Read the following tips on how to extend and save battery life of your iPhone 5.
Get Rid Of Push Notifications You Don't Care About
Excited to download new apps, and then never uses them again.
Lock Your Phone
iPhone owners should practice locking their phone when it's not in use (by pressing the slender silver button on top of the phone).
Update Your Operating System Already
Whenever Apple pushes out an update to iOS -- the operating system that's running on your iPhone -- it usually includes features that will help your phone use battery life more efficiently. If you are on an older version of iOS, you may not be getting as much battery life as you could if you updated.
Download A Battery Improvement App
As a last-ditch effort, there are several apps in the App Store that claim to help with your battery life and guide you through the process of extending the time you get from a full charge.
Get Rid Of Push Notifications You Don't Care About
Excited to download new apps, and then never uses them again.
Go Into Airplane Mode When Your Signal Is Weak
When your iPhone is using 4G LTE with a solid signal, its battery life is superb. But when it's using an older, slower network -- 3G or (gasp!) the EDGE network, it's likely using up battery life much more quickly.
Turn Down The Lights On Your Screen
Decreasing the brightness on your iPhone (and, really, anything with a screen) can help increase the amount of time the battery stays alive. If you can live with a dim screen, your iPhone will live for longer, too.
Decreasing the brightness on your iPhone (and, really, anything with a screen) can help increase the amount of time the battery stays alive. If you can live with a dim screen, your iPhone will live for longer, too.
Fetch, Don't Push, Your Email
When "Push" is enabled for your email, it does just that, forcing email from the servers onto your phone immediately.
When "Push" is enabled for your email, it does just that, forcing email from the servers onto your phone immediately.
iPhone owners should practice locking their phone when it's not in use (by pressing the slender silver button on top of the phone).
Turn Off Siri's 'Raise To Speak' Function
When the iPhone 4S first came out, many owners reported that "Raise to Speak," a Siri function that allows users to lift the phone to their ears to activate Siri, was causing battery drain. Unless you use it often, or find it useful (most don't!), you can turn it off for good:
When the iPhone 4S first came out, many owners reported that "Raise to Speak," a Siri function that allows users to lift the phone to their ears to activate Siri, was causing battery drain. Unless you use it often, or find it useful (most don't!), you can turn it off for good:
Temporarily Disable ALL Location Services
If you're down to a tiny sliver of battery life, it's probably best to disable all of your location services in one fell swoop.
If you're down to a tiny sliver of battery life, it's probably best to disable all of your location services in one fell swoop.
Turn Off Location Services For Apps That Don't Need Your Location
You can choose which apps have access to your location in the Location Services section of the Settings:
You can choose which apps have access to your location in the Location Services section of the Settings:
Whenever Apple pushes out an update to iOS -- the operating system that's running on your iPhone -- it usually includes features that will help your phone use battery life more efficiently. If you are on an older version of iOS, you may not be getting as much battery life as you could if you updated.
As a last-ditch effort, there are several apps in the App Store that claim to help with your battery life and guide you through the process of extending the time you get from a full charge.
Stop Checking For Wi-Fi All The Time
If you're walking around and not actively looking for a Wi-Fi hotspot, then turn Wi-Fi off in your settings to save a little bit of power:
1. Touch "Settings" icon.
2. Touch "Wi-Fi" bar.
3. Switch "Wi-Fi" to off.
If you're walking around and not actively looking for a Wi-Fi hotspot, then turn Wi-Fi off in your settings to save a little bit of power:
1. Touch "Settings" icon.
2. Touch "Wi-Fi" bar.
3. Switch "Wi-Fi" to off.
