User’s Guide for the Kyocera 5135 phone
5
Common causes of battery drain
The following functions drain the battery more quickly and adversely affect talk
and standby times:
•
You are often playing games or using the Web.
•
Backlighting is frequently on. (To adjust backlighting, see page 65.)
•
The phone is frequently used in analog mode.
If you do not see a
on the home screen, the phone is in analog mode.
To set your phone to operate in different modes, select
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→
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→
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→
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and choose from the options available.
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You are far away from a base station or cell site when in digital mode.
•
Data cables or accessories, such as the Hands-free headset, are connected to
the phone.
•
No service is available, or service is available intermittently. The phone
requires more power to acquire service than to maintain consistent service.
•
The earpiece and ringer volume settings are high. To adjust volume,
see page 59.
•
Review how often voicemail notifications, pages, and text messages are
received, and how quickly they are acknowledged. To use power most
efficiently, acknowledge notifications and messages immediately.
