HTC One M8 User Manual page 82

82 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
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brightness.
Set the screen timeout to a shorter time.
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Don't use a live wallpaper for your Home screen. Animation effects
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are nice to show off to other people but they drain your battery.
Changing your wallpaper to a plain, black background can also help
a little. The less color is displayed, the less battery is used.
For more details, see
on page 93.
Manage your apps
Install the latest software and application updates. Updates
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sometimes include battery performance improvements.
Uninstall or disable apps that you never use.
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Many apps run processes or sync data in the background even
when you're not using them. If there are apps that you don't need
anymore, uninstall them.
If an app came preloaded and can't be uninstalled, disabling the
app can still prevent it from continuously running or syncing data.
See Disabling an app
Settings and security
on page 326.
on page 318 and Personalizing