Does the S8+ support double-tap on? - Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers

I got very used to this on my V20 and now I can't seem to find it or make it work on my S8+. Is double-tap on supported?

sanjsrik said:
I got very used to this on my V20 and now I can't seem to find it or make it work on my S8+. Is double-tap on supported?
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I conformed this is the case. It did for me when I played with the demo in the verizon store

johnwayne27 said:
I conformed this is the case. It did for me when I played with the demo in the verizon store
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How did you get it to work? I can't seem to find the setting anywhere and double-tap doesn't work when I tap on the screen.

You can just hard press where the home button is to wake the phone up.

I agree with the OP. i could take anywhere on the v20. I would like to do the same thing on this phone but it doesnt seem that option is available. 2 things i miss... Tap anywhere and using "ok google" without ever touching the phone.

shinta86 said:
You can just hard press where the home button is to wake the phone up.
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How is that double-tap? I found a tutorial that shows how to use it using Nova Launcher which I use any way, but it just locks the device not wakes it up.

Audigy187 said:
I agree with the OP. i could take anywhere on the v20. I would like to do the same thing on this phone but it doesnt seem that option is available. 2 things i miss... Tap anywhere and using "ok google" without ever touching the phone.
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I found the OK Google, you press and hold where the home button should be on the bottom of the screen in the center and that starts OK Google.

Yeah this is one feature that kinda annoys me that they left out. Like come on Samsung my girls lg k10 can do it but the mighty s8+ can't. Really!?
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You can double tap the home button on the AOD to wake the phone.

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[Q] Activate touchscreen without power-button

Hey folks,
I'm almost going nuts with this topic, can't find anything useful on the internet.
Is there any way to activate the Smartwatch 2 without the power-button? Yes, you can activate the back-light by double-tap, but you can't unlock the display without pushing the power-button (and wiping).
Double-tap and then be able to wipe would be nice. Or if I take a look at the watch the back-light goes on and then I already want to have the possibility to wipe the lock screen away. Is that somehow possible?
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scotty86
Gravity Screen is an app which could be help you to asleep your cellphone without touch the physical button... it works easily. I hope help you.
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not possible right now, would be nice though, double tap to wake, just like on my G3
try and contact Sony, wish you luck though, i never get answers from them
Prome7eo said:
Gravity Screen is an app which could be help you to asleep your cellphone without touch the physical button... it works easily. I hope help you.
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That's only for phones? I want my smartwatch to turn on
JarlSX said:
not possible right now, would be nice though, double tap to wake, just like on my G3
try and contact Sony, wish you luck though, i never get answers from them
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Thanks for the answer, but I don't believe in Santa anymore.
Edit:
But maybe the easter bunny exists and I gave it a try: http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Wirel...creen-without-power-button/m-p/819109#U819109
i got a few posts on that forum as well, never got a reply from Sony
crossing my fingers the easter bunny will wake up soon
gravity screen is for your phone indeed, not for the watch

What are you looking forward to..

On the 6.0 update?
For me...
1. Faster fingerprint reader/unlock animation
2. New keyboard layout
3. Finally having an option to switch to pin code for alternative option if fingerprint isnt working
4. Adjustments on touchwiz
5. Google now on tap
6. New emojis
7.Faster phone ?? (hopefully)
Is speed an issue? My Note5 is smooth and quick. *shrug* Now on Tap is actually pretty cool. I don't use a protective lock screen so I don't know about that. I'd like to be able to activate Samsung Pay with a swipe up from the S-View window, but that won't happen.
PDXMatt said:
Is speed an issue? My Note5 is smooth and quick. *shrug* Now on Tap is actually pretty cool. I don't use a protective lock screen so I don't know about that. I'd like to be able to activate Samsung Pay with a swipe up from the S-View window, but that won't happen.
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Speed is definitely not an issue lol, but there are somethings that need a speed improvement.. such as the fingerprint reader. I just hope i dont see any lag. Im assuming you use Find my mobile? if you dont use a protective lock screen. And i dont use samsung pay or NFC payment for that matter, but i understand your struggle haha.
I could root my device, but i choose not to. Reason being is it will possibly lose value once Knox has been tripped.
geeshiet said:
Speed is definitely not an issue lol, but there are somethings that need a speed improvement.. such as the fingerprint reader. I just hope i dont see any lag. Im assuming you use Find my mobile? if you dont use a protective lock screen. And i dont use samsung pay or NFC payment for that matter, but i understand youre struggle haha.
I could root my device, but i choose not to. Reason being is it will possibly lose value once Knox has been tripped.
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I do use Find my Mobile but I also use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rickclephas.fingersecurity to lock certain apps. It only locks those apps when I am not connected to my WiFi or my cars Bluetooth. Maybe with the new fingerprint API I'll lock the whole phone up.
I also noticed when watching marshmallow beta for s6/s6 edge is that the capacitive buttons dont light up when touching the screen... which is a smart move from samsung. It saves battery and it makes sense. It only lights up when pressing them or when pressing the home button.
PDXMatt said:
I do use Find my Mobile but I also use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rickclephas.fingersecurity to lock certain apps. It only locks those apps when I am not connected to my WiFi or my cars Bluetooth. Maybe with the new fingerprint API I'll lock the whole phone up.
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Thats looks like a really useful app! And yes, really looking forward to the new fingerprint API. We can finally make purchases with just our fingerprint reader on play store, amazon, ebay, etc... hopefully.
I hope they fix the keyboard lag I have with every keyboard.
New emojis?! What are the supposed to look like in 6.0? Also what is Google on tap?
geeshiet said:
I also noticed when watching marshmallow beta for s6/s6 edge is that the capacitive buttons dont light up when touching the screen... which is a smart move from samsung. It saves battery and it makes sense. It only lights up when pressing them or when pressing the home button.
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Actually it makes no sense, whatsoever. The entire point of the capacitive buttons lighting up when you touch the screen is so you can see them in the dark in order to press them.. lighting up when you touch them makes zero sense, why would I need them to do THAT?
ingenious247 said:
Actually it makes no sense, whatsoever. The entire point of the capacitive buttons lighting up when you touch the screen is so you can see them in the dark in order to press them.. lighting up when you touch them makes zero sense, why would I need them to do THAT?
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It only takes about an hour to learn which is which... Its unecessary for the lights to turn on everytime you touch the screen, its just pointless.
geeshiet said:
It only takes about an hour to learn which is which... Its unecessary for the lights to turn on everytime you touch the screen, its just pointless.
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They didn't light up because it was a Beta and the rooted kernel broke it even more on some devices, but made them work better on other devices. There's also mods you can use to just turn them off if you don't like them. Xposed. Or just go into the settings!!!
Also, just because you don't like them being on, doesn't mean that they are pointless. Tests have also been done to see just how much battery life is affected by Capacitive buttons and you can't even tell how much they use.
By the way, a lot of people like myself, work in dark places and have to use our phones. Think about that for a minute.:good:
The only thing I'm looking forward to is a phone that doesn't get an update and have it cause the phone to be worse than before. Right now my stock Note 5 works just fine.
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I'm just looking forward to my ohone being updated at all. Lol
Once we get the update I will be looking forward to no more posts about getting the update..
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pcriz said:
Once we get the update I will be looking forward to no more posts about getting the update..
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Followed by people complaining that the update ruined their phone.
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http://www.androidauthority.com/att-galaxy-note-5-marshmallow-beta-671153/
ingenious247 said:
Actually it makes no sense, whatsoever. The entire point of the capacitive buttons lighting up when you touch the screen is so you can see them in the dark in order to press them.. lighting up when you touch them makes zero sense, why would I need them to do THAT?
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Maybe they could have it only light up when it's dark..
pcriz said:
Once we get the update I will be looking forward to no more posts about getting the update..
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Not going to happen because people will start complaining about not getting Android 7 update
Jammol said:
They didn't light up because it was a Beta and the rooted kernel broke it even more on some devices, but made them work better on other devices. There's also mods you can use to just turn them off if you don't like them. Xposed. Or just go into the settings!!!
Also, just because you don't like them being on, doesn't mean that they are pointless. Tests have also been done to see just how much battery life is affected by Capacitive buttons and you can't even tell how much they use.
By the way, a lot of people like myself, work in dark places and have to use our phones. Think about that for a minute.:good:
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Well judging by the videos people post about MM update or s7 edge with MM, it doesn't light up when touching the screen. Lol.
geeshiet said:
Well judging by the videos people post about MM update or s7 edge with MM, it doesn't light up when touching the screen. Lol.
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You decided to quote me and revive this olds thread. Dang. I'm so sorry.
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ok this has never happen before until i got this phone.

Okay, so I've had many phones before this one and none of them ever done this before..
So I was at work and my phone was in my pocket with a iris and password lock on but I've just noticed it's on the lockscreen witch is dumb… but anyway, somehow inside my pocket I called 911 due to somehow turning on the phone inside my pocket and pressing the emergency button..
So my question is since this has never happen before if I can somehow disable that button and possibly make it invisible and no longer there so I don't do it again.
I googled and some said if I used another lock screen from the market but I don't wanna do that unless I have to and plus idk which one would be good for this phone in the first place…
So please, someone help lol I gotta work tomorrow and don't wanna pocket dial 911 again.
Also am I the only one who has done this with this phone or is it a common issue?
Keep screen turned off option in display.
Pretty sure that will do it
Junnyz said:
Keep screen turned off option in display.
Pretty sure that will do it
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It was on. Im trying to remove it all together tho if possible.
It turns out I need root or download another lock screen… which will suck because idk if I can use my iris scanner if do that
Well, I am guessing the emergency call thing has to be there legally...
I cant find the setting (the one how when you press home it goes straight to pin?)
Turn that off so atleast you will have to swipe up to get to where the emergency button is.
(i know this isnt a fix but its another step you have to accidentally do)
This has got to be one in a million. It's a lot of very specific presses, swipes, and numbers that Have To be pressed.
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Strange...ware different pants with bigger pockets!
Sorry double post lol..
Junnyz said:
Well, I am guessing the emergency call thing has to be there legally...
I cant find the setting (the one how when you press home it goes straight to pin?)
Turn that off so atleast you will have to swipe up to get to where the emergency button is.
(i know this isnt a fix but its another step you have to accidentally do)
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I'll look for it.
CptCrackers said:
This has got to be one in a million. It's a lot of very specific presses, swipes, and numbers that Have To be pressed.
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Well for my screen it's right where you type the password or do the iris scan. And I pressed it to see if it calls right to 911 and it doesn't but theres another button after that it does.
galaxys said:
Strange...ware different pants with bigger pockets!
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I had shorts on lol..
Wild. On mine all you can do is view or call Ice contacts or dial a number.
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It should of realized it was in my pocket but it didn't. .
AngelRyu said:
Okay, so I've had many phones before this one and none of them ever done this before..
So I was at work and my phone was in my pocket with a iris and password lock on but I've just noticed it's on the lockscreen witch is dumb… but anyway, somehow inside my pocket I called 911 due to somehow turning on the phone inside my pocket and pressing the emergency button..
So my question is since this has never happen before if I can somehow disable that button and possibly make it invisible and no longer there so I don't do it again.
I googled and some said if I used another lock screen from the market but I don't wanna do that unless I have to and plus idk which one would be good for this phone in the first place…
So please, someone help lol I gotta work tomorrow and don't wanna pocket dial 911 again.
Also am I the only one who has done this with this phone or is it a common issue?
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Food for thought. Are you sure you didn't have the triple click power enabled and that is what placed the call?
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jackdforme said:
Food for thought. Are you sure you didn't have the triple click power enabled and that is what placed the call?
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Where's that option at?
I found it an no that wasn't on.
As much as I love it I'm gonna have to turn off the always on display because that's probably why it came on.
AngelRyu said:
It should of realized it was in my pocket but it didn't. .
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Hey,what is that keyboard?
Laurentiu27 said:
Hey,what is that keyboard?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aitype.android.emojinew
With
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aitype.android.theme.DuskBlackBlue
Theme.
And I'm using a gold theme from the Samsung store.
AngelRyu said:
Where's that option at?
I found it an no that wasn't on.
As much as I love it I'm gonna have to turn off the always on display because that's probably why it came on.
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It's in security. Called sos.
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jackdforme said:
It's in security. Called sos.
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Triple press power button is to send an SMS to your chosen contacts I believe... not dial emergency number
n/m
Never experienced this on my phone so far...

Knock knock

Did you guys knew that our device has double tap to wake by default ? And it works even with the device in horizontal (like on a table).
Any other feature that is discovered by accident? LOL...
zopostyle said:
Did you guys knew that our device has double tap to wake by default ? And it works even with the device in horizontal (like on a table).
Any other feature that is discovered by accident? LOL...
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You didn't know? Lol. It existed since the M8. It's just that....it's been out for so long, and fingerprints are also a thing, so it is not really mainstream anymore.
lol I didn't!
I always flashed custom rims, on HTC u11 is the first one that I'm running stock, and tried that by accident.
Thanks
Not just double tap. Go to Settings->Display->Motion Launch Gestures.
CurtisMJ said:
Not just double tap. Go to Settings->Display->Motion Launch Gestures.
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Nice, thanks!
Thank you, I didn't know this phone had it!

Disappoint

3 apdates and still the double tab to wake don't work as aspected. If you don't want to gumball by a Samsung!!!
I've noticed that too, and honestly didn't give much thought. I thing I've noticed lately, is the camera auto focus. The app will almost crash when I move around. It'll lag trying to refocus. Sadly the phone isn't living up to the high standards that OP has been pushing.
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Really? Oh boy, you'll be in for a surprise then.
Ask oneplus 5/5T/6/6T owners how they feel about it.
Still, to this day, it fails once per day or so. Not sure how bad is it on OP7, but still fails on my OP6 to this day.
In before: "never happened to me" [emoji23]
[email protected] said:
3 apdates and still the double tab to wake don't work as aspected. If you don't want to gumball by a Samsung!!!
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turn off the " single tab show " then the double tab should be fine
phonex168 said:
turn off the " single tab show " then the double tab should be fine
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What do you mean?
I think double tab doesn't work as reliable as previous update.
I'll vouch for this too. The double tap to wake just doesn't work reliably. For that matter neither do the gestures. Disappointing because that's one of my favorite features of OOS.
netgar said:
What do you mean?
I think double tab doesn't work as reliable as previous update.
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go to display setting and then ambient display and turn off " Tap the screen to show "
LOL... working perfect for me. Latest update. Dunno what's wrong with your phones.
Not a single problem for me with DT2W, Anyway I use Custom Kernel.
phonex168 said:
go to display setting and then ambient display and turn off " Tap the screen to show "
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There is no dt2w when this is on anyway so no idea why you think this will solve anything
Pfeffernuss said:
There is no dt2w when this is on anyway so no idea why you think this will solve anything
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after you turn off this and then go to " buttons & gestures " and turn on DT2W.
Toast says it all.
Mine works too. Try a factory reset as a last resort.

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