Nokia Lumia 920 - Extend battery life

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Extend battery life

Get the most out of your phone while getting the battery life you need. There are steps you can take

to save power on your phone.
To save power:

Charge wisely

Always charge the battery fully.

Select only the sounds that you need

Mute unnecessary sounds, such as key press sounds. On

the start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen,

tap ALL SETTINGS > ringtones+sounds, and select

which sounds to keep.

Use wired headphones

Use wired headphones, rather than the loudspeaker.

Use Battery Saver

You can set your phone to automatically save power

when the battery charge level is low. To check the

battery status, and to switch Battery Saver on, on the

start screen, swipe left, and tap Battery Saver.
When your phone goes into battery saver mode, you may

not be able to change the settings of all apps.

Change the phone screen settings

• Set the phone screen to switch off after a short time.

On the start screen, swipe down from the top of the

screen, and tap ALL SETTINGS > lock screen > Screen

times out after.

• Change the glance settings. To shortly see the time

and your notifications when moving your phone, on

the start screen, swipe down from the top of the

screen, tap ALL SETTINGS > glance , and switch

Glance screen to peek. To switch glance off, switch

Glance screen to off.

• Use double-tap to wake up your phone only when

needed. To switch the feature off, on the start screen,

swipe down from the top of the screen, tap ALL

SETTINGS > touch, and switch Wake up to Off

.

Lower the screen brightness

• On the start screen, swipe down from the top of the

screen, and tap ALL SETTINGS > brightness. Make

sure that Automatically adjust is switched to Off

. Switch Level to low, and switch Automatically

adjust to On

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• To lower the screen brightness when the battery

saver is on, on the start screen, swipe down from the

top of the screen, tap ALL SETTINGS > display, and

switch Battery Saver brightness to On

.

Stop apps from running in the

background

Close the apps you are not using. To close most of the

apps, press and hold , and tap on the apps you want

to close.

Use location services selectively

If you want to keep location services switched on, but

don't want to use check-in services, on the start screen,

swipe left, and tap Settings. Swipe to applications,

tap people, and switch Use my location to Off

.

Use network connections selectively

• Set your phone to check for new mail less frequently,

or even by request only. In every mailbox you have,

tap

> settings > sync settings, and select how

often to sync.

• Switch Bluetooth on only when needed.
• Switch NFC on only when needed. To switch the NFC

feature off, on the start screen, swipe down from the

top of the screen, tap ALL SETTINGS > NFC, and

switch Tap to share to Off

.

• Use a WiFi connection to connect to the internet,

rather than a mobile data connection.

• Stop your phone scanning for available wireless

networks. On the start screen, swipe down from the

top of the screen, tap ALL SETTINGS > WiFi, and

switch WiFi networking to Off

.

• If you're listening to music or otherwise using your

phone, but don't want to make or receive calls, switch

flight mode on. On the start screen, swipe down from

the top of the screen, tap ALL SETTINGS > flight

mode, and switch Status to On

.

Check battery use

To check which apps have been eating up your battery life, on the start screen, swipe left, tap Battery

Saver, and swipe to usage.