25Tips & tricks
Battery tips
Your phone is like a small computer, giving you a lot of
information and apps, at 3G speed, with a touch
display! Depending on what you use, that can take a
lot of power.
If your battery is low, touch Menu > Settings >
Battery manager. You can choose Battery mode >
Maximum battery saver or touch the battery image to
show what used the most battery.
To save even more battery life between charges, you
could reduce:
• recording or watching videos, listening to music or
taking pictures.
Move a
widget or
shortcut
Touch and hold the widget or
shortcut until you feel a vibration,
then drag it to where you want.
Delete a
widget or
shortcut
Touch and hold a widget or
shortcut until you feel a vibration,
then drag it to the bin at the
bottom of your screen.
To...
• widgets that stream information to your home
screen, such as news or weather (“Use & change
your home screen” on page 7).
• unused online accounts that you registered with
MOTOBLUR (“Edit & delete accounts” on page 13).
• Wi-Fi™ and Bluetooth™ use: Touch Menu >
Settings > Wireless & network settings, then touch
items to turn them off or on.
• GPS use: Touch Menu > Settings > Location &
security
> Use GPS satellites.
• Email updates: Touch Messaging > Menu >
Messaging settings > Email > Email delivery >
Fetch schedule, then choose a longer interval or
Manually. To check manually, touch at the top of
your inbox.
• network speed: Touch Menu > Settings >
Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Select
network
> 2G Only saves battery.
• 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 Flight mode.
• display brightness: Touch Menu > Settings >
Display > Brightness > (dimmer setting).
• display timeout delay: Touch Menu > Settings >
Display > Screen timeout > (shorter setting).