Neat moto feature I wish to see in more phones (lemdro.id)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mfat@lemdro.id to c/android@lemdro.id

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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.

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[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 24 points 1 year ago

chop chop flashlight is the very best feature of the Moto series

[-] ten4@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Honorable mention to twist twist camera

[-] mfat@lemdro.id 9 points 1 year ago

And to twist for switching between main and selfie camera.

[-] thenicnet@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

For real. I moved over to Samsung a while back and I miss choppy choppy light light.

[-] pe1uca@lemmy.pe1uca.dev 5 points 1 year ago

And shake for camera

[-] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 6 points 1 year ago

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

[-] yoast@notdigg.com 6 points 1 year ago

It's been six years since I switched from an X2 to a pixel 2 and I still miss the flashlight chop

[-] Cube6392@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I still chop chop the Teracube I've had for a while and then go "oh yeah..."

[-] Landericus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

I 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.

[-] revlayle@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I went to pixel because the last couple of moto phones were just meh, but chop chop flashlight was the greatest thing ever

[-] iamroot@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 year ago

Pixel phones also have this feature, called quick tap. Quite handy to turn on and off flashlight for example.

[-] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I use it for quick notifications

[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] EarlTurlet@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The 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.

[-] mfat@lemdro.id 5 points 1 year ago

Cool. It's incredibly useful. Didn't know Pixels had this too.

[-] dub@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

yep. have it on the fold. its not perfect but its pretty good!

[-] 0_0@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

On other devices, you can use Tap, Tap but it may not work as well

[-] mfat@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

Requires root or a compatible Pixel device..

[-] SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I just got it working on a non-rooted Galaxy S10

[-] 0_0@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

it's not necessary anymore, I'm using it on a non-rooted phone

[-] mfat@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah just tried it and it worked!

[-] kadu@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Quite 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.

[-] bear@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The two underneath it are lifesavers too.

[-] mfat@lemdro.id 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah both are brilliant design ideas. Only someone who has used a moto phone knows what we mean.

[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I 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.

[-] inspector@gadgetro.id 4 points 1 year ago

Back 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

[-] citizenserious@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

https://github.com/KieronQuinn/TapTap

[-] kokesh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Xiaomi has it also

[-] Anti_Weeb_Penguin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The ROM i'm using has it

[-] mfat@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

Which rom and which phone?

[-] Anti_Weeb_Penguin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Evolution X Poco X3 NFC

[-] MdRuckus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This works on Pixels. I have mine set to flashlight.

[-] shitescalates@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Asus has some of these.

[-] FlyingPiisami@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

So if I flip it, will I have to DM or will the phone do it for me?

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