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Understanding Your Device 30
Device Display
Your display provides information about the device’s status,
and is the interface to manage features. It indicates your
connection status, signal strength, battery status and time.
Icons display at the top of the device when an incoming call
or message is received and also alerts you at a specified
time when an alarm was set.
The screen also displays notifications, and Application (or
shortcut) bar with five primary shortcuts: Phone, Contacts,
Messaging, Internet, and Applications.
Display settings
In this menu, you can change various settings for the
wallpaper, brightness, backlight, etc..
From the Home screen, tap
(
Apps
)
➔
(
Settings
)
➔
Display
. For more information, refer to
“Display Settings”
on page 257.
Status Bar
The Status Bar shows information about the connection
status, signal strength, battery level, and time, and displays
notifications about incoming messages, calls and other
actions.
This list identifies the icons you see on your display screen:
Indicator Icons
This list identifies the symbols you’ll see on your device’s
display and Indicator area:
Displays your current signal strength. The greater
the number of bars, the stronger the signal.
Indicates that the Airplane Mode is active. You
cannot send or receive any calls or access online
information.
Indicates there is no signal available.
Displays when there is no SIM card in the phone.
Displays when there is a system error or alert.