Phone Basics
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Add and Remove Primary Shortcuts
Primary shortcuts appear at the bottom of the main Home screen by default (Phone, Contacts,
Messaging, Internet, and Apps).
You can change any of your primary shortcuts, except the Apps shortcut.
Note
: Before replacing a primary shortcut, you must first add the replacement shortcut to the
Home Screen. For more information, see
Create Shortcuts
.
Press
to display the main Home screen.
1.
Touch and hold the primary shortcut you want to replace and then drag it to an empty
2.
space on any Home screen.
Scroll the Home screen to find the shortcut you want to add as the new primary shortcut.
3.
Touch and hold the new shortcut and then drag it to the empty space in the row of
4.
primary shortcuts. The new primary shortcut will now appear on all Home screens.
Add and Remove Widgets
Widgets are self-contained applications that reside either in your Widgets tab or on the main or
extended Home screens. Unlike a shortcut, the Widget appears as an onscreen application.
Widgets can include Contacts shortcuts, bookmarks, Facebook
®
status windows, Gmail and
email accounts, and many other types of apps.
Add a Widget
Press
to display the main Home screen, and then navigate to the desired screen.
1.
Touch and hold an empty area of the Home screen, and then tap
Apps and widgets
>
2.
Widgets
.
Touch and hold a widget, and then drag it to a position on the home screen.
3.
Release the widget to place it on the screen.
4.
Remove a Widget
1. Press
to display the main Home screen.
2. Touch and hold the desired widget. This unlocks it from its location on the current
screen.
3. Drag the widget to the Remove icon and release it. As you place the widget into the
Trash, both items turn red.
Note
: Removing a widget does not delete the widget, it simply removes the widget from the
current screen.
