[chad1013]

Lagging first findout how many apps are actually open the ribbon key are the alt+the escape key if there is a trackball their should be only five open apps browers,bbmessenger,call log,home screen,sms messaging once there highlight other apps open and click the app button scroll down to close and click unless your phone is a touchscreen then just tap and click close check your gsm signal strenght if its low then you need to find where your closest tower is you can contact your provider for that info what O/S version are you running you should have a desktop manager and redirector install on your tower or laptop one end of the cable is usb connector 1.1 and the other end is a mini power /data port with the desktop manager installed on your system when you boot up your computer attached the phone to the usb adapter mini port on the phone and on the desktop manager screen it will have a apps backup and restore if you choose backup only then it will create a restore file with the extention< *.ipd >