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10 Tips to Save Battery Life on iOS 18 Struggling with a draining battery on your iPhone running iOS 18? These practical tips, combined with must-have accessories, will help you extend your device's battery life and keep it charged when you need it most. 1. Use Low Power Mode Low Power Mode is your first line of defense against a dwindling battery. To enable it, go to Settings > Battery . This feature reduces background activity and optimizes performance to save power. Anker 313 Power Bank (PowerCore 10K) is a perfect companion for those moments when you need extra power. Its compact design and 10,000mAh capacity ensure your phone stays charged on the go. 2. Optimize Screen Brightness and Display Settings Lowering your screen brightness and enabling Auto-Brightness can save a significant amount of battery. These settings are found in Settings > Display & Brightness . Pair your iPhone with the Belkin Quick Charge 10W Wireless Cha...

Here’s a list of iOS 9 battery tweaks to help your iPhone battery last longer. One of the main design features of iOS 9 is it’s better battery usage. For those that want to go the extra mile and trim and cut a few features out. Switch off Location Services Switch off Background App Refresh Switch off Push notifications in your email settings Disable iCloud Keychain Complete a battery drain once a month Set Auto Lock to 1 min Switch off keyboard clicks and extra sounds When listening to music,  use headphones instead of speakers Turn down for WHAT…just kidding, turn down screen brightness Turn off Bluetooth (if not using it) Turn off WiFi (if not using it) Turn off Dynamic Wallpaper Try rebooting your iphone If this is a fresh iOS 9 install, give it time to complete any app updates and data restoring If you have any tips you’d like to share, please leave them in the comment section below!

TO BE ON CELLULAR DATA OR WiFi? Have you ever asked yourself “What uses less battery? Leaving my iPhone on 3G network vs WiFi?” Well the answer can be found right on Apple’s iPhone support website   APPLE CHIMES IN ON THE AGE OLD QUESTION Apple says that if you don’t surf the web on your phone that often, you should leave your iPhone on 3G. However, if you’re a heavy surfer, then it’s best to leave you’re iPhone switched to WiFi mode.   “ Turn off Wi-Fi: If you rarely use Wi-Fi, you can turn it off to save power. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi and set Wi-Fi to Off. Note that if you frequently use your iPhone to browse the web, battery life may be improved by using Wi-Fi instead of cellular data networks. ”   Here are a few more tips Apple lists to get your battery lasting longer throughout the day: Minimize use of location services: Applications that actively use location services such as Maps may reduce battery life. To ...

Canada was left out when Google Voice launched, but thanks to Talkatone, iPhone users can make calls over 3G/WiFi using using Google Voices’ services for FREE! Talkatone is FREE and available NOW in Apple’s App Store. All you need is a GMail account and to use Google Talk at least ONCE. Here’s what I grabbed from Talkatone’s website: Talkatone is truly social . It helps you to chat, talk or exchange location with your GTalk friends and it’s extremely lightweight. We designed and created it for ourselves. We wanted an iPhone GTalk client to communicate freely and instantly. And our friends loved Talkatone. That’s why we want to share it with you. Exchange messages on your iPhone or call your friends if you need a voice communication. Invite your friends to Talkatone, they will love it. Talkatone is free . It’s a Social Phone , pure and simple. How to setup: 1. Login to your GMail account on Mac or PC and sign in to chat there 2. Make at least one...

Well it’s released and it’s FREE! “i” devices such as iPhone, iPad and iPod Touches can now print to Windows shared printers! I did it and it WORKS! VERY simple to do. Download the AirPrint Activator , install (as admin) the corresponding version (32bit or 64bit), share your printer via Windows, turn ON your Guest account, have your iPhone, iPad and or iPod Touch on WiFi and send your job to PRINT! When you print for the first time, you’ll be prompted for a username and password, simply enter ‘Guest’ as username and leave the password field blank. So simple, it takes one sentence to describe the whole process. NEW DOWNLOAD LINK, ENGLISH VERSION: https://rapidshare.com/files/457837624/AirPrint-Activator-EN.rar GERMAN TRANSLATION: Step1: Choose the operating system you use. Step 2: Open “printer” in the control panel. Rightclick on your printer and choose “properties”. Choose the [something like] permission tab and permit t...

Here’s a very interesting video for those that think they need the best and most expensive camera on the market to take quality photos. Lee Morris of FStoppers.com shoots a full fashion photography session with the iPhone 3Gs. So yah, you may not need an expensive camera but it helps to have LOTS of lighting and a beautiful model like Olivia Price <3.

Here’s a little article I found explaining why Jailbreaking your iPhone may the way to go if you’re an iPhone user. 1. Jailbreaking your iphone is an incredibly easy process using the current Redsn0w hack. Obviously backup your phone in itunes before jailbreaking and this will allow you to restore your device to its previous un-jailbroken state if you are not happy with it. 2. No you don’t lose all your existing apps. However the developer of redsn0w suggests: a) backing up your iphone b) doing a restore to factory settings (i.e. brand new state) c) jailbreaking the device with redsn0w d) restoring from your backup as necessary (this will restore your previous apps). I have done it this way and it has been perfect. 3. I would suggest that jailbreaking is the way to go as it gives you that extra level of flexibility. Some elements of the jailbreak (such as Winterboard which gives you themes etc.) can be draining on the battery and can thus be perceived by users as being negative,...

The iPhone can receive FM radio signals, but it has yet to support FM radio functionality. The iPod Nano can play radio through its integrated FM receiver, heck, it even allows you to pause live radio with the Live Pause feature. What about the iPhone? According to one of 9to5mac ’s tipsters, iPhone radio is coming soon! Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) is supposedly working on an in-house iPhone radio app that will enable the iPhone 3GS to play live radio broadcasts (with Live Pause!) through its currently-crippled FM receiver. Apple’s iPhone radio application is said to run in the background and might even be integrated into the iPhone 3GS’s iPod app. As it stands, the iPhone 3GS FM radio can be used with Nike+ hardware, but stops short of actually playing radio. But I always thought Nike+ uses blue tooth technology to communicate. The source says that Apple is waiting to integrate the iPhone radio app with iTunes to allow users to find a radio song in the iTunes store and purchase that song on ...