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 > Personalization >

Sounds, and select which sounds to keep.

Use wired headphones

Use wired headphones, rather than the

speakerphone.

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 turn 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 turn off after a short

time. Swipe down from the top of the screen,

and tap All settings >

Personalization > 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 turn the

glance screen off, switch Mode to Off.

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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 turn the app

you want to stop from running in the

background off .

Use location services selectively

Turn location services off when you don’t need

them. Swipe down from the top of the screen,

and tap All settings > Privacy >

Location, and turn Location off .

Use network connections selectively

• Set your phone to check for new email 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 email account you have.

• Turn Bluetooth on only when needed.
• Turn NFC on only when needed. To turn the

tap to share feature off, swipe down from the

top of the screen, tap All settings >

Devices > NFC, and turn Tap to share to Off

. NFC is not supported by all phones. For

availability, go to www.microsoft.com/

mobile/support/wpfeatures.

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• Use a Wi-Fi connection to connect to the

internet, rather than a cellular data

connection.

• Stop your phone scanning for available

wireless networks. Swipe down from the top

of the screen, tap and hold Wi-Fi, and

switch Wi-Fi networking to Off .

• If you're listening to music or otherwise using

your phone, but don't want to make or

receive calls, turn Airplane mode on. Swipe

down from the top of the screen, tap All

settings > Network & wireless >

Airplane 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.