Your Phone's Home Screen
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Your Phone's Home Screen
The following topics describ
e how to use and customize your phone’s home screen, understand the
status bar, etc.
Home Screen Basics
The Home screen is the starting point for your phone’s functions and menus.
Home Screen Layout
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, voicemail, and more.
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, ringer status, and time.
Clock display
Displays time and date. You can turn on or off this display from the Settings
menu. See
Left softkey
Displays actions or menu items that you can select by pressing the left
softkey.