Nokia 8270 - • Indicators and icons

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Indicators

Signal strength - The signal strength
of the wireless network at your
current location. The greater the
number of bar segments, the stronger
the signal.

Scroll keys

Signal
strength

Battery

strength

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Battery charge status - While the battery charges, the bar segments on
the indicator move upward to show that the battery is charging. While the
phone is not connected to a charger, the greater the number of bar
segments, the greater the level of charge.

Earpiece volume - Appears when you adjust
the earpiece volume during a call.

Icons

Active call - A call is in progress.

Alarm - The alarm clock is set.

Custom ring tone - A custom ring tone has been assigned to a
name in the phone book.

Keyguard - Keyguard is activated. This prevents accidental key
presses. To deactivate it, press Unlock, then

.

Letter mode (lower case) - Characters are entered as lower
case letters. To switch to upper case letter mode, press

.

To switch to number mode, press and hold

.

Letter mode (upper case) - Characters are entered as upper
case letters. To switch to lower case letter mode, press

.

Number mode - Characters entered are numbers. When you are
entering letters, you can switch to the number mode by pressing
and holding

.

Reminder (To Do) - You have a calendar reminder to do
something.

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Reminder (Birthday) - You have a calendar reminder that
someone’s birthday is on that date.

Reminder (Call) - You have a calendar reminder to call someone.

Reminder (Meeting) - You have a calendar reminder of a meeting.

Roaming - Your phone is roaming outside its home system.

Silent tones - You selected the Silent profile (tones are off).

Special characters - Highlight a special character, then press
Insert. To switch to this mode while you are entering letters,
press .

Text entry (predictive, lower case) - The phone is ready for you
to enter lower case letters in the predictive text input mode.

Text entry (predictive, sentence case) - The phone is ready for
you to enter letters in the predictive text input mode. The first
letter of the first word in each sentence will be upper case.

Text/e-mail message - You have one or more new text or
e-mail messages.

Voice message - You have one or more new voice messages.
To call your voicemail box, press and hold

.

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Make and answer calls