iPhone
User Guide
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Getting Started
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WARNING: To avoid injury, read all operating instructions in this guide and
safety information in the iPhone Important Product Information Guide at
www.apple.com/support/manuals/iphone before using iPhone.
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Viewing the User Guide on iPhone
The iPhone User Guide, optimized for viewing on iPhone, is available at
View the guide on iPhone: In Safari, tap , then tap the iPhone User Guide bookmark.
Add an icon for the guide to the Home screen: When viewing the guide, tap , then
tap“Add to Home Screen.”
The iPhone User Guide is available in many languages.
View the guide in a different language: Tap“Change Language”at the bottom of the
screen on the main contents page, then choose the language you want.
What You Need
To use iPhone, you need:
• A wireless service plan with a carrier that provides iPhone service in your area
• A Mac or a PC with a USB 2.0 port and one of the following operating systems:
• Mac OS X version 10.4.11 or later; version 10.5.7 or later is required for syncing
Notes and for using iPhone as a modem
• Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later
• Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition
• Display resolution on your computer set to 1024 x 768 or higher
for certain features)
• QuickTime 7.6.2 or later (for playing videos recorded by iPhone 3GS on your
computer)
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• An iTunes Store account (for purchases from the iTunes Store or App Store)
• An Internet connection for your computer (broadband recommended)
Activating iPhone
Before you can use any of iPhone’s features, you must activate iPhone by signing up
for a service plan with an iPhone service carrier in your area and registering iPhone
with the network.
Your iPhone may have been activated at the time of purchase. If it isn’t activated,
contact your iPhone retailer or cellular service provider.
Installing the SIM Card
If your SIM card was not preinstalled, you must install the SIM card before you can use
iPhone.
SIM eject tool
SIM tray
SIM
card
Install the SIM card:
1 Insert the end of the SIM eject tool into the hole on the SIM tray.
Press firmly and push it straight in until the tray pops out. If you don’t have a SIM eject
tool, you can use the end of a paper clip.
2 Pull out the SIM tray and place the SIM card in the tray.
The angled corner of the SIM ensures that the card fits only the correct way in the tray.
3 With the tray aligned as shown, carefully replace the SIM tray containing the SIM card
in iPhone.
Registering iPhone
Registering iPhone with iTunes enables iTunes to identify your iPhone when it’s
connected to your computer and help you manage its contents. You can then sync
information with your computer and media from iTunes, and create backups of
iPhone’s contents and settings. You can create an iTunes Store account, or specify an
existing account, to enable purchases with iPhone. iTunes also records iPhone’s serial
number in the event you need it for service or in case of loss.
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Register iPhone:
2 Connect iPhone to a USB 2.0 port on your Mac or PC using the cable that came with
iPhone.
3 Follow the onscreen instructions in iTunes to register iPhone and sync iPhone with
your contacts, calendars, and bookmarks on your computer, and with music, video,
and other content from your iTunes library.
In the Set Up Your iPhone screen, select“Automatically sync contacts, calendars
and bookmarks”to configure those items to sync automatically when you connect
iPhone to your computer. You can also customize your sync settings in iTunes.
See the following section.
Setting Up iPhone Using VoiceOver
If you’re visually impaired, VoiceOver (available only on iPhone 3GS) can help you set
up iPhone without a sighted assistant. VoiceOver describes aloud what appears on
the screen, so you can use iPhone without seeing it. When you connect iPhone to
your computer, iTunes detects whether you’re using a compatible screen reader on
your computer, such as VoiceOver on a Mac or GW Micro Window-Eyes on a PC, and
automatically enables VoiceOver on iPhone. A sighted user can also enable VoiceOver
iTunes lets you specify the information and content on your computer that you want
to sync with iPhone. By default, iTunes syncs automatically with iPhone whenever you
connect iPhone to your computer.
You can also set up iPhone to sync your MobileMe and Microsoft Exchange accounts,
Syncing with iTunes
You can set iTunes to sync any or all of the following:
• Contacts—names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, and more
• Calendars—appointments and events
• Email account settings
• Webpage bookmarks
• Notes (requires Mac OS X version 10.5.7 or later on a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook 2003
or 2007 on a PC)
• Ringtones
• Music and audiobooks
• Photos and videos (in your computer’s photo application or folder)
• iTunes U collections
• Podcasts
• Movies, TV shows, and music videos
• Applications downloaded from the iTunes Store
You can adjust sync settings whenever iPhone is connected to your computer.
Ringtones, music, audiobooks, podcasts, iTunes U collections, videos, and applications
can be synced from your iTunes library. If you don’t already have content in iTunes,
the iTunes Store (available in some countries) makes it easy to preview and download
content to iTunes. You can also add music to your iTunes library from your CDs. To
learn about iTunes and the iTunes Store, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.
Contacts, calendars, notes, and webpage bookmarks are synced with applications
on your computer, as described in the following section. Contacts and calendars are
synced both ways between your computer and iPhone. New entries or changes you
make on iPhone are synced to your computer, and vice versa. Notes and webpage
bookmarks are also synced both ways. Photos and videos (Mac only) can be synced
from an application or from a folder.
Email account settings are synced only from your computer’s email application to
iPhone. This allows you to customize your email accounts on iPhone without affecting
email account settings on your computer.
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Purchases you make on iPhone in the iTunes Store or the App Store are synced back
to your iTunes library. You can also purchase or download content and applications
directly from the iTunes Store on your computer, and then sync them to iPhone.
You can set iPhone to sync with only a portion of what’s on your computer.
For example, you might want to sync only a group of contacts from your address
book, or only unwatched video podcasts.
Important: You should be logged in to your own computer user account before
connecting iPhone.
Set up iTunes syncing:
1 Connect iPhone to your computer, and open iTunes (if it doesn’t open automatically).
2 In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.
3 Configure the sync settings in each of the settings panes.
See the following section for descriptions of the panes.
4 Click Apply in the lower-right corner of the screen.
By default,“Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected”is selected.
iPhone Settings Panes in iTunes
The following sections provide an overview of each of the iPhone settings panes.
For more information, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.
Summary Pane
Select“Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected”to have iTunes sync iPhone
automatically whenever you connect it to your computer. Deselect this option if you
want to sync only by clicking the Sync button in iTunes. For more information about
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Select“Sync only checked songs and videos”if you want iTunes to skip unchecked
items in your iTunes library when syncing.
Select“Manually manage music and videos”to turn off automatic syncing in the Music
Select“Encrypt iPhone backup”if you want to encrypt the information stored on your
computer when iTunes makes a backup. Encrypted backups are indicated by a padlock
Click Configure Universal Access to turn on Accessibility features (available only on
iPhone 3GS). See Chapter 25, “Accessibility,”on page 182.
Info Pane
The Info pane lets you configure the sync settings for your contacts, calendars, email
accounts, and web browser.
• Contacts
Sync contacts with applications such as Mac OS X Address Book, Yahoo! Address
Book, and Google Contacts on a Mac, or with Yahoo! Address Book, Google Contacts,
Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), Windows Vista Contacts, or Microsoft
Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC. (On a Mac, you can sync contacts with multiple
applications. On a PC, you can sync contacts with only one application at a time.)
If you sync with Yahoo! Address Book, you only need to click Configure to enter your
new login information when you change your Yahoo! ID or password after you’ve
set up syncing.
• Calendars
Sync calendars from applications such as iCal on a Mac, or from Microsoft Outlook
2003 or 2007 on a PC. (On a Mac, you can sync calendars with multiple applications.
On a PC, you can sync calendars with only one application at a time.)
• Mail Accounts
Sync email account settings from Mail on a Mac, and from Microsoft Outlook 2003
or 2007 or Outlook Express on a PC. Account settings are transferred only from your
computer to iPhone. Changes you make to an email account on iPhone don’t affect
the account on your computer.
Note: The password for your Yahoo! email account isn’t saved on your computer,
so it can’t be synced and must be entered on iPhone. In Settings, choose“Mail,
Contacts, Calendars,”tap your Yahoo! account, and enter the password.
• Web Browser
You can sync bookmarks on iPhone with Safari on a Mac, or with Safari or Microsoft
Internet Explorer on a PC.
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• Notes
Sync notes in the Notes application on iPhone with notes in Mail on a Mac or with
Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC. (On a Mac, you must have Mac OS version
10.5.7 or later installed to sync notes.)
• Advanced
These options let you replace the information on iPhone with the information on
your computer during the next sync.
Applications Pane
Use the Applications pane to specify which App Store applications to sync on
iPhone, or to arrange your Home screen (requires iTunes 9 or later). Any applications
downloaded directly to iPhone are automatically backed up to your iTunes library
when you sync. If you manually delete an application on iPhone, you can reinstall it
from this pane as long as it was previously synced.
Ringtones Pane
Use the Ringtones pane to select the ringtones you want to sync to iPhone.
Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, and iTunes U Panes
Use these panes to specify the media you want to sync. You can sync all music, movies,
TV shows, podcasts, and iTunes U collections, or select the content you want on
iPhone.
If you want to watch rented movies on iPhone, transfer them to iPhone using the
Movies pane in iTunes.
If there’s not enough room on iPhone for all the media you’ve specified, iTunes can
create a special playlist and set it to sync with iPhone.
Note: The iTunes U pane appears only in iTunes 9 or later. In earlier versions of iTunes,
iTunes U content appeared in the Podcasts pane.
Photos Pane
You can sync photos and videos (Mac only, iTunes 9 required) with iPhoto 4.0.3 or later,
or Aperture on a Mac; or with Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later on a PC. You can
also sync photos and videos in any folder on your computer that contains images.
Preventing Automatic Syncing
You can prevent iPhone from syncing automatically when you connect iPhone to a
computer other than the one you usually sync with.
Turn off automatic syncing for iPhone: Connect iPhone to your computer. In iTunes,
select iPhone in the sidebar, then click the Summary tab. Deselect“Automatically sync
when this iPhone is connected.”You can still sync by clicking the Sync button.
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Prevent automatic syncing for all iPhones and iPods: In iTunes choose iTunes >
Preferences (on a Mac) or Edit > Preferences (on a PC), click Devices, and select“Disable
automatic syncing for all iPhones and iPods.”
If this checkbox is selected, iPhone won’t sync automatically, even if“Automatically
sync when this iPhone is connected”is selected in the Summary pane.
Prevent automatic syncing one time, without changing settings: Open iTunes,
connect iPhone to your computer, then press and hold Command-Option (on a Mac)
or Shift-Control (on a PC) until you see iPhone appear in the sidebar.
Sync manually: In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar, then click Sync in the bottom-
right corner of the window. Or, if you’ve changed any sync settings, click Apply.
Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts
iPhone works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular
email systems.
Setting Up Accounts
MobileMe and Microsoft Exchange provide not only email, but contact and calendar
information that can be synced to iPhone automatically, over the air. MobileMe can
also sync your bookmarks on iPhone with Safari on a Mac, or with Safari or Microsoft
Internet Explorer on a PC. You set up MobileMe, Exchange, and other email accounts
directly on iPhone.
iPhone uses the Exchange ActiveSync protocol to sync email, calendars, and contacts
with the following versions of Microsoft Exchange:
• Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2
• Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1
For many popular email accounts, iPhone automatically enters most of the settings
for you.
If you don’t already have an email account, you can get a free account online at
Set up an account on iPhone:
1 From the iPhone Home screen, tap Settings.
2 Tap“Mail, Contacts, Calendars,”then tap Add Account.
3 Tap an account type:
• Microsoft Exchange
• MobileMe
• Google email
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• Yahoo! Mail
• AOL
• Other
4 Enter your account information and tap Save.
Your service provider or system administrator can provide the account settings you
need.
Exchange accounts: Enter your complete email address, domain (optional), user name,
password, and a description. The description can be whatever you like.
iPhone supports Microsoft’s Autodiscovery service, which uses your user name and
password to determine the address of the Exchange server. If the server’s address
can’t be determined, you’re asked to enter it. (Enter the complete address in the Server
field.) Once you connect to the Exchange server, you may be prompted to change your
passcode to match the policies set on the server.
5 If you’re setting up a MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange account, tap the items you want
to use on iPhone—mail, contacts, calendars, and bookmarks (MobileMe only).
MobileMe includes the Find My iPhone feature that helps you locate iPhone if it’s been
lost or stolen, and remotely lock, set a passcode, or erase the information on iPhone if
If you enable Find My iPhone for your MobileMe account, make sure that Push is
turned on for Fetch New Data. In Settings, choose“Mail, Contacts, Calendars”> Fetch
New Data, and if Push is off, tap to turn it on.
For Exchange accounts, you can set how many days of email you want to sync to
iPhone.
If you already have contact or calendar information on iPhone when you enable the
account, iPhone asks what you want to do with existing information on iPhone. You
can choose to merge the existing data into your MobileMe or Exchange account. If
you don’t merge the data, you can choose to keep it in a separate account on iPhone
(the account is labeled“On My iPhone”), or delete it. Existing bookmarks can only be
merged or deleted.
Similarly, when you disable contacts or calendars in an MobileMe or Exchange account,
or if you delete an account, iPhone asks if you want to keep information or delete it.
You can add contacts using an LDAP account if your company or organization
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Push Accounts
MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and Yahoo! Mail are known as“push”accounts. When
new information is available, such as the arrival of an email message, the information
is automatically delivered (pushed) to iPhone. (In contrast,“fetch”services require your
email software to periodically check with your service provider to see if new messages
have arrived, and then request them to be delivered.) MobileMe and Exchange also
use push to sync your contacts, calendars, and bookmarks (MobileMe only) if you have
those items selected in the account settings.
Synced information is transferred automatically over your wireless connection; you
don’t need to connect iPhone to your computer to sync. If you don’t have a cellular
connection, iPhone can receive pushed data over a Wi-Fi connection when iPhone is
awake (the screen is on, or iPhone is connected to your computer or a power adapter).
Installing Configuration Profiles
If you’re in an enterprise environment, you may be able to set up accounts and
other items on iPhone by installing a configuration profile. Configuration profiles
provide a way for system administrators to quickly set up your iPhone to work with
the information systems at your company, school, or organization. For example, a
configuration profile might set up your iPhone to access the Microsoft Exchange
servers at work, enabling iPhone to access your Exchange email, calendars, and
contacts.
Configuration profiles can configure multiple settings on iPhone all at once. For
example, a configuration profile can set up your Microsoft Exchange account, VPN
account, and certificates for secure access to your company’s network and information.
A configuration profile may turn on the Passcode Lock, requiring you to create and
enter a passcode for using iPhone.
Your system administrator may distribute configuration profiles by email or by putting
them on a secure webpage. A system administrator may also install a configuration
profile directly on iPhone for you.
Install a configuration profile:
1 Using iPhone, open the email message or download the configuration profile from the
website provided by your system administrator.
2 When the configuration profile opens, tap Install.
3 Enter passwords and other information as requested.
Important: You may be asked to verify that the configuration profile is trusted. If in
doubt, consult your system administrator before installing a configuration profile.
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Settings provided by a configuration profile cannot be altered. If you want to change
these settings, you must first remove the configuration profile or install an updated
configuration profile.
Remove a profile: In Settings, choose General > Profile, then select the configuration
profile and tap Remove.
Removing a configuration profile deletes the settings and all other information
installed by the configuration profile from iPhone.
Disconnecting iPhone from Your Computer
Unless iPhone is syncing with your computer, you can disconnect it from your
computer at any time.
When iPhone is syncing with your computer, iPhone shows“Sync in progress.”If you
disconnect iPhone before it finishes syncing, some data may not get transferred. When
iPhone finishes syncing, iTunes shows“iPhone sync is complete.”
Cancel a sync: Drag the slider on iPhone.
If you get a call during a sync, the sync is canceled automatically and you can unplug
iPhone to answer the call. Connect iPhone after the call to finish syncing.
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iPhone at a Glance
Headset jack
Sleep/Wake
button
Receiver
SIM card tray
Ring/Silent
switch
Camera
(on back)
Volume
buttons
Status bar
Application
icons
Touchscreen
Home button
Dock
connector
Speaker
Microphone
Your Home screen may look different, depending on the model of iPhone you have
and whether you have rearranged its icons.
iPhone Included Accessories
Stereo headset
Dock Connector to USB Cable
USB power adapter
SIM eject tool
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What you can do with it
Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic
(iPhone 3GS)
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).
iPhone Stereo Headset (iPhone 3G)
Dock Connector to USB Cable
USB power adapter
Use the cable to connect iPhone to your
computer to sync and charge. The cable can be
used with the optional dock or plugged directly
into iPhone.
Connect the power adapter to iPhone using
the included cable, then plug it into a standard
power outlet to charge iPhone.
SIM eject tool
Eject the SIM card.
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
Airplane mode
3G
Shows whether you’re in range of the cellular
network and can make and receive calls. The
more bars, the stronger the signal. If there’s no
signal, the bars are replaced with“No service.”
Shows that airplane mode is on—you cannot use
the phone, access the Internet, or use Bluetooth®
devices. Non-wireless features are available.
Shows that your carrier’s 3G network is available,
and iPhone can connect to the Internet over 3G.
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Status icon
What it means
EDGE
Shows that your carrier’s EDGE network is
available, and iPhone can connect to the Internet
GPRS
Shows that your carrier’s GPRS network is
available, and iPhone can connect to the Internet
Wi-Fi
Shows that iPhone is connected to the Internet
over a Wi-Fi network. The more bars, the stronger
page 41.
Network activity
Shows over-the-air syncing or other network
activity. Some third-party applications may also
use this icon to indicate an active process.
Call Forwarding
Shows that Call Forwarding is set up on iPhone.
VPN
Lock
TTY
Shows that you’re connected to a network using
Shows that iPhone is set to work with a TTY
Play
Shows that a song, audiobook, or podcast is
Alarm
page 133.
Bluetooth
Blue or white icon: Bluetooth is on and a device,
such as a headset or car kit, is connected. Gray
icon: Bluetooth is on, but no device is connected.
Battery
Shows battery level or charging status.
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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:
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 want.
Phone
iPhone works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular email
systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Google email, and AOL—as well as most industry-
standard POP3 and IMAP email systems. View PDFs and other attachments within Mail.
Save attached photos and graphics to your Camera Roll album.
Mail
Browse websites over a cellular data network or over Wi-Fi. Rotate iPhone sideways
for widescreen viewing. Double-tap to zoom in or out—Safari automatically fits the
webpage column to the iPhone screen for easy reading. Open multiple pages. Sync
bookmarks with Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer on your computer. Add Safari web
Safari
clips to the Home screen for fast access to favorite websites. Save images from websites
to your Photo Library.
Listen to your songs, audiobooks, and podcasts. Create on-the-go playlists, or use
Genius to create playlists for you. Listen to Genius Mixes of songs from your library.
Watch movies and video podcasts in widescreen.
iPod
Send and receive SMS text messages. Conversations are saved in an iChat-like
presentation, so you can see a history of messages you’ve sent and received. Send
photos, video clips (iPhone 3GS only), contact information, and voice memos to MMS
devices (iPhone 3G or later).
Messages
View and search your MobileMe, iCal, Microsoft Entourage, Microsoft Outlook, or
Microsoft Exchange calendars. Enter events on iPhone and they get synced back to the
calendar on your computer. Subscribe to calendars. Set alerts to remind you of events,
appointments, and deadlines.
Calendar
View photos and videos (iPhone 3GS only) you’ve taken with iPhone, received in Mail or
MMS (iPhone 3GS only) messages, or synced from your computer’s photo application.
(Video syncing on Macs only.) View them in portrait or landscape orientation. Zoom
in on photos for a closer look. Watch a slideshow. Email photos and videos, send them
Photos
in MMS messages (iPhone 3G or later), or publish them to MobileMe galleries. Assign
images to contacts, and use them as wallpaper.
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Add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Rotate iPhone sideways to use expanded scientific
functions.
Calculator
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.
Search the iTunes Store for music, ringtones, audiobooks, TV shows, music videos, and
movies. Browse, preview, purchase, and download new releases, top items, and more.
Rent movies to view on iPhone. Stream and download podcasts. Read reviews or write
your own reviews for your favorite store items.
iTunes
Search the App Store for iPhone applications you can purchase or download using
your Wi-Fi or cellular data network connection. Read reviews or write your own reviews
for your favorite apps. Download and install the application on your Home screen.
App Store
Compass
Contacts
Use the built-in digital compass (iPhone 3GS only) to determine your heading. Get your
current coordinates. Choose between true north and magnetic north.
Get contact information synced from MobileMe, Mac OS X Address Book, Yahoo!
Address Book, Google Contacts, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), Microsoft
Outlook, or Microsoft Exchange. Search, add, change, or delete contacts, which get
synced back to your computer.
Nike + iPod (which appears when you activate it in Settings) turns iPhone into a
workout companion. Track your pace, time, and distance from one workout to the next
and choose a song to power through your routine. (iPhone 3GS only. Requires select
Nike shoes and a Nike + iPod Sensor, sold separately.)
Nike + iPod
Note: Application functionality and availability may vary depending on the country or
region where you purchase and use iPhone. Contact your carrier for more information.
Customizing the Home Screen
You can customize the layout of icons on the Home screen—including the Dock
icons along the bottom of the screen. If you want, arrange them over multiple
Home screens.
Rearrange icons:
1 Touch and hold any Home screen icon until the icons begin to wiggle.
2 Arrange the icons by dragging them.
3 Press the Home button to save your arrangement.
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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
number of screens you have, and indicates which screen you’re viewing.
Switch to another Home screen: Flick left or right, or tap to the left or right of the row
of dots.
Go to the first Home screen: Press the Home button.
Reset your Home screen to the default layout: Choose Settings > General > Reset
and tap Reset Home Screen Layout.
Buttons
A few simple buttons make it easy to turn iPhone on and off, adjust the volume, and
switch between ring and silent modes.
Sleep/Wake Button
When you’re not using iPhone but you still want to receive calls and text messages,
you can lock it.
When iPhone is locked, nothing happens if you touch the screen. You can still listen to
music and adjust the volume, and use the center button on your iPhone headset (or
the equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset) to play or pause a song, or answer
or end a call.
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By default, if you don’t touch the screen for a minute, iPhone locks automatically.
Sleep/Wake
button
Lock iPhone
Press 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.
page 145. For information about setting iPhone to require a passcode to unlock it,
Volume Buttons
When you’re on the phone or listening to songs, movies, or other media, the buttons
on the side of iPhone adjust the audio volume. Otherwise, the buttons control the
volume for the ringer, alerts, and other sound effects.
WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see the Important
To adjust the volume, use the buttons on the side of iPhone.
Volume
up
Volume
down
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Ring/Silent Switch
Flip the Ring/Silent switch to change between ring and silent modes.
Ring
Silent
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 iPhone is set to ring mode, you can silence a call by pressing the Sleep/
Wake button or one of the volume buttons once. Press a second time to send the call
to voicemail.
Touchscreen
The controls on the iPhone touchscreen change dynamically depending on the task
you’re performing.
Opening Applications
Open an application: Tap an icon.
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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 the top of a list, webpage, or email, just tap the status bar.
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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 previous list: Tap the back button in the upper-left corner.
Zooming In or Out
When viewing photos, webpages, email, or maps, you can zoom in and out. Pinch your
fingers together or apart. For photos and webpages, you can double-tap (tap twice
quickly) to zoom in, then double-tap again to zoom out. For maps, double-tap to zoom
in and tap once with two fingers to zoom out.
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Viewing in Landscape
Many iPhone applications let you view the screen in either portrait or landscape
orientation. Rotate iPhone and the display rotates too, adjusting automatically to fit
the new screen orientation.
You may prefer landscape for viewing webpages in Safari, or when entering text, for
example. Webpages automatically scale to the wider screen in landscape, making the
text and images larger. Similarly, the onscreen keyboard is larger in landscape, which
may help increase your typing speed and accuracy.
The following applications support both portrait and landscape orientation:
• Mail
• Safari
• Messages
• Notes
• Contacts
• Stocks
• iPod
• Photos
• Camera
• Calculator
Movies viewed in iPod and YouTube appear only in landscape orientation. Street views
in Maps also appear in landscape.
Onscreen Keyboard
Use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, such as contact information, text messages,
and web addresses.
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Typing
Depending on the application you’re using, the intelligent keyboard may automatically
suggest corrections as you type to help prevent mistyped words.
Enter text:
1 Tap a text field, such as in a note or new contact, to bring up the keyboard.
2 Tap keys on the keyboard.
Start by typing with just your index finger. As you get more proficient, you can type
more quickly using two thumbs.
As you type, each letter appears above your thumb or finger. If you touch the wrong
key, you can slide your finger to the correct key. The letter isn’t entered until you
release your finger from the key.
Type uppercase
Tap the Shift
key before tapping a letter. Or
touch and hold the Shift key, then slide to a letter.
Quickly type a period and space
Double-tap the space bar. (You can turn
this feature on or off in Settings > General >
Keyboard.)
Turn caps lock on
Double-tap the Shift
key. The Shift key turns
blue, and all letters you type are uppercase. Tap
the Shift key again to turn caps lock off. (You can
turn this feature on or off in Settings > General >
Keyboard.)
Show numbers, punctuation, or symbols
Tap the Number
key. Tap the Symbol
key
to see additional punctuation and symbols.
Type letters or symbols that aren’t on the
keyboard
Touch and hold the related letter or symbol, then
slide to choose a variation.
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Dictionary
For many languages, iPhone has dictionaries to help you type. The appropriate
dictionary is activated automatically when you select a supported keyboard.
iPhone uses the active dictionary to suggest corrections or complete the word you’re
typing. You don’t need to interrupt your typing to accept the suggested word.
Suggested
word
Accept or reject dictionary suggestions:
m To reject the suggested word, finish typing the word as you want it, then tap the“x”to
dismiss the suggestion before typing anything else. Each time you reject a suggestion
for the same word, iPhone becomes more likely to accept your word.
m To use the suggested word, type a space, punctuation mark, or return character.
Turn Auto-Correction on or off: Choose General > Keyboard and turn Auto-Correction
on or off. Auto-Correction is on by default.
Note: If you’re entering Chinese or Japanese, tap one of the suggested alternatives.
Editing
An onscreen magnifying glass helps you position the insertion point for typing and
editing text. You can select text to cut, copy, and paste.
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Position the insertion point: Touch and hold to bring up the magnifying glass,
then drag to position the insertion point.
Select text: Tap the insertion point to display the selection buttons. Tap Select to
select the adjacent word or tap Select All to select all text. When you’re typing, you can
also double-tap to select a word. In read-only documents, such as webpages, or email
or text messages you’ve received, touch and hold to select a word.
Drag the grab points to select more or less text.
Cut or copy text: Select text, then tap Cut or Copy.
Paste text: Tap the insertion point and tap Paste. The last text that you cut or copied is
inserted. Or select text and tap Paste to replace the text.
Undo the last edit: Shake iPhone and tap Undo.
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International Keyboards
iPhone provides keyboards that allow you to enter text in many different languages,
including languages that read from right to left. For a complete list of supported
Turn international keyboards on or off:
1 In Settings, choose General > International > Keyboards.
2 Turn on the keyboards you want. Languages with more than one keyboard, such as
Japanese and Chinese, indicate the number of keyboards available. Tap to choose a
keyboard for that language.
Switch keyboards if more than one keyboard is Tap to switch keyboards. When you tap
turned on
the symbol, the name of the newly activated
keyboard appears briefly.
Type letters, numbers, or symbols that aren’t on Touch and hold the related letter, number, or
the keyboard
symbol, then slide to choose a variation. On the
Hebrew and Thai keyboards, for example, you can
choose native numbers by touching and holding
the related Arabic number.
Enter Japanese Kana
Use the Kana keypad to select syllables. For more
syllable options, tap the arrow key and select
another syllable or word from the window.
Enter Japanese QWERTY
Use the QWERTY keyboard to input code for
Japanese syllables. As you type, suggested
syllables appear. Tap the syllable to choose it.
Enter Emoji picture characters
Enter Korean
Use the Emoji keyboard. Available only on
iPhones purchased and used in Japan.
Use the 2-Set Korean keyboard to type Hangul
letters. To type double consonants or compound
vowels, touch and hold the letter, then slide to
choose the double letter.
Enter Simplified or Traditional Chinese Pinyin
Use the QWERTY keyboard to enter Pinyin for
Chinese characters. As you type, suggested
Chinese characters appear. Tap a character to
choose it, or continue entering Pinyin to see
more character options.
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Enter Traditional Chinese Zhuyin
Use the keyboard to enter Zhuyin letters. As you
type, suggested Chinese characters appear. Tap
a character to choose it, or continue entering
Zhuyin to see more character options. After you
type an initial letter, the keyboard changes to
show more letters.
Enter handwritten Simplified or Traditional
Chinese
Use the touchpad to enter Chinese characters
with your finger. As you write character strokes,
iPhone recognizes them and shows matching
characters in a list, with the closest match at the
top. When you choose a character, its related
characters appear in the list as additional choices.
You can get some complex characters by
entering two or more component characters.
For example, enter 魚 (fish), then 巤 (bristle), to
get 鱲 (partial name of Hong Kong International
Airport), which appears in the character list with
an arrow next to it. Tap the character to replace
the characters you entered.
When Simplified or Traditional Chinese handwriting formats are turned on, you can
enter Chinese characters with your finger, as shown:
Touchpad
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Searching
You can search many applications on iPhone, including Mail, Calendar, iPod, Notes,
and Contacts. You can search an individual application, or search all the applications at
once using Spotlight.
Go to Spotlight: From the main page of the Home screen, flick left to right.
If you’re on the main Home screen page, you can press the Home button to go to
Spotlight. From the Spotlight page, press the Home button to return to the main
Home screen page. You can also set iPhone to go to Spotlight when you double-click
Search iPhone: On the Spotlight page, enter text in the Search field. Search results
appear automatically as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard and see more of
the results.
Icons to the left of the search results let you know which application the results are
from. Tap an item in the results list to open it.
Application
What’s searched
Contacts
First, last, and company names
Mail
To, From, and Subject fields of all accounts (the
text of messages isn’t searched)
Calendar
iPod
Event titles, invitees, and locations (notes aren’t
searched)
Music (names of songs, artists, and albums) and
the titles of podcasts, video, and audiobooks
Notes
Text of notes
Spotlight also searches the names of the native and installed applications on iPhone,
so if you have a lot of applications you may want to use Spotlight as a way to locate
and open applications.
Open applications from Spotlight: Enter the application name, then tap to open the
application directly from the search results.
Use the Search Results settings to choose which applications are searched and the
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Voice Control
Voice Control (available only on iPhone 3GS) lets you make phone calls and control
iPod music playback using voice commands.
Note: Voice Control isn’t available in all languages.
Use Voice Control: Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen
appears and you hear a beep. You can also press and hold the center button on the
iPhone headset (or the equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset).
Use the following commands to make calls or play songs.
Call someone in contacts
Say“call”or“dial,”then say the name of the
person. If the person has more than one phone
number, you can add“home”or“mobile,”for
example.
Dial a number
Say“call”or“dial,”then say the number.
Control music playback
Say“play”or“play music.”To pause, say“pause”
or“pause music.”You can also say“next song”or
“previous song.”
Play an album, artist, or playlist
Say“play,”then say“album,”“artist,”or“playlist”
and the name.
Shuffle the current playlist
Say“shuffle.”
Find out more about the currently playing song Say“what’s playing,”“what song is this,”“who
sings this song,”or“who is this song by.”
Use Genius to play similar songs
Cancel Voice Control
Say“Genius,”“play more like this,”or“play more
songs like this.”
Say“cancel”or“stop.”
For best results:
• Speak into the iPhone microphone as if you were making a phone call. You can also
use the microphone in your iPhone or Bluetooth headset.
• Speak clearly and naturally.
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• Say only iPhone commands and names, and numbers. Pause slightly between
commands.
• Use full names.
By default, Voice Control expects you to speak voice commands in the language that’s
set for iPhone (the General > International > Language setting). The Voice Control
settings let you change the language for speaking voice commands. Some languages
are available in different dialects or accents.
Change language or country: In Settings, choose General > International > Voice
Control and tap the language or country.
Voice Control for the iPod application is always on, but for security you can prevent
voice dialing when iPhone is locked.
Prevent voice dialing when iPhone is locked: In Settings, choose General > Passcode
Lock and turn Voice Dial off. Unlock iPhone to use voice dialing.
Stereo Headset
The headset included with iPhone features a microphone and an integrated button
that allows you to answer and end calls easily, and control audio and video playback.
The headset included with iPhone 3GS (shown here) also has volume buttons.
Center button
Plug in the headset to listen to music or make a phone call. Callers hear you through
the built-in microphone. Press the center button to control music playback and answer
or end calls, even when iPhone is locked. (You can also use the equivalent button on
your Bluetooth headset to control these functions.)
Pause a song or video
Press the center button once. Press again to
resume playback.
Skip to the next song
Return to previous song
Fast-forward
Press the center button twice quickly.
Press the center button three times quickly.
Press the center button twice quickly and hold.
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Rewind
Press the center button three-times quickly and
hold.
Adjust the volume (iPhone 3GS only)
Answer an incoming call
End the current call
Press the + or – button.
Press the center button once.
Press the center button once.
Decline an incoming call
Press and hold the center button for about two
seconds, then let go. Two low beeps confirm you
declined the call.
Switch to an incoming or on-hold call and put
the current call on hold
Press the center button once. Press again to
switch back to the first call.
Switch to an incoming or on-hold call and end
the current call
Press and hold the center button for about two
seconds, then let go. Two low beeps confirm you
ended the first call.
Use Voice Control (iPhone 3GS only)
If you get a call while the headset is plugged in, you can hear the ringtone through
both the iPhone speaker and the headset.
Connecting to the Internet
iPhone connects to the Internet automatically whenever you use Mail, Safari, YouTube,
Stocks, Maps, Weather, the App Store, or the iTunes Store.
How iPhone Connects to the Internet
iPhone connects to the Internet using either a Wi-Fi network or a cellular data network.
iPhone does the following, in order, until connected:
• Connects over the last Wi-Fi
network you used that’s available.
• If no previously used Wi-Fi networks are available, iPhone shows a list of Wi-Fi
networks in range. Tap a network and, if necessary, enter the password to join.
Networks that require a password show next to them. You can prevent iPhone
• If no Wi-Fi networks are available or you choose not to join any, iPhone connects to
the Internet over a cellular data network ( , , or ).
If no Wi-Fi networks are available and a cellular data network isn’t available, iPhone
cannot connect to the Internet.
Note: If you don’t have a 3G connection, you cannot use the Internet over a cellular
data network when you’re on a call. You must have a Wi-Fi connection to use Internet
applications while also talking on the phone.
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Many Wi-Fi networks can be used free of charge including, in some regions, Wi-Fi
hotspots provided by your iPhone carrier. Some Wi-Fi networks require a fee. To join a
Wi-Fi network at a hotspot where charges apply, you can usually open Safari to see a
webpage that allows you to sign up for service.
Joining a Wi-Fi Network
The Wi-Fi settings let you turn on Wi-Fi and join Wi-Fi networks.
Turn on Wi-Fi: Choose Settings > Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on.
Join a Wi-Fi network: Choose Settings > Wi-Fi, wait a moment as iPhone detects
networks in range, then select a network (fees may apply to join some Wi-Fi networks).
If necessary, enter a password and tap Join (networks that require a password appear
with a lock icon).
Once you’ve joined a Wi-Fi network manually, iPhone automatically connects to it
whenever the network is in range. If more than one previously used network is in
range, iPhone joins the one last used.
When iPhone is connected to a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi
icon in the status bar at the
top of the screen shows the connection strength. The more bars you see, the stronger
the connection.
Cellular Data Network Access
3G, EDGE, and GPRS allow Internet connectivity over the cellular network available
through your iPhone carrier’s wireless service. Check the carrier’s network coverage in
your area for availability.
You can tell iPhone is connected to the Internet via the cellular data network if you see
the 3G ( ), EDGE ( ), or GPRS ( ) icon in the status bar at the top of the screen.
Note: If you don’t have a 3G connection, you may not be able to receive calls while
iPhone is actively transferring data over a cellular network—downloading a webpage,
for example. Incoming calls then go directly to voicemail.
Turn 3G on: In Settings, choose General > Network and tap Enable 3G.
If you’re outside your carrier’s network, you may be able to access the Internet through
another carrier. To enable email, web browsing, and other data services whenever
possible, turn Data Roaming on.
Turn Data Roaming on: In Settings, choose General > Network and turn Data
Roaming on.
Important: Roaming charges may apply. To avoid data roaming charges, make sure
Data Roaming is turned off.
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Internet Access on an Airplane
Airplane mode turns off the iPhone radio transmitters to avoid interfering with aircraft
operation. In some regions, where allowed by the aircraft operator and applicable laws
and regulations, you can turn on Wi-Fi while airplane mode is on, to:
• Send and receive email
• Browse the Internet
• Sync your contacts and calendars over the air
• Stream YouTube videos
• Get stock quotes
• Get map locations
• Get weather reports
• Purchase music and applications
VPN Access
VPN (virtual private network) provides secure access over the Internet to private
networks, such as the network at your company or school. Use Network settings to
iPhone may turn on VPN automatically whenever it’s needed. Contact your system
administrator for more information.
Using iPhone as a Modem
You can use iPhone 3G or later as a modem to connect, or tether, your computer to the
Internet. You can connect iPhone to your computer using the Dock Connector to USB
Cable, or via Bluetooth.
Note: Additional fees may apply. Contact your carrier for more information.
Tethering works over the cellular data network. You can’t share a Wi-Fi connection to
the Internet. If you have a 3G connection, you can make and receive phone calls while
tethering.
Note: To use iPhone as a modem with a Mac computer, it must be running Mac OS X
version 10.5.7 or later.
Set up a tethering connection:
1 In Settings, choose General > Network > Internet Tethering.
2 Slide the Internet Tethering switch to On.
3 Connect iPhone to your computer:
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• USB: Connect your computer to iPhone, using the Dock Connector to USB Cable.
In your computer’s Network services settings, choose iPhone.
On a Mac, a pop-up window appears the first time you connect, saying“A new
network interface has been detected.”Click Network Preferences, configure the
network settings for iPhone, then click Apply. On a PC, use the Network Control
Panel to configure the iPhone connection.
• Bluetooth: On iPhone, choose Settings > General > Bluetooth and turn on
Bluetooth. Then refer to the documentation that came with your computer system
software to pair and connect iPhone with your computer.
When you’re connected, a blue band appears at the top of the screen. Tethering
remains on when you connect with USB, even when you aren’t actively using the
Internet connection.
Monitor your cellular data network usage: In Settings, choose General > Usage.
Battery
iPhone has an internal rechargeable battery.
Charging the Battery
WARNING: For important safety information about charging iPhone, see the
The battery icon in the upper-right corner shows the battery level or charging status.
You can also display the percentage of the battery charge (iPhone 3GS only).
Charging
Charged
Charge the battery: Connect iPhone to a power outlet using the included Dock
Connector to USB Cable and USB power adapter.
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Charge the battery and sync iPhone: Connect iPhone to your computer using the
included Dock Connector to USB Cable. Or connect iPhone to your computer using the
included cable and the Dock, available separately.
Unless your keyboard has a high-powered USB 2.0 port, you must connect iPhone to a
USB 2.0 port on your computer.
Important: The iPhone battery may drain instead of charge if iPhone is connected to a
computer that’s turned off or is in sleep or standby mode.
If you charge the battery while syncing or using iPhone, it may take longer to charge.
Important: If iPhone is very low on power, it may display one of the following images,
indicating that iPhone needs to charge for up to ten minutes before you can use it.
If iPhone is extremely low on power, the display may be blank for up to two minutes
before one of the low-battery images appears.
or
Maximizing Battery Life
iPhone uses lithium-ion batteries. To learn more about how to maximize the lifespan
Replacing the Battery
Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may
eventually need to be replaced. The iPhone battery isn’t user replaceable; it can
only be replaced by an authorized service provider. For more information, go to
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Security Features
Security features help protect the information on iPhone from being accessed by
others.
You can set up a passcode that you must enter each time you turn on or wake up
iPhone.
Set a passcode: Choose General > Passcode Lock and enter a 4-digit passcode, then
enter the passcode again to verify it. iPhone then requires you to enter the passcode
to unlock it or to display the passcode lock settings.
page 145.
Prevent voice dialing when iPhone is locked: In Settings, choose General > Passcode
Lock and turn Voice Dial off. Unlock iPhone to use voice dialing.
The Find My iPhone feature helps you locate iPhone if it’s been lost or misplaced, and
display a message on your iPhone to help someone return it to you. It includes Remote
Wipe, which lets you erase all your information on iPhone in case you don’t recover
it. The Remote Passcode Lock feature lets you remotely lock your iPhone and create a
new or replacement 4-digit passcode.
Find My iPhone requires a MobileMe account. MobileMe is an online service, available
To enable this feature, turn on Find My iPhone in your MobileMe account settings.
Find My iPhone pane. Follow the onscreen instructions to locate your device on a map
and display a message on its screen along with an optional sound to help you find it.
Remotely wipe information on your iPhone: Log in to your MobileMe account at
the onscreen instructions.
A remote wipe is equivalent to the“Erase all content and settings”feature in Settings.
It resets all settings to their defaults and erases all your information and media.
go to the Find My iPhone pane. Click Remote Passcode Lock, and follow the onscreen
instructions.
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Cleaning iPhone
To clean iPhone, unplug all cables and turn off iPhone (press and hold the Sleep/ Wake
button, then slide the onscreen slider). Then use a soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth.
Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don’t use window cleaners, household cleaners,
aerosol sprays, solvents, alcohol, ammonia, or abrasives to clean iPhone. If your iPhone
has an oleophobic coating on the screen (iPhone 3GS only), simply wipe your iPhone’s
screen with a soft, lint-free cloth to remove oil left by your hands and face.
For additional information about handling iPhone, see the iPhone Important Product
Restarting and Resetting iPhone
If something isn’t working right, try restarting, force quitting an application, or
resetting iPhone.
Restart iPhone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red slider appears.
Slide your finger across the slider to turn off iPhone. To turn iPhone back on, press and
hold the Sleep/Wake until the Apple logo appears.
If you can’t turn off iPhone or if the problem continues, you may need to reset. A reset
should be done only if turning iPhone off and on doesn’t resolve the problem.
Force quit an application: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on top of iPhone
for a few seconds until a red slider appears, and then press and hold the Home button
until the application quits.
Reset iPhone: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the
same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
For more troubleshooting suggestions, see Appendix A, “Troubleshooting,”on
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Phone Calls
Making a call on iPhone is as simple as tapping a name and number in your contacts,
tapping one of your favorites, or tapping a recent call to return it.
Making Calls
Buttons at the bottom of the Phone screen give you quick access to your favorites,
recent calls, your contacts, and a numeric keypad for dialing manually.
WARNING: For important information about driving safely, see the Important Product
Number of unheard
voicemail messages
Number of missed calls
Use Contacts to call someone
Tap Contacts, choose a contact, then tap a phone
number.
Call a favorite
Tap Favorites, then choose a contact.
Return a recent call
Tap Recents, then tap a name or number in the
list.
Dial a number
Tap Keypad, enter the number, then tap Call.
If you copy a phone number to the clipboard, you can paste it to the keypad and
dial it.
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Paste a number to the keypad: Tap the screen above the keyboard, then tap Paste.
If the phone number you copied included letters, iPhone automatically converts them
to the appropriate digits.
Jump to favorites from anywhere: Double-click the Home button. You can change
Bring up the last number you dialed: Tap Keypad, then tap Call. Tap Call again to dial
the number.
Voice Dialing
You can use Voice Control (iPhone 3GS only) to call someone in your contacts or dial a
specific number.
Note: Voice Control isn’t available in all languages.
Use Voice Control to make phone calls: Press and hold the Home button until the
Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep. Then use the commands described
below to make calls.
You can also press and hold the center button on the iPhone headset (or the
equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset) to use Voice Control.
Call someone in contacts
Say“call”or“dial”then say the name of the person.
If the person has more than one number, specify
which one you want to call.
Examples:
Â
Â
Â
Call John Appleseed
Call John Appleseed at home
Call John Appleseed, mobile
Dial a number
Say“call”or“dial,”then say the number.
For best results, speak the full name of the person you’re calling. If you give only the
first name, and you have more than one contact with that same name, iPhone asks
which of those contacts you want to call. If there’s more than one number for the
person you’re calling, specify which number to use. If you don’t specify which number,
iPhone asks you which one to use.
When voice dialing a number, speak each digit separately—for example, say“four one
five, five five five, one two one two.”
Note: For the“800”area code in the U.S., you can say“eight hundred.”
Prevent voice dialing when iPhone is locked: In Settings, choose General > Passcode
Lock and turn Voice Dial off. Unlock iPhone to use voice dialing.
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Receiving Calls
When you receive a call, tap Answer. If iPhone is locked, drag the slider. You can also
press the center button on your iPhone headset or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset to answer a call.
Center button
Silence a call: Press the Sleep/Wake button or either volume button. You can still
answer the call after silencing it, until it goes to voicemail.
Decline a call: Do one of the following to send a call directly to voicemail.
• Press the Sleep/Wake button twice quickly.
Sleep/Wake
button
• Press and hold the center button on the iPhone headset (or the equivalent button
on your Bluetooth headset) for about two seconds. Two low beeps confirm that the
call was declined.
• Tap Decline (if iPhone is awake when a call comes in).
Block calls and maintain Wi-Fi access to the Internet: In Settings, turn on Airplane
Mode, then tap Wi-Fi to turn it on.
While On a Call
When you’re on a call, the screen shows call options.
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Mute your line
Tap Mute. You can still hear the caller, but the
caller can’t hear you.
Use the keypad to enter information
Tap Keypad.
Use the speakerphone or a Bluetooth device
Tap Speaker. The Button is labeled Audio Source
when a Bluetooth device is available, which
lets you select the Bluetooth device, iPhone,
or Speaker Phone.
See contact information
Put a call on hold
Tap Contacts.
Tap Hold. Neither party can hear the other.
Tap Add Call.
Make another call
Use other applications during a call: Press the Home button, then tap an
application icon.
End a call: Tap End Call. Or press the center button on your iPhone headset (or the
equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset).
Second Calls
During a call, you can make or receive another call. If you receive a second call, iPhone
beeps and shows the caller’s information and a list of options.
Note: Making and receiving a second call may be an optional service in some
countries. Contact your carrier for more information.
Respond to a second call:
• To ignore the call and send it to voicemail, tap Ignore.
• To hold the first call and answer the new one, tap Hold Call + Answer.
• To end the first call and answer the new one, tap End Call + Answer.
Make a second call: Tap Add Call. The first call is put on hold.
Switch between calls: Tap Swap. The active call is put on hold.
Conference Calls
You can talk to more than one person at a time, and merge up to five calls, depending
on your carrier.
Note: Conference calling may be an optional service in some countries. Contact your
carrier for more information.
Create a conference call:
1 Make a call.
2 Tap Add Call and make another call. The first call is put on hold.
3 Tap Merge Calls. The calls are merged on one line and everyone can hear each other.
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4 Repeat steps two and three to add up to five calls.
Drop one call
Tap Conference and tap
Then tap End Call.
next to a call.
Talk privately with a call
Add an incoming call
Tap Conference, then tap Private next to a call.
Tap Merge Calls to resume the conference.
Tap Hold Call + Answer, then tap Merge Calls.
If your service includes conference calling, iPhone always has a second line available in
addition to the conference call.
Emergency Calls
If iPhone is locked with a passcode, you may still be able to make an emergency call.
Make an emergency call when iPhone is locked: On the Enter Passcode screen, tap
Emergency Call, then dial the number using the keypad.
Important: Only emergency numbers valid in the region where you’re making the call
will work. In some countries, you can’t make emergency calls unless your SIM card is
installed and activated, and the SIM PIN has been correctly entered or turned off.
In the U.S., location information (if available) is provided to emergency service
providers when you dial 911.
Important: You should not rely on wireless devices for essential communications, such
as medical emergencies. Use of any cellular phone to call emergency services may not
work in all locations. Emergency numbers and services vary by region, and sometimes
an emergency call cannot be placed due to network availability or environmental
interference. Some cellular networks may not accept an emergency call from iPhone if
it doesn’t have a SIM, if you locked your SIM, or if you haven’t activated your iPhone.
Visual Voicemail
On iPhone, visual voicemail lets you see a list of your messages and choose which ones
to listen to or delete, without having to listen to instructions or prior messages.
Note: Visual voicemail may not be available in all regions, or may be an optional
service. Contact your carrier for more information. If visual voicemail isn’t available,
tap Voicemail and follow the voice prompts to retrieve your messages.
Number of missed calls and unheard
voicemail messages appears on the
Home screen Phone icon.
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Setting Up Voicemail
The first time you tap Voicemail, iPhone prompts you to create a voicemail password
and record your voicemail greeting.
Change your greeting:
1 Tap Voicemail, tap Greeting, then tap Custom.
2 Tap Record when you’re ready to start.
3 When you finish, tap Stop. To review, tap Play.
To rerecord, repeat steps 2 and 3.
4 Tap Save.
Use your carrier’s default greeting
Set an alert sound for new voicemail
Tap Voicemail, tap Greeting, then tap Default.
In Settings, choose Sounds and turn New
Voicemail on. The alert sounds once for each new
voicemail. If the Ring/Silent switch is off, iPhone
won’t sound alerts.
Change the voicemail password
In Settings, choose Phone > Change Voicemail
Password.
Checking Voicemail
When you tap Phone, iPhone shows the number of missed calls and unheard
voicemail messages.
Number of unheard
voicemail messages
Number of missed calls
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Tap Voicemail to see a list of your messages.
Unheard
messages
Play/Pause
Speakerphone (Audio,
when a Bluetooth device
is connected. Tap to
choose audio output.)
Contact info
Scrubber bar
Skip to any point in
a message: Drag the
playhead.
Return the call
Listen to a message: Tap the message. (If you’ve already heard the message, tap the
message again to replay it.) Use and to pause and resume playback.
Once you listen to a message, it’s saved until your carrier automatically erases it.
Check voicemail from another phone: Dial your own number or your carrier’s remote
access number.
Deleting Messages
Select a message, then tap Delete. Deleted visual voicemail messages are saved on
iPhone until your carrier permanently erases them.
Listen to a deleted message
Undelete a message
Tap Deleted Messages (at the end of the list),
then tap the message.
Tap Deleted Messages (at the end of the list),
then tap the message and tap Undelete.
Getting Contact Information
Visual voicemail saves the date and time of the call, the length of the message, and
any available contact information.
See a caller’s contact information: Tap
next to a message.
You can use the information to email or text the caller, or update contact info.
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Contacts
From a contact’s Info screen, a quick tap lets you make a phone call, create a new email
page 177.
Favorites
Favorites gives you quick access to your most-used phone numbers.
Add a contact’s number to your favorites list: Tap Contacts and choose a contact.
Then tap“Add to Favorites”and choose the number you want to add.
Add a recent caller’s number to your favorites list: Tap Recents and tap
next to a
caller, then tap“Add to Favorites.”
Call a contact from your favorites
Delete a contact from your favorites
Tap Favorites and choose a contact.
Tap Favorites and tap Edit. Then tap
contact or number and tap Remove.
next to a
next to a
Reorder your favorites list
Tap Favorites and tap Edit. Then drag
contact to a new place in the list.
Ringtones and the Ring/Silent Switch
iPhone comes with ringtones you can use for incoming calls, Clock alarms, and the
Clock timer. You can also create and purchase ringtones from songs in iTunes.
Ring/Silent Switch and Vibrate Modes
A switch on the side of iPhone makes it easy to turn the ringer on or off.
Turn the ringer on or off: Flip the switch on the side of iPhone.
Ring
Silent
Important: Clock alarms still sound even if you set the Ring/Silent switch to silent.
Set iPhone to vibrate: In Settings, choose Sounds. Separate controls let you set vibrate
for both ring mode and silent mode.
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For more information, see Chapter 19, “Settings,”on page 138.
Setting Ringtones
You can set the default ringtone for calls and Clock alarms and timers. You can also
assign individual ringtones to contacts so you know who’s calling.
Set the default ringtone: In Settings, choose Sounds > Ringtone, then choose a
ringtone.
Assign a ringtone to a contact: From Phone, tap Contacts and choose a contact.
Then tap Ringtone and choose a ringtone.
Purchasing Ringtones
Bluetooth Devices
You can use iPhone with hands-free Bluetooth headsets and Bluetooth car kits.
iPhone also supports Bluetooth stereo headphone devices when using iPod.
Pairing a Device with iPhone
You must first pair a Bluetooth device with iPhone before you can use it.
Pair with iPhone:
1 Follow the instructions that came with the device to make it discoverable or to set it to
search for other Bluetooth devices.
2 In Settings, choose General > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth on.
3 Choose the device on iPhone and enter its passkey or PIN number. See the instructions
about the passkey or PIN that came with the device.
After you pair a Bluetooth device to work with iPhone, you must make a connection to
have iPhone use the device for your calls.
Connect with iPhone: See the documentation that came with the headset or car kit.
When iPhone is connected to a Bluetooth device, outgoing calls are routed through
the device. Incoming calls are routed through the device if you answer using the
device, and through iPhone if you answer using iPhone.
WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss and
about driving safely, see the Important Product Information Guide at
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Bluetooth Status
The Bluetooth icon appears in the iPhone status bar at the top of the screen:
•
(blue) or (white): Bluetooth is on and a device is connected to iPhone. (The color
depends on the current color of the status bar.)
•
(gray): Bluetooth is on but no device is connected. If you’ve paired a device with
iPhone, it may be out of range or turned off.
• No Bluetooth icon: Bluetooth is turned off.
Routing Calls Back Through iPhone
When iPhone is connected to a Bluetooth device, you listen to calls through iPhone by
doing one of the following:
• Answer a call by tapping the iPhone screen.
• During a call, tap Audio on iPhone. Choose iPhone to hear calls through iPhone or
Speaker Phone to use the speakerphone.
• Turn off Bluetooth. In Settings, choose General > Bluetooth and drag the switch to
Off.
• Turn off the Bluetooth device, or move out of range. You must be within about 30
feet of a Bluetooth device for it to be connected to iPhone.
Unpairing a Device from iPhone
If you’ve paired iPhone with a device and want to use another device instead, you
must unpair the first device.
Unpair a device:
1 In Settings, choose General > Bluetooth and turn Bluetooth on.
2 Choose the device and tap Unpair.
International Calls
iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS are multi-band phones, supporting UMTS/HSDPA (850,
1900, 2100 MHz) and GSM (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), ensuring broad international
coverage.
Making International Calls from Your Home Area
For information about making international calls from your home area, including rates
and other charges that may apply, contact your carrier or go to your carrier’s website.
Using iPhone Abroad
You can use iPhone to make calls in many countries around the world.
Enable international roaming: Contact your carrier for information about availability
and fees.
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Set iPhone to add the correct prefix when dialing from another country: In Settings,
tap Phone, then turn International Assist on. This lets you make calls to your home
country using the numbers in your contacts and favorites, without having to add a
prefix or your country code. International Assist works for U.S. telephone numbers only.
When you make a call using International Assist,“International Assist”appears on the
iPhone screen, alternating with the“calling ...”message, until your call is connected.
Note: International Assist is not available in all areas.
Set the carrier to use: In Settings, tap Carrier, then select the carrier you prefer. This
option is available only when you’re traveling outside your carrier’s network. You can
make calls only on carriers that have roaming agreements with your iPhone service
Important: Voice and data roaming charges may apply. To avoid data roaming charges,
turn Data Roaming off.
Turn Data Roaming on or off: In Settings, choose General > Network and turn Data
Roaming on or off. Data Roaming is turned off by default.
Turning Data Roaming off helps to avoid data roaming charges when traveling outside
your carrier’s network by disabling data transmission over the cellular network. You
can still access the Internet if you have a Wi-Fi connection. If Wi-Fi network access isn’t
available, however, you cannot:
• Send or receive email
• Browse the Internet
• Sync your contacts, calendars, or bookmarks with MobileMe or Exchange
• Stream YouTube videos
• Get stock quotes
• Get map locations
• Get weather reports
• Purchase music or applications
Other third-party applications that use data roaming may also be disabled.
If Data Roaming is turned off, you can still make and receive phone calls, and send and
receive text messages. Voice roaming charges may apply. Visual voicemail is delivered
if there’s no charge; if your carrier charges for delivery of visual voicemail when
roaming, turning Data Roaming off prevents the delivery of visual voicemail.
To enable email, web browsing, and other data services, turn Data Roaming on.
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Important: If Data Roaming is turned on, you may incur charges when roaming
outside your carrier’s network for the use of any of the features listed above, as well as
for delivery of visual voicemail. Check with your carrier for information about roaming
charges.
Get voicemail when visual voicemail isn’t available: Dial your own number, or touch
and hold“1”on the keypad.
You can use Airplane Mode to turn off cellular services and then turn Wi-Fi on to get
access to the Internet, while preventing voice roaming charges.
Use Airplane Mode to turn off cellular services: In Settings, tap Airplane Mode to turn
Incoming phone calls are sent to voicemail. To make and receive calls again and get
your voicemail messages, turn Airplane Mode off.
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Mail
4
Mail works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular email
systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Google email, and AOL—as well as other industry-
standard POP3 and IMAP email systems. You can send and receive embedded photos
and graphics, and view PDFs and other attachments.
Setting Up Email Accounts
You can set up email accounts on iPhone in either of the following ways:
• In iTunes, use the iPhone preference panes to sync email accounts settings from
Sending Email
You can send an email message to anyone who has an email address.
Compose and send a message:
1 Tap
.
2 Type a name or email address in the To field, or tap
to add a name from your
contacts.
As you type an email address, matching email addresses from your contacts list appear
below. Tap an address to add it. To add more names, tap Return or
.
Note: If you’re composing a message from your Microsoft Exchange account and
have access to your enterprise Global Address List (GAL), matching addresses from the
contacts on iPhone appear first, followed by matching GAL addresses.
3 Tap Cc/Bcc/From if you want to copy or blind copy the message to others, or change
the account you send the message from. If you have more than one email account,
you can tap the From field to change the account you’re sending from.
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4 Enter a subject, then your message.
You can tap Return to move from one field to another.
5 Tap Send.
Send a photo or video (iPhone 3GS only) in an
email message
In Photos, choose a photo or video, tap
,
then tap Email Photo or Email Video. You can
also copy and paste photos and videos.
The photo or video is sent using your default
Send a video in an email message (iPhone and In Photos, choose a video, then touch and hold
iPhone 3G)
the video until the Copy command appears. Tap
Copy. Go to Mail and create a new message. Tap
to place an insertion point where you want the
video, then tap the insertion point to display the
edit commands and tap Paste.
The video is sent using your default email
Save a draft of a message to complete later
Reply to a message
Tap Cancel, then tap Save. The message is saved
in the Drafts mailbox.
Tap . Tap Reply to reply only to the sender
or tap Reply All to reply to the sender and all
recipients. Type your return message, then tap
Send.
Files or images attached to the initial message
aren’t sent back.
Forward a message
Open a message and tap , then tap Forward.
Add one or more email addresses, type your
message, then tap Send.
When you forward a message, you can include
the files or images attached to the original
message.
Share contact information
In Contacts, choose a contact, tap Share Contact
at the bottom of the Info screen, then tap Email.
Checking and Reading Email
The Mail icon shows the total number of unread messages in all your inboxes. You may
have other unread messages in other mailboxes.
Number of unread
emails in your inboxes
Check for new messages: Choose a mailbox or tap at any time.
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On each account screen, you can see the number of unread messages in each mailbox.
Tap to see all your
email accounts
Number of unread
messages
Tap a mailbox to see its messages. Unread messages have a blue dot next to them.
Unread messages
When you open a mailbox, Mail loads the number of most recent messages specified
in your Mail settings, if the messages haven’t already been loaded automatically.
Load additional messages: Scroll to the bottom of the list of messages and tap Load
More Messages.
Read a message: Tap a mailbox, then tap a message. Within a message, tap or to
see the next or previous message.
Zoom in on part of a message
Double-tap an area of the message to zoom in.
Double-tap again to zoom out.
Resize any column of text to fit the screen
Double-tap the text.
Resize a message manually
Pinch to zoom in or out.
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Follow a link
Tap the link.
Text links are typically underlined and blue. Many
images are also links. A link can take you to a
webpage, open a map, dial a phone number, or
open a new preaddressed email message.
Web, phone, and map links open Safari, Phone,
or Maps on iPhone. To return to your email, press
the Home button and tap Mail.
See a link’s destination address
Touch and hold the link. The address is displayed,
and you can choose to open the link in Safari or
copy the link address to the clipboard.
iPhone displays picture attachments in many commonly used formats (JPEG, GIF, and
TIFF) inline with the text in email messages. iPhone can play many audio attachments
(such as MP3, AAC, WAV, and AIFF). You can download and view files (such as PDF,
webpage, text, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
documents) attached to messages you receive.
Open an attached file: Tap the attachment. It downloads to iPhone and then opens.
Tap attachment
to download
You can view attachments in portrait or landscape orientation. If the format of an
attached file isn’t supported by iPhone, you can see the name of the file but you can’t
open it. iPhone supports the following document types:
.doc
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word (XML)
webpage
.docx
.htm
.html
.key
webpage
Keynote
.numbers
.pages
Numbers
Pages
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.pdf
.ppt
.pptx
.rtf
Preview, Adobe Acrobat
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint (XML)
Rich Text Format
.txt
text
.vcf
contact information
Microsoft Excel
.xls
.xlsx
Microsoft Excel (XML)
Save an attached photo to your Camera Roll album: Tap the photo, then tap Save
Image. If the photo hasn’t been downloaded yet, tap the download notice first.
Save an attached video to your Camera Roll album: Touch and hold the attachment,
then tap Save Video. If the video hasn’t been downloaded yet, tap the download
notice first.
See all the recipients of a message
Tap Details.
Tap a name or email address to see the recipient’s
contact information. Then tap a phone number,
email address, or text message to contact the
person. Tap Hide to hide the recipients.
Add an email recipient to your contacts list
Mark a message as unread
Tap the message and, if necessary, tap Details
to see the recipients. Then tap a name or email
address and tap Create New Contact or“Add to
Existing Contact.”
Open the message and tap“Mark as Unread.”
A blue dot
appears next to the message in the
mailbox list until you open it again.
Open a meeting invitation: Tap the invitation.
You can get contact information for the organizer and other attendees, set an alert,
add notes to the event, and add comments that are included in your response emailed
to the organizer. You can accept, tentatively accept, or decline the invitation. See
Turn Push on or off: In Settings, choose“Mail, Contacts, Calendars”> Fetch New Data,
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Searching Email
You can search the To, From, and Subject fields of email messages. Mail searches the
downloaded messages in the currently open mailbox. For MobileMe, Exchange, and
some IMAP mail accounts, you can also search messages on the server.
Search email messages: Open a mailbox, scroll to the top, and enter text in the Search
field. Tap From, To, Subject, or All (From, To, and Subject) to choose which fields you
want to search. (Tap the status bar to scroll quickly to the top of the list and reveal the
search field.)
Search results for the messages already downloaded to iPhone appear automatically
as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard and see more of the results.
Search messages on the server: Tap“Continue Search on Server”at the end of the
search results.
Note: Search results of messages on servers may vary depending on the type of
account. Some servers may search only whole words.
Organizing Email
You can delete messages one at a time, or select a group to delete all at once. You can
also move messages from one mailbox or folder to another.
Delete a message: Open the message and tap
.
You can also delete a message directly from the mailbox message list by swiping left
or right over the message title, then tapping Delete.
To show the
Delete button,
swipe left or
right over
the message.
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Delete multiple messages: When viewing a list of messages, tap Edit, select the
messages you want to delete, then tap Delete.
Move a message to another mailbox or folder: When viewing a message, tap , then
choose a mailbox or folder.
Move multiple messages: When viewing a list of messages, tap Edit, select the
messages you want to move, then tap Move and select a mailbox or folder.
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Safari
5
Viewing Webpages
Safari lets you surf the web and view webpages on iPhone in the same way as if you
were on your computer. You can create bookmarks on iPhone and sync bookmarks
with your computer. Add web clips for quick access to your favorite sites directly from
the Home screen.
You can view webpages in either portrait or landscape orientation. Rotate iPhone and
the webpage rotates too, automatically adjusting to fit the page.
Opening Webpages
Open a webpage: Tap the address field (on the left side of the title bar), then type the
web address and tap Go. If the address field isn’t visible, tap the status bar at the top of
the screen to quickly scroll to the address field at the top of the webpage.
As you type, web addresses that start with those letters appear. These are bookmarked
pages or recent pages you’ve opened. Tap an address to go to that page. Keep typing
if you want to enter a web address that’s not in the list.
Erase the text in the address field: Tap the address field, then tap
.
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Zooming and Scrolling
Zoom in or out: Double-tap a column on a webpage to expand the column. Double-
tap again to zoom out.
You can also pinch to zoom in or out manually.
Scroll around a webpage
Drag up, down, or sideways. When scrolling,
you can touch and drag anywhere on the page
without activating any links.
Scroll within a frame on a webpage
Use two fingers to scroll within a frame on a
webpage. Use one finger to scroll the entire
webpage.
Scroll quickly to the top of a webpage
Tap the status bar at the top of the iPhone screen.
Navigating Webpages
Links on webpages typically take you to another place on the web.
Follow a link on a webpage: Tap the link.
Links on iPhone can also initiate a phone call, display a location in Maps, or create a
preaddressed Mail message. To return to Safari after a link opens another application,
press the Home button and tap Safari.
See a link’s destination address
Touch and hold the link. The address pops up
next to your finger. You can touch and hold an
image to see if it has a link.
Stop a webpage from loading
Reload a webpage
Tap
Tap
.
.
Return to the previous or next page
Return to a recently viewed page
Tap or at the bottom of the screen.
Tap and tap History. To clear the history list,
tap Clear.
Send a webpage address via email
Tap and tap“Mail Link to this Page.”
Touch and hold the image, then tap Save Image.
Save an image or photo to your Camera Roll
album
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Opening Multiple Pages
You can have up to eight pages open at a time. Some links automatically open a new
page instead of replacing the current one.
The number inside the pages icon at the bottom of the screen shows how many
pages are open. If there’s no number inside, just one page is open. For example:
= one page is open
= three pages are open
Open a new page: Tap and tap New Page.
Go to another page: Tap and flick left or right. Tap the page you want to view.
Close a page: Tap and tap . You can’t close a page if it’s the only one open.
Entering Text and Filling Out Forms
Some webpages have text fields and forms to fill out. You can set Safari to remember
names and passwords of websites you visit and fill out text fields automatically with
Bring up the keyboard
Tap inside a text field.
Move to another text field
Tap another text field, or tap the Next or Previous
button.
Submit a form
Once you finish filling out a form, tap Go or
Search. Most pages also have a link you can tap
to submit the form.
Close the keyboard without submitting the
form
Tap Done.
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Enable AutoFill to help you fill out web forms: In Settings, choose Safari > AutoFill,
then do one of the following:
• To use information from contacts, turn Use Contact Info on, then choose My Info and
select the contact you want to use.
Safari uses information from Contacts to fill in contact fields on web forms.
• To use information from names and passwords, turn Names & Passwords on.
When this feature is on, Safari remembers names and passwords of websites you
visit and automatically fills in the information when you revisit the website.
• To remove all AutoFill information, tap Clear All.
Searching the Web
By default, Safari searches using Google. You can search using Yahoo!, instead.
Search the web:
1 Tap the search field (on the right side of the title bar).
2 Type a word or phrase that describes what you’re looking for, then tap Google.
3 Tap a link in the list of search results to open a webpage.
Set Safari to search using Yahoo!: From the Home screen choose Settings > Safari >
Search Engine, then choose Yahoo!.
Bookmarks
You can bookmark webpages you want to return to later.
Bookmark a webpage: Open the page and tap . Then tap Add Bookmark.
When you save a bookmark you can edit its title. By default, bookmarks are saved at
the top level of Bookmarks. Tap Bookmarks to choose another folder.
If you use Safari on a Mac, or Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer on a PC, you can sync
bookmarks with the web browser on your computer.
Sync bookmarks with your computer:
1 Connect iPhone to your computer.
2 In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.
3 Click the Info tab, select“Sync … bookmarks”under Web Browser, then click Apply.
Sync bookmarks with MobileMe: In Settings on iPhone, select Bookmarks in your
Open a bookmarked webpage: Tap , then choose a bookmark or tap a folder to
see the bookmarks inside.
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Edit a bookmark or bookmark folder: Tap , choose the folder that has the
bookmark or folder you want to edit, then tap Edit. Then do one of the following:
• To make a new folder, tap New Folder.
• To delete a bookmark or folder, tap , then tap Delete.
• To reposition a bookmark or folder, drag
.
• To edit the name or address, or to put it in a different folder, tap the bookmark or folder.
When you’re finished, tap Done.
Web Clips
Add web clips to the Home screen for fast access to your favorite webpages. Web clips
appear as icons on the Home screen, and you can arrange your web clips along with
Add a web clip: Open the webpage and tap . Then tap“Add to Home Screen.”
When you open a web clip, Safari automatically zooms and scrolls to the area of the
webpage that was displayed when you saved the web clip. The displayed area is also
used to create the icon for the web clip on your Home screen, unless the webpage
comes with its own custom icon.
When you add a web clip, you can edit its name. If the name is too long (more than
about 10 characters), it may appear abbreviated on the Home screen.
Web clips aren’t bookmarks, and aren’t synced by MobileMe or iTunes.
Delete a web clip:
1 Touch and hold any icon on the Home screen until the icons start to wiggle.
2 Tap
in the corner of the web clip you want to delete.
3 Tap Delete, then press the Home button to save your arrangement.
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iPod
6
iPhone syncs with iTunes on your computer to get songs, videos, and other content
you’ve collected in your iTunes library. For information about adding music and other
media to your iTunes library, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.
Getting Music, Video, and More
To get music, video, and other content onto iPhone, you can set up iTunes on your
computer to automatically sync content in your library, or you can manually manage
the media you put on iPhone.
Syncing Content from iTunes
You can transfer music, video, and more onto iPhone by syncing content from iTunes.
You can sync all of your media, or you can select specific songs, videos, podcasts, and
iTunes U collections.
Set iTunes to sync iPod content:
1 Connect iPhone to your computer.
2 In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.
3 On the Music, Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, and iTunes U tabs, select the content you
want to sync to iPhone. For example, you could set iTunes to sync selected music
playlists and the three most recent episodes of your favorite video podcast.
4 Click Apply.
To set iTunes to sync iPod content and other info automatically, click the Summary tab
and select“Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected.”
Important: If you delete an item from iTunes, it will also be deleted from iPhone the
next time you sync.
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Only songs and videos encoded in formats that iPhone supports are transferred to
If there are more songs in your iTunes library than can fit on your iPhone, iTunes
offers to create a special playlist to sync with iPhone. iTunes fills the playlist with
random selections from your library. You can add or delete songs from the playlist
and sync again.
If you listen to part of a podcast or audiobook, your place in the story is included if you
sync the content with iTunes. If you started listening to the story on iPhone, you can
pick up where you left off using iTunes on your computer—or vice versa.
For more information about using iTunes to get music and other media onto your
Manually Managing Content
The manually managing feature lets you choose just the music, video, and podcasts
you want to have on iPhone.
Set up iPhone for manually managing content:
1 Connect iPhone to your computer.
2 In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.
3 Click the Summary tab and select“Manually manage music and videos.”
4 Click Apply.
Add items to iPhone: Drag a song, video, podcast, or playlist in your iTunes library to
iPhone (in the sidebar). Shift-click or Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (Windows)
to select multiple items to add at the same time.
iTunes syncs the content immediately. If you deselect“Manually manage music and
videos,”the content you added manually is removed from iPhone the next time iTunes
syncs content.
Remove items from iPhone: With iPhone connected to your computer, select the
iPhone icon in the iTunes sidebar. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the icon
to show the contents. Select a content area, such as Music or Movies, then select the
items you want to delete and press the Delete key on the keyboard.
Removing an item from iPhone doesn’t delete it from your iTunes library.
Purchasing and Downloading Content from the iTunes Store
You can use the iTunes Store on iPhone to purchase and download songs, albums,
TV shows, movies, music videos, ringtones, and audiobooks directly to iPhone. You can
also stream and download audio and video podcasts, as well as iTunes U content.
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Transferring Purchased Content to Another Computer
You can transfer content on iPhone that was purchased using iTunes on one
computer to an iTunes library on another authorized computer. The computer must be
authorized to play content from your iTunes Store account. To authorize the computer,
open iTunes on the computer and choose Store > Authorize Computer.
Transfer purchased content: Connect iPhone to the other computer. iTunes asks if
you want to transfer purchased content.
Converting Videos for iPhone
You can add videos other than those purchased from the iTunes Store to iPhone, such
as videos you create in iMovie on a Mac, or videos you download from the Internet
and then add to iTunes.
If you try to add a video from iTunes to iPhone and a message says the video can’t play
on iPhone, you can convert the video.
Convert a video to work with iPhone: Select the video in your iTunes library and
choose Advanced >“Create iPod or iPhone Version.”Then add the converted video to
iPhone.
Music and Other Audio
The high-resolution Multi-Touch display makes listening to songs on iPhone as much
a visual experience as a musical one. You can scroll through your playlists, or use Cover
Flow to browse through your album art.
WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see the Important
Playing Songs
Browse your collection: Tap Playlists, Artists, or Songs. Tap More to browse Albums,
Audiobooks, Compilations, Composers, Genres, iTunes U, or Podcasts.
Browse Genius Mixes: Tap Genius. If Genius doesn’t appear, you need to turn on
Play a song: Tap the song.
Shake to shuffle: Shake iPhone to turn shuffle on and immediately change songs.
Shake anytime to change to another song.
You can turn the“Shake to Shuffle”feature on or off in Settings > iPod (it’s on by
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Controlling Song Playback
When you play a song, the Now Playing screen appears.
Back
Track List
Play/Pause
Next/Fast-forward
Previous/
Rewind
Volume
Pause a song
Tap , or press the center button on the iPhone
headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset).
Resume playback
Tap , or press the center button on the iPhone
headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset).
Raise or lower the volume
Drag the volume slider or use the buttons on
the side of iPhone. You can also use the volume
buttons on the iPhone headset (iPhone 3GS only).
Restart a song or a chapter in an audiobook or Tap
.
podcast
Skip to the next song or chapter in an
audiobook or podcast
Tap , or press the center button on the iPhone
headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset) twice quickly.
Go to the previous song or chapter in an
audiobook or podcast
Tap
twice, or press the center button on the
iPhone headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset) three times quickly.
Rewind or fast-forward
Touch and hold
or . The longer you hold
the control, the faster the song rewinds or fast-
forwards. On the iPhone headset, press the
center button (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset) twice quickly and hold to
fast forward, or three times quickly and hold to
rewind.
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Return to the iPod browse lists
Tap
, or swipe to the right over the album
cover.
Return to the Now Playing screen
Display a song’s lyrics
Tap Now Playing.
Tap the album cover when playing a song. (Lyrics
appear if you’ve added them to the song using
the song’s Info window in iTunes.)
You can display playback controls at any time when you’re listening to music and
using another application—or even when iPhone is locked—by double-clicking the
If you’re using an application, the playback controls appear on top of the application.
After using the controls, you can close them or tap Music to go to the Now Playing
screen. If iPhone is locked, the controls appear onscreen, then disappear automatically
after you finish using them.
Additional Song Controls
From the Now Playing screen, tap the album cover.
The repeat, Genius, and shuffle controls appear along with the scrubber bar. You can
see elapsed time, remaining time, and the song number. The song’s lyrics also appear,
if you’ve added them to the song in iTunes.
The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust the
scrub rate from high-speed to fine by sliding your finger down as you drag the
playhead along the scrubber bar.
Repeat
Genius
Shuffle
Scrubber bar
Playhead
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Set iPhone to repeat songs
Tap . Tap
again to set iPhone to repeat only
the current song.
= iPhone is set to repeat all songs in the
current album or list.
= iPhone is set to repeat the current song
over and over.
= iPhone isn’t set to repeat songs.
Skip to any point in a song
Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar.
Slide your finger down to adjust the scrub rate.
The scrub rate becomes slower the farther down
you slide your finger.
Make a Genius playlist
Tap , and the Genius playlist appears.
Set iPhone to shuffle songs
Tap . Tap
in order.
again to set iPhone to play songs
= iPhone is set to shuffle songs.
= iPhone is set to play songs in order.
Shuffle the tracks in any playlist, album, or other Tap Shuffle at the top of the list. For example, to
list of songs
shuffle all the songs on iPhone, choose Songs >
Shuffle.
Whether or not iPhone is set to shuffle, if you tap
Shuffle at the top of a list of songs, iPhone plays
the songs from that list in random order.
Podcast and Audiobook Controls
From the Now Playing screen, tap the cover.
The email, 30-second repeat, and playback speed controls appear along with the
scrubber bar. You can see elapsed time, remaining time, and the episode or chapter
number.
The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust the
scrub rate from high-speed to fine by sliding your finger down as you drag the
playhead along the scrubber bar.
Email
30-second repeat
Playback
speed
Scrubber bar
Playhead
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Skip to any point
Tap
.
Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar. Slide
your finger down to adjust the scrub rate. The
scrub rate becomes slower the farther down you
slide your finger.
Play back the last 30 seconds
Set the playback speed
Tap
.
Tap . Tap again to change the speed.
= Play at double speed.
= Play at half speed.
= Play at normal speed.
Using Voice Control with iPod
You can use Voice Control (available only on iPhone 3GS) to control music playback on
iPhone.
Note: Voice Control isn’t available in all languages.
Use Voice Control: Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen
appears and you hear a beep. Then use the commands described below to play songs.
You can also press and hold the center button on the iPhone headset (or the
equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset) to bring up Voice Control.
Control music playback
Say“play”or“play music.”To pause, say“pause”
or“pause music.”You can also say“next song”or
“previous song.”
Play an album, artist, or playlist
Say“play,”then say“album,”“artist,”or“playlist”
and the name.
Shuffle the current playlist
Say“shuffle.”
Find out more about the currently playing song Say“what’s playing,”“what song is this,”“who
sings this song,”or“who is this song by.”
Use Genius to play similar songs
Cancel Voice Control
Say“Genius,”“play more like this,”or“play more
songs like this.”
Say“cancel”or“stop.”
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Browsing Album Covers in Cover Flow
When you’re browsing music, you can rotate iPhone sideways to see your iTunes
content in Cover Flow and browse your music by album artwork.
Browse album covers
Drag or flick left or right.
Tap a cover or
See the tracks on an album
.
Play any track
Tap the track. Drag up or down to scroll through
the tracks.
Return to the cover
Tap the title bar. Or tap
again.
Play or pause the current song
Tap or . You can also press the center button
on the iPhone headset (or the equivalent button
on your Bluetooth headset).
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Viewing All Tracks on an Album
See all the tracks on the album that contains the current song: From the Now
Playing screen tap . Tap a track to play it. Tap the album cover thumbnail to return to
the Now Playing screen.
Rating bar
Back to Now
Playing
screen
Album tracks
In track list view, you can assign ratings to songs. You can use ratings to create smart
playlists in iTunes that dynamically update to include, for example, your highest rated
songs.
Rate a song: Drag your thumb across the rating bar to give the song zero to five stars.
Searching Music
You can search the titles, artists, albums, and composers of songs, podcasts, and other
content you’ve synced to iPhone.
Search music: Enter text in the search field at the top of a song list, playlist, artist list,
or other view of your iPod content. (Tap the status bar to scroll quickly to the top of a
list and reveal the search field.)
Search results appear automatically as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard
and see more of the results.
Using Genius on iPhone
Genius finds songs in your iTunes library that go great together. A Genius playlist is a
collection of songs that are picked for you to go with a song you choose from your
library. A Genius Mix is a selection of songs of the same kind of music. Genius Mixes
are recreated each time you listen to them, so they’re always new and fresh.
You can create Genius playlists in iTunes and sync them to iPhone. You can also create
and save Genius playlists directly on iPhone.
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Genius Mixes are created in iTunes. iTunes creates different mixes depending on the
variety of music you have in your iTunes library. For example, you may have Genius
Mixes that highlight R&B songs, or Alternative Rock songs.
To use Genius on iPhone, first turn on Genius in iTunes, then sync iPhone with iTunes.
Genius Mixes are synced automatically, unless you manually manage your music and
choose which mixes you want to sync in iTunes. Genius is a free service, but requires
an iTunes Store account.
Genius Mixes require iTunes 9 or later. When you sync a Genius Mix, iTunes may select
and sync songs from your library that you haven’t otherwise chosen to sync.
Browse Genius Mixes: Tap Genius. The number of dots at the bottom of the screen
shows the number of mixes you’ve synced from iTunes, and indicates which mix you’re
viewing. Flick left or right to access your other mixes.
Play a Genius Mix: Tap the mix or tap .
Make a Genius playlist on iPhone:
1 Tap Playlists and tap Genius.
2 Tap a song in the list. Genius creates a playlist with additional songs that go great with
that song.
You can also make a Genius playlist of songs that go great with the song you’re
playing. From the Now Playing screen, tap the album cover to display additional
controls, then tap
.
Save a Genius playlist: In the playlist, tap Save. The playlist is saved in Playlists with
the title of the song you picked.
You can make and save as many Genius playlists as you want. If you save a Genius
playlist created on iPhone, it syncs back to iTunes the next time you connect.
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Refresh a Genius playlist: In the playlist, tap Refresh.
Refreshing a playlist creates a playlist of different songs that go great with the song
you picked. You can refresh any Genius playlist, whether it was created in iTunes and
synced to iPhone, or created directly on iPhone.
Create a Genius playlist from a new song: In the playlist, tap New, then pick a new
song.
Delete a saved Genius playlist: In a playlist that you saved directly on iPhone, tap Edit,
then tap Delete Playlist.
Once a Genius playlist is synced back to iTunes, you won’t be able to delete it directly
from iPhone. You can use iTunes to edit the playlist name, stop syncing, or delete the
playlist.
Making On-The-Go Playlists
Make an on-the-go playlist:
1 Tap Playlists and tap On-The-Go.
2 Browse for songs using the buttons at the bottom of the screen. Tap any song or video
to add it to the playlist. Tap Add All Songs at the top of any list of songs to add all the
songs in the list.
3 When you finish, tap Done.
When you make an on-the-go playlist and then sync iPhone to your computer, the
playlist is saved on iPhone and in your iTunes library, then deleted from iPhone. The
first is saved as“On-The-Go 1,”the second as“On-The-Go 2,”and so on. To put a playlist
back on iPhone, select iPhone in the iTunes sidebar, click the Music tab, and set the
playlist to sync.
Edit an on-the-go playlist: Tap Playlists, tap On-The-Go, tap Edit, then do one of the
following:
• To move a song higher or lower in the list, drag next to the song.
• To delete a song from the playlist, tap
next to a song, then tap Delete. Deleting a
song from the on-the-go playlist doesn’t delete it from iPhone.
• To clear the entire playlist, tap Clear Playlist.
• To add more songs, tap
.
Videos
With iPhone, you can view video content such as movies, music videos, and video
podcasts. If a video contains chapters, you can skip to the next or previous chapter,
or bring up a list and start playing at any chapter that you choose. If a video provides
alternate language features, you can choose an audio language or display subtitles.
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Playing Videos
Play a video: Tap Videos and tap the video.
Display playback controls: Tap the screen to show the controls. Tap again to hide
them.
Controlling Video Playback
Videos play in widescreen to take full advantage of the display.
The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust
the scrub rate by sliding your finger down as you drag the playhead along the
scrubber bar.
Scrubber bar
Playhead
Scale
Play/Pause
Next/Fast-
forward
Volume
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Restart/Rewind
Pause a video
Tap , or press the center button on the iPhone
headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset).
Resume playback
Tap , or press the center button on the iPhone
headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset).
Raise or lower the volume
Start a video over
Drag the volume slider. You can also use
the volume buttons on the iPhone headset
(iPhone 3GS only).
Drag the playhead on the scrubber bar all the
way to the left, or tap
contain chapters.
if the video doesn’t
Skip to the next chapter (if available)
Go to the previous chapter (if available)
Start playing at a specific chapter (if available)
Tap , or press the center button on the iPhone
headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset) twice quickly.
Tap , or press the center button on the iPhone
headset (or the equivalent button on your
Bluetooth headset) three times quickly.
Tap , then choose a chapter from the list.
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Rewind or fast-forward
Touch and hold
or
.
Skip to any point in a video
Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar. Slide
your finger down to adjust the scrub rate. The
scrub rate becomes slower the farther down you
slide your finger.
Stop watching a video before it finishes playing Tap Done. Or press the Home button.
Scale a video to fill the screen or fit to the
Tap
to make the video fill the screen. Tap
screen
to make it fit the screen. You can also double-tap
the video to toggle between fitting and filling the
screen.
When you scale a video to fill the screen, the
sides or top may be cropped from view. When
you scale it to fit the screen, you may see black
bars on the sides or above and below the video.
Select an alternate audio language (if available) Tap , then choose a language from the Audio
list.
Show or hide subtitles (if available)
Tap , then choose a language, or Off, from the
Subtitles list.
Searching Video
You can search the titles of movies, TV shows, and video podcasts you’ve synced to
iPhone.
Search video: Enter text in the search field at the top of the list of videos.
Search results appear automatically as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard
and see more of the results.
Watching Rented Movies
You can rent movies in standard (480p) definition from the iTunes Store and watch
them on iPhone. You can download rented movies directly to iPhone, or transfer them
from iTunes on your computer to iPhone. You can also transfer rented movies back to
iTunes from iPhone. (Rented movies aren’t available in all regions.)
The movie must be fully downloaded before you can start watching. You can pause
a download and resume it later. Rented movies expire after a certain number of days,
and once you start a movie you have a limited amount of time to finish watching it.
The time remaining appears near a movie’s title. Movies are automatically deleted
when they expire. Check the iTunes Store for the expiration time before renting
a movie.
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Transfer rented movies to iPhone: Connect iPhone to your computer. Then select
iPhone in the iTunes sidebar, click Movies, and select the rented movies you want to
transfer. Your computer must be connected to the Internet.
View a rented movie: On iPhone, choose iPod > Videos and select a movie.
Watching Videos on a TV
You can connect iPhone to your TV and watch your videos on the large screen. Use the
Apple Component AV Cable, Apple Composite AV Cable, or other authorized iPhone
compatible cable. You can also use these cables with the Apple Universal Dock to
connect iPhone to your TV. (The Apple Universal Dock includes a remote that lets you
control playback from a distance.) Apple cables and docks are available for purchase
countries).
Deleting Videos from iPhone
You can delete videos from iPhone to save space.
Delete a video: In the videos list, swipe left or right over the video, then tap Delete.
When you delete a video (other than rented movies) from iPhone, it isn’t deleted from
your iTunes library and you can sync the video back to iPhone later. If you don’t want
Important: If you delete a rented movie from iPhone, it’s deleted permanently and
cannot be transferred back to your computer.
Setting a Sleep Timer
You can set iPhone to stop playing music or videos after a period of time.
Set a sleep timer: From the Home screen choose Clock > Timer, then flick to set the
number of hours and minutes. Tap When Timer Ends and choose Sleep iPod, tap Set,
then tap Start to start the timer.
When the timer ends, iPhone stops playing music or video, closes any other open
application, and then locks itself.
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Changing the Browse Buttons
You can replace the browse buttons at the bottom of the screen with buttons you
use more frequently. For example, if you often listen to podcasts, you can replace the
Songs button with Podcasts.
Change the browse buttons: Tap More and tap Edit, then drag a button to the
bottom of the screen, over the button you want to replace.
You can drag the buttons at the bottom of the screen left or right to rearrange them.
Tap Done when you finish. Tap More at any time to access the buttons you replaced.
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Messages
7
Sending and Receiving Messages
WARNING: For important information about driving safely, see the Important Product
Messages lets you exchange text messages with anyone using an SMS-capable phone.
Messages also supports MMS, so you can send photos, video clips (iPhone 3GS only),
contact information, and voice memos to other MMS-capable devices. You can enter
multiple addresses and send a message to several people at the same time.
Note: MMS is available only on iPhone 3G or later. SMS or MMS support may not be
available in all regions. Additional fees may apply for use of Messages. Contact your
carrier for complete information.
You can use Messages whenever you’re in range of the cellular network. If you can
make a call, you can send a message. Depending on your phone plan, you may be
charged for the messages you send or receive.
Send a message: Tap , then enter a phone number or name, or tap
and choose a
contact from your contacts list. Tap the text field above the keyboard, type a message,
and tap Send.
The Messages icon on the Home screen shows the total number of unread messages
you have.
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Your conversations are saved in the Messages list. Conversations that contain unread
messages have a blue dot next to them. Tap a conversation in the list to see that
conversation or add to it.
Text messages
you sent
Text messages
from the other
person
iPhone displays the 50 most recent messages in the conversation. To see earlier
messages, scroll to the top and tap Load Earlier Messages.
Send a message to more than one person: Tap , then add recipients. If you enter
a phone number manually (instead of selecting it from Contacts), tap Return before
entering another entry.
Replies from any of the recipients are sent only to you, not to the other people you
texted.
Reply or send a message to a person (or group) you’ve texted before: Tap an entry
in the Messages list, then type a new message in the conversation and tap Send.
Send a message to a favorite or to a recent call:
1 From the Home screen tap Phone, then tap Favorites or Recents.
2 Tap
next to a name or number, then tap Text Message.
3 If multiple phone numbers appear, tap the one you want to text.
When MMS is available, Messages allows you to include a subject in your text
messages. You can turn this feature on or off in Messages settings. It is turned on by
default.
Include or remove the subject field: In Settings, tap Messages, then tap Show Subject
Field to turn it on or off.
Note: The subject field and the Show Subject Field setting don’t appear if MMS isn’t
supported by your carrier.
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Turn MMS messaging on or off: In Settings, tap Messages, then tap MMS Messaging
to turn it on or off. You may want to turn MMS Messaging off, for example, to prevent
sending or receiving attachments when fees apply.
Note: The MMS Messaging setting doesn’t appear if MMS isn’t supported by your
carrier.
Sharing Photos and Videos
You can take a photo or make a video (iPhone 3GS only) from within Messages and
include it in your conversation with another MMS-capable device. You can save photos
or videos you receive in Messages to your Camera Roll album.
If MMS isn’t supported by your carrier, the
send photos or videos.
button doesn’t appear and you can’t
Send a photo or video: Tap
and tap“Take Photo or Video”(iPhone 3GS only; on
earlier models, tap“Take Photo”) or“Choose Existing”and select an item from a photo
album and tap Choose.
The limit to the size of attachments is determined by your carrier. If necessary, iPhone
may compress the photo or video. To learn about taking photos and videos, see
Chapter 10, “Camera,”on page 103.
Save a photo or video attachment to your Camera Roll album: Tap the photo or
video in the conversation, tap , then tap Save Image or Save Video.
Copy a photo or video: Touch and hold the attachment, then tap Copy. You can paste
the photo or video to an Mail message or another MMS message.
Sending Voice Memos
You can send voice memos in a message to another MMS-capable device.
Send a voice memo: In Voice Memos, tap , tap the voice memo you want to send,
then tap Share and tap MMS. Address the message and tap Send.
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Editing Conversations
If you want to keep a conversation but not the entire thread, you can delete the parts
you don’t want. You can also delete entire conversations from the Messages list.
Edit a conversation: Tap Edit. Tap the circles along the left side to select the parts of
the conversation you want to delete, then tap Delete. When you’re finished, tap Done.
Clear all text and files, without deleting the conversation: Tap Edit, then tap Clear All.
Tap Clear Conversation to confirm.
Forward a conversation: Select a conversation, then tap Edit. Tap the circles on the
left side of the screen to select the parts of the conversation you want to include,
then tap Forward, enter one or more recipients, and tap Send.
Delete a conversation: Tap Edit, then tap
next to the conversation and tap Delete.
You can also swipe left or right over the conversation and tap Delete.
To show the
Delete button,
swipe left or right
over the message.
Using Contact Information and Links
Call or email someone you’ve texted: Tap a message in the Text Messages list and
scroll to the top of the conversation. (Tap the status bar to scroll quickly to the top of
the screen.)
• To call the person, tap Call.
• To email the person, tap Contact Info, then tap an email address.
Follow a link in a message: Tap the link.
A link may open a webpage in Safari, initiate a phone call in Phone, open a
preaddressed message in Mail, or display a location in Maps. To return to your text
messages, press the Home button and tap Messages.
Add someone you’ve texted to your contacts list: Tap a phone number in the
Messages list, then tap“Add to Contacts.”
Send contact information: In Contacts, tap the person whose information you want
to share. Tap Share Contact at the bottom of the screen, then tap MMS. Address the
message and tap Send.
Save contact information received: Tap the contact bubble in the conversation and
tap Create New Contact or“Add to Existing Contact.”
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Managing Previews and Alerts
By default, iPhone displays a preview of new messages when iPhone is locked or you
are using another application. You can turn this preview on or off in Settings. You can
also enable alerts for text messages.
Turn previews on or off: In Settings, choose Messages and tap Show Preview.
Repeat previews: In Settings, choose Messages and tap Repeat Alert. If you don’t
respond to the first preview of a new message, the preview will be displayed twice
more.
Set whether an alert sounds when you get a text message or preview: In Settings,
choose Sounds, then tap New Text Message. Tap the alert sound you want, or None if
you don’t want an audible alert.
Important: If the Ring/Silent switch is off, text alerts won’t sound.
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Calendar
8
About Calendar
Calendar lets you view individual calendars for your different accounts or a combined
calendar for all accounts. You can view your events in a continuous list, by day, or by
month, and search events by title, invitee, or location.
You can sync iPhone with the calendars on your computer. You can also make, edit,
or cancel appointments on iPhone, and have them synced back to your computer.
You can subscribe to Google, Yahoo!, or Mac OS X iCal calendars using a CalDAV or
iCalendar (.ics) account. If you have a Microsoft Exchange account, you can receive and
respond to meeting invitations.
Syncing Calendars
You can sync Calendar in either of the following ways:
• In iTunes, use the iPhone preference panes to sync with iCal or Microsoft Entourage
on a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC when you connect iPhone to
• In Settings on iPhone, select Calendar in your MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange
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Viewing Your Calendar
You can view individual calendars for your different accounts or a combined calendar
for all accounts.
View a different calendar: Tap Calendars, then select a calendar. Tap All Calendars to
view combined events from all calendars.
You can view your calendar events in a list, by day, or by month. The events for all of
your synced calendars appear in the same calendar on iPhone.
Switch views: Tap List, Day, or Month.
• List view: All your appointments and events appear in a scrollable list.
• Day view: Scroll up or down to see the events in a day. Tap or to see the
previous or next day’s events.
• Month view: Tap a day to see its events. Tap or to see the previous or next
month.
Add an event
Days with dots
have scheduled
events
Events for
selected day
Respond to
calendar invitation
Go to today
Switch views
See the details of an event: Tap the event.
Set iPhone to adjust event times for a selected time zone:
1 In Settings, choose“Mail, Contacts, Calendars.”
2 Under Calendars, tap Time Zone Support, then turn Time Zone Support on.
3 Tap Time Zone and search for a major city in the time zone you want.
When Time Zone Support is on, Calendar displays event dates and times in the time
zone of the city you selected. When Time Zone Support is off, Calendar displays events
in the time zone of your current location as determined by the network time.
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Searching Calendars
You can search the titles, invitees, and locations of the events in your calendars.
Calendar searches the calendar you’re currently viewing, or all calendars if you’re
viewing them all.
Search events: In list view, enter text in the search field.
Search results appear automatically as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard
and see more results.
Subscribing to and Sharing Calendars
You can subscribe to calendars that use the CalDAV or iCalendar (.ics) formats. Many
calendar-based services, including Yahoo!, Google, and the Mac OS X iCal application,
support either format.
Subscribed calendars are read only. You can read events from subscribed calendars on
iPhone, but can’t edit them or create new events. You also can’t accept invitations from
CalDAV accounts.
Subscribe to a CalDAV or .ics calendar:
1 In Settings, choose“Mail, Contacts, Calendars,”then tap Add Account.
2 Choose Other, then choose either Add CalDAV Account or Add Subscribed Calendar.
3 Enter your account information, then tap Next to verify the account.
4 Tap Save.
Apple provides links to a number of free iCal calendars—for national holidays or
sports events, for example—that you may want to subscribe to. The calendars are
automatically added to iCal on your desktop when you download them. You can
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You can also subscribe to an iCal (or other .ics) calendar published on the web by
tapping a link to the calendar you receive in an email or text message on iPhone.
Adding Calendar Events to iPhone
You can also enter and edit calendar events directly on iPhone.
Add an event: Tap and enter event information, then tap Done.
You can enter any of the following:
• Title
• Location
• Starting and ending times (or turn on All-day if it’s an all-day event)
• Repeat times—none, or every day, week, two weeks, month, or year
• Alert time—from five minutes to two days before the event
When you set an alert, the option to set a second alert appears. When an alert
goes off, iPhone displays a message. You can also set iPhone to play a sound
Important: Some carriers don’t support network time in all locations. If you’re
traveling, iPhone may not alert you at the correct local time. To manually set the
• Notes
To select which calendar to add the event to, tap Calendar. Read-only calendars don’t
appear in the list.
Edit an event
Tap the event, then tap Edit.
Delete an event
Tap the event, tap Edit, then scroll down and tap
Delete Event.
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Responding to Meeting Invitations
If you have a Microsoft Exchange account set up on iPhone with Calendars enabled,
you can receive and respond to meeting invitations from people in your organization.
When you receive an invitation, the meeting appears in your calendar with a dotted
line around it. The
icon in the lower-right corner of the screen indicates the total
number of new invitations you have, as does the Calendar icon on the Home screen.
Number of
meeting invitations
Respond to an invitation in Calendar:
1 Tap a meeting invitation in the calendar, or tap
to display the Event screen and tap
an invitation.
• Tap“Invitation from”to get contact information for the meeting organizer.
Tap the email address to send a message to the organizer. If the organizer is
in your contacts, you can also tap to call or send a text message.
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• Tap Attendees to see the other people invited to the meeting. Tap a name to see
an attendee’s contact information. Tap the email address to send a message to the
attendee. If the attendee is in your contacts, you can also tap to call or send a text
message.
• Tap Alert to set iPhone to sound an alert before the meeting.
• Tap Add Comments to add comments in the email response to the meeting
organizer. You comments will also appear in your Info screen for the meeting.
Notes are made by the meeting organizer.
2 Tap Accept, Maybe, or Decline.
When you accept, tentatively accept, or decline the invitation, a response email that
includes any comments you added is sent to the organizer.
If you accept or tentatively accept the meeting, you can change your response later.
Tap Add Comments if you want to change your comments.
Exchange meeting invitations are also sent in an email message, which lets you open
the meeting’s Info screen from Mail.
Open a meeting invitation in an email message: Tap the invitation.
Alerts
Set calendar alerts: In Settings, choose Sounds, then turn Calendar Alerts on.
If Calendar Alerts is off when an event is about to occur, iPhone displays a message
but makes no sound.
Important: If the Ring/Silent switch is off, calendar alerts won’t sound.
Sound alerts for invitations: In Settings, choose“Mail, Contacts, Calendar.”
Under Calendars, tap New Invitation Alert to turn it on.
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About Photos
iPhone lets you carry photos and videos with you, so you can share them with your
family, friends, and associates. You can sync photos and videos (Mac only) from your
computer, view photos and videos (iPhone 3GS only) taken with the built-in camera,
use photos as wallpaper, and assign photos to identify contacts when they call.
You can also send photos and videos in email messages, send photos and videos
(iPhone 3GS only) in MMS messages, and upload photos and videos to MobileMe
galleries.
Note: MMS is available only on iPhone 3G or later and if supported by your carrier.
Syncing Photos and Videos with Your Computer
iTunes can sync your photos and videos (Mac only) with the following applications:
• Mac: iPhoto 4.0.3 or later, or Aperture
• PC: Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later
iPhone supports H.264 and MPEG-4 video formats, with AAC audio. If you are having
trouble syncing a video to iPhone, you might be able to use iTunes to create an iPhone
version of the video.
Create an iPhone version of a video:
1 Copy the video to your iTunes library.
2 In iTunes, select Movies in the Library list and select the video you want to sync.
3 Choose Advanced >“Create iPod or iPhone Version.”
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Viewing Photos and Videos
Photos and videos (Mac only) synced from your computer’s photo application can
be viewed in Photos. You can also view the photos and videos (iPhone 3GS only)
you’ve taken with iPhone’s built-in camera or saved from an email or MMS message
(iPhone 3GS only).
View photos and videos:
1 In Photos, tap a photo album.
2 Tap a thumbnail to see the photo or video in full screen.
Show or hide the controls: Tap the full-screen photo or video to show the controls.
Tap again to hide the controls.
Play a video: Tap in the center of the screen.
To replay a video, tap at the bottom of the screen. If you don’t see , tap the screen
to show the controls.
View a photo or video in landscape orientation: Rotate iPhone sideways. The photo
or video reorients automatically and, if it’s in landscape format, expands to fit the
screen.
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Zoom in on part of a photo: Double-tap where you want to zoom in. Double-tap
again to zoom out. You can also pinch to zoom in or out.
View video in full screen, or fit video to screen: Double tap the screen to scale the
video to fill the screen. Double-tap again to fit the video to the screen.
Pan around a photo: Drag the photo.
See the next or previous photo or video: Flick left or right. Or tap the screen to show
the controls, then tap or
.
Slideshows
You can view photo albums as slideshows, complete with background music.
View a photo album as a slideshow: Tap an album, then tap .
Videos play automatically when they appear during the slideshow.
Stop a slideshow: Tap the screen.
Set slideshow settings: In Settings, choose Photos and set the following options:
• To set the length of time each slide is shown, tap Play Each Slide For and choose a time.
• To set transition effects when moving from photo to photo, tap Transition and choose a
transition type.
• To set whether slideshows repeat, turn Repeat on or off.
• To set whether photos and videos are shown in random order, turn Shuffle on or off.
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Play music during a slideshow: In iPod, play a song, then choose Photos from the
Home screen and start a slideshow.
Sharing Photos and Videos
You can send photos and videos in email and MMS messages, add photos and videos
to MobileMe galleries, and publish videos to YouTube. You can also copy and paste
photos and videos, save photos and videos from email messages to Photos, and save
images from webpages to Photos.
Note: MMS is available only on iPhone 3G or later and if supported by your carrier.
MMS video attachments are supported only on iPhone 3GS.
Sending a Photo or Video in an Email or MMS Message
Send a photo or video: Choose a photo or video and tap , then tap Email Photo/
Video or MMS.
If you don’t see , tap the screen to show the controls.
The limit to the size of attachments is determined by your carrier. If necessary, iPhone
may compress the photo or video. To learn about taking photos and videos, see
Chapter 10, “Camera,”on page 103.
Copying and Pasting Photos and Videos
You can copy a photo or video from Photos and paste it to an email or MMS message.
Some third-party applications may also support copying and pasting photos and
videos.
Copy a photo or video: Hold your finger on the screen until the Copy button appears,
then tap Copy.
Paste a photo or video: Tap to place an insertion point where you want to place the
photo or video, then tap the insertion point and tap Paste.
Adding a Photo or Video to a MobileMe Gallery
If you have a MobileMe account, you can add photos and videos (iPhone 3GS only)
directly from iPhone to a gallery you’ve created. You can also add photos and videos to
someone else’s MobileMe gallery if that person has enabled email contributions.
Before you can add photos or videos to a gallery in your MobileMe account, you must:
• Set up your MobileMe account on iPhone
• Publish a MobileMe gallery, and allow adding photos via email or iPhone
For more information about creating a gallery and adding photos and videos to it,
see MobileMe Help.
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