Tips for hassle free use of iPhone by boosting the battery life

• Turn off Fetch New Data for Mail

Go to Settings -> Mail ->Fetch New Data and turn off Push. Select the option "Manually" from the Fetch options given below. Open the Mail app to receive the emails whenever you wish to read.

• Auto-Lock feature

Go to Settings -> General ->Auto-Lock. Set the Auto-Lock to 1 Minute to save the battery life.

• Turn off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

When you are not using any Bluetooth devices with your iPhone, turn off Bluetooth. Go to Settings -> Bluetooth and turn off. Similarly turn off Wi-Fi when you don't use it. Go to Settings -> Wi-Fi to turn off.

• Turn on Auto-Brightness

Go to Setting -> Brightness and turn on Auto Brightness. The sensor will detect if you are in bright or dark lighting condition and adjust the brightness of your iPhone as per the condition. This will protect your eyes as well as save battery power.

• Adjust Equalizer

Go to Settings -> Music ->EQ. Set EQ to "Flat" to conserve battery power.

• Update to the latest version of the iPhone software. 

• Turn off Location Services

Go to Settings ->Privacy ->Location Services. Turn off the location services and whenever you open a app that requires location services, it will ask you to turn on the Location services in settings. You can either turn on the feature at that moment or use the app without enabling the service.

• Keep the iPhone always in room temperature. Avoid leaving the phone either in too hot/cold conditions.

• Turn off Notifications 

Go to Settings ->Notifications and turn off notifications for those apps from which you don't want to receive any notifications.

• Once a month, drain your battery completely and then recharge to save battery lifetime. 

Note: All the above stated tips or some of them can be used, based on the preferences in the elements of the iPhone that are intensely being used by the particular person.

Post to Facebook and Twitter from Notification Center - iPhone

With ios6, we have got the facebook and twitter accounts in-built in the iphone rather than depending solely on the apps. Tweeting to twitter and Posting to Facebook can be done rapidly from the iPhone's Notification Center.

Make sure you have signed into facebook and twitter accounts through Settings. To do that, Go to Settings, scroll down to Twitter and Facebook widgets, provide your User Name and Password in the respective columns and sign in your accounts.

How to post easily to Twitter/Facebook?

• Scroll down the status bar at the top of the screen and the Notification Center will be shown with the two columns "Tap to Tweet and Tap to Post".

•  'Tap to Tweet' - Twitter

Note: You can tap the "Add Location" to add in your current location. 

• 'Tap to Post' - FB

Note: You can tap on "Friends" to confine the post to certain group of friends alone.

Tips while leafing through Safari

I am at the bottom of the webpage in Safari and I want to navigate to the top of the screen right now.....

• Tap somewhere on the Status bar at the top to navigate to the top of the screen.

Note:  This is also applicable in many other Applications like Messages, eMails, Facebook, Photos, DropBox etc.

Do I need to type .net/.edu/.org/.us while typing an address in the address bar?

• No, Hold on the .com key to see the .net/.edu/.org/.us keys from which you can select one.