If you don't need to look at the screen, I would recommend turning down screen brightness. You can find that setting in the general option under settings.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 16, 2014, at 8:53 AM, Eileen Misrahi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi David, > > The battery draining problem is getting worse, so yesterday evening before > going out I charged the phone as much as I could and timed the drainage. It > dropped 35% in a 3 1/2 hour period of time. Hence, I will place my complaint > to Apple accessibility. The phone was completely drained and dead as a > doorknob when I just got up. Where can I find the background refresh to turn > that off? I didn't totally turn off location services, but turned it off in > apps that I didn't need to have it on. What else do I need to do to save on > battery? Thanks. > > Best, > Eileen >> On Mar 16, 2014, at 4:16 AM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I turned off all background refresh. It looks like location services gets >> switched on. This causes 15-20% battery drain per hour, and the GPS antenna >> is the only thing that is this power demanding. >> >> Also, it looks as though this is only happening to people running VO. None >> of my sighted friends are having the battery drain problem. >> >> So, turn off background app refresh. Also, very regularly close apps from >> the app switcher. Finally, email accessibility so they will hopefully soon >> test this and find the problem. >> >> One thing we do know, Apple does repair these sorts of problems when they >> figure out what is going on. Unfortunately, they usually don't role out an >> update when the problem is only with VO, so we will most likely be waiting a >> few months before the problem is resolved. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: [email protected] >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 16 Mar 2014, at 17:10, david gross <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> I am using an iPhone for S. I wrote previously while I'm Wi-Fi and >>> streaming radio I am using 16% battery per hour. I called Apple tonight >>> they have me doing iCloud restore. It made it worse I'm now using 20% per >>> hour. I am curious what other folks are finding in a similar situation. >>> Apple is suggesting a new restore from the computer. I do not want to do >>> this. 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