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Before you start
- Unlock your phone and have a few quiet minutes to practise.
- Use an installed app for this exercise; you do not need to download anything.
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6 steps · Your own pace
Find your way around a Samsung phone
Step 1 of 6: Find Home
Look along the bottom edge. If you see navigation buttons, tap Home, usually the middle button. With side-and-bottom gestures, swipe upwards from the bottom edge. You should return to your Home screen.
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Step 2 of 6: Look for your apps
Swipe upwards on an empty part of Home to open the Apps screen. Find Settings, which has a cog symbol. If your layout puts every app directly on Home, look through those pages instead.
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Step 3 of 6: Open Settings
Tap Settings once and release your finger. A tap opens the app; holding an icon can show a different menu. Read the main settings list without changing an option.
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Step 4 of 6: Try Back
Tap Display to enter a settings page. To leave it, tap the Back navigation button or swipe inwards from a side edge with side-and-bottom gestures. This returns to the preceding screen.
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Step 5 of 6: Return Home
Use Home again. Notice that leaving Settings does not remove the app. Open it once more to build confidence that you can leave an app and find it again.
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Step 6 of 6: Try Recent apps
Tap the Recent apps navigation button. With side-and-bottom gestures, swipe up from the bottom and pause briefly. Tap the Settings preview to return to it, then finish by returning Home.
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Every step is complete. You can come back and practise again whenever you like.
Your small practice task.
Open Settings, visit Display, go Back, return Home and find Settings in Recent apps.
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Can I use buttons instead of gestures?
Usually, yes. Open Settings, Display, Navigation bar and select Buttons if offered. Older gesture styles and customised launchers can work differently; use your exact model's help if these instructions do not match.
Official help, if you need it.
These links provide the product’s own instructions or relevant public guidance. Settings can differ by model and software version.