Improve battery life

[susan]

Anyone have some tips on how to improve battery life? I find the battery on my iPhone to be 'adequate', but wish it was better.

Here are some things that I do personally:


Dim the screen
Turn off wifi and and 3g when I don't need to go online
Only have either wifi OR 3G on (and not together) when I do check emails/safari

[mrholder]

Thanks for the tips susan. The only other thing I can think of is to turn "Location Services" off in the settings.

[NineSwords]

I did some testing and found that Push Notifications drain the battery less than autochecking for mails every 15 minutes. And it's faster too.

[shigzeo]

Not playing games helps too!

[RandomAlec]

For me I've always done these:

1. Turn brightness down up to about 1/4 of the scrubber bar, I turn it up if I need to. Turn auto brightness off.
2. Turn off 3G/WiFi when not needed.
3. Lock my phone everytime I'm done using it instead of waiting for the auto-lock to kick in.
4. Close all Safari pages whenever I'm done using it.
5. All refresh systems like Mail are set to Push settings or manual refresh for App Store apps.
6. Get a case that doesn't get your phone hot (I've seen this for a fact and some cases definitely drain battery life).

That's about it.

[iPhonephreak]

Leaving BT off when not in use helps some.

[loneapple24]

One thing I didn't realize that drained a significant amount of my iPod Touch's battery everyday was turning it off before I went to sleep. Little did I know that the process of starting up the iPod in the morning drains a ton of battery as opposed to leaving it on sleep mode.

[susan]

thanks for the input guys. I will try some of these tips for sure. I think "not playing games" is a big one! ;)

[juubee]

One thing I didn't realize that drained a significant amount of my iPod Touch's battery everyday was turning it off before I went to sleep. Little did I know that the process of starting up the iPod in the morning drains a ton of battery as opposed to leaving it on sleep mode.

Are you sure that's what happens? I don't do that but I always set a timer for it to sleep by itself at night but this intrigues
me.

[RickyD]

I pretty much do all that;s been suggested here. The one thing I don't do is turn off my phone at night. Its not so much that I find it to save or not save battery life....rather I can't be bothered to wait for my iPhone to boot up when I want to check my emails first thing in the morning :)

[wahseh]

For myself, I got myself a cheap external battery. A little inconvenience when it is plugged in, but I am sure I will last one full day now

[wiredmind]

This thread says it all.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=525741

[wargamer17]

Thanks for the tips! Will try some of these out. Never really had a huge problem with battery life, but some days it can be bad.

[SteveNaka]

Not playing games helps too!



lol...is that even possible...who has that kind of discipline in this day and age lol

[juubee]

lol...is that even possible...who has that kind of discipline in this day and age lol

So true.. I can't NOT play games.. not possible.

[enuhski]

I've nearly given up on finding ways to improve battery life since I play games a lot on my iPod Touch. I try to turn off the device as often as I can when not in use.

@loneapple24 - what do you mean by turning off your iPod Touch? are you referring to the power switch? or do you mean pressing the power switch and the home button at the same time?

I rely on Accura for giving me stats on how much time I have left to play games :D and I also purchased a portable battery pack to extend battery life (1-2 hours extra). i can't turn off the wifi since i use it a lot, but i only turn on bluetooth when necessary.

I've reduced the brightness to about 50% and turned off the automatic settings for it.

When I'm playing games, I minimize the sound effects and music.

I also use my earphones when I'm playing games since the speaker drains the battery a lot faster.

[aidan_ree]

I got the external battery, upon full charge, i can use it to recharge the ipod up to 4 times. Life saver when on long distance travel

[shigzeo]

I might think about it, but my lonely heart is maybe settling on... getting a nano so that I don't have to carry such a large load.

[VejOut]

What kind of batter life are people typically getting? I can go about 2 days without recharging if I DON'T play games, if I do, I pretty much have to recharge every day. I also got an external battery for it which helps when on an airplane and I want to watch a movie or play a bunch of games the whole time.

[NineSwords]

I recharge every night in my docking station on my nightstand. Normally the battery is at about 30% when I go to sleep.

[Thunderclaw]

I usually recharge everyday. I only run out of battery if I'm playing really heavy games for a long time.

[zeroxomega]

If you're running SBSettings, make sure to hit the Processes option and close off any programs you may have accidentally left running!

[cjrnic]

Just by glancing, looks like some useful tips. Being a fairly new iPhone owner, I've been trying different things to cut down on the battery drain.

[joanalex]

I find that keeping it on drains my battery in no time, so I only turn it on when I need it. Also, if you adjust the brightness settings on it, it can make it run longer. I tend to keep mine on hold until it needs charging, and it lasts a fair while (the longest I've gotten is 27 hours), but if none of these things help, you might want to speak with Apple, because I did hear that there were some problems with batteries being defected, so that'd be worth looking into

[iAmTimmy]

Turn off Location.
Turn off Bluetooth.
Auto-Brightness On.
If possible, always have your volume off. Can't say the same for iPhones as I have an iPod touch.
When possible, have your Wi-Fi off.
Set your brightness as low as you can so you can still see what you're doing.