The Battery-Draining Setting iPhone Experts Say You Should Turn Off Immediately
August 14, 2023 by Lisa Cupido
A good healthy number of your iPhone settings give you a more convenient user experience. But then there are the settings that we love and that certainly have their pros and their place, but that also zap our phone of battery power faster than spending time on the Facebook app.
There are a few settings that can have this effect on your phone — and if conserving battery power has been a concern, you may have already tinkered with things like your brightness setting to reduce its negative effect on your battery. But it may be time to take things on step further. According to Tech Expert Axel Hernborg, the CEO of travel website Tripplo, there’s one setting that he always recommends turning off because it’s a little-known source of major battery drainage.
Ask To Join Networks“I always recommend my traveling customers turn off ‘Ask to Join Networks’ to avoid having their battery drained by their iPhones constantly searching for WiFi signals,” Hernborg says. “This setting causes your iPhone to constantly scan for and attempt to connect to WiFi networks, even when you aren’t actively using WiFi.”
It’s this constant scanning and unsuccessful connection attempts that consume precious battery power, Hernborg adds. And, most of the time, this setting isn’t entirely necessary. If you’re traveling from place to place but aren’t interested in connecting online, for example, this service is doing you a disservice by taking up valuable battery.