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[Q] Silencing Touchless Control in class

If I set my phone's ringer to "Vibrate" or "Silent" and I accidentally trigger my Touchless control, will the phone make a noise? For example, if I am sitting in class or in a test, I would hate for my phone to accidentally make sounds.
Is the sound of TC tied to the phone ringer volume or the phone's media volume? If it's tied to the ringer volume, I can quickly silence it when needed by just using the volume rocker buttons right? If it's the latter, I have to go into the volume settings and change the media volume to silent?
(Google Now used to be tied to the phone's ringer volume; it is now tied to the phone media volume. Any way to change this too?)

Don't say the hotword. Fixed. If TC is going off randomly for you, you should probably retrain the recognition.

I really wish Google now had its own volume control.
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Go to Toucless Controls in settings and uncheck "Launch Phrase Sound". That way it won't been when you trigger it.
Mine also triggers frequently at the mall.. gonna try re training it. Given, I did trick it to activate on "Ok Google" instead of "Ok Google Now" lol.

scorpion667 said:
Go to Toucless Controls in settings and uncheck "Launch Phrase Sound". That way it won't been when you trigger it.
Mine also triggers frequently at the mall.. gonna try re training it. Given, I did trick it to activate on "Ok Google" instead of "Ok Google Now" lol.
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However, after you launch it, if the phone continues to pick up words and decides to start googling or calling someone, it will still continue to make noises.

scorpion667 said:
Mine also triggers frequently at the mall..
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Do you, or the people at the mall you go to, walk around saying "OK Google now"?

nhizzat said:
Do you, or the people at the mall you go to, walk around saying "OK Google now"?
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I think sometimes it may jut trigger from ambient noises. Still, there are situations when you absolutely do not want to risk your phone going off: interview, movie theatre, exam, etc... I know you can shutdown the phone, but that can sometimes be inconvenient.
Speaking of which, is there a reboot function anywhere? I can only find power off. It's sometimes annoying when you want to reboot your phone and walk away and come back, but now you have to wait for it to power off and then manually power it back on again.

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I think sometimes it may jut trigger from ambient noises. Still, there are situations when you absolutely do not want to risk your phone going off: interview, movie theatre, exam, etc... I know you can shutdown the phone, but that can sometimes be inconvenient.
Speaking of which, is there a reboot function anywhere? I can only find power off. It's sometimes annoying when you want to reboot your phone and walk away and come back, but now you have to wait for it to power off and then manually power it back on again.
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I've not had my phone, ambient noise or otherwise, respond and start doing touch less controls unless I've said OK Google Now. I'd be interested to know why yours does. i.e. can I make mine more sensitive? (because sometimes it doesn't even respond when I say OK Google Now)
As for reboot... I'm not aware of anything on the stock X. If you are rooted, there are Xposed modules to give you the "4 option power menu" thing of the old days.. And there are apps like Quick Boot (Reboot) which will reboot your phone normally (works like power off/on reboot), to bootloader, to recovery, or to power off.

KidJoe said:
I've not had my phone, ambient noise or otherwise, respond and start doing touch less controls unless I've said OK Google Now. I'd be interested to know why yours does. i.e. can I make mine more sensitive? (because sometimes it doesn't even respond when I say OK Google Now)
As for reboot... I'm not aware of anything on the stock X. If you are rooted, there are Xposed modules to give you the "4 option power menu" thing of the old days.. And there are apps like Quick Boot (Reboot) which will reboot your phone normally (works like power off/on reboot), to bootloader, to recovery, or to power off.
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Ah I see, thanks.
Is there any reason why Google took away the 4 power menu option and took away the Reboot option from the power menu?

jamesino said:
Ah I see, thanks.
Is there any reason why Google took away the 4 power menu option and took away the Reboot option from the power menu?
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I don't know. I had HTC for a while there, and thought it might have been an HTC Sense thing, or an added hack that I did.
I know there was a "restart" option on the menu, but it didn't shut down and reboot the phone, it just restarted some of the services/features, not a true reboot.

nhizzat said:
Do you, or the people at the mall you go to, walk around saying "OK Google now"?
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Nop. Yesterday it was happening while I was on the bus in the back seat which is in front of the engine. No one was talking.
Like I said, it's because I tricked it to record my launch phrase as "Ok Google" instead of "Ok Google Now". If I do it the proper way I don't have issues.

Can't believe didn't think of this: just turn off Touchless Controls when you need the guarantee of silence -_-

Or make yourself in a meeting using Assist
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[Q] Double press home button to lock?

Hi
I like my nexus 6 but I don't know how much crack they had smoked by the time they had to decide where to place the buttons.
The buttons are not only all beside each other so you're always pressing the wrong ones, but they are dead center of the side of the phone so every time I pick it up I lock it by pressing the power accidentally. It also does not help that this phone looks the same upright as it does upside down, so you never even know which side to expect the buttons on.
Anyway. Is there a hack/app that would let me change the behavior of the power button? I want to change the phone to lock/standby on a double power button click. I wouldn't even mind a double click to wake! I do not want a double tap to lock. I don't want to rely on tapping on my screen.
Thanks for any help. I've tried popping the power button off my case which is great, but I hate relying on the phone to timeout before going to sleep. I'm not looking for a solution like that.

rizz2pro said:
Hi
I like my nexus 6 but I don't know how much crack they had smoked by the time they had to decide where to place the buttons.
The buttons are not only all beside each other so you're always pressing the wrong ones, but they are dead center of the side of the phone so every time I pick it up I lock it by pressing the power accidentally. It also does not help that this phone looks the same upright as it does upside down, so you never even know which side to expect the buttons on.
Anyway. Is there a hack/app that would let me change the behavior of the power button? I want to change the phone to lock/standby on a double power button click. I wouldn't even mind a double click to wake! I do not want a double tap to lock. I don't want to rely on tapping on my screen.
Thanks for any help. I've tried popping the power button off my case which is great, but I hate relying on the phone to timeout before going to sleep. I'm not looking for a solution like that.
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With alternative launchers (eg Nova) you can assign gestures to homescreen or swipe up on dock icons...

In addition to using a different launchers, you could use something like Screen off and Lock which allows you to replace Google Now in your navring (swipe up from your navigation bar) to be a screen off option.
Neither are exactly what you are looking for, but it is the closest you will get without root and/or a custom ROM. With that you have more options, there are double tap navbar and statusbar to sleep options available. I would imagine Xposed would have some options as well.

Hey guys sorry for the late reply.
I actually do use the nova launcher and its pretty sweet. The issue is not to add more gestures to sleep the screen. The issue is that the power button is so easy to click by mistake. I was hoping for a double tap the power to lock or something to prevent it from locking so easily. I usually press it once by mistake when picking it up..but I doubt I will accidentally pick it up and click it twice consecutively...and if I do, well im sure it wont happen too often.
I have root I am willing to try just about anything so if someone knows of a custom rom that could offer this then that would be sweet. I saw someone mentioned it above. Interested!
Thanks again for all your help

Try Invisible Lock Widget. Works a treat every time. I've used it for years and not once has it not responded.

Noticeable delay after pressing screen lock button. System reset does not help.

This issue has been driving me mad for the past couple weeks. I'm at my wits' end and I need some expert help to figure this out. Please read this post thoroughly to understand my situation, as this is not a simple matter of uninstalling some apps.
When I first got my Note 9, the screen lock button worked perfectly. The screen would immediately turn on when I pressed the button, and it would immediately turn off when I pressed it again. However, once I got the Android Pie update, the screen lock button stopped working properly. The screen still turns on immediately, but there's about a 0.5 second delay after I press the button to turn it off. It's a relatively small issue, but it's enough to bother me.
I attempted to fix this by performing a system reset. But this did not help. In fact, this issue is still present even before completing initial setup of the phone.
When you perform a system reset, the first screen you see when your phone restarts is the welcome screen. It contains a "start" button that you press to begin setup. On this screen, the lock button issue does not happen. My phone locks and unlocks correctly. On the next screen, you connect to a wifi network. After connecting to a wifi network, the lock button issue becomes present. In other words, this issue with the lock button is present before I even start using the OS, or install any apps, or really do anything at all. It seems to be triggered by connecting to a wifi network during setup.
So I figured there must be something wrong with the firmware. So I used Odin to flash an earlier firmware version. This did not solve the issue. I even tried installing an unlocked firmware version, on the offchance that my carrier (AT&T) was doing something weird. This did not help either.
I have no idea where to go from here. I thought that a system reset is supposed to completely wipe everything from your phone, so that it behaves exactly how it did when I first got it. But that's not the case. It seems like something is carrying over that's causing this issue. Does anybody have any idea what I should do?

Do you have lock instantly with power key on?

funkyverb said:
This issue has been driving me mad for the past couple weeks. I'm at my wits' end and I need some expert help to figure this out. Please read this post thoroughly to understand my situation, as this is not a simple matter of uninstalling some apps.
When I first got my Note 9, the screen lock button worked perfectly. The screen would immediately turn on when I pressed the button, and it would immediately turn off when I pressed it again. However, once I got the Android Pie update, the screen lock button stopped working properly. The screen still turns on immediately, but there's about a 0.5 second delay after I press the button to turn it off. It's a relatively small issue, but it's enough to bother me.
I attempted to fix this by performing a system reset. But this did not help. In fact, this issue is still present even before completing initial setup of the phone.
When you perform a system reset, the first screen you see when your phone restarts is the welcome screen. It contains a "start" button that you press to begin setup. On this screen, the lock button issue does not happen. My phone locks and unlocks correctly. On the next screen, you connect to a wifi network. After connecting to a wifi network, the lock button issue becomes present. In other words, this issue with the lock button is present before I even start using the OS, or install any apps, or really do anything at all. It seems to be triggered by connecting to a wifi network during setup.
So I figured there must be something wrong with the firmware. So I used Odin to flash an earlier firmware version. This did not solve the issue. I even tried installing an unlocked firmware version, on the offchance that my carrier (AT&T) was doing something weird. This did not help either.
I have no idea where to go from here. I thought that a system reset is supposed to completely wipe everything from your phone, so that it behaves exactly how it did when I first got it. But that's not the case. It seems like something is carrying over that's causing this issue. Does anybody have any idea what I should do?
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It is probably the double tap power button to open camera feature. You can toggle it off and locking will be instant.
If its already off, there my be an accessibility service listening key presses.

xantrk said:
It is probably the double tap power button to open camera feature. You can toggle it off and locking will be instant.
If its already off, there my be an accessibility service listening key presses.
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Oh my god, that fixed it... Can't believe I spent so much time trying to diagnose this. Thanks!

funkyverb said:
Oh my god, that fixed it... Can't believe I spent so much time trying to diagnose this. Thanks!
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This delay issue is so silly but it annoys the hell out of me. Where did you turn off this feature in Pie?
Update: Found it. Just use the search box in settings and type in "camera" (or whatever it is in your language). The "double tap power" setting will get listed.
Thanks alot,
Watz

I even turned off the double press for camera app but I'm still noticing a 0.5 sec lag when i press the side key
I even restarted after changing the setting
Nothing is happening
Please help

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It is probably the double tap power button to open camera feature. You can toggle it off and locking will be instant.
If its already off, there my be an accessibility service listening key presses.
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Thank you bro.

Way to prevent accidental screenshot?

9 out of 10 screenshots I take are by accident when I'm trying to press the power button to turn the screen off. With the volume buttons opposite the power button, it's too easy to press them. Is there a way to change how a screenshot is taken?

Enable the swipe gesture in advance features
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That's already on, but the other way I'm talking about is still active.

Hold you phone differently, unless your hands are so monstrous that preventing your fingers from pressing the volume button is impossible.

Thanks for the Apple-grade suggestion like I've got bad reception on my iPhone. lol
Holding the phone as usual in my right hand, it's not typically a problem. But frequently if it's in my left or I do a quick reach with either to turn the screen on and view notifications and turn it back off, I end up with an accidental screenshot. If I could make it require a momentary hold of the buttons before it takes a screenshot, it would do the trick.

Jwikoff99 said:
Thanks for the Apple-grade suggestion like I've got bad reception on my iPhone. lol
Holding the phone as usual in my right hand, it's not typically a problem. But frequently if it's in my left or I do a quick reach with either to turn the screen on and view notifications and turn it back off, I end up with an accidental screenshot. If I could make it require a momentary hold of the buttons before it takes a screenshot, it would do the trick.
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You could try installing a Bixby button remapper. Many of them allow you to set different functions to your hardware/mechanical buttons & or set delays of different intervals while keeping the current buttons doing the usual stock actions. If you are rooted you only need to install once. If you are stock UnRooted you need to run adb commands every time you turn off or reboot but this is the only option I can think of that will do what you need done. Bxactions is one app and another is button Mapper. Cheers & hope this helps you out.

One bug so far with my device...power button

So recieved the device this morning, everything all good coming from a X2 Pro, however one weird issue I currently have (am on latest firmware) is that the holding the power button does nothing regardless of how long I hold it for, so I can't turn it off or restart. Double tapping it works fine and pressing once to unlock etc, so it's not a hardware issue, is anyone else having this? Firmware is CPH2305_11_A.16

Welcome to android 12 --- volume up + power (2s hold) = the new power button .... don't ask... google did it!

I'm guessing Google think people don't switch their phones off.
Very annoying

highlightshadow said:
Welcome to android 12 --- volume up + power (2s hold) = the new power button .... don't ask... google did it!
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Actually this is OPPO's fault.
On Pixel 6 Pro "power key to launch assistant" can be disabled and then power menu is back when you long-press power key.
On Find X5, the option just disables assistant launch and no option to restore power menu...

That's so annoying and unnecessary. I'm also struggling to find a vibrate only mode. I can't believe a 1075 quid handset can't do the basics.

OnePlus2Oppo said:
That's so annoying and unnecessary. I'm also struggling to find a vibrate only mode. I can't believe a 1075 quid handset can't do the basics.
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There is...
In the notification quick access it's the bell. That turns on silent mode. If you long press to go into the options one of the tick boxes is to vibrate on silent mode. So that's your vibrate only. Once it's set you can literally just then use the bell quick button to go between ring and vibrate

highlightshadow said:
There is...
In the notification quick access it's the bell. That turns on silent mode. If you long press to go into the options one of the tick boxes is to vibrate on silent mode. So that's your vibrate only. Once it's set you can literally just then use the bell quick button to go between ring and vibrate
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Thanks. That's helpful. Is it possible to pull this onto the home screen as a toggle rather than swipe down each time from to access?
Cheers

OnePlus2Oppo said:
Thanks. That's helpful. Is it possible to pull this onto the home screen as a toggle rather than swipe down each time from to access?
Cheers
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Not that i've found yet