Motorola A555 User Guide

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Home screen
Home screen
quick access to the things you need most
Quick start: Home screen
The home screen gives you all your latest information 
in one place. It’s what you see when you turn on the 
phone or touch Home
 from a menu. It’s basically 
like this:
Trevor Gilley
This seems like
a good day to 
start exercising, 
right?
5 min ago
No recent status updates.
Update now!
Browser
11:35
Messaging
Messaging
No recent unseen 
messages.
Status Indicators
Your Online Status
Touch to change your status.
Widgets
Touch to open, or touch & 
hold to move or delete.
Flick left or right to open 
more panels of widgets.
Shortcuts
Open the app menu.
Notifications
Flick this bar down to see 
details.
Use & change your home screen
On your home screen, shortcuts are icons that you 
touch to open your favorite apps, Web bookmarks, 
contacts, mail labels, or music playlists. Widgets show 
you news, weather, messages, and other updates.
Flick the home screen left or right to open other panels 
of shortcuts and widgets.
To 
open
 something, touch it. Touch Home
 to 
return to the home screen.
To 
change
 the settings for some widgets, open the 
widget and then touch Menu
 >
Setup. (Some 
widgets don’t include this feature.)
You can find details about the settings for 
Happenings (“Add accounts” on page 12), Messages 
(“Set up messaging” on page 20), 
Music (“Music” 
on page 33), 
Social Status (“Update your status” on 
page 12), or 
News or Weather (“Set up widgets” on 
page 27).
To 
add
 something or change your 
wallpaper
, touch 
and hold an empty spot until you see the 
Add to 
Home screen menu.
You can add a folder to organize your shortcuts.
To 
move
 or 
delete
 something, touch and hold it 
until you feel a vibration, then drag it to another 
spot, another panel, or the trash at the bottom of 
the screen.