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> From: "Jay Phinnemore [email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Tips from Apple for battery life extension > Date: December 8, 2011 6:17:20 PM CST > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Hi all, Here are some tips right from Apple on how to extend your battery > life. > Optimize Your Settings > Depending on how they are configured, a few features may decrease your > iPhone battery life. For example, the frequency with which you retrieve > email and the number of email accounts you auto-check can both affect > battery life. The tips below apply to an iPhone running iOS 5.0 or later and > may help extend your battery life. > > Minimize use of location services: Applications that actively use location > services such as Maps may reduce battery life. To disable location services, > go to Settings > General > Location Services or use location services only > when needed. > Turn off push notifications: Some applications from the App Store use the > Apple Push Notification service to alert you of new data. Applications that > extensively rely on push notifications (such as instant messaging > applications) may impact battery life. To disable push notifications, go to > Settings > Notifications and set Notifications to Off. Note that this does > not prevent new data from being received when the application is opened. > Also, the Notifications setting will not be visible if you do not have any > applications installed that support push notifications. > Fetch new data less frequently: Applications such as Mail can be set to > fetch data wirelessly at specific intervals. The more frequently email or > other data is fetched, the quicker your battery may drain. To fetch new data > manually, from the Home screen choose Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > > Fetch New Data and tap Manually. To increase the fetch interval, go to > Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data and tap Hourly. Note > that this is a global setting and applies to all applications that do not > support push services. > Turn off push mail: If you have a push mail account such as Yahoo! or > Microsoft Exchange, turn off push when you don't need it. Go to Settings > > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data and set Push to Off. Messages > sent to your push email accounts will now be received on your phone based on > the global Fetch setting rather than as they arrive. > Auto-check fewer email accounts: You can save power by checking fewer email > accounts. This can be accomplished by turning off an email account or by > deleting it. To turn off an account, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, > Calendars, choose an email account, and set Account to Off. To remove an > account, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, choose an email > account, and tap Delete Account. > Turn off Wi-Fi: If you rarely use Wi-Fi, you can turn it off to save power. > Go to Settings > Wi-Fi and set Wi-Fi to Off. Note that if you frequently use > your iPhone to browse the web, battery life may be improved by using Wi-Fi > instead of cellular data networks. > Turn off Bluetooth: If you rarely use a Bluetooth headset or car kit, you > can turn off Bluetooth to save power. Go to Settings > General > Bluetooth > and set Bluetooth to Off. > Use Airplane Mode in low- or no-coverage areas: Because your iPhone always > tries to maintain a connection with the cellular network, it may use more > power in low- or no-coverage areas. Turning on Airplane Mode can increase > battery life in these situations; however, you will be unable to make or > receive calls. To turn on Airplane Mode, go to Settings and set Airplane > Mode to On. > Adjust brightness: Dimming the screen is another way to extend battery life. > Go to Settings > Brightness and drag the slider to the left to lower the > default screen brightness. In addition, turning on Auto-Brightness allows > the screen to adjust its brightness based on current lighting conditions. Go > to Settings > Brightness and set Auto-Brightness to On. > Turn off EQ: Applying an equalizer setting to song playback on your iPhone > can decrease battery life. To turn EQ off, go to Settings > iPod > EQ and > tap Off. Note that if you've added EQ to songs directly in iTunes, you'll > need to set EQ on iPhone to Flat in order to have the same effect as Off > because iPhone keeps your iTunes settings intact. Go to Settings > iPod > EQ > and tap Flat. > Lock Your iPhone > It may seem obvious, but you should lock your iPhone when you aren't using > it. You will be able to receive calls and text messages while it is locked, > but nothing happens if you touch the screen. To lock iPhone, press the > Sleep/Wake button. You can also set the Auto-Lock interval so your iPhone > will turn off more quickly after a period of inactivity. To set Auto-Lock, > go to Settings > General > Auto-Lock and set the interval to a short time, > such as 1 minute. > > Use iPhone Regularly > For proper maintenance of a lithium-based battery, it's important to keep > the electrons in it moving occasionally. Be sure to go through at least one > charge cycle per month (charging the battery to 100% and then completely > running it down). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
