How to Maximize Your Battery Life on iOS 8 iPhone 6 Plus or iPhone 6

If you've got a brand new iPhone 6 Plus or iPhone 6, or if you've updated to iOS 8, there are several steps you can take to keep your battery life great. The first thing to do is to assess whether you're really draining a lot of battery or not. You can go to Settings, then General usage, and turn the battery percentage on. This will show you how much battery is being used at any given time, so make sure to note it down - in this case, let's say 58%. Then, put your phone down for 20 minutes and come back later, say 30 minutes after that, and pick it up again to see if the battery percentage has changed radically. If it has, then you have a battery drain problem.

iOS 8 has also added a new feature called battery usage, which can be accessed by going to General usage and selecting "battery usage". This will take a look at all the apps that are using power, and list them out for you - in this case, I can see a list of the last 24 hours and the last two days. It's worth noting that there are different reasons why apps might appear on this list, such as when you're rearranging folders or browsing bookmarks. This is totally acceptable behavior, but if an app appears at the top of the list and you haven't been using it lately, then there may be a problem.

One way to address this issue is to go into background app refresh settings - located in General under Settings. From here, you can turn off any apps that you think are using too much power. For example, I can turn off Facebook - which means I'll have to wait a little bit longer when I go to the app, but it won't be draining power in the background. You can also go into location settings and turn off any services that use GPS or location services unnecessarily. For instance, if you don't want the weather app to always look at your location, you can simply turn that feature off.

Another thing you can do is kill any apps that you think are just wasting power. If you're not using Facebook enough, for example, you might consider getting rid of it altogether. And as a last resort, if you've upgraded to a new device and restored from a backup - especially one from an iPad or another generation of iPhone - you can try doing a new setup instead. This will involve setting up all of your settings again, but it can lead to phenomenal battery life.

To further minimize power consumption, some users swear by the technique of holding down the Sleep/Awake button and the Home button until the screen goes black and the Apple logo appears. This is often referred to as a "hard reset", and it should flush out any residual energy from your phone's system. By taking these steps, you can help maximize your battery life on iOS 8 iPhone 6 Plus or iPhone 6.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enif you've got a brand new iPhone 6 Plus or iPhone 6 or you've updated to iOS 8 here's how to keep your battery life great so the first thing to do is to assess if you're really draining a lot of battery or not you can go to settings General usage turn battery percentage on then you'll see how much battery is being used take a note of it 58% then you're going to put it down 20 minutes 30 minutes later come back pick it up again take a look at the battery percentage if it's changed radically that means you have a battery drain problem iOS 8 has also added a new feature called battery usage so if you go to General usage battery usage it will take a look and list all the apps that are using power so here I can see a list of the last 24 hours and the last two days now it's important to remember that there are different reasons that apps could appear here for example tweetbot is high but I've been using tweetbot all the time tweetbot is high because the screen has been on the radios have been firing and I've been using it that's totally acceptable same thing if you're rearranging folders browsing bookmarks if something else is going on for example background activity maybe photos are uploading in the background phone might sometimes times say low signal connection that means the radio has to power up a lot just to get a signal out sometimes Wi-Fi does that as well sometimes you'll have an app setting it's using AirPlay it'll list everything that's going on here most of the time that isn't a problem if however there's an app you've never used for example if I haven't used Facebook at all in the last 24 hours if I haven't used Google Hangouts and it's near the top if I haven't used Skype then there's a problem because my usage is not matching what it's showing me in here and then I know that there's a problem and I need to do something about it some of the things you can do if you think background refresh is a problem you can come into settings you can go into General you can go into background app refresh and you can turn off any apps that you think you're using too much power for example I can turn off Facebook yes you'll have to wait a little bit longer when you go to the app but it won't be draining power in the background I can also go to location settings so go to privacy I can go to location services if I think anything is using too much GPS or too much location services I can just turn that off so for example if I don't want the weather to always look at me I can just turn that right off off another thing I can do is I can kill any apps that I think are just wasting power so for example if I think that Facebook is doing far too much stuff I can just get rid of it last resort I can come here I can hold down the Sleep awake button and the home button and just keep holding them down until the screen goes black and the Apple logo appears that's a hard reset and that should flush out everything as a final Resort if you upgraded to a new device and you stored from a backup especially a backup from a different device like iPad to iPhone or different generations of iPhone you might want to try doing a new setup instead it's a huge pay set to do every one of your settings again but it can lead to phenomenal battery life so that's how to maximize your battery life on iOS 8 iPhone 6 Plus or iPhone 6 I'm Renee for more great tips keep it lock to imore.comif you've got a brand new iPhone 6 Plus or iPhone 6 or you've updated to iOS 8 here's how to keep your battery life great so the first thing to do is to assess if you're really draining a lot of battery or not you can go to settings General usage turn battery percentage on then you'll see how much battery is being used take a note of it 58% then you're going to put it down 20 minutes 30 minutes later come back pick it up again take a look at the battery percentage if it's changed radically that means you have a battery drain problem iOS 8 has also added a new feature called battery usage so if you go to General usage battery usage it will take a look and list all the apps that are using power so here I can see a list of the last 24 hours and the last two days now it's important to remember that there are different reasons that apps could appear here for example tweetbot is high but I've been using tweetbot all the time tweetbot is high because the screen has been on the radios have been firing and I've been using it that's totally acceptable same thing if you're rearranging folders browsing bookmarks if something else is going on for example background activity maybe photos are uploading in the background phone might sometimes times say low signal connection that means the radio has to power up a lot just to get a signal out sometimes Wi-Fi does that as well sometimes you'll have an app setting it's using AirPlay it'll list everything that's going on here most of the time that isn't a problem if however there's an app you've never used for example if I haven't used Facebook at all in the last 24 hours if I haven't used Google Hangouts and it's near the top if I haven't used Skype then there's a problem because my usage is not matching what it's showing me in here and then I know that there's a problem and I need to do something about it some of the things you can do if you think background refresh is a problem you can come into settings you can go into General you can go into background app refresh and you can turn off any apps that you think you're using too much power for example I can turn off Facebook yes you'll have to wait a little bit longer when you go to the app but it won't be draining power in the background I can also go to location settings so go to privacy I can go to location services if I think anything is using too much GPS or too much location services I can just turn that off so for example if I don't want the weather to always look at me I can just turn that right off off another thing I can do is I can kill any apps that I think are just wasting power so for example if I think that Facebook is doing far too much stuff I can just get rid of it last resort I can come here I can hold down the Sleep awake button and the home button and just keep holding them down until the screen goes black and the Apple logo appears that's a hard reset and that should flush out everything as a final Resort if you upgraded to a new device and you stored from a backup especially a backup from a different device like iPad to iPhone or different generations of iPhone you might want to try doing a new setup instead it's a huge pay set to do every one of your settings again but it can lead to phenomenal battery life so that's how to maximize your battery life on iOS 8 iPhone 6 Plus or iPhone 6 I'm Renee for more great tips keep it lock to imore.com\n"