11Home screen
Use & change your home screen
On your home screen, shortcuts are icons that open 
your favorite apps, web bookmarks, contacts, mail 
labels, playlists, and more. Widgets are live apps or tools 
that provide news, weather, messages, and other 
updates.
• To  open something, touch it. Touch Home  or 
Back  to return to the home screen.
Tip: When you open a widget, touch Menu  to see 
any options or settings. You can choose accounts for 
some widgets, like 
Calendar
, 
Email
, 
Facebook
, and 
Gmail
.
• To  add shortcuts to the home screen, touch 
Apps , touch and hold an app, then drag it to a spot 
on the home screen pages.
To create a shortcut folder, drag one shortcut onto 
another to put them both in a folder. To add other 
shortcuts, drag them onto the folder icon. To name 
the folder, touch it and enter a name at the bottom.
• To add widgets, touch Apps , touch 
Widgets
 at the 
top, then touch and hold a widget (or flick left to see 
more widgets).
• To  move widgets or shortcuts, touch and hold them, 
then drag to a new location.
• To  remove shortcuts or widgets from the home 
screen, touch and hold them, then drag to 
Remove
 at 
the top.
• To change wallpaper, touch and hold a blank spot on 
the home screen.
Shortcuts in the favorites tray at the bottom of the home 
screen always appear in all home screen views. You can 
drag shortcuts or folders in or out of the favorites tray 
(except the Apps  button) for instant access from any 
home screen.
Phone status & notifications
Icons at the top right of 
the screen show status 
information like signal 
strength, battery level, 
and time.
Icons at the top left show 
messages and app 
notifications. To see your 
notifications, touch the 
status bar and drag it 
down. Touch a 
notification to select it.
Tip: To remove a notification from the list, flick it left or 
right. To clear all notifications, touch .
December 20, 2012
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