Motorola DEFY XT DEFY XT - User Guide - Page 29

Tips & tricks a few handy hints General tips • Touch Search in the home screen to search across your apps, contacts, web, and maps-or just enter the address for a place or a web page. Touch Search in Google Play Store, Messaging, Music, and other apps to search within the app. • Use folders to organize shortcuts and contacts on your home screen. Touch and hold a blank spot on your home screen, then touch Folders. To move shortcuts into a New folder, touch and hold a shortcut, then drag it to the folder icon. • Touch and hold Home apps. to show your most recent • Touch and hold the status bar at the top of your phone to show the date. • To change which location information your phone uses, touch Menu > Settings > Location & security. • To back up your app data, passwords, and other settings to Google servers, touch Menu > Settings > Privacy > Back up my data. 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. To start getting the most out of your battery, touch > Battery Manager > Battery mode. Choose Performance mode for constant data transfer and battery use, Maximum battery saver when your battery is low, or Nighttime saver if you want to limit your data and wireless connections during off-peak hours. To save even more battery life between charges, you could reduce: • recording or watching videos, listening to music, or taking pictures. • widgets that stream information to your home screen, like news or weather. • Bluetooth™ use: touch Menu > Settings > Wireless & networks > Bluetooth (turn off). • Wi-Fi use: touch Menu > Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi (turn off). • GPS use: touch Menu > Settings > Location & security > Use GPS satellites (deselect). Tips & tricks 27