iPhone: Better not to follow this trick - it doesn't do the battery any good

Created: 06/01/2023 22:58

By: Stella Henrich

Battery empty?

What to do?

(Iconic image) © Valentin Wolf/imago

Everyone knows: the smartphone battery dies just when there is no socket available.

Is there a trick to conserving the battery to avoid prematurely switching off the device?

Munich – The subway inspector wants to see the ticket and the clinic staff the current corona test.

At the bank counter you want to identify yourself with your digital ID card and with your smartphone you monitor your sleeping baby in the nursery while you are sitting comfortably on the neighbor's couch - and then this: the battery of your smartphone is empty, as if an uncanny power had it Cell phone battery suddenly drained.

No power bank, no charger - nothing is within reach that will reconnect you with your digital documents on your smartphone or restart the room monitoring device.

iPhone: Better not to follow this trick - it doesn't do the battery any good

You have already followed all sorts of tricks in advance, which save the battery of the mobile phone and supposedly throttle the power consumption.

But none of that helped.

The battery is empty.

Not even an emergency call could be made with the device.

What many users sometimes believe that the silent mode of apps running in the background is of some use is apparently not true either - at least that's true for iPhones.

Apple writes that in its user manual.

Background apps don't take up iPhone memory.

There's usually no reason to quit an app, for example, quitting doesn't save battery power.

Apple Support User Guide

Smartphone battery empty: only close the app if it no longer works

According to Apple Support, closing an app only makes sense if the application on the device no longer responds.

In such a situation, the user should open the app switcher and swipe up to the right to go to the non-working app.

There he should then swipe his finger up over the app to close it.

Time and again, annoyed users complained about the poor battery life of the current model of the Apple iPhone 14 in version iOS16.

The device is constantly hot and the battery runs out much faster.

But even with earlier models from the manufacturer, the battery life of iPhones repeatedly led to complaints.

Apple usually likes to point out that the current update should be installed.