Sony ST18A-BK Cell Phone User Manual


 
applications such as YouTube™. Some Android Market™ applications also consume more
power.
Close and exit applications that you are not using since multitasking affects the battery
performance.
Lower the brightness of the screen display.
Turn off your phone or use Airplane mode if you are in an area with no network coverage.
Otherwise, your phone repeatedly scans for available networks, and this consumes power.
Use a Sony Ericsson original handsfree device to listen to music. This consumes less battery
power than when you listen to music through the phone's loudspeakers.
For more information on how to maximize your battery performance, visit
www.sonyericsson.com/support.
To access the battery usage menu
1
From the Home screen, tap .
2
Find and tap Settings > About phone > Battery use to see which installed
applications consume the most battery power.
To add the Data traffic widget to your Home screen
1
From your Home screen, press
.
2
Tap Add > Widgets.
3
Select theData traffic widget. You can now turn your data connection on and off
more easily.
To add the Status switch widget to your Home screen
1
From your Home screen, press .
2
Tap Add > Widgets.
3
Select theStatus switch widget.
Battery LED status
Green
The battery is fully charged
Flashing red The battery level is low
Orange The battery is charging. The battery level is between low and full
To check the battery level
1
From the Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap Settings > About phone > Status.
Memory
You can save content on a memory card and in the phone memory. Music, video clips,
and photos are saved on the memory card while applications, contacts, and messages are
saved in the phone memory.
You can move some applications from the phone memory to the memory card.
To move an application to the memory card
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap Settings > Applications > Manage applications.
3
Tap the desired application.
4
Tap Move to SD card.
It is not possible to move some applications from the phone memory to the memory card.
Memory card
You may have to purchase a memory card separately.
26
This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.