User-submitted Article If You Were One Of The First 3 Million People To Get The New iphone 3g In The First Month, You Probably Have Noticed The Battery Has A tendency To Run Low Before The End Of The Day. It's Easy To Surf The Web Or Use It For Hours With The New apps You Downloaded. I Compiled A Few Tips That Can Help You iphone 3g Consume Less Power While Still Enjoying The Most Exciting cell Phone Created To Date.


Requirements:
● An iPhone 3G and active service


►step 1 3g Is Still Relatively New In America So The Coverage Is Not Widespread As One Would Like. If You Know You Are Going To Be In A Rural Area, Turn Off The 3g Antenna. It Will Help Save A Little Power. Click Settings > General > Network > Enable 3g > Turn On Or Off.

►step 2 If You Are Out And About And Not Using Wifi, Then Turn It Off. The handset Will Continue To Power The Chip And Waste Precious Power. However, If You Are At Home And Have A Wireless Network, Then Use Wifi. It Is A known Fact That 3g Consumes More Power Than Wifi And Is Slower (for Now) Than Wifi. Click Settings > Wifi > Turn On Or Off.

►step 3 If You Don't Use Yahoo Mail, Mobileme, Or microsoft Exchange For Your Email, Then You Will Not Be Able To Utilize Push Function. The iphone Will Fetch For Your Emails. If You Use Gmail Like I Do, Then Fetch Is The Only Way The iphone Will Currently Receive Your Emails. Click Settings > Fetch New Data > Turn Push Off. Next, The Fetch Setting Will Depend On Your Needs. Fetch Will Allow The iphone To Search Your Email Provider's Server In increments Of 15 Or 30 Minutes, 1 Hour Or Manually. I Personally Would Forget To Check If I Set It Manually But I Would Like To Get My Emails Asap. I Chose The Hour Option Because When I First Got The iphone I Used The 15 Minute Option And This Clearly Drained The Battery Very Quickly. This Is Completely Up To You. Click Settings > Fetch New Data > Every 15 Minutes Or Every 30 Minutes Or Hourly Or Manually

►step 4 Because The iphone 3g Has One Of The Nicest Screens For A Phone, The 3.5" Screen Can Consume Juice Quickly. The Brighter The Screen, The More Power Your Are Wasting. Also, A Overly Bright Screen Will Degrade The Overall Clarity And Crispness Of The Screen. Just Like Your Television, You Don't Want The Brightness Turned Up All The Way So Why Would You On Your Phone? Remember The Lower The Brightness, The Less Power It Will Consumer. So Chose Wisely. Click Settings > Brightness > Slide The Brightness Bar To Where You Are Comfortable.

►step 5 If You Are On A Long Plane Flight Going From Coast To Coast, You May Very Well Use The iphone apps Or Watch A Movie You Downloaded. While Flying At 30,000 Feet, You Are Not Going To Get A Signal For Using Data Or Phone Calls. Again, Wasting Power By Not Turning Off The Antennas. Click Settings > Airplane Mode > On Or Off. This Function Was Created Specifically For This Situation So Use It.

►step 6 At This Point, Gps Is A Nice Feature That Can Show Your Position In Google Maps Or Using It With Some Fun Apps. Until Tomtom Or Telenav Releases Their Highly Anticipated Turn By Turn Navigation Apps, Gps Is Just A Power Waster. Click Settings > Location Services > On Or Off