Nokia N9 16GB - Prolong battery life

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Prolong battery life
If it seems you're always looking for a charger, there are steps you can take to reduce

the power consumption of your phone, and keep talking for longer.

Phone management 101

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Always charge the battery fully.

When power saving mode is activated, the phone does not scan, or scans less

often, for available WLAN networks, and closes connections when they are not

used by any application.

Tip: To check the battery status, and activate power saving mode, select and

Device

>

Battery

.

Close the applications you are not using
Tap and hold the Open applications view, and select

Close all

, or select on the

application you want to close.

Sounds and effects

Mute unnecessary tones, such as touch screen tones.

Use wired headphones, rather than the loudspeaker.

Change the length of the time-out period after which the phone display switches

off.

Set the length of the time-out period
Select and

Device

>

Display

>

Display time-out

.

Decrease display brightness
Select , and drag the Brightness slider.

Activate a dark wallpaper
Select and

Wallpaper

.

Network use

If you are listening to music or otherwise using your phone, but do not want to

make or receive calls, activate the flight mode.

Use a WLAN connection to connect to the internet, rather than a packet data

(GPRS or 3G) connection.

If your phone is set to use both GSM and 3G networks (dual mode), the phone

uses more power when searching for the 3G network.

Set your phone to use only the GSM network
Select and

Mobile network

>

Network mode

>

GSM

.

Deactivate Bluetooth when not needed
Select and

Bluetooth

.

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Establish a packet data (3G or GPRS) connection only when needed
Select and

Mobile network

>

Data roaming

and activate

Always ask

.