Hey folks,
tl;dr: OOS 12 removed long press Home to lock device. Apps to replace Assistant function to allow it again disable fingerprint to unlock device.
I did some research on the long press feature of the Home Button (Assistant Button), becauase I wondered that this feature has been removed with Oxygen OS 12. Since I am trying to avoid wear to the physical buttons, I'm searching for an alternative.
Luckily there are apps that replace the Assistant feature to allow custom actions, including locking the device. I tested the following apps:
Lock Screen (F-Droid)
Assistant Gesture Tweaks (Paid)
All of them disable the fingerprint feature on the lock screen. I already tried to disable PIN, password and delete all of my fingerprints as recommended on OP forums, but still I can't use the fingerprint to unlock the device. If I remove the device administration privilege, it's possible again, but I can't lock the device using the Home Button.
Do you have recommendations?
Root, install Magisk, install LSPosed, install GravityBox. All customs settings at your disposal.
Wait so basically you are looking for a feature to lock the device without pressing the lock button?
Settings > Home screen and lock screen > Enable double tap to lock
This let's you double tap a blank area on the home screen to lock device.
You can also check the lock screen shortcuts in the same settings page too.
Zombnombs said:
Settings > Home screen and lock screen > Enable double tap to lock
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Thanks for your reply, but exactly this feature has been removed with OOS 12. There are multiple threads about it on the OP forums.
I took two Screenshots of the settings, one with OP Nord 2 running OOS 12 and OP Nord running OOS 11.
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exis_tenz said:
Root, install Magisk, install LSPosed, install GravityBox
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I'd like to have a non-root solution.
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Thanks for your reply, but exactly this feature has been removed with OOS 12. There are multiple threads about it on the OP forums.
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Hold to lock has been replaced by the "mass move icons" feature from ColorOS, and hence the feature has been changed to a double tap to lock feature and can be found as a toggle under Home screen and lock screen.
Holding on the home screen now allows you to mass select icons to bulk-move them, hence the hold to lock has been deprecated and replaced by double tap to lock.
Note you can even tap in between icons on the home screen to lock your device with this feature. These are pictures from OOS 12 depicting the replacement feature's location on OOS12
As your goal is to avoid wear and tear of the physical buttons this should be an adequate solution, no?
Thanks a lot for your description, @Zombnombs! First of all: sorry, I've mistaken the software version - I'm currently on OOS 11, even on my Nord 2. I just searched for the issue and found posts online concerning OOS 12.
Indeed, double tap to lock is a functional alternative. I even use double tap to wake already. But what I'm curious about is, that my settings look very different from your screenshots. I uploaded a short video of it here. I'm on V11.3 right now.
But I tried to check the Launcher settings by holding the home screen background and select "Home settings". There I found the toggle for double tap to lock!
Thanks again for your help.
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Hi, got HAM2. Very impressed. Wish it had Qi, but aside really good.
Q: How do I turn off power button instant lock?
Android always has this option, but for some reason I can't find it in settings!
In my MT2-L05 EMUI3.0 it's in Settings/Security/Power button instantly locks.
Settings > Security
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Settings > Security
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No matter the option I choose it still locks immediately after hitting the power button. This option is only if the phone goes to sleep itself after 30 seconds or whatever you have your sleep set to.. I'm looking for a work around for the power button. xposed forms here we go!.. any help from anyone would be helpful
superbass311 said:
No matter the option I choose it still locks immediately after hitting the power button. This option is only if the phone goes to sleep itself after 30 seconds or whatever you have your sleep set to.. I'm looking for a work around for the power button. xposed forms here we go!.. any help from anyone would be helpful
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Wow, I just tried it myself and I get the same problem. Good job, Huawei...
Ya... and I'm having a hard time finding a module. any help would be appreciated
My HAM2 doesn't have this problem. I have the Delayed Lock app from the play store which modifies the locking though. I've also frozen the hwunlock lock screen since it was interfering.
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@arcadesdude your the man that app works great... glad to see you also still sporting the HAM2. problem solved
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@arcadesdude your the man that app works great... glad to see you also still sporting the HAM2. problem solved
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Happy to hear. Also if you want to clean up the notification, the Delayed Lock app can still run if you hide it's notification (long press on it then uncheck show notifications), it still works fine and the Notification bar is clean. Mine is set to auto lock after about 20 mins from when I turn off my screen and I also created a shortcut on my home screen to instantly lock it and turn off the screen (have to set wake to lock mode in the settings of the app). If you want to a shortcut like that you can do this in Nova Launcher (or something similar in other launchers). Long press and empty space on the homescreen. Choose shortcuts then delayed lock shortcuts then Lock now (which also turns off the screen).
HAM(2) on Bro!
Rooting and custom kernels has really opened up how much I can push my phones battery life and this hasn't been helped more so than with greenify.
However, when lots of apps start and I want to lock my device, unless I use the hibernate and lock screen shortcut, the battery drain while in standby is present.
Currently, in the OOS buttons section I have my long press or home button set to lock my phone but what I'm really after is for it to lock+hibernate at the same time. Over the past few days I've tried as many different ways as I can and was most hopeful that gravitybox would do the trick but even if I set my buttons in OOS to none, it appears as though this overrides it or gravitybox is not recognising the capacitive buttons on the device
I appreciate any help on any other ways to go about doing this.
Thanks.
I haven't tried this, but what about Tasker? Should be as easy as setting up a profile which launches/activates the hibernation app/widget then use the Secure Settings plugin to lock the screen. You could then assign it to a button in your notification area or activate it when you turn the display off. Just an idea.
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I haven't tried this, but what about Tasker? Should be as easy as setting up a profile which launches/activates the hibernation app/widget then use the Secure Settings plugin to lock the screen. You could then assign it to a button in your notification area or activate it when you turn the display off. Just an idea.
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Hmm, didn't think about that, I'll give it a go. Cheers.
Heres the solution!
Go to button setting
Keep the long press (home) to search assistant.
And if greenify is installed with xposed , then long press the home button and a pop up will show u to choose ,
Hibernate+sleep ,
Tap on it and tap on always,
And u r ready to hibernate and sleep the device by long pressing ur home button.
It works on cm12.1 and i m using it , but i believe it will work on every rom!
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Sactgr said:
Go to button setting
Keep the long press (home) to search assistant.
And if greenify is installed with xposed , then long press the home button and a pop up will show u to choose ,
Hibernate+sleep ,
Tap on it and tap on always,
And u r ready to hibernate and sleep the device by long pressing ur home button.
It works on cm12.1 and i m using it , but i believe it will work on every rom!
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That seems like a great idea! Weirdly though I just tried it and for some reason the screen is still turning off with the long press... Even after a reboot. Odd right?
No idea what's conflicting with it. However your idea seems to work as I managed to the same with the recents capacitive button.
Thanks though, hopefully I can figure it out!
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EDIT: Found the culprit, gravitybox. Disabled it and set the button, re-enabled it and everything's fine now. Thanks a lot [emoji108]
Is there any mod or something to lock the phone when I tap two times on status bar?
There is an in-built widget in miui to lock the device. Just add that widget to your home screen and you will be good to go.
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Is there any mod or something to lock the phone when I tap two times on status bar?
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You can use the lock screen icon in the notification shade instead
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I prefer to lock from the status bar because it can be done from every screen without pull down the notification shade
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There is an in-built widget in miui to lock the device. Just add that widget to your home screen and you will be good to go.
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What widget?
What about tap on the home button? Available on each screen, so as good as double tap on the status bar. Nova Launcher, even free version, can do this - in gestures, assign "lock screen" to home button, 1st tap will get you to the home screen, 2nd tap will lock the screen. On the home screen, 1st tap already locks the screen.
There is an option to set custom key to screen lock
I set that to lock screen on long press of home button
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There is an option to set custom key to screen lock
I set that to lock screen on long press of home button
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Ok, I've set it with long press on back button, because on home button I have google assistant
I use nova launcher and set the double tap gesture to lock screen
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What widget?
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This one...
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This one...
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I'm not got this widget.
Mikael1013 said:
I'm not got this widget.
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If you have miui rom no matter 9 or 10, stable or developer, you must have this widget. Just tap and hold on home screen, then tap on widgets and there you will see this widget. It is the lock screen shortcut in the form of widget.
Go to "Settings "> Under system and device, go to "Home screen & Recents" > Under "additional settings", enable "Double tap to lock screen".
It is valid only if you're using Poco launcher
Well, i came across this option as i play with the recent apps. I already know how to use "Pin this App" as its been there from previous version. But this "Lock This App" looks new. I tried everything there is to try from locking and unlocking an apps, nothings happened. Really wish Samsung include the Mask & Lock App again as it uses fingerprint to lock individual apps without using the comolex Secure Folder.
Anyone knows how to use the option?
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forgive me if i got your question wrong . but lock this app option in recent panel means if you press " close all " button this app remain in recent apps and dont get closed . it has nothing to do with puting password on apps .
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forgive me if i got your question wrong . but lock this app option in recent panel means if you press " close all " button this app remain in recent apps and dont get closed . it has nothing to do with puting password on apps .
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well, initially thats my idea about it. Then i tried everything there is to try including locking an app, then clear recent apps. it cleared the app. lock app doesn't do anything. or its just a bug on my device i suppose. thanks btw.
you get it wrong. lock apps will not get removed from the recent menu (and not removed from memory) when you hit close all!
that's all!
it is not a security feature.
Doesn't prevent swiping
I like the fact that it prevents the app from being closed with the close all button and even prevents the close all button from appearing all together. The issue I'm having is I swipe the apps to close them and "Lock this app" doesnt prevent that. Is this a glitch on my end or is this no longer possible? That's what I liked about the pin app feature in previous version, as I use several apps at once, like music apps in the background while working on projects, etc. So if I swipe 1 or 2 apps away, sometimes I go so fast I swipe the music away instead and stops my momentum. The recent apps section helps unless I use more than 4 apps. :laugh:
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I like the fact that it prevents the app from being closed with the close all button and even prevents the close all button from appearing all together. The issue I'm having is I swipe the apps to close them and "Lock this app" doesnt prevent that. Is this a glitch on my end or is this no longer possible? That's what I liked about the pin app feature in previous version, as I use several apps at once, like music apps in the background while working on projects, etc. So if I swipe 1 or 2 apps away, sometimes I go so fast I swipe the music away instead and stops my momentum. The recent apps section helps unless I use more than 4 apps. :laugh:
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I have the s9 and also locking apps in recent menu doesn't prevent swiping them away.
I miss this option from all my older phones.
Specially when the screen is so big and power button is placed higher, this should have been a must feature.
This if it works with Android 11/12...
blackhawk said:
This if it works with Android 11/12...
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Didn't work. Tried several such apps. Do you know if rooting will help?
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Didn't work. Tried several such apps. Do you know if rooting will help?
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The problem is probably Android 11/12, it works with 10.
Make sure it has needed permissions in accessibility.
Not sure how that's set up on your phone, this is a Samsung:
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The problem is probably Android 11/12, it works with 10.
Make sure it has needed permissions in accessibility.
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No issues with the permissions. I granted them all. I guess Android 12 doesn't allow it.
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No issues with the permissions. I granted them all. I guess Android 12 doesn't allow it.
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12 is known to be a pain. Many have rolled back to 11. You can try Playstore to see if an updated version is available that would work. Scoped storage is a mess.
One of the reasons I bought a second new N10+ a few months ago was to avoid being forced to use Android 11/12.
Also a factor was Samsung's newest flagships suck.
Even it's under Lenovo, Moto phones don't support double tap to wake like Lenovo tablets do.
Tap and swipe is only workaround (you can enable peek display)
Using this app currently fir double tap to sleep. Works mostly. Sometimes it fails
I honestly don't understand how Moto can get rid of such a basic feature and replace it with an inferior 'peek display' option that doesn't even let you disable motion sensing, thereby making the phone light up at the slightest of movements. I was hoping that Moto Edge 30 Pro would have an option to address this but it doesn't seem to be the case.
In the meanwhile, here's an app that will at least light up your phone when there are new notifications without peek display enabled: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.nullgrad.glimpse&hl=en_IN&gl=US
Instead of double tap, you can enable tap to wake up with single tap in moto gestures.
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Instead of double tap, you can enable tap to wake up with single tap in moto gestures.
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Is there any way to prevent accidental touch turn ons using that?
Even double tapp occasionally triggers them...
Open moto app. Go to display settings and turn off peek display
use this app
Double Tap Screen On and Off - - Apps on Google Play
Double Tap Screen On and Off for double tap screen lock & On, Shake Screen Lock
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