Your Phone's Home Screen; Home Screen Basics; Home Screen Layout - Samsung Galaxy Note5 User Manual

Your Phone's Home Screen

The following topics describe how to use and customize your phone's home screen, understand the
status bar, and use the notification panel.

Home Screen Basics

The home screen is the starting point for your phone's applications, functions, and menus. You can
customize your home screen by adding application icons, shortcuts, folders, widgets, and more.

Home Screen Layout

Your home screen extends beyond the initial screen. Swipe the screen left or right to display
additional screens.
Item
Status area
Status bar
Widget
Your Phone's Home Screen
The status area of the status bar (on the right) displays phone and
service status information such as signal strength, battery status,
Wi-Fi and data connectivity, ringer status, and time.
The status bar displays icons to notify you of your phone's status
(on the right side) and notifications (on the left side).
Widgets are self-contained onscreen apps that reside on your
phone's home screen.
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