Instruction Manual with Windows Phone 8.1

Table Of Contents

Personalize the navigation bar

All Lumia phones have 3 keys across the bottom: the back, start, and search key. You can

change the way this navigation bar behaves.

Hiding the navigation bar is not supported by all phones. For availability, go to

www.microsoft.com/mobile/support/wpfeatures.

To hide the navigation bar from the start screen when it’s not needed, swipe up from the

bottom of the screen. To see the navigation bar again, swipe up.

Change the navigation bar color

If your phone has the navigation bar on the touch screen, you can change its color to make

it pop out better, or even match your theme. On the start screen, swipe down from the top

of the screen, tap ALL SETTINGS > navigation bar, and change the setting for Navigation

bar.

Check notifications on your phone

You can quickly check notifications, change some settings, or add shortcuts to some apps in

the action center that opens from the top of the screen.

The notification icon shows you have unread notifications.

1. Swipe down from the top of the screen.

In this screen, you can:

• See your missed calls and recent unread mails and messages

• Check any notifications, such as available app updates in Store

• Open apps

• Check for Wi-Fi networks, and connect to them

• Quickly jump to settings