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keepthetips t1_jedqdp2 wrote

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Dragoniel t1_jeds3ag wrote

Yeah, so it can drain battery with a constant screen activation against your leg. Locking you out after a 100 failed pattern attempts, opening whatever random crap you have allowed on lockscreen. Or butt-dialing emergency services.

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itsMousy t1_jedstc2 wrote

My phone is constantly in my pocket like that and has never once done any of that. Idk what you’re doing.

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Eppok t1_jee02xl wrote

You are not sweating enough. In summer times my Pixel 6 has this problem all the time. My OnePlus 5T though had some Kind of detection.

I can't find any similar setting on my Pixel.

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GrungBuk t1_jedse12 wrote

There are settings on all phones to prevent that. If you have this issue you just don't know how to use your phone fully.

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Dragoniel t1_jedsgnp wrote

I certainly don't know how to enable leg detection on my lockscreen. Hell, most of the time my phone is unlocked by smartwatch proximity, so the lockscreen is just a swipe away from unlocking.

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callm3Nep t1_jedsmcw wrote

I never experienced anything like that with any phone I owned. The fabric from your pockets should be enough to not trigger the touchscreen.

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GrungBuk t1_jedtlkp wrote

If you have a Samsung device it is under >settings >display >accidental touch protection (turn this to on)

Other brands have similar settings

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Dragoniel t1_jedvbqs wrote

Or I could just not risk calling 911 equivalent and not place my phone in a way that could accidentally activate the screen. Especially when I am taking wireless calls, which unlock the screen on pickup.

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GrungBuk t1_jedvw94 wrote

I also use a smartwatch to keep my phone unlocked and I constantly have ear buds in to answer calls on my phone which I do about every twenty to thirty minutes during work hours and my phone is always facing my leg so it doesn't break.

Never once had these issues

¯\(ツ)/¯

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Dragoniel t1_jedw2m0 wrote

Never broke any screens (or anything else on my person) either. But I've had butt-dials and random things accidentally activated on my phone in my pocket numerous times.

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Lenithriel t1_jee73f1 wrote

Sounds like a setting that's easily fixable on your end.

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