I am still puzzled as to which app was soaking up the juice, I suspect a magazine app trying unsuccessfully to download. This has never been an issue before and I will take cared of it for now with good housekeeping. Normal use by the two of us seems to call for a recharge about every four or five days so this was a real anomaly. Another useful lesson learned. Thanks as always to our WAMUG gem! Severin
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> ____________________________________________________ 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] ____________________________________________________
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