User's Guide

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Your Phone's Home Screen
The following topics describe how to use and customize your phone’s home screen, understand the
status bar, and use the notification panel.
Home Screen Basics
The home screen is the starting point for your phone’s applications, functions, and menus. You can
customize your home screen by adding application icons, shortcuts, folders, and more.
Home Screen Layout
Your home screen extends beyond the initial screen. Swipe the screen left to display additional screens.
Item
Description
Status bar
The status bar displays icons to notify you of your phone’s status (on the
right side) and notifications (on the left side).
Notification area
The notification area of the status bar (on the left) displays notifications for
incoming messages, missed calls, application updates, and more. Pull
down the status bar to display the notification panel.
Status area
The status area of the status bar (on the right) displays phone and service
status information such as signal strength, battery status, Wi-Fi and data
connectivity, and ringer status.
Application icons
Application icons are shortcuts to favorite applications. You can add and
remove these shortcuts as you wish.