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Battery Usage/Life Screenshots iPhone 6
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Is There a new record? Nô seriously i have backapp refresh and localisation off and i think i have a little bug with Facebook last night cause he drain my battery and Time usage increase of like 10 hours without touching it. And when i check battery usage i see background activity under Facebook app name even if backapp refresh is off 
someone else notice this ?
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Don't feel like my battery has been as good since 8.4, also had my phone replaced last month for unrelated problems. I have been using FaceTime audio a lot more lately. This is a mixutre of wifi and LTE today. Also had ~2 hour FaceTime audio call. Usually keep my brightness less than 50 percent.
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Well, screen brightness for me has to be like 20% if I even want a chance at 8 hours of usage. Full brightness the entire time usually yields 3-5 hours of usage and a hot phone. Being connected to cellular networks further contributes to drain. If you can be on Wi-Fi, go that route, because being on a Wi-Fi signal won't draw as much power. Make sure you're updated to the latest version of iOS 8, as I had horrible drain anywhere before iOS 8.2.
Does Airtel have LTE, or does it just lack LTE coverage where you are? If they have LTE but just don't have coverage for it where you are, go to settings, cellular, and disable it. Pretty much your phone might be searching for LTE constantly but it can't find an LTE signal. If Airtel only has 3G then that isn't an option, however.
Also try toggling off background app refresh, and also go to privacy>location services and strip down on that.
Facebook is a huge battery hog by the way.
Thanks for your reply man, yes I always have my brightness at around 25%. Turned off background refresh, location services and notifications too. I'm from India and coverage for LTE is not in my area so disabled LTE. Even then I'm getting only around 3.5 to 4 hrs only.
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It's Apple that keeps companies like ANKER in business.
Knowing that Apples priorities don't include a long life battery, ANKER is making big profits from customers like me that are highly mobile and use the phone for personal and business all day long. By having a battery I can count on, I just use my phone without concern for what apps draw and which ones don't.
Knowing that Apples priorities don't include a long life battery, ANKER is making big profits from customers like me that are highly mobile and use the phone for personal and business all day long. By having a battery I can count on, I just use my phone without concern for what apps draw and which ones don't.
Wondering if India's cellular quality/coverage is similar to Pakistan? Reason being, I go to places like Karachi and Lahore for work and use a local sim there. The phone's usage and standby always are much much lower compared to when I'm in a place like Dubai which has excellent cell quality and coverage, or when I'm at home in Boston, which has reasonably good coverage in most areas. In Pakistan, there is coverage just about everywhere, even remote villages, but the signal is generally low, even in urban areas so the phone spends a lot of battery power trying to keep up a solid signal.
This is my usage right before it died after two full days. Last time I charged it was early morning yesterday. Is it a good battery life? Coming from Android, it's pretty damn great for me because I had to charge my M7 twice or thrice a day. But compared to the other posts I see here, my battery is lackluster.
Edit: Oh by the way, I just remembered. I turned off the background refresh which increases the time of 'battery usage' because I wanted a more accurate 'screen on time.' I did not listen to music in the past two days either which also plays a role in increasing the usage time. So I believe that the 7 hrs and 22 mins is my screen on time precisely.
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Ok, my mistake, at first i thought i say it was a 6s Plus. Your battery time is actually pretty good.
It's a new feature in iOS 9 called "Low Power Mode" it helps the battery last a little longer. It usually turn on after 20%, or you can turn it on manually.
Disappointed with my 6. Don't know whether to restore as a new phone or take into store. Feels like I've barely used it today and it's down to 46% already. I've got an Anker battery pack so don't know if I am unnecessarily worrying about battery life! What do people think? Seems to be losing 1% every 3 minute browsing on 3G!
Those numbers don't seem bad for a 6.
They aren't great, but not bad either. Especially if you factor in 3G which generally uses up more battery.
Not too bad on my 6 Plus, iOS 9.0.1
Would be more as the 3G signal at work is only one blob so I daresay its eating battery. At home I turn on flight mode and turn on Wi-Fi so the phone still receives calls and SMS via EE Wi-Fi Calling (for some reason the Wi-Fi logo isn't showing tonight).
Would be more as the 3G signal at work is only one blob so I daresay its eating battery. At home I turn on flight mode and turn on Wi-Fi so the phone still receives calls and SMS via EE Wi-Fi Calling (for some reason the Wi-Fi logo isn't showing tonight).