Tips for improving battery-life in your iPhone 3G/3Gs
You may notice that your iPhone 3G/3Gs battery-life is not all it used to be. If you have had your iPhone for more than 18 months you may need a battery replacement.
Apple’s website suggests the following for helping to improve your battery-life in your iPhone 3G and iPhone 3Gs.
- Turn off Wi-Fi: If you know you’re not going to be using Wi-Fi, turn it off to save power. Go to Settings > Network and set Wi-Fi to Off.
- Turn off 3G: Using 3G cellular network decreases battery life when in areas with limited 3G coverage. To disable 3G, from the Home screen choose Settings > Network>Enable 3G to Off.
- Minimize use of location services: use location services only when needed. Remember to disable them after you use them.
- Turn off push notifications
- Fetch new data less frequently: The more often that email or other data is fetched, the quicker your battery will drain. Choose Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data and tap Manually, to set this to manual.
- Turn off push mail
- Adjust brightness: Turn it DOWN!
- Auto-check fewer email accounts: Not a problem if you fetch data manually (see above)
At Wired iRepair, we find that the single biggest battery-killer, and CPU-hog, is the Facebook app. Make sure to turn off ALL of the push notifications that are hidden in the Settings>Facebook>Push Notifications.
Please be sure to check out our article on Battery Maintenance, for tips on how to lengthen the lifespan of your battery!
Your iPhone’s battery is rated to approximately 400 full charge-cycles. For the average iPhone 3G/3GS, this is about 1.75 years. If the iPhone was used heavily, the battery may be showing signs of wear after as little as 1 year. Wired iRepair can replace your dead iPhone 3G / 3GS battery in as little as 10 minutes! Visit our store in beautiful NW Portland and have the techs at Wired install a brand-new OEM Battery in your iPhone 3G / 3Gs today!