Hi davisesq212
I usually uncheck all of the "Spotlight Search" option off but if you do that, then you won't be able to search for Contacts, Applications, Music, Podcasts, Videos, Audiobooks, Notes, Events, Mail, Reminders, Messages through your Spotlight Search on the first page of your homescreen. If you need that option on, then keep it on. There are other ways to conserve your battery.
- Keeping your "Auto-Brightness" option on conserves your battery, which is in the "Settings" app: Settings--> Brightness & Wallpaper --> Auto-Brightness on/off.
- Turning your "Location Services" off when it's not needed can substantially reduce your battery consumption down. Settings--> Location Services--> Location Services on/off
- Turning your "Bluetooth" off when it's not needed can also substantially reduce your battery consumption down.
Settings--> General--> Bluetooth--> Bluetooth on/off
I also delete apps in the "App-Switcher", which Apple calls the "Multi-tasking bar", that have been forgotten or that I am not using or haven't been using or whatever the case is for not using any particular app(s). This considerably reduces battery consumption as well.
To do this: double-tap the home button (the physical button on your idevice)--> press and hold a app icon until it starts to jiggle like it's dancing--> there will be "x" symbols on the top left of the icon--> tap the "x" icon to delete the app. Do this to all the apps you have in the app-switcher that you don't want active.
That is mainly what I can think of to reduce your battery consumption on a stock idevice. If I can find more ideas I will come back to this topic. Good Luck!