There are times when you need to squeeze the most juice out of your iPhone or iPod touch battery. Ideally, you’ll have one of these babies with you so you can charge it on the go without having to tether into a computer. But even if you do have a portable charger power can still be a premium because let’s face it, without battery power your iPhone or iPod touch is just a shiny brick. You can also tweak many of your iPhone’s features to get optimal battery life. Read on to learn more tips on saving battery power for your iPhone and iPod touch.
Take advantage of the sleep/wake button when you are not using your device. This allows you to keep the screen turned off, but still be able to receive calls or messages. Accidental touches to the screen in sleep mode will not turn it on so you’ll save a lot of power by just doing this. Also, please remember that batteries don’t like heat, so keep your iPhone out of direct sunlight. Keep it off of your dashboard when you leave it in your car and stash it somewhere out of the sun’s rays.
Adjust Brightness
Dimming your phone’s screen is another way to extend battery life. Go to Settings > Brightness and drag the slider to the left to lower the default screen brightness. Additionally, turning on Auto-Brightness allows your phone’s screen to adjust its brightness based on current lighting conditions. Go to Settings > Brightness and set Auto-Brightness to On.
Turn off Wi-Fi
If you rarely use Wi-Fi, you can turn it off to save power. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi and set Wi-Fi to Off. Note that if you frequently use your iPhone to browse the Web, battery life may be improved using Wi-Fi instead of EDGE.
Turn off Bluetooth
If you rarely use a Bluetooth headset or car kit, you can turn off Bluetooth to save power. Go to Settings > General > Bluetooth and set Bluetooth to Off.
Change Mail Auto-Check
Turn off Mail auto-check or increase the auto-check interval. To turn off auto-check, from the Home screen choose Settings > Mail > Auto-Check and tap Manual. To increase the auto-check interval, go to Settings > Mail > Auto-Check and tap Every hour. Note that this is a global setting that applies to all active mail accounts on your iPhone except push mail accounts with push mail enabled.
Turn off Push Mail
If you have a push mail account, turn off push mail when you don’t need it. Go to Settings > Mail, choose the push mail account, tap Advanced, and set Use Push Mail to Off. Messages sent to this account will now be received on your phone based on the global Auto-Check setting rather than as they arrive.
Auto-check fewer Mail Accounts
You can save power by checking fewer mail accounts. This can be accomplished by turning off a mail account or by deleting it. To turn off a mail account, go to Settings > Mail, choose a mail account and set Account to Off. To remove an account, go to Settings > Mail, choose a mail account and tap Delete Account.
Turn off EQ
Applying an equalizer setting to song playback on your iPhone can decrease battery life. To turn EQ off, go to Settings > iPod > EQ and tap Off. Note that if you’ve added EQ to songs directly in iTunes, you’ll need to set EQ on iPhone to “Flat” in order to have the same effect as “Off” because iPhone keeps your iTunes settings intact. Go to Settings > iPod > EQ and tap Flat.
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