Reduce Data Usage. 01 Cellular Data for Certain Apps Go to Settings > Cellular. Dad s iphone Tips Version: 1/1/2018 6:43:00 AM

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1 Page 1 of 6 Contents Reduce Data Usage Cellular Data for Certain Apps icoud Drive Wi-Fi Assist Automatic Downloads Background App Refresh Load Remote Images Autoplay Video in Social Network Apps... 3 Facebook... 3 Twitter... 4 Instagram Autoplay Video in the ios 11 itunes and App Store Streaming Video Messaging Images... 4 Extend Battery Life Check Out App Battery Usage Reduce Screen Brightness Lower Flashlight Brightness Use Low Power Mode Stop Taking PUSH and Fetch Less Often Automatic Downloads Background App Refresh Display Auto-Lock Location Tracking... 6 Reduce Data Usage 01 Cellular Data for Certain Apps Go to Settings > Cellular In the section CELLULAR DATA, turn ON only those apps you need all the time. For example, turn on:

2 Page 2 of 6 Calendar & Reminders Clock Compass Contacts Find iphone Mail Maps Notes Phone Safari Settings Wallet Watch Weather If you have these apps, turn them ON: Local news app so you get immediate local news push notifications National news app so you get immediate local news push notifications Airline or flight notification apps Cloud service (e.g. OneDrive) Boxcryptor Google Maps KeePass Touch so you have access to your passwords Uber WhatsApp Wunderlist As a rule, turn OFF entertainment apps. For example, to prevent streaming while on cellular, turn OFF the following: imovie Music Podcasts TV If you have these apps, turn them OFF: Amazon Prime Video Netflix Spotify YouTube If you like to listen to podcasts, try to download them to your iphone while on Wi-Fi so you can listen to them on the road without streaming. However, if you are on the road and need a little entertainment, turn on cellular for our Podcast app and enjoy.

3 Page 3 of 6 02 icoud Drive icloud drive is Apple s cloud service. You can probably get away with syncing on Wi-Fi only. Go to Settings > Cellular In the section CELLULAR DATA, scroll to the bottom, turn OFF icloud Drive. 03 Wi-Fi Assist Wi-Fi assist switches seamlessly between Wi-Fi and cellular services when Wi-Fi service is weak. This can improve your browsing experience. For example, if in section 01, you turned on cellular data for Safari, Safari will use Wi-Fi if it can but switch automatically to using cellular data if your Wi-Fi signal is weak. I would leave this setting on (default) but just be aware that device might use cellular data when you think you are on W-Fi. Wi-Fi Assist applies to more than Safari browsing. It applies to most Apple apps such as Apple Music, Mail, Maps, and more. Again, it is more important to make the settings in section 01 and just be aware if you are on a weak Wi-Fi connection. 04 Automatic Downloads There is very little reason to perform AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS via cellular. If you have unlimited data, it is nice that your iphone always has the latest downloads. But, is this necessary if you are frequently on reliable W-Fi? If you are in Low Power Mode, AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS are disabled. Go to Settings > itunes & App Store In the AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS section, Set Use Cellular Data OFF 05 Background App Refresh There is very little reason your apps need to continuously refresh in background. If you have unlimited data, it is nice that your iphone background apps always have the latest data. This might be a good thing if you are traveling and need instant access to the latest flight info. Otherwise, is it necessary that apps you are not using have the latest data? With ios 11, you can turn this on while on Wi-Fi only Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh Set Background App Refresh to Wi-Fi or, turn it OFF to make you battery last longer! 06 Load Remote Images Go to Settings > Mail Turn OFF Load Remote Images 07 Autoplay Video in Social Network Apps Social networking apps like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have autoplay videos that consume data. Disable these. Facebook Tap the More tab, select Settings > Account Settings > Videos and Photos > Video Settings > Auto-play and either select On Wi-Fi Connections Only or Never Auto-plays Videos.

4 Page 4 of 6 Twitter From your profile view, go to Settings and Privacy > Data Usage > Video Autoplay and then either choose Wi-Fi Only or Never. Instagram From your profile view, tap the Gear icon on the top, select Mobile Data Use and toggle the Use Less Data option. 08 Autoplay Video in the ios 11 itunes and App Store Go to Settings > itunes & App Store Set Video Autoplay to Wi-Fi Only or OFF. 09 Streaming Video If you are planning to travel and want a Netflix or Amazon Prime show or movie to watch, download it while on Wi-Fi. If you must stream it on cellular, try switching the app so it streams your content in low resolution. 10 Messaging Images Go to Settings > Messages Set Low Quality Image Mode ON Extend Battery Life Based on this article (link) 01 Check Out App Battery Usage You can find out how much battery life each app is using in the last 24 hours and last 7 days. Also, you can check out how much time each app is on-screen or in background. in the last 24 hours and last 7 days. This helps you find the data hogs. Go to Settings > Battery Check out the BATTERY USAGE section. To see how much time each app is running, click the little clock icon. 02 Reduce Screen Brightness This might help a lot. Go to Settings > Display & Brightness You may also want fiddle with the Auto-Brightness feature. Turning this off may help. Go to Settings > General > Accessibility In the VISION section Go to Display Accommodations Try turning Auto-Brightness OFF

5 Page 5 of 6 03 Lower Flashlight Brightness Lowering the flashlight brightness might save batter if you use the flashlight a lot. Swipe up for the Control Center like you would to get to the Flashlight. Press and hold the Flashlight. Slide up and down on the brightness slider. 04 Use Low Power Mode Low power mode temporarily reduces power consumption until you can fully charge your iphone. When this is on, mail fetch, Hey Siri, background app refresh, automatic downloads, and some visual effects are reduced or turned off. For quicker access to Low Power Mode, you can add it to Control Center in Control Center settings. When your battery hits 20% your iphone will offer to turn this on for you or you can turn it on all the time. Go to Settings > Battery Turn Low Power Mode ON. 05 Stop Taking PUSH and Fetch Less Often Unless you really need to be pinged by s when you are not in the Mail app, set your mail app to fetch s when you open it. Go to Settings > Accounts & Passwords > Fetch New Data Set PUSH OFF. In the FETCH section, set FETCH to Manually or Hourly. When in Low Power Mode, PUSH is OFF and FETCH is Manual. 06 Automatic Downloads You can selectively toggle OFF AUTOMATIC DOWNOADS to save power. Go to Settings > itunes & App Store In the AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS section, selectively toggle OFF AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS. When in Low Power Mode, AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS are not available. 07 Background App Refresh Apps you are not using really don t need to refresh in background. Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh Set Background App Refresh to OFF. 08 Display Auto-Lock Low unnecessary display use. Go to Settings > Display & Brightness

6 Page 6 of 6 Set Auto-Lock to 30 seconds. When in Low Power Mode, this is automatic. 09 Location Tracking Turn off unnecessary location tracking. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services Set all apps to While Using unless they should be tracking location data all the time.