Nokia 520 Cell Phone User Manual


 
Extend battery life
Get the most out of your phone while getting the battery life you need. There are steps you can take
to save power on your phone.
To save power:
Charge wisely Always charge the battery fully.
Select only the sounds that you need Mute unnecessary sounds, such as key press sounds.
Use wired headphones Use wired headphones, rather than the loudspeaker.
Use the battery saver You can set your phone to automatically save power
when the battery charge level is low. To check the
battery status, and switch battery saver mode on, on
the start screen, swipe left, and tap
Settings >
battery saver.
When your phone goes into battery saver mode, you
may not be able to change the settings of all apps.
You can choose when you want battery saver mode
to be activated. Tap advanced.
Change the phone screen settings Set the phone screen to switch off after a short time.
On the start screen, swipe left, and tap
Settings >
lock screen > Screen times out after.
Lower the screen brightness On the start screen, swipe left, and tap
Settings >
brightness. Make sure that Automatically adjust is
switched to Off
. Switch Level to low, and switch
Automatically adjust to On
.
To lower the screen brightness when the battery
saver is on, on the start screen, swipe left, tap
Settings > display+touch, and switch Battery Saver
brightness to On.
Stop apps from running in the
background
Close the apps you are not using. To close most of
the apps, press
.
Some apps may run in the background unnecessarily.
On the start screen, swipe left, tap
Settings, swipe
to applications, and tap background tasks. Tap the
app you want to block, and tap block.
Use location services selectively If you want to keep location services switched on, but
don't want to use check-in services, on the start screen,
swipe left, and tap
Settings. Swipe to applications,
tap people, and switch Use my location to Off
.
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