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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.
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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 file
on 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 the
Options 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.
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