Really? You and your friends are clamoring to disable all app functionality and all apps except for Uber?
I very much doubt that.
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I very much doubt that.
Isn't it terrible that it's come to this? We shouldn't even be having this conversation, iOS 13 should be so streamlined and optimized that people would be compelled to update to get better battery life, stronger cell signal and faster app launching, more storage and speed. Nope.
So glad I'm still on iOS 12 on all my devices. Apple should start signing iOS 12.4.5 for all devices again.
So glad I'm still on iOS 12 on all my devices. Apple should start signing iOS 12.4.5 for all devices again.
I disagree. There are trade-offs in usage and settings vs battery life.
IOS 12 is no different, except for some different options. For the most part what was mentioned applies to iOS 12 also.
I only bought my iPhone for its compass app. I don’t need it to make calls, if I need directions I’ll buy a map, I can text somebody on my old Nokia, it has predictive text. If I want to look at yelp reviews I’ll sit at my desk and pull them up on the computer. If I want to know what the weather forecast is I’ll watch the news.
why doesn’t Apple give the people what they want? A touch screen compass. That’s it! That’s all we’ve been asking for. But these detached elitist designers just want to give useless ‘feature’ after ‘feature’ when all we want to do is see which way is north.
check out my home screen. This is how you cut the crap and get productive on an iPhone.
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I’d just be happy with a “Low Power Mode” that actually stayed enabled.
Why there is no battery health percentage on iPad?
Most of those sorts of apps don’t run in the background - only certain types of apps (apps providing audio, navigation, etc) can continuously run in the background. Other kinds of apps may “run” in the background only in the sense that they can register to have code execute in response to events (timers, location changes, etc.) and in those cases its a separate binary that runs, not the full app itself, and that separate binary has limits on what it can do, how much of available resources it can use, and how long it can execute before the CPU kills it.
Generally speaking, killing apps will do very little. Occasionally there have been bugs to the contrary, of course.
When I read such an article whose only advice is to disable most of the functionalities which make a smart phone useful, I wonder why you just didn’t write “shutdown your iPhone”…
Neither do any of the ipads in this house (which range from the latest iPad mini to the latest iPad Pro, to a 4-year-old iPad Air). 5 in total.
Lots of great tips, I think I knew most of them already but it's good to see my knowledge reinforced =)
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I think it depends on a variety of factors, most of all, the age of the phone itself. As we all know, batteries go bad over time so... YMMV
My XR (at 95% capacity) has been getting 1.5-2 hours less battery with the same usage as before. It also completely nuked my Fiancee's 6s, which had a brand new battery installed 5 months ago (and is somehow already at 92% capacity with one performance shutdown). If I could go back in time I would've stayed on iOS12, I (wrongly) figured having a much newer phone would've left me less affected.
Regarding closing apps to save battery:
I think it works more like keeping frequently used apps open to help in saving/ using less battery. For starters it saves time for the user carrying on from where its left off, which means phone is also used less if the work is done quickly and it need not load the app all over each time. One big, not so often used app as say messages or social media would be better off closed than keeping it in background.
I think it works more like keeping frequently used apps open to help in saving/ using less battery. For starters it saves time for the user carrying on from where its left off, which means phone is also used less if the work is done quickly and it need not load the app all over each time. One big, not so often used app as say messages or social media would be better off closed than keeping it in background.
There's a lot of misunderstanding about the battery impact of using location-based apps. Ultimately, if you've already got one app using location services, other apps using location services in the same manner and at the same time won't have a significant impact on battery life. If App A asks for you location, iOS will find it. If Apps A, B and C are all asking for your location, iOS still only needs to find it once, not once per app. That's a bit of a simplification, but hopefully you get the idea.
It's not a bad list, but the underlying problem is iOS13. We shouldn't have to turn off every little functionality to use our phone more than a few hours. These battery drain issues just didn't exist in iOS12. Might as well add another step, to just turn off your phone to save battery.
sure glad I stuck with the iPhone 8 Plus and never got suckered into the more expensive X
my battery life is great
iPhone 8 Plus can handle more of a beating when dropped compared to the X
the battery in the iPhone X is only a touch larger than the iPhone 8 Plus which explains the bad battery life. 2716ma vs 2675ma in my iPhone 8 Plus which has a screen and a processor that draws less power from the battery than the X
Plus I still get 5G speed on ATT 5E Evolution
my battery life is great
iPhone 8 Plus can handle more of a beating when dropped compared to the X
the battery in the iPhone X is only a touch larger than the iPhone 8 Plus which explains the bad battery life. 2716ma vs 2675ma in my iPhone 8 Plus which has a screen and a processor that draws less power from the battery than the X
Plus I still get 5G speed on ATT 5E Evolution
‘You’re still only at 81% battery life. Must be after a full year’s charge.
I doubt you get full 5G speed on that phone since it dos’t have a 5G radio in it (it might show you a 5G symbol, but some carriers are a bit liberal with what they call 5G
How long of battery life do you get when you have low power mode enabled all the time ?