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Basics
Optimizing bat tery life
You can extend your battery’s life by turnin g off unwanted features
and applications. You can also m onitor how applications an d system
resources consume batte ry power.

Extending the l ife of your battery

You can extend the life of your battery by p erforming the following
operations:
• Turn off wireless communicati ons you are not using.
If you are not using Wi-Fi, Bluetoot h, or GPS, use the Settings
application to turn them of f. (The GPS receiver is onl y turned on when
using an application tha t uses it.)
You can also switch Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or G PS easily by opening the
Notification panel and t apping their icons.
• Turn down screen brightness and s et a shorter screen time out.
• If you do not need automatic synci ng for Contacts, Calendar, Gmail,
and other applications, tur n them off.
• Use the Power Control widget to check a nd control the status of
radios, the display bright ness, and syncing.
Adding widgets is descr ibed in “Adding an item to the Home scree n”
on page 36.

Checking the bat tery charge level

1. From the Hom e screen, tap the Menu key > Sett ings > Battery.
The batter y status (charging, dis charging) and level (a s a percentage
of full charge) are displ ayed at the top of the screen.