Well by now I'm sure u realise that the battery life on the N95 is pretty poor, Its fine if you only send the occasional text but as a multimedia device! Well its a joke! There is no way around it find your old N70, N80 chargers and leave one at home,at work, in the car etc. First off don't waste your time buying a slightly larger battery which are available on the Internet, The N95 comes with a standard BL-5F Li-Ion battery with 950mAh other non Nokia batteries have 1000mAh but this increase in size is so small u will never notice it and more importantly these batteries are mostly Li-Poly and have had problems in the past with exploding!
There are a few good basic tips however to get the best from your battery, Most are common sense but its worth checking you've done them:
1. Turn Off 3G Network
The best power save is by turning off 3G network searching (based on U.K reception) To do this Tools :: Settings :: Phone :: Network :: Network mode, Set to "GSM" not Dual
2. Custom Packet Data
Packet data connection set this to "when needed"Connection" To do this Tools :: Settings :: Connection :: Packet data, Set Packet data connection to "When needed"
3. Turn Off WLAN Scanning
Make sure your WLAN scanning is turned off, To do this Tools :: Settings :: Connection :: Wireless LAN :: Show WLAN availability , set to "Never", dont worry you can still connect to wireless routers at home, it will do it automatically when you select "web and walk" for example.
If you use Wlan a lot the its a good idea to turn down the Wlan transmit power to 10mW To do this Tools :: Settings :: Connection :: Wireless LAN :: Options(top left key) / Advanced settings (Ignore the warning select yes) scroll down to TX power level and select 10mW
4. Animated Screensavers
I don't see much point in having them running when your not there anyway, and u can save a bit of battery just selecting Date and time, To do this Tools :: Settings :: General :: Personalisation :: Themes :: Power saver and select "Date and Time"
5. Reduce Screen Display Times
To do this Tools :: Settings :: General :: Personalisation :: Display :: Power saver time set to 1 minute (minimum)
6. Reduce Light Time Out
To do this Tools :: Settings :: General :: Personalisation :: Display :: light time out, Set to your preference.
7. Turn Bluetooth Off
Its really easy to turn bluetooth On and Off, just use the preset voice command, just hold down top right key and say "bluetooth" when prompted repeat to turn off, to search for devices you will need to locate the application from the Menu
8. Always Check Task Manager
Don't leave applications running by accident, check by holding down Menu key, select the unwanted app. then from the options select exit.
9. Leave The Camera
Don't leave the camera on unless you are using it, obvious but its better to open /close than leave open.
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