HOW TO MAKE YOUR SMARTPHONE BATTERY LAST LONGER

Hello peeps,
As you will all agree with me, the iPhone is a great companion to its users. However, there has been question marks about the iPhone batteries and how they don't last. It's very frustrating when you struggle to make your battery last between charges. Due to these complaints, I am compelled to write a post about how to make your iPhone battery last.

1. Turn on Low Power Mode: If you have iOS 9 or later installed on your iPhone, you can take advantage of Apple's Low Power Mode. It can be turned on by following these steps: Settings > Battery > Low Power Mode. This feature temporarily turns off or reduces mail fetch, Siri functions, background app refresh, automatic downloads and some other visual effects until you fully charge your iPhone. With iOS 11, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to gain access to the control panel. You can select Low Power Mode from there.

2. Turn off Background App Refresh: Do you really need all those apps updating themselves in the background and draining your battery? I recommend you turn them off. Remember, they'll still update and work normal when you launch them. The following steps should help you: Settings > General > Background App Refresh.

3. Turn off Automatic Downloads: Having your iPhone on automatic download (Music and Apps) is great but it drains the battery life out of your iPhone. You can save power and battery by toggling the ones you don't want. Go to : Settings > iTunes &  App Store and sliding Use Cellular Data off so it only updates on Wi-Fi. You'll even save more if you turn off the automatic downloads completely. This helps you to update at your own schedule.


4. Reduce Screen Brightness: The screen drains battery faster than anything else. The brighter it is, the faster it drains. Go to Settings > Display & Brightness and slide to the lowest setting that still looks readable. On iOS 11, swipe up from the bottom of the screen to gain access to the control panel, select the screen brightness icon and adjust to the lowest settings.

5. Turn off 4G: If you do a lot of downloading or streaming over your cellular data network, you might be making good use of the faster speeds offered by 4G, but 3G is enough for most people and it won’t drain your battery anywhere near as fast. Go into: Settings > Cellular > Cellular Data Options and toggle Enable 4G to off.




6. Enable Airplane Mode: If you don’t need to make calls for a while, or you notice that the area you are in has terrible reception, then just switch your iPhone to Airplane mode. There’s no point having it searching for your network if you’re on the subway or somewhere else you know you can’t get a signal. If you don’t turn Airplane mode on, the constant searching will drain the battery fast.

7. Stop Location Services: It’s debatable how helpful it is to have your iPhone tracking your location. What we can say for sure is that it drains the battery faster. Head into Settings > Privacy > Location Services and turn off any app you don’t feel needs to be tracking you. You can also go further in Settings > Privacy > Location Services > SystemServices, where you can certainly afford to turn off Location-Based Apple Ads, and iPhone Analytics.

I hope these few tips helped you. Other suggestions are cordially welcome. Thank you