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Getting Started 20
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 your backlight on time.
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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 the GPS when not needed. Most applications using this
function will periodically query the GPS satellites for your current location;
each query drains your 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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Turn off Automatic application sync.
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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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Turn off any streaming services after use (see Running Services).
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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.