Operation Manual

26 Tips & tricks
Exchange), and display brightness. To add a Power
Control
widget, touch Menu > Add > Widgets
>
Power Control.
You can also conserve battery life by touching
Menu >
Settings > Battery Manager > Battery
Profile
> Battery Saver Mode.
There are many more ways to save battery life
between charges. You can reduce:
• recording or watching videos, listening to music, or
taking pictures.
• widgets that stream information to your home
screen, like news or weather (see “Use & change
your home screen” on page 9).
• unused online accounts that you registered with
MOTOBLUR (see “Edit & delete accounts” on
page 13).
• GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth® use: Press and hold
Power to open the Power key menu, then touch
items to turn them off or on.
• Email updates: Touch
Messaging >Menu
>
Messaging settings > Email > Get new email
>
Every hour.
• Google™ app updates: Touch Menu >
Settings
>
Google Synchronization > Background data.
• 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
Airplane mode.
• display brightness: Touch Menu >
Settings
>
Display & security > Brightness > (dimmer
setting).
• display timeout delay: Touch Menu >
Settings
>
Display & security > Screen timeout > (shorter
setting).