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Apple iPhone
Basics
iPhone at a Glance


| Item |
What you can do with it |
| Stereo headset |
Listen to music, videos, and phone calls. Use the built-in microphone to talk. Click the mic button to answer or end a call. When listening to iPod, click the button once to play or pause a song, or click twice quickly to skip to the next track. |
| Dock |
Connect the dock to your computer or to the power adapter using the included cable, then set iPhone in the dock so it stands upright as it charges or syncs. Connect external speakers to the line out port on the back of the dock using an audio cable that has a standard 3.5 millimeter stereo miniplug. |
| Dock connector to USB cable |
Use the cable to connect iPhone to your computer to sync and charge, or to the power adapter to charge. The cable can be used with the dock or plugged directly into iPhone. |
| USB power adapter |
Connect the power adapter to iPhone using the included cable, then plug it into a standard power outlet to charge iPhone. |
| Polishing cloth |
Wipe the iPhone screen. |
| SIM eject tool |
Eject the SIM card (tool not included with iPhone in all countries). |
Status Icons
The icons in the status bar at the top of the screen give information about iPhone:
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Status icon |
What it means |
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Cell signal |
Shows whether you're in range of the cell network and can make and receive calls. The more bars, the stronger the signal. If there's no signal, the bars are replaced with "No service." |
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Airplane Mode |
Shows that airplane mode is on—you cannot use the phone, access the Internet, or use Bluetooth® devices. Non-wireless features are available. See "Settings chapter". |
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Wi-Fi |
Shows that iPhone is connected to the Internet over a Wi-Fi network. The more bars, the stronger the connection. See "Basics chapter". |
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EDGE |
Shows that your carrier's EDGE network is available, and iPhone can connect to the Internet over EDGE. See "Basics chapter". |
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GPRS |
Shows that your carrier's GPRS network is available, and iPhone can connect to the Internet over GPRS. See "Basics chapter". |
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Lock |
Shows that iPhone is locked. See "Basics chapter". |
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Play |
Shows that a song is playing. See "iPod chapter". |
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Alarm |
Shows that an alarm is set. See "Application chapter". |
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Bluetooth |
Blue or white icon: Bluetooth is on and a device, such as a headset or car kit, is connected. Gray icon: Bluetooth is on, but no device is connected. No icon: Bluetooth is turned off. See "Phone chapter". |
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Bluetooth Headset battery indicator |
Shows battery level for the iPhone Bluetooth Headset when it's connected. |
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Battery |
Shows battery level or charging status. See "Basics chapter". |
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Home Screen
Press the Home button at any time to see your iPhone applications. Tap any application icon to get started.
iPhone Applications
The following applications are included with iPhone:
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Make calls, with quick access to recent callers, favorites, and all your contacts. Visual voicemail presents a list of your voicemail messages. Just tap to listen to any message you want, in any order you want. |
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Send and receive email using your existing email accounts. iPhone works with the most popular email systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Google email, AOL, and .Mac Mail—as well as most industry-standard POP3 and IMAP email systems. |
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Browse any website over a cellular data network or over Wi-Fi. Rotate iPhone sideways for widescreen viewing. Double-tap to zoom in or out—Safari automatically fits sections to the iPhone screen for easy reading. Add Safari Web Clips to the Home screen for fast access to favorite websites. |
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Listen to your songs, audiobooks, and podcasts. Watch movies and video podcasts in widescreen. |
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Send and receive SMS text messages with anyone who has an SMS-capable phone. Conversations are saved in an iChat-like presentation, so you can see a history of messages you've sent and received. |
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View your iCal, Microsoft Entourage, or Microsoft Outlook calendar synced from your computer. Enter events on iPhone and they get synced back to your computer. Set alerts to remind you of events, appointments, and deadlines. |
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View photos transferred from your computer or taken with iPhone. View them in portrait or landscape mode. Zoom in on any photo for a closer look. Watch a slideshow. Email photos, add them to a Web Gallery, assign them to contacts, and use them as wallpaper. |
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Take clear, crisp photos at two megapixels and view them on iPhone, email them, or upload them to your computer. Take a friend's picture and set iPhone to display it when that person calls you. |
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Play videos from YouTube's online collection.1 Search for any video, or browse featured, most viewed, most recently updated, and top-rated videos. |
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Watch your favorite stocks, updated automatically from the Internet. |
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See a street map, satellite view, or hybrid view of locations around the world. Zoom in for a closer look. Find your current approximate location. Get detailed driving directions and see current highway traffic conditions. Find businesses in the area and call with a single tap.2 |
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Get current weather conditions and a six-day forecast. Store your favorite cities for a quick weather report anytime. |
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View the time in cities around the world—create clocks for your favorites. Set one or more alarms. Use the stopwatch, or set a countdown timer. |
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Add, subtract, multiply, and divide. |
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Jot notes on the go—reminders, grocery lists, brilliant ideas. Send them in email. |
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Adjust all iPhone settings in one convenient place. Set your ringtone, wallpaper, screen brightness, and settings for network, phone, mail, web, music, video, photos, and more. Set auto-lock and a passcode for security. |
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Search the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store music catalog, or browse, preview, and purchase new releases, top-ten songs and albums, and more.3 In select Starbucks locations,4 find out what song is playing in the cafe, then buy it instantly. Browse, preview, and purchase other songs from featured Starbucks Collections. |
1Not available in all areas.
2Some features or services not available in all areas.
3Not available in all areas.
4In the U.S. only.
Customizing the Home Screen Layout
You can customize the layout of icons on the Home screen—including the Dock icons along the bottom of the screen. If you want, arrange them over multiple Home screens.
Rearrange icons
- Touch and hold any Home screen icon until all of the icons begin to wiggle.
- Arrange the icons by dragging them.
- Press the Home button to save your arrangement.
You can also add links to your favorite webpages on the Home screen. See "Adding Safari Web Clips to the Home Screen" on "Safari chapter".
Create additional Home screens
While arranging icons, drag an icon to the right edge of the screen until a new screen appears. You can flick to return to the original screen and drag more icons to the new screen.

You can create up to nine screens. The number of dots at the bottom shows the
number of screens you have, and indicates which screen you are viewing.
Switch to another Home screen
Flick left or right.
Reset your Home screen to the default layout
Choose Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset Home Screen Layout.
iPhone Buttons and Touchscreen
A few simple buttons and a high-resolution touchscreen make it easy to learn and use iPhone.
Locking iPhone and Turning It On or Off
When you're not using iPhone but you still want to receive calls and text messages, you can lock it.
When iPhone is locked, nothing happens if you touch the screen. You can still listen to music and adjust the volume, and use the button on the included stereo headset to play or pause a song, or answer or end a call.
By default, if you don't touch the screen for a minute, iPhone locks automatically.

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Do this |
| Lock iPhone |
Press the Sleep/Wake button. |
| Unlock iPhone |
Press the Home button or the Sleep/Wake button, then drag the slider. |
| Turn iPhone completely off |
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then drag the slider. When iPhone is off, incoming calls go straight to voicemail. |
| Turn iPhone on |
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears. |
For information about changing the time before iPhone locks, see "Auto-Lock" on "Settings chapter". For information about setting iPhone to require a passcode to unlock it, see "Passcode Lock" on "Settings chapter".
Using the Touchscreen
The controls on the iPhone touchscreen change dynamically depending on the task you are performing.
- Tap any application to open it.

- Press the Home button below the display at any time to return to the Home screen.

Dragging your finger to scroll won't choose or activate anything on the screen.
- Flick to scroll quickly.

You can wait for the scrolling to come to a stop, or tap or touch anywhere on the screen to stop it immediately. Tapping or touching to stop scrolling won't choose or activate anything on the screen.
- Some lists have an index along the right side. Tap a letter to jump to items starting with that letter. Drag your finger along the index to scroll quickly through the list.

- Tap an item in the list to choose it. Depending on the list, tapping an item can do different things—for example, it may open a new list, play a song, open an email, or show someone's contact information so you can call that person.
- The back button in the upper-left corner shows the name of the previous list. Tap it to go back.
- When viewing photos, web pages, email, or maps, you can zoom in and out. Pinch your fingers together or apart. For photos and web pages, you can double-tap (tap twice quickly) to zoom in, then double-tap again to zoom out. For maps, double-tap to zoom in and tap once with two fingers to zoom out.

Onscreen Keyboard
Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, such as contact information, text messages, or URLs. Depending on the application you're using, the intelligent keyboard may automatically suggest corrections as you type (some languages only), to help prevent mistyped words.
iPhone provides keyboards in multiple languages, and supports the following keyboard formats:
- QWERTY
- QWERTZ
- AZERTY
- QZERTY
- Japanese IME
See "Keyboard" on "Settings chapter" for information about turning on keyboards for different languages and other keyboard settings.
Entering Text
Start by typing with just your index finger. As you get more proficient, you can type more quickly using two thumbs.
- Tap a text field, such as in a note or new contact, to bring up the keyboard.
- Tap keys on the keyboard. As you type, each letter appears above your thumb or finger. If you touch the wrong key, you can slide your finger to the correct key. The letter is not entered until you release your finger from the key.

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Do this |
| Type uppercase |
Tap the Shift key before tapping a letter. |
| Quickly type a period and space |
Double-tap the space bar. |
| Turn caps lock on |
Enable caps lock (see "Settings chapter"), then double-tap the Shift key. The Shift key turns blue, and all letters you type are uppercase. Tap the Shift key again to turn caps lock off. |
| Shows numbers, punctuation, or symbols |
Tap the Number key. Tap the Symbol key to see
additional punctuation and symbols. |
Accepting or Rejecting Dictionary Suggestions
iPhone has dictionaries for English, English (UK), French, German, and Italian. The appropriate dictionary is activated automatically when you select a keyboard on iPhone. iPhone uses the active dictionary to suggest corrections or complete the word you're typing.

You don't need to interrupt your typing to accept the suggested word.
- To use the suggested word, type a space, punctuation mark, or return character.
- To reject the suggested word, finish typing the word as you want it, then tap the "x" to
dismiss the suggestion before typing anything else. Each time you reject a suggestion for the same word, iPhone becomes more likely to accept your word.
Editing text
- Touch and hold to see a magnified view, then drag to position the insertion point.

Adjusting the Volume
When you're on the phone or listening to songs, movies, or other media, the buttons on the side of iPhone adjust the audio volume. Otherwise, the buttons control the volume for the ringer, alerts, and other sound effects. WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see the Important Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone.
- To adjust the volume, use the buttons on the side of iPhone.

To set a volume limit for music and videos on iPhone, see "Settings chapter".
- Flip the Ring/Silent switch to change between ring and silent modes.

When set to ring mode, iPhone plays all sounds. When set to silent mode, iPhone doesn't ring or sound any alerts or sound effects. Alarms set using Clock do sound, however. By default, when you get a call, iPhone vibrates whether it's set to ring or silent mode. If iPhone is set to ring mode, you can silence a call by pressing the Sleep/ Wake button or one of the volume buttons once. Press a second time to send the call to voicemail.
For information about changing sound and vibrate settings, see "Settings chapter".
Using the Stereo Headset
The headset included with iPhone features a microphone and an integrated button that allows you to answer and end calls easily, and control audio and video playback.

| To |
Do this |
| Pause a song or video |
Click the mic button once. Click again to resume playback. |
| Skip to the next song |
Click twice quickly. |
| Answer an incoming call |
Click once. |
| End the current call |
Click once. |
| Decline an incoming cal |
Press and hold for about two seconds, then let go. When you let go, two low beeps confirm you declined the call. |
| Switch to an incoming or on-hold call and put the current call on hold |
Click once. Click again to switch back to the first call. |
| Switch to an incoming or on-hold call and end the current call |
Press and hold for about two seconds, then let go. When you let go, two low beeps confirm you ended the first call. |
If you get a call while the headset is plugged in, you can hear the ringtone through both the iPhone speaker and the headset.
Connecting to the Internet
iPhone connects to the Internet automatically whenever you use Mail, Safari, YouTube, Stocks, Maps, Weather, or the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store. iPhone does the following, in order, until connected:
- Connects over the last Wi-Fi network you used that's available.
- If no previously used Wi-Fi networks are available, iPhone shows a list of Wi-Fi networks in range. Tap a network and, if necessary, enter the password to join. Networks that require a password show the Lock icon next to them. You can prevent iPhonefrom automatically showing available networks. See "Set iPhone to ask if you want to join a new network" on "Settings chapter".
- If no Wi-Fi networks are available or you choose not to join any, iPhone connects to the Internet over a cellular data network or ). You cannot access the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store over a cellular network.
If no Wi-Fi networks are available and a cellular data network is not available, iPhone cannot connect to the Internet. Turning on airplane mode disables both Wi-Fi and cellular network access.
Note: Because iPhone uses the cellular network for the phone, you cannot use the Internet over a cellular network when you're on a call. To talk on the phone and use Internet applications at the same time, connect over a Wi-Fi network.
Many Wi-Fi networks can be used free of charge including, in some regions, Wi-Fi hotspots provided by your iPhone carrier. Some Wi-Fi networks require a fee. To join a Wi-Fi network at a hotspot where charges apply, you can usually open Safari to see a webpage that allows you to sign up for service.
Joining a Wi-Fi Network
The Wi-Fi settings let you turn on Wi-Fi and join Wi-Fi networks.
- Turn on Wi-Fi
Choose Settings > Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on.
- Join a Wi-Fi network
Choose Settings > Wi-Fi, wait a moment as iPhone detects networks in range, then select a network. If necessary, enter a password and tap Join (networks that require a password appear with a lock icon).
Once you've joined a Wi-Fi network manually, iPhone will automatically connect to it whenever the network is in range. If more than one previously used network is in range, iPhone joins the one last used.
When iPhone is connected to a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi icon in the status bar at the top of the screen shows connection strength. The more bars you see, the stronger the connection.
For information about configuring Wi-Fi settings, see "Wi-Fi" on "Settings chapter".
Accessing the Internet via Cellular Network
EDGE and GPRS allow Internet connectivity over the cellular network available through your iPhone carrier's wireless service. Check the carrier's network coverage in your area for availability.
While iPhone is actively transferring data over a cellular network—downloading a webpage, for example—you may not be able to receive calls. Incoming calls then go directly to voicemail.
You can tell iPhone is connected to the internet over EDGE if you see "E" in the status bar at the top of the screen. If iPhone is connected to the Internet over GPRS, "G" appears in the status bar.
If you're outside your carrier's network, you may be able to access the Internet from another carrier. To enable email, web browsing, and other data services whenever possible, turn Data Roaming on.
- In Settings, choose General > Network and turn Data Roaming on.
Note: Roaming charges may apply. To avoid roaming charges, make sure Data Roaming is turned off.
Using iPhone on an Airplane
Airplane mode disables the wireless features of iPhone to avoid interfering with aircraft operation and other electrical equipment.
- From the Home screen choose Settings, then turn airplane mode on.
When you turn on airplane mode, appears in the status bar at the top of the screen. No cell phone, radio, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth signals are emitted from iPhone. You cannot:
- Make phone calls
- Send or receive email
- Browse the Internet
- Send or receive text messages
- Stream YouTube videos
- Get stock quotes
- Get maps locations
- Get weather reports
If allowed by the aircraft operator and applicable laws and regulations, you can
continue to use iPhone to:
- Listen to music and watch video
- Listen to visual voicemail
- Check your calendar
- Take or view pictures
- Hear alarms
- Use the stopwatch or timer
- Use the calculator
- Take notes
- Read text messages and email messages stored on iPhone
Charging the Battery
iPhone has an internal rechargeable battery.
WARNING: For important safety information about charging iPhone, see the Important Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone.
- Charge the battery
Connect iPhone to a power outlet using the included cable and power adapter.
- Charge the battery and sync iPhone
Connect iPhone to your computer using the included cable and dock. Unless your keyboard has a high-powered USB 2.0 port, you must connect iPhone to a USB 2.0 port on your computer.

Note: If iPhone is connected to a computer that's turned off or is in sleep or standby mode, the iPhone battery may drain.
An icon in the upper-right corner of the screen shows battery charging status.

If you charge the battery while syncing or using iPhone, it may take longer to charge.
Important: If iPhone is very low on power, it may display one of the following images indicating that iPhone needs to charge for up to ten minutes before you can use it. If iPhone is extremely low on power, the display may be blank for up to two minutes before one of the low-battery images appears.

Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. The iPhone battery is not user replaceable; it can only be replaced by an authorized service provider. For more information, go to: www.apple.com/batteries
Cleaning iPhone
Use the polishing cloth that came with iPhone to gently wipe the glass screen and the case.
You can also use a soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth. Unplug and turn off iPhone (press and hold the Sleep/Wake button, then drag the onscreen red slider). Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don't use window cleaners, household cleaners, aerosol sprays, solvents, alcohol, ammonia, or abrasives to clean iPhone.
See Also
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