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Your first week with your new phone
Manage your display
Lowering the brightness, letting the display sleep when not in use, and keeping it
simple helps save battery power.
§ Use automatic brightness (the default), or manually lower the brightness.
§ Set the screen timeout to a shorter time.
§ Set the web browser to auto dim the screen while webpages load. Open the
Internet app, and then tap
page loading.
For more details, see
Changing display settings
page 39.
Limit background data and sync
Background data and sync can use a lot of battery power if you have many apps
syncing data in the background. It's recommended not to let apps sync data too
often. Determine which apps can be set with longer sync times, or sync manually.
§ In Settings, tap Accounts & sync and check what types of data are being synced
in your online accounts. When the battery is starting to run low, temporarily
disable syncing some data.
§ If you have many email accounts, consider prolonging the sync time of some
accounts.
In the Mail app, select an account, tap
then adjust the settings under Sync schedule.
§ When you're not traveling from one place to another, sync weather updates of
only your current location, rather than in all of your named cities. Open the
Weather app, and then tap
§ Choose widgets wisely.
Some widgets constantly sync data. Consider removing the ones that are not
important from your Home screen.
§ In Play Store, tap
automatically adding Home screen widgets whenever you've installed new apps.
Also clear Auto-update apps if you're fine with updating apps from Play Store
manually.
Other tips
To squeeze in a little bit more battery power, try these tips:
§ Tone down the ringtone and media volume.
§ Minimize the use of vibration or sound feedback. In Settings, tap Sound and
choose which ones you don't need and can disable.
§ Check your apps' settings as you may find more options to optimize the battery.
> Settings > Accessibility > Dim screen during
> Settings > Sync, Send & Receive, and
> Edit to remove unneeded cities.
> Settings, and then clear Auto-add widgets to avoid
on page 161 and
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