How To Fix Bad IPhone 7 Battery Life

The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are excellent devices, but they’re far from perfect. We continue to hear about a variety of problems plaguing the two flagships as we push into 2018. Problems include broken Wi-Fi, busted Bluetooth, and abnormal battery drain. Phone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus battery life will vary from person to person but if you’re sure your device is draining faster than normal, you’ll want to take action. While your first instinct might be to head down to a local Apple Store for diagnostic tests, you might be able to fix your bad iPhone 7 battery life from home. There are a number of potential fixes out there and today we want to run down some tips and fixes that’ve worked well for us, and others in the past. A simple restart could improve your phone’s battery life. If you haven’t turned your iPhone 7 off for awhile, try restarting it. This fix has worked for us and others in the past and it’ll only take a minute or so.

If you just opened your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus or installed a new iOS update, and you start to notice weird battery drain, don’t be alarmed. This is normal and it could take a couple of days for your device to settle in. If your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus is still exhibiting abnormal battery drain after two days it’s time to dig a little bit further. Your iPhone 7 comes equipped with a a feature called Low Power Mode and it will allow you to stretch out the last 10-20% of your iPhone 7’s battery life without killing off core services. If you’re experiencing abnormal drain or if you simply want to save some battery life, start using this feature. If your iPhone dips into the 10-20% battery mark, you should get a prompt that asks you if you want to turn it on. You can also manually turn it on in your iPhone 7’s settings if you think you need it before that.

Toggle Low Power Mode on. If you’re running iOS 11, you can add Low Power Mode to Control Center. Customize Controls and tap the green plus sign next to Low Power Mode. When you’re in a bad service area your iPhone 7 will extremely hard to pull down a signal. This can destroy your device’s battery. To offset this, you can do a few things. If you’re fine with killing off all your services, you’ll want to toggle on Airplane Mode. Airplane Mode kills off all of your connections and it will help you conserve battery when you start noticing a huge drop. To toggle Airplane Mode on, you can head right into your Settings. It’s right at the top. You can also access it from the Control Center. To access the Control Center, swipe up from the bottom of your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus. Flip off Airplane Mode when you leave the bad service area. Location services like GPS can wreck havoc on your iPhone 7’s battery life. If you’ve ever used Google Maps or Waze you know what we’re talking about.

Privacy. You can turn Location Services off completely with a toggle off but we recommend going through your apps to determine what apps should be using your services and when. If there’s an app you barely use working in the background you’ll want to limit its capabilities. You can do that with a simple toggle. You’ll also want to get a handle on your applications. If you use an app a lot, it’ll suck up your battery life. But if you’re confident it’s using up more battery than it should, you’ll want to dig in. First, you’ll want to head into your Settings and locate the Battery Usage tool. Battery. It’ll show up under the Battery Usage header. This tool will show you the apps eating up your iPhone 7’s battery. If something seems off about an app, you’ll want to act. The first thing to do is look for a bug fix update. Apple’s developers have been rolling out a steady stream of iOS 11 support updates and these updates should help squash bugs.