Optimize battery life

There are some things that you can do to optimize your phone’s battery life.

Turn off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS

1. From any Home screen, tap the Applications icon.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap the On/Off buttons for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to turn off.
4. Tap Location.
5. Tap GPS satellites check box to turn off.

Adjust backlight duration

1. From any Home screen, tap the Applications icon.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Display & gestures.
4. Tap the following to adjust:

- Brightness and drag the bar to the left to reduce screen brightness. Tap OK.
- Sleep and tap the desired timeout duration.

Optimize memory

Use Task Manager

Use Task Manager to free up memory by stopping applications that you are not currently using.
1. From any Home screen, tap the Applications icon.
2. Tap Task Manager.
3. Tap X to the right of the application name to stop running.

Free up more space

Free up storage space by clearing out application caches and moving or uninstalling unused apps.
1. From any Home screen, tap the Applications icon.
2. Tap Settings.
3. Tap Storage.
4. Tap Make more space.
5. At the Clear Caches screen, tap Only rarely used apps or All applications.
6. Tap Next.
7. At the Application Storage screen, tap Move apps to phone storage or Uninstall apps and follow the on-screen instructions.
8. Tap Next.
9. At the Mail & Message Storage screen, adjust mail and messages settings to make more space.
10. Tap Next.
11. Tap Finish.

Delete old text messages

1. From any Home screen, tap the Applications icon.
2. Tap Messages.
3. Tap Menu on the top right of the screen.
4. Tap Settings.
5. Tap General.
6. Tap to select the Delete old messages check box to automatically delete text messages when the limit is reached.

Reduce text message limit

1. From any Home screen, tap the Applications icon.
2. Tap Messages.
3. Tap Menu on the top right of the screen.
4. Tap Settings.
5. Tap General.
6. Tap Text message limit.
7. Enter the desired number of messages you wish to save.
8. Tap OK.

Power reset your phone

In case you need to power reset your phone, just press and hold the Power key for about 10 seconds. Your phone will restart.

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