Blackberry 8100 manual Power and battery

Power and battery

Turn off your device

•If you have not set your BlackBerry® device to turn on and off automatically at specific times, press the Power key.

•If you have set your device to turn on and off automatically at specific times, press the Power key. If you want the device to stay turned off until you press the Power key again, click Full Power Off. If you want the device to turn on again at the specified time or for alarm or calendar reminders, click Turn Off.

Note: Depending on your theme, the location or name for Turn Power Off might be different. See the printed documentation that came with your device for more information about application locations and names.

Set your device to turn on and turn off automatically

1.In the device options, click Auto On/Off.

2.Set the Weekday field to Enabled.

3.Specify the times when the BlackBerry® device should turn on and off on weekdays.

4.Set the Weekend field to Enabled.

5.Specify the times when the device should turn on and off on weekends.

6.Press the Menu key.

7.Click Save.

Check the battery power level

In the device options, click Status.

Check the battery power level using a voice command

1.In the voice dialing application, wait for the sound.

2.Say "Check battery."

Reset the device

Remove and reinsert the battery.

Extend battery life

•Set the BlackBerry® device to turn on and turn off automatically.

•Turn off the connection to the wireless network when you are not in a wireless coverage area.

•Delete the original message when you send a reply.

•Lower the brightness of the backlighting.

•Turn off the flash on the camera.

•Send a message to multiple contacts using Add To, Add Cc, or Add Bcc.

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