Tips & tricks
a few handy hints
General tips
•
To return to home screen, press Home
•
To see recently dialed numbers, touch
the home screen.
•
To sleep/wake your phone, press Screen Lock .
•
To set screen timeout, press Menu
Sound & display
>
>
•
To search, press Menu >
•
To show last few apps, press and hold Home
•
To turn sound on/off, press and hold End/Power
Silent mode
>
.
•
To turn airplane mode on/off, press and hold
Airplane mode
End/Power
>
Battery tips
Your phone is like a small computer, giving you a lot of
information and apps, with a touch display! Depending
on what you use, that can take a lot of power.
To save even more battery life between charges, you
could reduce:
•
Recording or watching videos, listening to music, or
taking pictures.
.
Call log
Settings
>
Screen timeout
.
Search
.
.
•
Widgets that stream information to your home
screen, like news or weather ("Home screen" on
page 7).
•
Email updates: Touch
Account Settings
>
new email
on
manually.
•
Turn off Bluetooth power: Press Menu
Settings
•
Turn off Wi-Fi: Press Menu
Wireless controls
>
•
Google™ app updates: Press Menu
Data synchronization
.
>
data
.
•
Display brightness: Press Menu
Sound & display
•
Display timeout delay: Press Menu
Sound & display
setting).
Email
Email check frequency
>
Every hour
Never
>
or
Wireless controls
Bluetooth
>
>
Wi-Fi
>
.
Google
>
Brightness
>
> (dimmer setting).
Screen timeout
>
More
> Menu
>
Get
>
to check for email
>
.
Settings
>
Settings
>
Background
>
Settings
>
>
Settings
>
>
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