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realme 3 Pro

realme · catalog updated 2026-10-21

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Brand
realme
Kind
Android phone · released 2019-04 · last update Android 11
Model codes
RMX1851, RMX1853

Ships with ColorOS 6 (Android 9); install the Android 10 (realme UI 1.0) update first. Its newest update is realme UI 2.0 (Android 11) per Wikipedia's realme product list. Launched in India on April 22, 2019 (Wikipedia). The China-only realme X Lite (May 2019) uses RMX1851 too. Screen-off gesture support comes from realme's realme UI-wide guide, not a model-specific source.

Gestures on the realme 3 Pro

With the screen off, draw a custom screen-off gesture (Draw ^, Draw M, Draw W, or a slide up/down/left/right) that is set to open an app

DocumentedInput: Screen-off gesture

Requires: Full realme UI build (realme UI 1.0 to 7.0). realme says realme UI R, Go, S and T Edition do not support it; U Edition and builds labelled only "realme UI" are not confirmed.

Set it up

  1. Settings
  2. Accessibility & convenience
  3. Gestures & motions
  4. Screen-off gestures
  5. Add gesture
  6. Draw M
  7. Open an app
  8. Quick signal: gesture

Path shown is realme UI 6.0/7.0. realme UI 3.0-5.0: Settings > System settings (or Additional settings) > Gestures & motions > Screen-off gestures > Add gesture. realme UI 1.0/2.0: Settings > Convenience tools > Gestures & motions > Screen-off gestures > Add gesture. realme's guide lists the addable gestures as Draw ^, Slide up, Slide down, Slide left, Slide right, Draw M and Draw W; after choosing one you pick its function. realme's English guides do not name the functions; the screenshot in realme's China guide shows Unlock, Call someone and Launch an app, so the exact English label of the app option is unconfirmed. Draw O (camera) and Draw V (flashlight) are fixed functions and cannot open another app. Added gestures appear under More screen-off gestures, where they can be changed or deleted. Works only while the screen is off. realme says its phones have no lock-screen mistouch prevention and suggests turning screen-off gestures off when pocket mis-touches happen, so use a gesture together with a second input. Whether the app opens over the lock screen or only after unlocking is not documented.

Sources

Plus what the app offers on every Android phone: In-app button, Widget, Quick Settings tile, Shake, Volume keys, Voice phrase. How to set those up

Recommended presets

  • Shake ×3Sends a signal

    Three sharp shakes within 2.5 s: hard to do by accident, easy to do without looking.

    Shake ×3, 0.15–1 s apart · whole gesture within 2.5 s

  • Widget ×2Sends a signal

    Two taps on the home-screen widget within 3 s; a single accidental tap does nothing.

    Widget ×2, 0.1–3 s apart · whole gesture within 3 s

  • Screen-off gesture, then shake ×2Sends a signal

    One drawn letter on the dark screen confirmed by two sharp shakes; a pocket mis-touch alone cannot fire it.

    Screen-off gesture ×1 → then within 8 s: Shake ×2, 0.3–1.5 s apart · whole gesture within 12 s

  • Screen-off gesture ×2Sends a signal

    Draw the letter, lock the phone with the power button, draw it again; needing a manual lock in between makes accidental repeats unlikely.

    Screen-off gesture ×2, 1.5–15 s apart · whole gesture within 20 s

Gestures are set up in the phone settings as shown, then combined into a trigger recipe in the app, where practice mode shows step by step whether a gesture would trigger.