Touchless Control and Tasker - Moto X Q&A

Sup guys. I was wondering if anybody thinks there's a way (w/out root) to activate touch less controls by holding volume down or some thing like that. Maybe using tasker.,or any other app. Some times I'd rather press a button than say OK Google now. Kinda embarrassing sometimes lol
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You could do a shake profile to launch voice search.

r.storm85 said:
Sup guys. I was wondering if anybody thinks there's a way (w/out root) to activate touch less controls by holding volume down or some thing like that. Maybe using tasker.,or any other app. Some times I'd rather press a button than say OK Google now. Kinda embarrassing sometimes lol
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I tried to do it, but I have some limitations since I'm not rooted and I'm not an expert on tasker... I got it working with a shaking gesture to launch voice search, but I couldn't make it to happen with the screen off...
If you find a way, please let me know

There's an icon you can press once. Google search.
That's how I have to do it on my N5.
I know what you mean about embarrassing ....tho, to me it goes for all of it. I don't talk to my phone period around strangers. Lol
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Phone unresponsive when waking up

Is anyone else having this issue as well I can get rid of it I've tried everything to what happens is sometimes when my phone is asleep tonight wake it up it's completely unresponsive, the screen turns on but I can't do anything other than hit the power button on and off and volume other than that I am stuck on the same screen. Also when I wake up in the morning after charging my phone overnight it is always frozen like this but even worse when it has been more than a few hours. Could this be related to using an alternative home? I have used both launcher pro and adw with the same results. I have never had this with any of my other android phones. Any ideas?
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Take it to Verizon and get a switchout.
Before I do that I would like to make sure that it isn't software based otherwise I will just run into the same issue.
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I haven't experienced that issue, but something similar. About once every 2 days my phone won't wake at all. The notification light seems to be working, but pressing the power/lock button doesn't wake the phone, screen stays black and I have to pull the battery. If I call the phone while it's in this state, nothing happens on the Bionic's side, but the phone I calling from hears 4 rings before going to voicemail. I've uninstalled Widget Locker and Home Switcher to see if either of them are the culprit.
awesome, thanks
I would do a factory rest and see if it was a software problem first.
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Do you have in pocket detection on under settings? Try turning that off. I was having major issues like that when I was using that setting.
quentin0 said:
Do you have in pocket detection on under settings? Try turning that off. I was having major issues like that when I was using that setting.
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Good advice, the pocket sensor on this phone is borked.
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most annoying thing on this phone!can it be changed?

As much as I love this phone, the most bloody annoying thing, for me is the home button, I seem to press it while txting and general use so many times it drives me mad!!!:silly:
can the time delay on the home button be changed in the settings somewhere??
I have the same problem (while typing this, its happen again).
Its very frustrating and makes me mad.
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Well yeah, it happens sometimes for me too... but it's not that horrible
OrionCarl said:
As much as I love this phone, the most bloody annoying thing, for me is the home button, I seem to press it while txting and general use so many times it drives me mad!!!:silly:
can the time delay on the home button be changed in the settings somewhere??
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Use swype or any other alternative keyboards, u can change the size of the buttons and it's location
Made possible by my sexy LG Optimus 4X HD (P880)
im glad im not the only one who has the problem lol, tried other keyboards, but the space bar is still above home, if i root it, is there a setting to make it delay a fraction??
Home button does not annoy me. I rarely hit it when typing. The most annoying thing for me is that this phone heats up quickly. I got sweaty hands..
I have the same problem too
Sorry about my bad English
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Lack of response in home and back buttons

Seem to be having real issues at the moment with a lack of response from these buttons. Don't remember the phone being like it when I first got it in fact it seemed very responsive. I find now I am having to press the back button several times or even kind of having to slide my finger over the button to get it to resister. I can recall a previous phone of mine having a very similar issue, think it was the Sony erricson satio but really did spoil the operation of the phone.
Anyone else experience this?
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Operation of the dock shortcuts is fine as is the sensitivity of the home screen, even with the screen protector on, it's just the back and home button.
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There has been a few threads on this, seems like a common issue. However theyre apparently looking at a software update to improve sensitivity- https://twitter.com/htc_uk/status/319748247075819520
I can confirm it... Is that a software problem?
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hpsauce37 said:
Seem to be having real issues at the moment with a lack of response from these buttons. Don't remember the phone being like it when I first got it in fact it seemed very responsive. I find now I am having to press the back button several times or even kind of having to slide my finger over the button to get it to resister. I can recall a previous phone of mine having a very similar issue, think it was the Sony erricson satio but really did spoil the operation of the phone.
Anyone else experience this?
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I'm having the same issue, which is starting to annoy me. Not sure whether these things get worse or not, but as my wife's hasn't got the same issue, I'm not sure it's software??!! Should we be asking for the phone to be changed???
Is there supposed to be vibration when pressing the soft keys? I'm not getting any vibration and it would go some way towards helping me with the responsiveness of the buttons.
basil281 said:
I'm having the same issue, which is starting to annoy me. Not sure whether these things get worse or not, but as my wife's hasn't got the same issue, I'm not sure it's software??!! Should we be asking for the phone to be changed???
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This is a software issue in the kernel.. HTC or the XDA developers should have no issues fixing it
niallmal said:
Is there supposed to be vibration when pressing the soft keys? I'm not getting any vibration and it would go some way towards helping me with the responsiveness of the buttons.
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Agreed. It's more the lack of feedback that makes them difficult to use. I have the feeling that they are sensitive enough. The problem is that there is no feedback. You just don't know where the tap is registered.
appelflap said:
Agreed. It's more the lack of feedback that makes them difficult to use. I have the feeling that they are sensitive enough. The problem is that there is no feedback. You just don't know where the tap is registered.
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Vibrations can be enabled through settings.
I have to use my thumb to use them, they don't register my finger at all, just so annoying, I would rather a home button like the GS2.
darkgoon3r96 said:
Vibrations can be enabled through settings.
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I have it set in "Settings" -> "Sound" -> "Vibrate on touch" but I still dont get any vibrate on soft key press.
Vibrations for the capacitive buttons are turned off if you have the power saver on, regardless if you've turned vibrations on via settings.
For some reason I'm getting a much better response from the Back and Home keys when I use nova launcher as opposed to the stock sense launcher.
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chagatai said:
Vibrations for the capacitive buttons are turned off if you have the power saver on, regardless if you've turned vibrations on via settings.
For some reason I'm getting a much better response from the Back and Home keys when I use nova launcher as opposed to the stock sense launcher.
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Ah thank you, it's working for me now.

[Q] Vibration on hardware back and home buttons

One of my only complaints about this phone is that the hardware back and home buttons are a bit small. If their tap targets extended to the screen edges from the HTC logo, all would be well.
Alas, that's not the case. So, to make up for this, I was curious if there was a way to make the phone vibrate when I tap these buttons. I seem to miss these, and tap twice or more, and sometimes, I'm just being impatient, but I don't know until it's too late, since the response isn't always immediate.
They seem to vibrate for me. I'm on viper Rom but pretty sure it did it before too. It is a rather faint vibrate but it's there.
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Nieylana said:
They seem to vibrate for me. I'm on viper Rom but pretty sure it did it before too. It is a rather faint vibrate but it's there.
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Well, maybe my phone's just being dumb, but there is definitely no vibration here. It does vibrate on other functions, though.
Anyone else able to confirm?
RetroEvolute said:
Well, maybe my phone's just being dumb, but there is definitely no vibration here. It does vibrate on other functions, though.
Anyone else able to confirm?
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Do you have power saver turned on? Power saver disables the vibration.
Felnarion said:
Do you have power saver turned on? Power saver disables the vibration.
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Ah. That was it. Thanks!

[Q] question about side buttons and waking up

Trying to decide between the g2 and the moto x, have a g2 currently. One of the things I have seen touted with active display is that you can just pull it out of your pocket and it will show notifications. One thing I do a lot is check the time on my phone; the question is if I don't have any notifications and pull the phone out of my pocket will activedisplay show me the time or something? or will it only show up if there are waiting notifications. The moto x power button seems pretty small and doesn't have that much travel so seems like it might be a pain to try and hit all the time to check the time.
Thoughts?
Yes, regardless of whether you have notifications or not the screen "turns on" when you pick it up, flip it over our remove it from a pocket... I probably only hit the power button 5 or so tints a day to turn it on and that's mainly from muscle memory... Still use the power button to put it back to sleep on most occasions. Coming from an sgs3 it's no more difficult to press on the moto x.
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