Shaking icons

This feature is to allow you to change the icons position. If you press and hold any icon they will shake around as you describe. Simply drag the icon you want to where you want it to be. If you press the home button when finished they will stop "jiggling". You must have pressed one by mistake while it was in your pocket.

The shaking occurs in the process of moving icons. Touch and hold any icon and all icons will start shaking. While they are shaking, any icon can be moved on the same page or off the edge to another page. When finished, press the home key to stop the shaking and set the changes. I'm not sure what the "x" means. Maybe someone else will answer that. Apparently, when you reached for the phone, you held pressure on an icon to start this process and moved either the mail or safari icon. To fix the problem, just repeat the process to move the icons back.

The X allows you to delete an icon.

The document will be of help.

http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf

I looked through this doc last night and couldn't find anything about moving icons. Could you please point it out? Thank you.

Page 20...

Customizing the Home Screen
You can customize the layout of icons on the Home screen—including the Dock
icons along the bottom of the screen. If you want, arrange them over multiple Home
screens.
Rearrange icons:
1 Touch and hold any Home screen icon until the icons begin to wiggle.
2 Arrange the icons by dragging them.
3 Press the Home button to save your arrangement.

page 20.

the glossary can be a good friend

"I looked through this doc last night and couldn't find anything about moving icons. Could you please point it out? Thank you."

Page 20 of the manual:

"Customizing the Home Screen
You can customize the layout of icons on the Home screen—including the Dock
icons along the bottom of the screen. If you want, arrange them over multiple Home
screens.
Rearrange icons:
1 Touch and hold any Home screen icon until the icons begin to wiggle.
2 Arrange the icons by dragging them.
3 Press the Home button to save your arrangement.
You can also add links to your favorite webpages on the Home screen. See “Web
Clips” on page 58. "

I apologize, I don't know how I overlooked it, it's not in the contents or index, it was late and I didn't read the whole thing. Too bad the manual is not included with the phones. It would answer a lot of questions.

The manual is in a Safari bookmark on your iPhone. I didn't know it was there until I ran across it several days after getting my phone.

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