iPhone Battery Draining Fast? Try These 12 Power-Saving Tricks Now
Learn 12 simple ways to stop your iPhone battery from draining fast. Save power, extend charge, and get your device lasting longer every day.
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Have you noticed you iPhone battery draining fast than before? Fret not, these simple steps will help prolong the device’s life.
Activate low power mode. Limiting background activity as well as visual effects is the way to go. This simple switch will cut energy use by a good amount. Go to Settings, then open Battery and turn on low power mode. It will also stop mail fetching, automatic downloads, and other non-critical tasks.
Stop background app refresh. The power consumed by apps doing self-updating in the background may amount to a lot. Go to Settings, General, Background App Refresh and entirely switch off or simply adjust the refreshing for the apps that you really want to use.
Disable push email. iPhone battery might also drain fast by the constant checking for new messages. Open Settings, Mail, Accounts, Fetch New Data, disable Push and select a schedule like hourly or the manual fetching instead.
Control your location services. Power is being consumed by apps tracking your location as well like maps or weather, even when they are idle. Open Settings, go to Privacy, Location Services and restrict or disable to the important apps only.
Reducing screen brightness also consumes battery. Opt for auto-brightness in Settings, Accessibility, Display & Text Size to allow your iPhone to adjust the brightness according to the ambient light automatically.
Switch off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when they are not in use. Constant notifications keep applications running in the background and power is consumed. Go to Settings, Notifications, and disable notifications for apps that are not very important.
Disable automatic downloads and updates. Navigate to Settings, App Store to deactivate automatic downloads for apps, updates, and music. Also deactivate the Raise to Wake feature.
Don't forget to inspect battery condition and get a new battery if is isGo to Settings, Battery, Battery Health & Charging to check the maximum capacity of your battery. Think about getting a new battery if it’s under 80 percent. To check, go to settings, General, Software Update, and install any updates that are available.
Turning off vibrations might also help.
