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M O V I N G A R O U N D O N Y O U R S M A R T P H O N E
Maximizing battery life
You can increase your smartphone's
battery life by following a few easy
guidelines. Remember that battery life
depends on how you use your smartphone.
Charge your smartphone whenever
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you're at your desk, or charge
it overnight each day. The battery in your
smartphone has a much longer useful
life when it is topped off frequently,
versus charging it after it is fully drained.
If you spend a lot of time using the
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camera, games, media players, eBooks,
or other applications, keep an eye on
the battery icon and charge when
necessary.
Your smartphone's wireless features
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(phone, email, messaging, and web)
generally consume more power than
the organizer features. If you don't plan
to use the wireless features on your
smartphone for a while, turn off your
wireless services (see Turning Wireless
Services On/Off). You can forward calls
to a different number or let all calls be
picked up by voicemail (see Forwarding
calls). To see if your wireless services
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are on, tap the phone-off
then select Wireless Manager.
Turn off your smartphone's Bluetooth
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wireless technology feature when you
do not need to make a Bluetooth
connection.
As with any wireless phone, if you are in
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an area with no wireless coverage, your
smartphone searches for a signal, which
consumes power. If you cannot move to
an area of better coverage, temporarily
turn off your phone (see Turning your
phone on and off).
Turn down the screen brightness (see
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Adjusting the brightness).
Set your screen to turn off automatically
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after a shorter period of inactivity (see
Viewing and optimizing power settings).
Keep your battery away from direct
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sunlight and other sources of heat.
Temperatures over 120 degrees
Farenheit (50 degrees Celsius) can
permanently reduce the capacity and
life span of any lithium-ion battery.
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