Motorola 'Chop' for flashlight is trash

What in the name of F

I gotta violently swing my effing phone like a lunitic (because it does NOT work as smoothly as folks say) just to turn my flashlight on?

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Sounds like a literal skill issue to me...
I picked a cheap phone on purpose, but I don't know how I'll be able to go back to a phone that doesn't have the chop to activate the flashlight gesture. It works everytime for me, and it's a pretty easy gesture. I've never had it go off accidentally either. Same goes for the double twist for the camera.

The guestures have been such a pleasant surprise for my budget tier device.
- I was the same when I got off my moto. I missed that feature. I think I still have a muscle memory
  
  I had to use a Huawei for some time, and I never realized how much I rely on the gestures. And how much I hate bloated custom ROMs. You can say about moto as a company whatever you want, their cameras are trash, but the custom ROM is, apart from it containing gapps, perfect.
Up voted, because I don't agree. I have the 2023 power or whatever it's called with the big battery.

the double chop and twist are so fast

wired headphones are lovely

the battery life is the best I have had

when you want a nice picture you can borrow an iphone 😅
Loved it on my Moto X 2014, not sure how you're doing it wrong. double chop, small movement, around 30 degrees. Hold the phone flat against your palm, like you're shaking hands with it.

Works a little too well sometimes and it turned on when I was running with my phone in my pocket.
- I just flicked it with my wrist back and forth once. Just a quick direct shake.
  
  https://en-us.support.motorola.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/170714/~/using-gestures-on-the-moto-g-play-(2023)
  
  Try twice
You may have gotten a lemon, I've had the G60s and now Edge 2022 and both work fine
- Even my G5S had the features and it worked perfectly. Same with my current Edge 20 ofc.

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