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13. Optimize your phone’s Battery life

Battery settings

Prolong your phone battery life by turning off apps that aren’t being used or aren’t needed.

Go to Settings > Device > Battery.

Here you may monitor how apps, other data and your phone system all consume battery power.

Turn off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or GPS with the Settings app.

For the GPS setting, go to Settings > Personal > Location services.

Turn off Navigation or Maps when not in use.

Dim your phone’s screen brightness: Settings > Device > Display.

Consider turning off auto-sync for all apps. Go to Settings > Accounts > Google. account-name.

Assessing battery level and usage, Go to Settings > Device > Battery.

Battery usage for each app is displayed near the bottom of your phone screen.

Get more details by tapping an app.For some apps, you may modify power usage settings, or halt the app

entirely.

Note: If auto-sync is turned off, you must manually sync to check emails, and

notifications will no longer pop up.

Note: If you stop some apps or services completely, your phone may not operate correctly.

The battery status & battery levels are indicated at the top of your phone screen.