Thanks for the very good post, Alan. Does anyone know what chargth would be best for the iphone 5? Given the new lightningpcable, I am assuming it would be different from this one.
Another question. If one uses the lightning cable, will a charger for the iphone 4 work with the irhone 5? Sent from my iPhone On Apr 10, 2013, at 8:14 AM, "Alan Paganelli" <[email protected]> wrote: > Even if you go into settings and turned everything to their lowest settings > for the screen, I doubt it would do much to give you more battery life. > > If your after battery life, buy yourself one of those USB battery chargers. > An 1800 mAh battery is smaller then a deck of playing cards and can recharge > a dead iPhone to full power but most people just use them to give you a > refresher charge. I can use mine even wile I'm talking on the phone and you > can look at the battery status indicator and hear something like 72 percent > battery power. Charging. That's cool as your walking down the street and > talking on the phone. One of those would do you far greater good then > messing around trying to squeeze 2 minutes more out of the battery when what > you really need is a recharger. my iGo charger has a recessed button on the > top. It's bright red says my sighted wife. The case is black to match my > phone. it has 2 USB ports as well as a flip down wall plug so you can use it > at your desk at work as a wall charger which can recharge your phone wile it > rechargers it's internal battery. Pull the charger out of the wall, flip > down the AC prongs and drop it in your pocket. I use the cable that came > with my phone and I bought one of those third party retractable cables. When > it's at it's shortest, it's about 4 inches long and when fully extended is > about 2 feet give or take but the charger, the cable and my iPhone 4 can fit > in my pocket and even be recharging my phone at the same time. The charger > is blind friendly in that when your phone has been fully charged, the charger > automatically disconnects and it's probably good for several recharges. So, > you could actually more then double your talk time etc. > > Walmart and other big box stores sells these kind of chargers and maybe > everybody and their sister on line too. There is end to places who would > love to sell you junk for your iPhone. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 2:53 PM > Subject: Re: a battery saver, but effective? > > > This always generates a bit of discussion on the list, but the screen > curtain is a privacy feature and not a battery saving feature. It > doesn't dim or turn off your screen. I don't have anything but anecdotal > evidence, but I run with the screen curtain on all of the time, and I > don't find it helps with the battery at all. > > On 04/09/2013 02:30 PM, Neal Ewers wrote: >> Hi, Recently there was a message about turning on screen curtain and >> saving battery life. I didn’t pay close attention to the message, but >> I’m guessing this is also a possibility for having your battery last >> longer on a charge. >> >> Neal >> >> *From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Sieghard Weitzel >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 09, 2013 1:34 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* RE: a battery saver, but effective? >> *Sensitivity:* Personal >> >> Hi Ramy, >> >> I doubt such apps will do much despite their claims. I would just follow >> normal battery saving techniques like making sure you turn off Bluetooth >> and especially WiFi if you are out and about and don’t use it. WiFi uses >> up a fair amount of battery. Also make sure you don’t have any GPS apps >> running unless you need them and don’t set location based reminders like >> “Remind me to call John when I get home”, these use location services >> and drain your battery faster. >> >> If that is not enough you would be much better off trying to find either >> aa battery case or an external battery which would allow you to charge >> your phone when it gets below 10%, if you try and find something with at >> least 1500 to 1800 MA you should be able to charge your phone back to >> 100% if you start when you get the 10% notification. >> >> Regards, >> >> Sieghard >> >> *From:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ramy Moustafa >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 09, 2013 6:41 AM >> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Subject:* a battery saver, but effective? >> *Sensitivity:* Personal >> >> Hi all: >> >> Please I need to ask if anyone find a good battery life saver for I >> phone? 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