This is a new weird thing. There are times where I'd look down and see how hard it's trying to connect to cellular when I'm at one of my offices with amazing coverage and speed WiFi.
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iOS 16: 15 Tips to Make Your iPhone Battery Last Longer
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I only agree for these type of runaway apps. Instagram, Facebook, Google Maps, Waze.
Otherwise, don't try and clear your background apps.
Good tips. Another thing I do is to disable Raise to Wake, but keep AOD on. It’s been a good combo for me, and I do the same on my Watch.
If I know I won’t need the iPhone screen for an extended period of time, I’ll either flip the screen down, or turn on Low Power Mode.
If I know I won’t need the iPhone screen for an extended period of time, I’ll either flip the screen down, or turn on Low Power Mode.
Right out of the box I get roughly 2 1/2 days on a charge for my 14 ProMax. That's fine for me.
Sell your smartphone and buy a Nokia 3310 instead.
Honestly, this is like one of those “iOS 16 settings you must turn off now” click bait YouTube videos. Why not just advise people to turn their phone off entirely, or maybe instead of using iMessage to just scratch their text onto a piece of slate and throw it at their friends?
But if you’re somewhere with Wi-Fi you presumably are also near a power socket, so why are you trying so hard to save battery when you could just enjoy using your phone to the full and charge it whenever required?
These days I have my iPhone off completely when I'm home. I have an iPad and MB, so I'm usually using those instead of an iPhone and definitely don't need it on at all times. I take my iPhone with me when I go out, but that's only to make phone calls because using my Apple Watch to make calls feels awkward to me.
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This was very helpful. I had some serious battery drain overnight after I updated to 16.1. Now I understand what happened. And I had forgotten about Live Activities. So hopefully now I'll be back to my previously robust battery life.
So, to summarize: turn off all of the cool new features of iOS 16 and the iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max. Brilliant! 🙄
For me, I've found that simply decreasing the brightness a bit goes a long way. I leave everything enabled on my iPhone 14 Pro Max but finish the day with around 30% battery remaining, with 7-9 hours of screen time.
For me, I've found that simply decreasing the brightness a bit goes a long way. I leave everything enabled on my iPhone 14 Pro Max but finish the day with around 30% battery remaining, with 7-9 hours of screen time.
Great tips. Don’t use your phone and you’ll have great battery life.
I think double posting is a major battery drain. 😀
Anyway... My 14Pro has better battery life than my 13Pro, and that was better than my 12Pro, etc. I'd like more, but such is physics. The top battery drain is using your phone in bright sunlight. Just reading Books during lunch in a park is a big hit.
In my particular experience, having Wi-Fi on overnight is a big battery drainer
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So are you suggesting turning off Wi-Fi and leaving Cellular Data 5G on??? 🫤
I just keep some extra AA batteries in my pocket in case my phone dies.
Actually... for extreme situations where you are in a urging situation or when you really need to have the possibility to call someone (yeah yeah, satellite calls is a thing now), I would love a switch to dumb down the iPhone to just the bare minimum. Messages and calls, black and white screen, nothing else. Boom. 😄
It's not up to them. The system freeze them, period !
However, I can agree with you on Google Maps. Apps using GPS aren't handled the same way as others, so yeah, I also close them after use.
My carrier in the UK keeps WiFi Calling on permanently when it’s on Airplane Mode. Don’t know if this is just select carriers or all who offer the service around the World.
I think this helped a lot I read this tip somewhere,
for every app (tedious but once you got it down not bad)
Go to settings-> search & Siri-> scroll to bottom and go within each one.
only turn on 'show app in search' disables all other Siri awareness for app stuff.
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Also I keep 'hey Siri' listening off in general.
I find both that, and disable background app refresh help A TON.
...Most recently learned about the first one though and think it's a good underrated one.
for every app (tedious but once you got it down not bad)
Go to settings-> search & Siri-> scroll to bottom and go within each one.
only turn on 'show app in search' disables all other Siri awareness for app stuff.
--
Also I keep 'hey Siri' listening off in general.
I find both that, and disable background app refresh help A TON.
...Most recently learned about the first one though and think it's a good underrated one.