Detailed instructions to increase the battery life of iOS-devices from the Apple Store employee

Just yesterday I came across one an interesting article an age-old problem - increased discharge iOS-device battery. It is interesting that he wrote her a man who worked in a specialist Apple Store, which has passed through the hands of a lot of the iPhone and iPad, had a similar problem and safely allowed. That is, it is not a mere recommendation and advice repeatedly tested on different devices. I translated this article for you, dear readers, and offer a look at it.

I worked for the Genius Bar for almost two years and I can say that the most common questions that users turned to me - it was the short battery life iOS-devices. Determine the exact cause of increased discharge of the battery, it was quite difficult, and I set out to identify the specific causes that lead to it.

This article is the result of my many years of research and unofficial data gathered during the time that I was iOS-specialist while working at the Genius Bar, as well as in the testing process my personal appliances and my friends.

iOS 7.1 is a recent update has brought us to an improved design and increased performance, but some users complain about the increased battery drain immediately after the update, and this fact is confirmed by the various blogs. I shall warn that I would not advise you to turn off all the useful functions of iOS, my goal - to convey to you my practical observation, that really work.

Before we begin, one small remark. In fact, in 99% of cases the cause of increased discharge of the battery are the applications, but does not itself iOS. I assure you, if you restore your iPhone and do not install any applications and to get email accounts records - it will work forever. Of course, so no one does, but we do not need. I hope my tips will help you to live in harmony with your device using all your favorite features and applications are not suffering from the problem of high rank.

But first, we need to make sure that the problem is taking place.

How to check the increased battery drain on your iOS-device

There is a very simple and quick test battery life time - a built-in statistics function. We go to Settings - General - Statistics and see what shows us iOS.

String Usage - shows us how long you actually used your device, and the line waiting - this time since you last charged. The idea is that during use should be significantly less than the waiting time (if you have not used every second device, from the moment the charging cable is disconnected). If this is not the case and the time of use is almost equal to the waiting time - you have serious problems.

Well, he's testing method. Remember reading statistics (take a screenshot approx. per.), Then lock the device and set it aside for 5 minutes. Now verify the new readings with the old. If everything is in order - waiting time is expected to increase by exactly 5 minutes, while using no more than 1 minute. If the usage time increase by more than 1 minute - there is the problem of "leakage" of the charge. Something continues to run in the background, giving the device properly go to sleep.

Here are the main reasons for the increased discharge of the battery and how to resolve them.

Step 1: Turn off Positioning and Content Updates for Facebook

This step is very specific, but it is very common and is quite effective. In addition, it has been tested by me and confirmed on many devices.

A couple of weeks ago, I got my iPhone 5s, and I noticed that the battery has become discharged too quickly. Being a real nerd, I decided to run the application from the Xcode Instruments, to see what the problem is. Usually, Instruments' works as a monitoring system for your iPhone, allowing developers (and thus nerds like me) see all running processes on your device and how much memory and CPU resources they consume in real time time.

During testing, Facebook has always been in the list of active processes, although I did and did not use at the moment. Therefore, I decided to turn off location and Background App Refresh for Facebook. You'll never believe what happened - charge my iPhone has increased the level from 12% to 17%! Madness. I have seen such things only on the iPod touch, I do not ever see on the iPhone this has never (in German interest rates always show the correct count and vary only in the smaller side).

I checked the situation in several other iPhone and the result was the same: after disable background updates and location to Facebook's - charge level grew.

Ashamed, Facebook, ashamed.

Step 2: Turn off content update unimportant applications

Full off background updates to anything, you just turn them off for Facebook's and the applications for which this function is not vital.

If you have apps that you often open, and their quality, and developers are trustworthy - this reasonable function will be kept switched on always relevant data, not bothered about anything. Background updating a great feature for those applications that really need it, but for all applications it ustannovlennyh not necessarily.

Step 3: Stop to close applications from the multitasking bar

In iOS 7 multitasking interface has changed and the mechanism of the application is complete - now simply double-click the Home button and flick off unwanted card swipe up applications.

Most users believe that the completion of the application saves your battery, because otherwise they will hang in the background, and consume resources. This is the greatest delusion.

Yes, so you completely close the application, but in fact the effect of this is obtained only negative, and this is why. When the application is closed, it is completely unloaded from memory, which means that the next time it is accessed, the device You have to re-run it, using for this processing power, which in turn will discharge the battery. In addition, iOS closes the app itself automatically when memory is low, so you do useless work, which must be running.

The idea is that applications in multitasking bar does not work in the background, iOS «freeze" them in the same condition in which you have to close them and return to it at the next opening. If you do not include updates to the content of your application, they will never run in the background, except when they play music, use positioning, record audio, or check incoming VOIP-calls (the most harmful of all above). In each case (except the last one), you will see the light of the background process, next to the battery in the status bar.

Step 4: Temporarily disable the push-notifications for email

If steps 1-3 did not solve the problem of low battery, try temporarily disabling push-notification and see how it will affect the situation. This great feature allows you to receive instant notifications for new messages, but sometimes, in the case of incorrect operation, can cause a higher battery drain.

I've seen a lot of devices, which are the main reason for discharge was push. But at the same time, I also saw a large number of devices and working with the push, which perfectly hold a charge. Everything is very individual and depends on your email-provider and server settings. Try changing the settings on the push sample every hour, every 30 or 5 minutes and see if the batteries discharge stops. If it does not help - Turn push back. You can also try to disable notifications for individual accounts if you have several of them. Check the result, you can use the test described earlier in this article.

Very often, especially with Exchange accounts, a problem arises when the device constantly checks for new messages, and consequently drains the battery in six hours. In this case, the use of time (in statistics) will be the same as the waiting time.

Step 5 Disconnect the push-notification for unnecessary applications

Often, this sin of the game. For example, your children have downloaded a game that bothers you a push-notification with an offer to buy any additional content. Whenever you get notifications from your device out of sleep mode and includes a screen waiting for your action. The notifications do not affect the discharge of the battery, so turn them off completely makes no sense. However, each device displays a notification from standby mode and includes a screen for 5-10 seconds. If you get 50 such notifications during the day, it will have 4-8 minutes of extra time use. Therefore, simply turn off notifications for the annoying and unnecessary applications. Perhaps the effect will be small, but it will.

Step 6: Remove the percentage display of the battery

Yes, you heard right. Turn off the interest and cease to bother about the battery level. The desired switch is in the Statistics section, just above the time and the expectations.

During his work in the Genius Bar, I noticed that people who are concerned about the increased battery drain, constantly check how much interest left since the last check. In fact, in this way, you just reduce the charge, because it is constantly switched on the screen, which in turn also consumes a certain amount of energy.

Stop this paranoid control and just enjoy life. In the end, in addition to the charge level of your iPhone, there are more important things to worry about. In the first couple of days you will be hard, but after a while you get used to and forget about it.

Step 7: Visit the Apple Store

This tip only works on the iPhone 5 and newer devices.

I know you're not thrilled with visits to Genius Bar, there is always noise and crowds, but I have a good reason to add this fad in the list. The fact is that now Apple has provided all iOS-skilled Genius bar'a opportunity to conduct advanced test Battery (Extended Battery Life Test), which can give a very detailed report on the use of your battery device. In addition, this test takes only a few minutes. I have not had a chance to try it in person, but many of my friends say that the results are really impressive.

Another option rapid discharge of the battery (quite rare) - a physical malfunction of the battery itself. In this case, you will replace it for free, if your device is still under warranty, or for a small fee, if the warranty is over.

Step 8: Turn on Airplane mode when you are in areas with poor network coverage

One of the main reasons due to which the increased discharge of the battery is weak cellular signal can be observed. When the signal level falls to a critical level, iPhone antenna increases power to support communication and to prevent its breakage.

It easily destroy charge your iPhone, if you are constantly in areas with a weak signal network (one division) or no (no network). The problem is that it can happen almost anywhere: in buildings of metal structures or thick concrete walls; densely populated areas of the city and the center, where a high concentration of high-rise buildings.

Often, on the upper floors we have excellent signal strength, but it is necessary to go down to the basement, or as directed by increases battery consumption by increasing the power of the antenna. Do not forget that the battery will be discharged, even when you are in the area actions Wi-Fi, because the iPhone vseravno will try to maintain a cellular connection for receiving calls and sms.

If you are in a place like this still need to stay connected and receive calls, I have bad news for you - there is nothing to be done. However, if the coating is so poor, that's up to you, in any case, no one can get through, I I recommend that you turn on airplane mode, making the swipe from the bottom up and tapnuv icon airplane in Point management.

One trick when using Airplane Mode, which you probably do not know. Immediately after activation, you can turn on Wi-Fi, tapnuv on the corresponding icon. This is ideal for scenarios where you have on hand is a good Wi-Fi network and the cellular signal tends to zero.

More sophisticated users can be recommended to disable only certain network modules, such as EDGE, 3G, 4G, or LTE. Most users do not realize that their iPhone actually receives two types of signals at the same time: one for calls and sms, and the other for data.

level indicator showing the signal power of the signal to "telephone" part. That is, the signal level at 2-3 division does not mean 3G or LTE signal strength will be such. In practice, in this scenario (2-3 bars) - 3G level signal is 1 division, and phone struggling will try to maintain its mercilessly consuming battery. To turn off only the data module, you need to go to Settings - Cellular and disable Cellular Data switch (or single toggle for 3G and 4G approx. per.). This will allow you to make calls (if you still have a signal), and to connect to the Internet to use Wi-Fi.

conclusion

I guarantee that if the above recommendations, you will get the maximum operating time on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

If your device vseravno die before the end of the day, and you do not walk in smiling steel noisy chamber, as I call stores Apple Store, - do not worry. For you, all is not lost.

Such behavior of the device can be completely normal if you are an active person and do not let it out of the hands throughout the day. In this case, I would advise you to buy a car charger, a second charge for (travel) or a case with an extra battery.

I hope this article will help you to deal with the problems of your device's high level and stop worrying about it, just using it and enjoying all the features. In life, there are many more important things that deserve your attention. Therefore, the less we bother about the battery, the more we have the time to dedicate it to the people and businesses that have really important.

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