Home Screen - Alcatel ONETOUCH IDOL S 6034R User Manual

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Home screen

You can bring all the items (applications, shortcuts, folders and widgets) you
love or use most frequently to your Home screen for quick access. Touch
the Home key to switch to Home screen.
Home screen is provided in an extended format to allow more space for
adding applications, shortcuts etc. Slide the Home screen horizontally left
and right to get a complete view of the Home screen. Blue line at the
lower left and right of the screen indicate which screen you are viewing.
You can customize the number of home screens by Settings\Display\
Home screen numbers.
1�3�1 Using the touchscreen
Touch
To access an application, touch it with your finger.
Status bar
• Status/Notification indicators
• Touch and drag down to open the
notification panel.
Search bar
• Touch  to enter text search screen.
• Touch to enter voice search screen.

Touch an icon to open an
application, folder, etc.
Favorite tray applications
• Touch to enter the application.
• Touch and hold to move or change
applications.
Application tab
• Touch to open main menu.
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Touch and Hold
To enter the available options for an item, touch and hold the item. For
example, select a contact in Contacts, touch and hold the contact, options
list will then appear on screen.
Drag
Place your finger on the screen to drag an object to another location.
Slide/Swipe
Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images, web
pages... at your convenience. You could slide the screen horizontally too.
Flick
Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.
Pinch/Spread
Place your fingers of one hand on the screen surface and draw them apart
or together to scale an element on the screen.
Rotate
Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by
turning the phone sideways to have a better screen view.
1�3�2 Status bar
From status bar, you can view both phone status (on the right side) and
notification information (on the left side).
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