Galaxy S5: Slide to answer problem

[keri2000]

Hey guys I have been experiencing issues when I receive calls. I try to slide to answer and it doesn't recognize my finger the first few times which has caused me to miss calls. It is like it is hung up and takes time to recognize finger detection. My husband and neighbor have both complained about this. What gives? Should I report these issues to Samsung? Anyone else having this problem? So many glitches south this phone.

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[mark5019]

I find if you look when you put your finger to answer button will turn green then slide works

 

[gmurphy0487]

There is an option in accessibility I believe to change it to a button to answer instead of slide to unlock.

Edit: Not in accessibility. I can't remember where it is. I'll see if I can find it and let you know.

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[gmurphy0487]

It is in accessibility. It is single tap mode. Unfortunately, it affects more than just phone calls.

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[slb21]

Hey guys I have been experiencing issues when I receive calls. I try to slide to answer and it doesn't recognize my finger the first few times which has caused me to miss calls. It is like it is hung up and takes time to recognize finger detection. My husband and neighbor have both complained about this. What gives? Should I report these issues to Samsung? Anyone else having this problem? So many glitches south this phone.

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I found that I have to hold the green button down for a bit and then slide.

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[paridge]

Go to ACCESSIBILITY. Choose Answering and ending calls. Check Answer calls by Pressing the Home Key. You can also check End calls by Pressing the Power Key

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[monicakm]

I'm having the same problem. I missed a call from my daughter last night. When I called her back, I said "apparently I'm not smart enough to answer my smartphone". I hope there aren't as many problems with this phone as there seems to be. Hopefully it's more user error than phone error!

 

[keri2000]

I found that I have to hold the green button down for a bit and then slide.

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This is gonna have to do for now as a solution. Thanks! Maybe the update coming will fix.....

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[Nativedude30]

Here Are Some Steps That Should Help.
1. Power Off Phone
2. Remove Battery
3. Wait 10 Seconds
4.Reinsert Battery
5. Power On Phone
Voila Should Work

Hope This Helps!!!!

 

[Bart2d2]

I have the same problem as does my girlfriend. Touch inside the circle, slide to right and nada. Takes a few times and half the time miss the call. Don't think it's working as it should.

 

[prlundberg]

Same issue here. I've also had the same unresponsiveness with sliding the camera from the lock screen.

I think the real problem is just that TouchWiz is a POS.

Mine's the Verizon version.

 

[AZgl1500]

Nothing wrong with TouchWiz

Just the method that is default for answering the phone.

Program the Home Key single press as the Answer/Cancel call method.

Works great, no ambiguities about it.

 

[Jon Jackson]

I don't even have to touch my phone to answer a call, just wave my hand over it.

 

[jschu22]

Does the phone vibrate as it detects your finger in the green circle? I cant call myself so I cant test it but I've found that not swiping until this vibrate happens, I lift and repeat if it doesnt, has helped me not miss calls.

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[Jon Jackson]

Does the phone vibrate as it detects your finger in the green circle? I cant call myself so I cant test it but I've found that not swiping until this vibrate happens, I lift and repeat if it doesnt, has helped me not miss calls.

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You don't need to even touch the phone, just hover your hand and if you want to accept the call, go from the left to the right, if you want to decline the call, go from the right to the left.,

 

[trickym81]

I have this issue sometimes as well.

 

[prlundberg]

Nothing wrong with TouchWiz

Just the method that is default for answering the phone.

Program the Home Key single press as the Answer/Cancel call method.

Works great, no ambiguities about it.

If there was nothing wrong with TouchWiz, you wouldn't need a workaround. I don't want to use the workaround anyway, as it's too easy to hit the button when pulling it out of my pocket. I want the answer swipe to consistantly answer calls the way it's supposed to. I don't think that's too much to ask.

 

[AZgl1500]

If there was nothing wrong with TouchWiz, you wouldn't need a workaround. I don't want to use the workaround anyway, as it's too easy to hit the button when pulling it out of my pocket. I want the answer swipe to consistantly answer calls the way it's supposed to. I don't think that's too much to ask.

never has the Home Key answered my phone taking it out of my pocket.

You are getting into semantics and heavy personal preferences.
I had no issues with the swipe method. It worked for me every time, but I work with gloves on and the button is easier to get to that way.

using the phone's builtin setup menus to use the Home Key to answer the phone is NOT a work around, it is a feature that Samsung put there to use if you choose to. I choose to.

The swipe still works, it is not disabled.

 

[prlundberg]

never has the Home Key answered my phone taking it out of my pocket.

You are getting into semantics and heavy personal preferences.
I had no issues with the swipe method. It worked for me every time, but I work with gloves on and the button is easier to get to that way.

using the phone's builtin setup menus to use the Home Key to answer the phone is NOT a work around, it is a feature that Samsung put there to use if you choose to. I choose to.

The swipe still works, it is not disabled.

No. Swipe to answer is flakey and not working consistantly as it should for me and several other people here. That is a problem with TouchWiz. Using another feature to compensate is a workaround by definition. That's not semantics, those are facts. For you it may be personal preference to use the home button, but to say I should do that is a workaround for the swipe not working. In my previous post I should have said "I wouldn't need a workaround" instead of "you", so I apologize for that.

All I want is for the answer swipe to work.

 

[tutor]

No. Swipe to answer is flakey and not working consistantly as it should for me and several other people here. That is a problem with TouchWiz. Using another feature to compensate is a workaround by definition. That's not semantics, those are facts.
All I want is for the answer swipe to work.

Interesting that if options are given they are considered workarounds. While I'm not saying TouchWiz is or isn't working properly (works fine on my S5), What your basically saying is if I make any corrections to the default settings of my phone I must be having issues and needing to make workarounds to compensate for them. Pretty silly. I guess if we really didn't wish to talk semantics I could say that it isn't the phones issue that is not working but you must be swiping it incorrectly and that is the issue... works on my phone just dandy, so you must be doing something incorrect. That in and of itself would be a pretty dumb thing to say, because someone likes a different option to run their phone. Good thing the ROM developers don't know they shouldn't be playing with these things, Android might come to a standstill and everyone's devices would look the same. lol