"Find my iPhone" Kill Battery Life?

[Seraphx17]

I'm thinking of turning it on (based off of the story in my other just-posted thread). Does anyone know if it consumes any battery life prior to tracking it?

 

[cmaier]

I'm thinking of turning it on (based off of the story in my other just-posted thread). Does anyone know if it consumes any battery life prior to tracking it?

Nothing noticeable.

 

[renewed]

Nothing noticeable.

Same. I haven't noticed anything to complain about.

 

[PNutts]

For that to work you need to have Location Services turned on which will definitely consume the battery.

Here's a link to Apple's page on battery life:
http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html

 

[sammich]

For that to work you need to have Location Services turned on which will definitely consume the battery.

Here's a link to Apple's page on battery life:
http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html

Location Services doesn't use very much battery. The HUGE killers are push and 3G. LS is on all the time. If you leave push on overnight you lost about 1/2 the battery.

Having LS basically means that *if* some app wants to use the GPS it can. Otherwise you get that annoying popup asking you to turn it on.

 

[macjram]

Location Services doesn't use very much battery. The HUGE killers are push and 3G. LS is on all the time. If you leave push on overnight you lost about 1/2 the battery.

Having LS basically means that *if* some app wants to use the GPS it can. Otherwise you get that annoying popup asking you to turn it on.

I thought if you leave LS on, it will stay on. Like, it wouldn't matter if an app wanted to use it cause it'd already be on. Therefore it'd be draining the battery and everything?

Not sure. That was my inital thought on it.

 

[cmaier]

I thought if you leave LS on, it will stay on. Like, it wouldn't matter if an app wanted to use it cause it'd already be on. Therefore it'd be draining the battery and everything?

Not sure. That was my inital thought on it.

No, doesn't use any battery unless an app calls the API to actually turn it on. Allowing apps to actually USE it is what consumes power.

 

[qpid360]

Push doesn't drain my battery very much. I have 2 push accounts and an exchange account, plus 2 fetch accounts. Overnight, I only lose about 5-6%.

 

[mreg376]

Location Services doesn't use very much battery. The HUGE killers are push and 3G. LS is on all the time. If you leave push on overnight you lost about 1/2 the battery.

Having LS basically means that *if* some app wants to use the GPS it can. Otherwise you get that annoying popup asking you to turn it on.

If I use the Find iPhone app on my iPad to track an iPhone, does that use more battery on the iPhone?