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How to save battery life - iphone w/ ios 7 complete guide

This tutorial is meant to provide suggestions for saving your iPhone's battery life on iOS 7. It provides step by step instructions on how to turn off unnecessary, battery hungry features.

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Brightness & Wallpaper

Brightness & Wallpaper

Go to: Settings > Brightness & Wallpaper - The lower the brightness the better battery life. Turn on auto brightness for optimum brightness in every scenario.

Go to: Settings > Brightness & Wallpaper - Don't use a dynamic wallpaper to save battery. Use a static image instead.

Control Center Options

Control Center Options

Swipe up from the bottom of your screen to access control center. 1. Turn bluetooth off when not in use. 2. Turn airdrop off when not it use.

Notifications

Notifications

Go to: Settings > Notification Center - Turn off all notifications for unnecessary applications.

Location Services

Location Services

Go to: Settings > Privacy > Location Services - Turn off location access for unnecessary applications.

Turn Off System Services

Turn Off System Services

While still in location services, scroll to the bottom and open System Services. Turn off "Diagnostics & Usage" and "Location-Based iAds"

Limit Ad Tracking

Limit Ad Tracking

Go to: Settings > Privacy > Advertising - Turn on Limit Ad Tracking

Turn off Diagnostics & Usage

Turn off Diagnostics & Usage

Go to: Settings > General > About > Diagnostics & Usage - Choose Don't Send. This will save battery by not sending diagnostic information over the Internet.

Reduce Motion

Reduce Motion

Go to: Settings > General > Accessibility - Turn on Reduce Motion. This reduces the movement of your background which requires extra battery.

Turn off Background App Refresh

Turn off Background App Refresh

Go to: Settings > General > Background App Refresh - Turn Background App Refresh off. This will disallow apps from automatically updating in the background.

THAT'S ALL!! The combination of all of these things should significantly improve your battery life. THANKS FOR VIEWING! Looking to save battery in iOS 8? Check out this guide! http://bit.ly/1v4I4C8

  • iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch
  • iOS 7