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How to improve battery life (tips/advices)?
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Here's what Apple has to say on the subject:
https://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/
Here's what some former Apple (store) employees have to say:
http://solutionowl.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-iphone-ipad-and-ios-battery-drain/
http://www.payetteforward.com/why-does-my-iphone-battery-die-so-fast-heres-the-real-fix/
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the SE gets great battery life.
but.
location services off unless you need it
instead of push go to fetch and pick one of the options
reduce motion so theres no animations
background app refresh
limit notifications
turn off auto brightness and keep it low unless you need it brighter (i.e. outside)
close out applications that are in the background if you're not using them (you don't really have to do it, but it works for me since i only use an app and i might not use it again till hours later)
if you do all that you should see a difference.
but.
location services off unless you need it
instead of push go to fetch and pick one of the options
reduce motion so theres no animations
background app refresh
limit notifications
turn off auto brightness and keep it low unless you need it brighter (i.e. outside)
close out applications that are in the background if you're not using them (you don't really have to do it, but it works for me since i only use an app and i might not use it again till hours later)
if you do all that you should see a difference.
its mostly how i set up my phones, other than i got tired of turning location services on and off all the time
and i don't like the animation of zooming in and out when you launch an app or press the home button.
other than that i don't use background app refresh and i always have the screen pretty low unless I'm in the sun and i limit notifications for what i need/want.
Location -> off
Notif -> limited
Background app refresh -> off
Auto-brightness, it work fine for me
i dont kill apps since i know it from Android as well
I am not really a novice but i dont understand why it still drains battery phone out during the night
I dont want to plug phone into the charger, i never did for all my phone including both iPhone and Android phones
I dont want to turn it off either
The only things which i may have some doubts
Push mails, its on but all settings are set on manually
iCloud?
My guess, it could have drain battery out
I have mail in the background although i am only using Gmail wtf?!
How to disable for good apple mail app?
Note i have disabled it from settings though
thanks
Notif -> limited
Background app refresh -> off
Auto-brightness, it work fine for me
i dont kill apps since i know it from Android as well
I am not really a novice but i dont understand why it still drains battery phone out during the night
I dont want to plug phone into the charger, i never did for all my phone including both iPhone and Android phones
I dont want to turn it off either
The only things which i may have some doubts
Push mails, its on but all settings are set on manually
iCloud?
My guess, it could have drain battery out
I have mail in the background although i am only using Gmail wtf?!
How to disable for good apple mail app?
Note i have disabled it from settings though
thanks
why would i do that?
all these tips work for any smartphone, i picked iPhone SE for good battery life, i think battery is still good except for the drain at idle
I ve seen some users claiming they nearly lost 1/2% per night with default settings
all these tips work for any smartphone, i picked iPhone SE for good battery life, i think battery is still good except for the drain at idle
I ve seen some users claiming they nearly lost 1/2% per night with default settings
You should not have to turn anything off. The SE has great battery life. Just charge it once a day and forget about the battery percentages, turn it off if you can't stand to stare at it.
Personally, I turn off location services except for the apps that have an obvious reason for needing them, eg. Google Maps, and even for those I have it set for only when the app is in use. I have background app refresh off. Most push notifications off, and auto brightness on. With these settings, I usually only have to recharge my iPhone 6 once every 2 days or so. Only on my heaviest use days have I managed to get it down to 20% in a 24 hour period.
One thing that I've found makes a huge difference is the cellular signal strength available. At home, where I have a strong signal, the battery may lose 1% overnight. At work, with my phone at my desk not being used for the same period of time, it can lose 10-15% just because it's struggling to compensate for a weak signal.
One thing that I've found makes a huge difference is the cellular signal strength available. At home, where I have a strong signal, the battery may lose 1% overnight. At work, with my phone at my desk not being used for the same period of time, it can lose 10-15% just because it's struggling to compensate for a weak signal.
Does the Usage Time in battery settings include the background process or just the Screen On time? I'm surprised that after 12hours since last fully charged, I've got 70% battery remaining. It shows my usage time as about 3.5hours. Either my iPhone 7 needs calibration or it's it's just phenomenal battery life. It wasn't like that before and only yesterday I've seen this kind of improvement without making any changes.
Why not put it on the charger at night and not worry about it?
Usage is any usage, be it with screen on or off (with the interaction of a user or not). What kind of a device are we talking about?
Is there a way to get only the screen time? Or do I need a 3rd party app for that? As mentioned it's an iPhone 7.
Somehow overlooked that iPhone 7 mention in the post earlier. That's fairly good usage time (and standby time) for an iPhone 7 with 70% battery remaining.
You can see the screen time of different apps over a 24 hour period in the battery usage section for different apps, but that might not necessarily coincide with the last time you recharged your battery fully.
I would love to know the exact screen time for the app after a full recharge. I came from Android so I am use to seeing the graph and the screen on time since last recharge.
Check your settings to see which app draining your batter the most.
If you have Facebook app, uninstall it. It is a horribly written app that I'm surprised Apple is not pulling it from the app store as it is behaving like a malware in using up background data and battery.
Try also disabling Safari sync in iCloud setting. I found this to be an issue on my 6S. Not sure if it's fixed on the latest iOS yet as I left mine off.
If you have Facebook app, uninstall it. It is a horribly written app that I'm surprised Apple is not pulling it from the app store as it is behaving like a malware in using up background data and battery.
Try also disabling Safari sync in iCloud setting. I found this to be an issue on my 6S. Not sure if it's fixed on the latest iOS yet as I left mine off.
There's only the 24 hour or basically 7 day versions that can be seen from battery usage area in the settings. Short of checking it 24 hours after you charged last or making note of where it was for an app before you took the device off the charger and using that as an offset to compare later, there's not that much else that could be done as far as stock iOS goes.
The best thing to do is turn off background app refresh and take a few days to analyze which apps are using an exorbitant amount of battery. Under the battery menu, the culprit is usually obvious if there is one.