Blackberry Bold Series 9900 9930 User Guide
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Tips and shortcutsDepending on the typing input language that you are using, some shortcuts might not be available. Tips: Doing things quickly For full instructions, click the links under Related information at the bottom.Access popular options such as changing your ringtone, setting the alarm, viewing notifications and turning on or turning offnetwork connections.Highlight and click the areas at the top of the Home screen.See all the apps and folders on the Home screen, or minimise the panel and view the wallpaper.On the navigation bar, click All.Switch to another app.Press and hold the key. Click an app. Note: The other app might still be running in the background.Open an app with a convenience key.Press a convenience key on the side of your smartphone. Note: You can customise which app a convenience key opens.Use pop-up menus.Pop-up menus provide common available actions, and appear in the centre of the screen. For example, you can use the pop- up menu in a message to file, forward or reply to the message. To open a pop-up menu, touch and hold the screen or pressand hold the trackpad. To select a command, tap the icon orclick the trackpad.Switch to the Favourites, Media , Downloads and Frequent panels.On the Home screen, highlight All on the navigation bar and slide your finger on the trackpad right or left.Add an app to the Favourites panel.Highlight an app on the Home screen or in a folder. Press the key > Mark as Favourite . Change options for the Home screen such as the wallpaper.On the Home screen, press the key > Options . Related information Change what happens when you type on the Home screen, 18 Assign an application to a convenience key, 33 Keep an application running in the background and switch to another application, 227 User GuideTips and shortcuts39
Tips: Extending battery lifeFor full instructions, click the links under Related information at the bottom. Set your BlackBerry® smartphone to turn on and turn off automatically. You can set your smartphone to turn off while you aren't using it for an extended period, like when you sleep. Data you receive when the smartphone is turned off automatically updates when the smartphone turns on.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click Device > Auto On/Off .Set backlighting to remain on for a shorter period of time, and lower its brightnessOn the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click Display > Screen Display .Turn off network connections you aren't usingOn the Home screen, click the connections area at the top of the screen or click the Manage Connections icon. Click a network connection to clear the check box.Close apps when you're finished with them. When you switch from one app to another, some apps, suchas the Browser app or the Music app, run in the background, which uses battery power.In an app, press the key > Close.Switch your vibrating notifications to sound notifications or LED notifications, lower the volume of your sound notifications or select a shorter ringtoneOn the Home screen, click the Sound and Alert Profiles icon. Click Change Sounds and Alerts .Delete the original text from a reply messageWhen you are replying to a message, press the key > Delete Original Text .If your smartphone has a camera flash, turn off the flashOn the Home screen, click the Camera icon. Click the flash icon at the bottom of the screen until the flash off indicator appears.Keep your battery connections clean. Keeping the battery clean extends the life of your battery.Every few months, use a cotton swab or dry cloth to clean the metal contacts on the battery and the smartphone. Related information Delete the original text from a reply message, 80 Change your ringtone, notifiers or reminders, 31 Turn on or turn off a network connection, 238 Set options for backlighting, 211 User GuideTips and shortcuts40
Set your smartphone to turn on and turn off automatically, 267Tips: Finding appsLook in a folder on your Home screen.Some apps are located in folders on your home screen. Click a folder to see what apps are inside.Make all hidden apps visible on the Home screen.On the Home screen, press the key > Show All Icons . To unhide the app, highlight it and then click Hide Icon to clear the check mark. If the icon is hidden in other panels, you can unhide the icon in all panels, or in the current panel only. If Show All Icons does not appear in the menu, there are no apps hidden from view.Search for an app.On the Home screen, start typing the app name.Verify that the app is installed.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click Device > Application Management . If the app is listed, it is installed on your BlackBerry® smartphone. Tips: Freeing and conserving storage space Try to maintain at least 400 KB of available application storage on your BlackBerry® smartphone. If you find that your smartphone processes are unusually slow, try freeing storage space by deleting files that you don't need. Changing options for email, calendar entries and media files might help you conserve storage space. Check how much free storage space you have.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click Device > Storage .Close any apps you're not using.In an app, press the key > Close or press the key until the home screen appears.Delete unneeded files.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Files icon. Find and highlight a file. Press the key > Delete . Delete browsing history and clear the cache.On the Home screen, click the Browser icon. Press the key > Options . Go to the Clear Browsing Data section. Reduce the amount of time that your smartphone stores email messages and calendar entries.On the home screen, click the Messages icon or Calendar icon. Press the key > Options . User GuideTips and shortcuts41
Stop storing sent messages on your smartphone.On the Home screen, click the Messages icon. Press the key > Options > Email Preferences . Receive only the first section of long email messages, and choose whether to download more.On the Home screen, click the Messages icon. Press the key > Options > Message Display and Actions . Store files on a media card instead of the smartphone.Your BlackBerry smartphone supports media card sizes up to 32 GB. Only microSD media cards are supported.Reduce the size of pictures you take.On the Home screen, click the Camera icon. Press the key > Options . Research In Motion recommends that you regularly create and save a back-up file on your computer, especially before you update any software. Maintaining a current back-up file on your computer might allow you to recover smartphone data if your smartphone is lost, stolen or corrupted by an unforeseen issue. Related information Copy, move, rename or delete a file, 128 Receive only the first section of long email messages, 89 Change the size of pictures that you take, 146 View the amount of available storage space on your smartphone, 270 Set how long your smartphone stores messages, 78 Stop storing messages sent from your computer on your smartphone, 88 Stop storing messages sent from your smartphone on your computer, 89 Change how long your smartphone stores calendar entries, 179 Keep an application running in the background and switch to another application, 227 The application storage on my smartphone is low, 273 Tips: Updating your software Updated BlackBerry® Device Software and BlackBerry® Desktop Software are released periodically, and you might be able to update the software from either your computer or your smartphone. Research In Motion recommends that you regularly create and save a back-up file on your computer, especially before you update any software. Maintaining a current back-up fileon your computer might allow you to recover smartphone data if your smartphone is lost, stolen or corrupted by an unforeseen issue. Check to see if there is updated BlackBerry Device Software that you can download over the network.Depending on your smartphone model, this feature might not be supported. On the Home screen or in a folder, click theOptions icon. Click Device > Software Updates .Update your BlackBerry Device Software from your computer.On your computer, visit www.blackberry.com/update . Click Check for Updates . Connect your smartphone to your computer.User GuideTips and shortcuts42
Set your BlackBerry Desktop Software to check for updates automatically.For instructions, see the Help in BlackBerry Desktop Software .Update your BlackBerry Desktop Software .Visit www.blackberry.com/desktopsoftware . Related information BlackBerry Device Software, 233 Tips: Keeping your information safe You can take some simple steps to help prevent the information on your BlackBerry® smartphone from being compromised, such as avoiding leaving your smartphone unattended. Research In Motion recommends that you regularly create and save a back-up file on your computer, especially before you update any software. Maintaining a current back-up file on your computer might allow you to recover smartphone data if your smartphone is lost, stolen or corrupted by an unforeseen issue. Set a smartphone password.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click Security > Password .Encrypt contacts and files.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click Security > Encryption .Back up your smartphone data to your computer.Use the BlackBerry® Desktop Software to back up your smartphone data to your computer. To download the BlackBerry Desktop Software, from your computer, visit www.blackberry.com/desktop and select the appropriate option for your computer.Back up your smartphone data to a media card.On the Home screen, click the Set-up icon. In the Set-up section, click Device Switch > Save Data . Related information Set a smartphone password, 281 Turn on encryption, 271 Tips: Managing indicators Indicators tell you that there is something new or updated, such as a new message, voice mail message or feed, or they inform you of the status of something, such as the battery or network connection. Indicators often appear on app icons, new content within apps and at the top of the Home screen. User GuideTips and shortcuts43
Remove the new item indicator .Open each item that has this indicator. For example, to removeit from the Messages icon, click the icon.Remove the unopened message indicator .In the Messages app, do one or more of the following: • Open all of your messages by clicking on them. If you can't find all of your unread messages in your inbox, look in your messages folders. • Mark a message as read. Highlight a message. Press the key > Mark Read . • Mark all messages that are prior to a date as read. Highlight a date field. Press the key > Mark Prior Read . Identify an indicator.• You might be able to identify an indicator by seeing the icon of the application that the indicator refers to. To see a complete list of applications on your BlackBerry® smartphone and their icons, on the Home screen or in afolder, click the Options icon. Click Device > Application Management . • For a complete list of indicators, visit www.blackberry.com/docs/smartphones. Click yoursmartphone model and then click the Icons guide. Phone shortcuts Depending on the typing input language that you're using, some shortcuts might not be available. Change your ringtoneFrom the Home screen, press the key. Press the key > Phone Ringtones .Check your voice mailPress and hold 1.Set up a speed dial for a contactFrom the Home screen or in the Phone application, press and hold the key that you would like to assign speed dial to.Add an extension to a phone numberPress the key and X. Type the extension number.Type a letter in a phone number fieldPress the key and the letter key.Insert a plus sign (+) when typing a phone numberPress O.User GuideTips and shortcuts44
Turn on or turn off the speakerphone during a callPress the key on the keyboard.Stop listening to a call with a wireless headsetPress the key on the keyboard.Change the active phone numberFrom the Home screen, press the key. Click your phone number at the top of the screen. Highlight a phone number. Press the [BlackBerry menu icon] key. Message shortcuts Depending on the typing input language that you are using, some shortcuts might not be available. In a message Reply to a messagePress RReply to all in an email or a PIN messagePress LForward a messagePress FFile an email messagePress IView or hide the email address of a contactHighlight the contact in the To or From field. Press Q.Move to the next messagePress NMove to the previous messagePress P In your message inbox Open a messagePress the key.Compose a message from a message inboxPress CMark a message as read or unreadPress the Alt key and U.Add a flag to a messagePress WView all flagged messagesPress the Alt key and F.View received messages and received call logsPress the Alt key and I.View draft and sent messagesPress the Alt key and O.View voice mail messagesPress the Alt key and V.View text messagesPress the Alt key and S.View call logsPress the Alt key and P.User GuideTips and shortcuts45
View all your messagesPress the key. Move around your message inbox Move up a screenPress the Shift key and the Space key.Move down a screenPress the Space key.Move to the top of a message inboxPress TMove to the bottom of a message inboxPress BMove to the next unread itemPress UMove to the next related messagePress JMove to the previous related messagePress K File and attachment shortcuts Depending on the typing input language that you are using, some shortcuts might not be available. Search for text in a file or an attachmentPress FMove to the last cursor position after closing and reopening a file or an attachmentPress G In a spreadsheet Move to a specific cellPress GView the content of a cellPress the Space keySwitch worksheetsPress V. Click a worksheet.View or hide columns or rowsPress H In a presentation Switch presentation viewsPress MMove to the next slide when viewing a presentation in slide viewPress NMove to the previous slide when viewing a presentation in slide viewPress PUser GuideTips and shortcuts46
Move to the last cursor position after closing and reopening apresentation that you were viewing in text view or in text and slide viewPress G Typing shortcuts Depending on the typing input language that you are using, some shortcuts might not be available. Insert a full stopPress the Space key twice. The next letter is capitalised.Insert an at sign (@) or a period (.) in an email address fieldPress the Space key.Capitalise a letterPress and hold the letter key until the capitalised letter appears.Turn on CAP lockPress the Alt key and the Right Shift key. To turn off CAP lock, press the Left Shift key or Right Shift key.Type a symbolPress the Symbol key. Type the letter that appears below the symbol.Type the alternate character on a keyPress the Alt key and the character key.Type an accented or special characterPress and hold the letter key and, on the trackpad, slide your finger left or right. For example, to type ü, press and hold U and slide your finger left until ü appears. Release the letter key when the accented or special character appears.Type a number in a text fieldPress and hold the Alt key and press the number key.Type a number in a number fieldPress a number key. You do not need to press the Alt key.Turn on NUM lockPress the Alt key and the Left Shift key. To turn off NUM lock, press the Left Shift key or Right Shift key.Highlight a line of textPress the Left Shift key or Right Shift key and on the trackpad, slide your finger up or down.Highlight text character by characterPress the Left Shift key or Right Shift key and, on the trackpad, slide your finger left or right.Cut highlighted textPress the Left Shift key or Right Shift key and the Backspace/ Delete key.Copy highlighted textPress the Alt key and click the trackpad.Paste textPress the Left Shift key or Right Shift key and click the trackpad.User GuideTips and shortcuts47
Media shortcutsDepending on the typing input language that you're using, some shortcuts might not be available. Audio and video files Pause an audio or video filePress the Mute key on the right side of your BlackBerry® smartphone.Resume playing an audio or video filePress the Mute key again.Play the next audio filePress and hold the Volume Up key on the right side of your smartphone.Play the previous audio filePress and hold the Volume Down key on the right side of your smartphone.Turn on the audio boost feature if you're using a headsetPress the Volume Up key until the audio boost feature turns on. Pictures Zoom inPress IZoom outPress OPan upPress 2Pan downPress 8Pan rightPress 6Pan leftPress 4RotatePress L Camera and video camera Zoom in before you take a picture or record a videoPress the Volume Up key.Zoom out before you take a picture or record a videoPress the Volume Down key.Take a picturePress the Convenience key on the right side of your smartphone.User GuideTips and shortcuts48