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A Developers fix for battery life on iOS 7

I've done all the iOS beta updates OTA.
As a matter a fact, I never restore as new, not even when buying a new iPhone.
My battery life is just fine.
 
Jare said:
Updated: July 29th, 2013

I know a lot of you are complaining about battery life, so I've decided to make this thread and point out how you can get your battery life back to what it was, if not even better then when you were running iOS 6. I'll keep updating this as a filter through log files.

It's not an easy process, and it took a little bit of reading through log files and testing to figure this out. Please follow this advice carefully.

This will fix 99.9% of your battery problems. I've fully tested this myself with several devices (including older generations)


Instructions: (Each instruction has an explanation below, the numbers do not signify any form of order)

  • 1) Install each beta as NEW.
  • 2) Sign out of all signed in services (see below for list), then sign back in.
  • 3) Location services (if turned on): Disable Popular, Frequent Locations, Location iAds, WiFi Networking.
  • 4) Turn off Bluetooth unless needed.
  • 5) Do not use the new "live" wallpapers.
  • 6) Turn off "Background App Refresh"


User friendly explanations:

1) Avoid OTA updating the betas.. but if you must, reset all media/content via General -> Reset. The way iOS 7 handles OTA updates may cause some compatibility issues if you've already installed apps, services, etc. Fresh install without OTA/backup is the fix at the moment.

2) This will clear any IdentityServices issues. Currently iOS 7 has a bug with authentication/identity services which clears after logging in and out, then back in. You may sign in again once ALL services are signed out.

3) This will clear out LocationServices bugs on first use. Right now iOS 7's geofencing and other location services (including the new ones) are not working right and WILL drain your battery. This fixes that issue while still giving you nearly full location services access.

4) Since iOS 6 Bluetooth is automatically enabled (with no icon) and you must manually turn it off.

5) Yes, the new wallpapers are battery hogs. Right now, they cause severe drain and logging issues (As seen under diagnostics) so for now, stick with a standard wallpaper. By the time iOS 7 is out, I'm sure this will be fixed.

6) Currently not working as intended, instead leaving apps completely running as code is not optimized. Turn this off and you will notice a huge improvement (and wont affect multitasking!).


Sign out services list: (Once you've signed out, you can sign back in!)

iCloud
iTunes/App Store
iMessage
FaceTime
Homesharing
Facebook
Twitter
Vimeo
Flickr
Rdio(Canadian)/Spotify(USA)
Dropbox
Find Friends
Find iPhone

Enjoy your awesome battery life!
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My battery has been ironically better since installing iOS7 betas.
 
hamiltonDSi said:
I've done all the iOS beta updates OTA.
As a matter a fact, I never restore as new, not even when buying a new iPhone.
My battery life is just fine.
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Battery life is hit and miss for users, so these steps are just for people experiencing problems :p
 
batting1000 said:
I'm gonna go ahead and clean restore now.
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That should fix most basic issues, but even after a clean restore things like LocationServices and IdentityServices issues may or may not persist. Check your Diagnostic Logs and if you see those two in any of them, follow these steps. :)
 
Jare said:
That should fix most basic issues, but even after a clean restore things like LocationServices and IdentityServices issues may or may not persist. Check your Diagnostic Logs and if you see those two in any of them, follow these steps. :)
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Sounds good thanks.

Btw, just saw your signature. You have Google Glass? :cool:
 
Ok, restore complete. Do I sign in to all of my services and enable iCloud as I normally would and then disable and enable everything again after?
 
I upgraded from beta 1 to beta 2 via OTA, then upgrade to beta 3 using the beta 3 file via iTunes. Finally beta 3 to beta 4 via OTA too.

I haven't encountered big problems yet and I have 191+ apps installed.

After each update, I always run "reset all settings" in Settings.
 
Jare said:
Updated: July 29th, 2013

I know a lot of you are complaining about battery life, so I've decided to make this thread and point out how you can get your battery life back to what it was, if not even better then when you were running iOS 6. I'll keep updating this as a filter through log files.

It's not an easy process, and it took a little bit of reading through log files and testing to figure this out. Please follow this advice carefully.

This will fix 99.9% of your battery problems. I've fully tested this myself with several devices (including older generations)


Instructions: (Each instruction has an explanation below, the numbers do not signify any form of order)

  • 1) Install each beta as NEW.
  • 2) Sign out of all signed in services (see below for list), then sign back in.
  • 3) Location services (if turned on): Disable Popular, Frequent Locations, Location iAds, WiFi Networking.
  • 4) Turn off Bluetooth unless needed.
  • 5) Do not use the new "live" wallpapers.
  • 6) Turn off "Background App Refresh"


User friendly explanations:

1) Avoid OTA updating the betas.. but if you must, reset all media/content via General -> Reset. The way iOS 7 handles OTA updates may cause some compatibility issues if you've already installed apps, services, etc. Fresh install without OTA/backup is the fix at the moment.

2) This will clear any IdentityServices issues. Currently iOS 7 has a bug with authentication/identity services which clears after logging in and out, then back in. You may sign in again once ALL services are signed out.

3) This will clear out LocationServices bugs on first use. Right now iOS 7's geofencing and other location services (including the new ones) are not working right and WILL drain your battery. This fixes that issue while still giving you nearly full location services access.

4) Since iOS 6 Bluetooth is automatically enabled (with no icon) and you must manually turn it off.

5) Yes, the new wallpapers are battery hogs. Right now, they cause severe drain and logging issues (As seen under diagnostics) so for now, stick with a standard wallpaper. By the time iOS 7 is out, I'm sure this will be fixed.

6) Currently not working as intended, instead leaving apps completely running as code is not optimized. Turn this off and you will notice a huge improvement (and wont affect multitasking!).


Sign out services list: (Once you've signed out, you can sign back in!)

iCloud
iTunes/App Store
iMessage
FaceTime
Homesharing
Facebook
Twitter
Vimeo
Flickr
Rdio(Canadian)/Spotify(USA)
Dropbox
Find Friends
Find iPhone

Enjoy your awesome battery life!
Click to expand...

This is all fine and dandy but I would take any advice from a self proclaimed "developer" with a huge grain of salt. First off anyone with 100 bucks in their pocket can be a legit developer. Secondly any developer that is putting so much time into researching what to turn off to get the best battery life out of his or her phone just isn't really a true developer because of the NDA. Some of these tips will save battery of course but because of common sense but the others? Just a bunch of bunk. These threads promising great combinations of quick fix settings for a beta are mostly garbage. Do a clean install and have fun testing B4, the suggested settings in this thread really wont do much except cripple your phone.
 
thegrants82 said:
This is all fine and dandy but I would take any advice from a self proclaimed "developer" with a huge grain of salt. First off anyone with 100 bucks in their pocket can be a legit developer. Secondly any developer that is putting so much time into researching what to turn off to get the best battery life out of his or her phone just isn't really a true developer because of the NDA. Some of these tips will save battery of course but because of common sense but the others? Just a bunch of bunk. These threads promising great combinations of quick fix settings for a beta are mostly garbage. Do a clean install and have fun testing B4, the suggested settings in this thread really wont do much except cripple your phone.
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Did you even read the thread or try what he suggested? I can tell you didn't because you're not turning much off at all...
 
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