Performance Settings; Optimising Battery Life; Monitoring Battery Usage Information - bq Edison 3 Complete User's Manual

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PERFORMANCE SETTINGS

Optimising the Battery Life
You can prolong the battery duration by disabling features that you don´t need. You
can also can control how the application and system resources consume battery
power. To optimise the configuration pressing Menu
· If you are not using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or GPS, you can configure it under
Settings, as explained earlier.
· Any Maps and Navigation apps that you are not using should be closed, as
they require GPS access and consumer more power.
· Set your display brightness to AUTO. You can access these settings directly
by pulling down the Notifications bar with two fingers.
· Set a time delay before the screen goes off under Settings > Display > Sleep.
· Disable the auto-sync feature for certain apps, by going to Settings > Accounts.
Note that you need to sync your email accounts manually, and you will not
receive any notification when updates becoming available.
· Switch to Aeroplane mode by holding down the power button until a window
displaying this option appears, or go to Settings then Network to select it.
· You can also enable Power save mode via the Setting menu, so that the
standard CPU performance is reduced, offering adequate performance
for most situations. Disable this option so that the CPU runs at maximum
performance if you are playing games with 3D graphics or watching films in HD.

Monitoring Battery Usage Information

To optimise your battery configuration, go to Settings > Battery. The list at the bottom
of the screen shows battery use for the various apps and services. Press the graph
to access more detailed information. The screen showing use details for some apps
also has buttons with recommendations on how to adjust your settings for maximum
energy saving.
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and going to Settings.