Getting Back to the Home Screen

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The Home screen is pretty much your starting off point for...well...everything. It’s where all your apps are, and it’s where you go first to do everything from making a call to playing a song, so you need a quick way to get there. So, how important is getting to the Home screen? Well, there’s only one “hard” button (an actual real button you can feel) on the face of the iPhone (it’s found just below the touchscreen), and its main job is to take you to the Home screen, no matter what else you’re doing. Just press it once, and the Home screen appears (as seen above). Of course, if you press it more than once, other ...

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