Getting to Know the Home Screen

The Home screen is your starting point to access all of the features on your phone using simple motions on the touchscreen. It’s comprised of multiple panels (swipe horizontally to switch). You can customize all of your Home screen panels with shortcuts icons, widgets, and other features.

Status Bar

Shows device status information, including the time, signal strength, battery status, and notification icons.
App Icon

Tap an icon (app, widget, folder, etc.) to open and use it.
QuickTap Bar

Icons that provide easy, one-touch access to the functions used most often.
Apps Icon

Tap here to open the Apps screen to view all of your installed apps.

NOTE

From the Home screen, tap the Menu Key tap Home screen settings, then checkmark Portrait view only to keep the Home screen from rotating to landscape view. This is a separate setting from the Auto-rotate screen setting that applies to the rest of the screens.

QuickTap Bar icons

The QuickTap Bar is located on all of your Home screen panels (at the bottom of the screen in portrait view and on the right side in landscape view) to allow quick and easy navigation to the apps you use most often. The following five icons are included by default in the QuickTap bar.

: Opens the Phone app which displays the dialpad so you can dial a number not stored in your phone’s memory. It also provides additional tabs at the top of the screen to access your Recent calls, Contacts, Favorites, and Groups.

: Opens the Contacts app which displays the names and numbers stored in your phone's memory. It also provides additional tabs at the top of the screen to access the dialpad, your Recent calls, Favorites, and Groups.

: Opens the Messaging application so you can send and view text and multimedia messages.

: Opens the Apps screen which displays phone features and apps. It also provides a Widget tab, a Search icon , and an Edit icon at the top of the screen.