Apple is consistently looking to introduce new devices, such as iPhones and iPads, that ship with increasingly innovative integrated technology and feature sets. In addition to introducing new features through software updates, the Cupertino-based company - like many other manufacturers for that matter - continuously tries to push forward the hardware it releases with new additions. It’s especially useful for checking battery charge cycle count of your iOS device. One thing that instantly jumps out with this app though is that not a great deal of time, energy or resources have been applied to the user-experience or user-interface. That’s not to say it’s particularly bad, but it hasn’t really been designed well either, functioning as more of a collection of information on a display surrounded by white space. Some will love the simplicity. Others will hate the laziness. Those who hate it may be swayed by the fact that they can instantly see the current capacity of the internal battery, as well as the health of the battery.
This immediately educates the user on whether or not the battery is capable of holding a 100% charge or if it has lost capacity over time. Additional information includes how many charge cycles the battery has been through, the current operating temperature of the cell, and the discharge current, if that sort of thing is appealing to you. In addition to attention being paid to the battery, the developer has also included a set of hardware checking features, which include checking the health of the GPU, CPU, Storage and network components. One thing that is immediately apparent on most smartphones is that the manufacturer, whether it be Apple, Samsung or similar, provides very little insight into what is actually going on with the battery in the device. Sure, we get a very simple graphical overview of how much battery is left, or when it’s actually going through a charge cycle, but other than that the information is largely abstracted away from the end-user. Tran Manh Quan’s Battery Percentage app looks to change that by giving additional insight into battery health, device status, and even the phone’s charger - all for free.
Please note the Facedown Detection feature is available only on iPhone 5s or later devices. Please note that the tips under section are to highlight areas where you could disable things that are not applicable to you so you can extend battery life. We are not recommending or advising you to disable features just for battery life, as then there would be no point in using smartphones like the iPhone. The Today View in the Lock Screen and Notification Center (when you swipe left) includes widgets for Stock and Weather and any other third-party Notification Center widget you may have added. You should review the list and remove the widgets that you don’t want to ensure they don’t consume battery life unnecessarily as some of them could be using Location services. Check out our post to find out how to disable the unwanted widgets in the Today view. Dynamic wallpapers bring subtle animations to the home and the lock screen. Unfortunately, the animations take up CPU cycles and consume more battery. Choose Wallpaper where you can go to either Stills or your set an image from your photo library as your wallpaper.
Apple added a number of animations and physics-based effects to the interface in iOS 7 to help users understand the layered elements in the UI. Some of these effects even access gyroscopic data, which contributes further to battery drain. Reduce Motion and turn on the switch. However, please note that enabling Reduce Motion will disable the effects in the Messages app. Set Auto-Lock interval so that your iPhone will turn off more quickly after a period of inactivity. To set the auto-Lock interval, launch the Settings app, tap on General and then Auto-Lock and set the auto-lock interval to either 30 seconds, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 minutes. You’re probably aware that using Wi-Fi drains iPhone’s battery, but perhaps you didn’t know that one of the most intensive processes that iPhone’s Wi-Fi chip has to do is search for available network. So if this happens in regular intervals, it’s going to have a noticeable impact on your battery.
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