‘Don’t do it,’ urges Apple fans over ‘common habit’ that’s ruining battery life

MILLIONS of iPhone owners could be needlessly ruining their battery life due to common mistakes.

Almost everything you do with you iPhone affects battery life, so you should handle it with care.

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One new iPhone owner asked for advice in a Reddit thread: “Camera is great, software is incredible. I really enjoy using it, but I don’t know how to keep the battery health.”

They continued, “Can you give me some tips about the battery and other things?”

And fellow Apple fans quickly revealed some of the most common mistakes you make.

One glaring flaw is something that iPhone owners often think improves battery life, but actually does the opposite.

“Don’t close all apps in the app switcher. It’s a common habit among people who switched from Android,” replied an iPhone owner.

“On iOS, memory management is different, it doesn’t impact performance as much.

“According to one study, closing all apps every time can reduce daily battery life by up to 10% (as reopening the app requires additional CPU cycles).”

So it’s important to avoid closing your apps all the time. It’s better to leave them alone.

Even Apple officially recommends only force-closing apps in one situation: “You should only close an app if it has become unresponsive.”

HEALTH IS WEALTH

The app fan also gave two other tips.

First of all, try not to go below 10-20% battery every day.

And make sure Optimized battery charging is enabled in Settings.

These are important tips because they are aimed at not “taxing” the battery.

This is not to extend battery life day to day, but to keep your iPhone’s battery “healthy”.

All lithium-ion batteries – including those in Apple devices – degrade over time.

That means as you charge and discharge your iPhone, its maximum capacity decreases.

So after two or three years, your iPhone may only hold 80% of the charge it would have had when new.

When the feature is enabled, your iPhone will slow down charging

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You can check this maximum capacity percentage by going to Settings > Battery > Battery Status.

Protecting your battery from stress is one of the best ways to keep your battery healthy.

For example, if you regularly let your iPhone get too hot, it can permanently affect the health of your battery.

But make sure you’ve done that functions such as enabling optimized battery charging can also make a big difference.

HOW DOES OPTIMIZED BATTERY CHARGING WORK?

Optimized Battery Charging is designed to keep your iPhone’s battery healthy by reducing the time it takes to fully charge.

Apple says turning it on will “reduce the wear and tear on your battery.”

“With the feature enabled, your iPhone will delay charging by more than 80% in certain situations,” Apple explains.

“Your iPhone uses on-device machine learning to learn your daily charging routine so that optimized battery charging only activates when your iPhone predicts it will be connected to a charger for an extended period of time.

“The algorithm aims to ensure that your iPhone is still fully charged when disconnected.”

For example, if you regularly charge your iPhone overnight, Apple’s iOS software will learn this habit.

Your iPhone should then delay charging overnight, but still be ready for when you wake up.

You can enable Optimized Battery Charging via Settings > Battery > Charging Optimization.

A notification will appear on your lock screen when the feature is active and charging will slow down.

This allows you to see when your iPhone has finished charging.

And you can press and hold this notification and then choose Charge Now if you want to unpause.

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