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2.
Slide left until
appears.
3.
Touch
to create a new home screen panel.
To adjust the order of a home screen panel:
1.
Touch and hold an empty area of the home screen and slide left
or right to view the home screen thumbnails.
2.
Touch and hold a thumbnail and drag it left or right to the place
you need.
To open your favourite home screen app:
You can slide right on the home screen to open your favourite app
quickly.
1.
Slide right if necessary on the home screen to access the
leftmost home screen.
2.
Slide right on the screen to open your favourite app.
NOTE:
Touch
>
> Settings > Display > Favourite app panel to
turn on of off this feature, or touch Favourite home screen app to
select your favourite app.
To lock or unlock your home screen layout:
After the home screen layout is locked, you cannot add/remove
/adjust the home screen panel, add/remove/move items on the
home screen, or change the wallpaper.
1.
Touch and hold an empty area of the home screen to access
the home screen thumbnails.
2.
Touch
/ to lock/unlock the home screen layout.
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Knowing the basics
Monitoring the phone status
The status bar at the top of the home screen provides phone and
service status icons on the right side. Below are some of the icons
you may see.
EDGE connected
No signal
/
3G/HSPA+ connected
Signal strength
4G connected
Flight mode
Do not disturb mode
on (Alarms only or
Priority only)
Bluetooth
®
on
Do not disturb mode
on (Total silence)
Connected to a
Wi-Fi
®
network
Vibration on
Speaker on
Battery low
Phone microphone
off
Battery full
GPS on
/
Battery charging
Alarm set
Managing notifications
Notification icons
The status bar at the top of the home screen provides notification
icons on the left. Below are some of the icons you may see.
New SMS/MMS
New Wi-Fi network
detected
Missed call
Downloading data
Call in progress
Sending data
Data saver on
USB tethering on
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Call on hold
Portable Wi-Fi
hotspot on
Song playing
microSD card
mounted
Wired headset
connected
Open/close the notification panel
Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events,
and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when you are playing
music. You can open the notification panel to view the details of
notifications.
To open the notification panel, swipe your finger down from the
top of the screen.
To close the notification panel, swipe your finger up on the
screen or touch
.
Entering text
You can enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some apps open it
automatically. In others, you open it by touching where you want to
type. Touch
to hide the onscreen keyboard. You can also enter
text by speaking with the Google voice typing feature.
Enable or disable input methods
1.
Touch
>
> Settings > Languages & input > Virtual
keyboard.
2.
Touch Manage keyboards.
3.
Slide the switches beside the input methods to enable or
disable them.
NOTE:
Some default input methods may not be disabled.
Change input methods
1.
When you use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, touch the
icon
at the bottom right corner of the screen.
2.
Select the input method you need.
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NOTE:
The icon
appears only when more than one input method is
installed and enabled.
Input method settings
Choose the input method settings by touching
> Settings >
Languages & input > Virtual keyboard from the home screen. You
can set the current input method and choose the settings for input
methods.
Editing text
Move the insertion point: Touch where you want to type. The
cursor blinks in the new position, and a tab appears below it.
Drag the tab to move the cursor.
Select text: Touch and hold or double-tap within the text. The
nearest word highlights, with a tab at each end of the selection.
Drag the tabs to change the selection.
Cut or copy: Select the text you want to manipulate. Then touch
CUT or COPY to cut or copy the text to the clipboard.
Replace text with the clipboard text: Select the text you want to
replace. Then touch PASTE.
Insert clipboard text to the text field: Touch and hold the tab
below the cursor and then select PASTE.
Opening and switching apps
Open an app
1.
Touch
>
to open the application list screen.
2.
Slide up or down on the screen and touch an app to open it.
NOTE:
Drag the slider on the right side of the screen to the initial letter of
the app you need, or touch the search box at the top to search for
apps.
