LG Electronics Optimus S manual Opening and Switching Applications, To open an application

Opening and Switching Applications

Multi-tasking is easy with AndroidTM. 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 device'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 touch it to open and use it. See "Adding Application Icons to the Home Screen" (on this page) for more information.

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.

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Simply tap the icon if the application you want is already on your Home screen.

To switch between multiple applications:

1.Press and hold . A small window opens with icons of applications that you’ve used recently.

2.Tap the application icon you want to open.

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Press to return to the current application.

Adding Application Icons to the Home Screen

Customize your Home screen with shortcuts to the applications you use most often.

1.Press > .

2.Touch and hold the application icon you want to add to your Home screen.

3.Lift your finger to place the app on your Home screen, or drag the icon to where you want it on the screen, then lift your finger.

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