Blackberry Torch 9850 9860 7 1 User Guide

Search
How to: Search
Search for an item
You can search for help, contacts, documents, files, memos, pictures, videos, and more on your BlackBerry smartphone. 
You can narrrow your search from an app, or you can extend your search to the Internet. You can also view items you  selected from previous search results.
1.On the home screen, click the  icon. 
2.Type your search terms.
To stop a search, press the  key twice.
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Change search options
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Device > Search.
•To clear search history, click Delete Search History.
•To turn off search history, clear the Show Search History checkbox.
•To turn off web suggestions, clear the Show Web Suggestions checkbox.
•To change which applications appear in your search results, in the Data Sources and Extended Providers 
sections, select or clear the checkbox beside one or more of the listed applications.
3.Press the...

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Message search criteria
FieldDescriptionSearch MessagesSpecify whether you search for messages 
that are on your 
BlackBerry smartphone 
or for messages that are in an email 
application on your computer.
NameSpecify one or more contacts or email 
addresses that your smartphone should 
search for in messages. To widen the 
search, you can also specify part of a 
name.Appears inChange the type of address field that your  smartphone...

FieldDescriptionShowChange the status of messages that your 
smartphone should search for.TypeChange the type of messages that your 
smartphone should search for.
Do more with your message search results
1.In the search results, highlight a message.
2.Press the  key. 
•To view more available search results, click Get More Results.
•To add the message that you highlighted to your message inbox, click Add.
•To add all the messages from the search results to your message inbox, click Add All.
•To delete the...

2.Type the text.3.Press the  key on the keyboard. 
To search for the next instance of the text, press the  key > Find Next or Find Next on Page.
Search for a contact
You can search for contacts in your contact list or, if your email account uses a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you might 
also be able to search for contacts in your organization's contact list.
1.On the home screen, click the Contacts icon.
•To search for a contact in your contact list, type all or part of a contact's name.
•To...

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Security
How to: Security
Security basics
About the smartphone password
There are several types of password protection that you can use on your BlackBerry smartphone.
Smartphone password
You can create a smartphone password to help protect your smartphone from unauthorized access and use, and you can 
set your smartphone to lock after a certain period of inactivity. You must enter your smartphone password to unlock your 
smartphone. If you forget your password, it can't be recovered. For security...

you are prompted to create a Password Keeper password. Then, you are prompted to enter the old Password Keeper 
password to access old password information.
Restoring your data
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.
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Lock or unlock your smartphone
You can lock the screen to avoid pressing it or making calls accidentally and, if you have set a BlackBerry smartphone 
password, you can also lock your smartphone with a password.
Do one of the following:
 • To lock the screen, press the  key on the top of your smartphone.
 • To unlock the screen, press the  key and slide your finger up.
 • To lock your smartphone with a password, on the home screen or in a folder, click the  icon.
•To unlock your smartphone, enter your...

Delete smartphone data, third-party applications, or media card files
Before you delete your BlackBerry smartphone data or media card files, consider backing up the data and files so that you 
have a copy on your computer.
CAUTION: If encryption is turned on, the process for deleting all smartphone data can take about one hour to complete. 
You can't stop the process after you start it. If you reset your smartphone, the process restarts after the smartphone  restarts.
1.On the home screen or in a...