Understanding Your Phone's Basics; Getting To Know The Home Screen; Using The Touchscreen; Using Your Phone's Buttons - BT Home SmartPhone S User Manual

Understanding your phone's basics

How to use the Home screen, touchscreen,
menus, apps and more.

Getting to know the Home screen

The Home screen shows your icons, widgets,
shortcuts, and other items. To show the Home
screen, press the Home button at any time.
The Status bar shows the time, signal strength,
battery status, notifications and other
information.
Widgets are apps that you can use directly on
the Home screen.
Touch an item to open it. Touch & hold an
empty spot to add a shortcut.
Touch the Launcher icon to see your apps.
To see other parts of the Home screen, slide
your finger left or right across the screen.
Waking up your phone
If you don't use your phone for a while, it goes
to sleep to save the battery. To wake it up:
1 Press the Power
the SmartPhone.

Using the touchscreen

Touch the screen in different ways to use
your phone.
Touch once to open a menu, start an app or
confirm something.
Slide left, right, up or down to scroll lists
or screens.
Pinch two fingers together or spread them
apart to zoom in or out on an image.
Touch and hold icons for extra options.
Rotate the handset for landscape view in
certain apps.
If you need some help, call us on 0808 100 9889* or go to bt.com/producthelp

Using your phone's buttons

These are the main buttons on your phone.
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button on the side of
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Working with menus

You can change most settings on your phone
using menus. To see the main options for the
screen you're looking at, press
also have extra options. To see them, touch &
hold the item.
– Press to go back to the last screen you
were looking at or to close the on-screen
keyboard if it's open.
– Press to open a menu of options for
the screen you're looking at.
– Press to show the main Home screen.
Press & hold to show your most recently
used apps screen.
– Press to turn the screen on or off. Press
& hold for other power options.
– Press to change the volume of a
call, the ring tone or other sounds.
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