Earlier today, a study was published by onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/apple-iphone-4s-16gb-32gb-64gb/P5');" target="_blank" href="http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/apple-iphone-4s-16gb-32gb-64gb/P5">iLounge that confirmed that the iPhone 4S’ battery is not as good as that of the iPhone 4′s. Despite, we’ve got tips to maximize your iPhone’s battery life if you feel like it’s lacking.
Honestly, I haven’t really had any issues with my iPhone 4S so far concerning its battery, and it’s comparatively much better than the battery that I had in my iPod Touch 4th generation. Regardless, we href="http://www.iphonealley.com/blog/tips-iphone-battery-draining-too-fast">posted ten tips to help preserve the life of your battery, and we’re going to recap those ten in addition to another few:
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Two. Manage your push notifications
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Three. Auto-lock rather than power-off
Believe it or not, I’ve seen some iPhone owners think it makes more sense to turn off their iPhone when not using it for extensive amounts of time (a day or so). Truth is, it takes up more battery to power up your iPhone after it’s been turned off; it would make more sense just to auto-lock (duh!), datetime="2011-07-04T00:31:14+00:00">which doesn’t consume any battery. Thanks to one of our readers for pointing out that auto-lock does consume power, (text, phone calls, wi-fi, etc.) though just not as much as powering your device off then on.
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Four. Use Airplane Mode
href="http://www.iphonealley.com/blog/tips-iphone-battery-draining-too-fast/attachment/airplane" rel="attachment wp-att-20089">src="http://www.iphonealley.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/airplane.png" alt="" title="airplane" width="238" height="75" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-20089" />Not only does not having Airplane Mode enabled pose a threat for planes, it also poses a threat for your battery when you’re in low or no-coverage areas. Turning on Airplane mode disables the iPhone’s connection with your cellular network, which means you also will not be able to receive calls/texts. Not a bad price to pay at all, especially if 1) you’re battery will last longer and 2) you wouldn’t even need those in low/no-coverage areas. To turn on: Settings—>Airplane Mode On
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Five. Screen Brightness
href="http://www.iphonealley.com/blog/tips-iphone-battery-draining-too-fast/attachment/iphone-brightness" rel="attachment wp-att-20090">src="http://www.iphonealley.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/iphone-brightness.jpg" alt="" title="iphone-brightness" width="163" height="75" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-20090" />I’ve seen some people who refuse to realize that the brightness of their screen drains the batter pretty darn fast. They’ll keep the brightness of their screen cranked up to the maximum, only to respond that they “like it that way”. Yeah, I’m sure you’ll [won't] like it when your batter drains. You can adjust the brightness of your screen using a simple slider, and can also turn on Auto-Brightness, which will automatically switch the lighting when needed. To do so: Settings—>Brightness—>Slider or Auto Brightness On
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Six. Manage Equalizer
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Seven. Bluetooth
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Eight. Location Services
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Nine. Fetch
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Ten. Temperature
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Eleven. Vibrate
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With the addition of the ability to make your own custom vibrations in iOS 5, you may have been enticed to make tons of them. Let’s face it folks – vibrate does consume a considerable amount of battery, and can be a big help when turned off. If you don’t usually have your phone on silent or don’t care much for the vibration accompanying your audio alerts, you can turn off vibrations completely by going to Settings—>Sounds—>Vibrate Off.
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Twelve. Close Processes
href="http://www.iphonealley.com/news/reminders-tips-to-maximize-your-iphone-4s-battery/attachment/20111017-193441-jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-22575">src="http://www.iphonealley.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20111017-193441-300x85.jpg" alt="" title="20111017-193441.jpg" width="300" height="85" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-22575" />You know that multitasking bar that was added in iOS 4? Yeah, well it serves another purpose then simply giving you the ability to quickly switch between application. It also lets you free up space and save battery when used properly. I’ve had people go their whole iOS-owning time period not knowing that open processes can be closed. This not only clears up RAM on your device but will also save a valuable amount of battery. This is how to do to close processes: Double Click home button—>hold down an application as if deleting—>click on each open application’s red minus icon that shows up in the upper left hand corner.
I highly doubt it if you’re an iPhone 4S owner, but if you’re battery has already decreased in capacity to less than 50% of the original capacity, Apple will replace your device for free. The same applies to other iOS device owners but only if your 1-year warranty is still active. Either way, these above tips should keep your battery alive just a bit longer – but longer is good when it comes to iDevices, am I right?
Tip: Don’t ask Siri how to maximize battery life, she won’t know. Although that question is a perfect way to attain the location of local battery stores…
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