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.
31 Comments
FredericChopin_@feddit.uk · 23 pts · 3y
mfat@lemdro.id · 6 pts · 3y
Wow! I bet most iPhone users don't know this exists. This is more like a usability feature than an accessibility one. It even supports triple tap!
FredericChopin_@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 3y
iamroot@discuss.tchncs.de · 18 pts · 3y
Pixel phones also have this feature, called quick tap. Quite handy to turn on and off flashlight for example.
DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I use it for quick notifications
warmaster@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
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 · 8 pts · 3y
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 · 4 pts · 3y
Cool. It's incredibly useful. Didn't know Pixels had this too.
dub@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
yep. have it on the fold. its not perfect but its pretty good!
0_0@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
On other devices, you can use Tap, Tap but it may not work as well
mfat@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 3y
Requires root or a compatible Pixel device..
SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
I just got it working on a non-rooted Galaxy S10
0_0@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
it's not necessary anymore, I'm using it on a non-rooted phone
mfat@lemdro.id · 2 pts · 3y
Yeah just tried it and it worked!
kadu@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
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 pts · 3y
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.
Hazdaz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
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.
citizenserious@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 3y
https://github.com/KieronQuinn/TapTap
inspector@gadgetro.id · 4 pts · 3y
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
WhoRoger@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
The two underneath it are lifesavers too.
mfat@lemdro.id · 4 pts · 3y
Yeah both are brilliant design ideas. Only someone who has used a moto phone knows what we mean.
kokesh@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Xiaomi has it also
shitescalates@midwest.social · 2 pts · 3y
Asus has some of these.
Anti_Weeb_Penguin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
The ROM i'm using has it
mfat@lemdro.id · 2 pts · 3y
Which rom and which phone?
Anti_Weeb_Penguin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Evolution X Poco X3 NFC
MdRuckus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
This works on Pixels. I have mine set to flashlight.
FlyingPiisami@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 3y
So if I flip it, will I have to DM or will the phone do it for me?