Equivalent Airplane mode but with calling+sms+internet service

[MatteoV]

Hi, with iOS 11 can user set, with one touch/command, his iPhone in order to save battery life with an equivalent Airplane mode but allowing at least calling service+sms+internet with opened browser (so no synchronization in the background, no notifications, ... )?

I mean, my default setting is: all apps can notify me about updates, messages, ... and with one touch I want to disable all notofication for all apps except incoming calls and sms. For now I must disable one by one the notifications from all apps. Can you suggest me any faster way, in order to use iPhone like a very simple phone (resulting in energy savings thanks to number reduction of backgroud processes) able, only, to make/receive calls, send/read sms and surf internet with Safari?

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[bransoj]

Just turn low power mode on via control centre or the battery menu is a better option surely...its what its for!!

In the grand scheme of things turning notifications off will save very little compared to what is turned off by using low power mode.

 

[C DM]

Hi, with iOS 11 can user set, with one touch/command, his iPhone in order to save battery life with an equivalent Airplane mode but allowing at least calling service+sms+internet with opened browser (so no synchronization in the background, no notifications, ... )?

I mean, my default setting is: all apps can notify me about updates, messages, ... and with one touch I want to disable all notofication for all apps except incoming calls and sms. For now I must disable one by one the notifications from all apps. Can you suggest me any faster way, in order to use iPhone like a very simple phone (resulting in energy savings thanks to number reduction of backgroud processes) able, only, to make/receive calls, send/read sms and surf internet with Safari?

Thanks
Cheers

You might want to look into Do Not Disturb mode. Might not be exactly what you want, but comes pretty close as far as notifications go.

 

[MatteoV]

@bransoj Ok I've found the option thank you, but how can I have this option always enabled (when I charge the phone to 100% iOS automatically disables it)?

However I've noticed that with this option enabled, all apps give me yet notifications (WhatsApp, Facebook, ...) but I don't want to receive notifications when my iPhone is in standby mode (display turned off) and I don't want to disable every single application one by one. I want, with one simple command/touch (like the one for Airplane mode that is easly accessible with one single touch on the screen), to disable all apps's notifications when I need only call-sms service and enable all apps's notifications when I want to update myself with social media apps, etc...

Any idea?
Thank you.
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You might want to look into Do Not Disturb mode. Might not be exactly what you want, but comes pretty close as far as notifications go.

Thank you I will try with this option.
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[MatteoV]

@C DM I've tried Do Not Disturb mode but when my iPhone is in stand-by (screen switched off), it updates, in background and automatically, the notifications from all installed apps. So, also the Do Not Disturb mode option doesn't work.

I want to be able to disable with one-single touch all the notifications from all installed apps, without changing one by one the app's notification setting (it is too tedious). Then, when I want to enable the notifications, I want to enable with one-single touch all the notifications that were previously disabled.

Low Power mode and Do Not Disturb mode can't work. Any other idea with iOS11?

Thanks
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[bransoj]

You cant disable all notifications in one go as you are wanting to do. Not sure why you want to stop all apps notifying as a battery saver as in the grand scheme of things this will be a small saving compared to the other things that Power Saving mode will switch off.

I would suggest the closest you will get is a combination of power save and Do not Disturb both of which can be turned on and off easily via Control Center in a matter of seconds. You are not going to get an option on the iPhone in iOS11 to do what you are wanting to do unless there is some way of using the Workflow app or IFTTT app to create something that does it but i'm not sure its possible.

 

[MatteoV]

You cant disable all notifications in one go as you are wanting to do. Not sure why you want to stop all apps notifying as a battery saver as in the grand scheme of things this will be a small saving compared to the other things that Power Saving mode will switch off.

I would suggest the closest you will get is a combination of power save and Do not Disturb both of which can be turned on and off easily via Control Center in a matter of seconds. You are not going to get an option on the iPhone in iOS11 to do what you are wanting to do unless there is some way of using the Workflow app or IFTTT app to create something that does it but i'm not sure its possible.

Thank you for you answer. To understand something about iOS, I would ask you:

1. How can I enable/disable Low Power mode in the Control Center? I've seen I can enable/disable the Do Not Disturb mode (moon like icon) but I can't see the icon for Low Power mode.
2. How can I enable only one time and in a definitive way the Low Power mode? When I charge my phone to 100% iOS disables it but I don't want it, I want to decide if enable or disable the option.
3. Can you explain me the processes that are closed by iOS11 when user enables Low Power mode + Do Not Disturb mode? I'd like to know which services/processes remain active even with the iPhone's screen off and which are running with the screen off.
4. Why do you say that the notifications from all apps (let's say about 40 installed apps) are not power consuming when I leave the phone in standby mode and you say that the iPhone consumes the same energy as if all notifications were disabled?

Thank you
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[bransoj]

See below link for explanation of what Low Power mode does, it turns off once the battery is past 80% and that cannot be changed as far as I'm aware. Its there to help out when your battery gets low. You can add the switch for it it to the Control Center via the settings for Control Center which you can now customise in iOS11.

I'm not saying the notifications will not be taking any power but i'm saying what they do use will be negligible compared to what other stuff is doing hence why low power mode turns off what it turns off. It turns off the stuff that will make a difference. Also with DND mode turned on the screen wont light up for notifications so they will be using even less power as the screen isnt waking. In any way there is no way built in to iOS that will turn off all notifications in one go as you want to do. You will need to come up with a way of getting as close as to what you want to do and accept that. From my knowledge of iOS the closest you will get is a slightly manual process of using Low Power Mode & DND to achieve something close. The other option is just to use your phone and not worry about the battery life. In the main it should comfortably last a day if not more giving you chance to get it charged. Seems you are trying to remove most of the functions of a smartphone so it lasts longer.

Dont take this the wrong way but based on this thread and your other thread about using email with a monitor and keyboard on your phone you seem to have a very specific way of wanting to use an iPhone and with the way iOS is more locked down it may not be the phone for you.

 

[C DM]

Thank you for you answer. To understand something about iOS, I would ask you:

1. How can I enable/disable Low Power mode in the Control Center? I've seen I can enable/disable the Do Not Disturb mode (moon like icon) but I can't see the icon for Low Power mode.
2. How can I enable only one time and in a definitive way the Low Power mode? When I charge my phone to 100% iOS disables it but I don't want it, I want to decide if enable or disable the option.
3. Can you explain me the processes that are closed by iOS11 when user enables Low Power mode + Do Not Disturb mode? I'd like to know which services/processes remain active even with the iPhone's screen off and which are running with the screen off.
4. Why do you say that the notifications from all apps (let's say about 40 installed apps) are not power consuming when I leave the phone in standby mode and you say that the iPhone consumes the same energy as if all notifications were disabled?

Thank you
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Notifications use the APNS which is a service that is used to deliver updates for even the basic built in apps like Messages. So even if you disable them for pretty much all apps the phone would still have a connection to that service to get updates for an app that you want to get push notifications from, like Messages. So from that point of view, you won't be saving much energy by disabling most app motivations as the phone would still make use of APNS nonetheless and there isn't much of a difference when it comes to that as far as it only getting notifications for one app or many apps.

 

[MatteoV]

@bransoj Hi, thank you for your explanation and your help.

Seems you are trying to remove most of the functions of a smartphone so it lasts longer.

Yes, you right. However a smartphone should allow user to decide if use it sometimes like a smarphone or like a normal phone (call+sms+internet), in the same way a "low-end car"/"little powerful car" can't go fast but a "high-end car"/"powerful car" can go slowly or fast depending on the user's decision.

...with the way iOS is more locked down it may not be the phone for you.

Yes, but it's too late, now I would like to use my iPhone for as long as possible and sometimes I ask something about it according to my use/needs. When I bought it, the iOS version was 9.0.2. Unfortunately, after about 2 years the new iOS did not give me any significant improvements in usability. But it remains a great smartphone due to its design and its OS (even if the OS is not as configurable as I expected it and as friends told me). In my opinion, even if disabling all notifications does not produce significant energy savings, the ability to disable all notifications at once with one single touch should be a basic thing for a smartphone (even if Apple developers think it has little effect on battery life).

@C DM Hi, thank you for reply.

... So even if you disable them for pretty much all apps the phone would still have a connection to that service to get updates for an app that you want to get push notifications from, like Messages. ...

Question: but even if I disable one by one all the notifications (for the iOS apps like Mail and for third-party apps like WhatsApp), does the iOS receive updates through APNS for the installed apps?

... So from that point of view, you won't be saving much energy by disabling most app motivations as the phone would still make use of APNS nonetheless and there isn't much of a difference when it comes to that as far as it only getting notifications for one app or many apps. ...

But if I decide to disable background updates/notifications from any installed apps (by Apple or third-party), iOS should disable all updates/notifications and should not use the APNS. It's a very obvious thing.

Anyway, I will try to compare the duration of my iPhone with all notifications and background updates ON and all notifications and background updates OFF. In this way I will understand the real difference.

Cheers

 

[C DM]

@bransoj Hi, thank you for your explanation and your help.

Yes, you right. However a smartphone should allow user to decide if use it sometimes like a smarphone or like a normal phone (call+sms+internet), in the same way a "low-end car"/"little powerful car" can't go fast but a "high-end car"/"powerful car" can go slowly or fast depending on the user's decision.


Yes, but it's too late, now I would like to use my iPhone for as long as possible and I sometimes I ask something about it according to my use/needs. When I bought it, the iOS version was 9.0.2. Unfortunately, after about 2 years the new iOS did not give me any significant improvements in usability. But it remains a great smartphone due to its design and its OS (even if the OS is not as configurable as I expected it and as friends told me). In my opinion, even if disabling all notifications does not produce significant energy savings, the ability to disable all notifications at once with one single touch should be a basic thing for a smartphone (even if Apple developers think it has little effect on battery life).

@C DM Hi, thank you for reply.

Question: but even if I disable one by one all the notifications (for the iOS apps like Mail and for third-party apps like WhatsApp), does the iOS receive updates through APNS for the installed apps?

But if I decide to disable background updates/notifications from any installed apps (by Apple or third-party), iOS should disable all updates/notifications and should not use the APNS. It's a very obvious thing.

Anyway, I will try to compare the duration of my iPhone with all notifications and background updates ON and all notifications and background updates OFF. In this way I will understand the real difference.

Cheers

There isn't a global notification setting really. You can disable notifications from each app you have, but I'm not certain that still disables connectivity with APNS, since, for example, something like the Settings app could get a notification about a new iOS version, which isn't something that can't be disabled through notification settings essentially.

Unless you really have frequent notifications most of the time, and they essentially turn the screen on and vibrate and/or make a sound, you likely won't be able to see much of a meaningful difference in battery usage as far as just notifications ago.

 

[MatteoV]

There isn't a global notification setting really. You can disable notifications from each app you have, but I'm not certain that still disables connectivity with APNS, since, for example, something like the Settings app could get a notification about a new iOS version, which isn't something that can't be disabled through notification settings essentially.

Unless you really have frequent notifications most of the time, and they essentially turn the screen on and vibrate and/or make a sound, you likely won't be able to see much of a meaningful difference in battery usage as far as just notifications ago.

Ok Thank you. I thought iPhone consumed more energy when it downloads updates for notifications in background, but based on what you say this more energy required is negligible compared to other things like illuminated screen or sounds related to notifications.
Anyway I wait a few days with the notifications disabled one by one and then I will be able to make a comparison of energy consumption with and without notifications. I will post here the results.
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[MatteoV]

Well, after some days I noticed that there is not much difference in power consumption between having notifications ON and having them OFF, so @bransoj and @C DM are right.

I noticed also that some Not-Apple apps run in background even if the screen of iPhone is turned off and background update for all apps is disabled in the Setting of iOS. Why?

I expect that iOS "freezes" all Not-Apple applications as soon as the screen turns off (standby) and if I have disabled background updates for all Not-Apple applications. I can see the background use of battery in Battery setting, and some apps run in background for more minutes than I need to use these apps.

So has someone an explanation for this, considering that iOS, as many users believe, should not allow Not-Apple applications to run in the background when the iPhone is in standby?

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[bransoj]

I've never been sure about how the Background Refresh works and how well it actually works. Also depends on which apps are doing it, for example Facebook is a pain for running in the background and even had some naughty coding in there to make it keep running in the background.

 

[MatteoV]

... for example Facebook is a pain for running in the background and even had some naughty coding in there to make it keep running in the background.

I was pretty sure that iOS was at a higher level than third-party apps and I thought iOS did not allow execution in background with phone in standby and background update disabled!
Must I disable wifi and cellular phone data to be sure no app consumes hardware resources (cpu and battery)?

I wonder then where is the very noble security feature of the iPhone operating system. It is not controversy, I just want to understand how iOS manages non-apple applications installed on my iPhone.

Can someone tell me where to find technical information (in this forum or somewhere else) on how iOS manages the open apps (the ones I'm using and I see on the screen, one at a time), the standby apps (the ones I can open by double tapping the Home button and by selecting the wanted app) and the closed apps (the ones I close by double-tapping the Home button and sliding up the various apps to close them)?


Thanks
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