User Guide

Phone Basics 41
Status Bar and Notifications Panel
The status bar and notifications panel make it easy to see your phone’s connection, alert you of new
messages, and much more.
Status Bar
The status bar at the top of the Home screen provides phone and service status information on the right
side and notification alerts on the left. To view notification alerts, touch and hold the status bar and drag it
down.
Status Icons
Icon
Description
Signal strength (more bars = stronger signal)
No service
Connected to a Wi-Fi network
Sprint Spark™ enhanced LTE network (data service) is available and active
3G (data service) is available and active (icon animates)
Phone’s location feature is on and available for location-based services such as
GPS navigation
Phone’s location feature off*
NFC is on
Phone microphone muted
Phone speaker muted
Vibrate mode