Blackberry Storm 2 Instruction Manual

• Charge your device regularly.
• Keep your battery connections clean. Every few months, use a cotton swab or dry cloth to clean the metal contacts on the battery and the
device.
• Set backlighting to remain on for a shorter period of time and lower its brightness.
• Turn off the connection to a wireless network when you are not in a wireless coverage area.
• Switch your vibrating notifications to sound notifications or LED notifications, lower the volume of your sound notifications, or select a shorter...

• Reduce the amount of time that your device stores email messages and calendar entries.
• Stop forwarding email messages to your device when your device is connected to your computer.
• Receive only the first section of long email messages.
• Store media files on a media card.
• Reduce the maximum amount of device memory available for media files. Depending on your device model, this option might not be available.
• If you changed the picture quality for pictures that you take, change the picture...

SIM card
About the SIM card phone book If your wireless service provider has set up your SIM card with a SIM card phone book, you can use the SIM card phone book to access contacts
that you have added to your SIM card. The SIM card phone book is different from the contact list on your  BlackBerry® device. If you switch SIM
cards, the contacts in the SIM card phone book change.
You can add ADN entries to your SIM card phone book. You can also search for ADN entries or SDN entries. ADN entries appear in...

4. Click Copy to SIM Phone Book .
5. Press the  Menu key.
6. Click  Save.
Change a SIM card contact 1. In the contact list, press the  Menu key.
2. Click  SIM Phone Book .
3. Highlight a contact.
4. Press the  Menu key.
5. Click  Edit.
6. Change the contact information.
7. Press the  Menu key.
8. Click  Save.
Delete a SIM card contact 1. In the contact list, press the  Menu key.
2. Click  SIM Phone Book .
3. Highlight a contact.
4. Press the  Menu key.
5. Click  Delete.
Store SMS text messages on your...

About SIM card securityYou can protect your SIM card with a PIN code to add another level of security to your  BlackBerry® device. If you lock your SIM card with a PIN
code, other people cannot use their SIM card in your device. Before you can use your SIM card in another device, you must type the PIN code.
Protect your SIM card with a PIN code To obtain your SIM card PIN code, contact your wireless service provider.
Note:   If you type the SIM card PIN code incorrectly three times, your SIM card does...

Security
Security basics
About the device password If you type your BlackBerry® device password incorrectly, you might be prompted to type  blackberry before you can continue. When you try
to type your password again, the characters that you type appear on the screen.
If you exceed the number of allowed password attempts, your device deletes all your device data for security reasons.
Set a device password 1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the  Options icon.
2. Click  Password .
3. Set the...

3. Change the Lock Handheld Upon Holstering  field to Yes.
4. Press the  Menu key.
5. Click  Save.
Lock the screen You can lock your screen to avoid clicking the screen accidentally.
Press the  Power key or  Power/Lock  key on the top left of your BlackBerry® device.
To unlock the screen, press the  Power key or the  Power/Lock  key again. If necessary, type your device password.
Set a limit for device password attempts 1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the  Options icon.
2. Click  Password ....

3. Click New.
4. Press the  Menu key.
5. Click  Random Password .
6. Type the password information.
7. Press the  Menu key.
8. Click  Save.
Set criteria for randomly generated passwords 1. On the Home screen or in the  Applications folder, click the  Password Keeper  icon.
2. Press the  Menu key.
3. Click  Options.
4. Set the random password fields.
5. Press the  Menu key.
6. Click  Save.
View a password in the password keeper In the password keeper, click a password.
Change a password in the password...

Turn off the prompt that appears before you delete itemsYou can turn off the prompt that appears before you delete messages, call logs, contacts, calendar entries, tasks, memos, or passwords.
1. On the Home screen, click an application icon.
2. In an application, press the  Menu key.
3. Click  Options.
4. If necessary, click  General Options.
5. Change the  Confirm Delete field to No.
6. Press the  Menu key.
7. Click  Save.
Delete a password from the password keeper 1. On the Home screen or in the...

Set a limit for password attempts in the password keeper1. On the Home screen or in the  Applications folder, click the  Password Keeper  icon.
2. Press the  Menu key.
3. Click  Options.
4. Set the  Password Attempts  field.
5. Press the  Menu key.
6. Click  Save.
Encryption
About file encryption File encryption is designed to protect files that you store in the BlackBerry® device memory and on a media card that can be inserted in your
device. You can encrypt the files in the device memory and on your...