Your iPhone is a great Smartphone that is the best of your possessions but often you might feel disappointed when its battery drains out. The only thing that irks you about this gadget is the battery that seems to run low. This is indeed annoying and seems to have been the worst of enemies while using an iPhone. However, if you were careful about most of the things then it would be easier for you to maintain the battery juice and still use it to your delight.
Background Refresh
You only require this mode for apps that you are running currently. If Background Refresh keeps working then the battery of your phone would be consumed without letting you know about it. So, here is what you can do, turn it off:
Settings-> General-> Background App Refresh; here you have the choice of turning it off or deactivating it. The only thing that you might immediately notice is that it will take a moment to fetch new information by a specific app. Other things work just well.
Notifications
Now you know that notifications are essential but you do not need them always. This is what consumes your battery power. It is advisable to disable them, as you do not require notifications running all the time.
Settings-> Notifications and locate the option of ‘Do Not Include,’ after that a list of various categories will be revealed out of which you can choose to disable specific categories. You can choose to keep Twitter and Facebook as constant whereas others can be secondary. Choose to disable apps that you do not use regularly.
You can even choose from the Alert Style for your notifications that will accordingly appear on lock screen or choose to disable.
Signal Strength
If you delight in the fact that your iPhone is able to fetch your signal strength anywhere then there is a fact for you. The amount of battery energy consumed in looking up for strongest signal strength is accountable for faster drain. In poor reception areas your iPhone is continually looking for strongest signal. This leads to adverse impact on the battery power. This cannot be handled in any other way other than switching your phone off when there is low or almost no signal strength.
E-mails
We all love to have the latest messages in our Inbox but how many of you know that push e-mail is one thing that adds to battery drain list. You might be surprised if you for once turn this feature off and see for how long your battery lasts.
Go to Settings-> Mail, Contacts, Calendars-> Fetch New Data, now you need to toggle Push to turn it off and allow the Manual option.
Location based services
Location based services are a true battery drainer; these are not always required so you can turn these off too. You would not want the GPS of your iPhone to keep looking for and drain the battery. Here is what you can do:
Settings-> Privacy->Location Services, tap to turn it off
Software updates
If you are wondering about upgrading your software then do it immediately for the sake of saving battery. Now it might seem a bit awkward but here is the fact, software updates often come with fixes that can be essential for enhancing battery life.
Go to Settings-> General->Software Updates
The methods suggested above are easy to apply and useful for saving battery and making your iPhone last longer than usual. However, if you are keen on getting more then you can opt for add-on battery. Go for stuff like Mophie and battery case provided by Kensington.
