"settings" icon gone :(

Hi there
I updated my iPhone 3GS with IOS4 a couple of days ago and yesteday I noticed that my "settings" icon was gone. Completely disappeared.
I think it was something about the folders...
Please help me, it's annoying to go to the spotlight and then type "settings"
Thanks

Welcome to the discussions,
if you can find it using spotlight, it must be on your device somewhere, check all the pages and if you're using iOS4, look inside the folders as well. If all of your pages are used, try to delete a few apps to make the settings app visible again.

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