This winter break I was flying over to California and needed to bring my gadgets with me of course to use over the 12 hour flight. The main one being my iPhone for music , video , apps etc. Problem was that I was worried about the battery life though my phone is jailbroken there are some extra features that contribute to my battery usage compared to non-jail broken phones.  So here are some tips for both the non-jailbroken and jailbroken iphone users.

1. Free up memory – If your on a non-jailbroken phone a great app to get to free up background processes and free memory on your phone/touch is MemoryInfo a simple button click frees up memory for your phone to keep it running smooth and fast. If your on a jailbroken phone with SBSettings installed it has a similar function and even gives you options to manually end background apps like “Ipod” etc.
2. Screen Brightness – The iphone and touch’s screen takes a tole on it battery if its constantly on especially during a video  if the brightness is turned up all the way , turning it to a lower settings or also turning off the auto-brightness feature which tunes the phones brightness depending on environment.
3. Network Settings- Network settings like Wi-Fi, 3G, Edge etc are huge battery drainers , turning off Wi-Fi when not in a wi-fi zone or don’t require a connection then switch it off to save life also in times were you wont need to take calls or really need to save life turn of your 3G/edge signal for example at school when I really don’t expect to call friends or text them then I turn 3G off. Also if you’ll be on a flight or a time were you just want to turn off  all types of network signal off then just switch to airplane mode to switch off 3G ,Wi-fi , etc.
4. Notifications- Notifications from application updates that are constant can take a toll your life as well , the new 3.0 update gives you great options to adjust which apps notify you and what for for example for some twitter apps can notify you specifically for DM , @ replies , etc.
5. Push- Push from email clients or exchange servers etc are one of the biggest battery life drainers though haven’t been as bad with the 3.0 update , though still users experience issues with push emails taking up to even 10% of their battery life . Some things you can do is go into the settings for your email and changing time that email checks for updates by hour or even set them to manually check only when you open the email client.
6. Updates- Whether your using the regular app store or even using Cydia on the jailbroken phone always keep up to date on your apps so older versions never have leaks or older mods don’t effect battery life and your apps stay up to date.
7. Sleep- Some people forget to turn there phones or ipods to sleep mode when using it for example your screen doesn’t need to be running when your listening to music so why not just turn it to sleep mode to save life.
8. Percent Battery- Percentage battery is much easier to tell your battery life compared to the visual bar, for the iphone 3Gs you can go into your general settings to toggle the percentage battery or on a jailbroken phone you can use SbSettings to toggle on the same feature this allows you to view your battery life much easier.
9. Charging Habbits- If  you experienced rapid drainage on your battery lately try to change your charging habits , a writer over at DuncsWeb DanofMayz recommended on only charging your phone when its down to 2% and then charging to full so your battery stays in cycle also try to run down your battery to 0 and doing a complete recharge every month or so to recycle your battery.
10. Back Up – Back up batteries are now available all over the place for both iPhone and touch jailbroken or not these external gadgets that you charge up and can plug into your device to charge can work almost as quick as an hour or two to  give you nearly 90% new life. Though this does require the need for another gadget to carry , there are also other great alternatives like cases/accessories to put your device into to charge when your device runs low. A great battery case to check out is the Mophie Juice Pack.

Hope these 10 tips help you reserve your battery life to keep your device running and extend your use for videos, music ,etc.

Feel free to comment on your tips and feedback you want to share.

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