How to Increase Battery Life for iPhone 7/7 Plus

This guide explains how to increase battery life for iPhone 7/7 plus using a clear, step-by-step process. It also highlights the settings and checks that can help you avoid common errors.

The problem of battery shortages when running applications or games can occur in any smartphone line, even with the case of iPhone 7/7 Plus when Apple increases the battery life can also occur. Although the battery on iPhone 7/7 Plus can operate from 8 to 9 hours, it can still be quickly lost if users runs multiple applications, or other unnecessary modes.

In this article, we will show you a few ways to increase battery life on iPhone 7/7 Plus devices.

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1. Remove Raise to Wake feature

This is a feature that automatically turns on the screen, when we just pick up the device. Soon, users can swipe to unlock the screen, without having to press the Home button like the previous iPhone series.

And of course, this feature will consume a device's battery power, when just lifting up the screen has been started interface. To disable this feature, go to Settings> Display & Brightness . In Raise to Wake , turn The horizontal bar to the left To turn off this feature.

2. Turn off unimportant application updates

This feature will quickly update the latest information for the app, including applications running in the background. But there will be many applications that are unnecessary and do not need to be upgraded or refreshed on the device. You should disable this update feature to save battery on iPhone 7/7 Plus.

First of all, go to Settings> General> Background App Refresh (Refresh the background application) . You will check the list of applications that are not needed to update, then turn the horizontal bar to the left to turn off the mode.

3. Adjust application notifications

When the app on the device has new information, a notification appears on the lock screen for users to know. And when such notification will consume a small amount of battery on the device. But not every application you need to receive notifications.

Click Settings, Then select Notifications . Next, we search for applications that do not need to receive notifications. In Show on Lock Screen , Slide the horizontal bar to the left To not receive notifications on the lock screen.

4. Control the time to turn off and lock the screen

We can adjust the screen lock time on iPhone 7/7 Plus and other smartphones to reduce screen battery usage.

Go to Settings (General)> General (General settings)> Auto-Lock . Choose a time for screen shutdown and lock when not in use. You should choose 30 seconds or up to 1 minute to save battery.

5. Disconnect unused connections

There are quite a few people after connecting to Bluetooth, Wi-Fi again forgot to turn them off after using. And this also caused the iPhone 7/7 Plus to drain the battery quickly. Ideally, when you have finished using connections like Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, and AirDrop you need to turn them off, to ensure the battery life for the device.

6. Turn on Low Power Mode on iPhone 7/7 Plus

Starting from iOS 9 onwards, users can use this feature. When you use this mode, the device will not refresh the app, reduce the screen brightness, do not automatically download Mail, do not update the app, do not run some other effects.

We Set up Settings> Battery In the Low Power ModeSection to turn the horizontal bar to the right To activate. Especially if using this feature, when the device has quite a few batteries, you can still use it if you have a job.

7. Turn off GPS if not used

When using GPS for some essential applications, your device will definitely consume many battery life. Turn them off if there is no need to use them.

Click Settings> Privacy> Location Services . Check applications that do not need to use GPS on the device and turn them off when going to Never Mode.

8. No need to turn off the app in the App switcher screen

On iOS, it will automatically freeze or stop applications when we are not using it in the App switcher screen. If you turn off and restart the app when needed, the device will consume more battery power.

9. Do not use motion effects

Motion effects on the device also make battery life significantly reduced. AccessGeneral (General settings)> Accessibility> Reduce Motion Push the horizontal bar to the right to turn off motion effects on iPhone 7/7 Plus.

10. Don't use Siri virtual assistant

This Siri virtual assistant is really a useful tool for users on the iPhone, but we don't always need to use it. It's best to disable it, and when needed, turn it on and turn it off to save battery power.

Go to Settings> General> Spotlight Search And then Flip the horizontal bar toSiri Suggestions(Siri Suggestions) To turn off Siri hint mode.

These are some of the adjustments that are made on iPhone 7/7 Plus to save battery life. Ideally, you should turn off unused applications, in order to increase battery usage, as well as iPhone 7/7 Plus usage speed.

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I wish you all success!