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 Wi-Fi® when you don't need these features. You can turn them on and off more easily by adding the Quick settings widget to your Home screen. You do not need to turn off 3G.

•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.

•Check the battery usage menu in the phone to see which applications use the most power. Your battery consumes more power when you use video and music streaming applications, such as YouTube™. Some Android Market™ applications also consume more power.

•Close and exit applications that you are not using.

•Lower the screen display brightness level.

•Turn off your phone or activate the Airplane mode setting if you are in an area with no network coverage. Otherwise, your phone repeatedly scans for available networks, and this consumes power.

•Use a Sony original handsfree device to listen to music. Handsfree devices demand less battery power than the phone's loudspeakers.

•Keep your phone in standby whenever possible. Standby time refers to the time during which the phone is connected to the network and is not being used.

•Go to www.sonymobile.com to get the latest battery performance tips for your phone model.

To access the battery usage menu

1From the Home screen, tap .

2Find and tap Settings > About phone > Battery use to see which installed applications consume the most battery power.

To add the Data traffic widget to your Home screen

1From your Home screen, press .

2Tap Add > Widgets > Tools.

3Flick left to find and select the Data traffic widget. You can now turn on and off your data connection more easily.

To add the Quick settings widget to your Home screen

1From your Home screen, press .

2Tap Add > Widgets > Tools.

3Select the Quick settings widget.

Reducing battery consumption with Power Saver

Use pre-set power saving modes to manage power consuming applications and reduce battery consumption. With Power Saver, you can also customise the settings within each power saving mode to the way you use your phone.

To activate a power saving mode

1From your Home screen, tap .

2Find and tap Power Saver.

3Tap the icon next to the power saving mode that you want to activate.

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