BlackBerry Battery Power Saving Tips

Charging

• Charge BlackBerry® smartphone as much as possible
• Use wall chargers as the preferred charging method

Media

• Reduce volume
• Use headphones
• Load media using the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager (Avoids resizing)
• Turn off equalizer settings (Media – Options)

Browsing

• Visit mobile sites where applicable
• Turn Repeat Animations to a lower setting (Browser – Options – General Properties)
• Close browser when finished using (close with ESC key, not red End key)

Screen/Keyboard

• Reduce Backlight Timeout (Options – Screen/Keyboard)
• Reduce Backlight Brightness (Options – Screen/Keyboard)
• Holster smartphone (turns off LCD automatically)
• Set Audible Roll to mute (Options – Screen/Keyboard)
• Key Tone Off (Options – Screen/Keyboard)
• Use a sleeve when storing the smartphone in a pocket

Network Connections

• Turn off unused connections when not in use, i.e. GPS, Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®
• Use Auto On/Off
• Use single mode only (1XEV, 2G only, 3G only)

Shortcuts

• Use shortcuts instead of activating Java® menus (Browser – Options – Browser Configuration)

Camera

• Turn off flash (Camera – Options)
• Set picture size to Small (Camera – Options)
• Set Color Effect to Normal (Camera – Options)
• Set Picture Quality to Normal (Camera – Options)

Applications

• When exiting, be sure to close the app, not leave it running in the background (close with ESC key, not red End key)
• Log out of third-party applications when they are not needed (Instant Messaging, etc.)

Indicators

• Set Audible notification to Off (Profiles)
• Turn off coverage LED (Profiles)

GPS

• Use the zoom out function to get the largest viewable area that you can still use usefully

To learn more about making the most of your BlackBerry smartphone, view an interactive demo.