Friday, October 5, 2012

Saving iPhone 5 Battery Life!

The new generation iPhone 5 was shipped with iOS 6 software. Below is a known way to save the battery life by over 60%. Although my phone is fully charged, within 7 hours of no usuage my iPhone 5 battery dies. After exploring all the featues in settings, found the reason what this happened.

Using the new iOS 6 software, location services is now under privacy. Within location services, towards the bottom of the screen it will say system services. This is where all the hidden features are running constantly, hence it requires a lot of battery life. 

Settings --- Privacy --- Location Services --- System Services! (Turn off the services that are not needed)




Since 4G LTE service is not widely available for all carriers the phone constantly searches for LTE network hence this kills the battery life faster. As a Sprint carrier, i turn off the LTE setting since it is not available for Sprint.

It is common for the battery life to die faster when their is limited service since the phone contantly searches for improved network. Since LTE is not widely available, the iPhone 5 searches for LTE network. In an attempt to search for improved network it uses more battery life.

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