Tips: Doing things quickly
For full instructions, click the links under
Related information
at the bottom.
Access popular options such as setting the alarm,
viewing notifications and turning on or turning off
network connections.
Highlight and click the areas at the top of the home
screen.
See all the apps and folders on the Home screen, or
minimise the panel and view the wallpaper.
On the navigation bar, click All.
Switch to another app.
Press and hold the key. Click an app.
Note: The other app might still be running in the
background.
Open an app with a convenience key. Press a convenience key on the side of your BlackBerry
smartphone.
Note: You can customise which app a convenience key
opens.
Use pop-up menus. Pop-up menus provide common available actions, and
appear in the centre of the screen. For example, you can
use the pop-up menu in a message to file, forward or
reply to the message. To open a pop-up menu, touch
and hold the screen or press and hold the trackpad. To
select a menu item, tap the icon or click the trackpad.
Switch to the Favourites, Media, Downloads and
Frequent panels.
On the home screen, highlight All on the navigation bar
and slide your finger on the trackpad right or left.
Add an app to the Favourites panel. Highlight an app on the home screen or in a folder. Press
the key > Mark as Favourite.
Change options for the home screen such as the
wallpaper.
On the Home screen, press the key > Options.
Related information
Change what happens when you type on the Home screen, 17
Assign an application to a convenience key, 30
Keep an application running in the background and switch to another application, 216
Tips: Extending battery life
For full instructions, click the links under Related information at the bottom.
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