Hand symbol with three little stars above it in top left corner?

[Android Central Question]

In the top left corner of my phone I have a hand symbol with three little stars above it and I can’t figure out why it keeps appearing...

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Which phone? When you see it, swipe down the notification panel -- do you see more details? If so, long-press the notification and tap App Info.

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[chipwoodchip]

I have the floating icon of a hand and three stars. Moto G stylus 5G. It clings to edge of screen and does nothing when tapped

 

[mustang7757]

I have the floating icon of a hand and three stars. Moto G stylus 5G. It clings to edge of screen and does nothing when tapped

Welcome to AC!
Can u post a screenshot?

 

[Javier P]

I have the floating icon of a hand and three stars. Moto G stylus 5G. It clings to edge of screen and does nothing when tapped

Welcome to the forums. That sounds like an Accessibility Shortcut. Go to the Accessibility settings and see which shortcuts you have enabled for system or third party apps.

 

[VidJunky]

If it looks like my attachment it appears to be a Moto app that allows gestures to open items and complete functions. Like chopping your phone up and down twice turns on your flashlight, twisting the phone twice opens the camera and so on. It is called Moto Actions. Perhaps finding and opening the app will answer how to turn it off...?



Let us know what you find.

 

[fuzzylumpkin]

If it looks like my attachment it appears to be a Moto app that allows gestures to open items and complete functions. Like chopping your phone up and down twice turns on your flashlight, twisting the phone twice opens the camera and so on. It is called Moto Actions. Perhaps finding and opening the app will answer how to turn it off...?

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Let us know what you find.

It's probably this, or the symbol to cast Magic Missile.

 

[Laura Knotek]

If it looks like my attachment it appears to be a Moto app that allows gestures to open items and complete functions. Like chopping your phone up and down twice turns on your flashlight, twisting the phone twice opens the camera and so on. It is called Moto Actions. Perhaps finding and opening the app will answer how to turn it off...?

View attachment 348423

Let us know what you find.

That's probably it. I used and loved Moto Actions when I had Moto phones.

 

[NJ Pen]

That's probably it. I used and loved Moto Actions when I had Moto phones.

I had the same problem and just figured it out. It was a shortcut on my moto phone for splitting the screen between two apps. You can get rid of the hand by turning off this accessibility shortcut under the "swipe to split" controls in accessibility folder within the system menu. It still lets me swipe to split the screen but now I don't see the hand icon anymore.

 

[B. Diddy]

I had the same problem and just figured it out. It was a shortcut on my moto phone for splitting the screen between two apps. You can get rid of the hand by turning off this accessibility shortcut under the "swipe to split" controls in accessibility folder within the system menu. It still lets me swipe to split the screen but now I don't see the hand icon anymore.

Welcome to Android Central, and thanks for the tip!