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Chapter 2 : Basics 17
Turn wireless services off (airplane mode)
Airplane mode turns off your phone as well as the Bluetooth
®
wireless
technology and Wi-Fi features. Use airplane mode when you are on a plane
or anywhere else you need to turn off all wireless services. You can still use
apps like Calendar, Contacts, Photos, Music, Doc View, and PDF View.
Do one of the following:
• Tap the upper-right corner of any screen to open the connection menu.
Ta p Turn on Airplane Mode.
• Press and hold power and tap Airplane Mode.
When your phone is in airplane mode, the airplane mode icon appears
at the top of every screen, and Airplane Mode appears in the upper-left
corner of the screen in the Launcher, Card view, and Phone. Your phone is
not connected to any mobile network.
Turn wireless services on
When you turn on your phone, it connects to a mobile network so that you
can make and receive phone calls and use other wireless services (if
supported by the local network).
• Tap the upper-right corner of any screen to open the connection
menu. Tap Turn off Airplane Mode.
When your phone locates a signal, your wireless service provider’s name
appears in the upper-left of the screen in the Launcher, Card view, and
Phone, and the signal-strength icon appears at the top of the screen.
When you are inside a coverage area, the bars of the signal-strength
icon are filled in. If you’re outside a coverage area, the bars in the
signal-strength icon appear dimmed with an X.
TIP When your phone is in airplane mode, you can turn the other wireless
features on individually. For Wi-Fi, see Turn Wi-Fi on and off, For Bluetooth,
see Turn the Bluetooth feature on/off. To turn your phone back on, you must
turn airplane mode off.