Gestures, Shortcuts, and Motions

[wowpaw]

bit of a problem here -- i have a few of the motions and gestures enabled in the menus, but none of them actually work (i.e hand swipe for screen shot or tap top for top of screen)

Try tilting your hand just slightly so that your palm touches the screen as well as the side of your hand

 

[Tkbredx]

How do you turn on the choice command like say cheese to take pictures and I've come to the realization a lot of these features are gimmicks lol. Still a nice phone.

 

[Kitchen42]

Hopefully this isn't redundant, but i would like to keep and maintain a thread that lists simple gestures, motions, and movements that the SIII utilizes for a more user friendly experience.

God knows that some people who buy this phone won't truly be aware of all that it can do or even open up the manual!

Post up what you don't see below and i'll add this original post! *Note that some actions may need to be enabled!

-- Physically tap the top of the phone, twice, to 'go to the top' of whatever screen you're on (email, browser, settings etc).
-- Pass hand over the front of phone from right to left to take a screen shot
-- When in camera/video mode, pan up or down to zoom in and out; tilt either way to focus.
-- After receiving a text, bring phone to face to act like you are on the phone and it will dial that same person
-- Placing phone face down while on a call will automatically put the call to speakerphone
-- Placing the phone face down while receiving a call will mute the ringer/vibrate -- aka easy ignore.
-- Covering screen when a movie or music is playing will mute
-- One finger on the screen while phone is vertical and locked, followed by a tilt 180 degrees will activate the camera.
-- One finger on the screen, while browsing, followed by tilting in various directions will either zoom in/out, or pan.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think you can also take a screenshot by holding down the power button and volume down button at the same time.

Also, to activate the camera from lock screen, I think you rotate the phone 90 degrees rather than tilting 180 degrees?

 

[Bad_SNaCKY]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think you can also take a screenshot by holding down the power button and volume down button at the same time.

Also, to activate the camera from lock screen, I think you rotate the phone 90 degrees rather than tilting 180 degrees?

Just tried the dual button thing for a screen shot -- didn't work.
Also corrected my OP -- it is 90 degrees -- but i can't get that to work.

 

[QuantumPion]

How do you turn on the choice command like say cheese to take pictures and I've come to the realization a lot of these features are gimmicks lol. Still a nice phone.

settings->language & input->voice cmds for apps