Tips & tricks
a few handy hints
General tips
•
Screen brightness changes as your phone senses the
current lighting conditions.
•
To see recently dialed numbers, touch
Recent
>
.
•
To sleep/wake your phone, press the Power key.
•
To set screen timeout, touch Menu
settings
Display
>
>
•
Touch Search
and enter text for text search or say
Google to voice search.
•
To automate everyday tasks, touch Apps
SmartActions
>
.
•
To see the most recent apps you've used, touch and
hold Home
.
•
To change a shortcut in the favorites tray at the
bottom of the home screen, touch and hold a
shortcut, then drag it in or out of the favorites tray.
•
To turn sound on/off, press and hold the Power key,
then touch a sound setting.
•
To turn airplane mode on/off, press and hold the
Airplane mode
Power key >
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Tips & tricks
Phone
System
>
Sleep
.
.
Battery tips
Want to extend your battery life? Try these:
•
To help minimize battery use, touch Apps
SmartActions
>
. Check out the sample rules that
enable battery savings:
Battery Saver
.
•
To turn off background data transfers, touch Menu
System settings
>
>
Restrict background data
>
•
To turn off Bluetooth™ power, touch Menu
System settings
>
, then drag the
power
ON
switch to the left to turn it off.
•
To turn off Wi-Fi power, touch Menu
settings
then drag the
the left to turn it off.
Battery Saver
Low
, and
Data usage
> Menu
.
Bluetooth
System
>
Wi-Fi
power
switch to
ON