I find my fingers and palm are constantly pushing the rounded edge of the phone... It is driving me mad. Is it possible to disable the touch recognition on the rounded edges of the screen?
iifuzz said:
I find my fingers and palm are constantly pushing the rounded edge of the phone... It is driving me mad. Is it possible to disable the touch recognition on the rounded edges of the screen?
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Take a look at an app on Play Store called "No more accidentally touching". It's listed for the S6/S7 but someone is using it on a S8.
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I realize this will sound like sacrilege to many here, but I'm looking for an app that can be used to shrink the viewable portion of the screen.
Why?
There are certain times when I'm using the phone and don't need the full screen for the task at hand. Additionally, since the touchscreen extends so far to the edge of the device, there are times when I accidentally "press" the outer edges of the screen with the meaty portion of my thumb (i.e. holding the phone in my right hand, trying to tap something in the upper-left corner, my palm might hit the lower-right corner)
My further hope is that battery drain could be reduced while using this.
So does any app like this exist?
If not, would the creation of such an app be possible?
Is it possible to shrink what is being viewed to a smaller portion of the screen?
Is it possible to "turn off" touch functionality for certain areas (i.e. the outer edge) of the touchscreen, or is it all-or-none?
byrong said:
I realize this will sound like sacrilege to many here, but I'm looking for an app that can be used to shrink the viewable portion of the screen.
Why?
There are certain times when I'm using the phone and don't need the full screen for the task at hand. Additionally, since the touchscreen extends so far to the edge of the device, there are times when I accidentally "press" the outer edges of the screen with the meaty portion of my thumb (i.e. holding the phone in my right hand, trying to tap something in the upper-left corner, my palm might hit the lower-right corner)
My further hope is that battery drain could be reduced while using this.
So does any app like this exist?
If not, would the creation of such an app be possible?
Is it possible to shrink what is being viewed to a smaller portion of the screen?
Is it possible to "turn off" touch functionality for certain areas (i.e. the outer edge) of the touchscreen, or is it all-or-none?
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I know its possible to turn off the touch around the bezel, there is an app for it. Off top I cant remember what the name of it is, but I will check for you and get back.
EDIT: I believe this is the app I was thinking of. There may be another different one or two. I know there is one to do exactly what you are asking.. you set a screen area around the bezel to prevent accidental touches. Let me know if this app works for you.
Thanks for the heads up, WiredPirate. That thread also led me to find "Invisible Grip" and as you said, it blocks touches around the edges of the screen, and does work on my device. At some point I'll probably plunk down the $0.99 to get the Pro version, which allows setting the size of each border, etc.
I wonder if a resizing app already exists as well.
byrong said:
Thanks for the heads up, WiredPirate. That thread also led me to find "Invisible Grip" and as you said, it blocks touches around the edges of the screen, and does work on my device. At some point I'll probably plunk down the $0.99 to get the Pro version, which allows setting the size of each border, etc.
I wonder if a resizing app already exists as well.
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I dont know that a resizing app exists, I haven't seen one but that doesn't make it nonexistent. If I do stumble upon one in the future I will let you know. I know there is a resizable app for playing video, but that's much different than shrinking the screen.
Hello, I tried S-note on a 10.1 2014 in a store. When I put the S-pen on top of the screen (not touched yet), the left/right edge showed a blueish edge. What is that? I tried it to PRO 12.2 but did not see such edge.
it tries to scroll up, any edge will give that blueish effect and it is plain stupid, i would be really grateful if somebody could turn that and zooming in and out off in S-Note.
cantfindanick said:
it tries to scroll up, any edge will give that blueish effect and it is plain stupid, i would be really grateful if somebody could turn that and zooming in and out off in S-Note.
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I would also like the song pen scrolling disabled in a note. It makes writing by the edges really leggy as its trying to scroll the screen even though I'm not tying to scroll.
I can live with it, but it would be nice to be able to disable this feature.
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Why I did not see this when I tried S-Note on Note PRO 12.2?
I really don't like the look of my phone, don't like the extreme rounded corners of my phone, I can circumvent by using hide camera cutout and it add a black bar at the top getting rid of the prominence of roundness from the top atleast, but now I have rounded corners at the bottom but not at the top of my phone which just looks awkward, so wondering if there is a way to just stop rendering anything at the bottom of the phone like a black bar, where touch is disabled and its just black?
https://imgur.com/VBRUekf pic here for better understanding.
Ofc, follow this:
Settings>Display>Fullscreen Apps>Three dots at the upper right corner>Advanced Settings>Hide Camera Cutout....
Sorry I misunderstood your question. :/
Am I missing something? I want a bigger font on outside and smaller on inside. I see no option for this. Wtf? Seems dumb.
I agree. I also want the font on the front keyboard to be bigger on the front screen. I haven't found a workaround.
Try using Bixby routines.
mezdroid said:
Try using Bixby routines.
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Yep. Or Tasker.
Yeah I'm with you on this one front fonts are way to small
I played around with the minimum width numbers in developer options and adjusted the numbers to where i like them from with in the inner screen. I've noticed that when you go in the minimum width settings from the front screen the numbers are different then when u go in from the inside screen and if you try and adjust them from the front outer screen they won't stick they just default to there original numbers ?
Just tested with Bixby Routine but if doesn't work well. It often doesn't change as it is actually configured which is annoying.
Samsung will probably get around to enabling it latter...
Might be me missing something, but is there a way to just re-size the small screen keyboard? Would like it to be taller but with out making the fold screen any bigger
What keyboard do you use? I use SwiftKey and haven't seen a way to resize it for the outer screen only, but it sure would be helpful since I use a split keyboard for the inner screen, which makes it hard to use on the outer screen. rarely use the outer screen, though.
I use gboard but have tried the Samsung keyboard as well.
I used GoodLock/KeysCafe and make my own Keyboard. With Arrows up. The Size ist changeable.
ButterflyFlutterflyMyOhMy said:
What keyboard do you use? I use SwiftKey and haven't seen a way to resize it for the outer screen only, but it sure would be helpful since I use a split keyboard for the inner screen, which makes it hard to use on the outer screen. rarely use the outer screen, though.
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I was able to resize the keyboard size on the outer screen with Swiftkey...
HermesHidayat said:
I was able to resize the keyboard size on the outer screen with Swiftkey...
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You can resize it/choose different style (ex. split), but those changes will also apply to the inner screen, unless they finally changed it recently.
ButterflyFlutterflyMyOhMy said:
You can resize it/choose different style (ex. split), but those changes will also apply to the inner screen, unless they finally changed it recently.
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It looks like they must have changed it as rhey both resize independently.
frogdr1ver said:
It looks like they must have changed it as rhey both resize independently.
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Nice! I'll have to try that now.
ETA: Nope, it didn't work. I didn't try the Resize, since that's not what I need, but the Modes, and changing the front screen to full also changed the inner screen to full instead of thumb (split). Boo.
ButterflyFlutterflyMyOhMy said:
Nice! I'll have to try that now.
ETA: Nope, it didn't work. I didn't try the Resize, since that's not what I need, but the Modes, and changing the front screen to full also changed the inner screen to full instead of thumb (split). Boo.
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Yeah I have to say I was a wee bit disappointed with that as well. I'd like a different option on each as well.