But if its just a phone, why is it expensive?
uhhh maybe because its not just a phone.
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Improved my 6S+ battery life dramatically by disabling a few system services.
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uhhh maybe because its not just a phone.
Just turned them off. Looks like useless stuff anyways. Let's see how this next 24 hours goes.
Man, some people on this forum are just a bunch of old grumpy pants!
Thank you for the tip. I turned off everything. If I need it, I'll turn it on.
Thank you for the tip. I turned off everything. If I need it, I'll turn it on.
That's the sweet part, you can toggle things on and off depending on if you use them or not. If you don't then why have radio and gps sending info and using power.
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I have them all off and my battery life is pretty good on my 6S+, but I'm going to turn them off and give it a try. Indoor use most of those services anyway.
Even if you use GPS, which I do, once in a while, why would you want something like "location-based iAds"? I don't even want the ones that aren't location based, but, if that's your thing...
Check out this article from Apple. The system services titles don't mean what many think they assume they mean. Like traffic is not giving you traffic info to you, it is sending your speed and location to Apple to aid in their reporting of traffic. Sure use my battery and data I pay for to enhance services.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203033
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203033
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I only keep find my iPhone and motion calibration and distance turned on.
Here's an explanation of what the other stuff does, found by Google
http://www.clear-coat.com/blog/iphone-privacy-settings/
Here's an explanation of what the other stuff does, found by Google
http://www.clear-coat.com/blog/iphone-privacy-settings/
Something would really have to go drastically bad with this 6a Plus to pry it from my hands with this kind of battery life. I have most system services off except find phone, share location, and wifi phone. Never used low power mode. Screen on manual usually 25%.
I had it too. I also had the one that you could change the colour of the faceplates. Oh and I had a tiny red one.
People = you. i am seriously not interested in having an argument. Have a good day with extra battery pack.
ps for you http://www.mugen-power.com/english/
I believe mine would still work if it had a new battery. Still look remarkably good for all the service it rendered.
Hope you are doing well.
Yeah... I tried this a few weeks back. Got flamed for trying to help people. Good job though, it is actually useful to turn all of them off for more battery life - especially since you don't really lose anything when you turn off compass calibration. People are jerkoffs on here.
You're on an apple forum. If you think the first think people think of when they see mugen power is going to be anything other than the battery pack, then God bless.
It was just ironic you're giving op **** about how he manages his battery with your username.
But I get it now, it's obviously not the battery pack. And when you say you love apple products you're talking about the fruits as well.
Have a good day to you to
Used it aggressively. Here's where I'm at:
And there are still things I don't even need, which I haven't bothered turning off.
And there are still things I don't even need, which I haven't bothered turning off.
It's actually a handheld computer with power that my aging desktop 8 years ago could only dream of and battery life that my 5 year old laptop never had. It's a GPS unit with way better performance and functionality than my 6 year old Garmin standalone. It's also happens to be the best "phone" I've ever had.
That's what I like each person can turn these on and off to suit their needs. Yes if I wanted auto reporting of my commute traffic I too would have frequent location on.
Am curious, did you notice any battery life improvements? I did but would like to know if others have or not.
This was a low as I could get the battery, before having to charge it. Like I said, I used it pretty aggressively. Streamed videos for a couple hours, downloaded a bunch of apps and stuff. Streamed satellite radio for a little while.
I also realized, at the end of the day, that I had 10+ apps running, and all of them had "background app refresh" turned on, in settings. Could have probably gotten more out of things, if it wasn't for that.
I also realized, at the end of the day, that I had 10+ apps running, and all of them had "background app refresh" turned on, in settings. Could have probably gotten more out of things, if it wasn't for that.
