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iPhone X iPhone X : How to hide the home indicator ? How to "auto springboard"?

Just searched google for a solution to this and this thread showed up as the first listing xD

I would love to see Apple put this option in the settings.
 
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The home indicator really needs to be hideable. It’s useful for the first 10 minutes, but after that just looks ugly when scrolling through web pages and articles and takes up unnecessary space. One of the few misses in an otherwise spectacular device.

The iPhone X’s screen is amazing but the indicator is only part of the reason why many apps waste space at the top and bottom- Apple’s are the worst offenders. Chrome does a much better job of minimising the title bar than Safari.

I don’t mind that the keyboard gives all that space to the switch input (globe) and microphone buttons when typing- keeps them out of the way and the keyboard would be uncomfortable at the bottom of the device.
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alkar said:
And is it possible that it automatically unlocks to the springboard like with TouchID ?
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Apple could make that an option, but I can see why they went for the current setup. FaceID now shows previews for your notifications- this feature would be useless if the notifications screen disappeared on unlock.

Also the notifications could disappear while you were reading them- maybe reading notifications with one eye closed or sneaking up on the phone from an angle would be the current gen equivalent of pressing home with a fingernail to avoid unlocking?

The current setup feels a bit awkward to me one day in, I think I’ll get used to it though. The current FaceID previews setup is a great compromise- I don’t want silly Facebook/WhatsApp/etc messages flashing on my screen at work, and I also don’t want to have to to go into each app to read them all.
 
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alkar said:
Hi,

I doubt it's possible but who knows : is it possible to disable everywhere the home indicator bar on the iPhone X ?

And is it possible that it automatically unlocks to the springboard like with TouchID ?

THanks
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I don’t think it’s possible to hide it but it should be - it’s really annoying to see it when watching videos!
 
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The indicator bar really bugged me for the first couple of days, but I’ve stopped noticing it, as some reviews said I would.
 
vddobrev said:
What is springboard?
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Springboard is the ‘app’ that runs the home screen, so I suppose ‘auto springboard’ is to go to the home screen after unlocking.

Having used the phone for a couple of weeks I wouldn’t want this- the way that notifications and Face ID work is just about perfect.

Back when jailbreaking was bigger I’d sometimes have to restart springboard- most jailbreakers can probably remember doing that too.
 
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glxxyz said:
Springboard is the ‘app’ that runs the home screen, so I suppose ‘auto springboard’ is to go to the home screen after unlocking.

Having used the phone for a couple of weeks I wouldn’t want this- the way that notifications and Face ID work is just about perfect.

Back when jailbreaking was bigger I’d sometimes have to restart springboard- most jailbreakers can probably remember doing that too.
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Is that how Apple calls it, “Springboard”, or is it a jargon? I only heard of it as Home screen...
 
Reposting in this thread, twice today the home indicator bar has disappeared while in an app. This has made it impossible to swipe to home or go to another app.

Has anyone else experienced this?
 
eyeseeyou said:
Reposting in this thread, twice today the home indicator bar has disappeared while in an app. This has made it impossible to swipe to home or go to another app.

Has anyone else experienced this?
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Yup multiple times since updating to 11.2. Had to turn phone off and on to fix. Annoying
 
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alkar said:
Hi,

I doubt it's possible but who knows : is it possible to disable everywhere the home indicator bar on the iPhone X ?

And is it possible that it automatically unlocks to the springboard like with TouchID ?

THanks
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What does it unlock too?
 
To hide the home bar in any application :

Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access [ON] >Passcode settings [Face ID]

Triple click on side button within app to hide home bar
Double click side button for Face ID to show home bar
 
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T-Will said:
It auto-hides when watching videos.
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Yes but not when reading, which gets very annoying because your eyes constantly track to the bar since it’s brighter then everything else.
 

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Kitten874 said:
Yes but not when reading, which gets very annoying because your eyes constantly track to the bar since it’s brighter then everything else.
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I thought certain apps are allowed to hide the bar if the developer chooses to, but maybe it’s only allowed with video and games?
 
funny now both of these are achievable with the 11.1 Jailbreak... shows how lame Apple are.
And you can even disable Wifi & BT from the notification center properly now.
 
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