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Making the battery last
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- Turn of 3G when not in a 3G area
- I removed TAP TAP which had push on it, seemed to help
Loads you can do.... All depends in what way you use your iPhone... The more its checking things the more it will max your Battery.
You didn't have to completely remove Tap Tap, just go into Settings > Notifications and then disable push for that particular application.
Lower brightness to around 25% of it's capability. That right there will save at least an hour, if not 2 or more.
Yesterday I did everything I normally do on my phone and the batter life was much fuller at the end of the night. I was pretty excited!
I turn off 3G at night when I sleep. I only have wifi on when I am home or at a hotspot. brightness is about 25% indoors. bluetooth off.
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Just leave everything on...During the week when im at work....when the battery reaches 20%.....charge it
On the weekends.....i leave everything on, only reason.....is because i dont use it as much. Use the features....thats what your paying for. I kind of agree to turn off stuff when not in use.....but come on...........what if you have to use the phone 4 separate occasions with in 30 minute span. Are you going to turn everything on and off on and off on and off on and off? Leave it on......saves time and energy However, thats just my opinion.
In the meantime, i'm about to go finger pop my iphone
Just leave everything on...During the week when im at work....when the battery reaches 20%.....charge it
On the weekends.....i leave everything on, only reason.....is because i dont use it as much. Use the features....thats what your paying for. I kind of agree to turn off stuff when not in use.....but come on...........what if you have to use the phone 4 separate occasions with in 30 minute span. Are you going to turn everything on and off on and off on and off on and off? Leave it on......saves time and energy
However, thats just my opinion. In the meantime, i'm about to go finger pop my iphone
What exactly is "location services"? What does it do?
I find that turning off 3G helps most. I only turn it on if Edge is not fast enough. I also have bluetooth turned off. Having wi-fi turned on all the time doesn't seem to drain my battery though.
i'm still trying to decide within myself whether it makes sense for me to turn off 3g on an iphone 3g phone. Like it's definitely possible to only turn 3g on when needed, but is that even worth going through the trouble or am i just being impractical...for some reason i can't decide for myself.
Be glad you have the choice. I still live in a Edge network area. I don't think AT&T will ever update us
Was driving through Roanoke VA and they had a huge billboard that said Roanoke is AT&T Country. Then I looked down at my phone and still had Edge coverage. Come on....
It's really easy to turn on 3G when you need it; just go to settings>general>network and turn on 3G. When you're done, repeat the process to turn it off.
Ever since the 3G last summer, the only thing I have ever kept off was bluetooth. I always get 24-30 or more hours of battery life.
Push email, contacts, calendar all on, location services on, WiFi on, brightness slightly less than 50%.
Push email, contacts, calendar all on, location services on, WiFi on, brightness slightly less than 50%.