Sony Ericsson Xperia T User Guide - Page 148

Orange The battery is charging. The battery level is between low and full To check the battery level 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > About phone > Status > Battery level. 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 Eco mode setting to minimize battery consumption when the screen is inactive. • Set your synchronization applications (used to synchronize your email, calendar, and contacts) to synchronize manually. You can also synchronize automatically, but increase the synchronization 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 applications downloaded from Google Play™ may 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. • Disable any live wallpaper. • Go to www.sonymobile.com to get the latest battery performance tips for your phone model. To access the battery usage menu 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Power management > Battery. To add the Data traffic widget to your Home screen 1 Tap an empty area of your Home screen. 2 Tap . 3 Tap Tools > Data traffic. To add the Quick settings widget to your Home screen 1 Tap an empty area of your Home screen. 2 Tap > Tools. 3 Select the Quick settings widget. Reducing battery consumption with Extended Standby Mode Use the Extended Standby Mode setting to minimize battery consumption by disabling Wi-Fi®, data traffic, and unused applications when the screen is inactive. When Extended Standby Mode is on, you cannot receive emails or any notifications sent over your cellular network. However, you can still receive phone calls, text and multimedia messages, and calendar notifications. You can also still use the alarm, the Walkman™ player, and the FM radio, and finish downloads and uploads in progress. Once the 15 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.