User's Manual

SETTING UP
CHARGING THE BATTERY
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CHAPTER
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Maximizing battery life
Battery life depends on how you use your
smartphone. You can maximize the life of
your battery by following a few easy
guidelines:
• Charge your smartphone whenever
you’re at your desk, or charge it
overnight each day. The battery in your
device has a much longer useful life
when it is topped off frequently versus
when it is charged after it is fully
drained.
• If you spend a lot of time using the
camera, games, media players, or other
applications, keep an eye on the battery
icon and charge the battery when
necessary.
• The wireless features of your
smartphone (phone, email, messaging,
GPS, Web, and any other applications
that use a Wi-Fi connection) generally
consume more power than the
nonwireless features (Calendar, Tasks,
Notes). If you don’t use the wireless
features on your device for a while, turn
off your wireless services (see Turning
wireless services on/off). To quickly turn
wireless services (phone, Bluetooth
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DID YOU KNOW ? If the battery is low, the
indicator light flashes red.
TIP Tap the battery icon to see how much
power the battery has.
TIP To go to the Today screen so you can view
the battery icon, press End if you are not on a
phone call. If you’re on a call, press Start and
select Today.
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