Chapter 2: Activating and ­Understanding Your iPhone

In This Chapter

check.png Turning iPhone on and off

check.png Activating your iPhone

check.png Adjusting the volume

check.png Interpreting screen communications

check.png Charging the battery

check.png Making connections

check.png Adjusting Accessibility options for easier operation

In Chapter 1 of Book I, we gave you the “big picture” view about everything iPhone can do. In this chapter, we tell you how to use your iPhone’s hardware and understand the interface. We begin with the most obvious tasks: turning your iPhone on and off, activating your iPhone, and adjusting the volume level. Then we review the basic layout and features of iPhone’s screen: things like the Home screen, status bar icons, notifications, and badges. We explain ­different types of connections you make with your iPhone — Internet ...

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