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Sunday, November 2, 2014

How To Fix iOS 7 1 Battery Life Problems

Apple’s iOS 7.1 update brings additional functionality, but users have flocked to Cupertinos online forums, complaining about battery life issues.

The issue has been reported across iPhones and iPads, so it appears to be a software problem. Ars Technica ran extensive battery tests on iOS 7.1 and found battery life to be slightly worse than before.

No one has found an official fix, but users have reported different levels of success fighting the battery drain. Here are 10 best practice battery life tips which can help:

1 - Test your battery

Former Apple Genius bar employee Scotty Loveless has a test to help check whether your phone has a battery drain problem.

Go to Settings > General > Usage. Write down the standby and usage times. Press the lock button and leave the device for 5 minutes.

Now go back into the Settings menu and recheck the Usage stats. Your standby time should have increased by 5 minutes and Usage time decrease by 1 minute . If your Usage time rises by more than 1 minute, your phone is not going into Sleep mode properly and you have a problem

2 - Leave apps running

Contrary to popular belief you dont need to close apps manually. When you are using an app, iOS freezes the other apps where you left them. They are not running in the background unless background data or location services are on.

Constantly closing apps and then re-opening them drains more battery as they need to be loaded into the RAM.

3 - Disable push email then re-enable

Sometimes push email gets stuck in a loop and this drains the battery constantly. Turn it off and then check the usage stats from step one. If the battery drain reduces, you’ve found you’re problem. You can also try changing the fetch times to once every hour, 30 minutes, or 15 minutes.

4 - Turn off battery percentage

Constantly checking the battery life of your device can have a detrimental impact. If youre switching your device on every five or 10 minutes to check the battery percentage more power is being drained. Try turning off the indicator.

5 - Adjust brightness

Double check the brightness setting. The screen is the biggest consumer of battery and if you’ve got it set to full blast this will drain the power quickly. It’s a good idea to leave it on 75 per cent and also use the auto-brightness feature. Go to Settings > Wallpaper & Brightness.

6 - Turn off Location services

Location services is also a massive battery hog. To turn this off go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services. Turn off Bluetooth as well from the quick settings menu by flicking up from the homescreen.

7 - Turn off Background updates

Turn off background updates for apps that dont need it - like Facebook. Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh.

8 - Hard reset

Do a hard reset (this won’t erase any data). Hold the home and power buttons for ten seconds until it restarts. This reboots the phone and kills any potentially power-hungry background tasks.

9 - Use to depletion

Charge your phone to full capacity, then use it until the battery dies. Apple recommends doing this once per month in order to retain maximum battery health.

10 - Reset the device

Reset the phone completely. This should be the last option as it wipes your data. Connect your phone to your computer and restore it in iTunes as a new device. Do not restore from a backup.

Friday, September 19, 2014

How to Save Battery Life on Motorola Moto G

Your phone is like a small computer, giving you tons of information and apps, at lightning fast speed. Depending on what you use, that can take a lot of power.

To see what’s using up battery power, touch Apps > Settings > Battery.

Note: Do not enable Battery Saver, as it can affect your service when not on Wi-Fi. To check that Battery Saver is off, touch Apps > Settings > Battery > Battery Saver.

To set automatic rules to save power, touch Apps > Assist (see “Motorola Assist”).

Follow these suggestions to save your battery life:

Turn off your Bluetooth when dont need it: Touch Apps > Settings, then touch the switch next to Bluetooth to turn it OFF.
Turn off GPS tracking: Touch Apps > Settings > Location > Mode > Battery saving to turn off GPS tracking.
Lessen your display brightness: Touch Apps > Settings > Display > Brightness > (slide dimmer setting left).
Shorten display timeout delay: Touch Apps > Settings > Display > Sleep > (shorter setting).
Reduced widgets that stream information to your home Lcd, like news or weather.
Removed unused online accounts that you registered: Touch Apps > Settings. Go to the ACCOUNTS section, and touch the one you want to remove. Touch it again, then touch Menu > Remove account.
Minimize recording or watching videos, listening to music, or taking pictures.

How to Save Battery Life on Sony Xperia Z1s

Battery Life depends on how you use your device. For your Sony Xperia Z1s device, if you want to save your battery to last longer hours, you may need to adjust your settings.

Follow these suggestions:

• Turn on the power-saving option on the device. Then lessen the Lcd brightness and the Lcd lock timeout. On the HomeLcd, tap on

. Select Settings > Power management.
- Use the Stamina mode and Low battery mode features.
- To activate the STAMINA mode: While you are in the Power management, tap on Point icon next to STAMINA mode, then tap Activate.
• Turn down your device volume with the volume keys.
• Close any apps or features when you are done using it so they will not continuously running in the background.
• Turn off the network connection if you are out of range so that your device will stop searching for a network signal. To turn off the network go to Settings and turn off the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
• You should use the latest version of the software update. Software updates improves some features and fixes some bugs on the previous software version.
• Adjust your brightness level to low.
• Turn off the camera flash.
• If you have any live wallpaper, Disable it.
• Set the synchronization application to manual. You can also choose the automatic, but increase the synchronization intervals.
• If you want to listen to music, use the Sony original hands free device. It demand less battery power than your devices own loudspeakers.