I just recently bought Nexus5. it is my first experience with a 5 inch 16:9 phone and I am a bit frustrated about how difficult it is to do certain things when using the phone with one hand. I am left handed so some things are even more difficult for me than right handed people.
For example:
- pulling down the notifications from the top is very hard.
- reaching for the top right corner is even more difficult for me. Most programs have important buttons in the top right corner.
- right edge is also difficult for me
Galaxy S5 has a one-handed mode and Iphone6 and 6 plus seems to get it too.
- Does there exists an option in Cyanogenmod to shrink the UI to the lower corner in similar manner than in Galaxy S5...? Or is there any other good solutions.
- Does there exist somehow a way to forge a program to put important UI elements to lower edge instead of upper edge
- Does there exist a way to "mirror" the position of UI elements so that they would be more accessible for left handed people..?
Any other solutions for making the phone easier to use with one hand or for left hander are all welcome.
I saw an xposed module for one handed, but I have not used it.
Yeah, there are some Xposed modules that can do one-handed mode. I'm pretty much ambidextrous and have no issue with using my left hand, and my hands are by no means large.
LMT pie has a pointer system for one handed operation if you enable it. There are some apps on Google play store too, don't know what they are like though.
One thing I do to sort this is using nova launcher's gestures.
One swipe down on any of my home screens and it drops the notification shade. One swipe up and it gets me to the quick settings page. It's pretty useful.
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I use one handed mode xposed module. Pretty handy ton get to refresh and menu buttons in apps
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It only does the activity window (app) not status bar but loads of ways to trigger status bar drop.
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I love my nexus 5 but UIs that require me to touch the top left of the screen are hard to reach. Is there any way to apply a per app hack where the top bar can be stretched or maybe lowered? I appreciate I won't be using all of the screen but it will be worth it for a few specific instances e.g. gmail and hangouts.
kushty said:
I love my nexus 5 but UIs that require me to touch the top left of the screen are hard to reach. Is there any way to apply a per app hack where the top bar can be stretched or maybe lowered? I appreciate I won't be using all of the screen but it will be worth it for a few specific instances e.g. gmail and hangouts.
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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying your problem is. Everything should be adjustable per your preferences by default. Maybe you can elaborate in more detail.
Had this issue with my Samsung note 2... One of the reasons I bought the nexus 5 is it fits my hands and my thumb can reach the entire screen. This doesn't answer your question but it was my solution to this problem.
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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying your problem is. Everything should be adjustable per your preferences by default. Maybe you can elaborate in more detail.
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I've tried to put it in a picture here, although it looks terrible!
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I've tried to put it in a picture here, although it looks terrible!
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Your picture actually did a great job of explaining what you meant to say. I understand now.
Silly question/statement, but do you know that pressing the "Back" arrow in most cases such as that should take your back to where you were. Most often, that specific option like you displayed, that you can't reach, can be activated the same way by hitting the back button.
There are however, plenty of apps and situations where you need to hit an option in the top left corner and the back button will NOT do this action. I have big hands and have gotten used to being able to tap something on any section of my screen.
You could try installing a mod/app to enable custom gestures in which you can swipe a gesture towards the right and set it to that function. (ex: gesture enabled when you swipe from the center of the right towards the middle, it activates a "back" option.
You can try installing "GMD Gesture Control" for this.
Just a suggestion?
Thanks for your reply! I didn't realise the back button could cater for some of these scenarios. I also didn't realise I could swipe from the left for a lot of these apps. This caters for most of the scenarios so I'm happy now, thanks!
Grabbing anywhere on the left edge of the screen and sliding right does the same as pressing the icon up high. Same goes go for play store.
good day.
Hey. When using edge screen, icons simply won't change in "Apps edge" after applying any of the icon packs. I am using Nova Launcher. Any solution to that?
I believe the edge screen icons are dependent on Samsung's own themes which you download from the Samsung Theme Store. Remember, applying a icon pack to 3rd party launchers only work with that launcher. Samsung themes however are system wide.
I wish I could change the icons in the edge screen, too, but there doesn't seem to be any way to do that. Maybe you could convince your favorite icon pack developer to create a Galaxy Theme that includes the icons.
Use glovebox from playstore instead. You can choose the icon to your liking plus add all kinds of useful shortcuts like direct call and so on. I use Samsung edge functionality on the upper part of the Edge for weather for example and glovebox on the lower right side for multi tasking mainly. Perfect combo.
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I use xposed module StopSwitchDelay to get rid of the 5 sec delay for opening apps from third party apps like glovebox after having pressed the home button. Also I put transparent icons ( you might aswell use spaceholders available in configurations) in the upper part of the screen as they are not easy to reach with one hand. For me this setup is much better for one handed multitasking. I find it kind of difficult to reach the recents button with one hand without risking to drop the phone
P.s. It even works on the lockscreen
Ok, so this is what Nova Launcher crew mailed me:
"That's something that we don't support mainly because Samsung doesn't have an API for us to use to be able to accomplish that."
"That's just probably something we'll never support, or at least not in the near future."
I was under the impression they were releasing the code to allow 3rd party developers to create own panels. Think they mentioned this at launch.
This is a feature which has regressed since the days of CM7, when it was possible to move the status / notification bar to the bottom of the screen. (See attached image.)
This was ergonomically far superior. Try it yourself with your phone turned off -- the anatomy of the hand and range of motion of the thumb make it much easier to swipe up from the bottom, especially when the phone's held with one hand.
Is there any app or xposed module which allows this change on later ROMs? I've searched fruitlessly.
Thanks.
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This is a feature which has regressed since the days of CM7, when it was possible to move the status / notification bar to the bottom of the screen. (See attached image.)
This was ergonomically far superior. Try it yourself with your phone turned off -- the anatomy of the hand and range of motion of the thumb make it much easier to swipe up from the bottom, especially when the phone's held with one hand.
Is there any app or xposed module which allows this change on later ROMs? I've searched fruitlessly.
Thanks.
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there is module named *hand* you can hold your device upside down.... and boom....!!! status bar is at bottom of screen..... done...!!
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there is module named *hand* you can hold your device upside down.... and boom....!!! status bar is at bottom of screen..... done...!!
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Very funny, but not helpful!
There used to be xposed modules like Phab7, but they only worked up untill kitkat. After that "tablet mode" has been removed from android code. To make such a module, a whole new statusbar and notification screen needs to be designed and coded. I guess there aren't enough people interested in this concept, or at least nobody thinks it's worth their time making such a module.
I wish I was able to make such a module, but sadly I am not.
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There used to be xposed modules like Phab7, but they only worked up untill kitkat. After that "tablet mode" has been removed from android code. To make such a module, a whole new statusbar and notification screen needs to be designed and coded. I guess there aren't enough people interested in this concept, or at least nobody thinks it's worth their time making such a module.
I wish I was able to make such a module, but sadly I am not.
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Would be really nice to have bottom status bar since a lot of flagship phones are around 5.5" to 6+". Such a waste of time and energy having to swipe down from the top or having to go to the home screen to be able to do the gesture half way down the screen. Even though I set long-press home for the notifications shade, it's just not satisfying.
if anyone did managed to pull this off, please share. thank you
Hello guys does anyone know if there is a way to add or change off screen gestures using different app or draw new kind of gesture??
As i can see there's only fixed gestures on chinece version but other Vivo devices has more customization option of using diferent app or draw custom gesture and add whatever app want.
http://www.gadgetdetail.com/vivo-v5-use-gestures-speed-usage/
https://www.guidingtech.com/vivo-v7-v7-plus-tips-tricks/
Is that possible with Vivo Nex device??
Here’s my only option on my device
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But on Vivo V5-V7 there’s different app support.
Also when draw e no third party browser open like chrome or dolphin I’m using.
I manage screen gesture from fu touch OS and mix Edge Gesture (because i fell more confortable to find same navigation as i have on my Mix (MIUI 9)
Everything is smooth and edge gesture are easier when u use one hand.... use only left and right feature with this app...
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I manage screen gesture from fu touch OS and mix Edge Gesture (because i fell more confortable to find same navigation as i have on my Mix (MIUI 9)
Everything is smooth and edge gesture are easier when u use one hand.... use only left and right feature with this app...
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Thanks but I’m not talking about gestures navigation but for off screen gesture.
Ability to open various app when the screen is off by drawing.
There’s different meaning between them.
Btw personal talking I don’t like MIUI edge gesture navigation system.
I prefer Vivo or OnePlus implementation and swipe from the bottom to all action not from edge swipe screen.
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Hello, I recently got a new Samsung Galaxy phone ( prior xiaomi user ).
On my previous phone, android 11 google pixel based rom, I used the android 11's gestures without a problem, my favourite one being the number 10 on this list. ( Android ALT TAB) https://www.computerworld.com/article/3439060/android-gestures.html
I want to know how I can achieve the same on my samsung galaxy phone (also android 11)
Goodlock family of apps including One Handed Operation plus (can setup custom navigation from L/R sides) give you more options.
Personally I loathe swipe navigation as the primary input.
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Goodlock family of apps including One Handed Operation plus (can setup custom navigation from L/R sides) give you more options.
Personally I loathe swipe navigation as the primary input.
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I did try one handed operation app but it didn't give me the option to swipe the bottom of the screen left or right to snap (quickly transfer) between apps
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I did try one handed operation app but it didn't give me the option to swipe the bottom of the screen left or right to snap (quickly transfer) between apps
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It's only from the sides. It actually works very well and uses little battery. There's an option for a floating nav button cluster too. When the primary swipe or button navigation fail in a app, the One Handed Operation plus ones almost always works, saving a reboot.
My one N10+ is running on Android 10 and swipe gestures are default. They drove me crazy for 5 minutes until I set up the nav buttons.
Meh, it's not a Pixel; take advantage of the huge array of stock customization options available on the Galaxy Store. Free icon packs, themes and more. Try Sound Assistant to set up to 100 volume levels. There may be other apps in the Galaxy Store to modify swipe gestures from the bottom or in the phone's settings. I never explored this as I like my dinosaur navigation.
Check in settings>accessibility for possible options too. Use Setting search function as well.
This is a totally different animal than a Pixel.