Android Tips: 7 Ways to Get Around Your Phone Faster

04.04.2011

unch any of these eight apps by simply tapping their icons on the Recent page. The apps included will change based on which ones you've most recently used.

The Android OS lets you quickly view miniature versions of all of your home-screen panes on one page. But the process for accessing this all-pane-view is different depending on your device and OS version. To access this view on my Motorola Atrix, I simply hold down the circular, on-screen Home button until all of my home-screen pages appear. From there, I can easily click on any pane to quickly access it, instead of scrolling through multiple panes first.

To access this multi-pane-view on the HTC Droid Incredible running Android 2.2, you must double-tap your Home button--not the on-screen "key" but the actual button.