Your Phone's Home Screen
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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
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). Pull down the status bar to display
the notification panel. Pull down further to reveal the full quick settings menu.
Widget
Widgets are self-
contained onscreen apps that reside on your phone’s home
screen.
Application icons
Application icons are shortcuts to favorite applications. You can add and
remove these shortcuts as you wish.