Samsung Galaxy Victory User Manual - Page 139

Battery Settings

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● Turn off Sprint Hotspot (Wi-Fi hotspot) services when not in use. This is one of the largest drains on your battery as it is not only transmitting a Wi-Fi connection to your phone but is also doing it while using a 4G connection. ● Deactivate the GPS when not needed. Most applications using this function will periodically query the GPS satellites for your current location; each query drains your battery. ● Do not wait until your battery is completely depleted before charging your phone. Repeating this process of a complete discharge and recharge can over time reduce the storage capacity of any battery. ● Turn off Automatic application sync. ● Use the Power saving widget to deactivate hardware functions such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Synchronization, or LCD brightness setting. ● Check the Battery use screen to review what features or functions have been consuming your battery resources. ● Check the Running Services and close any unnecessary applications. ● Animated wallpapers use an increased amount of power and memory. Change your Live Wallpaper to a non-animated Wallpaper gallery or Gallery image. 1. Press > and tap Settings > Power saving mode. 2. Tap the ON/OFF slider to ON to use Power saving to allow the phone to switch to power saving mode when the battery is low. 3. Choose from the following options to customize the settings:  CPU power saving: allows you to limit the maximum performance of the CPU.  Screen power saving: allows you to lower the screen power level.  Learn about power saving mode: provides additional information about Power saving settings. Battery Settings Your phone is equipped with a Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) battery. It allows you to recharge your battery before it is fully drained. At very low battery level , there are only a few minutes of talk time left, the phone sounds an audible alert, displays a critical charge icon ( ), and then turns off. Use the battery settings menu to view what apps or processes have been using the battery. Settings 138

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Settings
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Turn off Sprint Hotspot (Wi-Fi hotspot) services when not in use. This is one of the
largest drains on your battery as it is not only transmitting a Wi-Fi connection to your
phone but is also doing it while using a 4G connection.
Deactivate the GPS when not needed. Most applications using this function will
periodically query the GPS satellites for your current location; each query drains your
battery.
Do not wait until your battery is completely depleted before charging your phone.
Repeating this process of a complete discharge and recharge can over time reduce the
storage capacity of any battery.
Turn off Automatic application sync.
Use the
Power saving
widget to deactivate hardware functions such as Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, GPS, Synchronization, or LCD brightness setting.
Check the Battery use screen to review what features or functions have been consuming
your battery resources.
Check the Running Services and close any unnecessary applications.
Animated wallpapers use an increased amount of power and memory. Change your Live
Wallpaper to a non-animated Wallpaper gallery or Gallery image.
1. Press
>
and tap
Settings
>
Power saving mode
.
2.
Tap the ON/OFF slider to ON to use Power saving
to allow the phone to switch to power
saving mode when the battery is low.
3.
Choose from the following options to customize the settings:
CPU power saving
: allows you to limit the maximum performance of the CPU.
Screen power saving
: allows you to lower the screen power level.
Learn about power saving mode
: provides additional information about Power
saving settings.
Battery Settings
Your phone is equipped with a Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) battery. It allows you to recharge your battery
before it is fully drained.
At very low battery level , there are only a few minutes of talk time left, the phone sounds an
audible alert, displays a critical charge icon (
), and then turns off.
Use the battery settings menu to view what apps or processes have been using the battery.