{"id":5068,"date":"2014-11-21T05:27:51","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T10:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kasperskydaily.com\/uk\/?p=5068"},"modified":"2020-02-26T15:10:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T15:10:38","slug":"iphone-battery-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/iphone-battery-tips\/5068\/","title":{"rendered":"10 steps to boost your iPhone&#8217;s battery life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today both iPhones and Androids suck their batteries dry faster than an average human could learn how to spell this word:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Password?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#Password<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hints?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#hints<\/a> from around the world \u2013 this is a real word &amp; it has a meaning <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/95aiNsiisd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/95aiNsiisd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kaspersky?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#Kaspersky<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/gLRtyaJA7v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gLRtyaJA7v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaspersky (@kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaspersky\/status\/535114123026395136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">November 19, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yes, this is a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Longest_words\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">real<\/a> word in the Afrikaans language meaning \u201cissuable media conference\u2019s announcement at a press release regarding the convener\u2019s speech at a secondhand car dealership union\u2019s strike meeting.\u201d By the way:\u00a0congratulations on joining our club of anonymous people unable to read Afrikaaan.<\/p>\n<p>The reason why iPhone\u00a0batteries dry out so fast is very simple: by default iOS is tuned for maximum performance\u00a0\u2014 graphics, speed, usability and apps all run at their maximum performance possible (most of these\u00a0basically have a \u201cf*$k energy economy!\u201d bumper stickers!). Frankly speaking, their developers were obviously not supposed to think about the battery at all! But you do and so do we. <em>For a very simple reason \u2013 power efficiency is part of mobile security.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/11\/05195948\/boost_IG_en-compressor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5072 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/11\/05195948\/boost_IG_en-compressor.png\" alt=\"boost_IG_en-compressor\" width=\"667\" height=\"667\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>1. Dim down screen brightness to 30-40%<\/h3>\n<p>By default screen brightness is set at 100% or in Auto-mode (which is pretty much the same thing). \u00a0To change this, go to <strong>Settings \u2013 &gt; Display and Brightness<\/strong> in the menus. Switch off the \u201cauto-brightness\u201d mode and set manual value to around\u00a030%.\u00a0The screen is one of the major sources of battery drain so reducing how much power it needs will greatly increase your batteries life.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Switch off Bluetooth<\/h3>\n<p>When you turn on your brand new iPhone for the first time (and this\u00a0actually applies to every time you install a critical update and reboot the system) iOS automatically turns on Bluetooth. Why they decided to do it this way is a complete mystery to me. But long story short \u2013 if you\u2019re not using a hands-free headset or in-car system on a regular basis \u2013 you\u2019ll want to keep it switched\u00a0off.<\/p>\n<h3>3. \u201cFlight mode\u201d is valuable even outside an airplane<\/h3>\n<p>When your iPhone can\u2019t connect to a network,\u00a0it does everything it can (and I mean everything!) to establish a contact with any cellular form of life in the universe. The problem is, when there are no base stations in the proximity of your iPhone, the process of searching for one will\u00a0consume large amounts of energy as\u00a0if\u00a0your iPhone was Tony Stark\u2019s outfit. \u00a0By switching into \u201cFlight mode\u201d in the areas where you <b>know for sure<\/b> there\u2019s no cellular coverage (subway, countryside etc.) \u2013 you can\u00a0significantly increase battery life.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VQ1k5T6kei8?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>4. Don\u2019t let every app track your GPS location<\/h3>\n<p>A lot of apps will want to track your GPS location in real time. Of course, some of the apps require location services to be switched on as it\u2019s within their nature \u2013 nobody would use <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+foursquare\/posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FourSquare<\/a> or a car navigator app if those were unable to track your exact location in real time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">By disabling real-time location services and push notifications for most of the apps i started to feel like my iPhone battery doubled:)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Evgeny Chereshnev (@cheresh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cheresh\/status\/529335465120649216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">November 3, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But most of the apps in fact do not require this level of access in the background. To adjust what they can and can\u2019t do, go to <strong>Settings -&gt; Privacy -&gt;Location Services<\/strong> and provide real time access only to those apps you really use and which you trust. The reason is simple: getting your coordinates is a very energy consuming process and I won\u2019t even mention the fact that this data could in some cases be stolen and used by cyber-criminals without you being aware. \u00a0For example: if you\u2019re using a public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/avoid-wi-fi-insecurity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">WiFi with no encryption<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XZywHCE-RBQ?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>5. WiFi is less consuming than LTE\/3G WiFi \u2013 what does it tell us?<\/h3>\n<p>Actually, LTE\/3G data traffic is the main energy vampire, especially in overcrowded parts of huge cities. The math is very easy \u2013 if you would prefer WiFi networks over LTE\/3G (for instance, by connecting to known networks at work, caf\u00e9s etc.) \u2014 you\u2019ll immediately notice the difference. An additional increase can be reached by turning off LTE and sticking to 3G. This would be total madness for everyday life (considering the fact that LTE is basically the reason we\u2019re using smartphones today in the first place) but in case you\u2019re travelling and you don\u2019t know when you\u2019ll actually have a chance to get some juice for your iPhone \u2013 this trick is worth remembering.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-pullquote\"><p>How to boost your #iPhone battery in a few steps #advice #tips #hooks #infosec<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkas.pr%2FK1NR&amp;text=How+to+boost+your+%23iPhone+battery+in+a+few+steps+%23advice+%23tips+%23hooks+%23infosec\" class=\"btn btn-twhite\" data-lang=\"en\" data-count=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tweet<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<h3>6. E-mail fetch data in real time. You need it? Really?<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s so awesome to get e-mails from Australia being in New York just a second after they were sent. But the need of continuity for this process is over exaggerated. OK, in fact it\u2019s not, but considering the state of current energy cells technology \u2014 it\u2019s a nice to have, but not a must!<\/p>\n<p>In the real world, you don\u2019t need real-time mailfetching on your iPhone most of the time. Check for yourself \u2013 half of the day you\u2019re asleep, about 8-10 hours a day you\u2019re working using a desktop or laptop. You don\u2019t need it when you\u2019re talking to your family at dinner, you don\u2019t need it when you\u2019re having a beer with your friends after work. You don\u2019t need it when you\u2019re driving, when you\u2019re in gym and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Long story short \u2014 there\u2019s like 10 minutes per day when you\u2019re truly in need of <i>fetching<\/i> new emails on your iPhone (do not confuse this with <i>reading<\/i>). Which means \u2014 let\u2019s go to <strong>Settings -&gt; Mail, Contacts, Calendars -&gt;<\/strong> and switch \u201cFetch new data\u201d to Push or Manual instead of \u201cFetch\u201d. Your battery\u00a0will thank you!<\/p>\n<h3>7. Some apps still consume in the background. Kill \u2019em!<\/h3>\n<p>Press the \u201chome\u201d button twice and you\u2019ll find yourself in the task manager. From here you can see all the apps that are running in the background. Swipe left and right and right, and\u2026 oh my God, do you see this? Let\u2019s swipe those up one by one and put the iPhone\u00a0in your pocket before someone sees you!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ne5YlOKAoYE?version=3&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>8. Automatic downloads are turned on. What if we change that?<\/h3>\n<p>Seriously \u2014 when you buy the\u00a0new Star Wars bundle (and we all know that the minute Star Wars VII hits the screen, most of us will\u00a0have no choice but to buy all 7 again) you probably won\u2019t\u00a0need to download it right away. \u00a0Downloading via LTE are really only actually relevant to only one type of need: critical system updates.<\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t actually happen every day and the Kaspersky Lab folks know that for sure. When the truly insane happens, it\u2019s all over the place: TV, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, media, etc. Long story short, you\u2019ll know when you need to update your phone as it\u2019ll be all over the news. Unless this happens, turn <strong>auto-downloads<\/strong> to off and relax \u2014 iTunes will notify you the next time you synchronize your iPhone with your laptop.<\/p>\n<h3>9. Apps Refreshing? It\u2019s not for everybody!<\/h3>\n<p>Without much further adieu\u2014 go to <strong>Settings -&gt; General -&gt; Background App Refresh<\/strong> and start the massacre! By which I mean double and triple check the list off apps you\u2019re giving the right of performing background updates to, even when they are not launched and active. My piece of advice \u2014 kill them all. Leave only those you\u2019re truly using every day.<\/p>\n<h3>10. Goodbye, Push Notifications and thanks for all the fish!<\/h3>\n<p>Apple permits iOS apps developers to embed an ability to sent its users critical notifications about a range of different things. To see what has this ability, g<strong>o to Settings -&gt; Notifications<\/strong> and behold the list.<\/p>\n<p>Push notifications must be permitted only for the apps that are in charge of communications or related to security or are OS-embedded and critical for its consistency. All the rest can be disabled.<\/p>\n<p>If you were doing all the steps listed\u00a0in this post \u2014 you\u2019re a true guru and we\u2019d like to invite you to <a href=\"\/\/kasperskyclub.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">our fanclub<\/a>!\u00a0In this closed, private forum, community members along with Kaspersky lab experts discuss the future of the galaxy, tech innovations, amazing breakthroughs in the field of counter-cyber-crime and anti-hacking done by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.securelist.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> GReAT Team<\/a>. \u00a0We share information about future <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaspersky.ru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">products<\/a>\u00a0long before they hit the shelves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/11\/05195947\/before-after.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5075\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/11\/05195947\/before-after.png\" alt=\"before-after\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lots of people think of mobile devices as \u201cthe same as traditional computers, but smaller\u201d. Kaspersky Lab is different \u2014 we perceive smartphones and tablets as keys to people\u2019s digital identities. Think for yourself \u2014 they\u2019re always in your pocket; they know your GPS-coordinates, have access to personal data, pictures, videos and files, and they share access to this data to numerous installed apps. In a way, they basically own this data.<\/p>\n<p>It means that mobile security is not a state of technology, but a process. Checking apps for malware, making sure websites do not contain phishing links \u2014 it\u2019s not sufficient unless you do everything possible to ensure user\u2019s data privacy and secure access to their\u00a0data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/11\/05195950\/boost3_featured_image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5069\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2014\/11\/05195950\/boost3_featured_image.png\" alt=\"boost3_featured_image\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article may seem focused around saving battery life. But in reality it\u2019s a trick. The truth is I wanted you to explore numerous settings of your mobile device, especially those in charge of data right management, so you see for yourself that there is a thin line between privacy and how long your battery can last. Our goal is to make sure that you are in control of your digital identity. <em>Own your data \u2014 before it owns you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today both iPhones and Androids suck their batteries dry faster than an average human could learn how to spell this word: #Password #hints from around the world \u2013 this is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[837,838,1150,26,434,218],"class_list":{"0":"post-5068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tips","8":"tag-battery","9":"tag-battery-life","10":"tag-ios","11":"tag-iphone","12":"tag-mobile-devices","13":"tag-mobile-security"},"hreflang":[{"hreflang":"en-gb","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/iphone-battery-tips\/5068\/"},{"hreflang":"en-in","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.in\/blog\/iphone-battery-tips\/4379\/"},{"hreflang":"en-ae","url":"https:\/\/me-en.kaspersky.com\/blog\/iphone-battery-tips\/4309\/"},{"hreflang":"en-us","url":"https:\/\/usa.kaspersky.com\/blog\/iphone-battery-tips\/4845\/"},{"hreflang":"ru","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.ru\/blog\/iphone-battery-tips\/6129\/"},{"hreflang":"x-default","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/iphone-battery-tips\/6797\/"},{"hreflang":"ja","url":"https:\/\/blog.kaspersky.co.jp\/iphone-battery-tips\/5559\/"},{"hreflang":"ru-kz","url":"https:\/\/blog.kaspersky.kz\/iphone-battery-tips\/6129\/"},{"hreflang":"en-au","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com.au\/blog\/iphone-battery-tips\/6797\/"},{"hreflang":"en-za","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.za\/blog\/iphone-battery-tips\/6797\/"}],"acf":[],"banners":"","maintag":{"url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/battery\/","name":"battery"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5068"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19159,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5068\/revisions\/19159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}