Lock Keyboard when using pen - HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G

Does anyone know a way to stop the keyboard from coming up when using the pen in any of the pen enabled apps (the note app specifically) As much as I try to get the palm down first, it is was too inconsistent for me.

For the notes app there is a tip that is widely known:
Push down your left hand thumb at the very left corner of the screen (where you cant write anyway) and hold it down while you write.
It works really good and made the notes app usable for me - before knowing about this trick I wasn't able to take down notes without interruptions.
For the over apps... no idea.

thanks! hopefully that will fix my issues until I can design/find a method to lock the keyboard. I do not usually have my left hand wrapped around enough to put my thumb on the screen.

Related

[Q] How do I unattach notebook app from Evernote?

Is there any way to detach the Flyer's notes app from Evernote? The pen & keyboard keep getting in each other's way when I open a new note in Evernote when I just want to scribble something with the pen.
I always thought Evernote was just the back end syncing... Not sure how that would remedy your problem with the keyboard. Depending on how you write or hold the Flyer, try to keep a finger from the non-pen hand touching the margin of the note... It should reduce keyboard from popping up.

"Build in Notice app - lock Keyboard?"

Hello Folks,
I love my Flyer and I don't want to miss it anymore. There's just a single thing which annoys me pretty much. I'm using the build in notice app much, but JUST with the pen, I never use the keyboard. So somestime, rarely but sometimes the Keyboard pops up and it's a little bit annoying. So I wanted to ask if it is somehow possible to "lock" the keyboard, like.. an App which scanns the App on the current device, setting up for the single Apps if the keyboard should be available or not.
Best Regards
Deen Precious
From someone elsewhere on the Internet, I've forgotten who, I found this hint: put the thumb of your non-writing hand on the edge of the screen, where the rings or the edge of the "paper" is, and hold it there. As long as your thumb is depressed, your writing hand will not open the keyboard.

Pen usage in notes App

I know that tapping the pen circle on the flyer allows you to select the notes app and start writing notes. With the notes app open I can rest my hand on the screen and write. Now what turns it off? To a be more specific I am worried that I will do something and loose the note. So is there anything that would make me loose the note?
Pen proximity to the screen. You can test by moving the "note page" as you bring the pen to the screen. At a few millimeters, the page stops moving...
Tap the pen on the screen once, then you can rest your palm on the screen while taking notes or doodling.
Also, it is actually quite difficult to delete notes. I tried to delete one yesterday that I had created on accident, and it took me a few minutes to figure out that "delete" is for saved notes, and that "remove" is for unsaved notes. Not particularly user friendly, but I guess it's good if you are worried about loosing something.

Nitpicks

Ok my first one,
Why make the pattern unlock in the middle of this big screen? it should be movable to toward the bottom or sides. Very hard to unlock one-handed.
Very surprised so far on how well i can hold this phone on a crowed subway, its like perfectly weighted, when u thing your gonna drop it it swings right into the palm of your hand
You can unlock it anywere on the screen.
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corey_r said:
You can unlock it anywere on the screen.
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OP is talking about the pattern unlock, not the default unlock.
This is just another case of hand size/finger length which is just a matter of getting used to the device or finding an app to ease the situation.
SysAdmNj said:
This is just another case of hand size/finger length which is just a matter of getting used to the device or finding an app to ease the situation.
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Any suggestions on apps? I love the pattern lock screen, but even on my old Vibrant i would constatly get locked out, always missing pattern. It is not easy now to unlock on handed, which is important on a crowded NYC subway...
luckly i have doubletwist player to change my music w/o unlocking...
nymviper1126 said:
Any suggestions on apps? I love the pattern lock screen, but even on my old Vibrant i would constatly get locked out, always missing pattern. It is not easy now to unlock on handed, which is important on a crowded NYC subway...
luckly i have doubletwist player to change my music w/o unlocking...
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As far as the lock screen goes, I'm not using it. I use an app called no lock which bypasses the lock screen. I dont have nothing to hide yet
But for you, not sure if you need to be rooted to mess with the dpi apps where it will make the pixels larger and might make the reach easier for you but not 100% sure.
My nitpick is putting Airplane mode in the Notification area shortcuts instead of Silent Mode.
RuzaRoos said:
My nitpick is putting Airplane mode in the Notification area shortcuts instead of Silent Mode.
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You can hold power button to switch to silent mode
RuzaRoos said:
My nitpick is putting Airplane mode in the Notification area shortcuts instead of Silent Mode.
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^^ This.
I just said the same thing about an hour ago.
kanate said:
You can hold power button to switch to silent mode
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You can also hold volume down. Having it in the notification bar is redundant to me. I'd rather have a lte switch, honestly.
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1. Can't voice dial using bluetooth when there's a password set.
2. Can only sync 30 days' worth of Exchange email*.
3. No option to encrypt device or SD card*.
4. Font in email app, even when set to "tiny", is too large. I was able to somewhat mitigate this with the installation of a font pack and a font sizing utility, but would prefer that the built-in options worked better.
5. Email body pinch-zoom setting is not saved between message viewings.
6. Email app forces auto-refresh every time a mailbox is opened. Useless for push accounts and wastes battery. If I set a 1hr polling interval, just honor it. I'll refresh if I want to as there's a menu option for that right at my fingertips.
7. Would prefer the option to turn off LTE as I'm in a fringe area and I believe it is negatively impacting my battery life. The big battery test is today, after several days of use and several full overnight charges.
8. Personally, I think the power/volume buttons are too easy to push accidentally.
9. I wish the S-pen were 1/4' - 1/2" longer and *gasp* weighted a little. I wouldn't mind.
10. Moving items in Exchange email boxes with many folders is a difficult because there is no expanding folder hierarchy - you have to scroll through every level of every email folder and they aren't even indented to give you an idea of where you are in the list. I have something like 200 folders so it takes forever to scroll through the list*.
11. Wish the battery were bigger. Yep, I said it...
* These would probably be fixed by an ICS update
hausman said:
1. Can't voice dial using bluetooth when there's a password set.
2. Can only sync 30 days' worth of Exchange email*.
3. No option to encrypt device or SD card*.
4. Font in email app, even when set to "tiny", is too large. I was able to somewhat mitigate this with the installation of a font pack and a font sizing utility, but would prefer that the built-in options worked better.
5. Email body pinch-zoom setting is not saved between message viewings.
6. Email app forces auto-refresh every time a mailbox is opened. Useless for push accounts and wastes battery. If I set a 1hr polling interval, just honor it. I'll refresh if I want to as there's a menu option for that right at my fingertips.
7. Would prefer the option to turn off LTE as I'm in a fringe area and I believe it is negatively impacting my battery life. The big battery test is today, after several days of use and several full overnight charges.
8. Personally, I think the power/volume buttons are too easy to push accidentally.
9. I wish the S-pen were 1/4' - 1/2" longer and *gasp* weighted a little. I wouldn't mind.
10. Moving items in Exchange email boxes with many folders is a difficult because there is no expanding folder hierarchy - you have to scroll through every level of every email folder and they aren't even indented to give you an idea of where you are in the list. I have something like 200 folders so it takes forever to scroll through the list*.
11. Wish the battery were bigger. Yep, I said it...
* These would probably be fixed by an ICS update
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Phew. If those are your only griped I'm glad I don't care about any of those issues
orangekid said:
Phew. If those are your only griped I'm glad I don't care about any of those issues
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Hey, he said "nitpicks". I never said I didn't like it; these are just the things I would change.
Nitpick......the s-pen seems to be ideal for right handed people. i always seem to see a 2-3mm gap in line im drawing to where the pen actually is.
but when i put it in my right hand it seems to be alot more precise.
and YES i have changed it to left hand in the settings.
unless its the Zagg screen i have on there, but then i would think it would do the same thing for the right hand when i use but it does not.
the2rrell said:
Nitpick......the s-pen seems to be ideal for right handed people. i always seem to see a 2-3mm gap in line im drawing to where the pen actually is.
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Do you curl your hand over like some lefties, or do you mirror the way right-handed people write? I mirror right-handers and I don't have too much trouble with the pen. It's not perfect, but OK. When I curl my hand over like some lefties, it's awful; the line is 2-3mm higher than the pen tip.
i guess there is a slight curl when im using it lefty. its like this...
if i put the pen in my right hand and start a line, the line is on the left side of the pen right under the point.
when change the phone to lefty and put the pen in my left hand and start the line....the line is still on the left side of the point so its hidden under the pen if that makes sense.
i figured putting the pen in left hand mode would change the line to the other side so us lefties could see it better.....
damn right handed world..lol
My only real nitpick is that I can't use the stylus on the capacitive buttons. Not a HUGE pain, but just a minor annoyance.
Sinful Animosity said:
My only real nitpick is that I can't use the stylus on the capacitive buttons. Not a HUGE pain, but just a minor annoyance.
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Yes this too...is my nitpick #2 would just make sense that it could
Sinful Animosity said:
My only real nitpick is that I can't use the stylus on the capacitive buttons. Not a HUGE pain, but just a minor annoyance.
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Yes this too...is my nitpick #2 would just make sense that it could
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That's what they included the gestures for. If I'm not mistaken, holding the button on the S Pen and swiping down on the screen takes you home, swiping up brings up the menu, and swiping left is back. And nobody cares about search anyways...haha
nymviper1126 said:
Ok my first one,
Why make the pattern unlock in the middle of this big screen? it should be movable to toward the bottom or sides. Very hard to unlock one-handed.
Very surprised so far on how well i can hold this phone on a crowed subway, its like perfectly weighted, when u thing your gonna drop it it swings right into the palm of your hand
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I have the same problem with my original pattern lock from the old phone. So what I did was change my pattern lock to just those that my thumb can reach one handed. lol. It's a bit tough to re-learn my pattern, but now I'm used to it, and I can unlock it with one hand.

Palm's (Access') Graffiti input

Just downloaded the Access Graffiti app yesterday. It is just like the Palm Graffiti from the old days. It's pretty awesome with the Note since we have a Stylus... er... S-Pen.
Anybody else use the app?
Q:
Any idea how to click "enter" when trying to submit a search?
Q:
I wish there was a way to do on the fly switching between keyboard and Graffiti. Perhaps this exists and I'm just missing it [?]. [it would be amazing if there was a way to default to keyboard unless the stylus was removed - but as far as I know the phone doesn't sense the presence of the stylus].
The phone does sense the spen.
Put the tip of the pen close to the screen but not touching and you will notice it keeps the screen from turning off
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It doesn't sense when the S-Pen is removed - If I had one major gripe, I'd say that is it. It would be nice to have the screen turn on the moment you remove the S-Pen.
Hey man, I just downloaded the Graffiti for Android. It's actually pretty awesome. Now I just need to memorize the keys... I don't know if figured it out already but I have an answer from your first questions.
"Q: Any idea how to click "enter" when trying to submit a search?"
If you tap and drag from the top right diagonally to bottom left it is the command for "return". Actually you can see all the commands if you swype up. A little window will show up and you can cycle through the box of commands by tapping.
I love this Graffiti app!

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