Red
The battery is charging and the battery charge level is less than 15%
Battery and power management
Your device has an embedded battery. The battery consumption varies depending on
the features used. To make the battery last longer, you should consider the following:
•
Keep track of your battery consumption.
•
Follow the general usage tips to improve battery performance.
•
Use a power saving mode.
Your device is equipped with two STAMINA modes and Android power saving
features to help your device to reduce its battery consumption. Android power saving
features run in the background and you can activate or deactivate STAMINA mode or
Ultra STAMINA mode yourself.
The power saving features restrict background data to save power, so if you do not
want an application to be affected, you can exempt it in the Battery optimisation
menu.
System updates may change the available power saving modes on your device.
To view battery consumption, estimated time, and power saving tips
1
From your
Home screen
, tap .
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Battery
. An overview appears showing the battery
percentage and an estimated battery time.
3
Tap
SHOW BATTERY USAGE
to view a list of features and services that have
consumed battery power since the last charging cycle. Tap an item to get
information on how to reduce its battery consumption.
You can configure, activate and deactivate power saving modes from
Settings
>
Battery
.
To view battery consumption for applications
1
From your
Home screen
, tap .
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Apps
.
3
Select an application and review its battery consumption under
Battery usage
.
General usage tips to improve battery performance
The following tips can help you improve battery performance:
•
Lower the screen brightness level, see
•
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
•
Change the synchronisation settings for your email, calendar and contacts, see
Synchronising with online accounts on page 52.
•
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
•
Turn off the location-sharing permission for an application, see
•
Uninstall applications that you are not using, see
page 23.
•
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.
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