If only they could break the bastard Bixby button instead.
Comment on On new installations, Android rebinds the power button to open up Google Assistant
ugjka@lemmy.ugjka.net 22 hours ago
I’ve changed it to launch Firefox and double press to turn on/off flashlight. I have a Samsung phone
murmelade@lemmy.ml 21 hours ago
JargonWagon@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I loved how at first, I was able to rebind that stupid button to anything I wanted. Then that stopped and it became only Bixby. Horrible decision - Having a button that can launch any app you want is a beautiful thing that more phones need to get behind.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Current gen of samsung phones has removed it entirely, fwiw.
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
Which is a loss. I liked the extra button, just not for an assistant.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
How do you turn off your phone then?
dingus@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
On Samsung phones, you can turn off your phone via the notification bar drop down.
That being said, I still prefer to have my power button bound to…well…power options lol.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Yeah I remember rebinding my grandparents butrons on samaung phones back to power. Fucking updates changed it to the stupid assistant and they had no idea how to turn off their phone.
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
I don’t use the features you listed that much, so I switched it back to powering off my phone. On my Samsung device, there was a link titled how do I turn off my phone. One of the options suggested was saying, “Bixby, turn off my phone.” Nope.
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
At the top of the quick settings panel there is a power button.
PMmeTrebuchets@lemmy.zip 20 hours ago
Only S25U you just hold down the down volume button and the power button at the same time. That’s how it came for me stick our of the box, have not touched it. I did set my power button to be one long press for my wallet app instead of Gemini tho
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
Does that actually bring up a menu, or just outright shut it down?
The two button shortcut has historically been for forcing an immediate shutdown in the event of like, a full system freeze. It’s the same as ripping the power cord from a running desktop PC, and isn’t the intended graceful shutdown that these devices are supposed to get.
Unless they’ve changed things, that’s been the standard since the first smart phones and PDAs.
PMmeTrebuchets@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
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For me it brings up this menu
kn33@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I don’t know what everyone’s on about. I’m pretty sure this is explained in the first launch tutorial. You press power and volume up at the same time.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I don’t remember the first launch tutorial because 2 reasons.