Use the Touchscreen and the Finger Gestures of Samsung Galaxy S4

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5 Parts: Know the Categories of Gestures Finger Gestures Instructions Tips Tricks & Warnings Comments
This is part of the Howikis on how to use the Samsung Galaxy S4. The link to the mother Howiki is here - USE SAMSUNG GALAXY S4

Aside from the Home button, Back button and Menu button, Samsung Galaxy S4's front screen does not have any more other keys on it. To be able to use your phone, you need to use the touchscreen both as an input and output device. The touch screen sends and shows the graphic user interface of your phone and at the same time receives any input and respond appropriately to it. To be able to effectively use your touchscreen, you need to know the gestures that it normally recognizes. You'll be surprised to know what your phone is capable of aside from the tapping gestures.

Know the Categories of Gestures

Basically, there are four categories of gestures. They will be enumerated here and will be given a short descriptions. Further down this article will be detailed description of each gesture category.

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    Finger Gestures - Inputs recognized by device using your fingers.
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    Control Motions - Inputs recognized by device through motion sensors
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    Palm Motions - Inputs recognized by device using your palm through the proximity sensor.
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    Air Gesture - Inputs recognized by device using air gestures through the proximity sensor.
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Finger Gestures

This is the most common gesture. Eighty to ninety percent of the gestures you will normally be using will be finger gesture. Know and make use of these finger gestures:

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    Tapping
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Instructions

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Tips Tricks & Warnings

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