Your Phone Interface
The following topics describe how to use and customize your phone's home screen, understand the
status bar, and use the notifications window.
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, widgets, and more.
Home Screen Layout
Your home screen extends beyond the initial screen. Swipe the screen left or right to display
additional screens.
Item
Status bar
Notifications area
Status area
Widget
Your Phone Interface
The status bar displays icons to notify you of your phone's status (on the right
side) and notifications (on the left side).
The notification area of the status bar (on the left) displays notifications for
incoming messages, missed calls, application updates, and more.
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, ringer status, and time.
Widgets are self-contained onscreen apps that reside on your phone's home
screen.
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