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Perhaps one of the biggest disappointments about the new iPhone 2.0 software is that all those apps can really take a toll on your battery life. With the iPhone being the central hub of my online life when I’m on the go, I really don’t want it dying on me in the middle of nowhere. I’ve searched the web and talked to friends about the best way to keep my battery power at its highest, and this post will outline what I came up with.
- Buy a car charger. Perhaps the most obvious thing to do would be to buy a car charger, so you can always charge your iPhone. You can find them for relatively cheap from Apple’s website, and some even allow you to play music through your car’s speakers.
- Turn off Wi-Fi, Location, and 3G when not in use. These three features, when not in use, can destroy your battery life by using up resources that you aren’t currently needing. When you don’t need them, go into the Settings application and simply turn them off. It can be sort of a nuisance to have to do this every time you don’t need them, but the saved battery life will be worth it.
- Turn down the screen brightness. A lot of people overlook this one. You don’t always need a super bright screen when you are outside, so you can easily save battery life by pumping down the brightness in the Settings menu. As long as you don’t turn it down too far, you will barely notice anything different.
- Treat it right. Although batteries can be a really confusing technology, there are some ways to treat them right. Most people will tell you to let it drain completely at least once a month to “exercise” the battery. Furthermore, try not to leave it connected to a charger 100% of the time. When storing, drain the battery to about half power and leave it in a nice, dry location.
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I read somewhere that turning off Push and slowing down Fetch also helps.
on July 22, 2008 at 03:04 AM - LINKYou can also close applications that you are not using like Safari, after you open it, it keeps on running in the background it uses your memory and battery life, with a Memory Application you can close it completely until you need it back.
Another big one would be not to use Winterboard and as explained above lower your Brightness settings.
on April 5, 2009 at 09:47 PM - LINK