If you own a Samsung U099 Soul cell phone you are probably pretty enthusiastic about your phone and all the neat features that come with this state of the art communication device. One feature that you may find is less than desirable is that the battery may fade away faster than you’d likehttp://asia.cnet.com/reviews/mobilephones/0,39051199,42657614p,00.htm. Fortunately there are a couple of things you can do to help improve the battery life of your phone. Of course you could just not use it but that defeats the purpose, doesn’t it? There are real life methods that you can use to improve battery life and at the same time benefit from the features that you purchased the phone to enjoy. The different suggestions are easy to perform on your U900 Soul. With a couple of basic steps you will feel confident that you have done everything you can to extend the life of your cell phone battery. Standard battery life is 6 hours of talk time and up to 400 hours of standby time.

There is a very useful set of menu items that you can use in order to change settings to improve the life of your battery.

To turn down the backlight you must click on:

[settings and tools] > then scroll to [display settings] >, [backlight] >, [display].

When you get to display then select duration and reduce the time that the backlight stays on, and select brightness to turn down the light to help your battery keep some voltage.http://www.samsungmobile.co.uk/support/softwaremanuals/software.do?phone_model=SGH-U900&sw_type=UM

Ringer: Your choice of ringtone can set the stage for some serious battery usage if you are a popular person who gets a lot of phone calls. Turn off your ringer when you are driving to keep from being distracted and possibly breaking the lawhttp://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html. This can be done by pushing the asterisk key until the screen shows the sound has been muted. If you use polyphonic ringtones you will also reduce the amount of battery life you have. Choose a simple digital ringtone by clicking [Settings and Tools], [Sound Settings], [Call Sounds], [Select New Ringtone], and choose your ringtone. Do not choose vibrate because it will bleed your battery dry in short order.http://www.cnet.com.au/samsung-u900_specs-339285986.htm