New features come out with each Android update. And among these last appeared recently the navigation by gestures, a new method of moving in the menus which wants to be more fluid and more functional. However, in the event that you are a supporter of old buttons, you should know that it is still possible to choose your navigation system and suddenly disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Alcatel 3X as we will find out today in this guide. First of all we will find out what is the point of gestural navigation on your Alcatel 3X. And then we will find out how to remove gesture navigation on your Alcatel 3X.
What is the point of gestural navigation on your Alcatel 3X?
Gesture navigation gives you the ability to navigate more simply and faster on your Alcatel 3X. It gives you the opportunity to move around the menus of your 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 automatically installed. In this situation, how to use gesture navigation on your Alcatel 3X?
There are basic gestures like:
- Go to the next item on the screen: Swipe the screen to the right.
- Go to the previous item displayed 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 lot of other gestures more or less technical to quickly access the functions of your smartphone. To know all the navigation gestures that you can use, tutorials exist on the internet. You can type on Google » Navigation gestures on an Alcatel 3X " or " Talk Back navigation gestures ". On some versions of Android, a tutorial may also be offered when activating the feature.
How to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Alcatel 3X?
If you cannot use the gesture navigation on your Alcatel 3X, this is not a problem. Android devices give you the option to turn off the feature. Here are the different ways to disable gesture navigation on your Alcatel 3X.
Remove gesture navigation on the screen of your Alcatel 3X with TalkBack
It is sometimes not easy to navigate among all the navigation gestures integrated on our smartphone. If you prefer to use the three navigation buttons to which you are used, you will then have to remove the gesture navigation from your Alcatel 3X. Depending on the version of your Android phone, sometimes it happens that this gesture navigation option is installed 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 through the settings of your Alcatel 3X
If your Alcatel 3X has an operating system running Android 10, it is very possible that gesture navigation is integrated by default. However, in the event that this is a problem for you and you prefer to use classic navigation, you will have the option of deactivating navigation by gestures on the screen of your Alcatel 3X through your settings.
Depending on your Android version, there are three different solutions to remove gesture navigation . You will discover them here.
The most common first solution to do 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 3X concerns in particular devices running the latest version of Android. Here it is below:
- Open them " Settings " from your Android phone.
- Click the option " Display " .
- Choose " 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 perform a somewhat different operation to disable gesture navigation on the screen of your Alcatel 3X. Find it here:
- See you in the » Settings "
- Press on " Full screen view »
- And choose the system navigation by » Buttons "
If you want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Alcatel 3X, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Alcatel 3X.
