Apple equipment can consume energy at different rates. Master the main functions of your device and “tame” energy!
Secrets to help extend iPhone battery life
1. Control it!
A “small” charge of energy is not a quantity. To extend battery life, monitor its consumption dynamics. Turn on your iPhone, go to Settings -> General -> Statistics. Next, visit the Battery Usage section. Activate Charge percentage. Now you will focus not on the standard icon bar, but on the digital display of the charge. It’s much more convenient to start from this data! In the Battery Usage section, you will see data on the percentage of energy consumed by a particular service - refrain from using the most “demanding” services if you see that the battery is almost “zero”.
2. Adjust screen brightness
Have you suspected that a large screen with bright backlight “eats” a lot of battery? You were right. Set the brightness to 50%. Turn off auto brightness. Experience significant savings. By the way, Apple has officially recommended adjusting screen brightness as the simplest and most effective means of extending battery life.
You can set the brightness in Settings -> Display and brightness. Move the slider to the left until the 50% mark or until your eyes begin to tire. Switch the Auto-Brightness status (the mode for automatically adjusting brightness under different ambient light conditions) in the same settings.
3. Consider the need for wireless connectivity
No one argues about the importance of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi - the services scan the airwaves, checking for connectivity with other devices. But this does not make one habit any less useful. I left the house (cafe, restaurant with free access) and turned off Wi-Fi. I got a savings of 30-40% of the battery. To disable wireless connections, go to the quick access menu and selectively deactivate services.
4. Maybe disable content updates?
Think about whether it is so important for you to know about the weather and apple stock prices at this very second - by default, these, like many other equally “interesting” facts, are updated in the background. If it’s not important, go to Settings -> General, and from there go to Content Update.
5. Screw push notifications in email and apps!
Only 8% of users actually need notifications about new messages in applications that are not currently running. If you're one of the other 92%, be sure to go to Settings -> Mail, Addresses, Calendars -> Data Downloads and turn Push to off. To avoid being disturbed by notifications from other services, visit the corresponding “Notifications” settings item and select the items to disable.
For greater savings, adjust the signal format - turn off the sound notification and icon display (the parameters are set by default).
6. This controversial advantage is GPS...
Using the GPS module and the ability to determine location (Geolocation) is quite reasonable, but not when we are talking about battery safety. Know! Geolocation and secondary services (area maps, satellite navigation) consume a lot of energy, and if the first position is really useful, then we have a little doubt about the advisability of an always-on area map. You can disable Geolocation and save 25-30% of your device's charge in Settings -> Privacy.
7. Turn off parallax
Parallax is a cool thing. Cheerful, beautiful and unusual. But is it really necessary when it comes to long-term iPhone operation? You can disable the service, which eats up your battery significantly, in Settings -> General -> Universal Access. Check "on" Reduce motion option.
8. Lock your iPhone.
Remember that locking your iPhone (when you're not using it, of course) is guaranteed to prevent the device from responding to accidental touches on the display and significantly (3-5%) reduces battery consumption. We recommend locking the screen for 1-2 minutes. To do this, go to the Settings menu -> General -> Auto-blocking, setting the desired auto-blocking period.
9. Turn off the keyboard sound
It’s not surprising that when you sound taps on the iPhone keyboard, a certain amount of device power is consumed. The same applies to vibration used by many games and programs. Turning off these privileges will give your battery extra energy! You can turn off unnecessary signals in the Settings -> Sounds menu.
Use your iPhone regularly. Let the lithium battery of the device be in ideal condition, which is only possible under conditions of constant movement of its electrons.
Monitor the temperature. Battery performance is negatively affected by both overheating and hypothermia.
Cycle your iPhone battery once a month. A full charging cycle (100% charge - 100% battery discharge) will definitely benefit your iPhone.
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In order to extend the battery life of your iPhone, we make the following settings:
1. Configuring applications to run in the background (the settings do not affect push notifications, which will arrive in any case)
Settings --> General --> Content Update
iOS applications can load information in the background. However, this option consumes battery power no less than other functions; disable the use of services in the background. You can disable the feature completely or limit its use for certain applications. Here you need to carefully look at which applications work in the background you need.
Personally, I need photos to be saved to the OneDrive cloud and also for the weather forecast to be updated in the background (push notifications for programs with background activity prohibited will arrive as normal).
2. Setting up location
Settings--> Privacy --> Location Services
Geolocation services (using a GPS receiver) iOS uses up battery power. If your main applications are not location-based, you can safely disable location services.For example, if you do not use a navigator or a tracker for cycling, then it is better to disable the location function.Deactivate the function completely or set individual settings for each application.
Scroll down to "System Services". Here, turn off the following services: Diagnostics and usage, Geolocation iAds, Popular nearby, Time zone, Traffic and Frequently visited places.
3. Setting up sending statistics about system operation
4. Setting up push notifications
Settings-->Notifications
Push notifications are definitely a useful thing. However, this feature is not needed for all applications. Turn off notifications from unnecessary programs(for me this is a camera, TV remotes, wallet, games, navigators, etc.).
It is worth noting that the battery energy in this case is consumed not so much due to the notifications themselves, but due to their activation of the display, so if for some applications you still need to leave notifications turned on, you should limit yourself to “stickers on the icon”, disabling other methods notifications. N For example, if you received a message in VK or Avito, you will be able to see it immediately after unlocking the phone.
5. Setting up wireless data services
Swipe across the screen from below -->
up
Settings--> Wi-Fi
Setupoyki --> Bluetooth
Turn off wireless data features that are not currently in use and that drain battery power.
If you are on a trip, it is advisable to turn off Wi-Fi, since the phone in the background independently tries to connect to available networks, consuming battery power. An easy way to extend the battery life of your iPhone and iPad is to turn off background scanning for wireless networks.
Much the same thing happens with the Bluetooth function.
AirDrop - The function is convenient for transferring files between Apple devices and is available on all iPhone models starting with iPhone 5. Activate this option only when you need to exchange files with some other device. The rest of the time it is better to keep it off.
6. Configure account synchronization settings
Settings--> Mail --> Accounts
Settings--> Mail --> Accounts
Try to reduce the number of accounts and how often you check for new incoming emails in each of them.You can set up either manual mail retrieval or interval checking. The longer the interval, the longer the battery will live.
It is also better to select one account to synchronize calendars and contacts, and disable these functions in the others, or remove them altogether.
For myself, I chose gmail.com, because the service allows you to save photos of contacts, which is not provided in outlook.com accounts.
7. Setting the data transfer speed for the cellular network
Settings--> Cellular --> Data options --> Voice and data
Settings--> Modem mode
A high-speed connection via the LTE (4G) cellular network is only needed to watch movies in high definition and download large files. This mode consumes more battery power than 3G mode. 
I set 3G in my settings; the connection speed in this mode is quite sufficient for my needs.
Also remember to turn off tethering mode when you are not using it.
8. Display settings
Settings--> Screen and brightness
Settings -->
Screen and brightness--> Auto-lock
Keeping the Retina display running is quite energy intensive. Tests have shown that at the maximum brightness level when watching 720 p video, the iPhone 5 can withstand 6 hours 21 minutes of operation, and at half brightness - as much as 9 hours 48 minutes! The result is obvious.
Set the minimum comfortable level of display brightness, this will significantly extend your phone's battery life.
Reducing the phone's auto-lock time also has a positive effect on battery saving.
9. Setting up iCloud
Settings-->iCloud
If you want your device to work for a long time without recharging, turn off all unnecessary synchronizations, both standard (for example, not everyone needs to synchronize Calendar or Reminders) and third-party applications with the iCloud service. Each such synchronization consumes its share of resources.
Synchronization can be enabled directly when you plan to replace your iOS device, so that the new device retains all the settings from the previous one.
10. Built-in communication services
Settings-->Messages
Settings-->FaceTime
Disable built-in services if you do not use them, as they operate in constant standby mode, consuming battery power.
11. Configuring synchronization settings between devices
Settings--> Basic-->Handoff
Settings-->iCloud-->iCloud Drive
The Handoff feature allows for easy transfer of work context between mobile and desktop environments ( for example, when you entered a password for a Wi-Fi network on your phone, a tablet with the same account connected to the same Wi-Fi network without entering the password again), as well as the ability to receive calls and send SMS from a computer. If you only have one Apple devicewith your account,or you don't use this feature, be sure to disable it.
12. Setting up battery saving
Settings--> Battery
Use the battery saver option.
In iOS, you can clearly see which apps are using up a lot of battery ( You may need to make additional settings in them). Go to Settings and identify the main energy hogs. Often they are games and browsers. If you need to save energy, just don't run them. Remove unused apps that eat up your battery in the background.
After uninstalling the third-party email client, I noticed that the phone started working longer.
13. Updates
Settings --> iTunes Store and App Store
Settings--> Basic --> Software update
Despite the obvious convenience, using the automatic content download feature consumes battery power. Under the "Automatic downloads" item, deactivate the Updates item, as well as Music, Applications and Books, if you do not want to synchronize content between your devices.
Applications from the store and off-line maps can easily be updated once a week manually, this will further save battery power.
Update your phone software to the latest version; new versions often fix software errors that lead to rapid battery drain.
Example: Recently it turned out that in a number of versions of the eighth firmware, for example 8.1.3, there was a bug due to which the iPhone 5S (and possibly other models) could periodically lose connection with the Wi-Fi network and reconnect to it, including in sleep mode. This served as one of the additional reasons for the rapid consumption of charge.
This issue was resolved in the iOS 8.2 update.
14. Setting up phone search mode
Settings--> Update and security --> Find your phone
If you are not going to lose your phone, disable this battery-consuming feature (a password will be required).
15. Configuring Keyboard Input and Date Options
Settings--> Basic --> Keyboard
Settings--> Basic --> Date and time
Turning off predictive dialing will help reduce battery consumption a little if you chat a lot.
Also, if you are not traveling anywhere, it is better to disable automatic time zone detection.
16. Customize the theme in applications (for future iPhone models)
If you are the lucky owner of a phone with an OLED display, then changing the color scheme to a dark one will significantly extend the battery life of your phone if you use it frequently.
17. Motion sensors
Settings--> Basic --> Universal Access--> Reduce motion
Settings--> Basic--> Universal Access--> Shake to cancel
The parallax effect on the home screen and lock screen continuously uses data from motion sensors, which, of course, affects the battery life of the iOS device. Enable Motion Reduction to prevent the processor from wasting its resources on animations.
Do you often shake your phone to undo the last word you typed? If not, disable this feature while gyroscope is active.
18. Alert auxiliary functions
Settings--> Basic--> Universal Access--> Vibration
Settings--> Basic--> Universal Access--> Flash alerts
