Back view of your phone, Phone display, Status bar – Samsung SGH-T499MAWTMB User Manual
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Understanding Your Phone 17
Back View of Your Phone
The following illustration shows the external 
elements of your phone:
1.
External speaker allows you to hear ringers,
music, and other sounds offered by your
phone.
2.
Camera lens is used to take photos.
Phone Display
Your phone’s display provides information about the 
phone’s status, and is the interface to the features of 
your phone. The display indicates your connection 
status, signal strength, battery status and time. Icons 
display at the top of the phone when an incoming call 
or message is received and also alerts you at a 
specified time when an alarm was set. The screen 
also displays notifications, and Application (or 
shortcut) bar with four icons: Phone, Contacts, 
Messaging, and Applications.
Display settings
In this menu, you can change various settings for the 
for the wallpaper, cube, brightness or backlight.
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From the Home screen, tap
(Applications)
➔
(Settings)
➔
Display.
For more information, refer to “Display
Status Bar
The Status Bar shows information about the 
connection status, signal strength, phone battery 
level, and time, and displays notifications about 
incoming messages and calls and other actions.
This list identifies the icons you see on your phone’s 
display screen:
1
2
Home
Primary
Notification
Shortcuts
Status Bar
area
Status
area
Shortcuts
Battery status
Connection Status
Time
Signal strength
search
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