BlackBerry 9720 - Tips: Freeing space to optimize your smartphone’s performance

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Tips: Freeing space to optimize your

smartphone's performance

Try to maintain at least 10 MB of available application storage on your BlackBerry smartphone. If you find that your
smartphone processes are unusually slow, try any of the following:

Close any apps you're not using.

Press and hold the

key until the application switcher

appears. Click an application icon. Press the

key >

Close or Exit.

Check how much free application storage you have.

On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
Click Device > Storage.

Identify and delete applications and themes you don't
need.

On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options
icon.Click Device > Application Management. To view the
details about your smartphone's memory and CPU usage,
slide your finger on the trackpad right or left. To delete an
application or theme, click an item. Click Delete.

Delete languages you don't use.

On the home screen or in a folder, click the Setup icon.
Click Languages and Input Methods.

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Delete browsing history and clear the cache.

On the home screen, click the Browser icon. Press the

key > Options. Go to the Clear Browsing Data

section.

Delete messages.

Highlight a message. Press and hold the

key. On the

trackpad, slide your finger up or down. Release the
key. Press the

key > Delete Messages.

Or, highlight a date. Press the

key > Delete Prior.

Reduce the amount of time that your smartphone stores
email messages and calendar entries.

On the home screen, click the Messages icon or Calendar
icon. Press the

key > Options.

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.

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.
Related information

Change how long your smartphone stores calendar entries,

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Delete a language from your smartphone,

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