Extending Your Battery Life - Samsung Galaxy S5 User Manual

You can also choose to display a percentage value. Having a
percentage value onscreen can provide a better idea of the
remaining charge on the battery.
From the Home screen, touch
Settings Battery
percentage.

Extending Your Battery Life

Active applications, light levels, Bluetooth usage, and GPS
functionality all act to drain your battery. The following is a
list of helpful tips that can help conserve your battery power:
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Reduce the time your backlight stays on.
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Turn Bluetooth off when not in use.
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Turn Wi-Fi off when not in use.
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Deactivate Location when not needed. For more
information, refer to "Location" on page 86. Most
applications using this function will periodically query the
GPS satellites for your current location; each query drains
your battery.
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Apps
Show battery
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Do not wait until your battery is completely depleted before
charging your device. Repeating this process of a complete
discharge and recharge can over time reduce the storage
capacity of any battery.
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Use the Power Saving feature to deactivate some hardware
and interface functions.
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Check the Battery use screen to review what features or
functions have been consuming your battery resources.
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Check the Running Services and close any unnecessary
applications.
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Use the Task Manager feature to end/shutdown
background applications that are still running. These
minimized applications can, over time, cause your device
to slow down.
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Animated wallpapers use processing power, memory, and
more power. Change your Live Wallpaper to a non-
animated Wallpaper gallery or Gallery image.