•
Lower the screen brightness level, see
Screen settings on page 60.
•
Turn off Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi, and location services when you don't need these
features.
•
Turn off your device or use Airplane mode if you are in an area with no or
low network coverage. Otherwise, your device repeatedly scans for available
networks, and this consumes power.
•
Use a Wi-Fi network instead of roaming when abroad. Roaming is scanning
for your home network and puts additional demands on your battery as your
device must transmit with a higher output power, see
Wi-Fi on page 50.
•
Change the synchronization settings for your email, calendar, and contacts,
see
Synchronizing with Online Accounts on page 56.
•
Check the applications that have a high battery consumption and consider
the battery saving tips provided on your device for these applications.
•
Change the notification level for an application, see
Notifications on page 31.
•
Turn off the location-sharing permission for an application, see
Application
settings on page 61.
•
Uninstall applications that you are not using, see
Application screen on
page 26.
•
Use a Sony original handsfree device to listen to music. Handsfree devices
consume less battery than your device's loudspeakers.
•
Restart your device every now and then.
To make specific applications exempt from optimization
1
Find and tap
Settings
>
Battery
.
2
Tap and select
Battery optimization
. You will see a list of applications that
are not optimized.
3
To add or remove applications from this list, tap
APPS
and select or de-
select an application from the list to edit its optimization settings.
4
The list of applications that are not optimized will get updated according to
your settings.
You cannot exempt applications from being optimized by Ultra STAMINA mode.
You can also configure
Battery optimization
from
Settings
>
Apps
>
>
Special access
.
STAMINA Mode
Depending on the STAMINA level, different features will be restricted or disabled in
order to reduce battery consumption. These include rendering performance,
animation and screen brightness, image enhancement, background app data
syncing, vibration (except for incoming calls), streaming, and GPS (while the screen
is off). appears in the status bar.
If you are sharing a device with multiple users, you may need to log in as the owner, that is,
the primary user, to activate or deactivate STAMINA mode.
To activate or deactivate STAMINA mode
1
Find and tap
Settings
>
Battery
.
2
Tap
STAMINA mode
and tap the slider to activate or deactivate the function.
When STAMINA mode is activated you can select additional options, for
example you can adjust the Auto-start percentage according to your
preferences.
You can exempt applications from being optimized by STAMINA mode in the Battery
Optimization menu.
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