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iPhone Icons: iPhone Symbols & Meanings for the Home Screen & Control Center - YouTube
Channel: iPhone Life Magazine
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Narrator: Ever wondered what the iPhone symbols
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on the top of the screen are trying to tell you?
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We'll cover the icons at the top of your iPhone screen
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and the icons in your iPhone's control center.
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Starting with the symbols at the top of your screen.
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If you have an iPhone without a home button
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that is the iPhone 10 or later,
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then not all of these icons will appear
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at the top of your display the way they do
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on earlier iPhones.
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To see your home screen icons on all models
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of the iPhone 10 or later, open the control center.
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What does it mean when you see blue, green
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or red in the status bar?
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If you own an iPhone 10 or later, you may have noticed
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that sometimes there's a colored bubble behind the time.
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If you see a blue bubble, it could mean
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that an app is currently using your location
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or that your iPhone is screen mirroring
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or that your iPhone is providing a personal hotspot
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to another device.
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The bubble is green, when you're on a phone call.
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The bubble is red, when your iPhone is recording sound
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or your screen.
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Recording indicator, the orange dot.
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Starting with iOS 14, you'll see a small green
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or orange dot in the upper right corner of your display.
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The orange dot means an app is using your microphone.
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The green dot means an app is using your iPhone camera
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or camera and microphone.
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The Wi-Fi symbol, the Wi-Fi icon at the top
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of your screen represents your internet connection.
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When present it means your Wi-Fi is turned on and connected.
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It also shows how strong your Wi-Fi connection is
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by how many bars are filled.
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One bar being the weakest signal
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and being the strongest.
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Data type, the LTE symbol.
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If your Wi-Fi is turned off or you're out of range
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you might instead see LTE instead of the Wi-Fi icon.
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This signifies that your cell phone carriers network
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is available and you can connect to the internet
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using your data plan.
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You might also see 3G or 4G, which represents the same.
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3G, 4G and 5G are just generations of faster and faster
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cell phone data connections.
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Cellular connection strength.
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The four bars on the upper left corner
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represent your cellular connection strength.
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If all the bars are filled white,
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you have a very strong connection.
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If only one bar is white
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your internet will be extremely slow, if it works at all.
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Cell phone carrier name.
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Depending on the length of your carrier's name,
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you will see either the carrier name
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or an abbreviation of that name
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between the cellular strength and data type icons.
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Battery charge indicator.
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On the top right of your iPhones home screen,
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you'll see the battery icon,
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the fuller the battery icon is on your screen,
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the more battery life your iPhone has left.
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Many people wonder why their iPhone battery icon is yellow
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or another color.
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This is what the different battery icon colors means.
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A white battery icon indicates battery status
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when your iPhone is unplugged.
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A yellow battery icon indicates low power mode is enabled.
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You can disable this in the control center or in settings.
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A red battery icon indicates
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that your iPhone battery has less than 20% of its charge.
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If the battery icon is green
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and there is a white lightning bolt
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then your iPhone is charging.
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Headphones icon.
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When you are connected to a pair of Bluetooth,
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headphones, earbuds, or a speaker
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then the headphones icon will appear
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to the left of your battery.
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Hotspot icon,
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the hotspot icon it looks like two links in a chain.
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If your iPhone is connected to the internet
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via the personal hotspot of another iOS device
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then this icon appears to the right
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of your carrier instead of the data type or Wi-Fi icons.
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Next to the location services symbol went on
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you'll see a small clock icon.
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This is the alarm icon.
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If present, that means you have an alarm set
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on the clock app.
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If not present, your alarm is turned off.
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This is a quick way to double check
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whether your alarm is set for the next morning.
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Location services icon.
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When an app is using your location, you will see this icon.
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It looks like an arrow pointing up at a diagonal,
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a solid location services icon indicates
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that a website or app is currently tracking where
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you are located using location services.
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A hollow icon means that your location may be shared
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under certain conditions.
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Location services is used in apps,
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such as maps to give you directions or in safari
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when looking for something nearby
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like a restaurant or a gas station.
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Control center icons,
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Access the control center
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by swiping up from the bottom of your screen
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if you have an iPhone 8 earlier with a home button
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or down from the upper right corner of your screen
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if you have an iPhone without home buttons.
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The symbols in the iPhone control center include
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airplane mode, cellular data, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,
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Do Not Disturb, Orientation Lock and network settings
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as well as others that you have manually added.
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The airplane mode icon can be found
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in the upper left of the network settings card
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of the control center to the very left
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and it looks like an airplane.
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When highlighted orange,
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your cellular connection is turned off
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and calls and texts will not be received.
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The cellular data icon,
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to the right of the airplane mode icon
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is the cellular data icon.
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If this icon is highlighted green,
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it means your iPhone can use cellular data and you can turn
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off your cellular data connection by tapping on the icon.
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The Wi-Fi icon, below airplane mode is another Wi-Fi icon.
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When highlighted blue, it means your Wi-Fi is turned on.
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It does not necessarily mean
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that you are connected to a network though.
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You can quickly turn off Wi-Fi or on again,
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by tapping this icon.
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The Bluetooth icon,
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to the right of the Wi-Fi icon is the Bluetooth icon.
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When highlighted blue, it means your Bluetooth is on.
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However, it does not mean you're connected to a device
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but that your iPhone is available to pair
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with a device through the settings app.
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The Do Not Disturb icon.
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The moon icon in the control center
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represents Do Not Disturb mode.
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When highlighted, the background is white
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and the Crescent moon is purple,
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this means that Do Not Disturb is turned on
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Do Not Disturb silences your iPhone and turns off vibrate.
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You will still receive calls, messages and notifications
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but you won't be disturbed by them.
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Orientation Lock,
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underneath the Wi-Fi icon there is a lock icon
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with a circle around it.
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When the background turns white
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and the lock and arrow turn red
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this means you've turned the portrait Orientation Lock on.
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That means your screen will not turn on its side
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when you turn your iPhone on its side.
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The phone automatically flips the screen orientation
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between landscape and portrait modes
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to fit the way you're viewing it.
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But if you want to keep it from doing that for any reason,
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have this icon to turn on Orientation Lock.
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Bonus controls,
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network settings, when you touch and hold
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any of the four icons in the network settings card
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in the control center a menu pops up allowing you to turn
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off or on not just airplane mode, but also cellular data
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Wi-Fi, AirDrop, Bluetooth, and your personal hotspot.
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And that's it for all the icons
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at the top of your screen and in your control center.
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Female Narrator: If you enjoyed this video tip
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