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Note: The Applications screen closes automatically when you tap an icon to open its
application. Dragging an icon onto your Home screen also closes the Applications
screen automatically.
Open and Switch Applications
Multi-tasking is easy with Android™. Opened applications can keep running in the background
when you open another application. There„s no need to quit an application before opening
another. You can easily switch among several open applications. Android manages each
application, pausing and starting them as needed to ensure that unused applications don„t
waste your phone's resources.
To open an application:
► Simply tap its icon on the screen.
Tip:
You can customize your Home screen with shortcuts to the applications you use most
often. Applications are located on the Applications screen, but you can add an
application shortcut to your Home screen for faster access. No matter where the icon is,
on the Applications screen or your Home screen, just tap it to open and use it. See
Application Icons to the Home screen
To open multiple applications:
1. Tap an application icon to open it.
2. Press
.
3. Tap
and tap the icon for the other application you want to open.
– or –
Simply tap the icon if the application you want is already on your Home screen.
To switch between multiple applications:
1. Press and hold
displayed.
2. Tap the application icon you want to open.
– or –
Tap
to return to the current application.
Note: Swipe any application preview to remove it from the recently used apps screen.
Phone Basics
for more information.
. A list of previews of applications that you„ve used recently is
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