7Touchscreen & keys
Key tips
Menu, home & back
Touch Home to close any menu or app and return
to the home screen.
On the home screen, touch and hold Home to
show the last few apps you used, then touch an app to
open it.
Press Search for text search, or press and hold for
voice search.
Touch Menu to open menu options, or touch
Back to go back.
Sleep & wake up
To save your battery, prevent accidental touches or
when you want to wipe smudges off your
touchscreen, put the touchscreen to sleep by pressing
Power . To wake up the touchscreen, just press
Power again, or open the phone.
To change how long your phone waits before the
screen goes to sleep automatically, touch Menu
> Settings > Sound & display > Screen timeout.
Tip: To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep,
use “Screen lock” on page 47.
Power key menu
Press and hold Power to open the power key
menu, where you can turn off the phone (Power off),
or turn Flight mode or Silent mode on or off.
Adjust volume
Press the volume keys to change the ring volum e (on
the home screen) or the earpiece volume (during a
call).
Tip: To silence the ringtone with a double tap, or to
switch to vibrate mode by placing your phone face
down, touch Menu > Settings > Sound & display
> Double tap to silence or Smart profile: face down
to vibrate.
Spin the screen
The touchscreen can rotate 90 degrees in some apps,
such as messaging and contacts, to stay right-side up
when you rotate your phone:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Sound & display
> Orientation