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Important Notice
Please check to see if any problems you
have encountered with your phone are
described in this section before taking the
phone in for service or calling a service
representative.
1. Phone Memory
In order to make more memory available,
you will have to manage your applications
and delete some data, such as applications
or messages.
Managing Applications
1
From the Home screen, tap the
Menu
Key
and tap
Settings
>
Applications
>
Manage applications
.
2
When the list of applications appears,
scroll and tap the application you want to
uninstall.
3
Tap
Uninstall
and then tap
OK
to confirm
that you want to uninstall the desired
application.
2. Optimizing Battery Life
You can extend your battery's life
between charges by turning off features
that you don't need to run constantly in
the background. You can also monitor
how applications and system resources
consume battery power.
To extend the life of your battery
- Turn off radio communications that you
aren't using, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,
or GPS.
Wi-Fi will be set to On the first time you
use your newly purchased phone.
- Lower screen brightness and set a
shorter screen timeout.
- Turn off automatic syncing for
Gmail™, Calendar, Contacts, and other
applications.
- Some applications you have downloaded
may cause your battery power to be
reduced.
- While using downloaded applications,
check the battery charged level.
To view the battery charge level
1
From the Home screen, tap the
Menu Key
and tap
Settings
>
About phone
>
Status
.
2
The battery status (charging or not
charging) and level are displayed on the
top menu of the screen.
To monitor and control what uses the
battery
1
From the Home screen, tap the
Menu Key
and tap
Settings
>
About phone
>
Battery use.
2
The top of the screen displays battery
usage time. Either how long since last
connected to a power source, or if
connected to a power source, how long
you were last running on battery power.
The screen also lists applications or
services using battery power from greatest
amount to least.
3. Installing an Open Source
Operating System
Installing an open source operating system
on your phone and not using the operating
system provided by the manufacturer can
cause your phone to malfunction.