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[APP][6.0+][Samsung 5.0+] Fingerprint Gestures

Use your fingerprint sensor for actions.
Enable the fingerprint actions of Google Pixel on your device. Use gestures like single tap, double tap, or fast tap (swipe) to control your phone and/or tablet.​
To check your notifications, swipe down on the fingerprint sensor on your phone. Touch your fingerprint sensor and scroll through an app of your choice. To quickly turn your phone to sleep, just tap the sensor. And so much more!
Requirements: Android 6.0+ / Samsung Android 5.0+
Available actions:
Icon touch panel
Back
Home
Recent apps
Sleep (Root)
Power button menu
Scroll down (Root)
Scroll up (Root)
Open notifications panel
Toggle notifications panel
Open quick settings
Toggle quick settings
Play/pause song (6.0+)
Next song (6.0+)
Previous song (6.0+)
Toggle auto-rotate (6.0+)
Torch (6.0+)
Toggle ringer mode
App
App shortcut
Search
Screenshot (Root)
Assistant (Root)
Toggle split screen (7.0+)
Switch to last app (7.0+)
Requirements:
Marshmallow+: Android device running Marshmallow or higher with a fingerprint sensor. A fingerprint sensor is supported if the device manufacturer implemented Google's fingerprint API.
Lollipop+: Samsung Pass API is also supported. Not supported on all devices. Requirements: Samsung Device & Samsung Pass API
Only some functionality requires root. Root is needed to control extra functionality.
Download:
Fingerprint Gestures is available on Google Play and XDA Labs.

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Nice work! But double tap registers as fast tap like 9 of 10 times (whichever delay value i use).

Swipe (fast tap) does not work on a Honor 5x with CM13

mishko said:
Nice work! But double tap registers as fast tap like 9 of 10 times (whichever delay value i use).
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Try to tap it a bit slower. It takes experience...

zapooo said:
Swipe (fast tap) does not work on a Honor 5x with CM13
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Do not tap too quickly.

Does smart lock and fingerprint to unlock functions works without root?

SuperThomasLab said:
Do not tap too quickly.
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Swipe function do not work, no matter how quick or slow tapping. There is no reaction.
Is root necessary for it to work, or is it just not supported?
In stock rom swipe is working with fingerprint.

sperb said:
Does smart lock and fingerprint to unlock functions works without root?
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No way found to do this without root (yet).

zapooo said:
Swipe function do not work, no matter how quick or slow tapping. There is no reaction.
Is root necessary for it to work, or is it just not supported?
In stock rom swipe is working with fingerprint.
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Root is not needed for swipe fast tap. I cannot test Huawei over here, closest thing is a Nexus 6P (Huawei made) which works. Maybe some other members can reply.
Do you get a "finger moved too fast" on your lockscreen when you do a fast tap/swipe? This is to determine whether the app works.

SuperThomasLab said:
Root is not needed for swipe fast tap. I cannot test Huawei over here, closest thing is a Nexus 6P (Huawei made) which works. Maybe some other members can reply.
Do you get a "finger moved too fast" on your lockscreen when you do a fast tap/swipe? This is to determine whether the app works.
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No, there is no message showing up.
All other functions work in your app. I tried also the functions where root is necessary, I rooted it to try out - everything works except swipe.

Why does this app require a persistent notification while Fingerprint Quick Action does not?

Great job on this vary helpful app. Works great on my stock rooted Nexus 6p 6.0.1

ArtOfSnaila said:
Why does this app require a persistent notification while Fingerprint Quick Action does not?
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FQA has the option to prevent from being killed by system and it requires persistent notification. So, it's the same way.
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why did it have limited number of tap ???

Nice app! Could you add an option to open the camera with single/double tapping? That world be great

Awesome!

MrMarques01 said:
Nice app! Could you add an option to open the camera with single/double tapping? That world be great
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Working on this! Opening apps.

SuperThomasLab said:
Working on this! Opening apps.
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Thanks for the update. Works great on my stock rooted 6.0.1 Nexus 6p:good:

Works and then stops working as soon as you leave the app

Double tap to wake the screen

I have recently brought s7 edge and I am missing the feature of double tap to wake up the screen. I do believe this is a handy setting which removes the use of hard keys like power button and home key. I have also looked into third party apps in playstore but they are quite annoying with different ads and especially draining the battery.
Therefore if any of you have found this feature please let me know and if there is not any such feature would like to request the developer to think on this and build one for next update of nougat for s7 edge

pawanrajjoshi said:
I have recently brought s7 edge and I am missing the feature of double tap to wake up the screen. I do believe this is a handy setting which removes the use of hard keys like power button and home key. I have also looked into third party apps in playstore but they are quite annoying with different ads and especially draining the battery.
Therefore if any of you have found this feature please let me know and if there is not any such feature would like to request the developer to think on this and build one for next update of nougat for s7 edge
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Search in playstore DOUBLE TAP (apps2all) this is prefect application for s7 & s7edge. Hit thanks if i help you

saxena1 said:
Search in playstore DOUBLE TAP (apps2all) this is prefect application for s7 & s7edge. Hit thanks if i help you
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Thanks for the reply. But I have tried this app and it does not do what i intend to do that double tap on screen to wake the phone

pawanrajjoshi said:
I have recently brought s7 edge and I am missing the feature of double tap to wake up the screen. I do believe this is a handy setting which removes the use of hard keys like power button and home key. I have also looked into third party apps in playstore but they are quite annoying with different ads and especially draining the battery.
Therefore if any of you have found this feature please let me know and if there is not any such feature would like to request the developer to think on this and build one for next update of nougat for s7 edge
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Install Tap2wake (AOD) app . double tap on app icon to wake your device https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.somen.tap2wakeaod&hl=en

dhvani.dev said:
Install Tap2wake (AOD) app . double tap on app icon to wake your device https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.somen.tap2wakeaod&hl=en
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Application is good but need more improvements give option to hide notification icon in top & make icon double tap to wake up phone in colour .

saxena1 said:
Application is good but need more improvements give option to hide notification icon in top & make icon double tap to wake up phone in colour .
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thanks for suggestion

saxena1 said:
Application is good but need more improvements give option to hide notification icon in top & make icon double tap to wake up phone in colour .
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Thank you for the reply. The application is good but it requires AOD to be on and frankly speaking I am not that much big fan of AOD although it is a good feature but it distracts a lot.

Feature Requests

Hopefully Essential takes some user feedback as far as features we would like to see going forward. If you post please try to keep it to reasonable features that mostly stock devices have or non os software tweaks.
The two big ones for me are
1. Night mode
2. Fingerprint shortcuts, primarily for notifications

tw1tch175 said:
1. Night mode
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+1

Damn just checked and realized no night mode since got the phone just today.
+1 on night mode, that thing is must have at system level. Don't want to go back to using apps like twilight etc

My needs are simple. Would like the option to rearrange navigation buttons, battery percentage, and finger print gestures.
Sent from my PH-1 using Tapatalk

Has anyone tried enabling night mode by enabling the UI tuner?. night mode is built into nougat but on some phones still has to be turned on. I don't have the phone yet to do it. Pull down the notification shade twice and then long press the settings cog icon. A wrench will show up next to the icon indicating that UI tuner has been enabled. Next install "night mode enabler" from the play store.

Unlocked bootloader, TWRP and root. Hopefully. ? - Not sure any devs are on board with this device.
I haven't received the phone yet, but does it support gestures while the screen is off? Such as double tap to wake, swipe up to unlock, etc.

Night mode is nice. I also like to separate ring volume from notification volume. I know that's not native to Android, but a simple mod makes all the difference for me.
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Night mode for sure. Second would be system level to force apps to use the full screen, like what Samsung has for the s8+

hx3 said:
Unlocked bootloader, TWRP and root. Hopefully. ? - Not sure any devs are on board with this device.
I haven't received the phone yet, but does it support gestures while the screen is off? Such as double tap to wake, swipe up to unlock, etc.
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Yep.
I'm waiting for TWRP.
For root, I plan to use Magisk to root and hide BL status. Since it's mostly ASOP, it should work like the Nexus 6P I have.

First off +1 to both, I really don't want to use the app that allows finger gestures, was a little sad to see it not available in stock Android since I got used to using it on the Pixel XL.
barleysoda said:
Has anyone tried enabling night mode by enabling the UI tuner?. night mode is built into nougat but on some phones still has to be turned on. I don't have the phone yet to do it. Pull down the notification shade twice and then long press the settings cog icon. A wrench will show up next to the icon indicating that UI tuner has been enabled. Next install "night mode enabler" from the play store.
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Just tried it and it isn't there sadly. Just like the fingerprint gestures I don't want to have to add it through an app.
On the flip side I got exactly what I deserved/wanted. Nothing but pure Android (minus the Essential Cam app and the Essential option in the settings) so that was good but in a way I want to kick myself because I forgot that these two features were add ons to the skin for the Pixel devices. Whatever the case maybe, I'll get over it lol.

ability to change navigation buttons

Ghost_1 said:
First off +1 to both, I really don't want to use the app that allows finger gestures, was a little sad to see it not available in stock Android since I got used to using it on the Pixel XL.
Just tried it and it isn't there sadly. Just like the fingerprint gestures I don't want to have to add it through an app.
On the flip side I got exactly what I deserved/wanted. Nothing but pure Android (minus the Essential Cam app and the Essential option in the settings) so that was good but in a way I want to kick myself because I forgot that these two features were add ons to the skin for the Pixel devices. Whatever the case maybe, I'll get over it lol.
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Hopefully those features, switching navigation buttons and more will come to the table once we get the bootloader unlocked and the possibility of custom ROM's/mods. Keeping my fingers crossed.

bricky23 said:
My needs are simple. Would like the option to rearrange navigation buttons, battery percentage, and finger print gestures.
Sent from my PH-1 using Tapatalk
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ability to change navigation buttons
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.paphonb.systemuituner&hl=en
Use this to change nav bar.
For battery percentage just enable the UI tuner

1. Changing audio track with volume buttons when screen is off.
2. Resizing nav bar height
3. Double tap to wake

I second the fingerprint gestures and double tap to wake wholeheartedly.
Would also love to see these:
1. Ability to use Light Flow or another LED manager to customize notification LEDs. This is my favorite thing about Android phones and Essential's stock LED patterns aren't cutting it for me. Somehow they managed to make it impossible for the LED to flash more than once every 5 seconds.
2. Ability to use 360 camera attachment as a fisheye lens. Currently the camera stitches two 210 images together to form a 360 photo. I want to be able to choose just one lens to capture an image.

bricky23 said:
My needs are simple. Would like the option to rearrange navigation buttons, battery percentage, and finger print gestures.
Sent from my PH-1 using Tapatalk
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The battery percentage option is in the system ui tuner I believe. Pull down the notification shade and long press on the settings icon then go into settings and look for it.

ability to change navbar height. it's too big uses unnecessary screen estate

There are several Improvements I would like to see in the phones software. More so just general optimization. However I think that most of these answers of what features are coming will be answered in Thursday's Q&A session with Andy Rubin on Reddit. So I guess we should wait until then to see where Essential and the ph1 is headed.

(GUIDE) ENABLE GESTURES OP 6T ( Gestures of OP 6T on mi a2 lite )

This is a guide to enable gestures of one plus 6t in our a2 lite
1 download the one plus gestures app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivianuu.oneplusgestures
2 download the app hide nav bar https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivianuu.hidenavbar to completely disable the nav[ bar with root
3 you configure gestures to your liking and you will already have gestures in our a2 lite
( method tested in android Oreo and PIE).
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if it served you do not forget to hit thanks:RE

I´m tested is ok

Hello, another good solution:
Hide Navigation Bar — Rootless playstore
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fb.fluid&hl=en_US
I use it and it works without any problems.

hanuki said:
Hello, another good solution:
Hide Navigation Bar — Rootless playstore
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fb.fluid&hl=en_US
I use it and it works without any problems.
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Can you write the name of the app?

Brugos27 said:
Can you write the name of the app?
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Yes :
Fluid Navigation Gestures (Beta) in playstore

rikarddamian7 said:
This is a guide to enable gestures of one plus 6t in our a2 lite
1 download the one plus gestures app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivianuu.oneplusgestures
2 download the app hide nav bar https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivianuu.hidenavbar to completely disable the nav[ bar with root
3 you configure gestures to your liking and you will already have gestures in our a2 lite
( method tested in android Oreo and PIE).
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if it served you do not forget to hit thanks:RE
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So there won't be any problem if I want to bring back the navbar?

Actually, I liked the navigation bar because of Accessibility Menu button.
However, Back button is too far.
When I want to press the Back button in the navigation bar, my thumb cannot reached it.
So, I decided to use Fluid Navigation Gestures, with only Right edge action enabled.

coolwei1 said:
Actually, I liked the navigation bar because of Accessibility Menu button.
However, Back button is too far.
When I want to press the Back button in the navigation bar, my thumb cannot reached it.
So, I decided to use Fluid Navigation Gestures, with only Right edge action enabled.
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Do you experiencing any bugs with Fluid? When I enabled Fluid and hide the nav bar, my notifications seems buggy. For example my incoming whatsapp notification still there even I already read it

ghanipradita said:
Do you experiencing any bugs with Fluid? When I enabled Fluid and hide the nav bar, my notifications seems buggy. For example my incoming whatsapp notification still there even I already read it
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I did not hide the navigation bar, so I can't answer your question. Sorry. :fingers-crossed:

ghanipradita said:
Do you experiencing any bugs with Fluid? When I enabled Fluid and hide the nav bar, my notifications seems buggy. For example my incoming whatsapp notification still there even I already read it
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This happens to me too. Also when I open chrome or YouTube I get a glitchy black screen for a fraction of a second.

worked perfectly on Mi A2 Lite Pie, thanks man.

Why would you want to install those two apps mentioned? Vivid NG app alone has the option to hide nav bar completely just with ADB permissions.

er15all said:
This happens to me too. Also when I open chrome or YouTube I get a glitchy black screen for a fraction of a second.
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Yep, I've been experiencing the same glitch for a couple of months. You can fix this by ticking the "disable hw overlays" in developer options, but this weakens your battery life a little bit. So far I haven't found any other solutions to this but it is pissing me off. I don't like vivid ng or any other gestures app, fluid ng is by far my favourite.

novak.vujacic97 said:
Yep, I've been experiencing the same glitch for a couple of months. You can fix this by ticking the "disable hw overlays" in developer options, but this weakens your battery life a little bit. So far I haven't found any other solutions to this but it is pissing me off. I don't like vivid ng or any other gestures app, fluid ng is by far my favourite.
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Thank you

ONE UI beta BUGS + hidden featuers

Here you can report the bugs of this beta
Beta 1:
- icon of bluetooth dont show in status bar when It Is on
- widget of maintence dont show on homescreen (trasparent widget)
- Icon frames setting is hidden.
- Not possible to record calls.
- Time at status bar not showing AM and PM
- Navbar double dot to hide absent
- Animations between 2 apps is not smooth
- left/right swipe to navigate in all the samsung stock apps like dialer,clock,gallery etc
Hidden featuers:
- intelligent Scan[ONLY OPTION NO WORKING]: This requires registering face unlock data (scan your face). Once activated restart device and Intelligent Scan shows up under Biometrics settings.
- 4k video record: just tap on the resolution and select what you want
Other bugs Need to be reported here with screen (if it Is possible)

App closing/opening animation lag

Skyfall007 said:
App closing/opening animation lag
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I dont feel this problem no lag

Icon frames setting is hidden.

djxszone said:
Icon frames setting is hidden.
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Can u screen?
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Confirmed

led notification is not working here

Not impossible to record calls.
In addition- the default dialer call recorder is hidden.
In the s9 pie you can recored calls from the default dialer

JackStow said:
led notification is not working here
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With mine s8 led notification work well

lidor578 said:
Not impossible to record calls.
In addition- the default dialer call recorder is hidden.
In the s9 pie you can recored calls from the default dialer
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Confirmed

VectorItalia said:
With mine s8 led notification work well
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have you performed a factory reset?

Intelligent scan not present. Iris scan broken.

JackStow said:
have you performed a factory reset?
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Yes

djxszone said:
Intelligent scan not present. Iris scan broken.
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Iris work in my s8, i performed a factory reset, intelligent Scan confirmed

And there is a space at the bottom of the keyboard to replace nav bar that I don't like. I hope they ll add an option to remove it or to add some more functionality.

djxszone said:
And there is a space at the bottom of the keyboard to replace nav bar that I don't like. I hope they ll add an option to remove it or to add some more functionality.
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Yes there Is, but i think It isnt a bug (?!)
I Hope the same

djxszone said:
Intelligent scan not present. Iris scan broken.
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This requires registering face unlock data (scan your face). Once activated restart device and Intelligent Scan shows up under Biometrics settings.

richierich said:
This requires registering face unlock data (scan your face). Once activated restart device and Intelligent Scan shows up under Biometrics settings.
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It work, but i dont understand how It work

it works!, and i don't even did a fs.

richierich said:
This requires registering face unlock data (scan your face). Once activated restart device and Intelligent Scan shows up under Biometrics settings.
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Doesn't work for me...

what is working for me:
-hotspot
-iris scanner
-AOD - but the default mode went to tap to show it.
-the new navbar
-dark mode !!!!! yesssss