Samsung Galaxy Avant - Manual (Page 9)

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Extending Your Battery Life
Active applications, light levels, Bluetooth usage, and GPS functionality all act to drain your battery. The
following is a list of helpful tips that can help conserve your battery power:
● Reduce the time your backlight stays on.
● Turn Bluetooth off when not in use.
● Turn Wi-Fi off when not in use.
● Deactivate your GPS functionality when not needed. Most applications using this function will periodically
query the GPS satellites for your current location; each query drains your battery.
● Do not wait until your battery is completely depleted before charging your device. Repeating this process
of a complete discharge and recharge can over time reduce the storage capacity of any battery.
● Use the Power Saving feature to deactivate some hardware and interface functions.
● Check the Battery use screen to review what features or functions have been consuming your battery
resources.
● Check the Running Services and close any unnecessary applications.
● Use the Task Manager feature to end/shutdown background applications that are still running. These
minimized applications can, over time, cause your device to “slow down”.
● Animated wallpapers use processing power, memory, and more power. Change your Live Wallpaper to a
non-animated Wallpaper gallery or Gallery image.
Switching the Device On or Off
Once the device has been configured, you will not be prompted with setup screens again.
To turn the device on:
► Press and hold Power/Lock until the device switches on.
The device searches for your network and after finding it, you can make or receive calls.
Note: The display language is preset to English at the factory. To change the language, use the Language
menu. For more information, refer to “Language and Input” on page 74.
To turn the device off:
1. Press and hold Power/Lock until the Device options screen appears.
2. Tap Power off.
Initial Device Configuration
1. Select a language from the associated field. English is the default language.
Note: If you are visually impaired or have difficulty hearing, tap Accessibility to configure the accessibility
settings.
2. Tap Start and follow the onscreen setup instructions.
Note: You may be prompted with a notification that your activation is completed. Enabling Google location
services can drain battery power.
For more information, refer to “Creating a Samsung Account” on page 72.
Note: Read the onscreen Dropbox set up and registration information regarding new services.
3. Enter a unique device name and tap Finish to complete the setup process.
Important! The device name is also used to provide an identification for your device’s Bluetooth and
Wi-Fi Direct names.
4. Read the onscreen Collect diagnostics information.
Note: This software collects only diagnostic data from your device so that customer service technicians can
better troubleshoot issues with your device.
5. Select either More info... (to read additional information) or Close to close the message screen.
Important! Selecting Close only closes the current description screen and does not disable data collection.
To disable data collection, go to Settings > Backup and reset > Collect diagnostics and turn off the
Allow Diagnostics feature. For more information, refer to “Collect Diagnostics” on page 74.
Restarting the Device
1. Press and hold Power/Lock until the Device options screen appears.
2. Tap Restart.