Sony Xperia X Performance - Battery and Power Management

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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 apps and features. Background power-saving features are

activated by default to help you reduce battery consumption, and additional power

saving modes are available to help you reduce battery consumption further when

necessary.
Power-saving features lower the priority for certain non-essential device functions, such

as higher-grade image performance, network activities such as location services, app

synchronization and background Wi-Fi scanning. If you do not want an application to be

affected, you can exempt it in the Battery Optimization menu. Phone calls and SMS are

not affected.

System updates may change the power saving features available on your device.

To View Battery Consumption, Estimated Time, and Power-Saving Tips

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Battery. An overview appears showing the battery

percentage and an estimated battery time.

3

Tap

SHOW BATTERY USAGE to view a list of features and services that have

consumed battery power since the last charging cycle. Tap an item to get

information on how to reduce its battery consumption.

To View Battery Consumption For Applications

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Apps.

3

Select an application and review its battery consumption under

Battery usage.

General Usage Tips to Improve Battery Performance

The following tips can help you improve battery performance:

Lower the screen brightness level, see

Screen settings

on page 57.

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

on page 47.

Change the synchronization settings for your email, calendar, and contacts, see

Synchronizing with Online Accounts

on page 54.

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

on page 29.

Turn off the location-sharing permission for an application, see

Application

settings

on page 59.

Uninstall applications that you are not using, see

Application screen

on page 24.

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.

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To Make Exceptions to Power Saving Features for Apps

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Battery.

3

Tap and select

Battery optimization. You will see a list of applications that are not

optimized.

4

To add or remove applications from this list, tap

APPS and select or de-select an

application from the list to edit its optimization settings.

5

The list of applications that are not optimized will get updated according to your

settings.

You cannot exempt applications from being optimized by Ultra STAMINA mode.

You can also configure

Battery optimization from Settings > Apps > > Special access.

STAMINA Mode

Depending on the STAMINA level, different features will be restricted or disabled in order

to reduce battery consumption. These include rendering performance, animation and

screen brightness, image enhancement, background app data syncing, vibration (except

for incoming calls), streaming, and GPS (while the screen is off). appears in the status

bar.

If you are sharing a device with multiple users, you may need to log in as the owner, that is, the

primary user, to activate or deactivate STAMINA mode.

To Activate or Deactivate STAMINA Mode

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Battery.

3

Tap

STAMINA mode and tap the slider to activate or deactivate the function.

When STAMINA mode is activated you can select additional options, for example

you can adjust the Auto-start percentage according to your preferences.

You can exempt applications from being optimized by STAMINA mode in the Battery

Optimization menu.

Ultra STAMINA Mode

Your battery time is extensively prolonged, but available apps are limited, and mobile

data and Wi-Fi are disabled. Calling and SMS are still available. Your Home screen is

changed and appears in the status bar.

If you are sharing a device with multiple users, you may need to log in as the owner, that is, the

primary user, to activate or deactivate Ultra STAMINA mode.

To Activate Ultra STAMINA Mode

1

From your

Home screen, tap .

2

Find and tap

Settings > Battery.

3

Tap

Ultra STAMINA mode, and then tap ACTIVATE.

4

Confirm to activate.

You cannot exempt applications from being optimized by Ultra STAMINA mode.

To Deactivate Ultra STAMINA Mode

1

Drag down the status bar to access the Notification panel.

2

Tap

Deactivate Ultra STAMINA mode.

3

Tap

OK.

Deactivating Ultra STAMINA mode will restart your device.

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