Motorola CHARM User Guide (T Mobile) - Page 27

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To... Add a shortcut on your home screen for an app or contact Touch and hold an open area on your home screen to open the Add to Home screen menu, then choose Shortcuts. Then, you can choose from the Applications or Contacts lists. 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 trash can at the bottom of your screen. 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 you battery is low, press Menu > Settings > Battery Manager > Battery Profile > Battery Saver Mode. In Battery Manager, you can also see what's been using the most battery. 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 ("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: Press Menu > Settings > Wireless & network settings, then touch items to turn them off or on. • GPS use: Press Menu > Settings > Location & security > Use GPS satellites. • Email updates: Touch Messaging > Menu > Messaging Settings > Email > Get new email > Every hour or Manually. • network speed: Press Menu > Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks > Select network > 2G Only saves battery. Tips & tricks 25

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Tips & 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.
Add a shortcut
on
your home screen
for an app or contact
Touch and hold an open area
on your home screen to open
the
Add to Home screen
menu, then choose
Shortcuts
. Then, you can
choose from the
Applications
or
Contacts
lists.
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
trash can at the bottom of
your screen.
To...
If you battery is low, press Menu
>
Settings
>
Battery Manager
>
Battery Profile
>
Battery Saver
Mode
. In
Battery Manager
, you can also see what’s
been using the most battery.
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 (“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: Press Menu
>
Settings
>
Wireless & network settings
, then
touch items to turn them off or on.
GPS use: Press Menu
>
Settings
>
Location &
security
>
Use GPS satellites
.
Email updates: Touch
Messaging
> Menu
>
Messaging Settings
>
Email
>
Get new email
>
Every hour
or
Manually
.
network speed: Press Menu
>
Settings
>
Wireless & networks
>
Mobile networks
>
Select network
>
2G Only saves battery
.