24 2. Phone Basics

Tips and Tricks

General Tips

Battery Tips

Your phone is like a small computer, giving you access
to a lot of information and apps, with a touch display.
Depending on what you use, that can take a lot of
power.
To conserve battery life between charges:
Reduce recording or watching videos, listening to
music, or taking pictures.
Disable or remove widgets that stream information to
your home screen, such as news or weather. (See
“Home Screen” on page 14.)
Reduce email updates: touch > Email >
Menu / > More >Account settings > Email check
frequency > Every houror Never to check for email
manually.
Turn off Bluetooth power: touch >
Settings > Wireless controls >Bluetooth.
Turn off Wi-Fi: touch > Settings >
Wireless controls >Wi-Fi.
Disable Google™ app updates: touch >
Settings > Data synchronization > Google >
Background data.
To…
Return to the
home screen
Press HomeX.
See your
Call log
Press Talk `.
Sleep/wake
your phone
Press Screen Lock#.
Set screen
timeout
Touch >Settings >
Sound & display >Screen timeout.
Turn sound
on/off
Press and hold End/Power " >
Silentmode.
Search Press Menu / > Search.
Show last few
apps used
Press and hold HomeX.
Turn airplane
mode on/off
Press and hold End/Power " >
Airplane mode.