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Tips to improve battery life on 6S?
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Seems to be a few threads popping up now about the poor battery life on the 6s! I'm getting mine tomorrow so then I'll be able to test the 6s next to my iPhone 6.
its the same as my iphone 6 i guess but yeah the battery life aint that great i gotta be honest, i have all the usual suspects such as background app refresh and these unnecessary system features like handoff disabled to save battery, i dont use email push notifications either and ya the battery life isnt all that,
Give the battery a few days to calibrate. Other than that just basics really:
- Turn off background app refresh
- Turn off bluetooth/wifi when not using them
- Turn on automatic brightness
- Turn on screen off after X amount of time
- Switch email from push to manual
- Delete facebook app (known battery drainer) if you have it
- Monitor your battery stats to see what is causing any battery drain
Here's a page from Apple on tips for maximizing your battery life: http://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/
- Turn off background app refresh
- Turn off bluetooth/wifi when not using them
- Turn on automatic brightness
- Turn on screen off after X amount of time
- Switch email from push to manual
- Delete facebook app (known battery drainer) if you have it
- Monitor your battery stats to see what is causing any battery drain
Here's a page from Apple on tips for maximizing your battery life: http://www.apple.com/batteries/maximizing-performance/
Thanks for the reply, I got all these under control, I have Bluetooth on all the time due to having an Apple Watch,
What do you mean by "- Turn on screen off after X amount of time" ?
x would be a variable representing an amount of time. The longer your screen is on the more battery is drained.
not had any problems with mine really happy coming from a 3 year old iPhone 5
Sorry I meant auto-lock (didn't have an iPhone in front of me). Sometimes people turn off auto-lock and then forget to manually turn off their screen which will drain the battery.
You are holding it wrong! There is no batterygate.
No, just wait for Apple to fix it by calibrating battery meter in statusbar to make battery "bigger". Or wait for free battery case.
No, just wait for Apple to fix it by calibrating battery meter in statusbar to make battery "bigger". Or wait for free battery case.
Doesn't the phone automatically pull from Wi-Fi versus data if wifi is available?
If wifi is on and connected, it will use your wifi...not sure if that was a serious question or not.
I'm starting to think that it's auto brightness that is the source of my power drain! If I walk on the street it bumps brightness to max! That's rediciloius, it means that if it's sunny out and I'm using my phone on the street the brightness is maxed out which is sure to seriously drain the battery, I set brightness halfway now and disabled auto brightness
The feature works great don't get me wrong but it's rediciloius that it maxes out the battery if you use it during daytime in the street
The feature works great don't get me wrong but it's rediciloius that it maxes out the battery if you use it during daytime in the street
Average or less battery life is, and has been the norm on every iPhone since the original. At least that's been my experience.
The good news is ANKER makes truly excellent external batteries that are sold through Amazon at a discount.
I purchased a few in different sizes. They're the solution for those of us that use a smartphone as it's designed to be enjoyed.
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The Game 161 suggested we turn off data while on Wi-Fi. I just wanted to make sure that was not really necessary.
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