Change Date & Time Settings:

1. Tap the “Settings” tile on the Start screen
2. Access “Time & Language”
3. Tap “Date & Time” and disable “24-hour clock” and “set date and time automatically” if necessary
4. Tap the “Date” fields, set a date and tap “Done”
5. Tap the “Time” field and adjust the time, then tap the check mark button to confirm

Set an Alarm:

1. Swipe the Start screen to “App list”
2. Tap “Alarms & Clock”
3. To create a new alarm, tap “+” at the bottom
4. Adjust the ringtone, time, and snooze timer, then tap “Save”

NOTE: In the “Alarms & Clock” app you can also switch to other tabs at the top, such as “Timer”, “Stopwatch” and “World Clock”

Change Display Settings:

1. Open “Settings”
2. Tap “System” > “Display”
3. You can turn Off “Automatically adjust display brightness” and set the screen brightness manually
4. Optionally, you can enable or disable “Rotation lock”
5. Furthermore, under “Rotation lock” you can drag the slider to increase or decrease font size
6. Tap “Apply” to save the display settings
7. Lastly, you can adjust “Glance screen” (lock screen) by heading down to “Settings” > “Extras” > “Glance screen”

Tips & Tricks to Improve Battery Life

Turn On Battery Saving Mode:

1. Open the “Settings” menu
2. Tap “System” > “Battery saver”
3. Tap the switch associated with “Battery saver” to enable the feature
4. For additional options, tap “battery saver settings”

Adjust (Decrease) Screen Timeout Duration:

1. Open the “Settings” menu
2. Tap “Personalization”
3. Go to “Lock screen”
4. Tap the “Screen time out after” field and choose a lower timeout value

NOTE: You can also improve battery life by decreasing the screen brightness as detailed above at “Change Display Settings”.

Turn Off App Store Auto-Update:

1. Tap the “Store” tile on the Start screen
2. Tap “Menu” > “Settings”
3. Tap the switch to turn off “Update apps automatically when I’m on Wi-Fi”

Turn Off Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth When Not In Use:

NOTE: You can improve battery life in the long run by turning off the phone’s connectivity options when they are not in use.

1. On the Start screen, drag the “Notification” bar down
2. Tap the tiles associated with “Bluetooth” and “Wi-Fi” to disable the features
3. Go back to the Start screen and access “Settings”
4. Tap “Privacy” > “Location” to disable GPS