Comments on: Tips for Extending the iPhone 3G’s Battery Life http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1241 Clear Answers to Common Computing Questions Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:37:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: nsquared http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1241/comment-page-1#comment-18785 nsquared Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:16:53 +0000 http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/?p=1241#comment-18785 Here is was REALLY helped my iPhone 3G battery... A LOT! AND I even keep 3G ENABLED! 1) Turn push mail off. Set mail to fetch at 1 hour intervals. 2) Turn WiFi off when not needed. 3) Turn Bluetooth off when not needed. 4) AND... This one is VITALLY IMPORTANT: when you find yourself using GPS, you MUST go into settings and turn Location Services OFF AGAIN! This is a major bug and hopefully Apple fixes it soon. This 4th step is the one that saved me. It meant the different between having my battery drained before lunch - to having it at at about 90% capacity at bedtime! Here is was REALLY helped my iPhone 3G battery… A LOT! AND I even keep 3G ENABLED!

1) Turn push mail off. Set mail to fetch at 1 hour intervals.
2) Turn WiFi off when not needed.
3) Turn Bluetooth off when not needed.
4) AND… This one is VITALLY IMPORTANT: when you find yourself using GPS, you MUST go into settings and turn Location Services OFF AGAIN! This is a major bug and hopefully Apple fixes it soon. This 4th step is the one that saved me. It meant the different between having my battery drained before lunch – to having it at at about 90% capacity at bedtime!

]]> By: What’s on my iPhone - Cheapskate Edition http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1241/comment-page-1#comment-18764 What’s on my iPhone - Cheapskate Edition Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:14:18 +0000 http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/?p=1241#comment-18764 [...] The “Settings” shortcut needs to go here because I am constantly turning features on and off in order to save battery life. More on that here. [...] [...] The “Settings” shortcut needs to go here because I am constantly turning features on and off in order to save battery life. More on that here. [...]

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