Sony Xperia M5 E5603 User Manual page 37

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Lower the screen brightness level, see
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Turn off Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi, and location services when you don't need these
features.
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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.
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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
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Change the synchronization settings for your email, calendar, and contacts, see
Synchronizing with Online Accounts on page 54.
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Check the applications that have a high battery consumption and consider the
battery saving tips provided on your device for these applications.
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Change the notification level for an application, see
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Turn off the location-sharing permission for an application, see
settings on page 59.
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Uninstall applications that you are not using, see
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Use a Sony™ original handsfree device to listen to music. Handsfree devices
consume less battery than your device's loudspeakers.
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Restart your device every now and then.
Battery Optimization
Battery optimization is a powerful and convenient built-in mode which improves your
battery life significantly by reducing battery consumption when you are not using the
device or certain apps.
This is achieved by suspending battery draining network activities, such as location
services, syncing, and Wi-Fi scanning in the background when you have not been using
your device for a long time.
Phone calls and SMS messaging are not affected.
You cannot disable Battery optimization, but you can make exemptions for certain
applications.
To Make Specific Applications Exempt From Battery Optimization
1
From your Home screen, tap
2 Find and tap Settings > Battery.
3 Tap and select Battery optimization. You will see a list of applications that are not
optimized.
4 To add or remove applications from this list, tap Apps and select or de-select an
application from the list to edit its optimization settings.
5
The list of applications that are not optimized will get updated according to your
settings.
You cannot exempt applications from being optimized by Ultra STAMINA mode.
You can also configure Battery optimization from the Apps menu by tapping
Power-Saving Modes
There are several power-saving modes available for you to use if you want to make your
battery last longer:
STAMINA
Depending on the STAMINA level, different features will be restricted or disabled in order to
mode
reduce battery consumption. These include rendering performance, animation and screen
brightness, image enhancement, background app data syncing, vibration (except for
incoming calls), streaming, and GPS (while the screen is off).
Ultra
In addition to the features disabled by STAMINA mode, Ultra STAMINA mode disables
STAMINA
Cellular Data and Wi-Fi. The app selection is limited and widgets (except for Clock) are
mode
disabled. Calling and SMS are still available. The Homescreen is changed to a special Ultra
STAMINA mode Homescreen and additional panes are disabled.
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Screen settings on page 58.
Wi-Fi on page 47.
Notifications on page 29.
Application screen on page 25.
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