LG E975 Optimus G Black [29/192] Your home screen

Phone Basics 21

contactintheContactslistuntilthecontextmenuopens.

n Drag:Touchandholdanitemforamomentandthen,withoutliftingyourfinger,moveyour

fingeronthescreenuntilyoureachthetargetposition.YoucandragitemsontheHomescreen

torepositionthem,asdescribedinChangethePhone‘sWallpaper,ordragtheNotifications

Panelopen,asdescribedinNotificationsPanel.

n Swipe or slide:Toswipeorslide,quicklymoveyourfingeracrossthesurfaceofthescreen,

withoutpausingwhenyoufirsttouchit(soyoudon‘tdraganiteminstead).Forexample,youcan

slidethescreenupordowntoscrollthroughalist,orbrowsethroughthedifferentHomescreens

byswipingfromlefttoright(andviceversa).

n Double-tap:Double-taptozoomonawebpageoramap.Forexample,quicklydouble-tapa

sectionofawebpagetoadjustthatsectiontofitthewidthofthescreen.Youcanalsodouble-tap

tozoominandoutwhentakingapicture(usingtheCamera),andwhenusingMaps.

n Pinch-to-Zoom:Useyourindexfingerandthumbinapinchorspreadmotiontozoominorout

whenusingtheBrowser,Maps,orbrowsingpictures.

n Rotate the screen:Frommanyapplicationsandmenus,theorientationofthescreenadjuststo

thephone‘sphysicalorientation.(SeeChangetheScreenOrientation.)

Your Home Screen

TheHomescreenisthestartingpointformanyapplicationsandfunctions,anditallowsyoutoadd

itemslikeapplicationshortcuts,orGooglewidgetstogiveyouinstantaccesstoinformationand

applications.Thisisthedefaultpanelandaccessiblefromanymenubytapping .