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Issues with Wake Launch Gestures

I'm using xXminiWHOOPERxX's v6 kernel and have a few issues with wake launch gestures.
1) They don't respect being in my pocket. Swipe up is set to flashlight and down is set to play/pause music. Often, i set them off when taking phone out of pocket, or putting it in pocket.
2) Wake launch gestures won't go past lock screen (I wrote about this in the developer section). So, i can't use wlg to open apps or unlock the device. No matter what action i have wlg set for it only wakes the device to the lockscreen.
3) Yesterday, after about a day of using miniwhooper's v6 kernel, my phone suddenly started vibrating and rebooting. It did this constantly for about 30 minutes so i turned my phone off for about an hour. When i started it back up, it was fine. The phone wasn't hot or anything, either. Also, i have s2w, s2s, disabled, so it wasn't the issue where people were swiping the soft keys and getting long vibration/reboot.
Thanks again for all your hard work xXminiWHOOPERxX!

jollywhitefoot said:
I'm using xXminiWHOOPERxX's v6 kernel and have a few issues with wake launch gestures.
1) They don't respect being in my pocket. Swipe up is set to flashlight and down is set to play/pause music. Often, i set them off when taking phone out of pocket, or putting it in pocket.
2) Wake launch gestures won't go past lock screen (I wrote about this in the developer section). So, i can't use wlg to open apps or unlock the device. No matter what action i have wlg set for it only wakes the device to the lockscreen.
3) Yesterday, after about a day of using miniwhooper's v6 kernel, my phone suddenly started vibrating and rebooting. It did this constantly for about 30 minutes so i turned my phone off for about an hour. When i started it back up, it was fine. The phone wasn't hot or anything, either. Also, i have s2w, s2s, disabled, so it wasn't the issue where people were swiping the soft keys and getting long vibration/reboot.
Thanks again for all your hard work xXminiWHOOPERxX!
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Try this kernel with Sense 6.0 toolbox, it has fixes for these problems. Or you can wait til xXminiWHOOPERxX updates her kernel

[Completed] Is there a way to have my sleeping phone be awaken by double tap?

I just successfully flashed my recovery into PhilzTouch Recovery. While installing a custom ROM (since it's a long process), I haven't touched my phone for a few minutes. I saw my screen turned off completely and when I touched the screen, it 'felt' it because it vibrated.
One question is: as some phones support "Smart Screen" wherein they can wake the phone by double tapping or something, is it a software-based algorithm or hardware?
If it's hardware, why am I able to do the same thing in PhilzTouch?
There might be some why to make my phone have a SmartScreen in it. I tried some third-party software like KnockR, but all it does is, when my phone sleeps, it turns the screen on but with a black color all over the screen.
But, what I wanted is, to completely turn off my screen and wake it by double tapping it.
If you have something on your mind, please share it to me! Thank you very much!

Hi,
Thanks for using XDA Assist.
Your screen should auto-dim automatically after one minute and turn off after 3 mn. Was your screen completely off?
Anyway double tap to wake is hardware dependent. It can be done through 3rd party apps like Tap Tap Tap but they are battery-consuming apps... You can also use this feature with custom kernels.

What's the difference between Auto-dim and Sleep?

jptlightx005 said:
What's the difference between Auto-dim and Sleep?
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Sleep means that your screen is completely off. Auto-dim means that the brightness is lower.

Issues when locked, in pocket...

Hi all!
I have the fingerprint locked option enabled. I find that sometimes, somehow the phone vibrates when it is in my pocket. When i take the phone out of my pocket, it will say fingerprint lock disabled. It's as though it is detecting the inside of pocket as a print, that's trying to unlock the phone. I also find that the flashlight turns it self on whilst it is in my pocket and also the bluetooth and wifi.
Is anyone having similar issues?
Finding it really annoying.

I've found some of my settings changed before, and I've noticed that the double tap to wake will work through thin material . . . like a jeans pocket.
When you put it in your pocket, turn the screen towards your body and see if that helps. Failing that, try disabling double tap to wake.
I've not had the fingerprint sensor disabled message myself, but the sensor can also trigger through thin material too. It obviously won't read any fingerprint, so if it happens a few times, it just temporarily disables the sensor.

I had to disable the double-tap to wake screen option as it was always triggering in my pocket (screen facing in). I only have screen lock set to swipe though so walking/climbing stairs was waking the screen, pulling down the notification panel and going to town changing settings. I even somehow managed to change the time display setting from 24 hour to 12 hour. I mean, how the hell can that happen in a short few minutes in a pocket?!
Glove mode is/was off if anyone thinks that might be the cause. No screen protector either.

I only have the sensor lock if my finger fails to unlock the phone after a few tries. Every time the fingerprint is not properly read it will vibrate, after about 4 go's, it locks and you need to type in your pin. I'm guessing something is pressing the power button in your pocket and it's trying to scan your finger but failing, so by the time you pull it out, it's locked itself!

I too had to diable double tap to wake because it kept coming on in my pocket. even if it does not get past the fingerpring lock it still wastes some battery.
it would be nice if something could be done in tasker to:
if phone is flat on table(accelerometer)
then enable double tap to wake.
else disable it.

DT2W is wayyy too sensible at the moment. I hope Sony will fix it. A touch or double touch shouldn't be detected through clothes when the screen is off.
That feature was perfectly tweaked on my OnePlus One running CM12.1, and I liked to use it

Yeah I find the screen touch, fingerprint and rotation all way too sensitive. I have already disabled 2 of them, fingerprint is next....
Sent from my E6653

Ditto with the tap to wake frustratingly waking my phone constantly in my pocket. Never had the problem with the Z3. So many issues with this phone that were perfect on the Z3 feel like I've gone backwards.

same issue here, tap to wake activated and called the cops on me LOL...OMG

This is so annoying. My phone always wakes (through dt2w) when in my pocket and does weird stuff: changes settings, calls people, etc...

The one thing I found working for me is keeping the screen facing away from my body while in my pocket. It doesn't wake the phone up then.

I have this problem as well.

Try gravity screen app. It should turn off the screen in 1 second or less should it accidentally turn on while in the pocket.

This has bothered me loads so i've disabled the feature. You'd think they would make use of the light sensor to detect if the phone is in the pocket and then not unlock the phone on double-tab. There's the standard Google 'on-body' feature which can be used to disable security when the phone is detected as on your person.

and this is how a very useful feature quickly became most annoying issue... because of a defective light sensor or its faulty software development.
another thing I don't understand: if screen is locked, why notification access isn't ?!? at least they should put an option to enable or disable it.
sony customer care ?!?
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sadonlyone said:
another thing I don't understand: if screen is locked, why notification access isn't ?!? at least they should put an option to enable or disable it.
sony customer care ?!?
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That's actually standard Android behaviour would you believe - both Lollipop and Marshmallow. Don't expect a "fix" for this anytime soon...
It's configurable on iPhone though. Go iOS!

I had to disable the double-tap to wake screen option as it was always triggering in my pocket (screen facing in). I only have screen lock set to swipe though so walking/climbing stairs was waking the screen, pulling down the notification panel and going to town changing settings. I even somehow managed to change the time display setting from 24 hour to 12 hour. I mean, how the hell can that happen in a short few minutes in a pocket?!

BT answering screen on in pocket

I have the S8+ & almost always have on both my Huawei watch & a BT headset around my neck. I never take my phone out of my pocket to answer calls. The problem is, the phone keeps the screen on with the phone app in my pocket running after I answer a call. This causes button presses leading to hanging up, mute, changing settings, etc... I have the "Keep screen turned off" option on & set pin or fingerprint to unlock the device.
What am I missing?!? It's driving me crazy! Even tried to have tasker turn off the screen but that locks it to where you can't unlock with just a fingerprint. Why is it even turning on the screen at all in my pocket?

Dimming and screen shut off when on call

Can't for some reason find an option anywhere on the phone to stop this from happening. Every time I'm on a call after about 10 seconds the screen will dim and a few seconds later goes to black. Can tap on screen 2x to wake it up again but I don't want this to ever happen. Not connected to full device shut down that I have turned up to 5 mins so has nothing to do with that setting. Can anyone assist and help me stop this form happening all the time? Many thanks!

jasonrak said:
Can't for some reason find an option anywhere on the phone to stop this from happening. Every time I'm on a call after about 10 seconds the screen will dim and a few seconds later goes to black. Can tap on screen 2x to wake it up again but I don't want this to ever happen. Not connected to full device shut down that I have turned up to 5 mins so has nothing to do with that setting. Can anyone assist and help me stop this form happening all the time? Many thanks!
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Go to Settings/ Accessibility/ Screen reader/ Under Voice Assistant tap settings then scroll down to Quick Menu, tap it, then look for Dark Screen toggle. Click this setting off.. Let me know if that works for you.

MrMike2182 said:
Go to Settings/ Accessibility/ Screen reader/ Under Voice Assistant tap settings then scroll down to Quick Menu, tap it, then look for Dark Screen toggle. Click this setting off.. Let me know if that works for you.
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Thank you! I turned it off. Next time I'm on a call I'll see if it did the trick and post back.

MrMike2182 said:
Go to Settings/ Accessibility/ Screen reader/ Under Voice Assistant tap settings then scroll down to Quick Menu, tap it, then look for Dark Screen toggle. Click this setting off.. Let me know if that works for you.
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No this didnt stop screen from dimming and turning black

jasonrak said:
No this didnt stop screen from dimming and turning black
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Not sure then because that was the only thing I could find.. Maybe it's a setting that we don't have control over.. I do know that the screen is supposed to shut off when it's close to your face and the reason being is so that your face isn't pressing on stuff and making the phone do things you don't want it to be doing.. My moms face sure does seem to disable a lot of stuff like fast charging and even turning the screen brightness so low that she thought it was broken haha..

MrMike2182 said:
Not sure then because that was the only thing I could find.. Maybe it's a setting that we don't have control over.. I do know that the screen is supposed to shut off when it's close to your face and the reason being is so that your face isn't pressing on stuff and making the phone do things you don't want it to be doing.. My moms face sure does seem to disable a lot of stuff like fast charging and even turning the screen brightness so low that she thought it was broken haha..
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HA. No, phone is on a desk, not near my face. But yeah most phones nowadays do that. Thanks for trying tho.
Anyone else with any thoughts?

Tried replicating the problem on my end. I called someone, enabled speakerphone and put the phone on the table.
The screen indeed turned dim after 10 seconds and turned black afterwards. It bypassed my screen timeout setting which is 5 minutes. The phone app is in the foreground. Double tapping the screen wakes it up.
I minimized the phone app; the homescreen is now in the foreground. It adhered to the 5 minutes screen timeout setting.
I guess the temporary workaround is that after you answer the call, exit out of the phone app.
Sent from my SM-N950F using Tapatalk

jasonrak said:
Can't for some reason find an option anywhere on the phone to stop this from happening. Every time I'm on a call after about 10 seconds the screen will dim and a few seconds later goes to black. Can tap on screen 2x to wake it up again but I don't want this to ever happen. Not connected to full device shut down that I have turned up to 5 mins so has nothing to do with that setting. Can anyone assist and help me stop this form happening all the time? Many thanks!
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Hi. I had the same problem and found the solution using third party application: Screen On Call from Google Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vorlan.screenoncall.free
It is compatible with Samsung dialer. On the top later you have small button to prevent screen going dark or to disable it. Proximity sensor is working without problem when you hold the phone to the ear.

lukaslake2626 said:
Hi. I had the same problem and found the solution using third party application: Screen On Call from Google Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vorlan.screenoncall.free
It is compatible with Samsung dialer. On the top later you have small button to prevent screen going dark or to disable it. Proximity sensor is working without problem when you hold the phone to the ear.
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Yaaawhoooooooo!!! This totally works. I have been an Android user for years and could find an answer for this nowhere. Users, be sure to turn on "Appear on top".
Thank you. Life changing.