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Simple tips to make your iPhone battery last longer

By SK 0 comments Last updated June 2, 2013

Apple claims a pretty impressive battery life for the iPhone – up to 8 hours of use.  But my experience is that the iPhone’s battery is not that good. We also receive a lot of battery related issues from users. Here are  a few simple tweaks you can apply to improve your iPhone’s battery life considerably.

Turn off auto-brightness

  • Go to Settings > Brightness & Wallpaper and toggle off Auto-Brightness and reduce your screen to a comfortable settings (e.g. 20-25 percent).

iphone brightness

Turn off (unnecessary) location services

  • Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services. and turn off location services; when you are not using them (e.g., Maps etc).

iphone location services

Turn off push email

  • Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar > Fetch New Data set Push to Off.

iPhone push off

Fetch data less frequently

  • Tap Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendar > Fetch: Instead of having your iPhone push you new emails every 15 minutes, set it to “manually” or “hourly.”

fetch data manually

Turn off push notifications

  • To disable push notifications, tap Settings > Notifications and disable notifications for apps.

notifications off

Turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

  • Wi-F- and bluetooth may use a significant amount of battery life. When you are not using them, turn them off. Tap Settings > Wi-Fi > set to Off. And tap Settings > Bluetooth > set this to Off.

wifi and bluetooth settings

Auto-Lock Sooner

  • You can decide how quickly your iPhone should lock when it hasn’t been in use. Tap Settings > General > Auto-Lock > set this to 1 Minute or 2 Minutes.

iPhone auto lock

Turn of vibrations

  • Vibrations can be useful but you may want to disable vibrations to save battery. Tap Settings > Sounds and and change your vibrations settings.

sound and vibration iPhone

Fully close unused apps

  • iPhone apps don’t completely close when press the home button. Close apps down when you do not use them/ To do that, double-clicking the Home button, then touch and hold any open app, when they jiggle, tap the red minus sign to close them.

force close apps

Turn LTE off

  • If you don’t use LTE much, turn it off by going to Settings > General > Cellular > Enable LTE to OFF.

iPhone 4G and LTE

Turn Off Unnecessary Cellular Data Usage

  • Turn off cellular data usage for items and services. Go to Settings > General > Cellular > Toggle everything under “Use Cellular Data for:” to OFF.

cellular data

Related:

  • iOS 6.1 causing battery drain for iPhone users. How to fix
  • iPhone 5 battery drain problems, how to fix
  • 10 Simple Ways to Prolong iPhone Battery Life
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SK( Managing Editor )

Obsessed with tech since the early arrival of A/UX on Apple, Sudz (SK) is responsible for the editorial direction of AppleToolBox. He is based out of Los Angeles, CA.

Sudz specializes in covering all things macOS, having reviewed dozens of OS X and macOS developments over the years.

In a former life, Sudz worked helping Fortune 100 companies with their technology and business transformation aspirations.

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