- iPhone SE 3 Settings You Need To Turn Off Now.
We're gonna start with 5G.
One of the biggest upgrades to this phone,
- If you can call it an upgrade.
So they didn't include the high band 5G, right?
Let's get to the settings.
- [David] Yup.
- [David] Open up settings.
And then tap Cellular.
First thing to do,
is tap Cellular Data Options at the top of the screen,
and then tap Voice & Data.
- [David] Your iPhone uses a lot more battery
to maintain a connection to cell network
that isn't as well-built out,
like 5G right now. - [David] Uh-hmm.
- [David] If there's not good 5G in your area,
turn on 5G Auto,
definitely, at least.
- [David] And then LTE is the safe bet.
- Yeah. - If you're,
having any battery issues.
And guess what?
Some people will.
- [David] Next, we're gonna tap back
upper left hand corner on the screen,
back to the main page of the Cellular settings
then we're gonna scroll all the way down.
Couple of settings here,
iCloud Drive and iCloud iCloud Backup,
turn these right off.
- iCloud Drive and iCloud Backup,
you don't need to use 5G to use these services.
And even if you have an unlimited data plan,
which a lot of you do,
it has a high speed data cap,
unless it's extremely expensive.
- [David] Uh-hmm. - And we don't wanna hit that
just backing up your files.
We wanna make sure that your cell phone speeds fast.
- [David] Next, we're gonna go to the privacy section
of the settings app.
Tap back to the main page of settings.
Scroll down,
tap on Privacy.
First thing we're gonna do,
is scroll all the way down here
to Analytics & Improvements.
Tap on that.
A lot of switches here.
You could go one by one and turn 'em all off.
Or just tap that switch at the top of the screen.
Boom, like, magic!
- Did you buy your phone
or did they give it to you for free?
If they give it to you for free,
I'd leave it on,
like, as a thank you.
Otherwise, let them improve their products.
- [David] Yeah, let's tap back,
upper left hand corner of the screen.
One below Analytics & Improvements is Apple Advertising.
Right now, this is greyed-out on our iPhone.
It's not gonna be greyed-out on your iPhone
unless you are a minor.
- A minor, yeah.
And if you want to know why
this is greyed-out on this iPhone?
Join this channel
and I will take the time to tell you.
- [David] Next, we're gonna tap back to Privacy,
upper left hand corner of the screen.
Scroll up,
tap on Location Services.
- Should we turn it off at the top, David?
- No, we shouldn't.
We're not crazy.
But you should you go one by one through your list of apps,
be aware of the word "Always."
- "Always" means that an app can always track your location
even when you're not using the app or your phone.
We don't want that.
It's really access to your battery.
- Yeah. - This "Always"
has access to your battery.
Facebook always does.
Google Maps always does.
Even a map application.
I wouldn't leave on "Always."
- [David] So let's tap into Facebook, for example.
While using the app,
ask the next time or never,
while using the app,
probably, the best option for most people there.
Also be aware of this Precise Location switch.
Does Facebook need your exact precise location all the time?
- I don't think so. - I don't think so.
- [David] No. - [David] Turn that switch.
- Precise location, yeah.
More battery.
- Yup, Precise Location might be useful, though,
for a maps app.
You know, you need exact directions, fine.
- Yeah. - Facebook, no,
- No.
- [David] Tap back upper left hand corner of the screen.
Then tap on System Services.
By default, a ton of switches are turned on.
We recommend turning off most of them.
So Apple Pay Merchant Identification, off.
- [David] Off.
- [David] Cell Network Search, off.
- Compass Calibration.
So if you're in a city
and using the maps app to walk around,
this can be useful to leave on to see
and make sure you're walking in the correct direction.
- Right.
- Otherwise, not super useful.
- [David] Yup. - [David] We'll turn that off.
- And a battery drainer.
- Yes. - As you can see,
with the gray arrow there,
it means it was using your location recently.
- [David] Device Management, off.
Emergency Calls & SOS,
definitely, leave that one on.
Find My iPhone,
definitely, leave that one on.
- Yeah, if you lose your iPhone
and Find My iPhone is off,
and you go to Apple because you have AppleCare+,
Theft and Loss plan,
you're like, "Hey, I lost my phone."
They're gonna say,
- "You get out of here." - "You get out of here."
(audience laughing)
- They are not gonna replace your phone.
- Uh-hmm. - Unless,
Find My iPhone is on.
- Also, if you just use, Find My iPhone,
you'll want to switch up.
- Use this. - Yes, use it.
HomeKit, if you don't wanna use HomeKit,
you don't need this.
Location-Based Alert, Suggestions, nope, nope.
- [David] Run for the high hills.
- Motion and Calibration & Distance, nope.
- Yeah, probably not.
- Networking & Wireless,
we'll turn that off.
Setting Time Zone,
unless you're traveling a lot between time zones.
You can just come in,
turn the switch on when you move to a new time zone
and turn it off again, so. - Yeah.
- Just turn it off.
- Or if you're through a time zone.
- Yeah.
- Hmm, not necessarily to it.
- Share My Location.
If you use this feature,
you'll wanna leave it on.
If you don't use this feature,
you can go ahead and turn it off.
And a System Customization,
turn that off.
You will still be able to customize your iPhone
even when that switch is off.
- Right.
Significant Locations is next.
Right now, it's on.
It used to be called Frequent Locations,
but that was a little too creepy.
- [David] Uh-hmm.
- [David] So all you have to do
is turn off the switch to the top.
It's gonna say,
"Are you sure?"
- [David] And we're gonna say, "Yes, we are sure."
- [David] We're- - [David] We're sure, yeah.
- [David] Yeah. - Off.
And not so much a privacy issue
as it is a battery issue.
But I do think it's weird when I leave this on
and I come in here
and I see a list of locations
I don't even remember being at.
It's a little weird for me.
- Yeah, well, that's because I take your phone
when you're not looking and drive around.
- There you go. - Yeah.
- [David] Tap back upper left hand corner of the screen.
And right here, Product and Improvement.
Improve iPhone Analytics,
Routing & Traffic and Maps.
(David chuckles)
- [David] Off. - [David] Right.
- [David] Yeah, Maps.
Improve Maps. - [David] Lost Cost.
- [David] Lost Cost. - Lost Cost at this point.
As soon as they start paying us for that,
(man faintly speaking) - Yeah, I mean,
unless they'll give us a residual for-
- That's what I'm talking about.
I'm sending you data about Routing & Traffic,
which you're using to improve your products,
which you're then selling back to me.
- Uh-hmm.
- Here, it is for free.
- It should. - Make 'em work for it.
- Yes. ♪ It was all for the money ♪
How about a free Apple Music subscription
if you leave that switch on?
- Or a free Mac.
- Free Mac, that, yeah.
That's so true.
- Is that too much to ask for?
- Yeah, maybe a little bit.
- It might be too much to ask for?
An Apple Manager once said to me,
"David, we can't give away the farm."
(cow mooing) - Next up,
is a Background App Refresh.
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- [David] Did somebody say Background App Refresh?
I think, I did. (audience laughing)
Let's tap back to the main page of the settings app.
Scroll up,
and tap on General.
Then tap Background App Refresh.
So by default,
it's on for everything.
We don't want that.
- It allows apps to download content
in the background of your phone,
even when you're not using your phone over that app.
Cellular Data? - Uh-hmm.
- Uh-oh.
Battery life.
- Useful for messaging apps.
Especially, if you want those messages
to show up live sports scores, I suppose, too.
- Yeah. - But really, really,
it's messaging.
- It's messaging.
- So Apple Store, for example.
Does the Apple Store app need to be able
to download new content in the background of my iPhone?
No, and it's gonna be true for most everything.
Facebook, no.
- [David] Yeah.
- [David] It could be a big drainer.
It just is gotta kill your battery.
- [David] Yeah. - This is battery access.
- So let's go through this list.
- Turn 'em all off.
- We- - Trust.
- We trust you to make your own decisions on this.
- We're not telling you what app.
Otherwise, this video would be years long.
- Yeah.
Every single app.
Let's tap on Background App Refresh
to the top of screen here, too.
We recommend choosing the Wi-Fi,
that way, your Cellular Data isn't being used
to download all that new content
in the background of your iPhone.
But if you really reduce the list
to a very few amount of apps,
it probably won't be an issue.
- Right, right, exactly.
- [David] Let's step back to the main page
of the settings app for a big battery drainer.
More.
Scroll down and tap on Mail.
One below password's there.
Then tap on Accounts
and then tap Fetch New Data.
- I usually explain this one,
but let's David do it today.
- Yeah, so we're gonna recommend turning it off,
Push, to the top of the screen.
When Push Mail is on,
your iPhone maintains a constant connection
to the mail servers asking if there's mail available.
Instead, we recommend fetching every 30 minutes
or 15 minutes and just reduces the amount of time
it's connected to those servers looking for new mail.
- You are too good at that.
- Also, anytime you open up the mail app,
it will just fetch your emails for you.
So it didn't really makes no difference,
except you save battery life, so.
- Yeah, you probably won't notice a difference
unless you're a doctor and (chuckles)
instead of getting paged. - Yeah.
- Or someone calling you and an emergency.
- You get emails. - You get an email.
- Yeah, SOS, somebody needs-
- Yeah. (chuckles) - Heart transplants.
Next up, we're gonna go to Safari.
Tap back to the main page of settings.
Scroll down,
and tap on Safari.
So first up here,
is Preload the Top Hit.
When you do a search,
that top hit there, first result.
Most of the time,
people do click on that first result.
- Uh-hmm. - But do you want your iPhone
to load that first result,
just in case it's something you don't wanna read?
- Nah, it's kinda dumb.
- [David] Again, battery life.
- [David] Uh-hmm. - [David] Data.
Battery life.
- [David] Turn that switch.
- [David] This is using more battery.
- [David] Yeah,
- [David] Turn (chuckles) that switch off there.
And then we're gonna scroll down here
to Privacy Preserving Ad Measurement.
Now-
- [David] Now, it sounds great there.
- [David] That sounds, like, something you wanna leave on.
- You don't, because if this switch is turned off,
then it's not, like,
the Ad Measurement is privacy betraying.
- Uh-hmm. - In fact,
there's no Ad Measurement. - Yeah.
- Or if there is,
but it's not this kind.
So, this is not sending any data to Apple.
If it's on,
it's sending anonymized data to Apple
and other third-party advertisers.
- Uh-hmm.
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