Battery and power management

Your device has an embedded battery. To get the most use from it, keep track of the power consumed by different applications and features. You can also use Battery Care to increase the battery’s lifetime. Background power-saving features are activated by default to help you further reduce battery consumption, and additional power-saving modes are available to help you reduce battery consumption when necessary.

Power-saving features lower the priority of certain non-essential device functions. If you do not want an application to be affected, you can make it exempt in the Power-saving exceptions menu. Phone calls and SMS are not affected.

General usage tips to improve battery performance

The following tips can help you improve battery performance:

• Lower the screen brightness level, see Screen settings
• Turn off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and location services when you don’t need these features.
• Turn off your device or use Airplane mode if you are in an area with no or low network coverage. Otherwise, your device repeatedly scans for available networks, and this consumes power.
• Use a Wi-Fi network instead of roaming when abroad. Roaming is scanning for your home network and puts additional demands on your battery as your device must transmit with a higher output power, see Wi-Fi
• Change the synchronization settings for your email, calendar and contacts.
• Check the applications that have a high battery consumption and consider the battery saving tips provided on your device for these applications.
• Change the notification level for an application, see Notifications
• Turn off the location-sharing permission for an application, see Application settings
• Uninstall applications that you are not using.
• Use a Sony original handsfree device to listen to music. Handsfree devices consume less battery than your device’s loudspeakers.
• Restart your device every now and then.

STAMINA mode

The STAMINA mode prolongs the time until the battery needs charging by disabling some functions of the device.

Depending on the STAMINA level, different features will be restricted or disabled in order to reduce battery consumption. These include rendering performance, screen brightness, image enhancement, and GPS while the screen is off. Synchronizing of background app data or streaming may be disabled for some applications.

Battery Care

Battery Care increases the lifespan of your battery. This feature detects your charging patterns and estimates the start and end time of your regular charging period. The charging rate is controlled so that your battery reaches 100% just before you disconnect the charger. You can also set a start and end time for the charging period manually.