Nokia Lumia 1520 - 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.

Use wired headphones

Use wired headphones, rather than the speakerphone.

Use the battery saver

• You can set your phone to automatically save power

when the battery charge level is low. To check the

battery status, and switch battery saver mode on, on

the start screen, swipe left, and tap Settings >

battery saver.
When your phone goes into battery saver mode, you

may not be able to change the settings of all apps.

• You can choose when you want battery saver mode

to be activated. Tap advanced.

Change the phone screen settings

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

On the start screen, swipe left, and tap 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 left, tap 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 left, tap Settings > touch, and switch Double

tap to wake up phone to Off

.

Lower the screen brightness

• On the start screen, swipe left, and tap Settings >

brightness. Make sure that Automatically adjust is

switched to Off

. Switch Level to low, and switch

Automatically adjust to On

.

• To lower the screen brightness when the battery

saver is on, on the start screen, swipe left, tap

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 .

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• Some apps may run in the background unnecessarily.

On the start screen, swipe left, tap Settings, swipe

to applications, and tap background tasks. Tap the

app you want to block, and tap block.

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 change the

setting for Download new content.

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

+send feature off, on the start screen, swipe left, tap

Settings > tap+send, and switch NFC sharing to

Off

.

• Use a Wi-Fi connection to connect to the internet,

rather than a mobile data connection.

Tip: To keep the Wi-Fi connection on even when

the phone screen switches off, on the start

screen, swipe left, tap Settings > Wi-Fi >

advanced, and tap the Keep Wi-Fi on when the

screen times out check box.

• Stop your phone scanning for available wireless

networks. On the start screen, swipe left, tap

Settings > Wi-Fi, and switch Wi-Fi networking to Off

.

• Stop your phone connecting to games. On the start

screen, swipe left, tap Settings, swipe to

applications, tap games, and switch all relevant

settings off.

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

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

airplane mode on.