New features come out with each Android update. And among them recently arrived the navigation by gestures, a new technique of movement in the menus which wants to be more fluid and more functional. However, in the event that you are a fan of old buttons, you should know that it is still possible to choose your navigation system and therefore to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Alcatel 3 as we will see today today. First of all we will see what is the point of gesture navigation on your Alcatel 3. Then we will see what is the procedure to remove gesture navigation on your Alcatel 3.

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What is the use of gesture navigation on your Alcatel 3?

Gesture navigation gives you the ability to navigate more easily and more quickly on your Alcatel 3. It will allow you to move around the menus of your mobile phone without using the three buttons Back ,   Home   et  Multitask which are located at the bottom of the screen. On some versions of your device, it is directly integrated. Then, how to use gesture navigation on your Alcatel 3?

There are basic gestures such as:

  • Go to the next item displayed on the screen: Swipe the screen to the right.
  • Go to the previous item that appears on the screen: Swipe the screen to the left.
  • Back: Swipe down and left on the screen.
  • Home: Swipe up and left on the screen.

However there is still a large number of other gestures more or less technical to quickly access the features of your phone. To learn about all the navigation gestures that you can use, tutorials exist on the internet. You can search on Google » Navigation gestures on an Alcatel 3  " or " Talk Back navigation gestures ". On some versions of Android, a tutorial may also be offered when activating the option.

How to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Alcatel 3?

In the event that you cannot use gesture navigation on your Alcatel 3, this is not a problem. Android devices give you the option to turn off the option. Here are the different ways to disable gesture navigation on your Alcatel 3.

Remove gesture navigation on the screen of your Alcatel 3 with TalkBack

It is sometimes not easy to navigate between all the navigation gestures integrated on our phone. If you ever prefer to use the three navigation buttons which you are used to, you will then have to remove gesture navigation from your Alcatel 3. Depending on the version of your Android phone, this gesture navigation option may be integrated under the name of TalkBack .

In this case, to deactivate TalkBack, you will need to do the following:

  • Open the " Settings "
  • Select » Accessibility  »
  • Press on " TalkBack "
  • Disable TalkBack .

Disable gesture navigation via the settings of your Alcatel 3

If your Alcatel 3 has an operating system running Android 10, it is very possible that gesture navigation is integrated as standard. However, in the event that the latter bothers you and you prefer to use classic navigation, you will have the option of deactivating navigation by gestures on the screen of your Alcatel 3 via your settings.

Depending on your Android version, there are three different ways to remove gesture navigation . Discover them here.

The first most common technique for this is:

  • Open the " Settings  »
  • See you in " System  »
  • Click on " Gestures  »
  • Select » System navigation "
  • You have the choice between 3 options: » 2 navigation buttons  "-" 3 navigation buttons  " or " Gesture navigation ". Choose the 2 or 3 button option depending on your preference.

The second solution to disable gesture navigation on your Alcatel 3 mainly concerns devices running the latest version of Android. Here it is below:

  • Open them " Settings " from your Android smartphone.
  • Click the option " Display " .
  • Select " Navigation bar "
  • Tap the option "Full screen movements"
  • Tap on "Additional options"
  • Deactivate "Slides from the sides to the bottom".

Finally, on some Android versions, you will have to do a somewhat different procedure to disable navigation by gestures on the screen of your Alcatel 3. Find it here:

  • See you in the » Settings "
  • Press on " Full screen view  »
  • And select the system navigation by » Buttons "

If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Alcatel 3, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Alcatel 3.