Home Screen - Samsung Galaxy S III User Manual

Home Screen

The Home screen is the starting point for using the
applications on your phone. There are initially seven
available panels, each populated with default shortcuts or
applications. You can customize each of these panels.
Connection Status
Status Bar
Notification
area
Status
area
Shortcuts
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Notification area displays those icons associated with end-user
notifications such as: email messages, calls (missed, call in
progress), new voicemail, upcoming event, USB connection,
Emails, and Text/MMS messages.
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Signal strength
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Battery status
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Status area displays those icons associated with the status of
Time
the device such as communication, coverage, Bluetooth, 4G/3G,
Wi-Fi communication, battery levels, GPS, etc.
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Home Screen is a customizable screen that provides information
about notifications and device status, and allows access to
Home Screen application Widgets.
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Extended Home Screens extend beyond the current visible
Google search
screen width to provide more space for adding icons, widgets,
and other customization features.
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Primary
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Shortcuts
These notifications appear at the top-left of the screen (within
the Status bar area) and display important user information.
This information can be accessed by swiping down from the
Status bar (page 37).
There are six available extended screens (panels) each of
which may be populated with its own shortcuts or widgets.
These screens share the use of the five Primary Shortcuts.
The current screen is indicated at the bottom by a white
square. Up to seven (7) total screens are available.
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