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10 hour usage iPhone 6+
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Usage is on screen time, whereas standby is the total time the phones been unplugged since the most recent full charge.
Do your iPhone 6+take so long to get a full charge?
I'm using ip 5 cord to charge my 6+, and it's taking about 2 hrs now. It hasn't gotten full yet.
I'm using ip 5 cord to charge my 6+, and it's taking about 2 hrs now. It hasn't gotten full yet.
I don't think that's entirely true...when you're playing music through the music app or anything that plays in the background, it counts it as usage as well, even if the screen is off.
Yeah, you're right, I didn't think about music.
I'll revise:
Standby time is simply the amount of time the phone is powered on and unplugged.
Usage is your phone doing anything.
Lol boom that's better. It actually took me a while to figure out that the usage time counted more than just screen on. I wonder if it counts other things too when the screen is off (checking for emails, refreshing weather apps, etc.)...
10 hours usage is about exactly what I'm getting, consistently (50% brightness + Auto). Although obviously what you use it for can bias that a few hours either way. And really I don't care much as long as it can get me through a long single day, and so far so good on that so I'm thrilled with the battery life.
So I pretty much did everything in these guides except a couple things and my battery life is amazing now.
http://www.scottyloveless.com/blog/2014/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-ios-battery-drain
http://www.redmondpie.com/top-15-ios-8-tips-for-saving-battery-life-on-iphone-and-ipad-guide/
http://www.scottyloveless.com/blog/2014/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-ios-battery-drain
http://www.redmondpie.com/top-15-ios-8-tips-for-saving-battery-life-on-iphone-and-ipad-guide/
Just managed to pull 12 hours of usage this time. What I changed from how I've used my phone going back to the 5S is, turned off push email and went back to manual, turned off all push notifications except for phone and text messages (previously only used it for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and snapchat), and lowered brightness down from 80% to around 40%. I also keep background app refresh off and location services are only on for apple/Google maps, tinker per and Siri and are only set to be in use if the app is open.
These tweaks definitely made a difference as before I was getting 7-9 hours on average. Yesterday when I was still at 100% and 15 minutes of usage I went for a 45 minute walk with runkeeper active and using gps and streaming a podcast over lte through my Bluetooth headset. When I got home the battery was still at 100%. Same thing today, left house at 28% and came back 40 minutes later at 25% though it stayed at 28 the majority of the time. It good to see GPS isn't being a drain so far.
I'll probably keep everything the way it is for now just to see if everything stays consistent as far as usage times. I expect if I get longer standby that usage may decrease slightly but still better than what I started out with.
As you see I did a lot of YouTube video and streaming probably 3 hours or so of podcasts with the screen off. Also did some light to moderate gaming and some texting along with social media and a single phone call. I may activate push notifications again in a week or two to see if that was causing any noticeable drain. Probably not since Saturday night I didn't lose a single percent in 7 hours though emails and Facebook messages came in a lot. Last night with all that off again not a single percent lost.
I've never been a complainer of iPhone battery except when I had the 3GS and AT&T had poor signal in my area. Always used to 4-5 hours of usage over a day and a half of standby so with the 6 plus it's way more than I could ask for. Couldn't be happier at this point.
These tweaks definitely made a difference as before I was getting 7-9 hours on average. Yesterday when I was still at 100% and 15 minutes of usage I went for a 45 minute walk with runkeeper active and using gps and streaming a podcast over lte through my Bluetooth headset. When I got home the battery was still at 100%. Same thing today, left house at 28% and came back 40 minutes later at 25% though it stayed at 28 the majority of the time. It good to see GPS isn't being a drain so far.
I'll probably keep everything the way it is for now just to see if everything stays consistent as far as usage times. I expect if I get longer standby that usage may decrease slightly but still better than what I started out with.
As you see I did a lot of YouTube video and streaming probably 3 hours or so of podcasts with the screen off. Also did some light to moderate gaming and some texting along with social media and a single phone call. I may activate push notifications again in a week or two to see if that was causing any noticeable drain. Probably not since Saturday night I didn't lose a single percent in 7 hours though emails and Facebook messages came in a lot. Last night with all that off again not a single percent lost.
I've never been a complainer of iPhone battery except when I had the 3GS and AT&T had poor signal in my area. Always used to 4-5 hours of usage over a day and a half of standby so with the 6 plus it's way more than I could ask for. Couldn't be happier at this point.
