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Wierd unlock problem/feature

Since I had the phone, the screen unlock motion has been from bottom left to middle right. I figured this was because the majority of people are right handed and this motion was easy to do in one hand.
I've just come off the phone with my girlfriend and now the screen unlock goes the other way... bottom right to middle left.
Is this a feature for lefties or is my phone just trying to freak me out?
Has this happened to anyone else?

Yes, swipe backwards on the unlock bar to swap it over

haha mint! cheers!
that's definately an odd feature i would never have guessed.
is it possible to close this thread now it's been answered?

To be clear, you drag the top of the the arc to the side of the screen you want.

AW man thank you so much for posting this! I was pretty sure I had seen a video with the unlock screen swapped over, this leftie thanks you!

screen unlock problem

need help,just now my friend have been playing with my x10,n after that,i notice to unlock the phone,i need to swipe my finger from right to left where else originally its from left to right,anyone knew how i could change the settings?tq

you have to tip on the top of the slide and then turn it around.

okeh problem already settled,thx alot

[Q] Some issues with my Streak

I have noticed that when I press/tap on the lower left and right corners (in portrait, in landscape its the top right and bottom right corners) I get the typical LCD 'ripple' effect (as if I am pressing on a typical LCD monitor). Is this normal? No other Android phone I own does this as the glass on the device separates the LCD enough from where people touch. Normal?
Second, I notice that when dragging things (again, picture this in portrait mode) from top to bottom, about 60% of the way down the screen its like it stops reading my finger and the widget, icon, etc drops there and stops following my finger. I need to apply decent pressure to get it to keep tracking my finger. Normal?
I am using the AT&T streak with the 2.1 ROM.

uberamd said:
I have noticed that when I press/tap on the lower left and right corners (in portrait, in landscape its the top right and bottom right corners) I get the typical LCD 'ripple' effect (as if I am pressing on a typical LCD monitor). Is this normal? No other Android phone I own does this as the glass on the device separates the LCD enough from where people touch. Normal?
Second, I notice that when dragging things (again, picture this in portrait mode) from top to bottom, about 60% of the way down the screen its like it stops reading my finger and the widget, icon, etc drops there and stops following my finger. I need to apply decent pressure to get it to keep tracking my finger. Normal?
I am using the AT&T streak with the 2.1 ROM.
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both normal.
the screen ripple is because the lcd screen is actually bonded to the protective glass

The last point is not normal, I don't have to press hard to keep a drag going.
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

Yeah I've never experienced the 2nd but definitely the ripple I sorta expected.
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

Maybe its a design tweak to stop the screen from breaking so easily? My first streak never rippled but then one day i turned it on and found my screen had broken. After a three week long battle with 02 i got a new model and lo and behold ripple whenever i press near the edge of the screen.
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Little one handed trick

Hey Everyone,
I do this every now and then, wondering if everyone else does.
Let's say I'm using the phone one handed, web browsing or something and I need to reach a button on the opposite bottom corner.
Rather than stretch across the screen, I just rotate the phone 90 degrees for a second. The screen rotates, and the button is now directly under my thumb. I click it, rotate back and move on.
Yes, the Note still sucks sometimes as a one handed phone, but this does help out every now and then.
- Frank

oh thanks nice idea

another way is to curl your finger around the back of the phone...I did try this, and looks really funny if you're watching from afar

I guess I just have big hands. The way I hold the phone, I can touch everything to the right of the blue line.

Ha.. same here. I've got big hands too. One overseas colleague once asked me if that is a S2 I'm holding.
If I'm holding the phone, you can only see 1/4 of it from the back. And only 1 cm separates my thumb to the closest finger when I hold it.

This is particularly useful if you're reading in landscape.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA Premium HD app

another trick for zooming during browsing with the stock samsung browser is to simulate 2 fingers. usually you can zoom in and out by putting them on the screen and overturn the phone.
so instead of using to fingers, just put your thumb on the left side of the screen, so that a small part of your palm touches the screen on the right, which simulates an input^^
i hope u understood what i mean

I never hold my phone 1 handed. I'm too afraid of dropping it. But I'll try your advice if I ever need to

[Q] Software Workaround for Cracked Screen?

I dropped my phone and cracked the screen at the bottom. It's barely noticeable, but the area at the bottom where it is cracked is unresponsive to touches. This is unfortunately the most important part of the screen, and makes navigating around the phone difficult.
Is there some kind of software workaround where I can basically push up the nav bar, and have it ignore the very bottom of the phone? Or is there a better solution? Pie appears to be another option, but I have found it semi-difficult to use.

Turn the phone upside down
Sent from my SGH-I747M using xda app-developers app

Haha, right.
The physical button placement makes that sub-ideal (as well as the camera). That quickfix would just replace the nav bar issue with a notification bar issue.

Install custom Rom with pie and use that.