It can’t be said enough: Uninstalling the Facebook app does some wonderful things for your phone. Last week we pointed to some tests that showed uninstalling Facebook from your Android phone could improve its battery life by as much as 20% and now there are new tests that show you can get a similar battery boost by uninstalling the app from your iPhone. Specifically, The Guardian’s Samuel Gibbs has found that “uninstalling Facebook’s iOS app and switching to Safari can save up to 15% of iPhone battery life.” FROM EARLIER: The Internet is having a field day with Tim Cook’s blurry Super Bowl photo Gibbs recorded his typical battery life for a week before uninstalling the Facebook app and then using Safari to access the social networking website online. After a week of using the phone without the Facebook iOS app installed, he discovered that his battery performance was on average 15% better and he had a lot more storage on his device as well. “At the point I had deleted the Facebook app it had consumed around 500MB in total combining the 111MB of the app itself and its cache on the iPhone,” he explains. It goes without saying that you won’t have that particular issue if you just access Facebook through Safari. Best of all, Facebook’s mobile site lets you do almost everything you can do through its mobile app, although some features such as Instant Articles aren’t available. Even so, if you aren’t a heavy Facebook user and you want to give your iPhone an instant battery boost, uninstalling the Facebook iOS app seems like a prudent move. Older StoryPrevious
Improve iPhone’s Battery Life 15 Percent By Deleting This App
You can improve your iPhone’s battery life right now by doing something that will take you literally five seconds: delete the Facebook app. Your iPhone 6s battery life could depend on it, and if you have the iPhone 6, battery life could depend on it even more since older phones start losing their charge over time. The Guardian reports that the Facebook app used to pull a few tricks to stay active in the background, even when consumers would turn off the background app refresh selection of their phone. Facebook has since fixed the bugs in the app. Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone battery life https://t.co/qByzCRg7pO — The Guardian (@guardian) February 8, 2016 For Android users, deleting the Facebook app improved battery life by over 20 percent, so Samuel Gibbs, a writer at the Guardian, decided to test it and discern whether it would improve iPhone’s battery life too. Since he had a new iPhone, he would be testing the iPhone 6s battery life. He recorded his findings, writing, “I charged the phone overnight, taking it off the charger at 7.30am, and used it normally. I accessed Facebook for the same amount of time, and for the same purposes, using the social network’s excellent mobile site within Safari, as I had done using the app. I also left the Facebook Messenger app installed.” He said that the move will improve iPhone’s battery life by 15 percent if the rest of consumers followed suit. He noted that he also saved a ton of space on the phone — nearly 500MB — since deleting the app because of its cache. To see whether or not it was an isolated incident, he decided to test the iPhone 6s battery life a few more times with other users, but they all found the same thing he did. iPhone Battery Always Running Low? 10 Tips To Prolong The Battery Life… https://t.co/SikAE2To7Z — Fact (@Fact) February 5, 2016 For those that may not want to part with the Facebook app, there is good news. Gibbs writes, “Using Facebook in Safari was almost as good as the app. You can even place a shortcut to Facebook in Safari on the home screen that looks almost identical to the app’s icon (the white is a little less bright but you need eagle eyes to see). The only restriction was the Share-to function, which does not exist for websites, meaning that to share photos I had to manually hit the “post photos” button on the mobile site.” Uninstalling Facebook on your iPhone will save up to 15% of your phone's battery life https://t.co/lxNBiO9nAR pic.twitter.com/yKSnsrOFmi — Tech Insider (@techinsider) February 8, 2016 All in all, Samuel Gibbs thinks that this one action will improve iPhone’s battery life significantly for all users across all devices, whether that’s the iPhone 6 battery life or the iPhone 6s battery life. Facebook has since declared that they’re investigating the matter. The Super Bowl just ended, and Apple didn’t have any advertisements air during the big game at all this year. But that didn’t stop CEO Tim Cook from showing up at the game to take a blurry picture. Sports Illustrated reports that Tim Cook showed up at the game, with his iPhone 6s battery life significantly high, to take a blurry picture of the field after the game. Tim Cook tweets hilariously shoddy Super Bowl pic, iPhone haters instantly reacthttps://t.co/ZK2uHnlCbd — Pocketnow (@Pocketnow) February 8, 2016 Many Twitter users got on the popular CEO to shame him for taking such a horrible picture, but given that the tensions were so high, it’s understandable that a picture might not be the clearest. For now, go ahead and delete that Facebook app to improve your iPhone’s battery life. [Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images]
iPhone Error 53 – Apple Clears Air, Explains Why It Disables Devices
A company known for their commitment toward the growth of technology and their dedication towards innovation, Apple has been a rising star in the markets of technology. The company has been coming out with a large number of innovations and improvements which have helped them change the landscape of the markets quite well. Off late, Apple has been under fire as the company has been disabling devices which were repaired by third parties, as the users are getting the Error 53 which bricks their phones.
While this is a clear violation of Apple’s terms of services, the company has been under fire from users who are calling it a very strict step. The Error 53 has been associated with the TouchID sensor being repaired by a third-party. Apple has been bricking the devices to protect user privacy and protect their payments.
“We take customer security very seriously and Error 53 is the result of security checks designed to protect our customers. iOS checks that the Touch ID sensor in your iPhone or iPad correctly matches your device’s other components,” the company told The Guardian in a statement. “If iOS finds a mismatch, the check fails and Touch ID, including for Apple Pay use, is disabled. This security measure is necessary to protect your device and prevent a fraudulent Touch ID sensor from being used. If a customer encounters Error 53, we encourage them to contact Apple Support.” Though this update makes sense, and is actually out there to protect the users privacy and security, the users have been issuing a major backlash over the iOS forums and other Apple support channels, as well as social media and sites like Reddit. The biggest concern that the users have is that Apple is not issuing the users a warning before they brick their device. The Error 53 has been a dreaded occurrence in the latest iPhone devices, and this will ensure users come to repair only to the authorized centers where their privacy is not at risk. Comments comments
Improve iPhone’s Battery Life 15 Percent By Deleting This App
You can improve your iPhone’s battery life right now by doing something that will take you literally five seconds: delete the Facebook app. Your iPhone 6s battery life could depend on it, and if you have the iPhone 6, battery life could depend on it even more since older phones start losing their charge over time. The Guardian reports that the Facebook app used to pull a few tricks to stay active in the background, even when consumers would turn off the background app refresh selection of their phone. Facebook has since fixed the bugs in the app. Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone battery life https://t.co/qByzCRg7pO — The Guardian (@guardian) February 8, 2016 For Android users, deleting the Facebook app improved battery life by over 20 percent, so Samuel Gibbs, a writer at the Guardian, decided to test it and discern whether it would improve iPhone’s battery life too. Since he had a new iPhone, he would be testing the iPhone 6s battery life. He recorded his findings, writing, “I charged the phone overnight, taking it off the charger at 7.30am, and used it normally. I accessed Facebook for the same amount of time, and for the same purposes, using the social network’s excellent mobile site within Safari, as I had done using the app. I also left the Facebook Messenger app installed.” He said that the move will improve iPhone’s battery life by 15 percent if the rest of consumers followed suit. He noted that he also saved a ton of space on the phone — nearly 500MB — since deleting the app because of its cache. To see whether or not it was an isolated incident, he decided to test the iPhone 6s battery life a few more times with other users, but they all found the same thing he did. iPhone Battery Always Running Low? 10 Tips To Prolong The Battery Life… https://t.co/SikAE2To7Z — Fact (@Fact) February 5, 2016 For those that may not want to part with the Facebook app, there is good news. Gibbs writes, “Using Facebook in Safari was almost as good as the app. You can even place a shortcut to Facebook in Safari on the home screen that looks almost identical to the app’s icon (the white is a little less bright but you need eagle eyes to see). The only restriction was the Share-to function, which does not exist for websites, meaning that to share photos I had to manually hit the “post photos” button on the mobile site.” Uninstalling Facebook on your iPhone will save up to 15% of your phone's battery life https://t.co/lxNBiO9nAR pic.twitter.com/yKSnsrOFmi — Tech Insider (@techinsider) February 8, 2016 All in all, Samuel Gibbs thinks that this one action will improve iPhone’s battery life significantly for all users across all devices, whether that’s the iPhone 6 battery life or the iPhone 6s battery life. Facebook has since declared that they’re investigating the matter. The Super Bowl just ended, and Apple didn’t have any advertisements air during the big game at all this year. But that didn’t stop CEO Tim Cook from showing up at the game to take a blurry picture. Sports Illustrated reports that Tim Cook showed up at the game, with his iPhone 6s battery life significantly high, to take a blurry picture of the field after the game. Tim Cook tweets hilariously shoddy Super Bowl pic, iPhone haters instantly reacthttps://t.co/ZK2uHnlCbd — Pocketnow (@Pocketnow) February 8, 2016 Many Twitter users got on the popular CEO to shame him for taking such a horrible picture, but given that the tensions were so high, it’s understandable that a picture might not be the clearest. For now, go ahead and delete that Facebook app to improve your iPhone’s battery life. [Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images]
iPhone Error 53 – Apple Clears Air, Explains Why It Disables Devices
A company known for their commitment toward the growth of technology and their dedication towards innovation, Apple has been a rising star in the markets of technology. The company has been coming out with a large number of innovations and improvements which have helped them change the landscape of the markets quite well. Off late, Apple has been under fire as the company has been disabling devices which were repaired by third parties, as the users are getting the Error 53 which bricks their phones.
While this is a clear violation of Apple’s terms of services, the company has been under fire from users who are calling it a very strict step. The Error 53 has been associated with the TouchID sensor being repaired by a third-party. Apple has been bricking the devices to protect user privacy and protect their payments.
“We take customer security very seriously and Error 53 is the result of security checks designed to protect our customers. iOS checks that the Touch ID sensor in your iPhone or iPad correctly matches your device’s other components,” the company told The Guardian in a statement. “If iOS finds a mismatch, the check fails and Touch ID, including for Apple Pay use, is disabled. This security measure is necessary to protect your device and prevent a fraudulent Touch ID sensor from being used. If a customer encounters Error 53, we encourage them to contact Apple Support.” Though this update makes sense, and is actually out there to protect the users privacy and security, the users have been issuing a major backlash over the iOS forums and other Apple support channels, as well as social media and sites like Reddit. The biggest concern that the users have is that Apple is not issuing the users a warning before they brick their device. The Error 53 has been a dreaded occurrence in the latest iPhone devices, and this will ensure users come to repair only to the authorized centers where their privacy is not at risk. Comments comments
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