Samsung phone wakes up in pocket or bag

When your Galaxy phone is stored in a pocket or bag, your normal day-to-day activities can cause your phone to accidentally wake up or pocket dial someone. The Lift to wake and Double tap to wake features on your phone could be causing this. You can disable each feature individually, but you may experience better results if both features are turned off.
A hand placing a Galaxy phone inside a bag
A hand placing a Galaxy phone inside a bag

Samsung phone wakes up in pocket or bag

1

Navigate to Motions and gestures.

Navigate to Settings, then tap Advanced features, and then tap Motions and gestures.
2

Disable Lift to wake.

Tap the switch next to Lift to wake to turn the feature off.

Lift to wake highlighted in Motions and gestures settings

3

Disable Double tap to wake.

Tap the switch next to Double tap to turn on screen or Double tap to wake to turn off the feature.
Note
This feature is not available on the Galaxy Note9.
4

Disable touch sensitivity.

You may also want to disable Touch sensitivity if the screen is still too sensitive.

 

Navigate to Settings, then tap Display, and then tap the switch next to Touch sensitivity to turn it off.

5

Enable Accidental touch protection.

From the same screen, tap the switch next to Accidental touch protection to turn it on. This will protect your screen from accidental touches.

Accidental touch protection highlighted and enabled

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