Using the phone’s buttons

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Button

Press

Press & hold

Back

Opens the previous screen you were

working in. If the onscreen keyboard is

open, closes the keyboard.

Menu

Opens a menu with items that affect

the current screen or application.

Home

Opens the Home screen. If you’re view-

Opens the most recently used

ing the left or right extended Home

applications screen.

screen, opens the central Home screen.

Search

On the Home screen, opens Google

Opens Google search by voice.

search for searching your phone and

the web. In many applications, opens a

search box for searching within the

application.

Power

Turns off the screen.

Opens a menu with options for

Airplane mode, for Silent mode,

and for powering off the phone.

Volume Up /

When a call is in progress, increases or

Quickly increases the ringtone

Down

decreases the call volume. When the

volume to maximum or mini-

phone is ringing, silences the ringer. On

mum.

the Home screen when no call is in

progress, increases or decreases the

ringtone volume, or sets the phone to

be silent or to vibrate instead of ringing.

In other applications, controls the vol-

ume of music, spoken directions, and

other audio.

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