26 Tips & tricks
Exchange), and display brightness. To add a Pow er
Control widget, touch Menu > Add > Widgets
>Power Control.
You can also conserve battery life by touching
Menu > Settings > Battery Manager > Battery
Profile > Battery Saver Mode.
There are many more ways to save battery life
between charges. You can reduce:
recording or watching videos, listening to music, or
taking pictures.
widgets that stream information to your home
screen, like news or weather (see “Use & change
your home screen” on page9).
unused online accounts that you registered with
MOTOBLUR (see “Edit & delete accounts” on
page 13).
GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth® use: Press and hold
Power to open the Power key menu, then touch
items to turn them off or on.
Email updates: Touch Messaging >Menu
>Messaging settings > Email >Get new email
>Every hour.
Google™ app updates: Touch Menu > Settings
>Google Synchronization > Background data.
network searching: If you are out of coverage, to
keep your phone from looking for networks, press
and hold Power to open the Power key menu,
then touch Airplane mode.
display brightness: Touch Menu > Settings
>Display & security >Brightness > (dimmer
setting).
display timeout delay: Touch Menu > Settings
>Display & security >Screen timeout > (shorter
setting).