One way to extend your iPad’s battery life is to turn off the Background App Refresh feature. This is a setting that allows certain apps to refresh in the background, or use location services, when you are connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi or cellular. You can improve your battery life by following the steps below to turn that feature off.
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The steps in this article will completely turn off the Background App Refresh feature of your iPhone 5. Alternatively you could instead choose to only turn off this feature for specific apps that can use it. If you prefer this option, then simply turn off Background App Refresh for only those apps in Step 4 below, instead of turning it off completely. Step 1: Touch the Settings icon.
Step 2: Select the General option in the column at the left side of the screen.
Step 3: Select the Background App Refresh option at the bottom of the column on the right side of the screen.
Step 4: Touch the button to the right of Background App Refresh at the top of the screen. Note that this is the screen where you can instead choose to only disable the background refresh for certain apps instead.
Step 5: Touch the Disable Background App button to confirm that you want to turn off this feature.
Note that Background App Refresh is turned off when there is not any green shading around the button. Do you have a passcode on your iPad that you want to disable? Learn how to turn off the passcode lock with this article and prevent the need to enter it each time you unlock your device. After receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science he spent several years working in IT management for small businesses. However, he now works full time writing content online and creating websites. His main writing topics include iPhones, Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Android, and Photoshop, but he has also written about many other tech topics as well. Read his full bio here.
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