How to Improve iOS 7 Battery Life – Tips for Both iPhone & the iPad!

Rafia Shaikh • Nov 9, 2013 05:40 AM EST

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It is quite disappointing to see our rather elder Apple iPhones and iPads not keeping up with the pace of iOS 7. Apparently not equipped with the very up-to-date hardware, running this newest Apple update of iOS 7 seems to rather slow things down on our tablets and smartphones. But hey, there are some ways to improve iOS 7 battery life. As there are several things that we can do without, plenty of features not necessarily needed all the time, we can disable some, delete others to boost our iOS 7 battery life.To get a hint of how much more iOS 7 requires from battery, a little breakdown from ArsTechnia.

Responsiveness comes before the cool options new updates offer us. Let's not get annoyed with our regular tasks on Apple iPhone 4, iPad 3 and older devices trying to get everything out of the new update. Here are a few things to help you improve iOS 7 battery life:

- Crucial of all: close the running apps:

It's not only you if it took you a while in figuring out how to close running applications - that's the most frequently asked query about iOS 7. So, don't take tech hard on yourself. Like before, you double-press the Home button and it shows you a multitasking menu that actually looks a beautiful line of cards.To close any running app, fling the app up to close it.

This tremendously affect the battery life in any gadget especially if you are in a habit of keeping 20s of apps open!

- Let of radio communications when not needed:

In times when you are in no need of Wi-Fi or Bluetooth services, never forget to turn them off. These services slow down the devices by constantly updating and hence draining battery life. Simply turn these off from the Settings whenever you don't need them.

- Disable background refresh:

Latest iOS 7 update brought a background refresh / multitasking feature to the iPhones and iPads. This helps the applications to refresh their data in the background while you are working on other things. You can improve iOS 7 battery life by turning this feature off - if you don't particularly need it.

Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh and flip the toggle switch OFF. You can also select to disable specific apps rather than turning the entire service off.

- Disable location:

We don't necessarily need the location services unless we are using Maps or any other app using the location. It's easier to enable location when you are using any such apps. Consider turning it off otherwise to increase battery life.

Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and turn it OFF. Similar to other services, you can choose to turn off Location Services for individual apps.

- Increase device space: get rid of unused apps:

This is a very simple solution to speeding up your iPhone or iPad. If you are suffering from sluggish device after the iOS 7 update, try uninstalling unused apps. This will free up space on your device and run your gadget faster. Focus on deleting larger games which take up lots of space. For most of the games like Temple Run, information is still saved in the Game Center. Hence, if you decide to play them again, no worries of starting from scratch.

- Disable Notification Center options:

Receiving notifications for every single app is not only annoying but also eats up resources of both data, battery and the processing speed. Make efficient use of Notification Center and go to Settings > Notification Center to disable notifications for apps you don't require notifications for. From here, you can also adjust notification styles. As a helper, try to have more apps in Do Not Include list than your Include list.

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