tritan
Well-known member
Like many of the other iPhone 4S users out there, I was plagued by horrid battery life. I tried everything outlined here in the forums, until I reached a point where I didn't understand the point of having a "Smartphone" if I was turning all the "Smart" features off (Push E-mail, iCloud, etc) so I thought back to the methods I used with Android. This method may be outlined somewhere here, or it may not I'm not really concerned because I am putting my setup here and anyone is welcome to follow it and check their results.
Setup:
iCloud - Enabled everything to backup to iCloud
WiFi - Only on when somewhere with WiFi
Location Services (GPS) - Off; unless necessary
Email - Push enabled, 3 exchange server accounts
Brightness - Auto, I have it at 1/3 of the bar
Sounds - Ringer on, vibrate enabled
Network Settings - Data and voice roaming enabled
Time Zone Setting in Location Services - Disabled
Screen Timeout - 1 minute
And I never put the phone in Airplane Mode
This is a pretty Data hogging setup, so I'm sure the more that's disabled the better your results will be.
Here's the trick, follow these instructions CAREFULLY
- Unplug your phone from the charger and run it down to 95% battery
- Once it hits 95%, throw it back on the charger
- Let the phone reach 100% but make sure it has the PLUG icon, not the lightning bolt
- Enjoy your amazing battery life.
Many of you may be familiar with this method, it's called Trickle-Charging and it can potentially damage your battery's lifespan.. but let's be honest, we are all going to get the iPhone 5 so our batteries will last us well until then
Here's a screenshot from the beginning attached, and I will update with one at the end of the battery cycle.
How do you get a plug icon and not the lightening bolt? I plug into my computer and trickle and its a lightening bolt