User Guide Part 1
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Some apps can include a badge on their Home screen icon, to let you know how many new
items await—for example, the number of new email messages. if there’s a problem—such as
a message that couldn’t be sent, an exclamation mark appears on the badge. On a folder, a
numbered badge indicates the total number of alerts for all the enclosed apps.
Alerts can also appear on the Lock screen.
Respond to an alert when iPhone is locked. Swipe the alert from left to right.
See your unacknowledged alerts. Swipe down from the top of the screen at any time to reveal
Notication Center. Tap an alert to respond to it.
Choose which notications you receive. Go to Settings > Notication Center. You can also tap
Edit to arrange the order that notications appear.
Get the ocial scoop. If they’re available in your area, you can receive government alerts listed
in the Government Alerts list. For example, in the United States, iPhone 4S or later can receive
presidential alerts and you can turn AMBER and Emergency Alerts (which includes both Severe
and Extreme Imminent Threat alerts) on or o. In Japan, iPhone 4 or later can receive Emergency
Earthquake Alerts from the Japan Meteorological Agency. Government alerts vary by carrier and
iPhone model, and may not work under all conditions.
Silence your notications. Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb.
Set sounds and vibrations. Go to Settings > Sounds.
Do Not Disturb and Notications
Push notications appear in Notication Center and alert you to new information, even when the
associated app isn’t running. Notications vary by app, but may include text or sound alerts, and
a numbered badge on the app icon on the Home screen.
Turn o all notications. Go to Settings and turn on Do Not Disturb. If it’s on and iPhone is
locked, all notications and calls are silenced, but alarms will still sound. You can set the following
options in Settings > Notications > Do Not Disturb:
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