The battery was the enemy of the first iPhone, and we often presented articles that talk about this problem and seek solutions to it, starting with an article Atomic tips for improving your battery In 2008 and passing through a group Tricks to improve battery performance And also what It was mentioned by an Apple expert And you ask and iPhone Islam She answers the Apple battery Then a synthesis article for 23 tips. And taking into account the change of time and the passage of more than two years from the last of these articles, we decided to re-publish them and add updates to them to keep pace with the latest systems.

27 tips to make your battery work better


1

The screen is the largest consumer of the battery, so put the brightness below half, so it is convenient at all times to use. And don't set brightness automatically, it is a little intrusive and will increase itself: D.

2

 In iOS 10, Apple added a feature called Raise To Wake “Newer Devices Only” and its idea that you do not need to press the power button to illuminate the device, but rather it automatically recognizes that you have raised it to light up. This feature causes even slight battery consumption as it brightens the screen. If you are accustomed to pressing and not using the screen button, turn it off. Go to Settings> Screen> Close it.

3

Stop renewing applications in the background, through Settings> General, then Renewal applications in the background, and if it is important to you, we recommend that you reduce the number of applications. But do not close the Islam iPhone application and the applications that you always follow in this section so that these applications become faster.

4

 During sleep, it is preferable not to put the device on silent and instead activate the silent mode do not disturbWithout it, the screen of the device will still light up whenever a notification comes during the silent mode, and as we explained, the screen is the first consumer of energy, so why light it up during the night while you are sleeping ?!

5

 A solution that is considered better than the previous one, but it is not preferred by everyone, is to activate the airplane mode when sleeping, this will stop the use of the Internet, the network and everything, and you will wake up from sleep and the battery has almost not decreased.

6

Since iOS 9, there is a very important feature which is battery saving. Supposedly, Apple suggests activating it if the battery drops below 20%, but we recommend that you do it anytime you want to extend the battery life of your device.

7

Turn off notification features in apps where notifications are useless, such as games, for example. Also, make notifications that appear in the lock screen are important matters only so that you reduce the brightness of the screen.

8

Do not close applications in the background periodically, as you empty the memory every time, and the RAM discharge will drain the battery every time. (This is advice from An expert from AppleAlso, one of the clients wrote to Tim Cook to ask about this matter and the response came from Craig Federji Responsible for Apple's systems that this behavior does not lead to improving the battery, do not do it.

9

In Wi-Fi settings, turn off “Request to connect to networks”. This feature searches for available Wi-Fi networks all the time and suggests that you connect to them. This feature negatively affects the battery because it checks for networks periodically.

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10

 Turn off cellular data when not in use as it is too much of a drain. Or at least turn off 3G / LTE if you don't need a fast internet connection. If you are in a place with poor network coverage, switch off 4G or 3G in the cellular data settings.

11

Periodically check the settings and identify the most battery-consuming applications. If you find a specific application that you do not use frequently appears in the foreground, delete it, re-download it and monitor its consumption.

12

Close the Push feature in the mail, enter your accounts and make it manual in pushing data through settings, then "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" and you will save a lot on the battery.

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13

One of the advantages that have appeared since iOS 7 are animated backgrounds, which are really cool, but they consume more battery than traditional wallpapers.

14

Location services are considered the second culprit in battery consumption, so we recommend that you make the system show you a sign at the top that there is an application that uses it, and if the mark appears because of an application that is not useful, then stop the location services for it. Of course, it is not recommended to completely close the service because it is useful in finding the phone if it is stolen.

15

The Facebook application in particular, stop the data renewal in the background for it, as it is one of the most battery-draining applications According to Apple specialists And Facebook itself recognized the matter and said that it had updated its application, then problems arose and again the company was said to have worked on updating the application. The conclusion is that the Facebook application in particular is destroying the battery, so when you close this application in particular, remove it from multitasking (contrary to advice 7) or do not use it if you can.

16

Search feature: The search feature in the iOS system enables you to access what you are looking for anywhere, even within different applications, but this leads to the system being continuously developing itself and archiving the content (simile is an illustration only). So, open Settings> General> Search and close the feature to the options you don't care about the search result showing.

17

Close the battery percentage: It may seem a bit strange, the appearance of the number at the top does not consume a battery, but it encourages you to check your device every period to see if it has decreased or not, this repeated examination is what leads to a low battery. If you turn it off, it will not be checked frequently because you cannot know whether it has decreased or not

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18

When you connect to Wi-Fi, turn off cellular data. Yes, the device carries data via Wi-Fi, but it affects the battery.

19

Make sure the temperature of the place where you use the device is below 30 degrees. Increasing the temperature will reduce the battery life.

20

Charge it at least once a month to 100% and use it until it turns off. Check out our special article Everything about the Apple battery.

21

Reduce the period of time that the device needs to automatically shut down, but only one minute, this reduces the operating times of the device after you leave it.

22

Don't let AirDrop run automatically on the first use of the device, turn it off, it drains a lot by finding people to share files via Bluetooth.

Airdrop

23

Close the services that you do not need in the system services, through the settings, then privacy, then the site services, and you will find at the bottom the system services, close what you do not need, and it is recommended to close all except for calibrating the compass. If you use location sharing and finding your device, leave these options in addition to SOS messages if they are in your country.

24

Close the "frequent sites" feature through the system services. This feature keeps track of the places you visit the most so that the device provides you with a better service. Now imagine a feature that makes the device watch you how much battery is consuming.

25

Activate the motion reduction feature, this activation makes the device open and exit programs normally without affecting, this will help reduce battery consumption. It can be closed by accessibility settings.

26

Turn off increasing contrast in Settings> General> Accessibility.

27

When you feel an unreasonable disturbance in the Wi-Fi network and the device connects and then stops, and so on, reset the network settings to solve this problem and also reduce the energy consumption of the device in search of a good network to connect.

We know you feel we are telling you not to use your device, but we only offer you a set of tips, from which you can choose what suits you only

Try and share your experience and did you find an actual improvement or not? And if you have more advice, do not skimp on that by asking it in the comments.

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