Samsung Galaxy Note II - Power Saving Settings

Settings 209
UnmountmicroSDCard
UnmountingthemicroSDcardallowsyoutosafelyremovethecardfromyourphonewithout
jeopardizingthecard'sstorage.
1.
Press andtap >Settings>Storage.
2.
TapUnmount SDcardtoreleasethemicroSDcardfromitsusebythephone.The icon
appearswithintheNotificationsareatoindicateanunmountedinternalmicroSDcard.
l ThemicroSDcardmustfirstbemountedinordertounmountit.
FormatmicroSDCard
FormattingamicroSDcardpermanentlyremovesallfilesstoredonthecard.
1.
Press andtap >Settings>Storage.
2. TapFormat SD card>Format SD card>Delete all.
l Oncecompletelyformatted,thecardisautomaticallyre-mounted(reconnectedforuseby
thephone).
l TheformattingprocedureerasesallthedataonthemicroSDcard,afterwhichthefiles
CANNOTberetrieved.Topreventthelossofimportantdata,pleasecheckthecontents
beforeyouformatthecard.
Power Saving Settings
Controlyourphone’sdatadeliveryandbatteryusagethroughthissettingsmenu.
Activeapplications,lightlevels,Bluetoothusage,andGPSfunctionalityallacttodrainyourbattery.
Thefollowingisalistofhelpfultipsthatcanhelpconserveyourbatterypower:
n Reduceyourbacklightontime.
n TurnBluetoothoffwhennotinuse.
n TurnWi-Fioffwhennotinuse.
n Turn4Goffwhennotinuse
n TurnoffSprintHotspot(Wi-Fihotspot)serviceswhennotinuse.Thisisoneofthelargestdrains
onyourbatteryasitisnotonlytransmittingaWi-Ficonnectiontoyourphonebutisalsodoingit
whileusinga4Gconnection.
n DeactivatetheGPSwhennotneeded.Mostapplicationsusingthisfunctionwillperiodically
querytheGPSsatellitesforyourcurrentlocation;eachquerydrainsyourbattery.