22 Managing Your Phone
To choose how to be notified about events or actions
1.
Tap Start > Settings > All Settings > Sounds & Notifications.
2.
On the Sounds tab, choose how you want to be notified by selecting the
appropriate check boxes.
3.
On the Notifications tab, in Event, tap a ring type and ringtone for that event or
action from the lists below.
Tip
Turning off sound notifications helps conserve battery power.
Power saving and display settings
Adjust power saving and display settings such as screen brightness, Sleep mode
settings, text size, and more.
To manually adjust the screen brightness
By default, your phone automatically adjusts the screen brightness according to the
ambient lighting.
1.
Tap Start > Settings > All Settings > System > Power.
2.
Tap the Backlight tab.
3.
Clear the Auto adjust backlight checkbox.
4.
Adjust the brightness by dragging the slider under On battery power and
On external power.
To change backlight and automatic Sleep mode settings
Dimming the backlight and switching the phone to Sleep mode help save battery
power. You can change the idle time before the backlight automatically dims. You
can also change the idle time before the phone goes into Sleep mode.
1.
Tap Start > Settings > All Settings > System > Power.
2.
Tap the Advanced tab.
3.
To change the time before the backlight automatically dims, select a time
next to the Turn off backlight if not used for options.
4.
To change the time before the phone goes into Sleep mode, select a time
next to the Turn off device if not used for options.