Android 7.1 nougat

Normally just press over the icon, continue pressing and swipe it upwards ...

Technique I suspect. Start from the circled padlock swipe up, maintianing finger contact with screen to somewhere over half way up? "Very rapid" doesn't sound right, try slowing it down, take a gentle

My Android 7.1.2 (Linage) on a Samsung SIII Mini just needs a short quickish swipe up from the padlock to bring up the pattern recognition unlock screen. But is also happy with a longer slow swipe as well.

on 14/10/2020, Dave Liquorice supposed :

I tried that, no luck at all - with a slow swipe up, the display of time and date gradually reduce in size, so it must be seeing my swipe. I have tried circles, left swipes, right swipes. The only way I can get it to unlock, is with the high speed bottom to top, or double clicking a notification, when there is one on the screen.

I guess it must be the implementation combined with the slightly weird NOOK hardware.

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That's what happens as I swipe up. What happens with a straight gentle swipe up that goes goes off the top of the screen? Is there any other unlock method required such as a PIN or pattern? I have a pattern set.

on 14/10/2020, Dave Liquorice supposed :

Its default was just the swip to unlock, I added the pin thinking it might avoid the swipe, but it didn't. Whether it needs or doesn't need the pin to unlock, the swipe remains tricky to get past.

I'm not sure what the pattern method is, but the NOOK lacks a camera.

Maybe try holding the padlock for a second and seeing if anything happens on screen ? Quite a few newer actions work by quick-tap=default, long hold=options.

It's all in the wrist action and you're doing it wrong.

Yes the Nook reader is not a very good touch screen, I feel. I'm sure I've heard this before somewhere. Brian

I don't think so. I do not have one, but a friends needs to be pressed firmly, than with it held, moved up till the action occurs. Seems a little odd since with Talkback on I think there is a different way to do it as blind folk cannot see the padlock! Brian

No. Youch screen technology is in fact simply utter s*it

especially for yyping...