Basic Operations & Home screen

Status icons

The icons on the right of the status bar indicate the status of your tablet.

Notification icons

The icons on the left of the status bar indicate different types of notifications. In addition to system notification icons, applications you installed on your tablet may use their own notification icons.

Quick Settings

You can use Quick Settings to change settings, such as Airplane mode, Wi-Fi, Lock screen orientation, Brightness, Notifications. Double tap the status bar to open Quick Settings screen, and tap the area outside of the Quick Settings screen to close it.

■Airplane modeTurn on airplane mode to disable all wireless radios.■Wi-FiTap to open Wi-Fi Setting screen.■Lock screen orientation

Turn on this option to lock screen orientation as you turn your tablet sideways.

■Brightness

Set the brightness of display. You can also tap Auto to adjust brightness automatically.

■NotificationsTurn on this option to show notification on system bar.■SettingsTap this option to open Settings screen.

Managing Notifications

Notification icons report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events.

When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the status bar, along with a summary that appears only briefly.

You can open the Notifications panel to view a list of all your notifications. Depending on your settings and the model of your tablet, you may also hear a notification sound.

Adjusting sound volume and other general notifications settings is described in the Sound settings in "Settings" chapter.

Applications that produce notifications, such as Email, have their own settings, which you can use to configure whether and how they send notifications. See the sections on those applications for details.

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