How to Improve battery performance in iOS 5

Battery life has certainly come down as a big disappointment for both iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 users. Granted their battery life, it is quite natural that Apple started correcting the problem as soon as complaints started pouring in. As the electronic giant continues to conjure up a solution, there is a fix that helps you increase battery power.

So, what’s the in-thing? Turn off notifications that get pushed to lock screen. One unique thing about iOS 5 is the manner in which it handles notifications, particularly for the Mail app. In earlier versions, incoming e-mail notifications were just limited to a sound alert and nothing else. However, with iOS 5, e-mails are a part of any push notification, so you can choose to have such notifications pushed to your lock screen.

With each incoming alert turning the device’s screen on, your battery would be drained way too early. Although elimination of many lock screen notifications may not be an all-inclusive fix, it does have enough odds to help your battery life. Fortunately, the process of turning off lock screen notifications is quite easy and lasts no more than 4 steps.

1. Load the settings application on your iOS device
2. Choose the Notifications menu and tap once.
3. Scroll down to the desired application. In this tutorial, we would use mail as an example.
4. Move through to the bottom of the screen, where you will have an option “View in Lock Screen”. The lock screen notifications would be turned off as soon as you tap the toggle switch.

While unlocking your device, any notifications not presented to the lock screen will be available in the Notification tray and at the top (of screen). Usually, getting many notifications pushed to lock screen is just distraction in any case. So, choose to have limited notifications pushed to the lock screen, and you can improve battery life. In addition, you will tend to be a bit more productive if you resist the temptation to view each notification as and when it comes in.