T-Mobile g2 User Guide

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Android basics

User’s Guide

T-Mobile G2

Managing notifications

Notification icons report the arrival of new messages, calendar 
events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when call 
forwarding is on or the current call status.

When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the Status bar, 
along with a summary that appears only briefly. For a table of 
notification icons, see “Notification icons” on page 39. 

Depending on your settings, you may also hear a notification sound 
or the phone may vibrate. These settings and adjusting sound 
volume and other general notifications settings is described in 
“Sound settings” on page 320.

You can open the Notifications panel to view a list of all your 
notifications. 

Applications whose activities produce notifications, such as Gmail 
and Google Talk, have their own settings, which you can use to 
configure whether and how they send notifications, whether they 
sound a ringtone, vibrate, and so on. See the sections on those 
applications for details.

To open the Notifications panel

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Drag the Status bar down from the top of the screen.

On the Home screen, you can also press Menu and touch 
Notifications.
The Notifications panel displays your wireless provider and a list of 
your current notifications. Notifications about ongoing activities 
are listed first, followed by Notifications about events, such as new 
mail notifications or Calendar reminders.