How to save iPhone battery?

1. The myth of manually closing apps to save battery on iPhone: stop!

Let’s start this guide by solving a difficult myth: closing apps manually. You definitely know someone who does this exercise, maybe you do it yourself. Please stop this.

If you don’t understand what we’re talking about, here’s a little reminder. When you exit an app by swiping up from the bottom of your screen (or pressing the Home button for older iPhones), you return to the home screen without closing the app in question. The latter goes to sleep, in the background, always ready to be turned on again.

To actually close the app, you have to swipe up from the bottom of the screen and pause in the middle of the screen. There you will see the entire list of apps running in the background on your iPhone. All you have to do is go to the app of your choice and swipe up to actually close it.

Apple explains this on its website: You should close the app ONLY if it is not responding. If you are stuck or in the middle of an error, there is no point in performing this manipulation. Worse, it drains your battery.

Yes, there is a counterintuitive side to this claim. Many people think that the background app is a bit of a CPU drain, so it uses up the battery. It’s not completely false, but there is one thing: the processor and iOS are optimized for this, and the level of battery consumed by the program placed in the background is ridiculous.

What’s causing your CPU to run wild and drain your battery is… running a program that isn’t in the background. Completely rebooting the software for a smartphone, like a computer, is one of the most energy-consuming things possible. If you frantically close apps only to open them again 2 hours later, you’re wasting more battery than you’re saving. Now you know.

2. The best settings to save your iPhone battery

It’s been on iOS for a few years now Power saving mode. visit the Parameterspress Battery, then you will have access to a button to enable or disable this mode. It should be noted that it is also possible to set the energy saving mode Control center. Activating this mode is a very effective way to extend the charging time of your battery, sometimes by several hours.

However, this Power Save mode affects the operation of several functions. If there are some that seem very important to you, it’s better to skip this shortcut and disable a few features yourself. Note that some of the settings listed below may even be on top of Power Save mode.

• Choose Wi-Fi over 4Gand more 5G.
• Brightness plays an important role in battery consumption. The lower you turn it down, the longer your battery will last. Also, note that Dark mode (which allows you to navigate menus with white text on a black background) consumes less power than the default white mode.
• Turn off geolocation‘ constantly updated.
• After completing the task, lock your smartphone as soon as possible. Even if auto-lock happens after 30 seconds, that’s 30 seconds too long. In the same way, you can turn off the function Always Any iPhone model released from 2022 onwards.

That’s basically it. Collectively, record them all What can you call Siri? requires more battery life than just researching, take a photo with flash it consumes more without flash and that Nothing takes more energy than video. If the battery is running low and you are bored in traffic, for example, it is better to play a small game offline than to watch a YouTube video.

3. Turn off notifications: for battery or yourself, it changes your life

Notifications are designed to throw us into a productivity vortex. Our brain has a hard time resisting these red dots and other pop-ups. Notification actually consumes battery power. Your iPhone vibrates and lights up every time you pick it up. Having to “wake up” every 5 minutes takes a lot of energy from him.

But that’s not all. The notification is also a call to unlock your smartphone. Let’s say you get a like notification on Instagram, and that notification prompts you to pick up your iPhone. You go on Instagram and you’re not just going to check the profile of the person who liked your photo. No, you’ll probably spend time scrolling. And then, as long as you take a look at Twitter… and now, you’re in a spiral that can take not only precious minutes, or even hours, but several tens of percent of your life. battery every day.

So here you go:

• Parameters
• Notices
• Programs

From there, you can manage your concentration patterns and limit the number of apps you’re allowed to distract you throughout the day.

4. Update iOS regardless of your iPhone!

There are countless urban legends surrounding iPhone updates. A bit conspiratorial, many people think that Apple will do anything to increase consumption to limit the old models with the arrival of new varieties. This is not only a lie, but in reality the exact opposite is happening.

Every iOS update improves the performance of the iPhone. Sometimes there are even new feature additions to protect your battery. The opposite will never happen, a priori. If you feel that the update slows down your device, it is due to many cognitive biases. In reality, this does not happen, it is a fantasy.

Finally, remember this updates are also important for the security of your device. Apple fixes new bugs or vulnerabilities with every update.

5. When your iPhone’s battery wears out, you need to replace it

On iOS, you have the ability to measure your battery capacity. meeting at Parametersthen enter Battery and finally, in Battery status and charging. Your battery is 100% new or like new. Below the 80% mark (usually exceeded after about 3 years of wear), it’s time to replace the battery. Many people jump at the chance to completely replace their smartphone, but if you have a state-of-the-art iPhone, it will be far from obsolete in just 3 years. It will be cheaper to replace the battery at the Apple Store and you will have at least 2 new years left!

There really isn’t a magic formula to prevent your battery from draining too quickly. No doubt you have already heard the urban legends:

• The effect of fast chargers (Below 30W, it doesn’t heat up the battery, so it doesn’t wear out much more than a 5W slow charger)
• Charging time (Some people think it’s bad to leave an iPhone battery plugged in overnight… again, the effect is either nil or too minimal to be worth it).
• Download time (some people think that the battery should be completely drained, or vice versa, never below 20% before plugging in the iPhone. Again, you can do whatever you want. it has no effect on wear).

All these preconceived notions are false and arise out of nowhere. On the field, in trials, none of this really changes the game. In fact, the condition of your battery depends only on the number of cycles it has been charged. The charging cycle is from 0% to 100%. If you charge 40% one day, 50% the next day, and 60% two days later, you will have “spent” 150% in 3 days, i.e. 1 cycle and a half. Regardless of the rest, the condition of the battery deteriorates after a certain number of cycles.