Android basics
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Android User’s Guide
Notification icons
The following icons indicate that you’ve received a notification. See “Managing
notifications” on page 29 for information about responding to these notifications. In
addition these icons, applications you install on your phone may use their own
notification icons.
Airplane mode
Battery is charging
Alarm is set
GPS is on
Speakerphone is on
Receiving location data from GPS
New Gmail message
More notifications
New text or multimedia message
Call in progress
Problem with text or multimedia
message delivery
Call in progress using a Bluetooth
headset
New Google Talk message
Missed call
New voicemail
Call on hold
Upcoming event
Call forwarding is on
Data is syncing
Song is playing
Problem with sign-in or sync
Uploading data
SD card or USB storage is full
Downloading data
An open Wi-Fi network is available
Download finished
Phone is connected via USB cable
Connected to or disconnected from
virtual private network (VPN)
Phone is sharing its data connection
via USB (USB tethering)
Carrier data use threshold approach-
ing or exceeded
Phone is sharing its data connection
as a Wi-Fi hotspot (Wi-Fi tethering)
Application update available
Phone is tethered in multiple ways
System update available
Notification icons
Notification Panel
Your mobile phone will notify you when you receive a new message or there is an
incoming event. The notification panel also informs you about alarms and settings — for
example, when Call forwarding is activated. Open the notification panel to see who the
wireless network operator is or to view a message, reminder, or event notification.
Opening the Notification Panel
1.
When a new notification icon appears on the notification bar, touch and hold
the notification bar, and then drag down to open the notification panel.
2.
On the notification panel, you can do the following:
Touch a notification to open the related application.
Touch Clear to clear all notifications.
Closing the Notification Panel
Touch and hold the bottom of the panel. Then drag up or touch to close the notification
panel.
