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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.
• Always charge the battery fully.
• Mute unnecessary sounds, such as key press sounds.
• Use wired headphones, rather than the loudspeaker.
Tip: 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.
Tip: You can choose when you want battery saver mode to be activated. Tap advanced.
To save power, you can also do the following:
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
. Under Level, tap 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 all 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
.
Use network connections selectively • Set your phone to check for new mail less frequently,
or even by request only. In every mailbox you have, tap
> settings > sync settings, and change the
setting for Download new content.
• Switch Bluetooth on only when needed.
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