Hi,
I've configured my S4 to use full screen gestures instead of navigation buttons. This used to work fine.
Recently I noticed that the gestures not always work. When an app is in full screen mode, the first time I try such a gesture, the notification bar becomes visible for a short time, and usually the app responds to the gesture. When I do it again the gesture is acted upon by the system as intended.
Does anyone recognize this behaviour? Did I miss a new setting?
sciurius said:
Hi,
I've configured my S4 to use full screen gestures instead of navigation buttons. This used to work fine.
Recently I noticed that the gestures not always work. When an app is in full screen mode, the first time I try such a gesture, the notification bar becomes visible for a short time, and usually the app responds to the gesture. When I do it again the gesture is acted upon by the system as intended.
Does anyone recognize this behaviour? Did I miss a new setting?
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I'll have to check. I know mine does this in-game, but that's expected. I'll check in other apps.
sciurius said:
Hi,
I've configured my S4 to use full screen gestures instead of navigation buttons. This used to work fine.
Recently I noticed that the gestures not always work. When an app is in full screen mode, the first time I try such a gesture, the notification bar becomes visible for a short time, and usually the app responds to the gesture. When I do it again the gesture is acted upon by the system as intended.
Does anyone recognize this behaviour? Did I miss a new setting?
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So mine is the same way, when in a full screen app the first swipe only shows the bar, then the second swipe does the action. My guess is it's so you don't accidentally close a full screen app? Not sure. I think mine has done this since I switched to gestures.
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The top of the screen where the notification bar is is unresponsive...sort of. It registers touch like normal, except it thinks I am touching the screen about half a centimeter below where I am actually touching it. This is only present in the status bar area. Also, it is probably not a software issue as I have wiped the phone and installed other roms and kernels since the problem came up. Also, what's strange is that every now and then, it will just start working like normal again, and then stop after a while.
As a work around, you can use a custom launcher (adw, go, apex) which has homescreen swipe gestures and use something like "swipe down" to access the notification bar. If you notice this issue impedes your everyday use, swipe gestures are probably your best solution.
Hello,
Wondering if I use a game and need to tap 2 times quickly on screen during the game, will phone switch off?
artisticcheese said:
Hello,
Wondering if I use a game and need to tap 2 times quickly on screen during the game, will phone switch off?
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Ive just tried it on song pop and it doesnt turn the screen off....I believe it needs to be on a blank part of the homescreen or on the notification bar area at the top of the screen
Do you have clash of clans game? Can you try to double click inside it?
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Knock off only works on the home screen (and the status bar). It would be quite silly otherwise since you wouldn't be able to double tap to zoom etc.
dhkx said:
Knock off only works on the home screen (and the status bar). It would be quite silly otherwise since you wouldn't be able to double tap to zoom etc.
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I can also see it turning the screen off when using your keyboard lol. It definitely sounds like a nice feature - especially considering the buttons are on the back. It would be annoying to have to pick your phone up off of a table or desk to turn the screen on sometimes.
Hey there. I was wondering if it's possible to double tap to lock screen inside apps? For instance - I'm in a gallery and when I double tap it locks the screen.
The double tap lock screen function works fine when you're on the home screen, but not in any app.
Not that I know of since with Android, the app (activity) that has the focus on the screen accepts all the taps.
You could try swiping down near where the status bar would be to make it appear and then double tap that. That's how I get it to work with Nova launcher. Well, I don't have to swipe down since the status bar is there. I just double tap the status bar to turn off the phone.
I use knock to turn on the phone.
Use it with Nova as well.
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Not that I know of since with Android, the app (activity) that has the focus on the screen accepts all the taps.
You could try swiping down near where the status bar would be to make it appear and then double tap that. That's how I get it to work with Nova launcher. Well, I don't have to swipe down since the status bar is there. I just double tap the status bar to turn off the phone.
I use knock to turn on the phone.
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Didn't even thought about it, I'll stick to this method for now. Thanks
Danielsbee said:
Didn't even thought about it, I'll stick to this method for now. Thanks
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There's also a reason they don't have this feature added. What if you were trying to play a game and everytime you tapped the screen too quickly it turned off? Or you were going through some menu fast enough that it registered you tapping two different options as a double-tap. There would have to be some sort of per-app filter like the stock rom has for hiding the nav buttons in certain apps. Not saying this idea couldn't work, because if you or someone else ever gets it working I'd be glad to use it!
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There's also a reason they don't have this feature added. What if you were trying to play a game and everytime you tapped the screen too quickly it turned off? Or you were going through some menu fast enough that it registered you tapping two different options as a double-tap. There would have to be some sort of per-app filter like the stock rom has for hiding the nav buttons in certain apps. Not saying this idea couldn't work, because if you or someone else ever gets it working I'd be glad to use it!
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That's true, but I was asking the question because when my phone is flat on the table or something with gallery opened, it's uncomfortable to slide your finder to the back of the phone to lock the screen so I wanted to know if there's a chance to lock it with tapping. But when I'm playing games, it's different story - I already have my fingers on the back of the case so it's no longer uncomfortable to lock it.
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That's true, but I was asking the question because when my phone is flat on the table or something with gallery opened, it's uncomfortable to slide your finder to the back of the phone to lock the screen so I wanted to know if there's a chance to lock it with tapping. But when I'm playing games, it's different story - I already have my fingers on the back of the case so it's no longer uncomfortable to lock it.
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That's where I'd say swipe down to show the notif bar and then double tap the notif bar. That's what I do so I don't have to pick up the phone to turn off the screen. Then, using a knock pattern, I can turn on and unlock the phone via the knock pattern. Don't have to double tap the phone to wake it up and then unlock it (either via pattern or pin). Instead, with knock, just knock the pattern and it turns on and unlocks all at once. Love it!
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That's where I'd say swipe down to show the notif bar and then double tap the notif bar. That's what I do so I don't have to pick up the phone to turn off the screen. Then, using a knock pattern, I can turn on and unlock the phone via the knock pattern. Don't have to double tap the phone to wake it up and then unlock it (either via pattern or pin). Instead, with knock, just knock the pattern and it turns on and unlocks all at once. Love it!
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Yeah. Like I said previously, I'll be using this method
If you use Xposed and G3 tweakbox, there is an option to double tap the nav bar to lock the screen as well.
This will give you a place at the top and bottom of the display to lock the screen when in an app (or using a launcher replacement).
Artimis said:
If you use Xposed and G3 tweakbox, there is an option to double tap the nav bar to lock the screen as well.
This will give you a place at the top and bottom of the display to lock the screen when in an app (or using a launcher replacement).
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I don't see why to use that option to 'enable' it when it is already enabled and working in default.
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I don't see why to use that option to 'enable' it when it is already enabled and working in default.
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By default it works on the status bar (top of the screen). The option in G3 tweaksbox allows it to work on the Nav bar (bottom of screen) as well which is not enabled by default.
Artimis said:
By default it works on the status bar (top of the screen). The option in G3 tweaksbox allows it to work on the Nav bar (bottom of screen) as well which is not enabled by default.
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Oh then it's a nice option to enable then.
I got confused about the nav bar, I thought it was the status bar.
But the tweaksbox requires root which I don't want to do :s.
You don't need to pull down the notification bar at all to double tap to turn the screen off.
You just double tap the very top of the screen where your notification bar would be.
I was searching for a way to make Tasker wake phone when I pick it up, so I just have to at it to unlock it. In looking into this, I discovered Gravity Screen, which amongst other things, can wake your phone when you pick it up, straight to Face Unlock. It seems to work well but I'm not sure of the impact on battery. I'm not using it to lock the screen... Really only using it for the one thing.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexnor.gravityscreenofffree
What do you all think?
saccentekennedy said:
I was searching for a way to make Tasker wake phone when I pick it up, so I just have to at it to unlock it. In looking into this, I discovered Gravity Screen, which amongst other things, can wake your phone when you pick it up, straight to Face Unlock. It seems to work well but I'm not sure of the impact on battery. I'm not using it to lock the screen... Really only using it for the one thing.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plexnor.gravityscreenofffree
What do you all think?
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I've been using this app on my last two phones in order to be able to double tap the home screen on my launcher (Action Launcher) to turn off the screen, WITHOUT locking the phone. For some reason though, this no longer works on the OP5T, double tapping just simply won't trigger the screen off shortcut. Really disappointed in this, are you able to get this to work on yours?
I do also use its proximity sensor feature so that it automatically turns the screen on upon removal from my pocket, and it turns the screen back off once I put the phone back into my pocket, which triggers the angle needed to turn the screen off. That feature still works as intended, and better yet, preps the screen for the face unlock. And as far as I can tell, hardly uses any extra battery.
Elsydeon said:
I've been using this app on my last two phones in order to be able to double tap the home screen on my launcher (Action Launcher) to turn off the screen, WITHOUT locking the phone. For some reason though, this no longer works on the OP5T, double tapping just simply won't trigger the screen off shortcut. Really disappointed in this, are you able to get this to work on yours?
I do also use its proximity sensor feature so that it automatically turns the screen on upon removal from my pocket, and it turns the screen back off once I put the phone back into my pocket, which triggers the angle needed to turn the screen off. That feature still works as intended, and better yet, preps the screen for the face unlock. And as far as I can tell, hardly uses any extra battery.
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Hmmm... I use Nova Launcher and I use the double tap to lock the phone. I've never wanted it to not lock. I wasn't aware that there is a double tap action in Gravity Screen? I'll have a look.
saccentekennedy said:
Hmmm... I use Nova Launcher and I use the double tap to lock the phone. I've never wanted it to not lock. I wasn't aware that there is a double tap action in Gravity Screen? I'll have a look.
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It's not really within Gravity Screen itself, you'd have to use the launcher to set up the double tap on home screen to a shortcut. From there, you can pick one of Gravity Screen's shortcuts that allow you to either just turn off the screen, or do a persistent off screen, where you have to use the power button to bring it back on. I believe the problem I had with using the double tap to lock screen feature built into the launchers is that it forces you to have to enter in a password afterwards...face unlock or fingerprint do not work.
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It's not really within Gravity Screen itself, you'd have to use the launcher to set up the double tap on home screen to a shortcut. From there, you can pick one of Gravity Screen's shortcuts that allow you to either just turn off the screen, or do a persistent off screen, where you have to use the power button to bring it back on. I believe the problem I had with using the double tap to lock screen feature built into the launchers is that it forces you to have to enter in a password afterwards...face unlock or fingerprint do not work.
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Hmmm. Not true with Nova. I double tap to lock and I can use fingerprint to unlock. However, I believe that I requires root for this lock method. Do you have root?
saccentekennedy said:
Hmmm. Not true with Nova. I double tap to lock and I can use fingerprint to unlock. However, I believe that I requires root for this lock method. Do you have root?
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Nope, I don't have root. I did try the same shortcuts with Nova, and it didn't work there either.
have used the app on my old OPO.. now on 5T it's just perfect.. just pick up the phone.. and prepare for landing on homescreen without any tap or button press
does not consume a lot of battery
I've used this in the past as a way to turn on the screen when it comes out of my pocket
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tf.wakeongesture
This application wakes up your phone, and it works well on my OP5T, it's called "Always on AMOLED"you can download it from F-Droid open source apps, Yalp Store and Google Play. I like that it is low on resources, double tap wake up screen option, lock screen clock, date, battery, custom message and notifications.
Hi guys,
Would need some suggestions from you to understand what might have gone wrong.
I have noticed that after updating to oreo the navigation buttons are not properly placed. They are a little bit above the normal possible and doesn't seems to be in the middle of the black bar.
If you look close you can see that while i hover over the button the effect doesn't covers the entire area around.
Your help is much appreciated .
Rishabhv said:
Hi guys,
Would need some suggestions from you to understand what might have gone wrong.
I have noticed that after updating to oreo the navigation buttons are not properly placed. They are a little bit above the normal possible and doesn't seems to be in the middle of the black bar.
If you look close you can see that while i hover over the button the effect doesn't covers the entire area around.
Your help is much appreciated .
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Can you share the wallpaper please?
Try to turn on and off the fingerprint sensor gesture in Moto Actions, so the navbar should disappear and reappear. If this not solve, try to reboot. If also reboot does not solve, try to clean cache. At the end, if clean cache does not solve, you can only try a factory reset.
Rishabhv said:
Hi guys,
Would need some suggestions from you to understand what might have gone wrong.
I have noticed that after updating to oreo the navigation buttons are not properly placed. They are a little bit above the normal possible and doesn't seems to be in the middle of the black bar.
If you look close you can see that while i hover over the button the effect doesn't covers the entire area around.
Your help is much appreciated .
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The same for me.
Tryied wipe cache, disabe and enable fingerprint functions and nothing.
Seen this on Lenovo forums and reddit as well. Apparently it's a burn-in preventative method built into Android Oreo. It's supposed to move the buttons and the hit marker shade with every lock and unlock of the device to keep the pixels within that area from being overutilized and thus, burned in. Have you checked to see if the location changes little by little every time you turn the display on and off?
Either way, not an issue for me. I'm perfectly fine with my fingerprint gestures so I can get full screen real estate, not to mention all the z3 play renders point to there being a software button equivalent to the fps gestures we have, which kills the benefits of having such in the first place
NonexistentParan0ia said:
Seen this on Lenovo forums and reddit as well. Apparently it's a burn-in preventative method built into Android Oreo. It's supposed to move the buttons and the hit marker shade with every lock and unlock of the device to keep the pixels within that area from being overutilized and thus, burned in. Have you checked to see if the location changes little by little every time you turn the display on and off?
Either way, not an issue for me. I'm perfectly fine with my fingerprint gestures so I can get full screen real estate, not to mention all the z3 play renders point to there being a software button equivalent to the fps gestures we have, which kills the benefits of having such in the first place
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Yea, i did noticed that. Not only while i lock and unlock the phone but also when i try to turn on and off the navigation buttons it is changing position a bit eveytime. I always had those buttons turned on and this has made me to use the fingerprint sensor for navigation. ? I am assuming there are going to be other users as well with this issue in their moto with oreo
Crix.Ful92 said:
Can you share the wallpaper please?
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I am using Backdrops application for wallpaper
Rishabhv said:
Yea, i did noticed that. Not only while i lock and unlock the phone but also when i try to turn on and off the navigation buttons it is changing position a bit eveytime. I always had those buttons turned on and this has made me to use the fingerprint sensor for navigation. I am assuming there are going to be other users as well with this issue in their moto with oreo
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Same issue here with Brazil version. Sadly, it is very annoying.
I can confirm this issue. The exact issues as described by you all. Thing is I don't have any issues with the placement even though they slightly vary in positions. Just that the navigation buttons aren't as responsive as they were in Nougat.
NonexistentParan0ia said:
Seen this on Lenovo forums and reddit as well. Apparently it's a burn-in preventative method built into Android Oreo. It's supposed to move the buttons and the hit marker shade with every lock and unlock of the device to keep the pixels within that area from being overutilized and thus, burned in. Have you checked to see if the location changes little by little every time you turn the display on and off?
Either way, not an issue for me. I'm perfectly fine with my fingerprint gestures so I can get full screen real estate, not to mention all the z3 play renders point to there being a software button equivalent to the fps gestures we have, which kills the benefits of having such in the first place
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So... this isn't an actual bug? For me its pretty annoying. especially when i'm on spotify or google play music for example and I unlock the phone and everything gets out of place and it rearrenges again. I factory reseted it but didnt work, was thinking about flashing a stock firmware through adb but now I'm not sure that it is even a problem to begin with.
Nav bar bug
It's is a bug and i have a solution ?
I have exactly the same issue with XT1710-09 RETEU on Oreo. I already got used to it but for me it's a bug of Moto Launcher. When I use LawnChair Launcher the problem seems to disapear.
Can you turn it off?
is there not a way a way to put the navigation bar on moto z2 play like there is the 3rd generation
This is not a bug. It's the design to prevent OLED screen burn-in
At first I thought the same. But after some research I found it as the design and to prevent screen burn-in for OLED display.