User Guide

Quick Help

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.

Related information

Copy, move, rename, or delete a file, 133

Change the size of pictures that you take, 150

View the amount of available storage space on your smartphone, 313

Change how long your smartphone stores calendar entries, 186

Keep an application running in the background and switch to another application, 246

Tips: Keeping your information safe

You can take some simple steps to help prevent the information on your BlackBerry smartphone from being compromised, such as avoiding leaving your smartphone unattended.

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.

Set a smartphone password.

On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

 

Click Security > Password.

 

 

Encrypt contacts and files.

On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

 

Click Security > Encryption.

Back up your smartphone data to your computer.

Use the BlackBerry Desktop Software to back up your smartphone data to your computer. To download the BlackBerry Desktop Software, from your computer, visit www.blackberry.com/desktop and select the appropriate option for your computer.

Back up your smartphone data to a media card.

On the home screen, click the Setup icon. In the Setup section, click Device Switch > Save Data.

Related information

Turn on encryption, 312

Set or change your smartphone password, 322

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