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Why is the pocket detection so pathetic?

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tauolu1
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Galaxy S24

It happens 4-5 times a day that I pull out my phone and the fingerprint sensor has been blocked due to multiple failed attempts in my pants pocket! It's extremely annoying! I have kept Accidental touch protection on from the day I got the phone and it has almost never worked at pocket detection or stopping the fingerprint sensor from scanning inside my pocket.

I'm using S24+.

Does this happen to you too? What can I do to stop it?

 

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realaud
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Galaxy S24

Do you have AOD on? Do you have fingerprint always on?  I would take the AOD off or turn the off fingerprint always on (settings/security and privacy/biometrics), don't show the fingerprint on the AOD and just double tap or press the side button to open to the lock screen.  But, then again, I am one of those that don't believe phones belong in pockets.  This generally happens more with men, because a phone in a women's purse generally has its own separate pouch and doesn't get the same kind of jostling.  You can also wear looser pants.  Accidental touch protection can only do so much; if the phone senses what feels like a deliberate gesture, it will react accordingly.

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Tidbitty
Supernova
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Galaxy S24
Thin pockets potentially. Certain pants i have has thin pocket liners and when walking/running the screen gets tapped like a double tap gesture.
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