Extend battery life – Nokia Lumia 520 User Manual

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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 speakerphone.

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 left, and tap 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.

• 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

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 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.