Device Navigation

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This essential guide introduces the key sections you need to navigate your device with confidence.

Discover the purpose and functionality of the home screen, navigation bar, app drawer, device settings, notification panel, quick settings, and app info section and learn how to move fluidly between them. With this foundational knowledge, you'll gain the core navigational skills needed to get the most out of your Above Phone.



Navigation Bar

Navigation Bar

Navigation Bar Commands (3-button navigation)

  1. ◀ triangle → Go back to previous page.


  2. ● circle → Go to the Home screen.


  3. ■ square → View & access Recent Apps.


App Drawer

App Drawer

Open App Drawer

  1. Swipe up from the middle of the home screen to open the App Drawer.

  2. Search for an app with the built in search bar at the top of the App Drawer.

  3. Browse your installed apps — they are organized in alphabetical order for easy access. You can scroll through them by swiping up and down.

You can use this feature to quickly launch apps, access App Info for management (press and hold the app icon), or create a home screen shortcut by pressing, holding, and dragging the icon into place.




Quick Settings & Notifications Section

Quick Settings & Notifications Section

Notification Section & Quick Settings

  1. Swipe down from the very top of the screen to view Notifications section.

  2. Notifications are listed here.
    - Swipe up/down to scroll through them
    - Tap on them to open
    - Press & hold on them for notification adjustment
    - Swipe to the side to discard

  3. Swipe down again for Quick Settings.

  4. Adjust brightness by using the horizontal bar.

  5. Toggle individual Quick Settings.

  6. Edit Quick Settings layout.

  7. Device Settings and Power menu.


Gesture Navigation

We recommend setting the Navigation Mode to 3-Button Navigation, as it tends to be more intuitive for most users. This mode displays the familiar three buttons at the bottom of the screen for Back, Home and Recent App functions.

Alternatively, there's Gesture Navigation, which removes the three buttons entirely and replaces them with swipe-based gestures to perform the same actions.

List of Gestures:

  1. Go to Home screen: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen.

  2. Go back: Swipe from right edge of the screen towards the center.

  3. View Recent Apps: Swipe up from the bottom, hold, then let go.

  4. Open the App drawer: Swipe up from the middle of the screen.

  5. View Notifications & Quick Settings menu: Swipe down from the top of the screen once for notifications, twice for Quick settings.

  6. Switch between apps: Swipe left to right from the bottom of the screen.


Note: When creating a new user profile, the system defaults to Gesture Navigation. If you'd prefer to switch to 3-Button Navigation, go to:
Settings > System > Gestures > Navigation Mode and select your preferred option.



‘App Info’ section

From here you can control app specific-settings, like notifications, permissions, data usage, storage usage, etc.

  1. Press and hold down on an app icon for about 1 second, then release

  2. Tap on App info from the box of options, or on the circled letter (i)



Above Phone Guide: Device Navigation