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, 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
Notification area
Status area
Getting Started Your Phone's Home Screen
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. Pull down
the status bar to display the notification panel.
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.
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