Learn more about battery performance

Standby time, a common term when it comes to battery performance, refers to the time during which the phone is connected to a network but is not being used.

The following tips can help you improve battery performance:

• Charge your phone often. This will not affect the lifetime of the battery.
• Turn off Bluetooth™ and Wi-Fi^® when you don’t need these features. You can do this from the Connectivity settings. You do not need to turn off 3G.
• Check the battery status. You can do this from the About phone settings. Your battery consumes more power when you use video and music streaming applications.
• Close and exit applications that you are not using, since multitasking affects the battery performance.
• Lower the screen display brightness level. You can do this from the Appearance settings.
• Turn off your phone, or use Flight mode if you are in an area with no network coverage. Otherwise, your phone repeatedly scans for available networks, and this consumes power. You can turn Flight mode on from the General settings.
• Use a hands-free device to listen to music. This consumes less battery power than when you listen to music through the phone’s loudspeakers.