To charge the phone
1Plug the phone charger into a power outlet.
2Plug one end of the USB cable into the charger (or into the USB port of a computer).
3Plug the other end of the cable into the micro USB port on your phone, with the USB symbol facing up. The battery status LED lights up when charging starts. If the battery is completely discharged, it may take a few minutes before the LED lights up after you connect the phone charger cable to a power source.
4When the battery status LED is green, the phone is fully charged. Disconnect the USB cable from your phone by pulling it straight outwards. Make sure not to bend the connector when removing the cable from the phone.
Use the charger and USB cable provided with the phone to ensure faster charging.
Battery LED status
Green | The battery is fully charged |
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Red | The battery level is low |
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Orange | The battery is charging. The battery level is between low and full |
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To check the battery level
1From your Home screen, tap 
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2Find and tap Settings > About phone > Status > Battery level.
Improving battery performance
The following tips can help you improve battery performance:
•Charge your phone often. This will not affect the lifetime of the battery.
•Downloading data from the Internet is power consuming. When you're not using the Internet, you can save power by disabling all data connections over mobile networks. This setting does not prevent your phone from transmitting data over other wireless networks.
•Turn off GPS, Bluetooth™ and
•Use the Power Saver feature to reduce battery consumption. You can select the power saving mode that best suits the way you use your phone. You can also customise the settings of each power saving mode.
•Set your synchronisation applications (used to synchronise your email, calendar and contacts) to synchronise manually. You can also synchronise automatically, but increase the synchronisation intervals.
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