Some Tips to Help You to Boost Your iPhone’s Battery Life
As we rely on our smartphones more and more,mobile backup battery life becomes an increasing concern.While the iPhone isn’t a horrible power hog,particularly in terms of standby time,there still are situations where your battery can drain too quickly.If you have trouble making it through the day without charging up,here’s what you can do right now to boost your iPhone’s battery life:
Turn off Location Services.You can also disable all Location Services,which is a good general rule for conserving battery life,as the iPhone’s GPS can blaze through your battery.Head to Settings >Location Services,and tap the On/Off slider next to Location Services to turn all of them off.You can also disable these services on an individual app basis below.
Check for email manually.Push email is another perennial battery drain.Normally I set all accounts to receive updates manually (i.e.when I load the app),instead of at a set frequency or via “push.”The same goes for Facebook and Twitter updates;if the app is constantly refreshing them in the background,it’s hitting the radios and consuming power,and you’re not even reading them.Head to Settings >Mail,Contacts,Calendars >Fetch New Data,toggle Push at the top to Off,and then set Fetch to Manually.
Disable as many notifications as possible.Notifications were a lithium battery drain with earlier versions of iOS.I usually kept them turned off on test handsets,and saw several days of standby time on a charge even with Wi-Fi,Bluetooth,and GPS enabled.But iOS 5 has a completely different notification system,with an Android-style pull-down bar at the top that collects multiple notifications and organizes them.In the process of adding this,Apple removed the global notification toggle in the Settings menu,so you can’t just disable them all in one shot anymore.You can,however,disable app notifications,while leaving important ones (such as text and voicemail) intact.In other words,you can turn it back into an approximation of the original system,which separated call notifications from app notifications automatically.
Consider a battery case or an add-on battery.Battery cases from Kensington,Mophie,and other manufacturers combine a hardware enclosure,which protects your phone,with an extended battery that can double your iPhone 4 or 4S’s endurance.They average about $70,but there are some lower-cost options as well.For more details,check our roundups of The Best iPhone 4/4S Battery Cases and The Best Add-On Batteries For Your Phone or Tablet,with links to complete reviews of each one.
Solutions for Demanding Users
Disabling a few features here and there will provide you with a little extra life,but the difference won’t move mountains.Additionally,you may want a lot of these features on because you need to use them.If you can’t make many (or any) of the sacrifices described above,you still have a few more options.Buy external batteries,like the Mophie Juice Pack.You should probably have a case on your iPhone anyway,and Mophie’s cases have batteries built-in.They do add some bulk,as the battery has to go somewhere,but it’s not much and a small sacrifice for nearly doubling your iPhone’s run time.Mophie and others also offer several external battery options that you can just plug in and use to receive a boost when needed.You have to charge these devices separately,but it’ll be worth the trouble when you need your phone and its battery is running low.
Buy plenty of extra chargers so you can power your phone wherever you are.This doesn’t necessarily improve your battery life but it improves the likelihood that your iPhone will last as long as you need it.Put a charger in your car,at your desk,by your bed,and anywhere else you frequently find yourself so you never have to go through any trouble to plug it in.You may even want to pick up a solar charger for those times when you’re not near an outlet.Hopefully you won’t find yourself in a situation where you’re that desperate for iPhone power,but if you are then many charging options should have you covered.
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