How to Fix iPhone or iPad Battery Life Problems on iOS 7.1.2 – iOS 7.1

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Apple has just released is 7.1 for its iPhone, iPad and iPod. The OS has many new and some improved features and fixed bugs that existed with earlier version.  It doesn’t include any major feature that would consume more battery. But reports say that many users who have upgraded to iOS 7.1 have observed that it reduces battery life. Actually, the battery life depends on the usage pattern and it is difficult to find out what has caused the problem. Following are some of the tips you can try to help with improved battery life.

Fix iPhone or iPad Battery Life Problems

Force close apps

Some of the apps get active in the background to fetch content off the network. You can just close such apps and save on battery life. You can also close some power hungry apps such VoIP, Skype, navigation and streaming audio apps whenever not in use. It will improve your battery life significantly.

Turn off/Turn on Location Services

There are apps that track your locations. If you think that the apps you are using can be used without tracking location, then you can disable the location services for such apps. You can go through a list of apps and identify apps that drain battery and can turn it off.

Restart/Reset Your iPhone 

When you restart or reset your iPhone, you hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

Resetting Network Settings 

You reset your network settings by tapping Settings -> General -> Reset -> Reset Network Settings. All your network settings including passwords, VPN, and APN settings will be reset.

Battery Maintenance

Apple users are advised to have at least one charge cycle every month that is charging and running down the battery completely. It helps in more accurate re-calibrating of the battery indicator
General Tips

Turn off Dynamic Wallpapers

Normally, dynamic wallpapers includes animation and it animation always consumes more battery. So, avoid dynamic wallpaper, you can choose still wallpaper or use an image from a library as wallpaper.

Disable Background App Refresh

iOS 7 supports smart multitasking and allows apps fetch content over the network in the background. Though Apple has taken care for the minimum battery consumption by optimisations, you can turn it off. If you feel that particular app is only eating up battery, you can selectively turn background off for that app only.

Disable iOS 7′s motion effects, parallax

A number of animations and effects added to the iOS 7interfaceaccess gyroscopic data that causes battery drain significantly. Disable App Store’s

Automatic updates

You can turn off automatic updates and automatic downloads.

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