iPhone Battery Improvement Tip: What's Ping?

Ping was Apple's attempt at a social music discovery service that most people may not find useful. If you don't use Ping, simply shut it off to get back some beloved battery life.

Settings > Restrictions > Enable Restrictions > Set your passcode > Turn off Ping


This is one more easy tip that may get you back in the black when it comes to enhancing your iPhone battery life.

iOS Battery Life Tip: Brighter is Not Better

For some reason, folks that use the iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S seem to believe that they cannot see the screen if the brightness is cranked all the way up to the highest setting. Think of a dimmer switch hooked up to a light in your home--if you turn the dimmer switch all the way up to the highest setting, what do you think will happen to your electric bill? Chances are that it will rise due to this behavior. If you turned that light down about 1/2 way, could you still see around in that room? Chances are pretty good that you could see just fine and your electric bill would show the result. So, let's turn the iPhone brightness down and save some battery life, shall we?

Settings --> Brightness --> Adjust the slider down to the halfway point

Leave the auto-brightness setting turned on, since this will help accomodate the brightness for lower light conditions whenever possible.

iPhone Battery Tip: Turn off the Time Zone

For some reason, the iPhone 4 and 4S seem to want to know what time zone you are in. This is perfectly acceptable, however, it seems to check this setting way too often, which is another battery-drainer. Unless you are moving from time-zone to time-zone, turning off this setting may save you some precious iPhone battery life. This is an easy thing to turn off in your iOS settings:

Go to the iPhone settings area --> Location Services --> System Services (at the bottom)

Turn off the checkbox that says "Setting Time Zone." This one simple step has increased battery life for a lot of users, at a relatively very low cost. If you decide to go to a different time zone, feel free to enable this temporarily. This may not be a deal-breaker on the iPad, due to the increased battery size, but, turning it off on that device is also helpful for increased iOS battery life.