24 KNOWING THE BASICS 25KNOWING THE BASICS
Using the notications panel
Notications report the arrival of new messages,
calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing
events, such as when you’ve congured your phone
as a Wi-Fi hotspot. You can open the Notications
Panel to view the details of notications.
• To open the Notications Panel, swipe your nger
down from the top of the screen.
• To close the Notications Panel, swipe your nger
up from the bottom of the screen or tap the Back key.
Responding to or removing a notication
In the Notications Panel, you can respond to a
notication or remove the notications. The
Notications Panel also supports expandable
notications that let you perform additional actions
right from the notication itself.
• To respond to a notication, just tap it.
• To remove a notication, swipe it left or right.
• To remove all notications, tap
in the top right corner.
• Press and hold a notication and then tap App info to identify the
application that created it. To turn off notications from that application if
needed, uncheck Show notications in the App info screen.
• Most apps that send notications, such as Gmail and Google
+
, have
notication settings that you can adjust.
Note: If you turn off notications for an app, you may miss its important alerts
and updates. The notications of some apps cannot be turned off.
Tip: In the Notications Panel, tap
at the top of the notications list to get
to the Settings menu quickly.
Using quick settings
The Quick Settings above the Notications Panel make it convenient to view
or change the most common settings for your phone.
Open the Notications Panel and you can nd the following Quick Settings
by tapping
at the top of the screen. Slide up or down to view more
setting options.
• OWNER: Tap to add your personal information.
• BRIGHTNESS: Tap to adjust the screen brightness.
• SETTINGS: Tap to enter Settings screen.
• WI-FI: Tap to turn on or off Wi-Fi.
• DATA: Tap to enable or disable data access over the mobile network.
• AUTO ROTATE: Tap to turn on or off the auto-rotate feature.
• BATTERY: Tap to check battery status.
• AIRPLANE: Tap to turn on or off the airplane mode.
• BLUETOOTH: Tap to turn on or off Bluetooth.
• LOCATION: Tap to turn on or off the GPS function.
• SOUND: Tap to turn sound on or off.
• SYNC: Tap to turn on or off account synchronization.
• FLASHLIGHT: Tap to turn on or off ashlight.