Set backlighting to remain on for a shorter period, and lower
its brightness.
On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click
Display > Screen Display.
Switch your vibrating notifications to sound notifications or
LED notifications, lower the volume of your sound
notifications, or select a shorter ring tone.
On the home screen, click your Sound and Alert Profiles icon.
Click Change Sounds and Alerts.
Delete the previous text from a reply message. When you are replying to a message, press the key >
Delete Original Text.
Change how often podcast or social feed applications refresh
content.
Your podcast and social feed applications periodically refresh
content. In some of these applications, you can reduce how
often the content refreshes. For more information, see the
Help in the application.
If your smartphone has a camera flash, turn off the flash. On the home screen, click the Camera icon. Click the flash icon
at the bottom of the screen until the flash off indicator
appears.
Keep your battery connections clean. Every few months, use a cotton swab or dry cloth to clean the
metal contacts on the battery and the smartphone.
Tips: Freeing space for your music, pictures, videos, and files
You can store files in the built-in media storage on your BlackBerry smartphone or on a media card.
Check how much storage is used by media files and
documents.
On the home screen, click the Media icon. Press the key
> Memory Use.
Delete unneeded files. On the home screen or in a folder, click the Files icon. Find and
highlight a file. Press the key > Delete.
Reduce the size of pictures you take and videos you record. On the home screen, click the Camera icon or the Media icon
> Video Camera icon. Press the key > Options. Change
the Image Size or Video Format field.
Store files on a media card instead of your smartphone. On the home screen, click the Camera icon or the Media icon
> Video Camera icon. Press the key > Options. In the
Storage section, change the Store Pictures or Store Videos
field.
Research In Motion recommends that you regularly create and save a backup file on your computer, especially before you
update any software. Maintaining a current backup file on your computer might allow you to recover smartphone data if your
smartphone is lost, stolen, or corrupted by an unforeseen issue.
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