In all the recent hullaballoo about iOS 10, macOS, and to a large part, the upcoming iPhone 7, we forgot to give you guys something that you really look forward to: Tips and Tricks! So we’re back with a help guide and this time, it’s about how to improve your iPhone battery life.
Update your software
This is absolutely the first thing you should do. Software updates are full of minor bug fixes that are only found as users report them over a period of time. Such shortcomings are corrected in every software update. Therefore, keeping your iOS up-to-date is the best way to make sure that your device is functioning optimally.
Don’t quit the apps
Many people have this habit of quitting their apps regularly. STOP DOING THAT! I know you believe it helps the RAM, but it doesn’t! Phones nowadays are smart enough to prioritise the allocation of RAM based on your usage and the most active apps on the device.
Quitting and relaunching your apps repeatedly strains the battery and drains it of power. So just leave your apps running in the background. You’ll also find it useful for multitasking.
Low Power Mode
Apple’s inbuilt Low Power Mode is a good way to minimise power wastage. Activating it makes your iPhone switch off all non-essential background apps, auto-syncing, and many push notifications, thereby significantly extending battery life.
Find the Killer Apps
Go to Settings > General > Battery and scroll down to find out which apps are draining your battery. Most likely, it’s going to be either Facebook or Sanpchat. While there’s no alternative for the latter, there’s an easy way to solve the Facebook problem. DELETE IT!
We’d done a post about how Facebook is the most battery hogging app. We’ll repeat now what we said then: Delete the Facebook app and instead use it on Chrome or Safari. Click here to know the process. You’re guaranteed to notice a huge improvement in your iPhone battery life.
Disable WiFi/Bluetooth/AirDrop
All wireless networks use up a lot of power, especially when you’re in an area with little or no connectivity. That’s because the phone is continuously searching for a better network. So if you know that there’s no wifi available or that the network is misbehaving, it’s best to keep these options turned off. The same goes for data connection.
Push Notifications, iCloud, and Location Services
Push notifications — especially if you have multiple e-mail/Twitter/Instagram accounts running — can severely drain the battery. Keep one account, the one that’s absolutely essential to you, on auto-sync. Everything else you can sync manually.
Follow the same principle for iCloud. Keep it on manual sync. Auto syncing of your camera roll (photos and videos) not only sucks up a lot of battery, it’s also heavy on data consumption. Choosing when to sync your data can solve both your problems!
Enable location services when you need them (for example, while booking an Uber). Otherwise keep them disabled. If there’s no effect on the iPhone battery life, you can at least be sure Google/Apple is not stalking you.
We hope these pointers will help you improve your iPhone battery life. Note: The above tips will work on the iPod Touch and iPads as well.
Our final suggestion is this: Give your damn phone a rest. Turn off the data, disconnect from the wifi, put the bloody thing on airplane mode. Now go talk to people. Actual people, using actual words that are uttered from your mouth, not typed out on a keyboard. Look into that person’s eyes and peep into his/her soul. Form a human connection.
Your notifications can wait. The person next to you might not. #Gyaan
