Improving Battery Performance - Sony Xperia advance User Manual

Plug the phone charger into a power outlet.
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Plug one end of the USB cable into the charger (or into the USB port of a
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computer).
3 Plug the other end of the cable into the micro USB port on your phone, with the
USB symbol facing down. The battery status LED lights up when charging starts.
When the battery status LED is green, the phone is fully charged. Disconnect the
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USB cable from your phone by pulling it straight outward. Be sure not to bend the
connector when removing the cable from the phone.
If the battery is completely discharged, it may take a few minutes before the LED lights up
after you connect the phone charger cable to a power source.
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.

Improving battery performance

The following tips can help you improve battery performance:
• Charge your phone often. This will not affect the lifetime of the battery.
• Downloading data from the Internet is power consuming. When you're not using the
Internet, you can save power by disabling all data connections over mobile networks.
This setting does not prevent your phone from transmitting data over other wireless
networks.
• Turn off GPS, Bluetooth™, and Wi-Fi® when you don't need these features. You can
turn them on and off more easily by adding the Quick settings widget to your Home
screen. You do not need to turn off 3G.
• Use the Power Saver feature to reduce battery consumption. You can select the power
saving mode that best suits the way you use your phone. You can also customize the
settings of each power saving mode.
• Set your synchronization applications (used to synchronize your email, calendar, and
contacts) to synchronize manually. You can also synchronize automatically, but increase
the synchronization intervals.
Check the battery usage menu in the phone to see which applications use the most
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power. Your battery consumes more power when you use video and music streaming
applications, such as YouTube™. Some Android Market™ applications also consume
more power.
• Close and exit applications that you are not using.
• Lower the screen display brightness level.
• Turn off your phone or activate the Airplane mode setting 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 original handsfree device to listen to music. Handsfree devices demand less
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battery power than the phone's loudspeakers.
• Keep your phone in standby whenever possible. Standby time refers to the time during
which the phone is connected to the network and is not being used.
• Go to www.sonymobile.com to get the latest battery performance tips for your phone
model.
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