User GuideTips and shortcuts

Change how often podcast or social feed applications refresh

Your podcast and social feed applications periodically

content.

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.

Check for Device Software updates.

Click the Options icon > Device > Software Updates.

 

 

Tips: Finding apps

Look in a folder on your home screen.

Some apps are located in folders on your home screen. Click a folder to see what apps are inside.

Make all hidden apps visible on the home screen.

On the home screen, press the

key > Show All

 

Icons. To unhide an app, highlight it and then press the

 

key > Unhide Icon. If the icon is hidden in other

 

panels, you can unhide the icon in all panels, or in the

 

current panel only. If Show All Icons does not appear in the

 

menu, there are no apps hidden from view.

 

 

Search for an app.

On the home screen, start typing the app name.

 

 

Verify that an app is installed.

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

 

Click Device > Application Management. If the app is

 

listed, it is installed on your BlackBerry smartphone.

 

 

 

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Blackberry REX41GW manual Tips Finding apps, Click the Options icon Device Software Updates