ColorOS 5.1 : How to use gestures to speed up phone

One of the very useful features of ColorOS is availability of various gestures, simple and complex. In this post, we will guide you how to setup gestures on any Oppo phone that comes with Color OS 5.x. You can have gestures to turn on screen, gestures to open an application etc. You can use gestures such as tap, swipe, drag and spread to operate your phone.

To set up complex gestures for specific functions, go to ‘Settings’ application and click on ‘Smart & Convenient’ tab. .

Now, click on ‘Gesture & Motion’. In this page, you will have truckload of gestures and motions that you can configure.

Screen-off Gestures

To turn on any screen-off gestures, you need to tap the toggle next to each gesture. Green means on, white means off.

Double tap to turn screen on: To wake up the phone, double tap on the screen.

Draw O to start camera: Draw O on locked screen after double tap, to open Camera application.

Draw V to open torchlight: Draw V on locked screen after double tap, to open torchlight.

Music control: Draw ‖ to pause/play a track, or draw or to switch the track when the screen is off.

Add more screen-off gestures: There are lot of letters or actions that you can configure and these include  Draw ^, Slide up, Slide down, Slide left, Slide right, Draw M and Draw W. Click on the gesture to select the action.

3-Finger Gesture

You can use 3-finger swipe gestures for quick actions. For example, you can take a screenshot by swiping down the screen with three fingers. To use Split screen, from under the interface of the application, swipe up the screen with three fingers to enter split screen mode.

Motion Sensing

Though Samsung was one of the earliest to use motion sensing gestures, Oppo has added lot of motion-sensing technology ColorOS. Use it to let your phone response to motion.

Smart call

Go to settings application and search for ‘Smart Call’. There are various gestures and the below screenshots explains these in detail.

Auto call when place at the ear: When you go to a contact detail, place the phone near the ear and the phone will dial to the contact. You can use message conversation, info interface too for same action.

Auto answer when near the ear: When you place your phone when you are getting a call, the call will be connected.

Switch from speaker for calls: When the phone is in loud speaker mode (while in call), hold the phone to your ear and phone will switch to earpiece from loud speaker.

Flip to mute incoming calls: To silence ring, flip the phone.

Mistouch Prevention Mode

Turn it on to prevent incorrect operations if the lock screen is covered.

Take selfies using gesture

Open Camera application.

Switch to front facing camera.

Click on gesture on the top of the screen.

Pose the gesture you want to use to the front camera.

Once that gesture is captured, every time you want to take a photo, perform same gesture again. You get two seconds to be ready after gesture.