battery saving tips for Samsung i8510 INNOV8

Even though the Samsung INNOV8 comes equipped with a lush 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery, you may still want to tweak it to minimize power consumption.

With its many advanced features and multimodal connectivity, the INNOV8 also makes for a power hungry handset.

In a spirit of brotherly love and humanistic altruism, I have therefore taken it upon myself to compile a list of the most awesome, battery saving power tweaks, you are likely to ever come across.

I have divided the list of battery tips into two categories: a) Settings that affect the power consumption, and b) user (your!) behavior that minimizes power consumption.


BATTERY FRIENDLY SETTINGS

WLAN scanning - turn it off…scan manually, or turn scanning on when needed («Settings» | «Settings» | «Connection» | «Wireless LAN» | «Show WLAN availablity» | «Never»).

Display brightness – turn off auto brightness («Settings» | «Settings» | «General» | «Personalisation» | «Display» | «Auto brightness» | «Off»).

Display brightness level - turn it all the way down («Settings» | «Settings» | «General» | «Personalisation» | «Display» | «Brightness level»).

Lower the light time-out - mine's set to 10 seconds («Settings» | «Settings» | «General» | «Personalisation» | «Display» | «Light time-out»).

Dim time…set to the lowest possible value: 5 seconds («Settings» | «Settings» | «General» | «Personalisation» | «Display» | «Dim time»).

Turn off 3G - especially in areas with poor coverage, where the INNOV8 otherwise might spend power searching for networks («Settings» | «Settings» | «Phone» | «Network» | Set «Network mode» to «GSM»).

Keep bluetooth off unless needed. Put bluetooth management on «active standby» screen for easy access («Settings» | «Settings» | «General» | «Personalisation» | «Standby mode» | «Active standby apps..»).
BATTERY FRIENDLY BEHAVIOR

Keep your firmware up to date. Although Samsung has yet to provide a way to update firmware on the INNOV8, I am sure it will happen soonish. New firmware revisions usually provide optimized power consumption.

Set your mobile offline during the night, unless your life depends on receiving calls and messages. It is even possible to automate the process of switching between profiles, by using the free application Y-Profile Scheduler. Once set, you can forget about it.

Do not walk around with “live” camera viewfinder. The INNOV8 camera appears to be quite power hungry (is it just because of the display?).

Be aware what applications you leave running in the background - shut down those that use any of the radios, i.e. GSM/UMTS(3G)/WiFi/Bluetooth/GPS.