Understanding Background App Refresh

[C DM]

I can't complain. I take my phone off the charger at 6am when I wake up and by the time I get home from work around 6pm my battery is usually at 50% or so. I also have frequent locations turned on as well.

its 3pm right now and my battery is at 63%. Completely normal usage for me.

Do you use the phone much (often and/or for long periods of time) throughout a typical day?

 

[3bs]

As far as I can understand from Apple documentation, BAR works only for opened apps on background, so unless you don't leave unused apps on background, it shouldn't cause any batty drain at all.

Are you sure about this? It would explain a lot.

 

[C DM]

Are you sure about this? It would explain a lot.

As mentioned at http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4211

 

[Armen]

Do you use the phone much (often and/or for long periods of time) throughout a typical day?

I listen to music on the way to work every morning for at least 30 minutes over bluetooth.

At my desk I listen to music through out the day as work e-mails come in via Push.

I will talk maybe 30 min on the phone but spend most of my time texting.

I can't say my phone is ever idle. It's always waking up for one reason or another.

 

[Max(IT)]

Are you sure about this? It would explain a lot.

It's written on their website:

" If you close an app multitasking interface, it won't be able to refresh in the background"

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As mentioned at http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4211

Yep. It is the web page I'm referring to ...

 

[Peepo]

I'm using Mail+ for Activesync and I can verify that the latest version periodically checks and gets mail in the background. Before the background sync update it didn't do this.

It doesn't work as instant as real push mail, but it still works. I cannot tell how often it checks, and there are no settings to adjust, but it seems good enough and I will get my email regularly throughout the day without having to constantly check the app like I had to prior to IOS 7.