Blackberry Torch 9810 7 1 User Guide

							Power and battery
How to: Power and battery
Inserting the SIM card, media card, and battery
Remove the battery door
 
 
To remove the battery door, press and slide.
Insert the SIM card
Depending on your BlackBerry smartphone model or your wireless service provider, you might not need a SIM card for your 
smartphone.
 
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Slide the SIM card into the slot.
Insert the media card and battery
The media card is optional. If a media card is included, it might already be inserted.
 
 
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							Set your smartphone to turn on and turn off 
automatically
You can set your BlackBerry 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.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Device > Auto On/Off.
3.In the Weekday or Weekend section, select the Enabled checkbox.
4.Specify the times when your smartphone should turn on and turn off on weekdays and weekends.
5.Press the  key > Save. 
Turn off your smartphone
Depending on your theme, the location or name of the Power Off icon might differ from the location or name in this task.
•If you haven't set your BlackBerry smartphone to turn on and turn off automatically at specific times, press and hold the 
 key. 
•If you have set your smartphone to turn on and turn off automatically at specific times, on the home screen or in a  folder, click the 
Power Off icon. If you want your smartphone to stay turned off until you turn it on again, click Full 
Power Off
. If you want your smartphone to turn on again at the specified time or for alarm or calendar reminders, click 
Turn Off.
Reset your smartphone
Remove and reinsert the battery.
Check the battery power level
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Device > Device and Status Information.
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							About battery saving mode
Battery saving mode helps your phone conserve energy and extend the amount of time between charges. When turned on, battery saving mode monitors the battery strength. When your battery strength starts getting low, the application 
automatically adjusts some options in the phone. Some options the phone adjusts to extend battery strength include:
•Reducing the brightness of the backlight to its lowest level.
•Reducing the length of time before the backlight turns off.
•Turning on the option to automatically dim the backlight.
•Reducing the setting for the Mobile Hot Spot automatic shutdown timer.
Turn on or turn off battery saving mode
When you turn on battery saving mode, your BlackBerry smartphone automatically changes options to conserve battery 
power. When you turn off battery saving mode or the smartphone is charged, your normal smartphone settings are 
restored.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Device > Battery Saving Mode.
3.Select or clear the Turn on Battery Saving Mode when battery power level is low checkbox.
4.To change the power level that turns on battery saving mode, change the Start when battery power is at or drops 
below
 field.
5.Press the  key > Save. 
Turn on or turn off Application Resource Monitor
The Application Resource Monitor app monitors apps running in the background and reports on any that are abusing 
system resources and causing issues, such as sluggish performance or lower than expected battery life. You can have 
Application Resource Monitor alert you of any apps that are abusing system resources or automatically shut down those 
apps.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Device > Application Resource Monitor.
3.Select or clear the Turn on Application Resource Monitor checkbox , and then customize the application by doing 
any of the following:.
•Select or clear the Automatically shutdown background draining applications checkbox.
•Select or clear the Do not automatically shut down audio streaming applications.
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							When abusive behavior is identified you are prompted to immediately shut down the app or ignore the prompt and allow the app to continue running. If you decide to ignore the prompt, Application Resource Monitor will not monitor the app 
again.
Troubleshooting: Power and battery
My battery life is shorter than I expected
Many factors influence the standby time and the talk time of the BlackBerry smartphone. Including things like signal 
strength, network type, and proximity to the network. For tips to improve the battery life see the related information listed 
below.
Related information
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							Storage space and media cards
How to: Storage space and media cards
About media cards
Depending on your BlackBerry smartphone model, you can insert a microSD media card into your smartphone to take 
videos and increase the storage space that's available on your smartphone for storing media files such as songs, ring tones,  videos, or pictures. For more information about inserting a media card into your smartphone, see the printed 
documentation that came with your smartphone.
Supported media cards
Your BlackBerry smartphone supports media card sizes up to 32 GB. Only microSD media cards are supported.
Inserting the SIM card, media card, and battery
Remove the battery door
 
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To remove the battery door, press and slide.
Insert the SIM card
Depending on your BlackBerry smartphone model or your wireless service provider, you might not need a SIM card for your 
smartphone.
 
 
Slide the SIM card into the slot.
Insert the media card and battery
The media card is optional. If a media card is included, it might already be inserted.
 
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Turn on or turn off media card support
When you turn off media card support, your BlackBerry smartphone can't access the files that are on your media card. This 
might be useful if you want to make sure that your files are saved to your smartphone's built-in media storage rather than  your media card.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Device > Storage.
3.Select or clear the Media Card Support checkbox.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
Turn on or turn off USB mass storage mode
If your BlackBerry smartphone is connected to your computer with a USB cable but doesn't appear as a drive on your 
computer, you may have to turn on USB mass storage mode.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Device > Storage.
3.Press the  key > Enable USB Mass Storage. 
4.If necessary, type your smartphone password.
Your smartphone appears as a drive on your computer.
To turn off USB mass storage mode, press the  key > Disconnect.
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							Back up smartphone data to your media card
Before you begin: To perform this task, you must have a media card inserted in your BlackBerry smartphone.
If your email account uses a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, depending on the options that your administrator sets, you might not be able to perform this task. For more information, contact your administrator.
CAUTION: If you perform this task, any existing backup data on your media card is deleted and replaced with your new 
backup data.
1.On the home screen, click the Setup icon.
2.In the Setup section, click Device Switch > Using a Media Card > Save Data.
•To back up smartphone data including email, select the Save emails checkbox.
•To back up smartphone data excluding email, clear the Save emails checkbox.
3.Click Continue.
4.To set a password for your data, in the Password field, enter a password.
5.In the Confirm field, re-enter the password.
6.Click Save.
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Restore smartphone data from your media card
If you have backed up your BlackBerry smartphone data to your media card, you should be able to restore the data to your 
smartphone.
1.On the home screen, click the Setup icon.
2.In the Setup section, click Device Switch > Using a Media Card > Transfer Data > Continue.
3.In the Password field, enter the password you set when you backed up your smartphone data.
4.Click Enter.
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							Repair files stored on your media card or on your 
smartphone
CAUTION: If you run the repair feature on your BlackBerry smartphone, your smartphone might delete files that have 
errors from your media card or on your smartphone.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Device > Storage.
3.Press the  key > Repair. 
4.Complete the instructions on the screen.
If your media card is still not repaired after you run the repair feature, you might want to try formatting it.
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Format your media card or built-in media storage
Depending on your BlackBerry smartphone model, you might not be able to format your smartphone's built-in media 
storage.
CAUTION: If you format your media card or built-in media storage, all of the data that's saved to your media card or built-in 
media storage is deleted. 
Research In Motion recommends that you regularly create and save a backup file on your 
computer, especially before you update any software. Maintaining a current backup file on your computer might allow you 
to recover smartphone data if your smartphone is lost, stolen, or corrupted by an unforeseen issue.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Device > Storage.
3.Press the  key > Format. 
4.Complete the instructions on the screen.
About compression
Compression is designed to reduce the size of your BlackBerry smartphone data while maintaining the integrity of that 
data. When compression is turned on, your smartphone can compress your data, including messages, contacts, calendar  entries, tasks, and memos. You should keep compression turned on.
If both compression and encryption are turned on, your smartphone compresses smartphone data before encrypting it.
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