How to use screen-off gestures and Raise to wake on a OnePlus

Device

Android

Shown on

OnePlus Nord 5 (CPH2709), OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201, Android 16

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Accessibility & convenience › Gestures & motions

Real screenshots

7 of 7 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open Accessibility & convenience

   Open Settings, scroll down and tap Accessibility & convenience, between Plus Key and OnePlus AI.

   Done

2. 

   Tap Gestures & motions

   It is under Screenshot and Screen recording.

   Done

3. 

   Tap Screen-off gestures

   It is the first row: when the screen is off, use specified gestures for quick access.

   Done

4. 

   Double tap to wake

   Turn on Double tap to turn screen on/off.

   Done

5. 

   Draw to open

   Draw an O to open Camera, Draw a V to turn torch on or off, and Music control (two fingers for pause, < or > for tracks). Under More: Draw ∧ (Calculator), M (Gemini), W (Recorder).

   Done

6. 

   Raise to wake

   Back on Gestures & motions, scroll to Motions. Raise to wake, Lift to ear to answer calls, Auto switch to receiver and Flip to mute incoming calls are there.

   Done

7. 

   Or from Lock screen settings

   Lock screen settings has the same two under Quick gestures: Raise to wake and Double-tap to turn screen on/off.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Older OxygenOS? OnePlus's OxygenOS 14 manual puts Gestures & motions under Settings, Additional settings. On our OxygenOS 16 phone it is under Accessibility & convenience. Source: OxygenOS 14.0 User Manual

If this does not work

• Phone wakes in your pocket? Turn Raise to wake off.
• Drawing does nothing? These gestures work only with the screen off, and each one has its own switch. Check it is on.
• Double tap does nothing on the lock screen? Lock screen settings has its own Double-tap to turn screen on/off switch under Quick gestures.

About this guide

These gestures work while the screen is off: tap twice to wake it, or draw a letter to open an app.

The screenshots are from our OnePlus Nord 5 with OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201 and Android 16, in Dark mode. The screen-off gestures and Raise to wake were off on ours; the 3-finger screenshot gestures were on. We changed nothing.

Good to know

Swipe gestures for Home and Back: gestures or buttons on a OnePlus.

Show the clock on the dark screen: Always-On Display.

In short: Settings, Accessibility & convenience, Gestures & motions, Screen-off gestures. Raise to wake under Motions.