Tips for getting maximum battery life on IOS 7
Apple has recently launched new mobile operating system version IOS 7 for their iDevices. As per many public survey results iPhone users are enjoying this new IOS version and its new user interface. It is always good to have something new but as you know nobody is perfect so even Apple’s IOS 7 have few things which user may not like. There are two concerned problems for now, one is its battery life and other one is no jailbreak option for now. Well, jailbreak option may not available for now time being but surely developers will found some way in the future and will release public jailbreak option for this IOS too. But we can deal with the other problem. There are few certain tips using which you can get rid of this battery problem at some level. Using these tips you can use your iDevice with this latest IOS firmware with maximum battery life. So let’s check them out.
How to improve battery life in IOS 7?
Switch off some wireless services: Bluetooth and Wifi are quite common wireless services and their usage is quite frequent for any smart phone. But many users just don’t switch them off after they complete the work with them. I don’t need to tell you that such wireless services can kill your battery very speedily. So not even IOS 7 can handle this thing, so better you off them after your usage is over with them.
3G function: In India 3G usage is still not that high for now. I mean except internet people don’t use it more for other functions like video calling and all that. So if you are not using the internet or other 3G services then better you switch off the 3G mode from the settings which will surely help you to improve your IOS 7 battery life. 3G mode can eat up lot more battery on any device.
Update your apps: Apple has given first major change in user interface after the birth of IOS. So it is obvious that third party applications need to be optimized for this new change. You may have noticed that many applications have already provided update for this new IOS version. So you must update those applications if you are concern about battery life in this new IOS version. It may possible that those old applications are not working that good with this new IOS version so if any update is provided then go for the update so that those application get the optimized version for this new IOS.
Location/GPS service: Apple has provided Location service or GPS service individually for each applications installed on your IOS 7. Well first of all I will suggest you to off the location service for each app if your GPS usage is not high or you are not using it at all. I am saying this that mainly people only use GPS during travelling, so why to keep them on all the time. If your usage is high then better you take the benefit of given feature and on the service only for the limited apps in which you are using the GPS. So go to settings and location service and off this service fully or for those applications in which you not need this. By this way you can save lots of battery. You will found location services under Privacy section in the settings.
Background refresh for apps: In the Settings and General section you will found option of background app refresh. It is obvious that in smart phone for many reasons apps need to be refreshed automatically. But what about other apps that we don’t need to be refreshed like that. Well, just go to settings and general and from this option you can off this background refresh mode for the apps you don’t want to refresh. This will surely help you to keep battery life of your device well.
Usage of Dynamic wallpapers: Apple has introduced dynamic wallpapers option in this latest IOS version. To define it more easily now you can set selected animated wallpaper on your iDevice. Such dynamic and animated wallpapers will surely look cool on your device but no need to tell you that they can eat up lots of batter in compare of normal wallpaper. So if you are having less battery backup problem and you are using dynamic wallpapers on your device then you can switch them with normal wallpaper to have good battery backup.
Brightness of your device: Apple has given auto brightness option in the Settings. But I wonder if it is working that well like we want. So better you keep less brightness on your device manually if you are not outside or under the sunlight. Inside the house or darker area you don’t need full brightness mode in any device. So you can less the brightness to have more battery backup in compare of normal mode.
Parallax/3D mode: Apple has given Parallax mode in the new IOS 7 which will give you some kind of 3D effect on your home screen and lock screen. This new mode surely make our iDevice’s look cool enough with 3D kind of effect but it doesn’t give good effect on the battery backup of the phone. It will surely kill battery faster in compare of normal mode. So if you are not fond of this mode and you are okay with the simple and old look then better you switch this mode off to have more battery backup. To switch off this mode you need to go Settings, General, Accessibility and Reduce motion option. Just off the reduce motion to off this parallax mode. I am sure after this you will notice much more improved battery backup on your iDevice.
Spotlight Search option: Apple has very unique feature using which you can search anything like contacts, music, videos, applications, notes, events, mails, voice memos, etc directly from spotlight search option. But do you know that spotlight search application need to refresh itself frequently to give the correct results. And I don’t think you are even searching all those options I mentioned above using it. So why not to off those options you are not searching through it. Just go Settings, General and Spotlight Search option and off the options which you are not using in search option. By this way it will reduce the load on spotlight search app and it can help you to give proper battery life in compare of before.
Notification Center: Apple has also given nice option of notification area using it you can get many things updated directly on notification area. You are getting your daily to do list on it, daily stock updates and many more. To give you all up to date information it requires to keep it refresh frequently. So better you keep only those options in notification center that you actually required. You can exclude all those options from notification center that you not required at all. To do that you can go to Notification Center option under Settings page. From there you can manage your include and exclude list. Lesser list in the notification center can improve your battery backup in compare of big one.
So this is it. I guess I have explained almost all the required tips for saving battery in different ways. I know not all people are like the same and some of you may require some of above functions seriously. So I am not saying to follow all the things, just go for them which are suitable to you. I am sure this will help you to improve battery backup in new IOS 7 version. So to have good battery backup on this latest IOS firmware you may have to lose some certain advantage or features I mentioned above. Hope in future Apple can provide us better update which will give us good battery backup with all these features.
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