Apple iphone User Manual

iPhone

User’s Guide

Chapter 1 4 Activating and Setting Up iPhone

What You Need

Activating iPhone

Syncing iPhone with Your Computer

Disconnecting iPhone from Your Computer

Chapter 2 10 Basics

iPhone at a Glance

iPhone Buttons and Touchscreen

Using the Stereo Headset

Connecting to the Internet

Using iPhone on an Airplane

Charging the Battery

Cleaning iPhone

Chapter 3 24 Phone

24 29 32 34 36 37

Chapter 4 43 Mail

43 45 46 49

Chapter 5 52 Safari

52 56 57

Calling and Answering Visual Voicemail Adding Contact Information to iPhone Phone Settings Ringtones Using iPhone with a Bluetooth Headset or Car Kit Calling to and from Other Countries

Setting Up Email Accounts Sending Email Checking and Reading Email Mail Settings

Surfing the Web Using Bookmarks Safari Settings

Chapter 6 58 iPod

Syncing iPod Content from your iTunes Library

Playing Music and Video

iPod Settings

Chapter 7 67 Applications

Tex t

Calendar

Photos and Camera

YouTube

Stocks

Maps

Weather

Clock

Calculator

Notes

Chapter 8 93 Settings

Airplane Mode

Wi-Fi

Carrier

Usage

Sounds and the Ring/Silent Switch

Brightness

Wallpaper

General

10 0

Restoring or Transferring Your iPhone Settings

Appendix A 101 Safety and Handling

101

Important Safety Information

10 7

Important Handling Information

Appendix B 109 Tips and Troubleshooting

10 9

General Suggestions

113

Removing the SIM Card

11 4

Updating and Restoring iPhone Software

11 4

Using iPhone Accessibility Features

Appendix C 116 Learning More, Service, and Support

117 Regulatory Compliance Information

117 Apple and the Environment

Index 11 8

Contents

Activating and Setting Up iPhone

What You Need

To use iPhone, you need:

A new two-year wireless service plan with AT&T

A Mac or a PC with a USB 2.0 port and one of the following operating systems:

Mac OS X version10.4.10 or later

Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later

Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition

iTunes 7.3 or later, available at www.itunes.com

An iTunes Store account

An Internet connection

You must be at least 18 years old to open a new AT&T wireless account. You will need a major credit card to open a new iTunes Store account.

Activating iPhone

Before you can use any of iPhone’s features, you must activate iPhone by signing up for an AT&T service plan and registering iPhone with the network. If you already have an AT&T (Cingular) wireless account, you can choose to upgrade your account to work with iPhone, or you can keep using your old phone and add a new line for iPhone. (Some accounts may not be upgradable.) You can transfer your current phone number to iPhone, or get a new one.

For more information about iPhone, including videos about how to activate and use iPhone, go to: www.apple.com/iphone

To activate iPhone:

Download and install iTunes 7.3 (or later) from www.itunes.com.

Connect iPhone to a USB 2.0 port on your Mac or PC using the dock and cable that came with iPhone. (Don’t connect iPhone to the USB port on your keyboard—it does not have enough power.) iTunes opens automatically.

Follow the onscreen instructions in iTunes to activate iPhone and sync iPhone with your contacts, calendars, email accounts, and bookmarks on your computer.

A single checkmark in “Set Up Your iPhone” syncs all these items automatically. Or you can use iTunes to customize the information you sync, and to sync your music, photos, podcasts, TV shows, and movies to iPhone. See the following section.

Important:

AT&T will send you a welcome text message a few minutes after activation is complete, letting you know that you can receive calls. If you are migrating your current phone number to iPhone, activation is usually completed in less than 20 minutes, but may take several hours depending on your previous carrier. In the meantime, you can make calls and use iPhone’s other features.

Syncing iPhone with Your Computer

When you connect iPhone to your computer, iTunes syncs iPhone with the information and media on your computer, according to your iPhone settings in iTunes. By default, iTunes does this automatically.

Chapter 1

Activating and Setting Up iPhone

You can set iTunes to sync any or all of the following:

Contacts—names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, and so on

Calendars—appointments and events

Email account settings

Webpage bookmarks

Music and audiobooks

Movies

TV shows

Podcasts

Photos

Because music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and photos are managed on your computer, these items are synced one-way, from your computer to iPhone. Email account settings also are only synced from your computer to iPhone. This allows you to customize your email account on iPhone without affecting the email account settings on your computer. Contacts and calendars are synced both ways between your computer and iPhone. New entries or changes you make on iPhone get synced to your computer, and vice versa.

If you like, 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 movies. You can adjust sync settings whenever iPhone is connected to your computer.

Important:

PC, you should be logged in to your own user account on the computer before connecting iPhone. If you connect more than one iPhone to the same user account, use the same sync settings for each.

Setting Up Syncing

You use iTunes on your computer to set up which items are synced with iPhone.

Set up syncing

Connect iPhone to your computer, and open iTunes (if it doesn’t open automatically).

Select iPhone in the iTunes Source pane.

Configure the sync settings in each of the panes.

Click Apply in the lower-right corner of the screen.

6 Chapter 1

You can connect and sync only with one iPhone at a time. If you’re using a

Activating and Setting Up iPhone

The following sections provide an overview of each of the iPhone configuration panes in iTunes. For more information, see iTunes Help (in iTunes, choose Help > iTunes Help).

Summary Pane

Select “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected” to have iTunes sync iPhone automatically whenever you connect iPhone to your computer. Deselect this option if you want to sync only by clicking the Sync button in iTunes. For more information about preventing automatic syncing, see page 9.

Select “Only sync checked items” if you want to sync only checked items in your iTunes library.

Info Pane

The Info pane lets you configure the sync settings for your contacts, calendars, email accounts, and web browser.

Contacts

You can sync contacts from Mac OS X Address Book and Yahoo! Address Book on a Mac, or from Yahoo! Address Book, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), or Microsoft Outlook on a PC. On a Mac, any other address books you’ve set to sync with Address Book, such as Microsoft Entourage, will also be synced with iPhone. If you sync with Yahoo! Address Book, you only need to click Configure when you change your Yahoo! ID or password after you’ve set up syncing. Click Configure and enter your new login information.

Note:

Syncing won’t delete any contact in Yahoo! Address Book that contains a Messenger ID, even if you’ve deleted the contact from your address book on iPhone or your computer. To delete a contact with a Messenger ID, log in to your online Yahoo! account and delete the contact using Yahoo! Address Book.

Chapter 1

Activating and Setting Up iPhone

Calendars

You can sync calendars from iCal on a Mac, or from Microsoft Outlook on a PC. On a Mac, when you sync iCal calendars with iPhone, any other calendars you’ve set to sync with iCal, such as your events and tasks in Microsoft Entourage, will also be synced with iPhone.

Mail Accounts

You can sync email account settings from Mail on a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express on a PC. Account settings are only transferred from your computer to iPhone. Changes you make to an email account on iPhone do not affect the account on your computer.

Note:

The password for your Yahoo! email account is not saved on your computer. So if you sync a Yahoo! email account, you must enter the password on iPhone. From the Home screen choose Settings > Mail, choose your Yahoo! account, then enter your password in the password field.

Web Browser

You can sync bookmarks from Safari on a Mac, or Safari or Internet Explorer on a PC.

Advanced

These options let you replace the information on iPhone with the information on your computer during the next sync.

Music, Podcasts, and Video Panes

Use these panes to specify the media you want to sync. You can sync all music, podcasts, and videos, or select the playlists and specific podcasts and videos you want on iPhone. Audiobooks and music videos are synced along with music.

Photos Pane

You can sync iPhone with photos in iPhoto 4.0.3 or later on a Mac, or with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 or later or Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later on a PC. Or you can sync with any folder on your computer that contains images.

8 Chapter 1

Activating and Setting Up iPhone

Preventing iPhone from Syncing Automatically

You may want to prevent iPhone from syncing automatically if you prefer to add items to iPhone manually or when you connect iPhone to some other computer than the main computer you sync iPhone with.

Set iTunes not to sync automatically when you connect iPhone

m Connect iPhone to your computer and in iTunes click the Summary tab. Then deselect

“Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected.” This also prevents iTunes from opening automatically when you connect iPhone. You can still start a sync manually.

Set iTunes to prevent automatic syncing for all iPhones

m In iTunes choose iTunes > Preferences (on a Mac) or Edit > Preferences (on a PC),

then deselect “Disable automatic syncing for all iPhones.”

If this checkbox is selected, iPhone won’t sync automatically, even if “Automatically sync” is selected in the Summary pane.

Prevent iPhone from syncing automatically one time, without changing any settings

m Open iTunes. Then as you connect iPhone to your computer, press and hold Command-

Option (if you’re using a Mac) or Shift-Control (if you’re using a PC) until you see iPhone in the iTunes Source pane.

Start a sync manually

m Click the Summary tab, then click Sync in the lower-right corner of the window.

Or, if you’ve changed any sync settings, click Apply.

Disconnecting iPhone from Your Computer

Unless iPhone is syncing with your computer, you can disconnect iPhone from your computer at any time.

When iPhone is syncing with your computer, iPhone shows “Sync in progress.” If you disconnect iPhone before it’s done syncing, some data may not have been transferred. When iPhone is done syncing, iTunes shows “iPhone sync is complete.”

To cancel a sync so you can disconnect iPhone, 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.

Chapter 1

Activating and Setting Up iPhone

2 Basics

iPhone at a Glance

Headset jack

Receiver

Ring/Silent switch

Volume buttons

Touchscreen

Home button

Speaker

Sleep/Wake button

SIM card tray

Camera (on back)

Status bar

Application buttons

Dock connector

Microphone

Stereo headset

Dock

Cleaning cloth

Dock connector to USB cable

iPhone

USB power adapter

Item What you can do with it

Stereo headset Listen to music, videos, and phone calls. Use the built-in microphone to talk.

Click the mic button to answer or end a call. When listening to iPod, click the button once to play or pause a song, or click twice quickly to skip to the next track.

Dock Connect the dock to your computer or to the power adapter using the

included cable, then set iPhone in the dock so it stands upright as it charges or syncs.

Connect external speakers to the line out port on the back of the dock using an audio cable that has a standard 3.5 millimeter stereo miniplug.

Dock connector to USB cable

Use the cable to connect iPhone to your computer to sync and charge, or to the power adapter to charge. The cable can be used with the dock or plugged directly into iPhone.

USB power adapter Connect the power adapter to iPhone using the included cable, then plug it

into a standard power outlet to charge iPhone.

Cleaning cloth Wipe the iPhone screen.

Chapter 2 Basics 11

iPhone Applications

Press the Home button at any time to see the iPhone applications. Tap any application button to get started:

Make calls, with quick access to recent callers, favorites, and all your contacts. Visual voicemail presents a list of your voicemail messages. Just tap to listen to any message

Phone

Mail

Safari

iPod

Tex t

you want, in any order you want.

Send and receive email using your existing email accounts. iPhone works with the most popular email systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL, and .Mac Mail—as well as most industry-standard POP3 and IMAP email systems.

Browse any website over the EDGE data network or over Wi-Fi. Rotate iPhone sideways for widescreen viewing. Double-tap to zoom in or out—Safari automatically fits sections to the iPhone screen for easy reading.

Listen to your songs, audiobooks, and podcasts. Watch TV shows, movies, and video podcasts in widescreen.

Send and receive SMS text messages with anyone who has an SMS-capable phone. Conversations are saved in an iChat-like presentation, so you can see a history of messages you’ve sent to and received from each person.

Calendar

Photos

Camera

YouTube

Stocks

Maps

View your iCal, Microsoft Entourage, or Microsoft Outlook calendar synced from your computer. Enter events on iPhone and they get synced back to your computer. Set alerts to remind you of events, appointments, and deadlines.

View photos transferred from your computer or taken with iPhone. View them in portrait or landscape mode. Zoom in on any photo for a closer look. Watch a slideshow. Email photos, assign them to contacts, and use them as wallpaper.

Take clear, crisp photos at two megapixels and view them on iPhone, email them, or upload them to your computer. Take a friend’s picture and set iPhone to display it when that person calls you.

Play videos from YouTube’s online collection. Search for any video, or browse featured, most viewed, most recently updated, and top-rated videos.

Watch your favorite stocks, updated automatically from the Internet.

See a street map or a photographic satellite view of locations around the world. Zoom in for a closer look. Get detailed directions and see current traffic conditions. Find businesses in the area and call with a single tap.

12 Chapter 2 Basics

Get current weather conditions and a six-day forecast. Store your favorite cities for a quick weather report anytime.

Weather

View the time in cities around the world—create clocks for your favorites. Set one or more alarms. Time yourself using the stopwatch, or set a countdown timer.

Clock

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

Calculator

Jot notes on the go—reminders, grocery lists, brilliant ideas. Send them in email.

Notes

Adjust all iPhone settings in one convenient place. Set your ringtone, wallpaper, screen brightness, and settings for network, phone, mail, web, music, video, photos,

Settings

and more. Set auto-lock and a passcode for security.

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 Shows whether you’re in range of the cell 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.”

Airplane Mode Shows that airplane mode is on—you cannot use the phone,

access the Internet, or use Bluetooth® devices. Non-wireless features are available. See page 94.

Wi-Fi Shows that iPhone is connected to the Internet over a Wi-Fi

network. The more bars, the stronger the connection. See page 21.

EDGE Shows that AT&T’s EDGE network is available, and iPhone can

connect to the Internet over EDGE. See page 21.

Lock Shows that iPhone is locked. See page 14.

Play Shows that a song is playing. See page 60.

Alarm Shows that an alarm is set. See page 89.

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. No icon: Bluetooth is turned off. See page 37.

Battery Shows battery level or charging status. See page 22.

Chapter 2 Basics 13

iPhone Buttons and Touchscreen

A few simple buttons and a high-resolution touchscreen make it easy to learn and use iPhone.

WARNING: For important information about driving safety, see page 103.

Locking iPhone and Turning It On or Off

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 button on the included stereo headset to play or pause a song, or answer or end a call.

By default, if you don’t touch the screen for a minute, iPhone locks automatically.

Sleep/Wake

button

To Do this

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.

For information about setting iPhone to require a passcode to unlock it, see “Passcode Lock” on page 98.

14 Chapter 2 Basics

Using the Touchscreen

The controls on the iPhone touchscreen change dynamically to suit the task at hand.

m Tap any application to open it.

m Press the Home button below the display at any time to return to the Home screen

and see all the applications.

m Flick or drag up or down to scroll. On some screens such as webpages, you can also

scroll side to side.

Flicking or dragging your finger to scroll won’t choose or activate anything on the screen.

Chapter 2 Basics 15

m Flick to scroll quickly.

You can wait for the scrolling to come to a stop, or tap or touch anywhere on the screen to stop it immediately. Tapping or touching to stop scrolling doesn’t choose or activate anything on the screen.

m Some lists have an index along the right side. Tap a letter to jump to items starting with

that letter. Drag your finger along the index to quickly scroll through the list.

m Tap an item in the list to choose it. 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.

m The back button in the upper-left corner shows the name of the previous list. Tap it to

go back.

Back button

16 Chapter 2 Basics

Index

m When viewing photos, web pages, email, or maps, you can zoom in and out. You can

double-tap (tap quickly twice) to zoom in, then double-tap again to zoom out. Or just pinch to zoom in or out.

Entering Text

You can use the onscreen keyboard to enter text messages, contact information, notes, and more. The intelligent keyboard on iPhone automatically suggests corrections as you type, to help prevent mistyped words. Start by typing with just your index finger. As you get more proficient, you can type more quickly by using two thumbs.

1 Tap a text field, such as in a note or new contact, to bring up the keyboard.

2 Tap keys on the keyboard.

As you type, each letter appears above your thumb or finger.

Chapter 2 Basics 17

Suggested correction

Suggested corrections appear just above or below the word you’re typing.

Â To use the suggested correction, type a space, punctuation mark, or return character. Â To reject the correction, finish typing the word as you want it, then tap the word

before continuing to type anything else. (The second time you type the same word and reject the correction this way, iPhone adds the word to its dictionary.)

To Do this

Type uppercase Tap the Shift key before tapping a letter.

Turn caps lock on Enable Caps Lock (see page 99), then 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.

Shows numbers, punctuation, or symbols

Tap the Number key. Tap the Symbol key to see additional punctuation and symbols.

3 To edit text, touch and hold to see a magnified view, then position the cursor.

18 Chapter 2 Basics

You can use this magnified view whenever you’re typing text. For example, you can use it when composing email, or when typing in a text field while surfing the web.

Adjusting the Volume

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.

m To adjust the volume, use the buttons on the side of iPhone.

Volume up

Volume down

WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see page 102.

m 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 sound any alerts or sound effects (alarms set using Clock do sound). By default, when you get a call, iPhone vibrates whether it’s set to ring or 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.

For information about changing sound and vibrate settings, see page 96.

Chapter 2 Basics 19

Using the 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.

Plug in the headset to listen to music or a phone call. Callers hear you through the headset microphone. Click the mic button to control music playback and answer or end calls, even when iPhone is locked.

Mic button

To Do this

Pause a song or video Click the mic button once. Click again to resume playback.

Skip to the next song Click twice quickly.

Answer an incoming call Click once.

End the current call Click once.

Decline an incoming call Press and hold for about two seconds, then let go. When you

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

Switch to an incoming or on-hold call and end the current call

Click once. Click again to switch back to the first call.

Press and hold for about two seconds, then let go. When you let go, two low beeps confirm you ended the first call.

If you get a call while the headset is plugged in, you can hear the ringtone through both the iPhone speaker and the headset.

20 Chapter 2 Basics

Connecting to the Internet

iPhone connects to the Internet automatically whenever you use Mail, Safari, YouTube, Stocks, Maps, or Weather. iPhone does the following, in order, until connected:

Â Connects over the last Wi-Fi network you used that’s available. Â 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.

Â If no Wi-Fi networks are available or you choose not to join any, iPhone connects to

the Internet over EDGE .

If no Wi-Fi networks are available and EDGE is not available, iPhone cannot connect to the Internet. Turning on airplane mode disables both Wi-Fi and EDGE.

Note: Because iPhone uses EDGE for the phone, you cannot use the Internet over EDGE when you’re on a call. To talk on the phone and use Internet applications at the same time, connect over a Wi-Fi network.

Wi-Fi

iPhone can join AirPort and other Wi-Fi networks at home, at work, or at Wi-Fi hot spots around the world.

When iPhone is connected to a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi icon in the status bar at the top of the screen shows connection strength. The more bars you see, the stronger the connection.

m To see all the Wi-Fi networks in range, from the Home screen choose Settings > Wi-Fi.

Tap a network to join it.

Many Wi-Fi networks can be used free of charge, and some require a fee. To join a Wi-Fi network at a hot spot where charges apply, in most cases you can open Safari to see a webpage that allows you to sign up for service.

For information about configuring Wi-Fi settings, see “Wi-Fi” on page 94.

EDGE

EDGE allows Internet connectivity over the cellular network, available through AT&T’s wireless service. Check AT&T’s network coverage in your area for availability.

You can tell iPhone is connected to the Internet over EDGE if you see in the status bar at the top of the screen.

If you’re outside AT&T’s network, you may be able to use EDGE from another carrier. Roaming charges may apply.

Note: While iPhone is actively transferring data over EDGE—downloading a webpage, for example—you may not be able to receive calls. Incoming calls may go to voicemail.

Chapter 2 Basics 21

Using iPhone on an Airplane

Airplane mode disables the wireless features of iPhone to avoid interfering with aircraft operation and other electrical equipment.

m From the Home screen choose Settings, then turn airplane mode on.

When you turn on airplane mode, appears in the status bar at the top of the screen. No cell phone, radio, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth signals are emitted from iPhone. You cannot:

Â Make phone calls Â Send or receive email Â Browse the Internet Â Send or receive text messages Â Stream YouTube videos Â Get stock quotes Â Get maps locations Â Get weather reports

If allowed by the aircraft operator and applicable laws and regulations, you can continue to use iPhone to:

Â Listen to music and watch video Â Listen to visual voicemail Â Check your calendar Â Take or view pictures Â Hear alarms Â Use the stopwatch or timer Â Use the calculator Â Take notes Â Read text messages and email messages stored on iPhone

Charging the Battery

iPhone has an internal rechargeable battery.

Charge the battery

m Connect iPhone to a power outlet using the included cable and power adapter.

22 Chapter 2 Basics

Charge the battery and sync iPhone

m Connect iPhone to your computer (not your keyboard) using the included cable

and dock.

Note: If iPhone is connected to a computer that’s turned off or is in sleep or standby mode, the iPhone battery may drain.

An icon in the upper-right corner of the screen shows battery charging status.

Charging Charged

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 shows a message saying “Please Connect

to Power” or “Charging... Please Wait” and 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 showing the low-power message.

Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. The iPhone battery is not user replaceable; it can only be replaced by an authorized service provider. For more information, go to: www.apple.com/batteries

WARNING: For important safety information about charging iPhone, see page 102.

Cleaning iPhone

Use the cloth that came with iPhone to gently wipe the glass screen and the case.

You can also use a soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth. Unplug and turn off iPhone (press and hold the Sleep/Wake button, then drag the onscreen red slider). Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don’t use window cleaners, household cleaners, aerosol sprays, solvents, alcohol, ammonia, or abrasives to clean iPhone.

Chapter 2 Basics 23

3 Phone

Tap Phone to make calls, view and add contacts, and check voicemail.

Making a call on iPhone is as simple as tapping a name or number in your contacts list or tapping someone in your favorites list. Or tap the name of a recent caller to return the call. Your contacts are automatically synced with the address book on your computer each time you connect iPhone.

Visual voicemail displays a list of your voicemail messages so you can listen to them in whatever order you chose. Or tap to get more information, such as the time and duration of the call.

Calling and Answering

The cell signal indicator at the top of the screen shows whether you’re in range of the cell network and can make and receive calls. The more bars, the stronger the signal.

WARNING: For important information about driving safety, see page 103.

Making a Call

Making a call is easy—simply tap an entry in your list of contacts, favorites, or recent calls on iPhone. Or you can make a call the “old-fashioned” way, by entering a number on the keypad.

Call someone in your contacts list

m Tap Contacts and choose a contact, then tap the phone number you want to call.

Call someone in your favorites list

m Tap Favorites and choose a contact.

For information about adding people to your favorites list, see page 34.

Call someone you’ve recently called or who has recently called you

m Tap Recents and choose a person or number. Calls you’ve missed are shown in red.

Tap Missed to see only missed calls.

You can also tap Keypad and then tap Call, to bring up the number of the last person you called.

Dial a call

m Tap Keypad and enter the number, then tap Call. Tap if you make a mistake.

While You’re On a Call

When you’re on a call, the screen shows call options.

Call options

To Do this

Mute the microphone Tap Mute. The caller can’t hear you, but you can still hear the

caller. Tap Mute again for the caller to hear you.

Use the keypad to enter information

Chapter 3 Phone 25

Tap Keypad. You can use the keypad to enter information requested by

automated voice systems, such as when calling airlines reservations. Tap Hide Keypad to see call options again.

To Do this

Use the speakerphone, so you can talk and listen hands-free

Make a conference call Tap Add Call. For information about conference calling, see

Put a call on hold Tap Hold. The caller can’t hear you and you can’t hear the caller.

Use iPhone applications while you’re on a call

End a call Tap End Call.

Tap Speaker anytime you’re on a call.

page 28.

Tap Hold again to talk again.

While on a call, press the Home button to go to the Home screen and use other applications. Or tap Contacts to browse contacts.

So for example, you can check your calendar or takes notes while on a call. If you’re connected to Wi-Fi , you can also browse the web and use other Internet applications such as Maps—to find the location of a restaurant, perhaps.

To return to the call screen from another application, tap the green bar at the top of the screen.

If you’re listening through the included stereo headset, you can also click the mic button to end a call.

Answering a Call

When someone calls you, iPhone rings and displays the caller’s information.

Answer a call

m When you receive a call, do one of the following:

Â Tap Answer. Or, if iPhone is locked, drag the slider. Â If you’re listening through the stereo headset, you can click the mic button to answer.

Mic button

26 Chapter 3 Phone

Silencing or Declining a Call

When a call comes in, you may not want to answer it, or you may need to stop iPhone from ringing or vibrating. You can silence or decline an incoming call. When you silence a call, you still have a chance to answer it, until the call goes to voicemail. When you decline a call, the call is silenced and sent directly to voicemail.

Silence a call

m Press the Sleep/Wake button once, or either of the volume buttons.

Decline a call

m Do one of the following:

Â Press the Sleep/Wake button twice quickly.

Sleep/Wake

button

Â Press and hold the mic button on the headset for about two seconds, then let go.

When you let go, two low beeps confirm that the call was declined.

Â Tap Decline. Decline appears only when you’re using iPhone.

Checking Recent and Missed Calls

iPhone keeps a list of the most recent calls you made or received.

See a list of recently made, received, and missed calls

m Tap Recents.

Missed calls appear in red. To list only your missed calls, tap Missed.

Tap the next to an entry to see more information about the call, such as whether the call was incoming or outgoing. If the call was to or from someone in your contacts, all of the contact information is shown and the phone number used for the call appears in blue. A star indicates that the number is also in your favorites list.

Making or Answering a Second Call During a Call

You can make or receive another call while you’re already on the phone. If you receive a second call, iPhone beeps and shows the caller’s information and a list of options.

Put a caller on hold and make a second call

m Tap Add Call and make a second call.

Respond to an incoming call

m Do one of the following:

Chapter 3 Phone 27

Â To ignore the call and send it to voicemail, tap Ignore. Â To hold the first call and answer the new call, tap Hold Call + Answer. Â To end the first call and answer the new one, tap Hold Call + Answer.

To Do this

Switch back to the first call and put the second call on hold

Merge the two calls, so all three of you can talk

Tap the first call at the top of the screen, or tap Swap.

Tap Merge Calls.

Conference Calling

Conference calling lets you talk to more than one person at a time. You can merge up to five calls for a phone conference.

Start a conference call

1 Make a call.

2 Tap Add Call and make another call. The first call is put on hold. If you want, you can

talk on the second line privately before merging the calls.

3 Tap Merge Calls. The calls are merged onto one line and everyone can hear each other.

4 Repeat steps two and three to add more calls to the conference.

To Do this

Drop one call from a conference Tap Conference and tap next to a call. Then tap End Call.

Talk privately with a call in a conference

Add an incoming call to a conference

Tap Conference and tap Private next to a call. Tap Merge Calls to return the call to the conference.

Tap Hold Call + Answer, then tap Merge Calls.

iPhone always has two lines available, one of which can be a conference call.

Emergency Dialing

Even if your iPhone isn’t activated or doesn’t have a SIM card, you can still use it to call emergency services, for example by dialing 911.

Call for help in an emergency

m Tap Keypad and dial the number, then tap Call. Or if iPhone is locked with a passcode

(see page 98), tap Emergency Call, then dial the number.

You should not rely on wireless devices for essential communications, such as medical emergencies. Use of any cellular phone to call emergency services, for example by dialing 911, 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.

28 Chapter 3 Phone

Number of missed

calls and unheard

voicemail messages

Visual Voicemail

When you decline or don’t answer a call, the caller hears a recorded greeting and can leave a voicemail message. 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 prior messages or voice instructions.

The Phone button on the Home screen shows the total number of missed calls and unheard voicemail messages you have.

When you tap Phone, the Voicemail button shows the number of unheard voicemail messages and the Recents button shows the number of missed calls.

Number of unheard voicemail messages

Number of missed calls

Setting Up Voicemail

Set up voicemail and create a password

m Tap Voicemail. The first time you tap Voicemail, iPhone prompts you to create a

voicemail password and record your voicemail greeting.

Record a new voicemail greeting

1 Tap Voicemail and tap Greeting. Then tap Custom.

2 Tap Record and say your greeting.

3 When you finish, tap Stop. To listen to your greeting, tap Play.

4 When you’re satisfied, tap Save.

Set iPhone to play a default voicemail greeting

m Tap Voicemail and tap Greeting. Then tap Default. When someone calls, they’ll hear a

standard message that includes your phone number.

Chapter 3 Phone 29

Checking Voicemail

The Voicemail screen shows your voicemail messages. Unheard messages have a blue dot next to them.

Voicemail

Unheard messages

Play/Pause

Scrubber bar

Speakerphone

Contact info

Playhead

Listen to a new voicemail message

m Tap Voicemail, then tap the new message. The message downloads to iPhone and

plays. Tap to pause the message. Tap to resume playback.

You can skip to any point in a message by dragging the playhead on the scrubber bar. This is useful if you want to review part of a message—to hear a phone number again, for example.

Once you listen to a message, it is saved for 30 days from the time you listened to it.

To Do this

Listen to a message again Tap the message and tap .

Listen to a deleted message Tap Deleted Messages (at the end of your voicemail messages),

Listen over the speakerphone Tap Speaker.

30 Chapter 3 Phone

then tap the message you want to hear.

If iPhone is connected to a Bluetooth headset or car kit, tap Audio and choose Speaker Phone. To switch back to the headset or car kit, tap Audio again, then choose the device.

+ 94 hidden pages