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Battery life

Tips and tricks to extend your battery performance.

INSTRUCTIONS & INFO
  1. You can use the Usage Manager to determine what apps and features are consuming battery power. Tap Apps > AT&T folder > Ussage Manager > Battery.
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  2. To turn on the battery saving features of your device, from the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen and tap the Settings icon.
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  3. Under the System tab, tap Battery.
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  4. Tap Power saving mode.
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  5. You can prolong battery life with modes that save power.  Tap the Power saving mode toggle to turn on Power saving mode.
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  6. If you scroll down to Recent battery usage from Battery, you can view which applications are using the most battery power.
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  7. To change the Brightness on your device, swipe down from the top of the screen and use the slider to adjust as desired.
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  8. To set the screen timeout to a shorter duration, tap Settings icon > Device > Display > Screen timeout > select desired time.
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  9. To turn Location Services & GPS on or off, swipe down from the top of the screen and tap Location.
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  10. To turn off auto-update apps, tap Play Store > menu icon > Settings > Auto-update apps.
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  11. To turn off auto-sync, swipe down from the top of the screen and tap the Expand icon.
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  12. Then tap Sync.
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  13. If you are traveling and do not have access to mobile or Wi-Fi networks, switch to Airplane mode.
    Note: To turn aurplane mode on or off, swipe down from the top of the screen, tap the Expand icon, then tap Airplane mode.
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  14. Turn off Bluetooth & Wi-Fi when not in use by swiping down from the top of the screen.
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  15. Tap Bluetooth & Wi-Fi to turn on or off. 
    Note: For additional information about charging your battery, please search tutorials for "Charge the battery".
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