When using an application you may want to send it to run in the background and switch to the Home screen in order to run another application. The easiest way to do this is to briefly press the red End/Power key (the key immediately to the right of the Escape key). Some applications may also support a Hide menu item or button on some of their screens which you can select to send the application to the background.
Warning If the Phone application is in the foreground and a call is in progress then pressing the red End/Power key will disconnect the phone call. The Phone application supports a Hide menu item in this case, but if you’ve enabled Password Security then you will need to select the Unlock menu item first and enter your password before the Hide menu item will be displayed on the Phone application menu.
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