Extend iPhone battery life by disabling Push
We all eagerly awaited the 2.0 software and Exchange Activesync push email. And while it delivers exactly what it promises (I actually get my exchange email on my iPhone before Outlook!!) it of course comes at a price — a siginifically shorter iPhone battery life. By significantly, I mean a huge amount – with push turned off, I can often go 2-3 days on a single charge. Turn on push, and I’m down to less than a day with normal usage.
But there is a solution — Turn Off Push!! To do this, from the home screen on your iPhone tap on Settings. Then, from the Settings screen, tap on Fetch New Data. At the top of the next screen there will be an entry called Push – tap it to change the setting to off. Next, below on the same screen will be a block of settings that read “Every 15 Minutes“, “Every 30 Minutes“, “Hourly“, and “Manually“. These settings will control how often your iPhone will check for new email. Tap the setting to set how often you want to check for new email. If you really want to save battery life, use the setting marked “Manually” and your iPhone will only check for new email when you actually go into your email account on the phone.
Do you really need to get your new email more often than every 15 minutes? I know I don’t!! I’ll trade 15 minutes of “email time” for another 1-2 days battery life anytime.
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