Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM - Extend battery life

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 down from the top of the screen,

and tap ALL SETTINGS > 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. Glance is

not supported by all phones. For availability, go

to www.microsoft.com/mobile/support/

wpfeatures.

• 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

. Double-tap is not

supported by all phones. For availability, go to

www.microsoft.com/mobile/support/

wpfeatures.

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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

. To be able to change the screen brightness

automatically, your phone must have a light

sensor. For availability, go to

www.microsoft.com/mobile/support/

wpfeatures.

• 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 down from the top of the screen, and

tap ALL 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

. NFC

is not supported by all phones. For availability, go

to www.microsoft.com/mobile/support/

wpfeatures.

• 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

.

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