Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Owners Manual

Understanding Your Phone       34
Tip: To open applications quickly, add the icons of frequently-
used applications to the Home screen or to the folders you 
created. For details, see  “Customizing Your Home Screen”  
on page 44.
Google Search Bar
The Google Search Bar provides you an on-screen Internet 
search engine powered by Google™.
1. From the main home screen,  tap the Google Search bar 
.
2. Use the on-screen keypad to enter the item you want 
to search for, then tap  .
3. Tap   to use Google...

35
Touch and hold on a field to display a pop-up menu of options.
Swipe and Palm Swipe
To swipe, lightly drag your finger vertically or horizontally 
across the screen. Use swipe when:
Unlocking the screen
Scrolling through the Home screen or a menu
To palm swipe, swipe the side of your hand horizontally 
across the screen. Use palm swipe when:
Capturing the screen
Panning
To pan, touch and hold a selected icon, then move the device 
to the left or right to reposition it to another page. You must 
first...

Understanding Your Phone       36
Caution! Excessive shaking or impact to the device may cause  unintended results. To learn how to properly control 
motions, tap   ➔  
Settings ➔ Motion ➔ Learn 
about motions.
The following is a description of the available gestures:
Quick glance: Once enable, you can check key information at a 
glance by reaching towards your device.
Direct call: Once enabled, the device will dial the currently 
displayed on-screen Contact entry as soon as you place the 
device to your...

37
Palm touch to mute/pause: Once enabled, you can pause any 
on-screen video or mute any current sound by simply covering 
the screen with your hand. Once you remove your hand from the 
screen, the device goes back to normal by either continuing to 
play the current video or unmuting the current sound.
For more information, refer to  “Motion”  on page 155.
Locking and Unlocking the Phone
To unlock your phone:
1. Press the lock button   located on the upper 
right side of your phone. 2.
The lock screen...

Understanding Your Phone       38
  From the main Home screen, sweep the screen with 
your finger in either direction. The main Home Screen 
is located in the middle wi th a Home screen on each 
side.
Navigating Through the Application Menus
Your phone initially has three Application Menus available. 
Follow these steps to navigate through the Application 
Menus: 1. At the Home screen, tap  . The first Application 
Menu will be displayed. 2.
Sweep the screen left or ri ght to access the other two...

39
To access a sub-menu:
1. Press 
.
A sub-menu will appear at  the bottom of the phone 
screen.
2. Tap an option.
Accessing Recently-Used Apps
1.Press and hold   from any screen to open the 
recently-used applications window. 2.
Tap an icon to open the selected application.
– or –
Ta p  
 to go to the Task manager.
– or –
Ta p  
 to go to Google Search.
Using the Multi Window
This feature allows you to run multiple applications on the 
current screen at the same time. 
Note: Only applications found...

Understanding Your Phone       40
2.
Swipe the row of icons  to the left until the 
Multi window icon is displayed.
3. Ta p  t h e  
Multi window entry to activate the feature (2). 
The icon turns green when active. 
 
To activate Multi window via the Back button:
1. Press and hold the Back key ( ). The Multi window 
tab appears (by default) on th e left side of the screen.
Note: Initially open activation, the entire apps panel is briefly displayed, then minimized to only show the tab.
2. Tap the tab...

41
Note: This is a quick way to get the tab out of the way if you can’t get to a button or option behind it. 
To relocate the Multi window apps panel:
1.Activate the Multi window feature.
2. Tap the tab to display the apps panel (containing the 
scrollable apps).
Note: Notice that when the apps  are visible, the tab turns a 
dark grey. Its only in this state that the entire panel can 
be relocated. 3.
In a single motion, touch and hold the grey tab   for 
approximately one-second to detach it from the...

Understanding Your Phone       42
Customizing the Multi Window apps
The applications found within the apps panel of the Multi 
window can be organized by either being rearranged or 
removed.
To rearrange the Multi window applications:
1.Activate the Multi window feature.
2. Tap the tab to display the apps panel (containing the 
scrollable apps).
3. In a single motion, touch and hold a desired app until it 
detaches from the panel, then carefully drag it to a new 
location in the list of apps. Li ft your...

43
Using Multi Window to run multiple apps on the 
same screen
Any of the apps found within the Multi window panel can be 
run at the same time as a current on-screen app. 
Once multiple apps are running on the same screen, you can 
then choose to either swap their positions or maximize a 
desired app.
Note: Only applications found within the Multi-window panel 
can be active atop another current application on the 
screen.
When launching applications that contain multimedia 
files (music/video), audio...