Double tap for ambient display? - Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is it possible to double tap the device's screen when it's off for the ambient display?
The pick up gesture doesn't always work, and I would rather have it be a action I can do to make it ALWAYS work.
Thanks in advance.

My understanding is that double tap to wake is a hardware requirement (that the 6p doesn't meet). But if you use your first to 'tap it' hard enough you should trigger the gyroscope to wake it

pemz82 said:
My understanding is that double tap to wake is a hardware requirement (that the 6p doesn't meet). But if you use your first to 'tap it' hard enough you should trigger the gyroscope to wake it
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Nexus 6p has double tap to wake feature build in but you have to have root go activate it. I use it all the time and always works so I think it's not a hardware feature, someone just has to port it over or something

urim225 said:
Nexus 6p has double tap to wake feature build in but you have to have root go activate it. I use it all the time and always works so I think it's not a hardware feature, someone just has to port it over or something
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I'm using it too, but I did think it would be great if it worked like double-tap-to-ambient-display. That is, doesn't wake it fully just do the same like when lifting it. But didn't have the time to look through the kernel source yet.

istperson said:
I'm using it too, but I did think it would be great if it worked like double-tap-to-ambient-display. That is, doesn't wake it fully just do the same like when lifting it. But didn't have the time to look through the kernel source yet.
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Yep that would be great, I hope someone figures it out if it's possible to do

You can get tap to wake with a custom kernel like the one I'm using on my stock rooted N6p. Try EX Kernel it's awesome!

boxcar8028 said:
You can get tap to wake with a custom kernel like the one I'm using on my stock rooted N6p. Try EX Kernel it's awesome!
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But that wakes the phone fully, not in ambient mode.

I would like the ability to turn on screen saver on double tap or to have the ambient display on all the time. I like how my Wife's S7 shows the clock all the time.

Just slide it a little on the table it will turn on. Mine always does that... sometimes piss me off...lol

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Double tap screen off like g3 with nova.

Not sure if anyone using nova knows this or anyone interested or anyone wants to get nova or whatever reason just likes to have this feature.
First step is install nova and prime (I think it requires this because we need the gesture)
Go to app store and download Screen off and lock by katecca. (You might wanna activate the app first) .
Once downloaded go to nova setting. Go under gesture and buttons. Select double tap. On the top tab select app. Scroll down to screen off (under s). When you first select it. It will have to activate the app first and just hit yes/activate it. (Unless you activated it first)
Once done..
You can now double tap anywhere to get screen off instead of the status bar.
Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
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Thanks dadster! This is something I've been looking for. I've been holding off on rooting and all that fun jazz and you just made my experience that much better!
YankInDaSouth said:
Awesome! Thanks for the tip!
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Gorjira said:
Thanks dadster! This is something I've been looking for. I've been holding off on rooting and all that fun jazz and you just made my experience that much better!
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Cool! Glad I could help.
This is awesome finding!
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Thanks! Good find till a dev can get the wake/sleep working without issues!
Now if only the back button was on the right hand side so when I use the phone in my right hand I can reach it.
If you have greenify you can link doubletap to that also.
That's what I've been doing for a while myself... Double tap will Hibernate + Lock phone aka Sleep.
Works very well
how about the other way?
Mistertac said:
That's what I've been doing for a while myself... Double tap will Hibernate + Lock phone aka Sleep.
Works very well
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G3 allows you to open and unlock phone? with tap patterns. Would loveā¤ to see that on this phone?.
Works but really does lock the phone so Smart Lock doesn't function when you're in a trusted location.. anyone know of a workaround or an app similar that will work with Lollipop?
Validus ROM has double table status bar to sleep. You can download it on their google + page.
I know this thread is a little old. Is this still the best double tap to sleep method through Nova?

Double tap to wake?

I have the exynos variant. Is it possible to enable double tap to wake the device?
Need this too. Had LG devices for the last year, had double tap to wake sleep too.
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I *think* it needs to be a ROM enabled feature.
Only available with a 3rd party AOD app
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CuBz90 said:
Only available with a 3rd party AOD app
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Which app do you recommend? With very very low battery usage.
I came from an LG and I miss so much the double tap to wake and to sleep..
Hgneto said:
Which app do you recommend? With very very low battery usage.
I came from an LG and I miss so much the double tap to wake and to sleep..
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I wouldn't use any as I prefer the standard AOD.
However, you could try this one...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orthur.always_on_display
Ive no idea how much battery it uses.
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It has many bad reviews.. There isn't really another way to do it?
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I use Nova Prime and have double-tap to sleep, but yeah, the dt2wake is the absent feature that is needed. Every time I pick up my wife's G4 I think about how nice that feature is!
I honestly thought I would miss this feature having used it for 3 years but the home button press is just as easy for me.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.knockz You might want to try knock on from playstore. But AFAIK any solution even a kernel solution will significantly drain your battery. AFAIK the devices hardware needs to be optimized for that feature allowing the digitizer to stay activ in a low powermode ( LG,Sony, etc). Anyone please correct me or add more details. Imo pressing the home isn't that bad. It's a question of habit.
Wake up screen
Hi guys,
Sorry for my bad English.
Here is what you need to do for waking up screen on S7
edge, in order to not to press the home button, or
power button.
You jus simply swipe the edge screen, and the message
With steps and notifications will appear.
When that happens, simply put your finger on home
button. (Touch, not press).
And the device will unlock. I think is the most
convenient way to do that. Not Nova, not rooted.
I hope I make myself understand here.
Have a nice day.
All kinds of stupid suggestions here. Just press the home button once and keep your finger touching the button until it reads the fingerprint. Probably as fast as double tap to wake but your device is also secured.
Double tap to wake is a feature that needs to be enabled programmatically at kernel level and the hardware must support it.
Galaxy S7 does not have this feature, at least at kernel level.
Any application that you install that enables double tap to wake is going to make a partial wake lock. It means that your phone is never going to deep sleep and it will drain battery very fast. You have to choose what you want most.
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Go to Settings >Accessibility >Dexterity and Interaction> Easy Screen On
Allows you to wave your hand over the proximity sensor to turn the screen on.
tap2wake (AOD)
Hgneto said:
I have the exynos variant. Is it possible to enable double tap to wake the device?
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Search Tap2wake (AOD) app on play store and install it. by clicking on app icon on AOD you can wake your S7 edge

Double tap to sleep?

It works fine when I use one of lg's launchers. Using nova launcher it does not work. I can force it to work, or I can use greenify to hibernate and lock screen but both methods require device admin privileges. No biggie, but then you're forced to use patter unlock, and I would venture whatever other method you use as back to the fingerprint scanner. I am using pattern. It requires I use it because I gave those two other methods to lock phone development admin privileges thus making fingerprint scanner a lot less useful. It wakes phone but I have to use pattern like I would if I rebooted. Anybody using nova having same problems or found a workaround? Bugging the hell out of me as I finally have a nice finger scanner, coming from the note4 and it was almost useless with a case on, and I love unlocking my phone as I take it out of my pocket. If others using nova are having same problem let's brainstorm and figure this out. It is nice double tapping to lock phone also.
Double tap the notification bar works anywhere.
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It works fine when I use one of lg's launchers. Using nova launcher it does not work. I can force it to work, or I can use greenify to hibernate and lock screen but both methods require device admin privileges. No biggie, but then you're forced to use patter unlock, and I would venture whatever other method you use as back to the fingerprint scanner. I am using pattern. It requires I use it because I gave those two other methods to lock phone development admin privileges thus making fingerprint scanner a lot less useful. It wakes phone but I have to use pattern like I would if I rebooted. Anybody using nova having same problems or found a workaround? Bugging the hell out of me as I finally have a nice finger scanner, coming from the note4 and it was almost useless with a case on, and I love unlocking my phone as I take it out of my pocket. If others using nova are having same problem let's brainstorm and figure this out. It is nice double tapping to lock phone also.
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I already covered this in another thread - it's a known issue since Android 6. In 6 there was a workaround but with 7, there has been changes and the workaround doesn't work.
I spoke with Nova and there is a root workaround for it but we don't have root yet.
david279 said:
Double tap the notification bar works anywhere.
Sent from my LG V20
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Thanks dude. You're my hero today.
david279 said:
Double tap the notification bar works anywhere.
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This doesn't work for me at all... No matter where I 'double tap', the screen never turns off. I can only get it to turn on...
HikariNoKitsune said:
This doesn't work for me at all... No matter where I 'double tap', the screen never turns off. I can only get it to turn on...
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Double tap the notification bar for screen off. It works
HikariNoKitsune said:
This doesn't work for me at all... No matter where I 'double tap', the screen never turns off. I can only get it to turn on...
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It works. Might have to practice a little bit. Speed and accuracy helps.
Skripka said:
Double tap the notification bar for screen off. It works
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@rbiter said:
It works. Might have to practice a little bit. Speed and accuracy helps.
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I've used the G3 for quite a while... I learned how the double tap works for it quite well lol. I know where at in the notification bar you should tap for it work. Unless its dramatically different on the V20's implementation of it, it just simply does not work for me...
@rbiter said:
It works fine when I use one of lg's launchers. Using nova launcher it does not work. I can force it to work, or I can use greenify to hibernate and lock screen but both methods require device admin privileges. No biggie, but then you're forced to use patter unlock, and I would venture whatever other method you use as back to the fingerprint scanner. I am using pattern. It requires I use it because I gave those two other methods to lock phone development admin privileges thus making fingerprint scanner a lot less useful. It wakes phone but I have to use pattern like I would if I rebooted. Anybody using nova having same problems or found a workaround? Bugging the hell out of me as I finally have a nice finger scanner, coming from the note4 and it was almost useless with a case on, and I love unlocking my phone as I take it out of my pocket. If others using nova are having same problem let's brainstorm and figure this out. It is nice double tapping to lock phone also.
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I use nova and it works for me...Did you go into the nova config and enable it? I can dbl tap to sleep and wake...
Good luck
Bleeds
HikariNoKitsune said:
I've used the G3 for quite a while... I learned how the double tap works for it quite well lol. I know where at in the notification bar you should tap for it work. Unless its dramatically different on the V20's implementation of it, it just simply does not work for me...
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It's a PITA and will take some getting used to. I had the LG G3 and the OPPO Find 7 which both had dttw. But with nova you have to hit the tiny notification bar, which as someone said will take some practice. Just make sure you have it turned on in nova's settings.
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Le pro 3 gestures

Hello, are there any gestures for turning on screen in le pro 3. For example as lg smartphones when double tapping the screen turning on. I find in the setting when you press long to back button it goes to sleep but there is not same gesture for wake up. I am using stock rom.
muradheydarov said:
Hello, are there any gestures for turning on screen in le pro 3. For example as lg smartphones when double tapping the screen turning on. I find in the setting when you press long to back button it goes to sleep but there is not same gesture for wake up. I am using stock rom.
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Nope. I miss that from other phones too. There are 3rd party apps that technically do double tap to wake (dt2w) but they basically only by keeping the screen on non-stop and just turning the brightness all the way down. I wasn't a fan of the few I've tried. A custom kernel mod could allow it, in theory.
muradheydarov said:
Hello, are there any gestures for turning on screen in le pro 3. For example as lg smartphones when double tapping the screen turning on. I find in the setting when you press long to back button it goes to sleep but there is not same gesture for wake up. I am using stock rom.
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Try this to enable ambient display and wave to wake up feature.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-pro3/themes/acdisplay-ambient-dispaly-t3521461
Also try Fingerprint Quick Action for notification pull down
Joms_US said:
Try this to enable ambient display and wave to wake up feature.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-pro3/themes/acdisplay-ambient-dispaly-t3521461
Also try Fingerprint Quick Action for notification pull down
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I tried it but it doesn't effective because it is working after fingerprint. I want to find something which can wake up phone without pressing power button or fingerprint sensor.
muradheydarov said:
I tried it but it doesn't effective because it is working after fingerprint. I want to find something which can wake up phone without pressing power button or fingerprint sensor.
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Yes the ACDisplay does, here is the proof.. =D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT_M_m-TYLE
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Yes the ACDisplay does, here is the proof.. =D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT_M_m-TYLE
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Thanks for sharing its really useful but it is not totally i want because as you seen after the ACDisplay you have to swipe for opening lock. i want to do it with one gesture
muradheydarov said:
Thanks for sharing its really useful but it is not totally i want because as you seen after the ACDisplay you have to swipe for opening lock. i want to do it with one gesture
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Well that's because you need to unlock it. Try disabling the option "Power button instantly lock" and it will go to home screen right away in one swipe.
Joms_US said:
Well that's because you need to unlock it. Try disabling the option "Power button instantly lock" and it will go to home screen right away in one swipe.
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This an old APP, used to like it 2 years ago...try ALWAYS ON DISPLAY-AMOLED...using it better than the ACTIVE DISPLAY, you don't need to used the pattern, you can use your fingerprint. Trust me, ACTIVE DISPLAY is an old app, works well when fingerprint is not present before.:highfive:
imna357 said:
This an old APP, used to like it 2 years ago...try ALWAYS ON DISPLAY-AMOLED...using it better than the ACTIVE DISPLAY, you don't need to used the pattern, you can use your fingerprint. Trust me, ACTIVE DISPLAY is an old app, works well when fingerprint is not present before.:highfive:
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Interesting and thanks, I will give it a try but mind you, you cannot use fingerprint while the phone is on the table with screen facing up, can you? And using the fingerprint defeats the purpose of using this app and in fact you don't need this app or the ACDisplay if you can use your fingerprint.
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Interesting and thanks, I will give it a try but mind you, you cannot use fingerprint while the phone is on the table with screen facing up, can you? And using the fingerprint defeats the purpose of using this app and in fact you don't need this app or the ACDisplay if you can use your fingerprint.
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WAVE to wake or pick up to wake will do, its built in, just switch it
imna357 said:
WAVE to wake or pick up to wake will do, its built in, just switch it
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Yep, I am trying it now and I think my first impression is it being more responsive than ACDisplay both in wave-to-wake-up and pick-up-to-wake-up features. Double-tap to wake up phone does not work at all but rather use to go to home screen once the phone woke up similar to swiping up or down. Notification glance could use some improvement, I like ACDisplay's tap to glance and swipe-down to get rid of the notification. I will check the battery consumption of this app over night.
imna357 said:
This an old APP, used to like it 2 years ago...try ALWAYS ON DISPLAY-AMOLED...using it better than the ACTIVE DISPLAY, you don't need to used the pattern, you can use your fingerprint. Trust me, ACTIVE DISPLAY is an old app, works well when fingerprint is not present before.:highfive:
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I have tried it too. But it drains battery a lot
muradheydarov said:
I have tried it too. But it drains battery a lot
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Well I was wrong as it is not battery-friendly as ACDisplay. It keeps on popping out even without waving the hand or picking up the phone. I uninstalled it now and reverted to ACDisplay. =D

Double tap screen for wake up phone or show notifications?

Hi, is any way for double tap the screen and wake up the phone or show the screen notifications?
I place the phone almost all day in my desk and i need to wake up the phone without touch the back of the phone.
jvera3532 said:
Hi, is any way for double tap the screen and wake up the phone or show the screen notifications?
I place the phone almost all day in my desk and i need to wake up the phone without touch the back of the phone.
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Use ambi turner app with wave gesture. Much more convenient than double tap on screen [emoji846]
_mysiak_ said:
Use ambi turner app with wave gesture. Much more convenient than double tap on screen [emoji846]
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Will it drain battery?
Rajeev said:
Will it drain battery?
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I didn't notice any increased usage of battery.
Any other options? because i want tap the phone an wake up.
I have Nova Launcher, maybe this app can help?
When we will have sources and custom kernels or roms, this feature will be possible.
Right now, no way Jose
No, Nova Launcher don't have any options for that.
I hope that the kernel will be released soon... The double tap wakeup is on my wishlist as well!
" Gravity screen " is another app that you can use.
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