Use This Simple Trick to Preserve Battery Life on iPhone by Stopping Searching

Use This Simple Trick to Preserve Battery Life on iPhone by Stopping Searching

If youre traveling through areas of weak cellular signals and generally poor reception, you can save a significant amount of iPhone battery life simply by toggling the AirPlane Mode feature on. That may sound weird, but it really works, with the idea being that when an iPhone has an intermittent cell signal, the cellular modem continuously searches for another available cell tower, which happens to use a lot of battery power. Thus, the solution is to simply stop the iPhone from looking for a cell signal if youre not going to have one anyway. This trick is pretty straightforward, heres what you need to remember: If youre entering a region where you usually have intermittent cellular signals, horribly flaky reception that switches from No Service to Searching often, or youre about to spend an hour looking for your car in an underground parking garage, just swipe up from the bottom of the screen to : Thats it. This stops the iPhone from Searching by turning off all communication aspects of the device, preventing the cellular modem from draining the battery to look for a cell tower. Just keep AirPlane Mode enabled while youre in the region with no reception to prevent the iPhone from looking for a signal. (For those who may not know, AirPlane Mode turns off the iPhone ability to make phone calls and send data thus why this trick is only appropriate for when you wont be able to make calls or use data anyway) Once youre confident youre back in cell range, and you know think youd no longer be seeing the Searching signal indicator because youre out of a parking garage maze, escaped the depths of a canyon, or left the boonies to return to civilization, you can safely turn AirPlane Mode back off again and have your usual signal and cell connection again. Once again, just jump back into Control Center and toggle it off. Youre good to go, and youll have saved battery life while youre at it. This really works to preserve precious battery life, particularly if youre in an area where the iPhone struggles with reception. I had the chance to test this theory recently on a series of outings into a rural area, and the difference was noticeable. So the next time youre in a spot where you just know youre not going to have a signal, its worth trying out yourself, because even the iPhone sitting in your pocket while searching for a cell tower for an hour can really drain away battery while not achieving access to a reliable cell signal. This trick works on all iPhone models, but of course accessing Control Center depends on which iPhone you have, and Control Center can look different on some versions of iOS. For iPhones with a Home button, swiping up from the bottom of the screen accesses Control Center, and for iPhones without a Home button, a swipe down gesture from the top-right corner next to the display Notch is how you access Control Center (like iPhone X). Of course this isnt the only tip to get more portable use out of your iOS gear, one of my personal favorites that I use constantly is which disables a few features that you likely wont notice while in effect in return for much reduced battery usage. You can also check out , none of which are the hocus-pocus youll sometimes see out there and of course if youre a tablet user there are .