Extending The Battery Life; Powering Your Phone On/Off - Zte cricket Prelude 2 User Manual

3 . When the battery is fully charged, unplug the charger and disconnect it
from the phone .

Extending the battery life

Active applications, screen brightness levels, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi usage and GPS
functionality can drain your battery . You can follow the helpful tips below to
conserve your battery power:
• Reduce the screen backlight time.
• Lower the screen brightness.
• Turn auto-sync, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth off when not in use .
• Disable the GPS function when not in use. Most applications using this
function will periodically query the GPS satellites for your current location;
each query drains your battery .

Powering your phone on/off

Make sure the SIM card is inserted in your phone and the battery is charged .
• Press and hold the Power key to power on your phone .
• To power it off, press and hold the Power key to open the options menu .
Tap Power off > OK .
Restarting the phone
• If the screen freezes or takes too long to respond, try pressing and
holding the Power key to open the options menu . Tap Restart and
then tap OK .
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Setting up your phone for the first time
When you first power on your phone after initial purchase or reset it to factory
settings (see Settings – Personal – Backup & reset), you need to set up your
phone settings before using it .
1 . Tap the language field to select the language you want to use and then
tap Start .
2 . Select data use connections and tap Next .
3 . Tap Skip to set up Wi-Fi connections later or tap a network . If the network is
secured, enter the password and tap Connect > Next .
4 . Set the date, time, and time zone, or use date and time data provided by
the network . Then tap Next .
5 . Tap Existing or New to sign into a Google account . Follow the instructions
to complete setup . You can also tap Not now to set up an account later .
6 . Configure the Google location options and tap Next .
7 . Enter your name, which the phone uses to personalize some apps, and tap
Next .
8 . You will be prompted to accept the terms of Google service . Tap Next to
continue .
9 . Tap Finish to complete the setup .
Note: If the SIM is not installed, the step for selection of data use connections
would be skipped, and you will be prompted to read the instructions that
came with your phone .
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