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3D Touch "edge of the screen" is tricky as hell

sniffies said:
Doesn't always activate no matter how how hard I press. Would love it to work more consistently though as I can see myself using it quite often.

Anyone else find it inconsistent?
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Touch "peek" and just drag. Don't do the "pop" type push. Just enough to see the tabs and pull them in
 
mattopotamus said:
With a case I could definitely see it being difficult
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Doesn't bother me because the home button is so easy. But they'll need to tweak this if/when they get rid of the home button. Unless they design a virtual home button that mimics the physical one.
 
This has definitely been the instance of 3D touch that seems worst optimized. It never seems clear where exactly on the edge you have to press to trigger it. A little too far out, nothing happens, too far in, you just interact with the home screen or whatever app you happen to be in. I can't get the hang of it at all.

I've noticed a couple people saying to just use the "peek" pressure, but to me, it definitely feels like I have to apply a lot of pressure to get it to activate - way more pressure than it takes to enable peek on a home screen icon, for instance.
 
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gordon1234 said:
This has definitely been the instance of 3D touch that seems worst optimized. It never seems clear where exactly on the edge you have to press to trigger it. A little too far out, nothing happens, too far in, you just interact with the home screen or whatever app you happen to be in. I can't get the hang of it at all.

I've noticed a couple people saying to just use the "peek" pressure, but to me, it definitely feels like I have to apply a lot of pressure to get it to activate - way more pressure than it takes to enable peek on a home screen icon, for instance.
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Ditto. That's exactly my experience.
 
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It takes a lot of pressure if I try it as a one movement swipe. However, if you just push gently at the edge of the screen, the apps will pop out, and then you can slide. Almost a two step gesture. That takes much less pressure.
 
Jman13 said:
It takes a lot of pressure if I try it as a one movement swipe. However, if you just push gently at the edge of the screen, the apps will pop out, and then you can slide. Almost a two step gesture. That takes much less pressure.
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I agree. I'm still learning and this seems to work best for me.
 
Jman13 said:
It takes a lot of pressure if I try it as a one movement swipe. However, if you just push gently at the edge of the screen, the apps will pop out, and then you can slide. Almost a two step gesture. That takes much less pressure.
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Definitely not my experience. Now, it's hard to quantify pressure levels, but if I take my finger and press on an icon that's on the left side of my home screen, then move the same finger about a millimeter to the left and try to trigger the task switcher, I definitely have to apply way more pressure - an almost uncomfortable amount, actually.
 
sniffies said:
Doesn't always activate no matter how hard I press. Would love it to work more consistently though as I can see myself using it quite often.

Anyone else find it inconsistent?
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Hey, to everyone struggling with this here's a tip that worked for me:

I sat there and couldn't find a consistent movement either, until it finally worked, and it's essentially 100% for me now. Look at the lower left corner of your screen for a moment. Open a keyboard if you have to visualize what I'm about to say, but if you imagine you have a smudge that you want to wipe off between the very bottom of the "123", globe, and microphone key, swipe there. With just enough push as if wiping a smudge, exactly on that line.
 
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I'm having a hard time with this too on a 6s+. Anyone else think this would be easier on a 6s?
 
It's very tricky indeed. Almost impossible to do with your right thumb but seems to work better with the left thumb.
Also I wish they had an intro screen to 3DTouch in the setup because there's literally no sign of it unless you just know it's there.
 
Definitely unreliable and very annoying. No matter how much force I put, often times it doesn't register, particularly the icons at the bottom of the screen: Phone, Mail.
 
Is the edge of the screen supposed to do something? I can't get it to do anything at all on my 6s.

I'm figuring out how much pressure is necessary to trigger shortcut menus on app icons, and now it's fairly reliable, but other than that I don't see functionality on the edges.
 
Horribly stupid question but I'm going to ask it.

What are you guys talking about? Where are you touching the side of the screen. For what purpose?
 
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Maybe this is our gate. So it probably needs to be calibrated. You are supposed to be able to adjust the sensitivity..
 
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lordofthereef said:
Horribly stupid question but I'm going to ask it.

What are you guys talking about? Where are you touching the side of the screen. For what purpose?
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If you press (3d-touch) the edge of the Home screen and swipe right, you can go to the multitasking view. Similar to double pressing the home button.
 
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adamhenry said:
If you press (3d-touch) the edge of the Home screen and swipe right, you can go to the multitasking view. Similar to double pressing the home button.
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Well I was sitting here and trying it and couldn't get anything to work lol. So I imagine I am experiencing the difficulties others are then lol.

Thank you for the response, by the way.
 
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