Apple IPhone IOS 31 User Guide

ItemWhat you can do with it
Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic 
(iPhone 3GS)
iPhone Stereo Headset (iPhone 3G) Listen to music, videos, and phone calls. Use 
the built-in microphone to talk. Press the center 
button to answer or end a call. When listening 
to iPod, press the button once to play or pause 
a song, or press twice quickly to skip to the next 
track. Use the + and – buttons to adjust the 
volume (iPhone 3GS only). Press and hold the 
center button to use Voice Control (iPhone 3GS 
only)....

Status iconWhat it means
EDGEShows that your carrier’s EDGE network is 
available, and iPhone can connect to the Internet 
over EDGE. See “How iPhone Connects to the 
Internet
” on page 40.
GPRSShows that your carrier’s GPRS network is 
available, and iPhone can connect to the Internet 
over GPRS. See “How iPhone Connects to the 
Internet
” on page 40.
Wi-FiShows that iPhone is connected to the Internet 
over a Wi-Fi network. The more bars, the stronger 
the connection. See “ Joining a Wi-Fi Network
” on...

Home Screen
Press the Home  button at any time to go to the Home screen, which contains your 
iPhone applications. Tap any application icon to get started.
iPhone Applications
The following applications are included with iPhone:
Phone
Make calls, with quick access to recent callers, favorites, and all your contacts. Dial 
manually using the numeric keypad. Or just use voice dialing. Visual voicemail presents 
a list of your voicemail messages. Just tap to listen to any message you want, in any 
order you...

Camera
Take photos, and record videos (iPhone 3GS only). View them on iPhone, email them, 
send them in an MMS message (iPhone 3G or later), or upload them to your computer. 
Trim and save video clips. Upload videos directly to YouTube. Take a friend’s picture and 
set iPhone to display it when that person calls you.
YouTube
Play videos from YouTube’s online collection. Search for any video, or browse featured, 
most viewed, most recently updated, and top-rated videos. Set up and log in to your 
YouTube...

Calculator
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Rotate iPhone sideways to use expanded scientific 
functions. 
Settings
Set up accounts and adjust all iPhone settings in one convenient place. Set your own 
volume limit for listening comfort. Set your ringtone, wallpaper, screen brightness, 
and settings for network, phone, mail, web, music, video, photos, and more. Set auto-
lock and a passcode for security. Restrict access to explicit iTunes content and certain 
applications. Reset iPhone.
iTunes
Search...

You can also rearrange the Home screen icons and the order of the screens (in iTunes 
9 or later) when iPhone is connected to your computer. Select iPhone in the iTunes 
sidebar, then click the Applications tab.
Create additional Home screens:  While arranging icons, drag an icon to the right 
edge of the screen until a new screen appears. You can flick to return to the original 
screen and drag more icons to the new screen.
You can create up to 11 screens. The number of dots above the Dock shows the...

By default, if you don’t touch the screen for a minute, iPhone locks automatically.
Sleep/Wakebutton
Lock iPhonePress the Sleep/Wake button.
Unlock iPhone Press the Home 
 button or the Sleep/Wake 
button, then drag the slider.
Turn iPhone completely off Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few 
seconds until the red slider appears, then drag 
the slider. When iPhone is off, incoming calls go 
straight to voicemail.
Turn iPhone on Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the 
Apple logo appears....

Ring/Silent Switch
Flip the Ring/Silent switch to change between ring  and silent  modes.
RingSilent
When set to ring mode, iPhone plays all sounds. When set to silent mode, iPhone 
doesn’t ring or play alerts and other sound effects.
Important:   Clock alarms, audio-dependent applications such as iPod, and many games 
still play sounds through the built-in speaker when iPhone is set to silent mode.
By default, when you get a call, iPhone vibrates whether it’s set to ring mode, or in 
silent mode. If...

Close an application and return to the Home screen:  Press the Home  button 
below the display.
Scrolling
Drag up or down to scroll. On some screens such as webpages, you can also scroll side 
to side.
Dragging your finger to scroll won’t choose or activate anything on the screen.
Flick to scroll quickly.
You can wait for the scrolling to come to a stop, or touch anywhere on the screen to 
stop it immediately. Touching the screen to stop scrolling won’t choose or activate 
anything.
To quickly scroll to...

Lists
Some lists have an index along the right side, which helps you navigate quickly.
Find items in an indexed list:  Tap a letter to jump to items starting with that letter. 
Drag your finger along the index to scroll quickly through the list.
Index
Choose an item:   Tap an item in the list.
Depending on the list, tapping an item can do different things—for example, it may 
open a new list, play a song, open an email, or show someone’s contact information so 
you can call that person.
Return to a...