Save Battery Life On iOS 5 Firmware

It seems like battery life problems are springing up left-right-and-center after the release of the iOS 5.0 firmware.

Apple did try and fix most of these battery life issues with the release of the iOS 5.0.1 firmware, but they neglected to fix a few select problems that are still effecting users.

It has been predicted that Apple may indeed end up releasing the iOS 5.0.2 firmware in the coming weeks.

 Save Battery Life on iOS 5 Tips:

• Keep WiFi Off: This is a big one. A lot of people leave WiFi enabled while they are home, but they forget to turn it off while they are out. If you are going out and will not have an active WiFi connection make sure you turn WiFi off. Otherwise, your iDevice will be constantly searching for a WiFi connection, and this drains battery life. Find: Settings > Wi-Fi
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• Turn Off Bluetooth: It is no question that Bluetooth is handy in transmitting data to things such as wireless headsets. If you are not using Bluetooth, however, ensure that you turn it off! Find:Settings > General > Bluetooth

• Reduce Screen Brightness: The brightness of your iDevice’s screen can greatly effect your battery life. Play around with your screen brightness settings and you will be surprised at how much you can improve your battery life. Find: Settings > Brightness

• Disable Location Services: Although a neat feature to the iPhone is location services, this feature fetches data through your 3G cellular connection. If you do not have use for Location Services, or know you will not be using them for the time being, make sure you turn this feature off. If you do not want to completely disable location services, we suggest trying the next tip which only partially disables location services. Find: Settings > Location Services

• Disable System Location Services: A known bug with the iOS 5 firmware generation has been that location services are burning through battery life more than intended. In fact, three pesky settings are predicted to be causing the problem. If you go into the System Services tab (shown inside the Location Services Tab) we suggest turning off: Setting Time Zone, Location-Based iAds and Diagnostic & Usage. Find: Settings > Location Services > System Services

• Fetch Data Less Often: The more you contact your cellular network data, the more you consume battery power. If you are looking to increase your battery life you will need to keep fetching data to a minimum (set your data to only be fetched manually for best results). Find:Settings > Mails, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data

• Turn Off EQ: If you have an EQ (equalizer) enabled such as bass boost, it is important to keep in mind that this requires additional battery power to apply this modification to the song. Turn of EQ if you are wanting to conserve battery life. Find: Settings > Music > EQ

• Sync Less Things With iCloud: If you have set up iCloud you are currently syncing data on your iPhone such as Contacts, Reminders and Bookmarks. This means whenever you add a new contact for example it is being also added to the cloud, which requires transferring data through the internet. If you minimize the amount of things you are syncing to the cloud this will help conserve battery life. Find: Settings > iCloud
• Disable Photo Stream: Using iCloud to sync photos to all of your iDevices is a useful functionality, but if you think you can go on without it, disabling this feature will improve battery life. Find: Settings > Photos
• Minimize iPhone Vibrations: Every time your iPhone vibrates your battery is powering a small motor that makes your iPhone vibrate. Disabling iPhone vibration or at least minimizing iPhone vibration and instead using sound notifications/simply leaving your iPhone on silent mode will help free up additional battery life. Find: Settings > Sounds

• Switch To AirPlane Mode: Perhaps the biggest use of data (as explained in the tips above) is your cellular network connection. Whenever you are in an area with low reception your iDevice is constantly using battery power to search for the lost connection. If you are going to be in areas of low connection for long periods of time, simply put your iDevice into Airplane mode. This will greatly conserve battery life. Additionally, if you are going to be somewhere where you know you cannot check your iDevice, putting your iDevice into Airplane mode until you can will help you get more life out of your battery (you will not miss any notifications by putting your iDevice into Airplane mode). Find: Settings > Airplane Mode

• Auto-Lock Sooner: While by default your iDevice is set to Auto-Lock within one minute, if you have changed this settings you should always keep the time your iDevice stays on after being waked to a minimum. Thus, setting your iDevice to Auto-Lock sooner is a good idea if you are looking to conserve battery life. Find: Settings > General > Auto-Lock

• Properly Cycle Your Battery: One of the most important things you can do to increase battery life is to properly cycle your iDevices battery. This means using your iDevice until it reaches less then 10% (ideally until it dies) and then recharging it to 100%. Simply doing this a few times when you first purchase your iDevice, and then occasionally doing a full cycle, will get your battery to maintain this perception of when it is full and when it is almost empty. If you do not do this and start always recharging your iDevice when it gets to around 50%, your battery will begin to think the 50% mark is when it is getting low and thus you will not have as much battery life compared to someone who cycles their battery.

• Wake/Sleep Less: The more you wake your iDevice the more battery life you are consuming as you are turning on the screen. A lot of people wake their iDevice for no reason (it becomes a nervous habit). If you find yourself doing this, make sure you focus on waking your iDevice only when you are going to be doing something useful on it.

• Do Less Intensive Tasks: Perhaps the biggest use of battery life on your iDevice is playing 3Dgames from the AppStore and watching movies. If you find yourself needing to get the most out of your iDevices battery ensure you do not do memory intensive tasks. We hope you would be satisfied with This tutorial ?
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