How To Share Paid Apps On IPhone/iPad

There’s a way to share paid apps with your friends with the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad. Through this method, you can download it to your device for free (since it’s already been paid for by your friend), and use it. Find a friend you trust that has cool apps that you want. Go into Settings, click Store, and log out of your iTunes accounts. Have your friend log into his iTunes account on your iPhone/iPod Touch or iPad. Head to the app store. Find a paid app that your friend has already paid for, and download it. You’ll get a pop up, like the below, stating that since you’ve already paid for the app, you won’t have to do it again. When you’re done downloading apps, go back into Settings and log out of your friend’s iTunes account, and log yourself back in. Downside here is that you can’t back up the apps to iTunes. Also, app updates won’t work. Disclaimer: We’re not suggesting that you do this on your Apple product. We’re pointing out a flaw in the App store.

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. To disable this feature, launch the Settings app, tap on Wi-Fi, and tap on the On/Off toggle for Ask to Join Networks to disable it. Please note that by disabling this feature, your iPhone will join known Wi-Fi networks automatically, but you will have to manually select a network if no known networks are available. Note: It is disabled by default. Dimming the screen helps to extend battery life. You can either lower the default screen brightness based on your preference or turn on Auto-Brightness to allow the screen to adjust its brightness based on current lighting conditions. Launch the Settings app, scroll down and tap on Brightness & Wallpaper and set Auto-Brightness to On.

Note: Apple enables it by default. When we install apps, they prompt us to give them access to various things such location etc., and we tend to blindly say yes. However, apps using location services can have a major impact on battery life. So you may want to review which apps should have access to your device’s location. The best way to approach this is to first disable location services for all the app. Location Services. After you’ve disabled location services for all apps, you identify which apps such as navigation apps should use location services and enabled them individually. In iOS, you can allow apps to use Location Services only while using the app, so the apps don’t use it all the time. This can be useful for apps like the App Store, which don’t need to be using location services all the time. Location Services. Apps that recently used your location have a purple compass-like indicator next them. Tap on the app, you should see the While Using the App, tap on it if you want the app to use location services only while using the app.

This will ensure that the app will access your location only when it or one of its features are visible on the screen. As you can see below, iOS also tells you the App Store app is using location services to “find relevant apps nearby”. Developers need to add support for this feature, so you may not find this option for all apps. If you’ve accidentally disabled location services for an app that needs to use it, don’t worry, it will prompt you to give access to Location Services when you launch it. I would strongly recommend change the setting to While Using the App for the Facebook app to prevent it from draining battery life. OS includes a new facedown detection feature, which makes use of the ambient light sensor to ensure the display doesn’t light up when you receive a Notification when you place the iPhone facedown. The feature along with other refinements helps in improving battery life by an additional hour as it turns off the display when not in use.

So when you place your iPhone on the table, you should place it facedown to conserve battery life. Please note the Facedown Detection feature is available only on iPhone 5s or later devices. If you live or work in an area that has poor or no LTE coverage or your carrier doesn’t offer LTE yet, then you should consider switching to 3G to prevent the LTE radio from draining battery life unnecessarily. Enable LTE/Enable 4G and tap on the Off option. Battery and tapping on the toggle. Low Power Mode temporarily reduces power consumption by turning off or reducing mail fetch, background app refresh, automatic downloads, and some visual effects. Apple states that Low Power Mode mode can extend battery life by an additional 3 hours. Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Reset Network Settings. This will reset all network settings, including passwords, VPN, and APN settings. Apple advices users to go through at least one charge cycle per month (charging the battery to 100% and then completely running it down). So if you haven’t done it already, it may be a good time to do it. Power cycling your device helps in recalibrating the battery indicator more accurately. This is not ideal but the last resort. If you’ve setup your iPhone by restoring from backup then the battery life problems could be due to some issue with the backup. Erase All Content And Settings) and set it up as a new iPhone (not from the backup). We’ve seen quite a few comments from readers who have found that the battery life is better after setting up the device as a new iPhone/iPad/iPod touch. Did you face battery life problems after upgrading to iOS 10, Did any of these tips help, Let us know in the comments.