Prolong battery life, Us efu l in formation – Nokia N95 User Manual

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Prolong battery life

Many features in your device increase the demand on

battery power and reduce the battery life time. To save

battery power, note the following:

Features that use Bluetooth technology, or allowing

such features to run in the background while using

other features, increase the demand on battery

power. To prolong the operating time of your

device, turn the Bluetooth technology off when you

do not need it.

Features that use wireless LAN (WLAN), or allowing

such features to run in the background while using

other features, increase the demand on battery

power. WLAN on your Nokia device switches off

when you are not trying to connect, not connected

to another access point, or not scanning for

available networks. To further reduce battery

consumption, you can specify that your device does

not scan, or scans less often, for available networks

in the background. WLAN switches off in between

background scans.

See "Wireless LAN", p. 26.

When

Scan for networks

is set to

Never

, the WLAN

availability icon is not shown in the standby mode.

However, you can still manually scan for available

WLAN networks and connect to WLAN networks as

usual.

If you have set

Packet data connection

to

When

available

in connection settings, and there is no

packet data coverage (GPRS), the device periodically

tries to establish a packet data connection, which

causes increased demand on battery power. To

prolong the operating time of your device, select

Packet data connection

>

When needed

.

The Maps application downloads new map

information when you scroll to new areas on the

map, which increases the demand on battery power.

You can prevent the device from automatically

downloading new maps.

See "Maps", p. 63.

If the signal strength of the cellular network varies

much in your area, your device must scan for the

available network repeatedly. This increases the

demand on battery power.
If the network mode is set to dual mode in the

network settings, the device searches for the UMTS

network. If it is not available, the device uses the

available GSM network. To only use the GSM

network, press

, and select

Tools

>

Settings

>

Phone

>

Network

>

Network mode

>

GSM

.

The backlight of the display increases the demand

on battery power. To change the time-out after

which the backlight is switched off, press

, and

select

Tools

>

Settings

>

General

>

Personalisation

>

Display

>

Light time-out

. To

adjust the light sensor that observes the lighting

conditions and adjusts the brightness of the display,

in the display settings, select

Light sensor

.

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