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Android SMART Phone Cheat Sheet: What's On The Home Screen of An Android Phone?

The document provides a cheat sheet for Android smartphones, detailing common icons and their functions, such as 'Add', 'Delete', and 'Search'. It also outlines ten finger movements for operating the touchscreen effectively, including dictation, app switching, and zooming. Additional resources are available at the provided link for further information.

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Android SMART Phone Cheat Sheet: What's On The Home Screen of An Android Phone?

The document provides a cheat sheet for Android smartphones, detailing common icons and their functions, such as 'Add', 'Delete', and 'Search'. It also outlines ten finger movements for operating the touchscreen effectively, including dictation, app switching, and zooming. Additional resources are available at the provided link for further information.

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Android SMART Phone Cheat Sheet

What’s On the Home Screen of an Android Phone?


Android SMART Phone Cheat Sheet

15 Android Phone Icons to Know


Android phones, as well as most Android apps, feature common icons. These
symbols work as buttons on the touchscreen: Tap an icon to perform a specific
task or action. The icons are quite consistent between the various apps you use.
The most common icons are shown here.

Icon Name What this does


Action Displays a list of actions, similar to a menu.
Overflow
Add Adds or creates an item. The plus symbol (+)
may be used in combination with other symbols,
depending on the app.

Close Dismisses a card or clears text from an input


field.

Delete Removes one or more items from a list or deletes


a message.

Dictation Lets you use your voice to dictate text.

Done Dismisses an action bar, such as the text-editing


action bar.

Edit Lets you edit an item, add text, or fill in fields.

Favorite Flags a favorite item, such as a contact or a web


page.

Refresh Fetches new information or reloads.

Search Searches the phone or the Internet for a tidbit of


information.

Settings Adjusts options for an app.


Android SMART Phone Cheat Sheet

Share Shares information stored on the phone via email


or social networking or other Internet services.

Microsoft Videoconferencing app


Teams

Doxy.me Videoconferencing website

Zoom Videoconferencing app


Android SMART Phone Cheat Sheet

10 Finger Movements for Operating the Android Phone Touchscreen


• Dictation! You can speak into the phone as an effective and quick alternative
to using the onscreen keyboard.

• Quickly switch between apps by using the Recent icon. If your phone doesn’t
have a Recent icon, long-press the Home icon.

• You can add launchers and widgets to Home screen pages. Likewise, remove
launchers and widgets you don’t use.

• Whenever possible, use the phone’s Wi-Fi Internet connection to avoid


incurring mobile data surcharges.

• Long-press a key on the onscreen keyboard to peruse alternative characters.

• Spread your fingers to zoom into a web page, which makes clicking links
much easier.

• Swipe the Camera icon on the Lock screen to snap a quick photo.

• Quickly put the phone into Vibration mode by pressing the Down Volume key
until the phone vibrates.

• When you’re on the phone, press the Power/Lock key to lock the phone and
turn off the touchscreen.

• Use the Search icon to look for things on the phone, on the Internet, or in a
specific app

The information contained in this document and more can be found at:
https://www.dummies.com/consumer-electronics/smartphones/droid/android-
phones-for-dummies-cheat-sheet/

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