User Guide

Chapter 1 iPhone at a Glance 12
Important: Clock alarms, audio apps such as Music, and many games play sounds through the
built-in speaker, even when iPhone is in silent mode. In some areas, the sound eects for Camera
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 31.
Use Do Not Disturb. You can also silence calls, alerts, and notications using Do Not Disturb.
Swipe up from the bottom edge of the screen to open Control Center, then tap . See Do Not
Disturb on page 31.
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
calls. If there’s no signal, “No service” appears.
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 39.
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 149.
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. (iPhone 4S or later. Not available in all areas.) See Cellular
settings
on page 149.
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 149.
EDGE Your carrier’s EDGE (GSM) network is available, and iPhone can
connect to the Internet over that network. See Cellular settings
on
page 149.
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 149.
Wi-Fi iPhone is connected to the Internet over a Wi-Fi network. See
Connect to Wi-Fi
on page 15.
Do Not Disturb “Do Not Disturb” is turned on. See Do Not Disturb on page 31.
Personal Hotspot iPhone is providing a Personal Hotspot for another device. See
Personal Hotspot
on page 33.
Syncing iPhone is syncing with iTunes.
Network activity Shows that there’s network activity. Some third-party apps may also
use it to show an active process.
Call Forwarding Call Forwarding is set up. See Call forwarding, call waiting, and caller
ID
on page 47.
VPN You’re connected to a network using VPN. See Cellular settings on
page 149.
TTY iPhone is set to work with a TTY machine. See TTY support on
page 137.