Get to Know About the Battery Drain On an iPhone or iPad

It is known to all that Apple’s OS updates sometimes cause minor battery issues. These issues quickly get resolved once the next update is available. Same goes with iOS 8. Those who have upgraded to iOS 8 are facing battery drainage issues. The issue will get automatically fixed when iOS 8.1 update will be available.

But till the new update gets available, you can try out the following tips to keep overcome the excessive battery drainage in your iPhone or iPad:

Check battery usage

Generally, apps are blamed for the excessive battery drainage. Hence, to reduce battery drain, it is important to turn off those apps that are using it the most. These apps run in the background and that is the reason why even when your iPhone or iPad is not in use, fairly noticeable battery drainage occurs. Turning off such apps will improve the life of your battery:

· Go to Settings > General > Usage > Battery Usage

· Now to see the apps that are using the most battery, tap “Last 24 Hours” or “Last 7 Days”

· You will get the list of the apps responsible

· Individual app will provide you separate recovery steps

· So you can individually tap on the apps and take steps to reduce battery drain.

Display

Display consumes a big chunk of your iPhone’s battery. To restrict the display’s power consumption, perform the following steps:

· Open ‘Control Centre’ by swiping up from the bottom of the screen

· There is a slider above the music player that will help you in controlling the brightness. You must keep the brightness minimum by keeping the slide towards left. Keep the brightness just good enough to make the screen visible indoors. However, if you are watching a video, reading, watching photos or outdoors, you can adjust the brightness. Otherwise, when your iPhone is just lying ideal in the table or you are doing simple work, it’s better to keep the brightness to the minimum.

· You can also set the phone into auto-brightness feature that can automatically adjust the right level of brightness depending on the ambient lighting. But again the device uses a bit of battery power to run this automatic feature. Hence, if you are running out of your battery, it’s better to turn off auto-brightness and manually adjust the brightness. Just go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Brightness > Off.

· So, you shouldn’t let your iPhone’s or iPad’s screen ON for long as it also drains battery power. Head to Settings > General > Auto-Lock. Here, pick the lowest value like 1 minute on iPhone or 2 minutes on iPad.

Location services

Another culprit here is the GPS of your device. These days there are various apps that seek access to your location. These apps are heavy battery drainer. Hence, when you are outdoors for a long time and know that you might not get a nearby chance to revive your battery then its better you make use of new location options in iOS 8 that let you save battery.

Perform the following steps:

· The best way out here is to stop apps from using your location. For this go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > turn Location Services off

· But if that can’t be an option for you then you can selectively block apps from accessing your location. Head to Settings > Privacy > Location Services, tap any app from the list.

· Apps will have three options: ‘Never,’ ‘While Using the App’ and ‘Always.’ Select the options individually for the maps as per your need.

There are many more tricks and tweaks possible through which you can fix the battery drainage issues in iPhone or iPad. For example, you can get your Notification Center turned off or can disable the vibration feature on your phone. If you are close to a power source then you can thoughtlessly use all features and apps in your device. But concerns occur only when you are outdoors. There only you need to be a little bit thoughtful about your battery. Best tip is not to leave home with battery less than 80%.

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