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[Question] Is there a module that allows the S7 fingerprint scanner to stay active

I cannot find this anywhere, but I am looking for a way to make my fingerprint scanner to stay always active while the screen is off so that there is no need to actually press the button to wake up the phone before unlocking.
Please don't suggest unlock alternatives such as wave to wake or anything that isn't what I described above, all that I am looking for is a way to just touch - not press - the home button while the screen is off and locked and it will wake up and unlock.

Fingerprint scanner too fast!!

I'm finding it quite difficult to turn on the screen of my XZ1C without unlocking the phone...
Sometimes I just want to look at the lock screen without the phone unlocking, but the fingerprint scanner reacts so quickly that the lock screen (along with any notifications) is gone before I've even read the time!!
Is there a way to set a delay (probably not) or set another button (vol? camera?) to wake up the screen without unlocking the phone? I'd rather not have to disable the fingerprint scanner, and I never had this issue with my Z5C.

Seriously?
People complaining about the fp-scanner being too fast nowadays?
As for solutions, you could always use a finger where you haven't stored the print.
Or use your fingernail to press the button.

4rz0 said:
Seriously?
People complaining about the fp-scanner being too fast nowadays?
As for solutions, you could always use a finger where you haven't stored the print.
Or use your fingernail to press the button.
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That's what I'm doing - it's a bit awkward! On the Z5C there was just enough time to remove your finger before the phone unlocked so you could have a quick glance at the screen. It must use more battery to fully wake up the phone everytime the power button is pressed?
I guess "tap to wake" would have been another solution to my (admittedly small) problem.

Oh, come on now. Fast fingerprint scanner is a good thing. There shouldn't be such thing as too fast. I would simply "reserve" my middle fingers for checking the lock screen.

Even if I use the "wrong" finger, the lockscreen bounces to the left because it's tried reading the fingerprint which is also annoying when all I want to do is check the time and for any notifications!

a novel approach i just set up: when scanning your thumb, only scan the pad and not the tip. then you can use the pad to unlock and the tip to check the lock screen.
(doesn't fix the problem of the bounce tho)

Use this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jarsilio.android.waveup
Just wave your hand over the proximity sensor and the screen will turn on but won't unlock the phone if you have a lock.
Don't enable the lock screen functionality though, it doesn't support fingerprint unlock.

Lol why don't u just use a another finger?

Dany XP said:
Lol why don't u just use a another finger?
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See post #5...

hbkid said:
I'm finding it quite difficult to turn on the screen of my XZ1C without unlocking the phone...
Sometimes I just want to look at the lock screen without the phone unlocking, but the fingerprint scanner reacts so quickly that the lock screen (along with any notifications) is gone before I've even read the time!!
Is there a way to set a delay (probably not) or set another button (vol? camera?) to wake up the screen without unlocking the phone? I'd rather not have to disable the fingerprint scanner, and I never had this issue with my Z5C.
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look on the Play Store for Power Button to Volume Button by TeliApp, the app is old but still works and will allow you to use the volume down button as a second screen on button. it reverts back to being a normal volume down button once the screen is on. no root required. (I would post a link but XDA won't let me because I'm a new user)

9.0.6 allows you to bypass lockscreen security

I have my phone set to lock when I turn the screen off with the power button. After updating to 9.0.6 I can just swipe up on the lockscreen without showing my face or touching the fingerprint sensor. About 25% of the time it also shows my home screen under the lockscreen before unlocking.
Oh nevermind, it's was smartlock keeping the phone unlocked. Sorry. Pls delete

This reminds me of the time I thought the finger print reader was working through my gloves. Turns out it was face unlock barly seeing me at the edge of it's field of view

Missing the rear Fingerprint scanner on the OnePlus 6 (to many click to access)

Simply put I miss my rear finger print scanner, the front is neat, but not as convenient, first I have to double tap to wake and then scan often that is way more effort than a finger, second I have to stretch my hand to get a finger to the right spot on the phone, while the rear was easy to access when holding.
I can get use to the location, but not all the extra tapping to unlock it should not required double tap to wake and then a scan that is at least 3 actions, now say 30% of the time the phone wakes when I remove it from the case so only 1 action, but that is only 30% of the time. The fingerprint needs to be always on, the phone can recognize a 0 when the screen is off, why not a touch on the fingerprint scanner?
Any suggestions to improve this?
ERIC

egandt said:
Simply put I miss my rear finger print scanner, the front is neat, but not as convenient, first I have to double tap to wake and then scan often that is way more effort than a finger, second I have to stretch my hand to get a finger to the right spot on the phone, while the rear was easy to access when holding.
I can get use to the location, but not all the extra tapping to unlock it should not required double tap to wake and then a scan that is at least 3 actions, now say 30% of the time the phone wakes when I remove it from the case so only 1 action, but that is only 30% of the time. The fingerprint needs to be always on, the phone can recognize a 0 when the screen is off, why not a touch on the fingerprint scanner?
Any suggestions to improve this?
ERIC
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Change double tap to single tap and turn on Pick up your phone to show in Ambient display.

bp328i said:
Change double tap to single tap and turn on Pick up your phone to show in Ambient display.
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yeah, the "Pick up to show Ambient Display" is amazing, you don't even have to tap the screen to wake. Also I like the front fingerprint better since I can just unlock it while the phone is lying on the table, no need to pick it up to unlock.

I missed my finger print reader for about 2 days. Now it's just as easy and better in many cases IMO. The wake suggestions above are the way to go.

azlan194 said:
yeah, the "Pick up to show Ambient Display" is amazing, you don't even have to tap the screen to wake. Also I like the front fingerprint better since I can just unlock it while the phone is lying on the table, no need to pick it up to unlock.
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Agree. The "pick up your phone to show" and the single tap to wake feature work great. When I pull the phone out of my pocket, it is already lit up and ready for my finger. If it is already out, I can just tilt the phone up or single tap to get the fingerprint sensor ready. Those are under settings/display/ambient display.
Another handy feature is double tap to lock.

egandt said:
Simply put I miss my rear finger print scanner, the front is neat, but not as convenient, first I have to double tap to wake and then scan often that is way more effort than a finger, second I have to stretch my hand to get a finger to the right spot on the phone, while the rear was easy to access when holding.
I can get use to the location, but not all the extra tapping to unlock it should not required double tap to wake and then a scan that is at least 3 actions, now say 30% of the time the phone wakes when I remove it from the case so only 1 action, but that is only 30% of the time. The fingerprint needs to be always on, the phone can recognize a 0 when the screen is off, why not a touch on the fingerprint scanner?
Any suggestions to improve this?
ERIC
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Buy a Google Pixel 3xl?

Any way to switch from tap to wake to double tap to wake ?

Hi there,
Tap to wake is a neat feature but I find myself waking up my phone too often by mistake, so I tried to figure out a way to get the old double tap to wake back, but couldn't find out how.
I guess it must be implemented into custom kernel ?
Any advice would be appreciated !

Same, I had to turn this off b/c my phone kept waking in my pocket and changing songs.

I noticed too sometimes my phone wakes up in y pocket, coming from OnePlus it surprised me cause I'm used to have pocket mode. Hope there will be a workaround later.

I replaced the Pixel Launcher with Nova Launcher. Light years better. While there is no double tap to wake, you can double tap to lock the screen then just use the fingerprint reader to unlock the screen. Since owning the OG Droid long ago it seems, I have yet to find a home launcher better than Nova. Worth every penny.

Double Tap - Apps on Google Play
Easy to turn on/off screen without power. Not affected to unlock by fingerprint
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Works perfectly on Pie.
As for Q...? Give Google time and they will screw up anything and everything.

I use NovaLauncher too and all my devices for years now. I love it.
But that's not what me and OP are complaining about. We want to double-tap the screen while the phone is laying a table and have it wake up to lock screen. Picking it up and using the fingerprint sensor on back doesn't help.
Lift to Wake works, but you have too, duh, lift it to wake it. We want the double tap for our fingers, but not erroneous dbl tap detections when phone is moving around in pocket or in my hand.
I can't tell you how many times music player skipped forward or back b/c or incorrect dbl taps, waking, and then more taps from my pocket contents or whatever.

I'm using OnePlus launcher port as I'm used to it (and I love the gesture to access hidden apps from app drawer, asking for fingerprint).
And I'm happy with it, I use Gravity box so I can turn the screen with double tap on status bar.
For now I disabled tap to wake, and I use tasker to turn on always on when there's an incoming notification, so that I don't have to wake my screen just to check if there's something new.
I'm confident someone will give us a custom kernel allowing double tap to wake someday !

Seems like there's something wrong with proximity sensor, I noticed that after trying to play with proximity sensor in tasker, it always return 5cm.
Updating to February build did not solve the issue, that could be the reason why there's no pocket mode.
Anybody else with this problem ? (There are several apps that can read sensors and check for proximity one.)

Did anyone ever figure this out. I really like the double tap to wake so I just tap my phone while it sits on table to wake. I never had an issues w/tapping to wake before (LG v35, etc) and I now realize why it is a huge problem for myt 4A 5G -- stupid Google make it tap to wake, not double tap. For me, this cause constant waking and then irritating unwanted activity (music changing, podcasts stopping) while my phone is still in my pocket. Arrrrg.

StephenMSmith said:
Did anyone ever figure this out. I really like the double tap to wake so I just tap my phone while it sits on table to wake. I never had an issues w/tapping to wake before (LG v35, etc) and I now realize why it is a huge problem for myt 4A 5G -- stupid Google make it tap to wake, not double tap. For me, this cause constant waking and then irritating unwanted activity (music changing, podcasts stopping) while my phone is still in my pocket. Arrrrg.
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If your phone wakes up in your pocket, you must have a problem with proximity sensor, i had to remove my screen protector because of that, and now, no more accidental wake up while in the pocket (but i still miss the double tap to wake).