Did anyone get this working? Was going to do a factory reset to see if that would fix it, but if no one has it working then I'm sure that won't help.
Hold down power button 1 second to activate Google assistant.
I find it's a bit hit and miss but it works.
Timing has to be very precise.
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Lol How precise can you be. Press power one second and Google assistant should open. Shouldnt be that hard for them to implement correctly.
The split screen gesture is a joke. Sooooo frustrating. I'm sure I'm going to get a bruise on my knuckle I've tried so many times to get it working. Probably works 5% of the time for me.
Oh as well, the gesture to go one handed mode (pull in from the corner) usualy works for me most of the time, but what is stupid is that it also activates Google assistant too! Why would the same gesture do 2 things.
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Is there a way to wake the phone from its sleep mode without opening up the keyboard? That's the only way I can figure out.
Thanks!
A quick press of the power button on the side will wake it up.
This is written in the instruction manual.
You should have read that before using the phone.
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is-it possible to use another button instead of the power button in order to power on/off the screen?
Yes - if you disable the setting that stops all the other buttons from waking the device up (to avoid answering calls and making calls etc when its in your pocket).
man that power button is hard to push though. am i the only one who has trouble finding it by touch alone? i was thinking of carving out an indentation in the casing to help my thumb 'find' it, but thought better of it....
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man that power button is hard to push though. am i the only one who has trouble finding it by touch alone? i was thinking of carving out an indentation in the casing to help my thumb 'find' it, but thought better of it....
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what i do is set the keys to lock when the phone is locked then use s2u to serve as the lock. I havent accidently called anyone yet so i think its the quickest way to resolve the issue not to mention i like the way it makes my phone look
demione said:
man that power button is hard to push though. am i the only one who has trouble finding it by touch alone? i was thinking of carving out an indentation in the casing to help my thumb 'find' it, but thought better of it....
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I saw someone did a simple mod to make it easier to find. Dont remember where i saw it. if it find it'll post a link.
but what they did was bought a little "nub" from a craft store and glued it to the power button to make it stick out more so it was easier to find. It looked pretty good and probably did help in this situation. I've thought about doing the same.
That said, I essentially did what Neva said in the last post. I use S2U2 (Slide2Unlock2) to lock the phone. And I set my phone to be "awakened" by any key press. And S2U2 is config'd to always run on wakeup. So I can't make a phone call by accident. it works great.
You can set the phone to awaken on any key press by setting here:
Settings | System | Key Lock | Do not lock buttons
Here's the link to the Power Button mod...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=344967&highlight=power+button
Amazing what you can find if you search the forum.
Anyone using Button Savior? I love it but it doesn't seem to survive a reboot. In fact, sometimes, it seems to die even without a reboot. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there a way to ensure that it's always running?
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I started using it today and have rebooted several times. Seems to actually work, whereas SoftKey didn't work as reliably for me.
I installed it via the Market. At some point, not right away, it asked for su. After that it has worked fine.
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I'm another happy user of button savior. I use it on on my rooted HD2 and love it.
An update just came out for button savior, but I have never had problems with it. I do have to restart it once in awhile after a boot, but not every time. Not much to complain about because I love that some smart person actually came out with it!
I've been using it for several days and have rebooted many times. Installed via Market. So far so good.
I love button savior. I occasionally miss the button to pull up the menu because its so small but it has survived a few reboots.
I see the little button on my screen on the right but it does nothing, I cannot activate it, I have gone into the settings and I can move it from left to right but that's it, Help please
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I see the little button on my screen on the right but it does nothing, I cannot activate it, I have gone into the settings and I can move it from left to right but that's it, Help please
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Are you sure your finger is touching it? I have trouble getting the nook to register my taps on the edges of the screen. Once you tap the icon a group of icons appear like home and back. Try reinstalling if you continue to have problems.
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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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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.
I found a new and useful app on Play Store. It's called easyHome for Samsung and it let you simply touch the fingerprint scanner instead of pressing the home button. Also, with the pro version, you can turn off the display with a long touch.
I'm trying it and it's really nice. Anyway the long press of home button is unusable, because if you long press the home button to start google now, when you leave the button the app recognizes a long press and shut down the screen. I'm also concerned about fingerprint life and battery drain because now it's always active.
Let me know what you think about it
Google Play Link: easyHome for Samsung
Just installed. So far so good.
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Good app but I have found it works inconsistently so I have uninstalled.
I've played with it a little. It's nice when it works, but it's not consistent. Especially the paid long press feature doesn't work well, many times a normal tap triggered it.
The problem is the timing. When doing a tap, it seems to register as being a long-press even though it was fairly quick. To get the tap to register consistently, you have to barely touch the button.
These timings need to be adjusted. Even better would be an option within the app to set the timing ourselves.
it keeps my phone awake all the time :/
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it keeps my phone awake all the time :/
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Yes. Battery drain is the main reason I uninstalled it. Devs says they're working on it, but nothing new.
I appreciate the screen off function on long press. I'm actually looking for a good alternative to turn off the screen.
Hi there,
My Home button press function (mechanical) having some bad contacts and every minutes my phone xiaomi mi5 awakes from sleep mode, lowering my battery life.
Today it s even worse, it closes the app i using for returning to the home screen.
I wish to find a way to completely disable the press home button mechanical function, the fingerprint recon is ok, and the touch home button too.
I hope some of you will find a way to resolve my issue.
Thx.
same problem since last 2 months
if anyone can suggest some solution, it would be really helpful.
flash RR.Enable software keys and disable hardware keys on customization menu on settings
The problem resolved by itself, it must been some moisture that was stuck in it.
About weeks later it s now so fully functional.