These are the
tips that will help guarantee that your Blackberry stays at its operational
best.
Keep your BlackBerry dry.
If your BlackBerry gets wet, remove the battery and dry your
device was thoroughly as possible before reinserting it. If your BlackBerry
ever becomes completely soaked, for example, you dropped it in a puddle, all
may not be lost. Try placing your BlackBerry in a bowl of rice overnight. The
rice will draw out most of the moisture, and you may be pleasantly surprised by
your BlackBerry booting up when you reinsert the battery.
Don’t use or store your BlackBerry in dusty, dirty areas.
If dust gets inside your BlackBerry, it could malfunction or
stop working completely.
Don’t store your BlackBerry in abnormally hot or cold
temperatures.
Abnormal temperature differences can permanently damage the
internal circuitry of your BlackBerry.
Avoid dropping or shaking your BlackBerry smartphone.
Either can cause physical damage.
Avoid using harsh chemicals, cleaning solvents, or strong
detergents to clean your BlackBerry smartphone.
You should use only a soft, dry, clean cloth to wipe the
surface of your BlackBerry.
Do not paint your BlackBerry smartphone.
Paint could get into your BlackBerry through a small crack or
other opening and may result in a malfunction.
Reset your BlackBerry from time to time by removing the
battery for a few seconds and then reinserting it.
Resetting your BlackBerry periodically will clear anything
that may be running in memory and help ensure optimum performance.
Password Keeper is a simple and yet effective
application of Blackberry. It is an application where you can store your
username and password of your online accounts or any other important
information you want to store. It is a useful tool so you can save time and
protect your accounts.
Here is an example situation. You are
browsing the internet and trying to access online using your account. However,
you can’t remember your password that matches your username. Your login
attempts failed and your account has been locked. Then to get another password
you call their costumer hotline and wait for hours or days before your retrieve
your accounts. Now you have wasted too much time trying only to access your forgotten
account.
That’s why Password Keeper has been
created in order to assist Blackberry users to store their valuable accounts.
Password Keeper is a free application
but not all Blackberry phones had it. You may need to specifically request that your service provider install it
on your BlackBerry Phone.
Setting a password for Password
Keeper
The first time you access Password
Keeper, you’re prompted to enter a password. Be sure to remember the password
you choosebecause this is the password to all your passwords or your Master Password. Do not forget your master password because there is no way of
retrieving it. Every time you access the Password Keeper, you will be prompted
to enter your master password. Well, having to remember one password is easier
than having to remember many.
Creating Accounts Information
You can now fillup the following
information about your accounts.
✦
Title: This is to describe the password-protected account — My
Blogspot, for example.
✦
Username: This is where you enter the username for the account.
✦
Password: Enter the password for the account here.
✦
Website: Put the Web site address (its URL) here.
✦
Notes: Not exactly crucial, but the Notes field does give you a
bit of room to add a comment or two.
Make sure you press Save on the prompt upon exiting this
screen; otherwise your changes here will be discarded.
Changing your Password Keeper
password
If you want to change your master
password to Password Keeper — the password for opening Password Keeper itself —
simply follow these steps:
1. Select Password Keeper.
The initial login screen for the
Password Keeper application appears.
2. Enter your current password to access Password Keeper.
3. With the Password Keeper application open, press the Menu
key and then select Change Password.
The Password Keeper screen opens,
allowing you to enter a new password.
4. Enter a new password, confirm it by entering it again, and
then click OK.
Changing info within Password
Keeper
Does one of your systems require you
to change passwords at a regular interval? No worries. You can quickly generate
or change the password — or any information, for that matter — inside Password
Keeper. Follow these steps:
1. Select Password Keeper.
The initial login screen for the
Password Keeper application appears.
2. Enter your current password to access Password Keeper.
3. Press the password entry you want to change.
The same screen that allows you enter
a new password entry appears, only this time the screen is populated with the
previous information you entered. All the fields are editable.
4. Change the information you want to change.
5. Press the Escape key and select Save on the screen that
follows.
It is annoying to every person that you
where in the middle of adventurous dream when somebody interrupted call or text
you while you are sleeping. In order to avoid that situation, you can use the Bedside
mode in your Blackberry Smartphone.
Bedside mode turns your BlackBerry into a clock and prevents
it from interrupting you with calls or messages while you sleep. It dims the
clock screen, disables the LED, and can even be configured to shut the wireless
antenna off. When you exit Bedside mode, all of your settings return to normal.
Bedside mode has several options, which you can configure
with these steps:
1. From your BlackBerry Home screen, select the Clock icon.
2. Press the Menu key and select Options.
3. Navigate down to the
Bedside Mode section
You can adjust these Bedside mode options:
• Disable
LED: If you choose Yes, your BlackBerry LED
will not flash when you receive new messages. If you choose No, your BlackBerry
LED will flash as usual.
• Disable
Radio: Choose to disable the BlackBerry
wireless antenna.
If you
choose Yes, your BlackBerry’s wireless antenna will turn off when your device
enters Bedside mode and then turn back on when it leaves Bedside Mode. This
prevents your BlackBerry from receiving any incoming calls or messages. If you
choose No, your wireless antenna will remain on when in Bedside mode.
• Dim Screen: Defines whether the clock display dims
while your BlackBerry is in Bedside mode.
4. Navigate to the option you would like to change and make
the changes.
5. When you are done setting Bedside mode options, press the
Menu Key and select Save.
You can also configure your BlackBerry to automatically
enter Bedside mode while charging — especially useful if you charge your BlackBerry
every night while you sleep. Follow these steps:
1. From your BlackBerry Home screen, select the Clock icon.
2. Press the Menu key and select Options.
3. Navigate to the When Charging option in the Clock section
and select Enter Bedside Mode.
4. When you are done setting Bedside mode options, press the
Menu Key and select Save.
When it comes to mobile phones, battery is
the key. Here are the following tips in
order to prolong your Blackberry Battery use.
Using
Auto On/Off
Using Auto On/Off, you could save energy on your Blackberry
smartphone especially when not using it.
You can configure Auto On/Off by following these steps:
1. From the BlackBerry Home screen, choose the Options icon.
2. Select Auto On/Off.
3. Set the Weekday, Weekend, and Turn On/Turn Off options you
would like.
4. Press the Menu key and choose Save.
Turning
off unused BlackBerry connections
Your BlackBerry has several different connectivity options,
including cellular antenna, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. These drain your battery when
turned on so there is no reason to turn them on when not using them.
Follow these steps to turn off connections that you don’t
need:
1. On the BlackBerry Home screen, select the Manage
Connections (antenna) icon.
2. Navigate to the connection that you want to turn off and
deselect the check box.
To turn back on the connection, you just check the check
box.
3. Press
the Escape key to return to the BlackBerry Home screen.
If you turn off all connections, you won’t receive e-mails,
phone calls, or messages until you turn your mobile connection back on.
Optimizing
your Backlight settings
The backlight is one of the biggest battery drains on your
BlackBerry. Lowering your backlight brightness can extend your battery life.
Follow these steps to adjust your backlight settings:
1. From your BlackBerry Home screen, select the Options icon.
2. Choose Screen/Keyboard.
3. Select Backlight Brightness and choose a value lower than
100 (the brightest).
The lower the setting, the less battery life will be used,
but also the dimmer the screen, which may make it harder to see in some cases.
4. Select Backlight Timeout and choose a value lower than 2
min.
The lower the setting, the less the battery life that will
be used, but the backlight will also time out faster when a key is not pressed
— which can get annoying.
Closing
unused BlackBerry applications
The more BlackBerry applications you have running at once,
the more battery power your battery consumes. Applications that run in the
background, such as Facebook and instant messaging applications, significantly decrease
your battery even when you’re not actively using them. Besides saving battery
life, closing pplications that you’re not using makes your BlackBerry respond
faster.
The best way to prevent these applications from draining
your battery is to turn them off when you’re not using them. To do so, press
the Menu key and choose Exit or Shut Down instead of pressing the Escape key to
send the application to the background.
Some applications need to run in the background; these
applications won’t show up as open applications. Each of these background
processes takes up a small amount of memory and battery life. In the event that
your device is having an issue, or the battery is draining quickly, you may
want to try starting your BlackBerry smartphone in Safe mode, which loads only
the Research In Motion default applications and no third-party applications.
You can then troubleshoot and remove the application that could be causing the problem.
Follow these steps to enter into Safe mode:
1. Remove your BlackBerry battery for about 10 seconds, and
then reinsert it.
2. Wait for the LED light to turn off.
3. Press and hold the Escape key until your device finishes
booting up.
A dialog box appears, asking if you want to stay in Safe
mode.
4. Select OK.
At this point, you can uninstall the application that you
think might be causing problems. You can do this by going to the BlackBerry
Options (wrench icon) and select Application options, and then uninstall the trouble-causing
application.
5. When you are finished with Safe mode, remove your
BlackBerry battery for about 10 seconds, and then reinsert it again.
Make sure you do not hold
the Escape key while your BlackBerry smartphone is booting up. This will allow
it to boot normally. You can also check this video to get more information and details.
Setting password on your Blackberry is the best way to keep
your Blackberry Smartphone Safe.
Always set up a password on your BlackBerry. If your
BlackBerry hasn't prompted you to set up a password, you should immediately do
so. Here’s how it’s done:
1. From the BlackBerry Home screen, select the Options
(wrench) icon.
2. Select the Password option.
3. Select the Password field and choose Enabled.
All this does for now is enable the Password feature. You
won’t be prompted to type a password until you save the changes you just made.
4. Choose the Set Password button.
At this time, you’re prompted to enter a new password. Note that if you have set a password before, the button
will be called Change Password.
5. Type a password, and then type it again for verification.
From this point on, whenever you lock your BlackBerry and
want to use it again, you have to type the password.
Setting up your password is a good first step, but just having
a password won’t help much if you don’t take the further step of locking your
BlackBerry when you’re not using it. (You don’t want people at the office, or
those sitting at the next table at the coffee shop, checking out your e-mails
or phone history when you take a bathroom break, do you
Your BlackBerry can lock automatically after timeout (also
known as security
timeout) by following these steps:
1. From the BlackBerry Home screen, select the Options icon.
2. Select the Password option.
The Password screen appears.
3. Select the Security Timeout field and then choose the
desired timeout option.
The preset times range from 1 minute to 1 hour.
4. Press the Menu key and select Save.
You can also check this video to get more information and details.
