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To activate the Location-based Wi-Fi® feature 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Power management. 3 Drag the slider beside Location-based Wi-Fi to the right. Improving battery time by queuing background data You can improve battery performance by setting your device to send background data at pre-defined intervals when you're not using it, that is, when the screen is not active. To allow the queuing of background data 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Power management. 3 Mark the checkbox beside Queue background data. Memory and storage Your device has different types of memory and storage possibilities for photos, apps, and other files: • The internal storage is about 12 GB and is used to store downloaded or transferred content along with personal settings and data. Examples are alarm, volume and language settings, emails, bookmarks, call logs, contacts, messages, calendar events, photos, videos, and music. • You can use a removable memory card of up to 64 GB to get more storage space. Most applications can read data from a memory card but only certain apps can save files to this type of memory. You can, for example, set the camera application to save photos directly to the memory card. • The dynamic memory (RAM) is about 2 GB and cannot be used for storage. RAM is used to handle running applications and the operating system. You may have to purchase a memory card separately. Read more about the use of memory in Android devices by downloading the white paper for your device at www.sonymobile.com/support. Improving memory performance The memory in your device tends to fill up as a result of normal usage. If the device starts to slow down, or applications suddenly shut down, you should consider the following: • Always have more than 100 MB of free internal storage and more than 100 MB of free RAM. • Close down running applications that you are not using. • Clear the memory cache for all applications. • Uninstall downloaded applications that you don't use. • Transfer photos, videos, and music from the internal memory to the memory card. • If your device can't read content on the memory card, you may need to format it. To view the memory status 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Storage. To view the amount of free and used RAM 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Apps > Running. To clear the memory cache for all applications 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Storage. 3 Tap Cached data > OK. When you clear the memory cache, you don't lose any important information or settings. 117 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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To activate the Location-based Wi-Fi® feature
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Power management
.
3
Drag the slider beside
Location-based Wi-Fi
to the right.
Improving battery time by queuing background data
You can improve battery performance by setting your device to send background data at
pre-defined intervals when you're not using it, that is, when the screen is not active.
To allow the queuing of background data
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Power management
.
3
Mark the checkbox beside
Queue background data
.
Memory and storage
Your device has different types of memory and storage possibilities for photos, apps,
and other files:
•
The
internal storage
is about
12
GB and is used to store downloaded or transferred
content along with personal settings and data. Examples are alarm, volume and
language settings, emails, bookmarks, call logs, contacts, messages, calendar events,
photos, videos, and music.
•
You can use a removable
memory card
of up to
64
GB to get more storage space. Most
applications can read data from a memory card but only certain apps can save files to
this type of memory. You can, for example, set the camera application to save photos
directly to the memory card.
•
The
dynamic memory (RAM)
is about
2
GB and cannot be used for storage. RAM is
used to handle running applications and the operating system.
You may have to purchase a memory card separately.
Read more about the use of memory in Android devices by downloading the white paper
for your device at
www.sonymobile.com/support
.
Improving memory performance
The memory in your device tends to fill up as a result of normal usage. If the device starts
to slow down, or applications suddenly shut down, you should consider the following:
•
Always have more than
100
MB of free internal storage and more than
100
MB of free
RAM.
•
Close down running applications that you are not using.
•
Clear the memory cache for all applications.
•
Uninstall downloaded applications that you don't use.
•
Transfer photos, videos, and music from the internal memory to the memory card.
•
If your device can't read content on the memory card, you may need to format it.
To view the memory status
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Storage
.
To view the amount of free and used RAM
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Apps
>
Running
.
To clear the memory cache for all applications
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Storage
.
3
Tap
Cached data
>
OK
.
When you clear the memory cache, you don't lose any important information or settings.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.