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Facebook iOS battery drain

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  • #2
    coylemj
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    +1 From CNET UK Today: How to improve your iPhone's battery life: Delete the Facebook app


  • #3
    IamMetaldave
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    I don't use the app that much and when i read this I checked the battery usage - 24 hour usage was 15% and the previous 7 days was 45% of power. I've deleted the app :)

    https://www.instagram.com/iammetaldave/



  • #4
    gimmick
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    I gave up facebook recently and deleted the app from my phone. I reckon I am getting an extra 6-8 hours battery life since.


  • #5
    Rick_
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    Using app causes your battery to drain shocker!

    Isn't the reason why it's high up there because it's simply being used the most? Deleting it means your battery will last longer but then you won't be able to use Facebook unless you open it on the browser... and then guess what the highest battery drain app will then become?

    On my phone Facebook is 2% for the last 24 hours and 8% for the last 7 days. No big deal. I user it once or twice a day for a while.

    Tumblr on the other hand is 40% today and 32% over the last week, but that's because I use it quite a few times every day and it's photo and video heavy. My battery still lasts me 2 days between charges and sometimes 3.


  • #6
    FourFourRED
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    Deleted FB & messenger. Was getting around 5-6 hours usage with 12 hours standby prior to this.

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



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  • #7
    Sad Professor
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    pad e wrote: »
    Using app causes your battery to drain shocker!

    Isn't the reason why it's high up there because it's simply being used the most? Deleting it means your battery will last longer but then you won't be able to use Facebook unless you open it on the browser... and then guess what the highest battery drain app will then become?

    On my phone Facebook is 2% for the last 24 hours and 8% for the last 7 days. No big deal. I user it once or twice a day for a while.

    Tumblr on the other hand is 40% today and 32% over the last week, but that's because I use it quite a few times every day and it's photo and video heavy. My battery still lasts me 2 days between charges and sometimes 3.

    It's not just user usage. The Facebook app exploits and abuses background privileges to keep itself awake and downloading long after you've left the app. Disabling Background Refresh won't stop it. I'm skeptical that even manually killing it from the app switcher screen stops it. It's obviously passing itself off as a VOIP app to remain active.

    Apple need to close up all these multitasking loopholes and include an option for disabling apps from using (or pretending to use) audio and VOIP after you've closed them, which is the source of most of these battery drain issues. They also need to start banning apps from the App Store that abuse backgrounding.


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