I have a Sprint View. I have noticed that it seems to stick in landscape mode quite a bit. The slightest turn will put it in landscape mode. I have to turn it sideways for several second and them back to portrait mode before it will change back. I have calibrated the sensor several times. Anybody else have this problem.
Are you using a case that uses magnets to keep the case cover closed? Some cases have magnets that can interfere with the sensor.
No magnets that I am aware of.
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I'm trying to work out why my Hero's g-sensor doesn't work when it's in its case
(This case www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B002Q0ZDRC/ref=dp_otherviews_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&img=5)
I don't know if it's the specific case or the style of case.
Any ideas?
magnetic clip maybe? its known to affect sensors on mobile phones.
It appears to just grab the phone top and sides to hold it in a shallow tray, but I'll check for magnets.
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It appears to just grab the phone top and sides to hold it in a shallow tray, but I'll check for magnets.
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It looks like it is magnetically closed, as opposed to velcro or a snap. That would throw off the g-sensor I think.
That appears to be it - as well as a magnet in the thingy on the flap, there's one in the case too. Maybe the second magnet was cheaper to use than some basic serious metal, but it makes the case fail.
Again, this might be the reason why the case wad so cheap.
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I now have the screen and stylus set up where I can draw decently on the Prime, but am having issues with palm detection. I have the app TouchScreenTune and have palm rejection on, but it still registers it sometimes.
I was wondering, is there a glove or partial glove that prevents palm detection? I know that any glove with non-conductive materials should do this normally, but I have been able to have access the screen even with these.
What do you all do normally to stop palm detection?
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What do you all do normally to stop palm detection?
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I know this isn't the most helpful answer but:
Don't touch the screen with my palm.
If you are using an app like TouchScreen Tune to crank the sensitivity of your screen to increase performance, maybe turn it down a bit. If I put a thin piece of cloth over the screen none of my touches register so I don't know if you are doing something different that makes the screen work through your glove.
almightywhacko said:
I know this isn't the most helpful answer but:
Don't touch the screen with my palm.
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What a novel idea!
I used to have a windows tablet with an active digitizer and didn't have to worry about anything showing up except the pen. It's just something I'll have to train myself to watch out for.
I just got TouchScreenTune last week and am still tweaking it, so that might take care of some of it. I have Sketch Book Mobile set up now so that diagonal lines are smooth and not stair-step shaped and it seems that the Prime will make a decent sketching tablet.
I had thought of this as well while testing out stylus and hand written notes. Just to test the theory I tried with thin 100% cotton t-shirt. Two layers of that material and touches were totally blocked. My thought was that if you had a cotton glove of thick enough material it would be perfect. Also you could either cut off the fingertip of the index finger of your writing hand or replace it with touchscreen friendly material so you could still do finger touches on screen with that hand. I know I've seen companies selling thin touchscreen friendly gloves before so you could cut a fingertip off one of those and sew into the cotton glove perhaps.
Buy some cheap gloves made of thin material, cut off the fingers.
You should not register touches with light pressure by the palms. Take a piece of paper and place it over your touchscreen and see if that responds at all. It barely does with my phone and I was stabbing at it with my fingers.
Buy capacitive gloves...
http://www.amazon.com/Agloves-scree...QMPE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1334608906&sr=8-2
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Buy capacitive gloves...
http://www.amazon.com/Agloves-scree...QMPE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1334608906&sr=8-2
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Er... this is the exact thing the OP does not want.
I've used winter gloves with the fingers cut out... I can put pictures up if anyone wants.
The problem is, it depends on your set sensitivity. If you have the touchscreen sensitivity app, you can adjust the sensitivity and the problem for me is that when I increase the sensitivity so that it works best with the Adonit Jot Pro... the screen actually can pick up my palm through the gloves.
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Er... this is the exact thing the OP does not want.
I've used winter gloves with the fingers cut out... I can put pictures up if anyone wants.
The problem is, it depends on your set sensitivity. If you have the touchscreen sensitivity app, you can adjust the sensitivity and the problem for me is that when I increase the sensitivity so that it works best with the Adonit Jot Pro... the screen actually can pick up my palm through the gloves.
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It's actually exactly what he wants. Why would you be touching the tablet with your palm?
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It's actually exactly what he wants. Why would you be touching the tablet with your palm?
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The point is that for handwriting like you would with pen and paper palm rejection sucks on the ATP. By having a thin insulating glove you resolve this issue. And with the right glove material you could clean your screen while writing.
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The point is that for handwriting like you would with pen and paper palm rejection sucks on the ATP. By having a thin insulating glove you resolve this issue. And with the right glove material you could clean your screen while writing.
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Which is what I was thinking. I'm going to throw something together this weekend and see how it works. Its not a life or death kind of thing. It would be nice though to draw on this thing like you can with paper without acting like the screen is lava.
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Okay, well that's a result.
I turned TouchScreenTune off, grabbed a cheap knit glove and a screen cleaning cloth, quick stitched one to the other, and tested it. Through the cloth and glove, the screen is still picking up palm touches. Which must mean that the cloth I used is capacitive in some way.
Meh.
You should buy the stylus handpad. It do just what you want, and come with a stylus pen.
I think it's easier and more conformable to put on compare to glove, especially in the summer time.
You can find it in the link: anicelydone.com
I found an M Edge 7" tablet case at Walmart recently (~$20). Has a rotating standing for portrait or landscape positioning, as well as two viewing angles. Nice case but one issue, the four rubber retaining straps that stretch over each corner are positioned such that they can push down both the power and one of the volume buttons while in use. This has caused my NT to go into Safe mode (perplexed why it did this until I figured this out).
Anyone with either a better case option, or a solution to this issue. The straps are molded into the case so there is no adjusting them.
ebay
wedmiston said:
I found an M Edge 7" tablet case at Walmart recently (~$20). Has a rotating standing for portrait or landscape positioning, as well as two viewing angles. Nice case but one issue, the four rubber retaining straps that stretch over each corner are positioned such that they can push down both the power and one of the volume buttons while in use. This has caused my NT to go into Safe mode (perplexed why it did this until I figured this out).
Anyone with either a better case option, or a solution to this issue. The straps are molded into the case so there is no adjusting them.
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Get a $2 one off ebay
If you dont' mind being only in landscape, crazyondigital have a nice one.
wedmiston said:
I found an M Edge 7" tablet case at Walmart recently (~$20). Has a rotating standing for portrait or landscape positioning, as well as two viewing angles. Nice case but one issue, the four rubber retaining straps that stretch over each corner are positioned such that they can push down both the power and one of the volume buttons while in use. This has caused my NT to go into Safe mode (perplexed why it did this until I figured this out).
Anyone with either a better case option, or a solution to this issue. The straps are molded into the case so there is no adjusting them.
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Staples sells an M-edge case that works really well. It doesn't have any stands or the such, but it zips up and has the same clear, plastic corner brackets that the B&N cases have. I really like mine, it holds the NT pretty tight and doesn't mess with any of the buttons.
http://www.staples.com/M-Edge-Latitude-Jacket-for-Nook-Tablet-and-Nook-Color-Navy-Blue/product_325262?externalize=certona
http://www.medgestore.com/products/nook2-latitude.psp
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Anyone with either a better case option, or a solution to this issue.
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FWIW, I bought this case from eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Lea...ablet_eReader_Accessories&hash=item43ac3a9691 and it works great.
I found an M Edge 7" tablet case at Walmart recently (~$20). Has a rotating standing for portrait or landscape positioning, as well as two viewing angles. Nice case but one issue, the four rubber retaining straps that stretch over each corner are positioned such that they can push down both the power and one of the volume buttons while in use. This has caused my NT to go into Safe mode (perplexed why it did this until I figured this out).
Anyone with either a better case option, or a solution to this issue. The straps are molded into the case so there is no adjusting them.
I have a m-edge case that I find really useful. It opens like book and zips shut. The best aspect is the way it mounts the NT, it has plastic brackets similar to the B&N cases. I will post a link latter.
Edit: Here is the link, I like this case mostly because it has a tight fit and doesn't interfere with any of the buttons.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=nook%20tablet%20m-edge%20case&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CGgQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.staples.com%2FM-Edge-Latitude-Jacket-for-Nook-Tablet-and-Nook-Color-Navy-Blue%2Fproduct_325262&ei=M8chUdX4LKz5igKe44GgCQ&usg=AFQjCNFhHbW8qZbxSCGa0404XNKc0OBUbg&bvm=bv.42661473,d.cGE
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Anyone know what "open hall" does? I can't seem to find the setting for Android 7.1.1 when I google it and can't see what difference it makes whether I turn it on or off - ?
It is for the hall sensor which would wake/sleep the phone if there was a compatible flip cover on it. Typically the flip cover would have a window for clock and notification. There is no such cover for the S8 and I do not believe that the hall sensor was ever installed because I have tried a magnet in all the usual places with no response. Probably another omission to rush the S8 to production.
It is in fact for flip cover containing a magnet inside. However it's not only for covers with a window, as it just turns on or off the screen when the cover is covering the screen. It works well, just put a magnet just at the bottom left of the two little dots at the top (proximity and light sensors). You can turn on and off the screen like that.
I didn't find a compatible flip cover though.