User's Manual

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4.3 Power Saving Tips
Short battery life has been a drawback of all smart phones for as long as they have been
around, and the problem seems to be a never-ending one. As device manufactures
improve battery technology and capacity, more power-hungry processors have become
the norm. There are several things users can do to increase the length of time between
charges.
Quick Settings
Many current Androids
devices now allow you to
quickly see and control
what services are
running. This is similar to
the Power Control widget
found on some other
devices. Although the
quick settings don’t
actually save battery
power, they do allow you
to quickly and easily keep
battery draining services
under control.
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Power Saving Mode
Many android
Smartphones now
include a Power Saving
feature which, with the
flick of a switch, can
automatically activate
several power-saving
tools. These include
limiting the performance
of the CPU, reducing the
amount of power going
to the display and
turning off Haptic
Feedback. You can
either let all of these
tools be activated, or
pick and choose which to
use. You probably won’t
want to activate all of
these tools all of the
time, but if you need to
squeeze a few more
hours of battery life out
before you can get to a
charger, it can work well.
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Adjust the Backlight
Brightness
One of the quickest and
easiest ways to save some
battery juice is to turn down
the brightness of the screen
backlight. There are a couple
of different methods to do
this. Open settings >
Display > Brightness and
then move the slider down to
wherever you think is
acceptable. Less than 50% is
advised. You can also access
the brightness control from
the Notifications panel. On
that screen you should also
see Automatic Brightness.
Ticking that box will take
control of the screen
brightness out of your hands
and instead trust the phone to
decide how bright the screen
needs to be.
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