Here are 7 simple tips on conserving your Windows Phone 8 battery life, this can be done by disabling a few unnecessary features and also by managing background apps. The following tutorial works on the Nokia Lumia 1520, 1020, 920, 900, 800, 710, 520 and more.
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1. Turn on Battery Saver
Settings -> Battery Saver (Under System) -> Battery Saver (Turn On)
p.s. Enabling Battery Saver mode prevents background app from running, you might miss messages from WhatApp and more. Use with cautious.
2. Screen
Settings -> Display (Under System) -> Sunlight Readability (Turn Off), Battery Saver Brightness (Turn On)
Settings -> Lock Screen (Under System) -> Decrease the screen timeout
Settings -> Glance (Under System) -> Off (This feature doesn’t drain much of the battery)
Settings -> Display (Under Touch) -> Touch Sensitivity (Change to Normal)
Settings -> Display (Under Touch) -> Disable
p.s. Putting the screen brightness to the lowest will render the screen unreadable under bright sunlight during photo shoot.
3. Dark Background Theme
Settings -> Theme -> Background, and then tap Dark.
4. Reduce Email Sync
Settings -> Email + accounts -> Under Download new content, choose a longer interval, and then tap Done.
p.s. Disable sync if you are not using this feature.
5. Disable NFC / Bluetooth / Location
Settings -> tap + send (System) -> Off
Settings -> Bluetooth (System) -> Off
Settings -> Location (System) -> Off (Might render some apps unusable)
6. Disable Background Apps
Settings -> (swipe left) Applications -> background tasks -> Block the unnecessary apps from running in the background
7. Others
- Limit what you pin to Start screen. The more Live Tiles you have on the Start screen, the greater the impact on battery life.
- If you don’t play games, don’t connect with Xbox. You can turn off the Connect with Xbox setting in the Games settings.
- Disable backup if you find this feature unnecessary.
- Turn off the screen during calls (speaker mode). If you’re using the speakerphone or a Bluetooth device, press the Power Power icon button to turn off the screen.
- Switch to 2G instead of 3G or LTE
- If you don’t play games, don’t connect with Xbox. You can turn off the Connect with Xbox setting in the Games settings.
- Restart phone if you notice short battery life. This can sometimes fix issues that can shorten battery life.
- Always keep Windows up to date.
How to Improve Battery on Nokia Lumia
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