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Battery and power management, Battery notification light status

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Battery notification light status Green Orange Red The battery is charging and the battery charge level is greater than 90% The battery is charging and the battery charge level is less than 90% The battery is charging and the battery charge level is less than 15% Battery and power management Your device has an embedded battery. To get the most use from it, keep track of the power consumed by different apps and features. Background power saving features are activated by default to help you reduce battery consumption, and additional power saving modes are available to help you reduce battery consumption further when necessary. Power saving features lower the priority for certain non-essential device functions, such as higher grade image performance, network activities such as location services, app synchronisation and background Wi-Fi scanning. If you do not want an application to be affected, you can exempt it in the Battery optimisation menu. Phone calls and SMS are not affected. System updates may change the power saving features available on your device. To view battery consumption, estimated time, and power saving tips 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Battery. An overview appears showing the battery percentage and an estimated battery time. 3 Tap SHOW BATTERY USAGE to view a list of features and services that have consumed battery power since the last charging cycle. Tap an item to get information on how to reduce its battery consumption. To view battery consumption for applications 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Apps. 3 Select an application and review its battery consumption under Battery usage. General usage tips to improve battery performance The following tips can help you improve battery performance: • Lower the screen brightness level, see Screen settings on page 57. • Turn off Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi and location services when you don't need these features. • Turn off your device or use Airplane mode if you are in an area with no or low network coverage. Otherwise, your device repeatedly scans for available networks, and this consumes power. • Use a Wi-Fi network instead of roaming when abroad. Roaming is scanning for your home network and puts additional demands on your battery as your device must transmit with a higher output power, see Wi-Fi on page 48. • Change the synchronisation settings for your email, calendar and contacts, see Synchronising with online accounts on page 54. • Check the applications that have a high battery consumption and consider the battery saving tips provided on your device for these applications. • Change the notification level for an application, see Notifications on page 29. • Turn off the location-sharing permission for an application, see Application settings on page 59. • Uninstall applications that you are not using, see Application screen on page 24. • Use a Sony original handsfree device to listen to music. Handsfree devices consume less battery than your device's loudspeakers. • Restart your device every now and then. 37 This is an internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Battery notification light status
Green
The battery is charging and the battery charge level is greater than 90%
Orange
The battery is charging and the battery charge level is less than 90%
Red
The battery is charging and the battery charge level is less than 15%
Battery and power management
Your device has an embedded battery. To get the most use from it, keep track of the
power consumed by different apps and features. Background power saving features
are activated by default to help you reduce battery consumption, and additional
power saving modes are available to help you reduce battery consumption further
when necessary.
Power saving features lower the priority for certain non-essential device functions,
such as higher grade image performance, network activities such as location
services, app synchronisation and background Wi-Fi scanning. If you do not want an
application to be affected, you can exempt it in the Battery optimisation menu. Phone
calls and SMS are not affected.
System updates may change the power saving features available on your device.
To view battery consumption, estimated time, and power saving tips
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Battery
. An overview appears showing the battery
percentage and an estimated battery time.
3
Tap
SHOW BATTERY USAGE
to view a list of features and services that have
consumed battery power since the last charging cycle. Tap an item to get
information on how to reduce its battery consumption.
To view battery consumption for applications
1
From your
Home screen
, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Apps
.
3
Select an application and review its battery consumption under
Battery usage
.
General usage tips to improve battery performance
The following tips can help you improve battery performance:
•
Lower the screen brightness level, see
Screen settings
on page 57.
•
Turn off Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi and location services when you don't need these
features.
•
Turn off your device or use Airplane mode if you are in an area with no or low
network coverage. Otherwise, your device repeatedly scans for available
networks, and this consumes power.
•
Use a Wi-Fi network instead of roaming when abroad. Roaming is scanning for
your home network and puts additional demands on your battery as your
device must transmit with a higher output power, see
Wi-Fi
on page 48.
•
Change the synchronisation settings for your email, calendar and contacts, see
Synchronising with online accounts
on page 54.
•
Check the applications that have a high battery consumption and consider the
battery saving tips provided on your device for these applications.
•
Change the
notification
level for an application, see
Notifications
on page 29.
•
Turn off the location-sharing permission for an application, see
Application
settings
on page 59.
•
Uninstall applications that you are not using, see
Application screen
on
page 24.
•
Use a Sony original handsfree device to listen to music. Handsfree devices
consume less battery than your device's loudspeakers.
•
Restart your device every now and then.
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