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45 Your first week with your new phone Checking battery history Check how long you've been using HTC Desire 601 since the last charge. You can also see a chart that shows how long the screen has been on, and how long you've been using connections like the mobile network or Wi‑Fi. 1. Go to Settings, and then tap Power. 2. Tap History. 3. If you've used HTC Desire 601 for a long time since the last charge, swipe left or right to scale the graph that details battery usage over time. You can also slide two fingers together or apart to scale the graph. Getting the battery to last longer How long the battery can last before it needs recharging depends on how you use HTC Desire 601. HTC Desire 601 power management helps to increase battery life. In times when you need to extend the battery life more, try out some of these tips: Check your battery usage Monitoring your battery usage helps you identify what's using the most power so you can choose what to do about it. For details, see Checking battery usage on page 44. Manage your connections § Turn off wireless connections you're not using. To turn on or off connections such as mobile data, Wi‑Fi, or Bluetooth, go to Settings and tap their On/Off switches. § Turn GPS on only when a precise location is needed. To prevent some apps from using GPS in the background, keep the GPS satellites setting off. Turn it on only when you need your precise location while using navigation or location-based apps. Go to Settings and tap Location to turn this setting on or off. For more information on location services, see Turning location services on or off on page 143. § If the Sleep mode option in Settings > Power is enabled, at low peak times, your phone will turn off the data connection after the screen has been off for 15 minutes and there's no network activity (no downloads, streaming, or data usage). The data connection resumes when you switch the screen back on. Manage your display Lowering the brightness, letting the display sleep when not in use, and keeping it simple helps save battery power. § Use automatic brightness (the default), or manually lower the brightness. § Set the screen timeout to a shorter time.

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Checking battery history
Check how long you've been using HTC Desire 601 since the last charge. You can also
see a chart that shows how long the screen has been on, and how long you've been
using connections like the mobile network or Wi
‑
Fi.
1.
Go to Settings, and then tap
Power
.
2.
Tap
History
.
3.
If you've used HTC Desire 601 for a long time since the last charge, swipe left or
right to scale the graph that details battery usage over time.
You can also slide two fingers together or apart to scale the graph.
Getting the battery to last longer
How long the battery can last before it needs recharging depends on how you use
HTC Desire 601. HTC Desire 601 power management helps to increase battery life.
In times when you need to extend the battery life more, try out some of these tips:
Check your battery usage
Monitoring your battery usage helps you identify what's using the most power so you
can choose what to do about it. For details, see
Checking battery usage
on page 44.
Manage your connections
§
Turn off wireless connections you're not using.
To turn on or off connections such as mobile data, Wi
‑
Fi, or Bluetooth, go to
Settings and tap their
On/Off
switches.
§
Turn GPS on only when a precise location is needed.
To prevent some apps from using GPS in the background, keep the
GPS
satellites
setting off. Turn it on only when you need your precise location while
using navigation or location-based apps. Go to Settings and tap
Location
to
turn this setting on or off. For more information on location services, see
Turning location services on or off
on page 143.
§
If the
Sleep mode
option in
Settings > Power
is enabled, at low peak times, your
phone will turn off the data connection after the screen has been off for 15
minutes and there's no network activity (no downloads, streaming, or data
usage). The data connection resumes when you switch the screen back on.
Manage your display
Lowering the brightness, letting the display sleep when not in use, and keeping it
simple helps save battery power.
§
Use automatic brightness (the default), or manually lower the brightness.
§
Set the screen timeout to a shorter time.
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Your first week with your new phone