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   On 2/23/26 10:03 PM, 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.   
      
   Ah, good old Motorola. I worked there as a tech for several years in the   
    60s. But it was a government electronics division back then, no cell   
    phones...   
      
   >I'm sure there are also other times when the absence of the square,   
   >circle and triangle will make things harder.   What gives?   
      
   On my Galaxy S10+ (Android 12) in: Setting>Display>Navagation Bar, I have my   
    choice between Swipe Gestures and Buttons (the ones you want). Look around,   
    yours may be the same or similiar...   
      
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