If there’s one thing you can make a difference over the long term as a user, it’s your battery. With the telephones of today, that doesn’t hurt. Where a Nokia 6010 lasted a very long time, many a smartphone today consumes its battery charge within 36 hours.
In this article, we therefore show all kinds of ways to effortlessly reach the end of the day. It is nice that most tips are easy and quick to apply.
Update: It can be that simple for your battery
Although many people can go straight to the next tip, it is important to have your device up-to-date. In this case, that means you must have or install iOS 13. This software version gives you the best optimizations for your battery.
Dark mode
Especially if your iPhone has an OLED screen, dark mode is very useful. Fortunately, if you have an iPhone from the last few years, that chance is very high. An OLED screen ensures that pixels that display the ‘color’ in black are turned off. A dark wallpaper, and apps with a dark mode can do so 30 percent save energy. If you have an older device with an LCD screen, such as an iPhone 6s, you still save energy this way. The difference for your battery will only be less than with an OLED screen.
To enable dark mode, go to your settings. Then choose ‘Screen and brightness’ and switch on dark mode manually. You can also determine at what time of day the dark mode is switched on and off.
The obvious solution for your battery
Yes yes: another buyer, but it cannot be missed here. Like many phones, iPhone models also have a saving mode since iOS 9. That mode turns on by itself if you only have 20% battery capacity left. Fortunately, it can also switch on manually. To do this, go to settings, then to ‘Battery’ and switch on the mode. In the context of the saving mode, it is also useful to mention that you can go further without this mode, but with a lower screen brightness.
Disable 4G (or 3G)
Now that we are at home so much, it is unlikely that you are constantly on the road. If that is the case, you also make less use of your data. It is a somewhat more far-reaching measure, but it can make up 10 percentage points over an entire day. If your battery is already a bit worn, this can be a good tip.
Watch videos elsewhere
With services such as YouTube, Instagram, Twitch and Netflix we can look away for days of our lives. However, streaming video content requires a lot of battery power. Therefore, if you watch an hour less videos per day on your iPhone, you will immediately notice that it benefits your battery.
Rigorous solutions for your battery
Are you participating in a dropping or are you going to a festival? Then it will not hurt to take serious measures if you have forgotten your power bank. Turning everything off except the phone helps. So not only your data, but also your location data, your Wi-Fi and your phone signal. So you can get several hours of battery life with the airplane mode. Of course, your phone will lose a lot of its functionality this way, so this method is only recommended in exceptional situations.
Resetting your iPhone can also help. This way you clean your phone completely and excess memory goes into the trash. Before you do this, make sure you have a backup of your data. Fortunately, a lot is automatically stored in the cloud, so that saves a lot.
Are you curious how to make your battery percentage visible? Then click here.
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