Enable/Disable Haptic Feedback – Haptic feedback is the use of touch to communicate with users. Most people know the feeling of vibration in a mobile phone or the rumble in a game controller – but haptic feedback is much more than that. Touches include handshakes, holding hands, kissing (cheek, lips, hand), back slap, “high-five,” shoulder pat, brushing arm, etc.
Haptic Feedback, or “haptics,” for short, is the physical action of using a touch screen interface. The feedback part is typically a physical response based upon the user touching the screen, most often a vibration.
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How To Enable/Disable Haptic Feedback On An Android Phone
- Access the Settings app on your Android phone. On some phones, this can be accessed quickly using an external Menu button. On all other phones, there will be a Settings app in your App Drawer.
- In the settings menu, Tap Sound & Display.
- Scroll about halfway down the screen and Tap on Haptic Feedback.
- A green checkmark means that Haptic Feedback is enabled.
- A grayed checkmark means that Haptic Feedback is disabled.
To toggle whether Haptic Feedback is enabled or disabled, just Tap it until the desired setting is active.
Optional steps:
- Adjust the Haptic Feedback vibration intensity. Below the Haptic Feedback button, there should be another called Vibration intensity. Tap Vibration intensity to adjust your Android phone’s vibration strength.
- Select a vibration strength. A small dialog box will appear. Use the green slider bar to Select the desired intensity. Note that even if you slide the bar all the way down, there will still be a slight vibration.
1. Disabling System-Wide Haptic Feedback
- Open the Settings menu. You can open the Settings app by tapping on the gear icon in the home screen or app drawer, or by swiping down from the top of your screen and tapping the gear icon from there.
- Open the Sounds options. Under the Settings menu, scroll down until you see the Sounds and Notification option. Tap it, and you will be presented with options that let you configure sounds for various aspects of your device.
- Disable touch vibration. This is the haptic feedback you feel when you touch the screen. Click on “Other sounds,” and then toggle off “Vibrate on touch” by tapping on the button at the right of the option.
2. Disabling Haptic Feedback on the Keyboard via the Settings Menu
- Open the Settings menu. You can open the Settings app by tapping on the gear icon in the home screen or app drawer, or by swiping down from the top of your screen and tapping the gear icon from there.
- Go to the Language and Input menu. In the Settings menu, scroll down and tap “Language and Input.” Here you will see various options regarding typing and keyboard options on your device.
- Select a keyboard. Under Keyboard and Input methods, tap the keyboard that you are currently using. This will open the settings menu for that keyboard, which contains haptic feedback settings.
- Disable keyboard haptic feedback. The look of the menu will depend on the keyboard of your choice. Typically, the menu will be something along the lines of “Sound and Vibration.” Tap the Sound and Vibration menu, and then tap the “Keypress vibration” checkbox to remove the checkmark. This will disable keyboard haptic feedback. Tap on the checkbox to disable keyboard haptic feedback
3. Disabling Haptic Feedback on the Keyboard via the On-screen Keyboard
- Launch the Messaging app. Locate your device’s Messaging app, and tap on it.
- Access the on-screen keyboard. Tap the + icon, or the New Message button, usually at the top of the screen to create a new message. This will make the on-screen keyboard pop up.
- Tap the gear icon. This is usually next to the Spacebar. Tapping the gear icon will open the keyboard settings.
- Disable keyboard haptic feedback. The look of the menu will depend on the keyboard of your choice. Typically, the menu will be something along the lines of “Sound and Vibration.” Tap the Sound and Vibration menu, and then tap the “Keypress vibration” checkbox to remove the checkmark. This will disable keyboard haptic feedback.
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