4 Getting Started
Common causes of battery drain
The following functions drain the battery more quickly and adversely affect
talk and standby times:
• You are often playing games or using the Web.
• Backlighting is frequently on. (To adjust backlighting, see page 66.)
• The phone is frequently used in analog mode. If you do not see a on
the home screen, the phone is in analog mode. To set your phone to
operate in different modes, select jÉåì=→=pÉííáåÖë=→=kÉíïçêâ=→=aáÖáí~ä=çê=
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• You are far away from a base station or cell site when in digital mode.
• Data cables or accessories, such as the Hands-free headset, are
connected to the phone.
• No service is available, or service is available intermittently. The phone
requires more power to acquire service than to maintain consistent service.
• The earpiece and ringer volume settings are high. To adjust volume, see
page 61.
• Review how often voicemail notifications, pages, and text messages are
received, and how quickly they are acknowledged. To use power most
efficiently, acknowledge notifications and messages immediately.
