Is there some kind of walkthrough for all available gestures integrated into the Phone’s settings? Haven’t found one so far, so testing gestures has mostly been trial and error for me. Are there any device specific gestures available?
There are only 4 gestures and you can find them here: Get around on your Android phone - Android Help
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Not sure if it’s appropriate for me to join the thread with my thoughts but I’ve also had my FP5 for 3 days now.
- I also found the ring loudness to be a bit high even at the lowest non-vibrate setting. As a workaround, I just tried to find a ringtone that doesn’t sound so loud.
- If you find a launcher (preferrably a FLOSS one from F-Droid?) that suits you, let me know. I also don’t like that unremovable date, but otherwise am OK with the default launcher and would rather not switch to something jam packed with features I don’t care for.
- So far I haven’t had trouble hitting the back button. I used to use gestures on my old phone but I have mixed feelings about them and might want to stick with the buttons on FP5. I think the traditional three buttons are easier and quicker to use (e.g. when browsing the web or in application menus), but they are also easier to press by accident e.g. when using the camera!
A new one I’d like to know if others are affected by:
- I’m finding double tap to wake to be very unreliable. I just tried it five times and it didn’t wake a single time. Sometimes it does, but if I want it to wake for sure, I need to just keep tapping until the screen comes on and that could take anywhere from 6 to 20+ taps… also, at one point I found out the setting had disabled itself
EDIT: I just rebooted and tap to wake got disabled again.
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MacroDroid has a shake to turn on flashlight option. There’s also TapTap which is tapping rather than shaking. I’ll have a look for the links
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@all please report your observations to support. How to see here: contactsupport
I just noticed when always on disolay is enabled and a call is incoming, the numbers pad to enter the unlock PIN is shown with the option “go back to call” instead of giving the option to accept the call directly
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Hi,
There is no navigation volume available and the microphone volume is the issue (not my headphones) so I do not believe the issue could be linked to these settings.
I have checked volume settings and there is nothing weird or unexpected. Different volumes settings are quite similar.
Thanks
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Thanks for the link.
It seems to work well.
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Yes, if I can find one without ads, in-app purchase or tracking…
I have tried gestures instead of buttons and it seems to “solve” my finger issue then :-).
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Re the launcher, I’ve been using Nova instead of my current phone’s flavour of launcher for about ten to twelve years now and it’s gotten to the point that I don’t even try the native launchers anymore. Nova is quite configurable and doesn’t get in the way. Highly recommended.
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Hi Dryhte, I am new to FP 5 and also want to get rid of the google searchbar.
After many recommendations I installed Nova Launcher, free version so far. But I have a problem: I have Startpage as search engine, and have disabled all the other search engines.
Now, when I want to search the internet, Nova Launcher only performs a search in “my apps”. I cannot even move on from there to search the internet. This happens when I use the Nova searchbar as well as when I use the Nova search widget. How can I change this silly behaviour? I contacted Nova support 4 days ago but did not get any answer.
Can you maybe recommend a different, rather “simple” launcher? It should just offer a homescreen that is scrollable left and right, about 4 pages wide. Thanks in advance for your help!
I use Lean Launcher. It’s an open source launcher which you can configer to your liking.
Thanks, Lidwien!
I tried to download Lean Launcher from Google Playstore, but can’t find it there.
I don’t want to run any risks (e.g. by downloading apps from other sources than the Google playstore). I am afraid to get into more hassle by trying to solve a moderate initial problem (wanting to get rid of the google searchbar). Is it risky to download apps from outside Google Playstore?
Lawnchair has been recommended in the FP Forum as well, but same problem with this app, current version unavailable at Google Playstore.
Is it Google’s policy to kick out good alternative launchers from their playstore?
Thanks for your help and advice, best, Vera
Thank you, Lidwien!
I tried the google play link, it says the Launcher is not available for my device, as it has been developed for a previous version (of Android?), and the Hundeva Link leads to google play as well. There it says “last updated in 2018”. And in the screenshots I see that the Google searchbar is visible in grey on the primary pink homescreen, probably inactive, but still bothering.
I think I now give up and use the stock launcher. I’m just a normal user who wants an ethical smartphone. Everybody warns you to keep your apps up to date. I am not courageous enough to install an app that has not been supported for 6 years.
Thanks for your help anyway.
Best, Vera
Most used launcher from Play store I think is the Nova Launcher, if you search here in the forum, you will find it mentioned many times
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I have the Lean Launcher version 1.1.9 on my Fairphone 5
My Fairphone 5 is on Android 13, FP5.TT46.A.144.20240205
And I have removed the Google Searchbar.
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Hi, I can only recommend Nova launcher. The search function searches both your apps and the internet, but the internet only after you hit the arrow on the keyboard or one of the suggestions. Only the top line shows apps.
In my screenshot you see that I use Duckduckgo as a search app.
I tried out the Lynx launcher https://play.google.com/store/search?q=lynx+launcher&c=apps and found it useful, so I bought the full version after a short testing periode. At the moment I am more satisfied with this launcher than with nova pro.
It is very clean and you can select between a lot of different search engines. You can configure the search in different ways.