A suggestion on keeping apps open in the background: If you really want to do so and don't care about background app refresh, turn it off. It'll save a ton of battery. Low Power Mode is also great, you'll still receive your push notifications and calls.
On 11/23/2016 2:37 PM, Wayne Merritt wrote: > Anything that uses GPS or the camera will usually use more battery > power than other apps. There are also the exceptions, like Facebook > and perhaps that Rogers app, which also use a lot of battery power. I > regularly tell students to close the GPS and camera apps when they are > done using them. When I gave my older iPhone to my wife several years > ago, she thought that just because she went to the home screen, the > phone would automatically take care of her apps. She was telling me > that she started at a full charge early in the morning, and by 10am, > her battery was down to 10 percent. I looked at her phone and saw that > she had around 40 apps in the App Switcher; no wonder her battery was > dropping faster than the stock market. Things are better today since > we both have the iPhone 7, and these newer phones manage apps and > processes much better. Still, I try to restart my phone at least once > a week and keepa close watch on how many apps are in the App > Switcher. In doing these things, my battery generally lasts between 13 > and 16 hours a day before I need to charge. For full disclosure, I use > to have the Apple smart Battery Case for my 6S and that was awesome. > However, with the 7, you get an extra 1-2 hours of battery life and > the phone is a lot better about managing things, that I really don't > need one anymore. > > Wayne > > On 11/23/16, Pablo Cesar Morales <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have noticed that when I use apps like google maps, or maps, even after >> arriving to my destination, if I keep the app in the background, the battery >> is consumed quickly. More over some apps when they are not running in the >> background, are not using resources like Bluetooth or notifications, so >> closing these apps also helps. >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Mr. Ed >> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 8:36 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Question regarding battery life, and phone getting warm >> >> >> >> I find this hard to believe that closing an app in the app switcher is going >> to create problems. I will have to hear this from a good reliable source >> before I believe this. I think closing an app is just like closing it on the >> pc. It has no effect. In fact it might run better as it clear all the junk >> out and the app a lot of times works better after closing it in the app >> switcher and reopening it. This is what you said, “please, please, please >> read this article, closing your apps is a very, very unhelpful thing to do.” >> Now you need to go back an read the article on the link you posted. It said >> closing an app does not help battery life. I did not see where it said >> anything about closing an app could be harmful. >> >> Please correct me if I am wrong. >> >> Mr. Ed >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Aleeha Dudley >> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 7:05 PM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Question regarding battery life, and phone getting warm >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> Just a couple of things here. First, is that screen curtain on its own will >> not help your battery. You must turn the brightness down to help in any way. >> Second, charging at higher levels does not affect your battery like it used >> to be rumored to. Third, and please, please, please read this article, >> closing your apps is a very, very unhelpful thing to do. It will not save >> battery and is not recommended (except for that one nasty time when Roger >> decided to eat your battery like a picnic lunch). Read this article and be >> informed. >> >> >> >> >> >> https://www.wired.com/2016/03/closing-apps-save-battery-makes-things-worse/ >> >> Essentially, closing an app tells your device that something’s wrong, >> forcing it to try to find another way to do things. After closing apps a >> lot, your phone can become unstable and begin behaving oddly, causing the >> necessity to restart or even restore the device. >> >> HTH, >> >> Aleeha >> >> On Nov 22, 2016, at 5:58 PM, Tony <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> wrote: >> >> >> >> From what I have read and experienced with lithium batteries charging habits >> don't have much effect on them. Depending on brand and the care in >> manufacturing most batteries can be nearly completely discharged and then >> fully recharged from 300 to 1000 times. Warranties are usually calculated >> at about 300 times but I have seen some as low as 100 cycles. >> >> The life of a battery is not based on the number of times you charge it but >> on the total amount of current you use out of the battery. Any time you >> have a charger plugged in the battery's life is not being shortened because >> nearly all of the power used is provided by the charger and not by the >> battery. >> >> The only reason for frequently charging a battery is in case you may run it >> down before you are able to recharge it again. >> >> Batteries, and the equipment they are used in, have been developed to the >> point they pretty much protect themselves from over charging and over >> heating. They will quit working rather than become damaged. While other >> types of batteries could become hot enough to blister your sking or leak >> some unpleasant chemical, lithium batteries can fail by catching on fire. >> That is why so much effort and money has been invested in battery safety. >> Considering how many billions have been made, and how much users demand they >> be more powerful, the number of serious battery failures is continuing to >> decrease. >> >> Tony >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chip Orange >> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 5:04 PM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: Question regarding battery life, and phone getting warm >> >> Hi Terri, >> >> According to Popular Mechanics and Battery University, charging patterns >> have little to no effect on battery life in today's modern phones (they used >> to with other types of batteries), so no, when you decide to charge has no >> effect on how long your battery will last. >> >> As for things you can do to make the battery go longer between charges, you >> can turn off the display (or actually I mean turn down the brightness of the >> display). Turn off automatic brightness, the manually set the display to a >> very low brightness level. This means you will manually have to turn it >> back up if you want to show a sighted person something. Using the Voice >> Over curtain feature is not the same, and does not save any battery. >> >> As for the phone getting warm, I think this is just lack of cooling air >> circulating around it; especially as you describe it slipping down in the >> chair, but the bed is also a good insulator, even on one side. If it's >> plugged in when you feel it getting warm, I'd say this is normal. >> >> Sometimes my phone gets warm even when not plugged in, but that's when I'm >> using it a lot by talking or otherwise causing it to transmit (typing in >> texts, emails, other transmissions). >> >> I would think you could still by a battery case for your phone, certainly >> you can just buy an external battery to plug it into for charging. >> >> >> Hth, >> >> Chip >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel >> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 1:29 PM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Question regarding battery life, and phone getting warm >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> >> I have a few questions here. I am hoping someone can give me some thoughts, >> or advice. >> >> >> First of all, my phone is up to date. I have the 5S. I can upgrade by >> February, but I don't know if I will. I am paying for this phone monthly. >> >> >> Anyway, I have been noticing that sometimes my batter runs down faster. >> I am on my phone quite a lot some days, more than other days. Not always >> making calls, but checking out Facebook, and maybe commenting on posts, >> or making posts. Checking my email, or maybe writing some emails. >> Playing Farkle. Maybe reading a news story, and definitely texting! >> That's certainly the biggest thing. I do this all over WIFI. >> >> Every once in a while, I may play a video of some sort. But I use my >> Ipad for most of this. >> >> >> I don't know what causes more battery useage than other things. I am >> getting better at closing Apps if I am not using them. >> >> >> My biggest problem, is that I don't let my phone die, or completely run >> down, before charging it. I have heard this can be a bad thing. I will >> usually let it get to 40 percent, and then charge it. Sometimes 20 >> percent, if I am still wanting to finish up something quickly. >> >> >> So, are there things I could possibly change, to help save battery life? >> >> How low should my battery life really get, before charging my phone? >> >> I do not care for the low power mode. So I choose not to use it. >> >> >> Also, are there affordable battery packs, or anything like that, still >> available for the 5S? >> >> >> Now to my next question, and something that is concerning me more. >> >> >> About 3 times so far, in the last week, I have found that my phone gets >> pretty warm. I don't know why this is happening, or what could be >> causing it. >> >> >> Once it happened when my phone was laying on my bed. I don't always keep >> it on my bed. Just sometimes. >> >> Another time it happened when I was sitting in my rocker-recliner. The >> phone always ends up sliding down, between the arm of the chair, and the >> seat. It's never been an issue before. >> >> It has also happened while sitting on my desk. I do not keep it near my >> laptop. 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