Comments on: Essential energy saving tips for your BlackBerry http://www.bbhacker.com/2009/04/09/essential-energy-saving-tips-for-your-blackberry/ BlackBerry Hacks, Tips & Tricks Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:57:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SteveO http://www.bbhacker.com/2009/04/09/essential-energy-saving-tips-for-your-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 SteveO Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:47:04 +0000 http://www.blackberry-productivity.com/2009/04/09/essential-energy-saving-tips-for-your-blackberry/#comment-1324 I have my BB Style set so that WiFi & Bluetooth are Both OFF. Just the Cellular Radio is in use at all times. I Also turned-off Vibrate from Phone Calls & Notifications... [Although there are Apps that use it]<br>I Also have Facebook Notifications Turned OFF, so it doesn't Bug me every time someone Posts on my Facebook Page, or on Facebook in General. ;^)<br><br>I have it set to Automatically Power-off at Midnight & turn back On at 8am during the Week. It shuts off at 1AM & powers-on at 9AM on Weekends. ;^)<br><br> I have the Ringtone Volume set at about 50%-60%, and Call Volume is at 75%.<br>[The Style has a Quiet Speaker for the Ear piece]<br>I DID have Location Services turned Off, but I Use Sprint Navigation sometimes as a GPS... So I end up leaving it On. It's also good for Apps like Poynt. ;^)<br><br>Another thing that I've noticed is bad on the Battery, is Roaming, or Searching for a Signal.<br>I set the Roaming to Prompt me, instead of Automatically going into Roam. This makes a HUGE Difference!! Data Roaming is set to Prompt, too!!<br><br>I Did have the Back light set at 50%, but I took it down to 20% after reading this. Seems not to make much of a Difference in Brightness, really! :^P<br>I also took the Duration for the Back light down from 20 seconds to 10 seconds.<br><br>I get 2-3 Days of use MAX out of my BlackBerry Style 9670 Flip-Phone... [Usually just 2...] :^P<br>I've had many days where I only get about 1 day of use. [Technically just 10-12 hrs...]<br>Youtube KILLS the Battery, if you Signal is weak... I have my BB Style set so that WiFi & Bluetooth are Both OFF. Just the Cellular Radio is in use at all times. I Also turned-off Vibrate from Phone Calls & Notifications… [Although there are Apps that use it]
I Also have Facebook Notifications Turned OFF, so it doesn't Bug me every time someone Posts on my Facebook Page, or on Facebook in General. ;^)

I have it set to Automatically Power-off at Midnight & turn back On at 8am during the Week. It shuts off at 1AM & powers-on at 9AM on Weekends. ;^)

I have the Ringtone Volume set at about 50%-60%, and Call Volume is at 75%.
[The Style has a Quiet Speaker for the Ear piece]
I DID have Location Services turned Off, but I Use Sprint Navigation sometimes as a GPS… So I end up leaving it On. It's also good for Apps like Poynt. ;^)

Another thing that I've noticed is bad on the Battery, is Roaming, or Searching for a Signal.
I set the Roaming to Prompt me, instead of Automatically going into Roam. This makes a HUGE Difference!! Data Roaming is set to Prompt, too!!

I Did have the Back light set at 50%, but I took it down to 20% after reading this. Seems not to make much of a Difference in Brightness, really! :^P
I also took the Duration for the Back light down from 20 seconds to 10 seconds.

I get 2-3 Days of use MAX out of my BlackBerry Style 9670 Flip-Phone… [Usually just 2...] :^P
I've had many days where I only get about 1 day of use. [Technically just 10-12 hrs...]
Youtube KILLS the Battery, if you Signal is weak…

]]> By: SteveO http://www.bbhacker.com/2009/04/09/essential-energy-saving-tips-for-your-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 SteveO Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:47:04 +0000 http://www.blackberry-productivity.com/2009/04/09/essential-energy-saving-tips-for-your-blackberry/#comment-1284 I have my BB Style set so that WiFi & Bluetooth are Both OFF. Just the Cellular Radio is in use at all times. I Also turned-off Vibrate from Phone Calls & Notifications... [Although there are Apps that use it]<br>I Also have Facebook Notifications Turned OFF, so it doesn't Bug me every time someone Posts on my Facebook Page, or on Facebook in General. ;^)<br><br>I have it set to Automatically Power-off at Midnight & turn back On at 8am during the Week. It shuts off at 1AM & powers-on at 9AM on Weekends. ;^)<br><br> I have the Ringtone Volume set at about 50%-60%, and Call Volume is at 75%.<br>[The Style has a Quiet Speaker for the Ear piece]<br>I DID have Location Services turned Off, but I Use Sprint Navigation sometimes as a GPS... So I end up leaving it On. It's also good for Apps like Poynt. ;^)<br><br>Another thing that I've noticed is bad on the Battery, is Roaming, or Searching for a Signal.<br>I set the Roaming to Prompt me, instead of Automatically going into Roam. This makes a HUGE Difference!! Data Roaming is set to Prompt, too!!<br><br>I Did have the Back light set at 50%, but I took it down to 20% after reading this. Seems not to make much of a Difference in Brightness, really! :^P<br>I also took the Duration for the Back light down from 20 seconds to 10 seconds.<br><br>I get 2-3 Days of use MAX out of my BlackBerry Style 9670 Flip-Phone... [Usually just 2...] :^P<br>I've had many days where I only get about 1 day of use. [Technically just 10-12 hrs...]<br>Youtube KILLS the Battery, if you Signal is weak... I have my BB Style set so that WiFi & Bluetooth are Both OFF. Just the Cellular Radio is in use at all times. I Also turned-off Vibrate from Phone Calls & Notifications… [Although there are Apps that use it]
I Also have Facebook Notifications Turned OFF, so it doesn't Bug me every time someone Posts on my Facebook Page, or on Facebook in General. ;^)

I have it set to Automatically Power-off at Midnight & turn back On at 8am during the Week. It shuts off at 1AM & powers-on at 9AM on Weekends. ;^)

I have the Ringtone Volume set at about 50%-60%, and Call Volume is at 75%.
[The Style has a Quiet Speaker for the Ear piece]
I DID have Location Services turned Off, but I Use Sprint Navigation sometimes as a GPS… So I end up leaving it On. It's also good for Apps like Poynt. ;^)

Another thing that I've noticed is bad on the Battery, is Roaming, or Searching for a Signal.
I set the Roaming to Prompt me, instead of Automatically going into Roam. This makes a HUGE Difference!! Data Roaming is set to Prompt, too!!

I Did have the Back light set at 50%, but I took it down to 20% after reading this. Seems not to make much of a Difference in Brightness, really! :^P
I also took the Duration for the Back light down from 20 seconds to 10 seconds.

I get 2-3 Days of use MAX out of my BlackBerry Style 9670 Flip-Phone… [Usually just 2...] :^P
I've had many days where I only get about 1 day of use. [Technically just 10-12 hrs...]
Youtube KILLS the Battery, if you Signal is weak…

]]> By: Yahumytyfh http://www.bbhacker.com/2009/04/09/essential-energy-saving-tips-for-your-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Yahumytyfh Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:09:26 +0000 http://www.blackberry-productivity.com/2009/04/09/essential-energy-saving-tips-for-your-blackberry/#comment-1264 sir, sir,

]]> By: dianav1 http://www.bbhacker.com/2009/04/09/essential-energy-saving-tips-for-your-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-1117 dianav1 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:08:57 +0000 http://www.blackberry-productivity.com/2009/04/09/essential-energy-saving-tips-for-your-blackberry/#comment-1117 how do i make sure my apps are off? how do i make sure my apps are off?

]]> By: Y http://www.bbhacker.com/2009/04/09/essential-energy-saving-tips-for-your-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 Y Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:44:00 +0000 http://www.blackberry-productivity.com/2009/04/09/essential-energy-saving-tips-for-your-blackberry/#comment-1105 So how do you really shut down those apps then? So how do you really shut down those apps then?

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