Pressure Sensitive Homebutton - Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers

Was there any real reason to add this feature? Does it actually serve any sort of function?

It brings up Google assistant on my phone.

I use it to wake my phone when it is in my desk and just put in the pin if I just want to check a notification real quick without picking up the phone.

kyledb said:
Was there any real reason to add this feature? Does it actually serve any sort of function?
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It's so you don't mistakenly wake the phone. But playing around with the display I can't decide if the entire display is pressure sensitive, or it just takes you longer to push hard. But it seems if you push hard on the icons the long press context menu pops up (no tactile feedback).

I changed the sensitivity to the most sensitive in the settings, it doesn't really add any feature but it makes pressing the home button feel a little bit nicer.

kyledb said:
I changed the sensitivity to the most sensitive in the settings, it doesn't really add any feature but it makes pressing the home button feel a little bit nicer.
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Where was the sensitivity setting?
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ingenious247 said:
Where was the sensitivity setting?
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you can find it in the settings where you can change the navigation bar around, just a few options below it.

Home Button
It was originally where the fingerprint scanner was suppose to be.

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Where was the sensitivity setting?
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Settings, display, navigation bar
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[Q] Best Lecture Notes settings for Note taking in class

Hello,
Does anyone have suggestions for what they feel is the best settings to have a good note taking experience on the note 10.1?
Much appreciation!
What I do with LectureNotes is:
- enable GMD Gesture Control, Hide Status bar command
- Use spen button button for eraser
- pen toolbox enabled for easy color change
These 3 for me are the essentials
Thank you! Especially the eraser part. Anymore suggestions are very welcome.
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Where is the gmd gesture control?
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@gophy: I guess you have enabled `use stylus (hardware detection)´, haven't you? Most users enable `allow two fingers scrolling´, `allow two fingers zooming´, and `allow double-click zooming´ (some also `allow one finger scrolling´) in the app's input settings. If you observe jagged writing, try to enable the pressure filter with a threshold of 5% or. The other options are mainly a matter of taste.
Does anyone have a settings recommendation for Ruled Pattern and font size?
I keep fiddling with both and at some point down the page(s) my typed text goes below the ruled lines
Thanks in advance!
@Chaz9999: There is no general answer to your question, as the distance between baselines in the text layer is not fixed but can vary due to smaller/larger font size, subscript and superscript, etc.
acadoid said:
@Chaz9999: There is no general answer to your question, as the distance between baselines in the text layer is not fixed but can vary due to smaller/larger font size, subscript and superscript, etc.
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Thanks for the response Acadoid!
maybe you should also increse the threshold value in the input filter settings.
Senrir said:
What I do with LectureNotes is:
- enable GMD Gesture Control, Hide Status bar command
- Use spen button button for eraser
- pen toolbox enabled for easy color change
These 3 for me are the essentials
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My spen button isn't working, when click it, nothing happens. Do I have to enable it somehow?
@Calculating Infinity: You need to enable `use stylus button´ in the app's input setting, the function can be assigned in the `stylus button setup´ in the app's handling settings.
Note that Samsung devices do not deliver touch events with stylus button pressed, the system assigns own functionality to that. You need to enable `detect stylus button in hover mode´ in the stylus button setup in the app's handling settings; furthermore, you need to press and release(!) the stylus button close to the display surface but before actually touching the display.
You can now use your finger as erasing tool. Very useful. Just disable one-finger scrolling and enable one-finger erase.
I still feel like I don't have enough writing room. Is there anyway to make it switch to a new page automatically?
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AW: [Q] Best Lecture Notes settings for Note taking in class
Calculating Infinity said:
My spen button isn't working, when click it, nothing happens. Do I have to enable it somehow?
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Yes. Click
Settings → Input → Use stylus buttons
Then you can configure your button. Therefore click
Settings → Handling → Setup Stylus buttons
You're welcome
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@gophy: Automatically in which sense? Several of the scroll mechanism (page forward icon, volume keys, mouse wheel) automatically add new pages when needed, also the auto-movement tool or the input zone.

[Q] Remove on screen buttons

I remember that there was a way to remove on screen buttons but don't remember how. Anyone know how since we now have s-off. I purchased an app a while back that allowed you to set swipe gestures as anything you want. So I set home, back, menu, recents, and google now as 2-3 finger swipes which is better than having on screen buttons.
edit- I removed it. Only issue is icons get pushed higher on homescreen only and can't move them lower.
Ndaoud360 said:
I remember that there was a way to remove on screen buttons but don't remember how. Anyone know how since we now have s-off. I purchased an app a while back that allowed you to set swipe gestures as anything you want. So I set home, back, menu, recents, and google now as 2-3 finger swipes which is better than having on screen buttons.
edit- I removed it. Only issue is icons get pushed higher on homescreen only and can't move them lower.
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whats the app?
Karl said:
whats the app?
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No app just edit build.prop and add to the end qemu.hw.mainkeys=1. Then reboot.
GMD auto hide soft keys works also.
erikjonpeterson said:
GMD auto hide soft keys works also.
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Oh didn't know it was a feature.
Ndaoud360 said:
Oh didn't know it was a feature.
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It's an app.
erikjonpeterson said:
It's an app.
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What I meant was I didn't know it was a feature in the app.

[Q] Top bar visibility when rotated with edge side up.

What I watch a video and want to know the time im used to swipe from the top down. This works with phone in portrait en langscape with edge down. I like the edge up with video's bit then how to access the status bar?
You can't.
I hate that we can't. I also like the edge side up when watching videos. It's just more comfortable to hold.
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RayTrue04 said:
I hate that we can't. I also like the edge side up when watching videos. It's just more comfortable to hold.
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I agree. I spent some time trying to figure out a way to make a shortcut to pull down the notification menu so that I wouldn't have to use the normal "pull down" method. Couldn't find anything.
It feels natural for me to hold the edge up.
I use Next laucher with a swipe down gesture to access the notification panel.
Jed Dignazio said:
I use Next laucher with a swipe down gesture to access the notification panel.
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That works regardless of the app you are in?
Thought I stumbled across a fix. Our very own @xodAslan navigation app for the edge panel has a notification panel button but it doesn't work with the edge screen up.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.ianbyun.edgepanel.navigation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/themes-apps/edge-navigation-bar-button-t2950486/page2
It works with the edge panel down though. Seems like we have to undo something Samsung coded in.

Notification shade works while screen locked

Others may know this, but it was a surprise to me.
With the screen locked, you can still swipe down on notification bar and access the quick settings tiles and the screen brightness slider. Some of the tiles are locked out, but you can switch between sound, vibration or muted, and turn on or off the following WiFi calling, Do not disturb, flashlight, Always on display, Airplane mode, Power saving (but not Ultra), and Auto rotate.
Tapping on any of the other tiles will bring up the pin/password entry screen. Tapping the settings icon or Quick connect also brings up the pin/password keypad.
The fact that you can toggle airplane mode on is troubling. That means someone who finds your phone, and knows, can prevent you from locating / wiping the phone with Android device manager.
Correct, that's a HUGE security issue. Removed airplane mode from my choices.
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But im sure you can still get into it by clicking the edit button. To remedy this i use screen lock protector from the play store also cerberus has option to lock power off and notification drop down.
jadaress1 said:
But im sure you can still get into it by clicking the edit button. To remedy this i use screen lock protector from the play store also cerberus has option to lock power off and notification drop down.
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Nope, it requires login. Why would you assume
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jadaress1 said:
But im sure you can still get into it by clicking the edit button. To remedy this i use screen lock protector from the play store also cerberus has option to lock power off and notification drop down.
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Edit mode doesn't seem to work with the screen locked, fortunately.
Oh thats good then cause on my s6 edge you could
jadaress1 said:
Oh thats good then cause on my s6 edge you could
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Unfortunately, though, I discovered you can tap the down arrow to open the full quick settings panel, and use airplane mode from there. No way to prevent it at the moment.
Or they can just turn it off?
meyerweb said:
Unfortunately, though, I discovered you can tap the down arrow to open the full quick settings panel, and use airplane mode from there. No way to prevent it at the moment.
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Yep. That's crazy they would allow that. Someone needs to bring it to Samsung's attention!
meyerweb said:
Unfortunately, though, I discovered you can tap the down arrow to open the full quick settings panel, and use airplane mode from there. No way to prevent it at the moment.
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Yeh thats what i meant but worded it wrong, the app i mentioned earlier remedys that for now.
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Customize Notifications?

Hey all,
I'm so used to all the features of Light Flow that I didn't realize how much I depended on it. Since the 3 does not have an LED, I'm looking for an alternative app to manage my notifications. I want to be able to choose the notification sound and the vibration pattern per app.
Light Flow does this but not without requiring a persistent notification. Normally you'd be able to avoid this by installing Light Flow Legacy, but it does not show up in the app store on the Pixel 3.
Does anybody have any recommendations?
Thanks
Go to apk mirror and download light flow legacy that way. Let us know how it goes. I really hate the lack of notification LED, but I'm not willing to go as far as you to customize the vibrations etc.
PuffDaddy_d said:
Go to apk mirror and download light flow legacy that way. Let us know how it goes. I really hate the lack of notification LED, but I'm not willing to go as far as you to customize the vibrations etc.
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Already tried this. It doesn't seem be on there.
I've been using Light Manager. It displays customized colored icons on the screen in place of the LED, with AOD turned off. I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would.
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Since there is no LED, we have no way of knowing if my phone is charging when plugged in without turning on the screen. Does light manager have a solution for this too?
Yes, it shows a charging icon and the %
PuffDaddy_d said:
Since there is no LED, we have no way of knowing if my phone is charging when plugged in without turning on the screen. Does light manager have a solution for this too?
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perfoliate said:
Yes, it shows a charging icon and the %
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I tried it and it looks like the default lock screen prevents the icons from displaying. Do you have your screen set to stay off when new notifications come in or is there something else you changed in either the app or system settings? Sorry for hijacking the thread with all the questions, but this lack of LED makes my phone useless while the screen is off.
Yes I have always on display off, and new notifications off. Double tap and lift for notifications I still have on though.
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perfoliate said:
Yes I have always on display off, and new notifications off. Double tap and lift for notifications I still have on though.
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What other settings do you have? My phone isn't waking up with Light Manager with AOD/new notifications off and double tap/lift for notifications on. I do not have a lock screen enabled nor does it work with lock screen (swipe) enabled.
The "tests" aren't working either.
perfoliate said:
Yes I have always on display off, and new notifications off. Double tap and lift for notifications I still have on though.
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Does this require you to double-unlock to get to your phone, or is there someway around that?
finger11 said:
What other settings do you have? My phone isn't waking up with Light Manager with AOD/new notifications off and double tap/lift for notifications on. I do not have a lock screen enabled nor does it work with lock screen (swipe) enabled.
The "tests" aren't working either.
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Are you setting Light Manager to "Screen Mode" in the top right?
cambunch said:
Are you setting Light Manager to "Screen Mode" in the top right?
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That got it working. I have to tap the screen once, home/back button then shows, then double tap to get to the home screen.
Yeah I use fingerprint unlock and realize it requires it being done twice. We need a cleaner solution.
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perfoliate said:
Yeah I use fingerprint unlock and realize it requires it being done twice. We need a cleaner solution.
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A cleaner solution was the $0.03 LED that Google removed from the phone! It shouldn't be this hard to tell if my phone is charging.
If I wanted a useless notification system, I would've purchased an iPhone!

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