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How is your battery life?

I charge my phone all night, every night and by 5 pm it's giving me the 20% battery warning.

I do use it a lot, mostly texting, web browsing, and talking. I'm pretty good at fully shutting down apps, so I don't have a ton of background stuff running.

Maybe I'm off base, but I feel like it should last longer than 12 hours.

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When I'm on the web alot it's like yours but if not it last ALOT longer!
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I don't use mine for web surfing much, so it lasts for a few days on one charge. If the kids are playing games on it, it will run the battery down much faster.

The good thing about it is that it does charge up really fast.

I use mine constantly and I have to plug it in at some point during the day (and at night of course) I have wondered if I could buy a better battery before.

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I use mine like you do, and it's at 20% by 5 also :yes

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Welp, glad to hear it's very normal! Thanks!

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This. There are battery packs that you can buy that clip on the back like a case - I think it's a full battery, but it might be a little less than the factory one.

If you still have AppleCare on it, I'd bring it in. I've had them give me a brand new one before for even less problems than battery life. :shrug3

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I do have Apple Care. It's less than three months old.

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Mine is a year old, and I am at 20% at 2, sometimes earlier. :( I am really disappointed, because I have another 9 months before I can get an early upgrade. I am on it all the time though..

I have insurance through verizon, so I wonder if they would do something with it.

Another question.. How do you close apps out completely? :shifty

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Mines usually at less than 20% by noon or 1 but I use it a ton. knows all the tricks for extending battery life. I could ask him.

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That sounds about right, mine runs out very fast if I am playing games. Also, you want to make sure you don't over-charge it or the battery won't be as strong, so you might try charging it for the 1.5 hours before bedtime and then unplugging it before sleep (when it hits 100%).

Lots of web time and some games (like angry birds) kill my battery quickly. Also if you Bluetooth turned on shut it off when not using it that helps with battery life.

Both of my iPhones have done this and dh's have as well. (between us we have had a 3G, 3GS, 4 & 4S)

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link (faster than trying to type it out)

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Mine lasts roughly the day. I FB and GCM and use it for email quite a lot. I also use it as my iPod. I love the battery because my Droids would die every two hours or less. :-/ So this seems like a great improvement to me... :shifty

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I only use my phone a lot when I am out of the house, and so I always have enough power I keep a car charger in my car so I can always plug in when it gets low. It charges a lot slower than the wall charger, but does help.

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I use mine constantly too, plus if I'm not, one of the kids is. So I have to charge mine at least once a day. There have been times where I've charged it 2-3 times. It depends on what apps we are using, how much data time I am using(vs wireless), and how long the 2 year old has played with it.

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So, I did that, and it turns out almost all of my apps were working in the background.. Wow.


Now if she could just tell me how to prevent my 2 year old from moving apps. That would be great!

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You also want to check to see which apps are using "location" features... That can be a battery drain. And I have my email set so that it pushes new emails only when I open it, that helps.


I'm on my phone a TON for various things, so I wind up having to charge it at least once per day. :shrug

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Wow. I had 81 apps running.

Thank you Sara for posting that link. Hopefully this will improve my battery life and stop draining my data allowance.

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Closing down apps completely is also helpful if you have an app acting wonky. I learned the trick a few years ago because on my ipod touch I was constantly having issues with Safari. Dh took it into the Apple store and they showed him. (The other trick to try when an app doesn't work is to uninstall/reinstall)

Definitely check to see what you have set to Push as that uses the battery and your data.

Is this only for the iPhone 4? I have an older version and it didn't work.

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Wow, I just cleaned mine up and had 90 running! Including some apps I haven't used for MONTHS! Thanks for showing us how to do that! I always thought the double-click was just to bring you back to the last four apps you've used!

Are there any we SHOULD keep running? Like the Find Your iPhone one so it can be located if its lost/stolen?

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holy cow 81!!


I didn't read the link but I have a 3 and I double click the square home button and then hold down an app until they all start shaking and then hit the - button to close them out

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When you double click you can swipe to the left too and have instant access to your music. You can play/pause, swap songs, or control the volume. On that screen is also the ability to lock your screen so it doesn't rotate when you move. I lock my screen when I'm reading on my kindle app.

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:jawdrop I've always wondered why there's not a way to lock the screen! It's sooo annoying when I'm using my phone in bed! :shifty

Thanks I wasn't clicking fast enough on the home button the first time I tried. Was anyone else paranoid they were accidentally deleting their aps while they did this? Pretty much all of mine came up as running.

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:rockon Right on! I had no idea!!! Thanks! :hug

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For whoever asked, it's just for the iPhone 4 and up, the 3G and 3Gs doesn't do that. :no


I guess I take for granted having a dh that makes me sit and watch every stinking keynote address Apple does when a new phone or a new update comes out. :giggle

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There are other "tricks", too, if anyone doesn't know... Like you can take a screenshot by pushing the home button and the power button...

With the new update you can just slide the screen straight into camera mode, and you can use the volume button as a shutter button

Holding the power button and home button past the "turn off" screen will do a soft reset of your phone, which you should do anytime you add or update an app

You can make your own custom vibration pattern :giggle :shifty



There's a ton more...

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Here! I found a link that has some good tricks:

http://iphone.appstorm.net/roundups/...and-shortcuts/

Hth!

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My 3gs DOES do it since the OS updated in early march. :yes :tu

It does work to "close" apps with a 3GS running iOS5 and if I remember iOS4 as well. The 3G is no longer supported.

I love learning little tricks.

The 4s can read text to you using Suri.

If you are using the Kindle app you can lock the screen just in the Kindle app as well.

You don't have to leave any apps running, unless it has to be for multitasking. Almost all apps can be closed when you are done using the app. I like leaving Evernote "open" because it saves me steps to get back to the document I was viewing before especially with knitting patterns.

I will sometimes jump back and forth between apps where that quick access comes in handy.

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DUDE. Text expansion?! I'm so making one for : shifty

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yep... and : mrgreen and, and, and, and

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What is text expansion?

The link with 40 things your iPhone can do explains it. I didn't know what it was either.

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it's where you can type "brb" or "omw" or whatever you decide, and it will automatically write out "be right back" or "on my way". it's basically a shortcut for phrases you use a lot. :grin