User's Manual

13Tips & 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.
To start getting the most out of your battery,
press Menu >
Settings > Battery Manager >
Battery Profile . Choose Performance Mode for
constant data transfer and battery use,
Battery Saver
Mode
when your battery is low, or Smart Mode if you
want to set
Battery Profile Options that 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 (“Set up & manage
your home screen” on page 7).
• unused online accounts that you registered with
MOTOBLUR (“Remove accounts” on page 15).
• 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: Menu >
Settings >
Google Synchronization > Background data .
• network speed: Menu >
Settings > Wireless
controls
> Mobile networks > Select network > 2G
Only
.
• 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: Menu >
Settings > Display
& security
> Brightness > (dimmer setting).
• display timeout delay: Menu >
Settings >
Display & security > Screen timeout > (shorter
setting).