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Shaking your device to open an application, Small apps, Settings, Personalization, Motion

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Shaking your device to open an application You can set up your device so that a selected application launches when you shake it. You can use this quick launch function for an application that you need to use quickly or frequently, for example, the phone dialer or a social networking service. To use the quick launch function 1 Press and hold down the power key , then shake the device. 2 When the pre-selected application opens, release the power key. To set up the quick launch function 1 From your Homescreen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > Personalization > Motion > Shake to start app. 3 Select an application, then tap Done. Small apps You can get quick access to several small apps at any time using the small apps bar. A small app only takes up a small area of your screen, so you can interact with a small app and another application at the same time on the same screen. For example, you can have a web page open and then open the Calculator small app on top of it and perform calculations. You can download more small apps from Google Play™. To open a small app 1 To make the small apps bar appear, press . 2 Tap the small app that you want to open. You can open several small apps at the same time. To close a small app • Tap on the small app window. To download a small app 1 From the small apps bar, tap , then tap and tap . 2 Search for the small app that you want to download, then follow the instructions to download it and complete the installation. 18 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Shaking your device to open an application
You can set up your device so that a selected application launches when you shake it.
You can use this quick launch function for an application that you need to use quickly or
frequently, for example, the phone dialer or a social networking service.
To use the quick launch function
1
Press and hold down the power key
, then shake the device.
2
When the pre-selected application opens, release the power key.
To set up the quick launch function
1
From your Homescreen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
Personalization
>
Motion
>
Shake to start app
.
3
Select an application, then tap
Done
.
Small apps
You can get quick access to several small apps at any time using the small apps bar. A
small app only takes up a small area of your screen, so you can interact with a small app
and another application at the same time on the same screen. For example, you can
have a web page open and then open the Calculator small app on top of it and perform
calculations. You can download more small apps from Google Play™.
To open a small app
1
To make the small apps bar appear, press
.
2
Tap the small app that you want to open.
You can open several small apps at the same time.
To close a small app
•
Tap
on the small app window.
To download a small app
1
From the small apps bar, tap
, then tap
and tap
.
2
Search for the small app that you want to download, then follow the instructions
to download it and complete the installation.
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