Hello all, I Couldn't find a guide like this on Macrumours; and every other website I look at only have "simple" guides. I made this for power users and normal users a-like. If you see some information below that is inaccurate or want to help add new info, please leave a comment below and i'll amend this thread.
Legend: Highly Recommended, Recommended, Not Recommended, Not Proven.
Lower your brightness
Info: Helps save battery a LOT. I recommend 30-40% if you want to still have a bright device, or you could use Auto-Brightness.
Direction: Settings>Brightness
Disable iCloud
Info: Helps Battery, Saves wasted data and phone usage.
Direction: Settings>iCloud
Disable Bluetooth
Info: If you don't need or use it, why keep it enabled?
Direction: Settings>General>Bluetooth
Disable 3G and/or WIFI
Info: If you don't use either of these then a disable would do huge wonders for battery life.
Direction: Settings>General>Network>Disable 3G
Perform a full battery drain
Info: There has been a lot of proof showing that i you fully drain the battery every month it lasts longer.
Direction: Wait until your iDevice dies and then fully charge it.
Close apps properly
Info: This should not need explaining.
Direction: Double tap home button, hold an app and press x at the top.
Disable Notifications
Info: Slightly helps with battery, somewhat recommended.
Direction: Settings>Notifications
Disable Push Notifications
Info: Confirmed to help a fair amount with battery, fetch every 15mins is acceptable or just manual so you see them when you open the mail app.
Direction: Settings>Mail,etc>Fetch New Data>
Auto Look sooner
Info: Change Auto-Lock to 1 minute - iDevice's screen sucks out a lot of battery juice.
Direction: Settings>General>Auto-Lock
Disable Siri
Info: Siri has been known to make battery life worse. Disabling Siri could remove personal Siri info.
Direction: Settings>General>Siri
Disable Location Services
Info: Disabling System services are recommended, other services arent as recommended because they are only active when in use.
Direction: Settings>General>Location Services
Disable Twitter.
Info: Known to drain battery and use up data, scroll to the bottom to disable it.
Direction: Settings>Twitter>
Restricting Ping
Info: Its reported this uses up a fair amount of unjustifiable battery.
Direction: Settings>General> Restrictions
Disable Diagnostics.
Info: This "service" sends data to apple eating up your data and some battery along the way.
Direction: Settings>General>About>Diagnostics & Usage
Disable Spotlight
Info: Not very noticeable difference and not entirely recommended.
Direction: Settings>General>Spotlight Search>Disable all.
Set Time zones Manually
Info: Save your iDevice from having to constantly using GPS.
Direction: Settings>General>Location Services>System Services
Disable EQ
Info: Not sure if this myth is true, but I added it just incase.
Direction: Settings>Music>EQ
Turn off Vibration
Info: Only useful if you get tons of calls, texts, etc.
Direction: Settings>Sounds
Turn off Keyboard clicks
Info: Only useful if you type a lot. Not very useful.
Direction: Settings>Sounds
Use Airplane mode
Info: Have no phone service? This will make your iDevice last for ages.
Direction: Settings>Airplane Mode
Restore
Info: Maybe there is something wrong you cannot find, a restore could help.
Direction: MAC/PC>Itunes>Restore.
Reset Network
Direction: Settings>Reset >Reset Network Settings
Disable Ask to Join Networks
Direction: Settings>WIFI Networks
Jailbreak Tips
I don't plan on adding any tips relating to Jailbreaking as I realise that most "end users" wont use jailbreak. I will however mention that disabling launch daemons and deleting unused languages helps.
I plan to keep this thread alive for at least the next 2 gens of iDevices.
Of-course you can feel free to post this information on other forums and websites.
Legend: Highly Recommended, Recommended, Not Recommended, Not Proven.
Lower your brightness
Info: Helps save battery a LOT. I recommend 30-40% if you want to still have a bright device, or you could use Auto-Brightness.
Direction: Settings>Brightness
Disable iCloud
Info: Helps Battery, Saves wasted data and phone usage.
Direction: Settings>iCloud
Disable Bluetooth
Info: If you don't need or use it, why keep it enabled?
Direction: Settings>General>Bluetooth
Disable 3G and/or WIFI
Info: If you don't use either of these then a disable would do huge wonders for battery life.
Direction: Settings>General>Network>Disable 3G
Perform a full battery drain
Info: There has been a lot of proof showing that i you fully drain the battery every month it lasts longer.
Direction: Wait until your iDevice dies and then fully charge it.
Close apps properly
Info: This should not need explaining.
Direction: Double tap home button, hold an app and press x at the top.
Disable Notifications
Info: Slightly helps with battery, somewhat recommended.
Direction: Settings>Notifications
Disable Push Notifications
Info: Confirmed to help a fair amount with battery, fetch every 15mins is acceptable or just manual so you see them when you open the mail app.
Direction: Settings>Mail,etc>Fetch New Data>
Auto Look sooner
Info: Change Auto-Lock to 1 minute - iDevice's screen sucks out a lot of battery juice.
Direction: Settings>General>Auto-Lock
Disable Siri
Info: Siri has been known to make battery life worse. Disabling Siri could remove personal Siri info.
Direction: Settings>General>Siri
Disable Location Services
Info: Disabling System services are recommended, other services arent as recommended because they are only active when in use.
Direction: Settings>General>Location Services
Disable Twitter.
Info: Known to drain battery and use up data, scroll to the bottom to disable it.
Direction: Settings>Twitter>
Restricting Ping
Info: Its reported this uses up a fair amount of unjustifiable battery.
Direction: Settings>General> Restrictions
Disable Diagnostics.
Info: This "service" sends data to apple eating up your data and some battery along the way.
Direction: Settings>General>About>Diagnostics & Usage
Disable Spotlight
Info: Not very noticeable difference and not entirely recommended.
Direction: Settings>General>Spotlight Search>Disable all.
Set Time zones Manually
Info: Save your iDevice from having to constantly using GPS.
Direction: Settings>General>Location Services>System Services
Disable EQ
Info: Not sure if this myth is true, but I added it just incase.
Direction: Settings>Music>EQ
Turn off Vibration
Info: Only useful if you get tons of calls, texts, etc.
Direction: Settings>Sounds
Turn off Keyboard clicks
Info: Only useful if you type a lot. Not very useful.
Direction: Settings>Sounds
Use Airplane mode
Info: Have no phone service? This will make your iDevice last for ages.
Direction: Settings>Airplane Mode
Restore
Info: Maybe there is something wrong you cannot find, a restore could help.
Direction: MAC/PC>Itunes>Restore.
Reset Network
Direction: Settings>Reset >Reset Network Settings
Disable Ask to Join Networks
Direction: Settings>WIFI Networks
Jailbreak Tips
I don't plan on adding any tips relating to Jailbreaking as I realise that most "end users" wont use jailbreak. I will however mention that disabling launch daemons and deleting unused languages helps.
I plan to keep this thread alive for at least the next 2 gens of iDevices.
Of-course you can feel free to post this information on other forums and websites.
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