Improved my 6S+ battery life dramatically by disabling a few system services.

[ostrykolesz]

I purchased my 6S+ a few days ago with the intention to get better battery life - I got it. I still wanted more juice - I got it. I disabled these system services (as pictured below) and my battery indicator was hardly dropping.

Any other battery saving tips?

 

[MuGeN PoWeR]

Why not buy a Nokia 3310?

 

[ostrykolesz]

Why not buy a Nokia 3310?

I really didn't lose anything by disabling these services...

 

[MuGeN PoWeR]

I really didn't lose anything by disabling these services...

well that is upto you. and its just a phone. use it as a phone by using almost all of its features. anyways i m happy with my 6s plus battery without turning off anything.

 

[Newtons Apple]

May 6S+ battery last so long it is not worth turning anything off.

 

[Goatllama]

Thanks for the tip!

On a side note, you gotta love how confrontational pretty much everyone is on these forums.

 

[ostrykolesz]

Thanks for the tip!

On a side note, you gotta love how confrontational pretty much everyone is on these forums.

To be fair, the Nokia 3310 was an awesome phone 🙂

 

[MuGeN PoWeR]

To be fair, the Nokia 3310 was an awesome phone 🙂

 

[sunking101]

I purchased my 6S+ a few days ago with the intention to get better battery life - I got it. I still wanted more juice - I got it. I disabled these system services (as pictured below) and my battery indicator was hardly dropping.

Any other battery saving tips?

I have every last one of those system location services toggled off and can still operate my phone in the manner I need to. Any apps that use GPS are set to 'whilst using the app' and I also have reduce motion on & background refresh off. I had this same set-up on my 6+ so I'm in a 'like for like' situation with my 6S+ and can gauge battery life between the two accordingly. I get around an extra hour from my 6S+, but doesn't iOS9 have some say in that? It's supposed to give 'up to an extra hour' of battery life and my 6+ was running iOS8...

 

[Cuniac]

This is a good post. For some reason it made me go and turn everything on lol. Will see how this goes for a few days...

 

[Newtons Apple]

I had that floor breaker! It was a tough phone for sure.

 

[HEK]

I purchased my 6S+ a few days ago with the intention to get better battery life - I got it. I still wanted more juice - I got it. I disabled these system services (as pictured below) and my battery indicator was hardly dropping.

Any other battery saving tips?

Only ones I have on are find my phone and location sharing. You can turn the others off as they do little for you and serve to provide location info to others. Gps uses lots of battery. Their are several articles that go into detail as to what these setting do. I also have screen motion turned off. Are you using the ad and tracker blocking feature of iOS 9 for Safari. Speeds up downloads, reduces data usage, it makes this site for Instance, load almost instantly.

 

[IphoneIssues]

Interesting. I will try this.

 

[striders]

I use HomeKit, so I can't disable those. Same with Frequent Location: it show me how's the traffic near my commute time.

 

[Max(IT)]

I really didn't lose anything by disabling these services...

With frequent location switched off you actually lost something....

 

[iAstonish]

Why not buy a Nokia 3310?

If my user user name is based off an extended battery, I wouldn't tell people how to use their phones.

 

[Will22]

With frequent location switched off you actually lost something....

Not if he never used it.

 

[Will22]

I had that floor breaker! It was a tough phone for sure.

I still have mine somewhere in the loft.

 

[Harmonious Zen]

Makes sense if you never take advantage of those services. I do and like the added functionality. Battery life is as good as ever even then.

 

[MuGeN PoWeR]

If my user user name is based off an extended battery, I wouldn't tell people how to use their phones.

Try to do a little research. My username is actually based on Motorsport not the battery. They came up with the battery name way after that.

 

[AndrewR23]

Its Just a phone? Tired of reading that here. If its just a phone, how does it take pictures, internet, gaming, and more? My house phone that you pick up, call someone, then set it back on the receiver is just a phone.

 

[sunking101]

Its Just a phone? Tired of reading that here. If its just a phone, how does it take pictures, internet, gaming, and more? My house phone that you pick up, call someone, then set it back on the receiver is just a phone.

Indeed. If it's just a phone then why are there whole forums dedicated to it, and why do they cost so much to buy?🙄

 

[iAstonish]

Try to do a little research. My username is actually based on Motorsport not the battery. They came up with the battery name way after that.

Yea cause that's the super obvious first thing people will think of on an iPhone forum

 

[tl01]

Thanks for the tip!

On a side note, you gotta love how confrontational pretty much everyone is on these forums.

They are the sort of people who are really fun at a party😉.

 

[techiebug]

Indeed. If it's just a phone then why are there whole forums dedicated to it, and why do they cost so much to buy?🙄

It costs so much because it's an expensive phone!