Prolong Battery Life - Nokia N95 User Manual

Prolong battery life

Many features in your device increase the demand
on battery power and reduce the battery life time.
To save battery power, note the following:
Features that use Bluetooth technology, or
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allowing such features to run in the background
while using other features, increase the demand
on battery power. To prolong the operating time
of your device, turn the Bluetooth technology off
when you do not need it.
Features that use wireless LAN (WLAN), or
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allowing such features to run in the background
while using other features, increase the demand
on battery power. WLAN on your Nokia device
switches off when you are not trying to connect,
not connected to another access point, or not
scanning for available networks. To further
reduce battery consumption, you can specify that
your device does not scan, or scans less often, for
available networks in the background. WLAN
switches off in between background scans.
"Wireless LAN", p. 33.
networks is set to Never, the WLAN availability
icon is not shown in the standby mode. However,
you can still manually scan for available WLAN
networks and connect to WLAN networks as
usual.
See
When Scan for
If you have set Packet data connection
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When available in connection settings, and
there is no packet data coverage (GPRS), the
device periodically tries to establish a packet
data connection, which causes increased
demand on battery power. To prolong the
operating time of your device, select
data connection When
>
The Maps application downloads new map
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information when you scroll to new areas on the
map, which increases the demand on battery
power. You can prevent the device from
automatically downloading new maps.
"Maps", p. 87.
If the signal strength of the cellular network
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varies much in your area, your device must scan
for the available network repeatedly. This
increases the demand on battery power.
If the network mode is set to dual mode in the
network settings, the device searches for the
UMTS network. If it is not available, the device
uses the available GSM network. To only use the
GSM network, press
Settings Phone
> >
mode > GSM.
The backlight of the display increases the
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demand on battery power. To change the time-
out after which the backlight is switched off,
press , and select Tools
to
Packet
needed.
See
, and select Tools
>
Network Network
>
Settings
> >
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