Thank you Ronni. I will try that between now and heading for Perth next week. See how it goes.
Thanks also to Peter although not keen on 100% charge now after reading Ronni’s tips. > On 9 Aug 2018, at 12:02 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hi Severin, > > Have a look in Settings > Battery > Battery Health (Beta) - Maximum Capacity… > is it 100%? > > The best way to charge your iPhone is a little at a time, whenever you have a > chance. > > The rule with Li-ion batteries is to keep them 50 percent or more most of the > time. When it drops below 50 percent top it up a little if you can. > A little a few times a day seems to be the optimum to aim for. > But don’t charge it all the way to 100 percent . It won’t be fatal to your > battery if you do a full recharge - most of us are forced to do this every > now and again in emergencies. But constantly doing a full recharge will > shorten the battery’s lifespan. > So a good range to aim for when charging a Li-ion battery is from about 40- > to 80 percent in one go. > Try not to let the battery drop below 20 percent. > > Enable Low Power Mode. > Introduced with iOS 9, Low Power Mode is an easy way to extend the battery > life of your iPhone when it starts to get low. > Your iPhone lets you know when your battery level goes down to 20%, and again > at 10%, and lets you turn on Low Power Mode with one tap. > Or you can enable it by going to Settings > Battery. > Low Power Mode reduces display brightness, optimizes device performance, and > minimizes system animations. > Apps including Mail will not download content in the background, and features > like AirDrop, iCloud sync, and Continuity will be disabled. > You can still use key functions like making and receiving phone calls, email, > and messages, accessing the Internet, and more. > And when your phone charges up again, Low Power Mode automatically switches > off. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) > 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 > >> On 9 Aug 2018, at 10:04 am, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au >> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au>> wrote: >> >> The battery indication on my iPhone 6 is erratic to say the least. I >> normally switch my phone off at sleep time and on again at wake up. >> TheBattery capacity in Settings says 96% of new. >> Last night at switch off time it said 36% and I mentally noted the need for >> a charge tomorrow, ie today. At switch on this morning all I got was the >> picture of the low battery and need to charge - and it would not start. On >> plugging in to a charger it did a start up and then showed the same 36% . >> I have had this a number of times and it is most annoying. A warning or >> error below about 10% would be fine. >> Any comments other than charge daily would be informative! >> Severin Crisp >> ____________________________________________________ >> >> Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys >> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia >> ph (08) 9842 1950 Mob 0484 624 741 >> mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au >> <mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au> >> _________________________________________ > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Regards, Stephen Chape
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