If you purchased an iPhone 6, you’re in for a treat in the battery department. Rated for the same 10 hour battery life as the iPhone 5S, the iPhone 6 is performing better than expected, lasting most of the day in our informal tests, and with reviewers. While the iPhone 6 does have an improved battery over its predecessors, it won’t completely absolve you from worrying about your phone dying. Thankfully, there are easy ways to extend your battery life, and Apple has even included a new feature that will show you which apps are sucking your battery dry. IOS 8 brings some long-standing Android features over to iOS, specifically a battery breakdown showing you which apps are sending you toward the charger. Battery Usage. Battery usage is viewable in 24 hour and seven day segments, giving you a short and long-term view of your usage. This information will give you a better understanding of which apps use the most energy, and which to avoid using when your battery is running low.
You may be surprised which apps are a drain on your phone. The biggest change you can make to help save battery life on your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus is turn off location services and background updates for apps that don’t need to be constantly updated on your whereabouts. Background App Refresh, and you will find all of the apps that can update in the background, without having to be opened. If there are apps that you rarely use, or that don’t need to be updated in the background, shut them down. They can be an unneeded drain on your battery life. Thanks to iOS 8, there are new controls for location services, outside of on and off. There is now a “while using the app” feature (only some apps have it) that will let apps like Google and Instagram only use your location when you open them. This will limit your worries about random apps using your location in the background, and help your battery last a bit longer. Probably the best hidden feature of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is the ability to recharge at a much faster rate than it currently does. Thanks to the larger batteries in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, they take noticeably longer to charge than their predecessors. Previous iPhones have been able to charge with the iPad power adapter, but didn’t charge any faster than they did with the iPhone adapter. With the iPad power adapter, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus can be recharged in about two hours. While battery isn’t as big of an issue on the iPhone 6, and a non-issue on the iPhone 6 Plus, these tips will help you extend the already improved lifespan of your iPhone’s battery. Because who really wants to sit next to an outlet,
A battery is one of the most important things on a smartphone. How long the battery can last really matters, because we use many things on our iPhone SE. More than just to send messages and make calls. Many useful and interesting apps are installed on the device, starting from games, fitness apps to social medias apps. If you are kind of person who needs to check email regularly, you can also rely on your smartphone. For all those activities, the battery plays an important role. If you are experiencing iPhone SE battery life issues right now, tey the solutions listed here. Phone SE with iOS 9 is provided with Battery Usage feature. Battery Usage. Then, tap the show detailed usage to see the apps activities that are running in the background. If you find a certain app that drains the battery, update it and if it still drains the battery, consider to remove it.
Update all applications on your iPhone SE to avoid power consumption bugs. You can update them at the App Store. You can choose Update All or only certain apps that cause the battery life issue. You should properly close the apps you are not using. If you don’t do that, once you exit the app, it will keep running in the background and it will have the impact on the battery life. To close the apps press the Home button two times, and you will get a preview of the apps you have been using. Swipe left to go through the apps. When you find the app you want to close, swipe up. Every once in a while, shut down your iPhone. This can be a problem solver because once you turn your phone off, the apps and the processes that were running in the background will be closed including those that can cause battery life issues. Updating the iPhone can fix the bug issue which causes the battery life drain rapidly. Tap Download and Install. This method will reset all the settings on your iPhone. Reset All Settings. Then, iPhone will restart and reset all the settings you have. It has a quite similar purpose as the previous method. However, this method will not only restore your device to factory settings, it will delete all the data. So, we suggest you to backup the data before continuing the next steps. Follow the steps to set up your device as new. Low Power Mode is a feature designed to help you save battery power consumption. Battery. Here, you can activate the Low Power Mode and then, the battery icon will become yellow.
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