Blackberry P'9981 Tips Keeping your information safe, Key Memory Use, Click Security Password

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Check how much storage is used by media files and	On the Home screen, click the Media icon. Press the
documents.	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	On the Home screen, click the Camera icon or the
record.	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 back-up file on your computer, especially before you update any software. Maintaining a current back-up 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, 119

Receive only the first section of long email messages, 78

Change the size of pictures that you take, 138

View the amount of available storage space on your smartphone, 254

Set how long your smartphone stores messages, 67

Stop storing messages sent from your computer on your smartphone, 78

Stop storing messages sent from your smartphone on your computer, 78

Change how long your smartphone stores calendar entries, 171

Keep an application running in the background and switch to another application, 216

The application storage on my smartphone is low, 257

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 back-up file on your computer, especially before you update any software. Maintaining a current back-up 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.

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