Your Home screen and basics
To navigate your Home screen, simply swipe your
finger to the left or right to view your Home screen
panels. You can also customize each panel with
widgets and shortcuts to your favorite applications
and set a wallpaper.
The Home screen is your starting point to access all
the features on your device. It displays application
shortcuts, icons, widgets, and other features.
Navigation buttons
Google Search™ opens the Google
Search™ application.
Apps Launcher open the Apps
screen to view installed applications.
Home screen Settings allows you
to customize your Home screen
panels.
Back go to the previous screen.
Home return to the Home screen.
Recent Apps displays a list of your
recently used applications.
Legacy is displayed only on some
applications and opens the options
menu for applications designed for
previous versions of Android.
Status Bar displays device status information,
including the time, signal strength, battery
status, and notification icons.
Using the Navigation buttons
The Navigation buttons at the bottom left corner
of the screen make it easy to quickly switch among
applications.
In some media applications, the Navigation buttons
and Status Bar are replaced by dim dots when you're
watching a movie, slideshow, etc., so you can better
enjoy them without the distraction. You can touch a
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