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Turn off FaceTime and get way better battery life

To everyone here who is complaining about poor battery life, i have done numerous case studies and trial by error over the past 2 weeks and have found that if you *turn off Facetime when not using it will in fact increase your battery life tremendously*. I have 3G on, Location On and with about 5-6 hours of usage i get 3 days of standby, straight. With Facetime on, it drops to about 1.5 days. So you do the math, if you're not using facetime, turn it off!!

p.s. i have personally tested this myself.

Message was edited by: aceedburn_ip4

iPhone 4, iOS 4

Posted on Oct 7, 2010 8:03 PM

38 replies

YashNesh

Level 1

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Oct 13, 2010 7:48 PM in response to imagine engine

We can off it when ever we want to safe our battery life. Otherwise, can leave it on. Nywy, how do i turn off it? seriously nvr did that before.

Oct 13, 2010 8:38 PM in response to YashNesh

go into settings, phone and turn facetime off!

Igor_G5

Level 2

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Oct 14, 2010 5:10 PM in response to jzv82

I get 50 to 60 hours of standby with 6 to 7 hours of use.

Oct 14, 2010 7:43 PM in response to aceedburn_rkn

I'm not doubting your test and solution, but I question why one should have to do this. Now, if you're in WiFi mode a lot, facetime may be able to cause battery drain, but since Facetime only works in WiFi, if you don't have WiFi on, it shouldn't effect battery life if one leaves Facetime on.

Personally, I only switch to WiFi if I want to initiate a FaceTime call, or I'm in a situation where WiFi is needed. I have unlimited data (was grandfathered in my data plan since I've had AT&T for a bazillion years), so I'm not too concerned about how much data I use.

At least for me, having Facetime on, does not reduce battery life on my phone. I routinely get 2 - 3 days out of a single charge.

jzv82

Level 1

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Oct 14, 2010 8:46 PM in response to lobsterghost1

rbrylawski wrote:
I'm not doubting your test and solution, but I question why one should have to do this. Now, if you're in WiFi mode a lot, facetime may be able to cause battery drain, but since Facetime only works in WiFi, if you don't have WiFi on, it shouldn't effect battery life if one leaves Facetime on.

I am not sure about that because even though facetime works only through wifi it generates cell data transfers while is enabled (even in standby). I have tested this very carefully.

At least for me, having Facetime on, does not reduce battery life on my phone. I routinely get 2 - 3 days out of a single charge.

This seems a lot more than I get with moderate usage.

tyguyx

Level 1

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Dec 26, 2010 3:54 PM in response to aceedburn_rkn

When I am Useing FaceTime and then multi task and say, check my E-mail, When Im go back in, the screen is all black and i cant see anything except the time. Why?

Dec 22, 2012 7:13 AM in response to aceedburn_rkn

hi i am having a problem turning off facetime on my imac. i dont know how to stop it plz help thanks🙂

Apr 9, 2014 6:01 AM in response to aceedburn_rkn

Hi guys, looks like everyone tells different things...

So does Facetime in standby (not using it) consume any battery or not?

In theory, the most logical thing is that it is asleep, and woken up by the Apple servers only if someone calls you, isn't it?

Turn off FaceTime and get way better battery life