User Guide

Chapter 1 iPhone at a Glance 12
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
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Important: Clock alarms, audio apps such as Music, and many games play sounds through the
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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.
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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
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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.