What is Motion Launch?

Motion Launch is a combination of a motion gesture followed by a finger gesture. With Motion Launch, you don't have to reach for the POWER button to wake up HTC One M9. Using a combination of simple gestures, you can wake up to your Home screen, HTC BlinkFeed, and more.

See the following:

• Waking up to the lock screen
• Waking up and unlocking
• Waking up to the Home widget panel
• Waking up to HTC BlinkFeed
• Auto launching the camera with Motion Launch Snap

Turning Motion Launch gestures on or off

Choose the Motion Launch gestures you want on or off in Settings.

1. From the Home screen, tap > Settings > Display & gestures or Display, gestures & buttons.
2. Tap Motion Launch gestures.
3. Select the Motion Launch gestures you want.

Waking up to the lock screen

Go from sleep mode to the lock screen without pressing the POWER button.

Important: If you've set up a screen lock with credentials, you'll be asked to provide your credentials first before HTC One M9 unlocks.

1. Lift the phone in portrait orientation.
2. Immediately double-tap the screen.

Waking up and unlocking

Go from sleep mode and unlock HTC One M9 to the last screen you were using without pressing the POWER button.

Important: If you've set up a screen lock with credentials, you'll be asked to provide your credentials first before HTC One M9 unlocks.

1. Lift the phone in portrait orientation.
2. Immediately swipe up from the bottom half of the screen.

Waking up to the Home widget panel

Go from sleep mode to the Home widget panel without pressing the POWER button.

Important: If you've set up a screen lock with credentials, you'll be asked to provide your credentials first before HTC One M9 unlocks.

1. Lift the phone in portrait orientation.
2. Immediately swipe left from the right side of the screen.

Waking up to HTC BlinkFeed

Go from sleep mode to HTC BlinkFeed without pressing the POWER button.

Important: If you've set up a screen lock with credentials, you'll be asked to provide your credentials first before HTC One M9 unlocks.

1. Lift the phone in portrait orientation.
2. Immediately swipe right from the left side of the screen.

Auto launching the camera with Motion Launch Snap

When the screen is off, you can wake up the phone directly to the Camera app.

• Press and hold the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN button, and then lift the phone in landscape orientation.
• Or first lift the phone in landscape orientation, and then press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN button right away.
  

If you've set up a screen lock with credentials, you'll be asked to provide your credentials when you exit the Camera app.