Samsung allows the fingerprint sensor to be remapped for the notifications drawer, both gestures swiping down and up. Can this be remapped to something else say scrolling thru the screen/app/webpages?
I was wondering the same thing. A feature like that would make a lot of sense.
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Hi guys! Would anybody know if we can remap the gestures of our Fingerprint sensor?
I mean it already supports swipe down to open the Notification Bar, so can we somehow map it to be a hlme button on press, and maybe back button on left/right swipe?
I know it might be a novelty feature, but it wouldn't it be cool if we can do that?
boofman said:
Hi guys! Would anybody know if we can remap the gestures of our Fingerprint sensor?
I mean it already supports swipe down to open the Notification Bar, so can we somehow map it to be a hlme button on press, and maybe back button on left/right swipe?
I know it might be a novelty feature, but it wouldn't it be cool if we can do that?
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fingerprint quick action can do that
download it through play store
simo255 said:
fingerprint quick action can do that
download it through play store
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Tried it, and it works!
I hope it would have supported side swipe, but it doesn't. Is it a hardware limitation perhaps?
Anyway of doing this?
On Huawei phones this is possible and is a great feature to compliment the slide fingerprint sensor to reveal notifications (which note 8 has).
I have looked for any apps which will make this possible but to no avail.
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It might sound like a useful feature to you, but personally I would worry about accidentally tapping the sensor twice and erasing my notifications. On Samsung phones you just tap the "Clear All" button at the bottom, easy enough really.
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Must admit never had that problem. Once the phone is unlocked, your finger should never head towards the sensor, never mind tap it twice. Lol.
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billu said:
Anyway of doing this?
On Huawei phones this is possible and is a great feature to compliment the slide fingerprint sensor to reveal notifications (which note 8 has).
I have looked for any apps which will make this possible but to no avail.
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In my case my options are either
to ask Bixby...
to show...... Notifications , Quick Tiles etc.
Otherwise if you don't care for Bixby,
with the 3rd party app "bxActions"
you can remap Bixby button
My configuration is
One button press, " go back"
Two buttons presses shows Quick tiles
Long button press, show Notifications etc.
Bottom line
there is other ways, just as convenient.
Good luck
Good day! I'm curious if the fingerprint scanner defaults as the home button when on-screen navigation bar is enables?
I'm on VTR-L29C636B171 right now and I did not notice this on VTR-L29C636B166
I'm on B171 of the dual sim model and for me the fingerprint reader is completely disabled and acts just like a fingerprint reader. However I have noticed that the reader acts like a home button when the screen is off and password/pin disabled.
The sensor is P10s biggest feature besides the camera but it works only as Homebutton when the Navbar is disabled...but why would someone enable the Navbar when the sensor works so awesomely perfect?
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Good day! I'm curious if the fingerprint scanner defaults as the home button when on-screen navigation bar is enables?
I'm on VTR-L29C636B171 right now and I did not notice this on VTR-L29C636B166
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One tap takes you one step back, long tap takes you to home screen and a swipe to left or right gives you multi tasking option. Hope that helps
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Hi,
I have a short question - is it possible to customize fingerprint scanner gestures in the P10? Is there a mod or something to do that? I can't stand current selection, single tap should always be 'home'. My perfect set of gestures would look like this:
single tap - 'home'
swipe left - 'back'
swipe right (or up) - 'multitasking/recent apps'
swipe down - pull down the shortcut panel
tap and hold for 0,5 sec - screen off
double tap - toggle between recently used apps (P8 had this! Even bare bones Android has such function)
Give Tasker a try. I don't know, if it's working and if it won't make problems with the EMUI settings, but you can give it a try.
I have to say, that a swipe for everytime I want to go back would be very annoying. I was 9 years on iPhone before I got my P10 and had to get use to it, but know it's like an automatism.
Not going 'home' after tapping the "home" button is much more annoying. Besides the 'back' button is usually on the left side so swiping left is the closest thing.
I asked on the Tasker forums and one of the users said that it requires TouchTask plugin (for Tasker). We'll see.
Were you able to customize the gestures? Did tasker work? I don't use Google app (disabled it) and think there should be a remap feature... Should not be that hard to do...
Is there a way that by tapping the fingerprint reader at any app i go to the homescreen?
I know the sweeping gesture to open the notifications.
Have you tried a remapping app?
tembares said:
Is there a way that by tapping the fingerprint reader at any app i go to the homescreen?
I know the sweeping gesture to open the notifications.
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Buttons Remapper: Map & Combo - Apps on Google Play
Buttons Remapper: The ultimate app for customizing your Android buttons.
play.google.com
A magisk module for this will be great!! Maybe @Tulsadiver know a way
With how often I hit the sensor by accident, Id imagine it to be an annoyance. Just the like the sensor gesture that would expand/close the notification screen. Just some UX input.