System Services - On/Off

Good afternoon all,
UK 4s 32GB, Vodafone, SIM-FREE (bought from Apple shop) user, looking to turn off battery drainng, non-useful services.
Current system services set-up:
Compass Calibraton - ON
Diagnostics & Usage - OFF
Location-Based iAds - OFF
Mobile Newtwork Ser - ON
Setting Time Zone - ON
Traffic - ON
From a UK perspective will any of the above effective apps, whould some be left on, can all be turned off?
I have experimented several times but unless I am in an app that uses them I will never know?! (needle in a haystack) comes to mind.
Searched/Googled for an overview of these services but to no joy. Could someone from Apple explain please
Many thanks
B

no one from Apple responnds to these forums - we are just users like you - there was a lot of discussion when 5.0.1 came out about how turning some of thise services off improved battery usaage - dont know if is still important in 5.1
I have 2,3 and 5 off - i dont know waht 4 is - it doesnt show up on my iPhone so it may be carrier specific

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