{"id":5535,"date":"2015-04-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5535"},"modified":"2015-04-03T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T16:00:00","slug":"tuning-ios-8-location-services-to-improve-battery-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/04\/tuning-ios-8-location-services-to-improve-battery-life.htm","title":{"rendered":"Tuning iOS 8 location services to improve battery life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not convinced my second hand\u00a0iPhone 5S is as\u00a0&#8220;grade A&#8221; condition as it might have appeared when\u00a0I bought it recently from <a href=\"http:\/\/smartfonestore.com\/\">SmartfoneStore<\/a> as, as well as having a dull patch on the top of the screen (that I was ignoring), last night, with 26% battery remaining it suddenly decided to turn off and insisted it needed charging. A few minutes\u00a0later it could be started again, before once again deciding that 26% battery was not enough! Hey ho,\u00a0I&#8217;ll be contacting them after this holiday weekend for a replacement (and they do offer a 60 day warranty) so it shouldn&#8217;t be a problem but it did get me looking at why my iOS 8 battery life is so poor.<\/p>\n<p>The first clue was the GPS icon at the top of the screen. Even with all applications\u00a0closed, it persisted &#8211; so what was using my GPS? \u00a0I found the problem app, <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5922144\/find-out-which-app-is-constantly-using-location-services-and-killing-your-battery\">following a\u00a0LifeHacker article to see which app had a purple arrow in Location Services<\/a>\u00a0but a\u00a0bit more\u00a0googling turned up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.igeeksblog.com\/location-services-always-on-in-ios-8\/\">a great article on iGeeksBlog looking at how to fix always-on location services in iOS 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the post yourself but, in summary, it goes through switching off system\u00a0services that might use the GPS like location-based iAds, Spotlight Suggestions, Diagnostics &amp; Usage, and Popular Near Me; as well as controlling which apps can use Location Services (my problem app was\u00a0Dropbox &#8211; I&#8217;m not sure why it needs to know where I am but it&#8217;s not allowed to any more).<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully now my iOS 8 battery life will improve &#8211; 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