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Andr
oid Basics
Your Home Screen
Viewing Your Home Screen
Your phone’s Home screen extends horizontally
to seven full screens. This gives you room to
customize your phone and put the things
you need front and center, just a swipe away.
•
To display the main (center) Home screen,
press
from any screen.
•
To view extended screens, swipe the screen
left or right. There are three additional screens
on each side of the main Home screen.
•
To display thumbnails of all seven screens,
pinch any home screen. Tap a thumbnail to
display the screen.
Status Bar
The status bar at the top of the Home
screen lets you quickly see both your phone
status (connections, signal strength, battery,
GPS) and any current notifications.
Notifications Panel
You can expand the notification area to
provide more detailed information about
the current onscreen notification icons.
1.
Drag down the notifications panel to see
your notifications.
2.
Tap a notification entry to open the
associated application.
Add Items to Your Home Screen
1.
Touch and hold an empty area on a
home screen.
2.
Follow these steps to add an app or
widget shortcut:
• Apps and widgets:
Tap
Apps and
widgets
and then touch and hold an app
icon and drag it to the home screen.
• Folders:
Tap
Folder
and then enter a
name for the folder and tap
OK
to create
the folder.