Problem: when I intentionally turn the screen on (example: raise wrist) to check notifications, then screen stays on for n seconds. Now if I'm wearing long sleeve, the sleeve will continue to touch/stimulate the watch face, preventing the screen to be turned off. It will even activate apps/move watch faces.
Solution: when screen is already on, and I am ALREADY ON THE HOME SCREEN, when I click home (top) button one more time - turn screen off
Just put your palm over your watch face to turn it off. Decrease the screen time out and decrease the screen sensitivity. That should prevent your sleeve from keeping the screen on (it's the icon in the quick panel with the finger touching the screen).
As was said by @neilth , your sleeve should not have the tactile ability to keep your screen on or slide the app drawer open and move things around on your screen. The screen should only react to touches such as a finger or stylus, not clothing of any kind. In my opinion, it is far easier to place your palm over the screen than to push a button on the side of the watch. I've tried everything to try to replicate your issue with the screen staying on or having apps activated by a sleeve or piece of cloth with no result - and I have screen sensitivity turned on. My screen stayed on only for the 1 minute I have it set to time out. I wouldn't, however, mind having a feature that senses the watch is under a sleeve and automatically turn off regardless of what the time out interval is.
I'm not sure what makes my sleeves behave more like that than yours, but what I can say is that it's a consistent issue for me with different types of clothing.
I think the palm-thing is great, and since the 2 solutions can be true at the same time (palm + button), I would still love to see this feature. I really don't see a downside to it. (again: if not(home) gohome else turn-off)
Think of it like the phone: if you dbl-tap the screen on a samsung phone, it will turn the locked screen on. If I dbl-tap it again (while still on the lock screen)... it turns off again. I use this several times a day. So doing a similar thing for the watch is not that far fetched.
also agree with the sleeve sensing feature, though I don't know how hard it is to prevent false positives.
Well, the home button is already hard coded for certain actions. You can change some of the actions, but the Home button is hard coded to return to the watch face from any screen on a single tap. You can change the double press action to open a specific app or the long press action to open Google Assistant, Bixby, or the power off menu. It is doubtful that Samsung will give further choices on the button actions, or my guess is they already would have.
As far as the sensitivity for your sleeves, you might want to a) make sure screen sensitivity is off, b) add a screen protector to your watch (either a tempered glass circle, or a TPU case like I have).
What is your sleeve made of? Typical, dry clothing material in contact with a watchface will not be recognized like a finger is. You should run the touchscreen diagnostics for your watch available in the Members app in the Support tab.
It's nothing special, but it happens all the time. Sweaters, than kind of thing. Maybe it's more of a problem in colder climates. Not sure what else to say about it
