Neat moto feature I wish to see in more phones
Neat moto feature I wish to see in more phones
I was playing with a Motorola G72 and noticed this feature by accident: double-tap on the back of the phone to trigger a custom action.
Here is a video showing this feature
This is not the same as double tapping the fingerprint scanner. This phone has a front-facing under-display scanner.
It's very neat and handy, I hope other phones implement this too.
Update: See this comment for a link to an app that enables the feature on many phones.
chop chop flashlight is the very best feature of the Moto series
24 0 ReplyHonorable mention to twist twist camera
12 0 ReplyAnd to twist for switching between main and selfie camera.
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For real. I moved over to Samsung a while back and I miss choppy choppy light light.
10 0 ReplyAnd shake for camera
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Should be noted it's fairly simple to do this on any Android phone with Tasker.
Profile > Event > Sensor > Shake Left-Right >
task=torch toggle
Tasks > Alert > Torch > Set Toggle >
task - torch toggle
6 0 ReplyIt's been six years since I switched from an X2 to a pixel 2 and I still miss the flashlight chop
6 0 ReplyI still chop chop the Teracube I've had for a while and then go "oh yeah..."
3 0 ReplyI had two moto phones back to back and then switched to the pixel. Can't tell you how many times I tried to turn on the flashlight this way before realization kicks in.
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I went to pixel because the last couple of moto phones were just meh, but chop chop flashlight was the greatest thing ever
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Pixel phones also have this feature, called quick tap. Quite handy to turn on and off flashlight for example.
20 0 ReplyI use it for quick notifications
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Reading the comments, it looks like there are lots of other phones doing this.
Personally I use it to turn on the flashlight on my Pixel 6.
12 0 ReplyThe Pixel series have this. It's called Quick Tap.
Combined with Tasker, you can make it do anything -- if the existing options aren't enough.
10 0 ReplyCool. It's incredibly useful. Didn't know Pixels had this too.
5 0 Replyyep. have it on the fold. its not perfect but its pretty good!
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On other devices, you can use Tap, Tap but it may not work as well
7 0 ReplyRequires root or a compatible Pixel device..
1 0 ReplyI just got it working on a non-rooted Galaxy S10
4 0 Replyit's not necessary anymore, I'm using it on a non-rooted phone
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Samsung has this as well as triple tap under RegiStar via Good Lock, but it randomly just stops working. It was great at first, but now I don't even try to use it because so often it just doesn't work.
6 0 ReplyQuite a few phones have similar features. Samsung users can use GoodLock to use the back tap too.
But when I tried in the past, I didn't like it, too many false triggers.
6 0 ReplyI miss my Motorola phones.
Had nothing but Motorolas since my very first Android. Absolutely loved the gestures and hands free interaction. Went through a series of Moto phones over the years until I accidentally destroyed my last one and needed a new device ASAP. Ended up with a Samsung S21 which is a perfectly fine phone,but it doesn't have the personality of any of my old Motos. It does have a much better camera though than any of my Motorolas.
I don't want to buy a new phone any time soon, but I definitely want to go back to Motorola.
4 0 ReplyBack when I had my Mi A1, I used to run a Pixel 2XL GSI ROM that enabled the same feature.
I used that to take a screenshot, and later, show the accessibility menu when my power button and volume buttons stopped working.
CC: @ladfrombrad@lemdro.id who is the only person I know that still has their A1
4 0 ReplyXiaomi has it also
3 0 ReplyThe two underneath it are lifesavers too.
3 0 ReplyYeah both are brilliant design ideas. Only someone who has used a moto phone knows what we mean.
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The ROM i'm using has it
2 0 ReplyWhich rom and which phone?
2 0 ReplyEvolution X Poco X3 NFC
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Asus has some of these.
2 0 ReplyThis works on Pixels. I have mine set to flashlight.
2 0 ReplySo if I flip it, will I have to DM or will the phone do it for me?
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