Nokia Lumia 925 User Manual

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• Change the glance settings. To shortly see the time

and your notifications when moving your phone, on

the start screen, swipe left, tap Settings > glance,

and switch Glance screen to peek. To switch glance

off, switch Glance screen to off.

• Use double-tap to wake up your phone only when

needed. To switch the feature off, on the start screen,

swipe left, tap Settings > touch, and switch Double

tap to wake up phone to Off

Lower the screen brightness

• On the start screen, swipe left, and tap Settings >

brightness. Make sure that Automatically adjust is

switched to Off

. Switch Level to low, and switch

Automatically adjust to On

• To lower the screen brightness when the battery

saver is on, on the start screen, swipe left, tap

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 .

• Some apps may run in the background unnecessarily.

On the start screen, swipe left, tap Settings, swipe

to applications, and tap background tasks. Tap the

app you want to block, and tap block.

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 left, and tap 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 change the

setting for Download new content.

• Switch Bluetooth on only when needed.
• Turn NFC on only when needed. To switch the tap

+send feature off, on the start screen, swipe left, tap

Settings > tap+send, and switch NFC sharing to

Off

• Use a Wi-Fi connection to connect to the internet,

rather than a mobile data connection.

Tip: To keep the Wi-Fi connection on even when

the phone screen switches off, on the start

screen, swipe left, tap Settings > Wi-Fi >