item on the screen and saves battery power. When you take the smartphone away from your ear, the screen automatically turns back on, ready for use. If the screen doesn't turn on fast enough for you, tap the screen to wake it up.

The same behaviour occurs any time you're on a call and the smartphone screen is placed near another surface. The screen turns on automatically (if the smartphone is still on) when you move the smartphone away from the other surface.

When the smartphone is on and idle, the screen first dims and then turns off. This also is normal behaviour, caused by the auto shut-off interval. You can adjust this auto shut-off interval to be as long as three minutes (see Set the interval for turning the screen off automatically). At first, the screen dims as a power-saving measure. Just tap the screen to brighten it. Then, if your smartphone remains inactive for the full interval you set, the screen turns itself off. Press the power button to turn the screen back on.

Turn the screen on/off

To turn the screen on, do one of the following:

•Press the power button. Drag up to unlock the screen.

*Power

•Slide out the keyboard.

TIP You can also unlock the screen by dragging up from the gesture area across the onscreen lock icon.

To turn the screen off, press the power button.

NOTE Pressing the power button to turn the screen off also works when your smartphone is placed on a Touchstone (sold separately).

Turn wireless services off (aeroplane mode)

Aeroplane mode turns off your smartphone’s wireless services (which are the Phone app, Wi-Fi app, Bluetooth® app and VPN app). Use aeroplane mode when you are on a plane or anywhere else you need to turn off all wireless services. You can’t browse the web, but you can still use apps like Calendar, Contacts, Photos, Music, Quickoffice® mobile office software and PDF View.

Do one of the following:

•Tap the top right-hand corner of any screen to open the connection menu. Tap Turn on Aeroplane Mode.

•Press and hold the power button and tap Aeroplane Mode.

When your smartphone is in aeroplane mode, the aeroplane mode icon appears at the top of every screen, and Aeroplane Mode appears in the top left-hand corner of the screen in the Launcher, Card view and Phone. The phone is not connected to any mobile network.

*These indicate that wireless services are off (aeroplane mode).

TIP When your smartphone is in aeroplane mode, you can turn the Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and VPN features on individually (see Turn Wi-Fi on/off, Turn the Bluetooth feature on/off and VPN). To turn the phone back on so you can make and receive calls, you must turn aeroplane mode off. Note that to make a VPN connection while your smartphone is in aeroplane mode, you must first connect to a Wi-Fi network.

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