Anyone notice the home button

[mlblack16]

Also works to unlock the screen even if the screen is completely locked and no home button is displayed?

I have the AOD set to turn off at a certain time at night. I accidentally grabbed my phone and pushed where the home button usually shows when AOD is on and the phone still unlocked. Sorry if this is common knowledge, but I just discovered this.

 

[lrrowley]

I think that's pretty cool. I have a love/hate relationship with the home button, but mostly because of the vibration motor. That's good to know that it works even if it isn't visible. I know in another thread on here people were worried about the button causing screen burn in. Sounds like you can turn it off and still use it, which is good.

 

[bandofbrothers2112]

New thoughts are that the Home Button either fades in and out and or it moves around to stop any screen burn.

 

[bandofbrothers2112]

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...-worry-about-screen-burn-aod.html#post5783558

 

[gendo667]

Also works to unlock the screen even if the screen is completely locked and no home button is displayed?

I have the AOD set to turn off at a certain time at night. I accidentally grabbed my phone and pushed where the home button usually shows when AOD is on and the phone still unlocked. Sorry if this is common knowledge, but I just discovered this.

I showed my wife this the other day. We're both jumping from LG to Samsung this year. I've already upgraded. The guinea pig I supposed, neither of us have owned Samsung devices. A sticking point for her was losing double tap to wake. IMO, the home button being active while the screen is off is a suitable replacement.

 

[Russel Shouse]

Don't forget you can also turn the home button icon off on the lock screen.

 

[Misterb]

You can also turn on and simultaneously unlock the phone my touching the fingerprint sensor with a registered finger print

 

[SpookDroid]

I showed my wife this the other day. We're both jumping from LG to Samsung this year. I've already upgraded. The guinea pig I supposed, neither of us have owned Samsung devices. A sticking point for her was losing double tap to wake. IMO, the home button being active while the screen is off is a suitable replacement.

Double-tap-to-whatever is a hard habit to kick. One of the few things I loved about my LG phones (even the wide angle lens grew into a 'meh' feeling quickly thanks to its downgraded picture quality... Why LG, WHY???!!!). I was doing the double tap thing to my work iPhone, my tablet, my computer haha...

 

[BouncyRoo]

Common knowledge. This is how I unlock my phone. It's a one "button" press instead of pressing the power button then slide to unlock. I use Iris. It's usually fast enough where I don't even see the Iris camera comes up, it just goes right the the home screen. That's when I have the phone right in front of my eyes already.

 

[BlackSheriff84]

Don't forget you can also turn the home button icon off on the lock screen.

How is this done?

 

[Iva_LadyDiCaprio98]

How is this done?

You go into lock and security and select AOD then where it says "contents to show " select clock and information

 

[EMGSM]

Really? Can you post a link where I can read or watch it?

Here's an article: Hidden Galaxy S8 trick shows Samsung’s newfound attention to detail – BGR

 

[Almeuit]

Yep.

 

[EngineerGuy]

Common knowledge. This is how I unlock my phone. It's a one "button" press instead of pressing the power button then slide to unlock. I use Iris. It's usually fast enough where I don't even see the Iris camera comes up, it just goes right the the home screen. That's when I have the phone right in front of my eyes already.

While it does unlock the phone it also bypasses all security measures from what I've determined. That's why you aren't seeing the iris notification appearing. I'm not sure what good that is unless the user is the type who chooses to not lock their phone.

I use iris scan to unlock. I've become used to holding the phone in the proper position to ensure a quick iris scan for unlock. Yesterday I noticed that it unlocked while holding the home button and the display was not anywhere close to the right distance or angle to read my eyes. I flipped the phone over and held the home button as a test and the phone unlocked.

I've since disabled the home button from unlocking the phone.

 

[m3lover1]

You will still need to unlock the phone via the method you choose. I have the button showing with screen off, and double tap to wake the phone and show notifications, and if I long press it goes straight to the part where I can either enter my pin, Iris, or finger print. That is instead of pressing the home button, swipe the lockscreen, and then unlock via biometrics.

To be clear I still need to unlock using one security method when I press the home button to bypass the top layer of the lockscreen

 

[EngineerGuy]

Not true in my tests.

 

[munnarg]

You will still need to unlock the phone via the method you choose. I have the button showing with screen off, and double tap to wake the phone and show notifications, and if I long press it goes straight to the part where I can either enter my pin, Iris, or finger print. That is instead of pressing the home button, swipe the lockscreen, and then unlock via biometrics.

To be clear I still need to unlock using one security method when I press the home button to bypass the top layer of the lockscreen

I can confirm that this is the case as well. The unlock with home button only works if your phone times out but is unlocked. Once your set lock time kicks in, the phone will ask to be unlocked when you try to unlock with the home button. Try setting your screen timeout to instant with power key and then try to unlock it. You'll see that it won't unlock.

 

[SpookDroid]

While it does unlock the phone it also bypasses all security measures from what I've determined. That's why you aren't seeing the iris notification appearing. I'm not sure what good that is unless the user is the type who chooses to not lock their phone.

I use iris scan to unlock. I've become used to holding the phone in the proper position to ensure a quick iris scan for unlock. Yesterday I noticed that it unlocked while holding the home button and the display was not anywhere close to the right distance or angle to read my eyes. I flipped the phone over and held the home button as a test and the phone unlocked.

I've since disabled the home button from unlocking the phone.

That's odd, that shouldn't happen. The long-press on the home button option should bypass the swipe screen but it still prompts for secure lockscreens (iris, FPS, face, password, pin, pattern). Hasn't failed for me yet. Are you sure your phone is locked (not just screen off but locked locked) while you did that?

 

[SpookDroid]

While it does unlock the phone it also bypasses all security measures from what I've determined. That's why you aren't seeing the iris notification appearing. I'm not sure what good that is unless the user is the type who chooses to not lock their phone.

I use iris scan to unlock. I've become used to holding the phone in the proper position to ensure a quick iris scan for unlock. Yesterday I noticed that it unlocked while holding the home button and the display was not anywhere close to the right distance or angle to read my eyes. I flipped the phone over and held the home button as a test and the phone unlocked.

I've since disabled the home button from unlocking the phone.

That's odd, that shouldn't happen. The long-press on the home button option should bypass the swipe screen but it still prompts for secure lockscreens (iris, FPS, face, password, pin, pattern). Hasn't failed for me yet. Are you sure your phone is locked (not just screen off but locked locked) while you did that?

 

[sergysn]

Double-tap-to-whatever is a hard habit to kick. One of the few things I loved about my LG phones (even the wide angle lens grew into a 'meh' feeling quickly thanks to its downgraded picture quality... Why LG, WHY???!!!). I was doing the double tap thing to my work iPhone, my tablet, my computer haha...

U still can do it with Nova launcher, i set double tap to lock my phone.