Other Handy Droid Tips and Tricks

1. Optimize your battery life with a power control widget:  image
  • From the home screen
  • Touch the Menu Key >
  • Then > Add > Widgets > Power Control.
  • Also, set your corporate email and Facebook accounts to manual sync.
2. Watch YouTube™ videos in high resolution:
  • While a video is loading to play
  • Touch Menu Key > More > Watch in high quality.
3. To import contacts from an SD card:
  • Insert the SD card into the memory slot.
  • From the home screen
  • Touch Contacts > Menu Key > Import/Export > Import from SD card.
4. Set up your device on a Wi-Fi network:
  • From your home screen
  • Touch the Menu Key > Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi (to turn on Wi-Fi) > Wi-Fi
    settings >
  • Select the Wi-Fi network that you wish to connect
  • Select Connect > enter security code if applicable.
5. Transfer files to/from your PC:
  • Connect your device to a PC using a data cable
  • Go to Notifications (by touching the status bar at the top of the screen and
    dragging it down)
  • Touch the “USB connected” notification
  • Touch Mount > use your PC interface to move files between your device and your PC.
  • When you are done, go to Notifications and touch Turn off USB storage, then disconnect the data cable from your device.