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An application does not respond to taps
Tap the centre of the gesture area. If the application screen minimises to a
card, do the following:
Open
Device Info
Restart your
phone).
If the screen does not respond to taps at all, press and hold
slide the
ringer
switch three times to restart your phone. Please be patient
while your phone starts up.
Applications are running slower than usual
TIP
Be sure that any third-party applications you install are compatible with the
Palm
®
webOS™ platform. Applications written for earlier Palm smartphones using
the Palm OS operating system or Windows Mobile are not compatible with your
Pre phone. If you can try a free version of the software before purchasing it, you
can test it first to make sure it works properly. In App Catalog, you can purchase
the Classic application from MotionApps to run Palm OS applications on your Pre
phone.
1
Press
Centre
to display Card view.
2
Scroll through the cards and note how many applications are open.
3
Close any application you are not using by throwing its card off the top
of the screen.
If the problem persists, try restarting your phone (see
My gestures in the gesture area aren't working
•
Some gestures begin in the gesture area and end in the touchscreen, and
vice versa. Crossing the border between the two areas with your finger is
crucial to making the gesture successfully. Likewise, the drag gesture for
and restart your phone (see
power
and
Restart your
phone).
opening a menu begins at the top of the phone, above the screen, and
crosses down onto the screen.
* Gesture area
•
If you cannot make the back gesture, check to see if you have the next/
previous app gestures turned on (see
you need to make a short swipe left for the back gesture, and a full swipe
right or left for the next or previous open app.
•
Likewise, you can't use the next/previous app gestures unless you turn
them on (see
Turn advanced gestures
•
You can see animations of many gestures:
Or go to
palm.com/support
to watch the animations on your desktop
computer. Also, see
Use gestures: tap, swipe, drag, flick,
There are small icons in the bottom right-hand corner of the
screen
Those icons represent notifications that you have not opened or dismissed.
For most types of notifications, if you do not tap a notification after a few
seconds, it becomes an icon in the bottom right-hand portion of the screen.
If you see one or more icons, tap anywhere on the bottom of the screen to
display your notifications.
Turn advanced gestures
on/off). If so,
on/off).
Open
Help
and tap Clips.
pinch.
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