Hi, I have been following this one and aware of the apps running in the background and their effect on power usage. I too have recently done the ios 7.0.3 update and have wondered how to shut down apps.
I know the method in ios 6 - double click Home, then swipe along the bottom presented app icons, then hold till they jiggle, then hit "x' to shut them down. In iOS 7, it doesn't behave quite the same, maybe something I am not doing. When I double click Home, the apps running, present themselves along the bottom, and the app window shows above too, but holding on the app doesn't take it into "jiggle" mode. I'm certain there's a simple answer. Regards Pete > On 1 Nov 2013, at 3:47 pm, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > You're welcome Severin, > > Yes, sleep still uses some battery, shutdown uses none. > My iPad & iPhone though are never shutdown, always just sleep, so do my > computers. > > It is a good idea to shut apps down when not using them as apps running in > the background can wreak havoc on battery life. There are some apps that do > background tasks which will drain the battery. > > Example, it's great to let google maps run in the background but if you're > not using google maps and it is running you may be wasting power. > Any Stock Market app downloading the latest stock prices, or a weather app > downloading latest weather or other apps processing or sending out data, or > tracking your location while its not in the foreground. > > Best to turn anything you are not using off, but still be able to use your > iDevice to your satisfaction. If you want to have everything on, just > remember to plug it into power every time an opportunity arises ;-)) > > Kind Regards, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > >> On 1 Nov 2013, at 3:16 pm, Severin Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Many thanks, Ronni! Most of what you suggested I a had already done, to no >> avail. The one thing fresh was getting rid of ALL the running apps and >> there was a stack of them! That would seem to be a sensible bit of daily >> maintenance. Sleep is obviously very different from ShutDown. >> Will keep a close watch but I think a big tick for problem solved is in >> order. >> Best wishes and thanks again >> Severin >> >>> On 1 Nov 2013, at 11:35 am, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Severin, >>> >>> Turn off what you're not using: >>> >>> Anything running on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad uses up the battery. >>> Turn off Background app and content refresh: Don't waste power downloading >>> things when you don't explicitly need to. >>> Settings, General, Background App Refresh shows you everything you can turn >>> off. >>> >>> Also go to Settings, iTunes & App Store and turn off Automatic Downloads. >>> >>> Turn off Location Services. Go to Settings, Privacy, Location Services, and >>> turn off any app and system service you really don't need >>> tracking or using your location. >>> >>> Quit power hungry apps. Double-click the Home Button to activate the >>> multitasking view and quit, hold your finger down on power >>> hungry apps, swipe the app’s screenshot up and off the screen. >>> This is key for apps like VoIP (like Skype), streaming audio (like >>> Pandora), or navigation (like TomTom). >>> Anything running all the time will drain battery. That's how batteries work. >>> >>> Set Auto-Lock to 1 minute >>> Turn down the screen brightness >>> Turn off Bluetooth when not using it >>> Turn off Wi-Fi when not using it >>> Set all email, calendar, and contacts accounts to "Fetch" (turn off Push) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >>> >>> OS X 10.9 Mavericks >>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>> >>> >>>> On 1 Nov 2013, at 10:44 am, Severin Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I updated to iOS7 on my iPad mini some days ago, a smooth process and I am >>>> happy with the result, like all changes they take a bit of getting used to >>>> but in the end the benefits are well worth it. When the iOS7.0.3 update >>>> showed I went ahead with that and again all seemed fine. Next time I went >>>> to the iPad after some hours with it asleep, i.e. the cover closed, all I >>>> got was the flat battery symbol, quite unexpected. Recharged and all >>>> working fine. Quite a few comments on the internet on heavy drain with >>>> iOS7 so I went through and disabled everything in sight while still >>>> retaining basic functionality. While asleep the battery discharge >>>> remained at 10% per hour though it ceased when iPad shut down. Switching >>>> off Carrier/Automatic then selecting Telstra implicitly (vodafone AU and >>>> YES OPTUS) also appear in the list seems to have cured it for the moment. >>>> I will obviously watch carefully and run on minimum options before >>>> selecting back the ones I would like to have. >>>> I am in quite unfamiliar territory, would you believe I do not have a >>>> mobile phone! I believe I have a 3G SIM installed, from memory, but see >>>> 4G as an option to use for faster transfer. Normally I use WiFi but the >>>> other is useful first thing in the morning before other things power up >>>> and when away from home for whatever. >>>> Informed comment/advice would be most welcome! >>>> Severin Crisp >>>> ____________________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys >>>> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia >>>> ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) >>>> mail to: [email protected] > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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