Samsung SGH-T679 User Manual (user Manual) (ver.f9) (English(north America)) - Page 16

Power Savings, Initial Phone Configuration - reviews

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• Do not wait until your battery is completely depleted before charging your device. 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 Savings 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. • Use the Task Manager feature to end/shutdown background applications that are still running. These minimized applications can, over time, cause your device to "slow down". • Turn off any streaming services after use (see Running Services). • Animated wallpapers use processing power, memory, and more power. Change your Live Wallpaper to a nonanimated Wallpaper gallery or Gallery image. Power Savings Active applications, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Synchronization, Location consent, or the LCD Brightness functionality all act to drain your battery. The Power Savings application was designed to quickly activate (turn on), or deactivate (turn off) those functions or applications that use the most battery power. 1. From the Home screen, touch and hold an empty area until the Add to Home screen menu displays. 2. Tap Widgets ➔ Power savings. The Power Control shortcut is added to the current screen. 3. Tap any of the icons on the Power Savings shortcut bar to activate/deactivate the feature. Note: A green bar displayed beneath the icon means the application is active (turned on). The green bar is removed from beneath the icon when the feature is deactivated (turned off). Initial Phone Configuration 1. Tap the on-screen Android icon to begin the setup process. 2. Tap Skip to ignore the Wi-Fi connection setup process. 3. Select/deselect the desired Google location services and tap Next. 12

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Do not wait until your battery is completely depleted
before charging your device. 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 Savings 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.
Use the Task Manager feature to end/shutdown
background applications that are still running. These
minimized applications can, over time, cause your device
to “slow down”.
Turn off any streaming services after use (see Running
Services).
Animated wallpapers use processing power, memory, and
more power. Change your Live Wallpaper to a non-
animated Wallpaper gallery or Gallery image.
Power Savings
Active applications, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS,
Synchronization, Location consent, or the LCD
Brightness functionality all act to drain your battery.
The Power Savings application was designed to
quickly activate (turn on), or deactivate (turn off) those
functions or applications that use the most battery
power.
1.
From the Home
screen, touch
and hold an
empty area until
the
Add to Home
screen
menu
displays.
2.
Tap
Widgets
Power savings
.
The Power
Control shortcut
is added to the
current screen.
3.
Tap any of the icons on the Power Savings
shortcut bar to activate/deactivate the feature.
Note:
A green bar displayed beneath the icon means the
application is active (turned on). The green bar is removed
from beneath the icon when the feature is deactivated
(turned off).
Initial Phone Configuration
1.
Tap the on-screen Android icon to begin the
setup process.
2.
Tap
Skip
to ignore the Wi-Fi connection setup
process.
3.
Select/deselect the desired Google location
services and tap
Next
.