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iOS7 Minimalist Settings

I finally upgraded to 5S [from 4] with 32GB and I configured mine to use the minimum amount of energy and bandwidth. I did add a battery case – Maxboost Fusion to give me an additional 3 hours of uptime. My AT&T account has a cap of 2GB per month and I think this is still a good data plan [minimalist] considering that I am not planning to watch videos on LTE nor plan to stream Spotify when I am not using WIFI. I’m using the Spotify Offline Mode and downloaded all my Hillsong music from home. Mainly, the use of this gadget is for reading, blogging and listening to sermons and music.

Here’s the simplified version of what cnet had mentioned at their site. Please do read the cnet articles so that you can understand what items are being turned off and the reasoning.

1. Settings-General-Background App Refresh, mine is turned OFF.
2. Settings-iTunes & Apps Store and scroll to the Automatic Downloads, mine is turned OFF
3. Settings-Privacy, Location Service=OFF, mine is turned OFF
4. Settings-General-Spotlight Search, mine is all turned OFF
2. Settings-General-Accessibility, Increase Contrast=ON; Reduce Motion=ON, mine is all turned ON
3. Settings-General-Usage, Under Storage, Study the Apps that is holding a lot of space and if you don’t use it, Delete the App

iPhone 4 as Emergency Radio Communication

A few weeks ago, I’ve inherited two iPhone 4 from my wife and daughter after their iPhone5 upgrades. Left with unnecessary hardware, I had no choice but to be creative. I needed to adapt to Apple IOS and then exploit or take advantage of what it can do. I already know the existence of the ECHOLINK apps and Police Scanner apps but I needed these iPhones to last for a long time without recharging. After searching Amazon, I chose the New Trent Battery/Case IMP210B with 2100mAh battery [oh, it was buy 1 get 1 free]. The iphone battery now can last all day without recharging to an AC source.

Fully revived old iPhone 4 as Ham Radio equipment