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Power Saving Strategies
Several techniques exist to maintain power between charges.
• Signal Strength: Use the phone in an area with good wireless coverage.
Poor coverage forces the phone to use more power seeking out and
identifying network signals.
• Deactivating Wi-Fi: The Wi-Fi service drains significant amounts of
power. Use Wi-Fi while the phone is charging or restrict Wi-Fi usage to
times when the connection needs to remain active.
• Dimming the Screen: Lower the brightness level of the screen to
conserve power. The screen eats up a large amount of power under
normal circumstances.
• Close Unused Apps: Applications that are not in current use may drain
power by occupying the processor. Close them.
• Deactivating Bluetooth: Using Bluetooth drains power, even when
not paired with another device. Only keep Bluetooth active when it is
required.
Power Saving Settings
Many of these features are available under the Power saver menu in
Settings.
• Use Low Vibration: Making the phone vibrate less and lowering the
sound volume for notifications reduces power usage slightly.
• Use Silent Mode: Deactivating notifications makes a minor reduction in
power usage.
• Power saver: Activate the power saver function to make sure the phone
turns off when not in use.
• Screen Timeout: To conserve power, have the screen turn off in as short
a time as possible.
• Disable GPS: The GPS service drains power. Disable it when not needed.
• Disable Background Data: Constantly refreshing background data drains
power. Turn this off to converse power.
• Auto Screen Brightness Adjustment: Activate this feature to have the
phone automatically dim the screen whenever possible.
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