Hi Stephen Which apps were they? I might need to do some spring cleaning on my phone too. Any app which receives push notifications can drain the battery more even when it's closed, the more apps using push notifications, the more notifications you receive, the more power it takes overall.
Regards Sam MacAmbulance Providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk [email protected] On 3 Dec 2012, at 10:23, andrew lancaster <[email protected]> wrote: > Stephen, > > I checked the things you suggested - no iTunes playing in the background etc. > But I did delete a couple of the apps. And from a full charge at 7.30 > yesterday evening, to now 10.22 a.m. it has only gone down to 91% charge. A > massive improvement, though I absolutely don't understand why or how! > > Andrew > On 2 Dec 2012, at 4:51 pm, [email protected] wrote: > >> An app won't use power unless it's running, although downloading an app >> which then leaves you with very little space on your iPhone might cause iOS >> to work a bit harder and so drain the battery more quickly. >> >> Have you changed any settings recently? Automatic app, music and video >> downloads in iOS6? iTunes playing in the background at low volume? Mail >> checking frequency? >> >> Wild guessing here ...! >> >> Stephen >> >> >> On 2 Dec 2012, at 16:34, andrew lancaster <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi. I've had an iPhone 5 for a couple of months and have been very pleased >>> with it. Until Thursday. It has started to go from 100% charge to 42 or 38 >>> etc in just three or four hours. >>> >>> I've checked that I don't have lots of apps running, but the charge still >>> drops at an amazing rate. I downloaded some apps for using on my iPad >>> onWednesday or Thursday and wonder if it could be one or some of them? >>> Pages, Daedalus Touch, Doc scanner - would deleting them again help the >>> phone to remain charged longer? >>> >>> The alternative is to get a car charger and keep charging the phone up, but >>> it seems a bit of a chore... >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Andrew >> >> "The climate has shifted to a new state capable of delivering rare and >> unprecedented weather events,” explained meteorologist Jeff Masters in Feb >> 2012. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
