Microsoft Lumia 550 - Extend battery life

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Extend battery life

Get the most out of your phone while getting the battery life you need. There are steps you

can take to save power on your phone.
To save power:

Charge wisely

Always charge the battery fully.

Select only the sounds that you need

Mute unnecessary sounds, such as key press

sounds. Swipe down from the top of the screen,

tap All settings > Personalisation >

Sounds, and select which sounds to keep.

Use wired headphones

Use wired headphones, rather than the

loudspeaker.

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Use Battery saver

You can set your phone to automatically save

power when the battery charge level is low. To

check the battery status, and to switch Battery

saver on, swipe down from the top of the

screen, and tap All settings > System >

Battery saver.
When your phone goes into battery saver

mode, you may not be able to change the

settings of all apps.

Change the phone screen settings

• Set the phone screen to switch off after a

short time. Swipe down from the top of the

screen, and tap All settings >

Personalisation > Lock screen, and under

Screen times out after, select the time.

• Change the glance screen settings. To briefly

see the time and your notifications, swipe

down from the top of the screen, tap All

settings > Extras > Glance screen, and

switch Mode to 30 seconds. To switch the

glance screen off, switch Mode to Off.

Glance screen is not supported by all phones.

For availability, go to www.microsoft.com/

mobile/support/wpfeatures.

Lower the screen brightness

• Swipe down from the top of the screen, and

tap All settings > System > Display.

Make sure that Automatically adjust

display brightness is switched to Off . To

adjust the brightness, drag the Brightness

level slider. Automatic screen brightness is

not supported by all phones. For availability,

go to www.microsoft.com/mobile/

support/wpfeatures.

Stop apps from running in the

background

• Close the apps you are not using. To close

most of the apps, tap and hold the back key

, and tap at the top right corner of the

apps you want to close.

• Some apps may run in the background

unnecessarily. Swipe down from the top of

the screen, tap All settings > System >

Battery saver > Battery use > Change

background app settings, and switch the

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app you want to stop from running in the

background off .

Use location services selectively

Switch location services off when you don’t

need them. Swipe down from the top of the

screen, and tap All settings > Privacy >

Location, and switch Location off .

Use network connections selectively

• Set your phone to check for new mail less

frequently, or even by request only. Tap

Outlook Mail > > Accounts. Select an

account, tap Change mailbox sync

settings, and select how often to sync. Do

this for every mail account you have.

• Switch Bluetooth on only when needed.
• Switch NFC on only when needed. To switch

the tap to share feature off, swipe down from

the top of the screen, tap All settings >

Devices > NFC, and switch Tap to share

to Off . NFC is not supported by all phones.

For availability, go to www.microsoft.com/

mobile/support/wpfeatures.

• Use a WiFi connection to connect to the

internet, rather than a mobile data

connection.

• Stop your phone scanning for available

wireless networks. Swipe down from the top

of the screen, tap and hold WiFi, and

switch WiFi networking to Off .

• If you're listening to music or otherwise using

your phone, but don't want to make or

receive calls, switch Flight mode on. Swipe

down from the top of the screen, tap All

settings > Network & wireless > Flight

mode, and switch Status to On .

Check battery use

To check which apps have been eating up your battery life, swipe down from the top of the

screen, and tap All settings > System > Battery saver > Battery use.