If the phone is sitting there, unlocked, the battery is draining, pure and simple. If you have it set to never auto lock, you could drain the battery pretty quickly by just letting it sit there with nothing open.
The noise you hear with the home button on the iPhone 6, is not a bug that I am aware of, it is there at times on every iPhone 6 I have handled and that is at least 10 through my work with clients. I have no idea what it is there for. I just ignore it. I have no idea if particular models are more durable than others, but my 5S has been humming along for over 3 years now. It still has good battery life. Richard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of deidre muccio Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2017 6:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: searching for answers to basic questions Thanks Richard. What I saw on that web site was mostly comments. I was familiar with everything discussed. I can indeed see the details of my usage clearly so that is good. I'm not sure why photos are still in the list hogging mgg as in the case of the old phone, I've deleted all the photos. I can't find where they are being held until 30 days is up and that is not in the app itself unless it is a part of the screen not read by voice over. I am still baffled by the term I saw in several places about the "home lock screen" being a battery hog. Does that term mean to say the opposite of what it sounds like, that not locking your screen when the phone is not in hand and being used hogs battery? Is this simply a question of semantics? Funny thing is that years ago before I bought my iPhone 6 it was generally, or perhaps misleadingly, touted that the phones could hold a charge for up to 3 days. I remember thinking that was great, but definitely did not prove true in my case. After having a phone that lasted only a little over 2 years, I am now particularly cautious cause I do not want to hafve to replace a phone every 2 years. I could be using my phone constantly for the many things I like to do with it, but now, it sits quietly as I attempt a different life style! I use an old 4S for reading BARD books now, and spend a lot less time on Facebook. I'm smiling. I can also use wi-fi for Tune In and listen to podcasts of day old news shows and radio, so, that old 4S will serve that purpose as well until it dies. On another note, has it been documented that some models of the iPhone are more durable than others?, The replacement iPhone 6 is a bit defective in that it sometimes makes scratchy noises as I swipe or hit the home button. It doesn't happen often, and I reported it, but I don't know if I want to send it back at this point. Deidre -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 2:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: searching for answers to basic questions Here is an excellent page on how to figure out what is using your battery. It is almost two years old and refers to iOS 9, but the information is still very good. I'd suggest reading it all before deciding to check things on your iPhone. http://m.imore.com/how-see-whats-using-battery-life-your-iphone-or-ipad HTH, Richard (Sent from the iPod Touch 6? > On May 31, 2017, at 8:33 AM, deidre muccio <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, Mark, I found that all, just not where I expected to see it. I went into > Setting the other day to find out how to turn off the automatic spelling > suggestions and finally found something called "predictive that I believe was > in General Settings under keyboard..." I turned that off cause it slows the > process of writing and editing down much more than it is useful. I probably > should refrain from asking a question when it first pops into my head because > I usually find the answer myself very shortly after asking the question. > Now what I do not understand is what I've seen regarding something referred > to as "home lock screen." While reading about different ways to save battery > life over a period of days and years, it was mentioned on several forums that > this was a battery hog. I have no clue what it is referring to. It really > can't be about not locking your home screen can it? In Settings it says to > save battery life use auto lock and close apps. > The Apple.com web site for getting help is a nuisance because you have to > scroll through all kinds of things when all I want is a search result that > will bring me to a definition. On many of the forums you also have to hit on > links to get a reply to a question. My hands are already stressed > occupationally and additional gestures on the phone aggravates the carpal > tunnel as well. I can't win. I'll have to go back and find the mnost recent > user guide on IOS. I suppose if I kept up on podcasts devoted to voice over > and IOS, all this basic stuff would or should come up. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. 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