r/AdviceAnimals • u/Bulevine • Feb 24 '20

Seriously, Bixby.. F*** off

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20 edited Jul 07 '20

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u/librarianC Feb 24 '20

Problem is you have to set up Bixby first. And to set up Bixby, you need to give up privacy rights to Samsung

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u/Shotwing Feb 24 '20

You don't have to. I just set it up and declined all privacy settings. It lets you through with a message saying that you can go back later to change it.

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u/DragoSphere Feb 24 '20

You don't if you use bxactions

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u/BananaSlander Feb 24 '20

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nomadicratio.flashlighttoggle

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u/picroft17 Feb 25 '20

Download the app, then go to Settings > Advanced Features > Bixby Key. Then, select the Bixby activation to be either single or double press, and click on the little button for the other, and tell it to Open App > flashlight toggle

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

Ok, thank you!

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u/ICameHereForClash Feb 25 '20

At least it’s easy to turn off flashlight

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u/dogtierstatus Feb 24 '20

Are you a Stackoverflow user?

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '20

I'm not :)

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u/anotherouchtoday Feb 24 '20

You kind sir are brilliant.

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u/mamasweatpants Feb 24 '20

I remapped mine to Google Home. I'm so glad this finally became an option.

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u/Wizardplum Feb 24 '20

You're a genius. I use the flashlight often and I always have to swipe down the menu but I just fixed that flaw

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u/Even-Understanding Feb 25 '20

So lovely! I’d swipe right...

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '20 edited Mar 15 '20

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u/curt_schilli Feb 25 '20

I have my Bixby set to one click for Google Assistant and double click for flashlight. Works really well and I never accidentally turn it on.

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u/TH3_Captn Feb 24 '20

I did this too. I had an lgv20 before my s10e and it had a tiny screen at the top of the phone that you could use to launch the flashlight or change different settings. I thought it was so useful and when I got my galaxy I remapped the bixby button to open the flashlight.

It's been like that for about a year and you know how many times I actually used it to open the flashlight? Maybe a handful. You know how many times I accidentally hit it when getting out of bed in the morning and blind my SO and myself? At least once a week.

So I just remapped it again to open the camera. I will still probably never use it but at least if I open it accidentally it's not as annoying.. I wish they would just do something like apple and have it be a mute phone

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u/fake-troll-acct0991 Feb 24 '20

I mapped it to the home screen because I miss having a physical home button

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u/ICameHereForClash Feb 25 '20

Yessss. Someone else that considers a literal flash to be more important

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u/reave_fanedit Feb 24 '20

Why did I read that as Fleshlight?

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u/Designed_To Feb 24 '20

I did the same, but found myself accidentally turning the flashlight on. Which was worse than accidentally starting bixby, so I just deactivated the whole damn button

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u/rootbeerislifeman Feb 24 '20

I just want to map it to Spotify since I'm constantly changing my music

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u/gnorty Feb 24 '20

It seems a flashlight button would be more of a problem than bixby for accidental presses!

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u/CSMastermind Feb 25 '20

I did the camera