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Monitor and control what uses the battery
The Battery Use screen shows which applications consume the most battery power. You can also use it to turn off applications that you’ve downloaded, if they are consuming too much power.
SOn the Home screen, press Menu
and touch Settings > Applications >Battery use.
Touch the discharge graph to open a screen with details about battery use by the phone’s screen, radios, and other features.
The Battery Use screen lists the applications that have been using the battery, from greatest to least battery use.
The discharge graph at the top of the screen shows the pace of battery discharge since you last changed the phone (short periods of time when you were connected to a charger are shown as thin green lines at the bottom of the chart), and how long you’ve been running on battery power.
STouch an application in the Battery Use screen to learn details about its power consumption.
Different applications offer different kinds of information. Some applications include buttons that open screens with settings to adjust power use.
STouch the discharge graph to open a screen with details about when the phone’s radios, screen, and other features were using the battery.
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