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Managing Notications
The Status Bar at the top of the home screen provides notication icons on the left side.
Below are some of the icons you may see.
Indicator What it means
Upcoming event
New Wi-Fi network
detected
Downloading data
Sending data
USB connected
Updates available
Wired headset connected
Indicators and Icons
Indicator What it means
New SMS
New MMS
New email
/
New Gmail message(s)
Missed call
Call in progress
/
Song playing
Opening/Closing the Notication Panel
Notications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as
ongoing events. You can open the Notication Panel to view the details of notications.
• To open the Notication Panel, swipe your nger down from the top of the screen.
• To close the Notication Panel, swipe your nger up
from the bottom of the screen or
press the Back Key.
Responding to or Removing a Notication
In the Notication Panel, you can respond to a notication or remove the notications.
The Notication Panel also supports expandable notications that let you perform
additional actions right from the notication itself.
• To respond to a notication, tap it.
• Slide down with one nger to expand certain notications. You can also swipe two
ngers vertically or pinch-zoom to expand or collapse certain notications.
• To remove a notication, swipe it left or right.
• To remove all notications, tap .
• To manage notications you have received, tap and hold a notication to identify the
application that created it. Depending on the notication, you can then tap and
select Block to hide future notications from this app, or tap Priority to show them in
priority mode.
• Most apps that send notications, such as Gmail, have notication settings that you
can adjust.
NOTE: If you turn o notications for an app, you may miss its important alerts and
updates. The notications of some apps cannot be turned o.
Using Quick Settings
The Quick Settings in the Notication Panel make it convenient to view or change the
most common settings for your phone.
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