How to Maximize Free Space on a BlackBerry®

Adjust Settings for Optimal Storage Efficiency

Adjust the following settings for optimal storage efficiency on your BlackBerry smartphone:

In BlackBerry® Desktop Software, set messages to stop being forwarded to the BlackBerry smartphone when it is cradled. To adjust this setting, complete these steps:

1. In BlackBerry® Desktop Manager, open "Email Settings".
2. Check the check box beside "Disable message redirection while your device is connected".
   • Set messages to prompt you when deleting an email message on the BlackBerry smartphone. The prompt allows you to choose to either delete the message on the BlackBerry smartphone only or on the BlackBerry smartphone and the messaging server, which deletes the email message on both the BlackBerry smartphone and the email application with which it is associated.
     
     To adjust this setting on the BlackBerry smartphone, complete the following steps:
     
     
     1. On the Home screen, open "Messages".
     2. Display the menu and select "Options".
     3. Select "Email Reconciliation".
     4. Select "Prompt" for the "Delete On" setting. (You can also select "Handheld" rather than "Prompt", which will delete messages on the BlackBerry smartphone without a prompt, when you choose to delete messages.)
        
        Note: If you position the cursor on a date field in the email messages list on the BlackBerry smartphone and select Delete Prior, you will only delete the messages on the BlackBerry smartphone no matter what the setting is in the Delete On field, which leaves the email messages saved in the email application with which the BlackBerry smartphone is associated.

Flash memory is used to download and display email messages on the BlackBerry smartphone. Set the Auto More option to No to make sure that only the sections of the email message that you want to read on the BlackBerry smartphone are downloaded, displayed, and thus, stored in flash memory. By setting the Auto More option to No, the BlackBerry smartphone displays approximately the first 2 KB of an email message; you can display more of the email message by selecting "More" on the menu.

Note: If the Auto More option is set to Yes, scrolling automatically displays more of the email message. Be aware that you may be downloading large email messages by scrolling through an email message on the BlackBerry smartphone.

Note: The size of the entire email message is displayed at the bottom of the email message screen. Average messages are usually no larger than 2 KB.

By setting the Auto More option to No, you can make sure the flash memory is not unnecessarily used on the BlackBerry smartphone by disallowing the automatic download option.

To set the Auto More option to No, complete the following steps:

1. On the Home screen, open "Messages".
2. Display the menu and select "Options".
3. Select "General Options".
4. In the "Auto More field", select "No".

Caution: The More All option on the menu gives you the choice of downloading the entire email message at once, no matter how the Auto More setting is configured.

The More Alloption should be used with caution since the BlackBerry smartphone uses flash memory to store email messages that have been displayed.

1. For BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry Device Software 3.8 or 4.0, set the BlackBerry smartphone to allow content compression. Although content compression causes the BlackBerry smartphone to work harder (thus, using more battery power), it will make sure that email messages use the least amount of flash memory that is possible.
   
   To set the BlackBerry smartphone to allow content compression, complete the following steps:
   
   
   1. On the Home screen, open "Options".
   2. Select Security "Options".
   3. Select General "Settings".
   4. Set the "Content Compression" field to "Enabled".

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