Hi, Turning screen curtain on does not save battery. This came straight from Apple btw.
Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 22, 2013, at 2:37 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > Hi again > The other thing I did which I forgot to mention that saves battery power on > my iPhone is to turn screen curtain on. That way my battery is not running my > screen, and I only turn my screen on when I really need it. > Regards, > Gigi > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 21, 2013, at 7:22 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: >> >> my email was coming in every time I got one, and it was gobbling up battery >> power for breakfast. I don't have that problem so much anymore. >> Regards, >> Gigi Hi guys >> I have a for S iPhone. I have done two things which is made a huge >> difference to my battery life on my iPhone. First, I turned off Bluetooth >> and only turn it on when I need it. Secondly, I set my email to download >> only manually. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 21, 2013, at 4:01 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> I'm waiting for my 5S as I believe when there is a major update, Battery >>> life on the 5 and lower drains as my theory is if that didn't happen Apple >>> would not get people to buy the new phones on Offer. As I have sold my >>> current phone, and once I get my new one, I've decided not to update for >>> now so it'll all be new to me when the phone finally comes to me from the >>> Apple store. >>> >>> Kawal. >>>> On 21 Sep 2013, at 20:28, May and Noah <mcdonald....@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Wow speaking of battery life since I had a battery issue not long ago that >>>> puzzled me. >>>> >>>> Surprisingly after doing the update my phone lasted nearly 50 hours before >>>> dying and needing a charge. I am curious to find out if that was just a >>>> ha, good luck day after the upgrade since I'm letting it do a complete >>>> recharge now since I don't need to go anywhere today it can sit and charge >>>> and I'll see if I'm lucky again. >>>> >>>> May and Prince Noah >>>> www.canadianlynx.ca >>>> >>>>> On 2013-09-21, at 2:52 PM, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yeah Ed I think that might be the problem, as I do have a lot of apps. I >>>>> just turned it off, so will see how that affects the battery. Thanks again >>>>>> On Sep 21, 2013, at 2:35 PM, Edward Green <ergreen1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Brian, >>>>>> >>>>>> YOu may want to try and experiment with background refresh. YOu can >>>>>> control whether individual apps refresh in the background or not. I >>>>>> believe the idea of this feature is to save you time when opening apps, >>>>>> and the phone will learn your routines for doing this so that the apps >>>>>> refresh appropriately. However, it sounds as though some of them may be >>>>>> refreshing more than you want. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Ed >>>>>>> On 21 Sep 2013, at 19:25, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For the most part I really am loving IOS 7. The one thing that is a >>>>>>> concern is the battery life is horrible. I typically made it through >>>>>>> almost the entire day with not really needing to charge my phone. >>>>>>> Yesterday, I barely used it and I had to charge it twice. I am using an >>>>>>> iPhone 4S on IOS 7, and know some of you have some fantastic info, and >>>>>>> was hoping someone might be able to compile a list of checks to use to >>>>>>> get the best battery life. I have turned that new motion option on as I >>>>>>> read that saves some battery life. I have closed a lot of the apps in >>>>>>> the app switcher especially all GPS apps. I saw someone mention turning >>>>>>> off background refresh might save battery life. What am I losing by >>>>>>> turning that off, as I thought that was one of the new features that >>>>>>> iPhone was pushing, so by turning off I would like to know what I am >>>>>>> disabling. I assume it means apps will only refresh when I open them, >>>>>>> as I have noticed through out the day I would hear Downcast refresh >>>>>>> which I thought was odd, as I have it set to refresh every 8 hours and >>>>>>> usually manually refresh it. I do have about 200 apps on my phone so if >>>>>>> they are constantly trying to refresh I could see that killing my >>>>>>> battery. I have my screen curtain turned on and screen brightness >>>>>>> turned down to 33%. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Also, if anyone got an iPhone 5S can you let us know howe the battery >>>>>>> life is? I plan to get one when the craze dies down, but want to find >>>>>>> out if people are having serious battery issues or any other problems. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks all >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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