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Optimizing Settings for Longer iPhone Battery Life
05/07/2008

Apple's iPhone has been a huge success for the company, but like any battery-operated device, there are a few things you can do to maximize battery life. For example, depending on how they are configured, a few features will certainly decrease your iPhone's battery life. If you're a lucky iPhone owner, check the following:

  1. Turn off your Mail auto-check feature, or at the very least, increase the auto-check interval. To turn auto-check off completely, from your Home screen choose Settings > Mail > Auto-Check, then tap on Manual. To increase the interval, go to Settings > Mail > Auto-Check and tap "Every Hour." This is a global setting that applies to all active mail accounts except for push mail accounts (when this is enabled).

  2. If you have a push mail account, turn it off. Go to Settings > Mail, choose the push mail account, then click on Advanced, and change Use Push Mail to "Off."

  3. Auto-check fewer Mail Accounts. You can do this by turning off a mail account or simply deleting it.

  4. If you rarely use the Wi-Fi feature, turning it off saves a significant amount of power.

  5. Turn off Bluetooth if you rarely use the feature.

  6. Dim your iPhone's brightness, since the brighter your screen is, the faster it sucks up battery power!

  7. Applying an equalizer setting to song playbacks decreases battery life. Go to Settings > iPod > EQ and tap off.





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May 19 - "Humanizing" Percussion Tracks in Battery 3
May 16 - Sending Huge Attachments
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May 13 - Editing Hidden Zones in NI KONTAKT 3
May 12 - An Analog-style Multimode Filter in NI's FM8
May 09 - Using Boss' Micro BR as an Effects Processor
May 08 - Burning Dual-layer DVDs in Toast 9
May 07 - Optimizing Settings for Longer iPhone Battery Life
May 06 - Maple Neck Colors on Fender Guitars
May 05 - Thicken Up Emulated Tones!
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