Status icons, Ring/silent switch – Apple iPhone iOS 8.1 User Manual

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Chapter 1

iPhone at a Glance

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Ring/Silent switch

Flip the Ring/Silent switch to put iPhone in ring mode or silent mode .

Ring

Ring

Silent

Silent

In ring mode, iPhone plays all sounds. In silent mode, iPhone doesn’t ring or play alerts and other

Important:

Clock alarms, audio apps such as Music, and many games play sounds through the

and Voice Memos are played, even if the Ring/Silent switch is set to silent.

For information about changing sound and vibration settings, see

Sounds and silence

on

page 34.

Use Do Not Disturb.
Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open Control Center, then tap

. See

Do Not

Disturb

on page 34.

Status icons

The icons in the status bar at the top of the screen give information about iPhone:

Status icon

What it means

Cell signal

You’re in range of the cellular network and can make and receive

Airplane mode

Airplane mode is on—you can’t make phone calls, and other
wireless functions may be disabled. See

Travel with iPhone

on

page 45.

LTE

Your carrier’s LTE network is available, and iPhone can connect to
the Internet over that network. (iPhone 5 or later. Not available in all
areas.) See

Cellular settings

on page 179.

UMTS

Your carrier’s 4G UMTS (GSM) or LTE network (depending on carrier) is
available, and iPhone can connect to the Internet over that network.
(Not available in all areas.) See

Cellular settings

on page 179.

UMTS/EV-DO

Your carrier’s 3G UMTS (GSM) or EV-DO (CDMA) network is available,
and iPhone can connect to the Internet over that network. See

Cellular settings

on page 179.

EDGE

Your carrier’s EDGE (GSM) network is available, and iPhone can
connect to the Internet over that network. See

Cellular settings

on

page 179.

GPRS/1xRTT

Your carrier’s GPRS (GSM) or 1xRTT (CDMA) network is available, and
iPhone can connect to the Internet over that network. See

Cellular

settings

on page 179.

Wi-Fi call

iPhone is making a call over Wi-Fi. See

Make a call

on page 48.

Wi-Fi

iPhone is connected to the Internet over a Wi-Fi network. See

Connect to Wi-Fi

on page 15.

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