Gestures & Motion
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Gestures & Motion

How to use air gestures and motions, and access additional motions and gestures.

INSTRUCTIONS & INFO

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
 

• Access and edit notifications and Quick Settings 
• Access additional apps
• Enable/disable gestures
• Access and edit navigation bar settings
• Use Full screen gestures
• Enable and use Finger sensor gestures

 

Access and edit notifications and Quick Settings

ACCESS: Swipe down from the Notification bar to access Quick Settings. Notifications will be displayed beneath Quick Settings.

Note: You can access Expanded Quick Settings by swiping down twice from the Notification bar.

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EDIT APPEARANCE: From Expanded Quick Settings, select the menu Menu icon then select Edit buttons. Select and drag the desired icon to the desired location. Select Done to save.

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Access additional apps

Swipe up from the center of the home screen to access the Apps tray. 

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Enable/disable gestures

1. Swipe down from the Notification bar, then select the settings Settings icon.

2. Scroll to and select Advanced features, then select Motions and gestures.

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3. Select the switches to turn on or off the desired advanced features.

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Access and edit navigation bar settings

ACCESS: To change how you interact with the Navigation bar, swipe down from the Notification bar then select the  Settings icon. Select Display, then scroll to and select Navigation bar.

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EDIT: From the Navigation bar screen, scroll to and select the desired options.

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• NAVIGATION BUTTONS: Select Buttons to enable a button-based navigation bar.
• CHANGE BUTTON ORDER: Select the desired Button order.

 
 

Use Full screen gestures

ENABLE: Enabling Swipe gestures allows you to swipe from different areas of the screen to go backwards, forwards, return to the home screen, and see your open apps. From the Navigation bar screen, select Swipe gestures. 

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EDIT: From the Navigation bar screen, select the desired switches. For more settings, select More options. Edit settings as desired. 

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Enable and use Finger sensor gestures

Enable Finger sensor gestures to use a simple gesture to open notifications. From the Motions and gestures screen, select Finger sensor gestures. Select the Open notification panel switch. 

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To view notifications using finger sensor gestures, swipe your finger up or down across the fingerprint sensor located on the Side/Lock button. 

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