From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-24 06:03, micky wrote:   
   > I thought all Android phones were largely similar, but I recently had   
   > the loan of a Moto G.   I found it much harder to use than any  previous   
   > android phone I've had, a mere 3 iirc, 2 Xiaomi and one Samsung.   
   >   
   > With those three phones there were 3 symbols at the bottom, a square, a   
   > circle, and a triangle pointing left.  They were not in the same order   
   > bertween brands, but the functions were the same.   
   >   
   > ON the Moto G, they were not there.  It's only been two weeks but I'm   
   > forgetting a bit.  There was a way to get to the array of icons, but   
   > doing so was not like pressing the circle on the non-Moto phones. When   
   > you press the circle, it takes you to the same page from which you   
   > started the app you are in, at least if you are still in the app you   
   > most recently started from the array (and not from the squrae) and this   
   > reminds you of what app you have been in.   
   >   
   > Also, when using whatsapp, there seemed no way to go to another app   
   > without totally losing your place in whatsapp.   I was trying to read a   
   > longggg chat and there was no square to tap to go to the array of   
   > recently used apps, and no square to tap to return to Whatsapp in the   
   > same state as when you left it.  I learned I had to do all my work   
   > without leaving whatsapp, or I had to find which chat and my position in   
   > that chat each time I left and returned.   
   >   
   > Why would Motorola make things so difficult?  Why would people buy   
   > motorola unless they don't know how much more useful Android can be on   
   > other phones.  Both the Moto G and my current Xiami use Andrlid 11.   
   >   
   > I'm sure there are also other times when the absence of the square,   
   > circle and triangle will make things harder.   What gives?   
      
   I have three motorolas, my normal one is the G52. As your phone is a   
   loan, it is quite possible that the previous owner intentionally removed   
   the icons. It is an option you have in the initial tour when the phone   
   is first powered up. The icons are replaced by gestures, and you have to   
   know them. The gestures can be a bit different between models.   
      
   For example, initially the gestures were applied to the finger print   
   sensor in the front.   
      
   In my phone, to switch from one app to another without closing it, is   
   swipe from center bottom vertically to about 1/3 of the screen.   
      
   The triangle to go back is swipe from right or left edge to the centre.   
      
   To get the full list of apps is swipe up from one centimetre above the   
   bottom edge.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
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