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[Q] Double Tap To Wake While On A Table

According to a tweet from HTC (https://twitter.com/htc/status/461511570959663104), you're supposed to be able to double tap the screen while it is sleeping in order to wake the device.
This doesn't work for me unless I do it really hard or have it in my hand. Anyone have the same experience? Any setting I need to change? Maybe it's my ROM? (Skyfall)

Are you using enough of your finger to tap it?
On mine I have to almost tap it with the full pad of the end of my finger. I can't just double-tap with the tip of my finger.

Yeah, that's never worked for me either. It seems like the sensor only gets activated once I pick it up.

Yeah someone in marketing was misinformed. Unless you're using a custom kernel, you need to move the device first to get it to wake from a tap or swipe

Thanks for the feedback. I ask because someone tweeted @ me: "Bring your unit back to the carrier you purchased it from. It's worked fine for us with no issue at all."

For me, I tap the screen once and then double tap it right after. Seems to do the job.
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Settings, display and gestures, g sensor calibration. Calibrate it poorly intentionally slanted against a book or whatnot. It thinks your device is tilted when it is laying down.
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well really its like this ==> Settings/Display & gestures/Motion Launch Gestures/HELP =(look (close its really there =] ) and then under Double tap it reads "Pick up the phone in portrait orientation and double tap to wake " but if I really double tap mine while its laying flatly screen up with some force it wakes just make sure you really give it good tapping.
Other than that test to see if picking it first portrait orientation and give it a few taps and see if it wakes.
I just saw the post above mine that is a great answer/work around. I like that kind of thinking.

wtoj34 said:
Settings, display and gestures, g sensor calibration. Calibrate it poorly intentionally slanted against a book or whatnot. It thinks your device is tilted when it is laying down.
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I was going to reply with this exact method until I saw that you did so.
This works, and resolves the issue completely. now a light double tap even turns on the screen while it is laying flat.

It's a pretty simple concept. Unlike the LG G2, this phone came with some more smarts to save battery. The G2 device is ALWAYS active to receive phone taps, thus using more battery. The M8 device only once the phone is in motion it turns on the sensor to recieve any kind of double tap, thus saving battery! Pretty nice IMO and smart. Motion control window says itself you need to pick up device then double tap to activate.
For people who want to bypass this you can:
A. Tap the phone hard while on a desk thus causing the phone to move around waking up the motion sensor to activate double tap.
B. Give the G Sensor setting a bad setting so when device is laid flat on a surface the phone thinks it's not flat thus activating the double tap feature all the time thus using more battery.
So either love the feature for what it is or don't and us more battery.

The M8 double-tap to wake requires you to pick up the phone. The double-tap motion is not enough. If you double tap it while flat on a table it may work but usually it does not or very inconsistent.. Lift it and it will always work.

What's happening is when you move or pick up the phone the proximity sensor is activated, allowing the double-tap function to work, but after a few seconds of leaving it on the table, the sensor will shut off until it is disturbed again.

Orch4rd said:
What's happening is when you move or pick up the phone the proximity sensor is activated, allowing the double-tap function to work, but after a few seconds of leaving it on the table, the sensor will shut off until it is disturbed again.
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Not quite. Pick it up upside down and tap - nothing will happen. Double tap to wake works only right side up in portrait - which makes a lot of Sense.
You don't want anything to wake it when it's upside down in your pocket, right?

berndblb said:
Not quite. Pick it up upside down and tap - nothing will happen. Double tap to wake works only right side up in portrait - which makes a lot of Sense.
You don't want anything to wake it when it's upside down in your pocket, right?
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Interesting!
Actually I notice what's also keeping the double-tap function to work is the light senor, regardless the phone's position.
The sensor is located left of the front camera; try covering it up and see if you can double-tap to wake your phone

Orch4rd said:
Interesting!
Actually I notice what's also keeping the double-tap function to work is the light senor, regardless the phone's position.
The sensor is located left of the front camera; try covering it up and see if you can double-tap to wake your phone
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Just tried it: Yes I can

No.. You definitely can't. Either you're not covering the sensor or you're not using a Verizon m8.

Confirmed.. Cover sensor, DT2W doesn't work.

berndblb said:
Not quite. Pick it up upside down and tap - nothing will happen. Double tap to wake works only right side up in portrait - which makes a lot of Sense.
You don't want anything to wake it when it's upside down in your pocket, right?
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Hey how are things ?
No idea if supported on this device but wouldn't Swipe to Wake (Up) be better solution to Double Tap?
PS Need you over on Nexus 6P.

Born<ICs said:
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Hey how are things ?
No idea if supported on this device but wouldn't Swipe to Wake (Up) be better solution to Double Tap?
PS Need you over on Nexus 6P.
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Hey there. Long time no see. Wish i could afford the 6P... And i love the M8. Should be good for another year.

[Q] Double Tap E8 to wake the screen works intermittently

I've kept the E8's so called Motion Launch Gestures feature turned on.
The screen doesn't wake up 3 out of 10 times of tapping on it.
Is this a bug or am I missing something?
The way I do is, pick the phone up in portrait position and then tap on the screen.
This may be a very minor one, but it irritates when you assume that the phone would wake up on the tap and it doesn't, where you'll have to end up using the power button for the same.
Please let me know your experience or if you've got a few tips to get around it!

vinay.habib said:
I've kept the E8's so called Motion Launch Gestures feature turned on.
The screen doesn't wake up 3 out of 10 times of tapping on it.
Is this a bug or am I missing something?
The way I do is, pick the phone up in portrait position and then tap on the screen.
This may be a very minor one, but it irritates when you assume that the phone would wake up on the tap and it doesn't, where you'll have to end up using the power button for the same.
Please let me know your experience or if you've got a few tips to get around it!
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It did happen to me a few times in the beginning, but not anymore. The catch here is that the gyroscope phone has to detect a movement for the double tap to work. So, if it's lifted from a table or so with very minute change in the axis,the motion sensors won't work. Otherwise it would work just fine.
My usage of the dot view made it easier, because double tapping with the case open and folded back always produced a movement/vibration. Now even without the dot view, most of the times, I'm able to get it right. It's just about getting used to it I guess. Just lift your device from any table or so, and slightly tilt it towards yourself. That is enough to trigger the motion launch gestures.

Thanks! I'll give that a try!

Unlock screen inconsistency

The lock screen is so annoyingly inconsistent for me and I don't know if it's settings or a design flaw. I have fingerprint unlock set up. Sometimes when I press the unlock button or home button, I can put my finger on the home button and have it unlock the phone. Other times, I put my finger on the home button and it highlights the lock icon and I have to swipe it before anything happens. Other times, it just unlocks when I swipe the screen. I also don't understand how to go directly to a notifications app from the lock screen. Sometimes I click on it, have to swipe, and then fingerprint and it it's random as to weather or not it will actually open the app.
How do I need to set it so that when I wake the phone, I can consistently unlock it with my fingerprint?
Tnanks.

I have the same exact issue.
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On my phone I found that fingerprint recognition was improved by adding additional "fingerprints" of my thumb and forefinger. I very seldom get a rejected reading now. Good luck and YMMV!

That's a good idea about adding extra fingers! Sadly, you can only have 5 total and I already have 4 (both thumbs and both pointer fingers).
Guess I can "double up" on one I use the most.

jackburnt said:
That's a good idea about adding extra fingers! Sadly, you can only have 5 total and I already have 4 (both thumbs and both pointer fingers).
Guess I can "double up" on one I use the most.
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That's weird. I'm only allowed to have 4.
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I doubled up on my right thumb. I think it helped.

toskabab said:
That's weird. I'm only allowed to have 4.
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Whoops! Looks like you're right! Oh well.

Geezer Squid said:
On my phone I found that fingerprint recognition was improved by adding additional "fingerprints" of my thumb and forefinger. I very seldom get a rejected reading now. Good luck and YMMV!
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That has helped tremendously[emoji41]
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nikonx said:
The lock screen is so annoyingly inconsistent for me and I don't know if it's settings or a design flaw. I have fingerprint unlock set up. Sometimes when I press the unlock button or home button, I can put my finger on the home button and have it unlock the phone. Other times, I put my finger on the home button and it highlights the lock icon and I have to swipe it before anything happens. Other times, it just unlocks when I swipe the screen. I also don't understand how to go directly to a notifications app from the lock screen. Sometimes I click on it, have to swipe, and then fingerprint and it it's random as to weather or not it will actually open the app.
How do I need to set it so that when I wake the phone, I can consistently unlock it with my fingerprint?
Tnanks.
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Do you have smart lock on?
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I am using Smart Lock with a pin and I am having similar issues with the lock screen. My home is the only trusted site and works well, I only have to swipe to unlock. However at work I have to use a pin sometimes and just swipe other times. I can figure that one out.
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When training fingerprint keep pressing with different parts of that finger for accuracy, works flawlessly 100% for me
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nmarietta said:
Do you have smart lock on?
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For Bluetooth devices or locations
Verizon Wireless Technician using Tapatalk on Note 5

My issue was fixed by removing my cars Bluetooth from smart lock.
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double tap to wake the screen

here's a small thing I have seen on many phones that have come out in the past year or so that I was taking for granted would exist on the s7, double tapping on the screen to wake it and view your notifications.
its one of the smallest, yet most useful (I feel), little tricks that will save tons of time.
I was hoping it'd be in the "experimental" features the galaxy labs have to offer but nada.
any ideas about getting it on there and/or a way to feed this back to samsung while they still have time to implement this?

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"double tapping on the screen to wake it and view your notifications."
Hi
since 7.0 : you can directly go to any of the lock screen, - shown by : AOD - notifications, by clicking on any.
but if AOD is disabled, than there is no way to see them, SO a Xperia z3 like double tap to wake would be appricated

tiborprogmed said:
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"double tapping on the screen to wake it and view your notifications."
Hi
since 7.0 : you can directly go to any of the lock screen, - shown by : AOD - notifications, by clicking on any.
but if AOD is disabled, than there is no way to see them, SO a Xperia z3 like double tap to wake would be appricated
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you mean its implemented in nougat so we're waiting for it?
it'd be great if we didn't have to have AOD to get that considering how simple and awesome of a feature it is...

kostas90 said:
you mean its implemented in nougat so we're waiting for it?
it'd be great if we didn't have to have AOD to get that considering how simple and awesome of a feature it is...
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Lol must be. Lg man. It kills me that this is not on other devices yet. The one most used feature yet not on any devices but lg.
Owed loads of lgs. Still got my orig unrefirbed g4 no bootloop over a year now

TheMadScientist420 said:
Lol must be. Lg man. It kills me that this is not on other devices yet. The one most used feature yet not on any devices but lg.
Owed loads of lgs. Still got my orig unrefirbed g4 no bootloop over a year now
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Its on other devices as well. Samsung doesn't really have it because they have physical button where others don't. But yeah, they all should have it

having physical button solves screen turn on comfortability so, why we need double tap? it's additional drain for battery

N0MA said:
having physical button solves screen turn on comfortability so, why we need double tap? it's additional drain for battery
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It doesn't even use 1% battery in a whole battery cycle unlike aod!

Fullmetal Jun said:
It doesn't even use 1% battery in a whole battery cycle unlike aod!
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physical button uses 0%

N0MA said:
physical button uses 0%
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Seriously:laugh: I said less than 1% to not say 0% and for me, Double Tap is way more convenient than having to press a home button. And u could always turn double tap feature off if u don't like it, i.e, if there was ever a double tap feature!
A 'touch fingerprint button' to wake up & unlock the screen like other Androids would also be great.

Fullmetal Jun said:
Seriously:laugh: I said less than 1% to not say 0% and for me, Double Tap is way more convenient than having to press a home button. And u could always turn double tap feature off if u don't like it, i.e, if there was ever a double tap feature!
A 'touch fingerprint button' to wake up & unlock the screen like other Androids would also be great.
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being s7's button physical, it's not able to unlock device from deep sleep, at least samsung won't include it if it's even possible and having 2tap2wake will be nonsense at this point... well i dont say it's bad feature, but i just try to explain that Sammy won't include it until we got rear mounted half-physical sensor

The KnockOn feature that LG has would never be nonsense on any phone. It is more convenient than waking with the home button. With the button you have to push a button in a specific place on the phone. With KnockOn you quickly double tap anywhere on the screen.
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I love LG's double tap unlock, it is most useful especially during one hand operation with these humongous 5.5in phones. It eliminates fear of dropping phone trying to reach home or power button with 1hand.

Turning off screen and lock without Power Button

Hi guys. As the title says, it would be great to not have to use the power button at all to unlock and lock the device again and again.
Now obviously to unlock it, all i have to do is touch the fingerprint scanner.
And to lock it again i have tried apps from store and though those do the job and lock the device but then phone doesn't unlock by fingerprint scanner and it just wakes up and asks for pin to unlock.
Kindly help out.
I am kinda spoiled by knock On/Off feature on LG G4 and never used the power button on that thing.
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You must use finger sensor to unlock and circle to lock. No other way. Huawei don't have double click lock/unlock. Bad thing. I see to another phone.

What if you try lock widget (chinese version & I'm not sure if it includes in international or European versions)

Use fingerprint quick action

Lock widgets require admin permission to work and if you lock with widget then fingerprint scanner takes you to pin code screen instead of unlocking the device.
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Juat tested with Nova Prime and configured the double tap to turn off the screen.
But that also required admin access and after turning off screen that way, fingerprint scanner brings me to pincode screen again instead of completely unlocking the device.
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Double tap Mate 9 not have. Bad. Lock widget not have international version. Only circle, but you must double clock on this quick tool to lock. Mate 9 not have user friendly features like my old G2, G4 or Z11. Mate 9 have only big price. ,)

try using this software from play store. it work very well on my mate 9

Using screen lock app.
Clicking on the icon turns off the screen and lock the phone just fine.
But then when you use fingerprint to unlock, it'll take you to this screen instead.
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gull_s_777 said:
Hi guys. As the title says, it would be great to not have to use the power button at all to unlock and lock the device again and again.
Now obviously to unlock it, all i have to do is touch the fingerprint scanner.
And to lock it again i have tried apps from store and though those do the job and lock the device but then phone doesn't unlock by fingerprint scanner and it just wakes up and asks for pin to unlock.
Kindly help out.
I am kinda spoiled by knock On/Off feature on LG G4 and never used the power button on that thing.
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use floating dock is the easiest way

eddmecha said:
use floating dock is the easiest way
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Are you f**ing kidding me???
Where the heck did that come from. :cyclops:
That's why i love these forums.
I could kiss you right now.

how to install this floating dock? i hope so without root or custom rom, i dont want to void my warranty @gull_s_777

eddmecha said:
use floating dock is the easiest way
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I saw this "floating dock" on my set too, and it's come with stock ROM.
Some detail can find in this website:
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/140...-tricks-take-charge-of-your-mate-9-p9-honor-8

I use Nova Launcher gestures together with Anywhere Launcher to allow me to turn off and lock my screen using a downward swipe from the upper left corner of the screen in any app. It's very convenient.

I'm on C636B188 and that includes the screen lock widget, so you can use that.
Originally, I thought I would prefer it to the floating dock, but after getting used to the dock I like it more because you can access it from anywhere, not just the home screen.

The "Custom Navigation Bar" app has that functionality.
You can add an extra button on the navbar to put the phone to sleep instantly and unlock your device with fingerprint sensor.
I don't know if any other app of such kind.

At least I have this Screen Lock widget directly on my phone. Fingerprint opens the lock just fine after locking it with this widget.

You can use a Nova gesture to lock the screen, but don't use Nova's Screen Lock action in the first tab. Instead, swipe to the last tab on the right ("Shortcuts"), and look for Screen Lock there.
Unfortunately, though, this no longer seems to work on Oreo. Whenever, I try to select the Screen Lock shortcut, I get a message saying 'App isn't installed.' I have a feeling it has something to do with the fact that they replaced the Floating Dock with the Navigation Dock.

i just update the stock firmware, yes, the latest stock 188 rom has built in widgt for turn off the screen. it is very handy.

gull_s_777 said:
Hi guys. As the title says, it would be great to not have to use the power button at all to unlock and lock the device again and again.
Now obviously to unlock it, all i have to do is touch the fingerprint scanner.
And to lock it again i have tried apps from store and though those do the job and lock the device but then phone doesn't unlock by fingerprint scanner and it just wakes up and asks for pin to unlock.
Kindly help out.
I am kinda spoiled by knock On/Off feature on LG G4 and never used the power button on that thing.
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I have a Huawei Nova 2i & was looking for the same. Go to Smart Assistance & activate Floating Dock.