Hello. I wrote an app to deal with a problem with the SPen on my N7000 Samsung Note. Not sure if it will work on other Note models but would appreciate someone trying it out and telling me if it works on their device as well. Please see my original posting here. Thanks
Downloading, what problems have you been having?
synergeticink said:
Downloading, what problems have you been having?
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The problem was mostly one of the accuracy of the Spen drifting over time. It was most evident in the position of the "floating" pointer that is optional on my Note N7000. So over time the floating pointer started to drift further and further from the SPen's actual tip. As this happened the accuracy of SPen touches would decline. Others have posted on the internet about this. I believe the posts I saw were about the N7000. So I am not sure if this occurs on the carrier-branded units as well. Thanks for letting me know if this works for you (although I hope you don't have the problem in the first place).
So this app is meant for non-stock roms I am assuming, since one could use the #combination to re-calibrate the s-pen from the dialer app?
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So this app is meant for non-stock roms I am assuming, since one could use the #combination to re-calibrate the s-pen from the dialer app?
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Actually, I am on standard Touchwiz ICS 4.0.4 on my N7000 Note. I do have it rooted and am using the Hydracore Kernel to avoid the brick bug. I am not sure about the #combination to which you refer. I have run something from the dialer that allowed me to test the touchscreen by filling in some space around the screen and across the middle (up and down). But:
(a) that did not seem to do anything for my problem and
(b) it was a pain and time consuming since my spen starts drifting pretty quickly judging from the floating pointer
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I had the same floating problem with my stylus and this is what I did.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34964168&postcount=50
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I had the same floating problem with my stylus and this is what I did.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34964168&postcount=50
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Thanks for this. But fortunately, from what I have read, this isn't the problem I have been having with my SPen. Thankfully, my SPen's condition is far less severe. And the reset that my app is performing seems to be all that is needed. However, it is needed on a regular basis. I am running my app on a regular schedule automatically now.
That's good to hear, when I first bought mine AT&T said it was supposed to do that and there is nothing wrong and maybe I didn't know how to use the Spen. LMAO
I also found this if anyone wants to play with the hardware of the Spen http://phandroid.com/2012/12/05/how-to-adjust-s-pen/
I just started having a problem with my s pen when I use gestures screen doesn't vibrate anymore will this work for that
king71st said:
I just started having a problem with my s pen when I use gestures screen doesn't vibrate anymore will this work for that
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Hello and sorry to hear of the problem you are having. I am not sure, but I doubt if my app will do anything regarding this problem. It certainly wasn't designed to address this. First, are you sure that vibrate preferences are set correctly? Have you tried powering off and restarting the phone? I can say that I recently had this or a similar problem on my Note N7000 phone when I updated the custom kernel I am using (HydraCore) from version 4.3b to the latest release. In this case, others had already reported the issue to the custom kernel's author. I think that HydraCore is specifically for the N7000 but it might be that you have a customs kernel that suffers from the same sort of thing. Good luck!
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Hey all,
Searched the forums for this and found a bit of discussion, but not a fix.
I know some people are using swiftkey x and not having display problems, but for me it's borked, no matter what i do. I've tried clearing app data, removing and reinstalling etc - nothing seems to work. Settings pages occupy about 2/3 of the screen real estate, centered horizontally and stuck to the top of the screen vertically, and when the keyboard is in use, it takes up 80% of the screen but mostly with black empty space. For this latter reason, it's pretty much unusable.
My carrier is Orange UK, but my handset is a retail/SIM unlocked stock ROM. It is up to date with OTA updates.
Is there a fix for this? Or am i screwed?
Thanks all, and apologies if this question has already been answered - i did try in earnest to find it.
Sorry but need to ask... Where did you get it from?
I got mine from the Market and all is good and dandy.
Worth every penny I must add.
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Sorry but need to ask... Where did you get it from?
I got mine from the Market and all is good and dandy.
Worth every penny I must add.
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must agree, no problems at all........
I'm using the betas and havent seen such a problem, be it on stock, cm7 or customized blur roms. Maybe try spare parts and disable that legacy app fix.
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Sorry but need to ask... Where did you get it from?
I got mine from the Market and all is good and dandy.
Worth every penny I must add.
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No worries The market just like you. In fact i've been a SwiftKey customer for a long long time. My old SwiftKey licence seemed to transfer over to SwiftKey X when it was formally released. I did have the X beta, and at first it was fine, then after one particular update it started with this screen problem, and has been that way ever since, even after the official first release.
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I'm using the betas and havent seen such a problem, be it on stock, cm7 or customized blur roms. Maybe try spare parts and disable that legacy app fix.
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This sounds hopeful! I haven't heard of spare parts but im assuming its some sort of tweaking program? I can use it to disable some sort of legacy fix for older, none qHD apps? is that right?
EDIT: I installed spare parts but just have the following options on a settings-style screen:
battery history
battery information
usage stats
window anims
transition anims
fancy input anims
fancy rotation anim
end button behavior
haptic feedback
compatibility mode
wifi sleep policy
activity/process management
brightness mode
font size
show compass in maps
Only one which looks promising is compatibility mode?
EDIT2: Thanks a lot for that crnkoj - got it working! For all who're reading this thread and want to know: use spare parts to disable compatibility mode!
Sure, np. And ye, i meant compatibility fix just didn't remember the correct name.
Hey guys!
I have a small favor to ask, and I figure this is probably the best place. I was wondering if anyone with the Note could open up a quick text message with Swype on and try something for me.
When the keyboard pops up, take your index finger and swipe back and forth very quickly on the letters. You don't have to type anything specific, just go back and forth fast.
Could you let me know which of the two scenarios occur?
1) Nothing happens until you finally stop swiping and when you do, you get one long word and/or a message saying that it wasn't recognized; or,
2) You get a bunch of small words that are being entered WHILE you're going back and forth.
One of these two have to result, and I found some inconsistencies with the touch screen today.
Thanks <33
Both occur depending on speed when I go at the speed I would have used on my Captivate it breaks it up into little words (used swype for almost two years so quickly) but when I slow down it works normally. I found this issue out when I first got my phone and sadly had to switch from swype as I cant swype near "full speed".
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Both occur depending on speed when I go at the speed I would have used on my Captivate it breaks it up into little words (used swype for almost two years so quickly) but when I slow down it works normally. I found this issue out when I first got my phone and sadly had to switch from swype as I cant swype near "full speed".
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Ok, so I'm assuming that you're saying your Note is affected by this as well?
I ask because I was in the vicinity of a few other Notes today. The issue was confirmed on 2 out of the 5 devices. You could not force the Swype to break on the other 3 no matter how insanely fast you swiped. I have a feeling the issue is a little more wide-spread that I had originally thought. Swype is literally unusable for me in this state, I can't swipe nearly as fast as I'm used to, and it causes me to actually type way slower than I'm used to because of it. I have a replacement on the way, but I wanted to dig a little into the problem in the meantime.
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I wanted to add, it doesn't matter which rom I'm on, which version of Android, or which version of Swype. I've tried it all.
I don't have any issues on mine. I do use the s pen tho. Pretty damn fast too. Quick question though, do you usually Swype back and forth whilst typing etc.
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I don't have any issues on mine. I do use the s pen tho. Pretty damn fast too. Quick question though, do you usually Swype back and forth whilst typing etc.
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Swiping back and forth is just a surefire way to reproduce the problem. For someone that swipes fast, it makes the problem a real issue. A friend of mine on an unaffected Note tried using mine to swype and he instantly recognized that he wasn't able to.
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Ok, so I'm assuming that you're saying your Note is affected by this as well?
I ask because I was in the vicinity of a few other Notes today. The issue was confirmed on 2 out of the 5 devices. You could not force the Swype to break on the other 3 no matter how insanely fast you swiped. I have a feeling the issue is a little more wide-spread that I had originally thought. Swype is literally unusable for me in this state, I can't swipe nearly as fast as I'm used to, and it causes me to actually type way slower than I'm used to because of it. I have a replacement on the way, but I wanted to dig a little into the problem in the meantime.
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I wanted to add, it doesn't matter which rom I'm on, which version of Android, or which version of Swype. I've tried it all.
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Yes it also affects my note making it impossible to use swype. I figured this is true for all notes. And same doesn't matter it simply doesn't work though it may be my screen protector do you have one?
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I don't have any issues on mine. I do use the s pen tho. Pretty damn fast too. Quick question though, do you usually Swype back and forth whilst typing etc.
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With the s-pen it works flawlessly on mine as well. XD
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Yes it also affects my note making it impossible to use swype. I figured this is true for all notes. And same doesn't matter it simply doesn't work though it may be my screen protector do you have one?
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That's what I thought too until just recently. No screen protector here.
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That's what I thought too until just recently. No screen protector here.
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Darn.. I hope this can be figured out as I really like swype. To bad its not the protector thatd be a simply fix.
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I've got a glas.t screen protector on and when I Swype back and forth very quickly I usually get a long word, occasionally a "please try again" message.
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I'm on DAGr8's A2 and I'm using Swype version 3.26.92D.38303.t0.8611.ENSP from the International Note forum.
Edit: I have had the short word issue in the past on GB on the Note. I hadn't tried it on ICS yet. Just out of curiosity, and only because I just did this, what happens if you boot into CWM and format cache (not dalvik). It's the option under mounts and storage -> format cache. I did it just before this because of the CWM log errors on ICS.
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Ok?...
lactardjosh said:
I've got a glas.t screen protector on and when I Swype back and forth very quickly I usually get a long word, occasionally a "please try again" message.
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I'm on DAGr8's A2 and I'm using Swype version 3.26.92D.38303.t0.8611.ENSP from the International Note forum.
Edit: I have had the short word issue in the past on GB on the Note. I hadn't tried it on ICS yet. Just out of curiosity, and only because I just did this, what happens if you boot into CWM and format cache (not dalvik). It's the option under mounts and storage -> format cache. I did it just before this because of the CWM log errors on ICS.
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Sounds like you have a good Note.
I've formatted the cache partition about 40 times since I've had the Note. My problem persists through all of that. It was an issue with the stock GB, and DAG's ROM, and the ICS roms that I'm testing now. They are all the same.
I am envious of you. Hopefully my new one will work right.
Other tweaks I've made since upgrading to ICS has been to reduce my animation transitions to .5x (from 1x) and reduce VM heap from 256 to 128.
Just trying to think of any little thing that might help for some reason.
Edit: also have 2D rendering forced on in developer settings.
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Other tweaks I've made since upgrading to ICS has been to reduce my animation transitions to .5x (from 1x) and reduce VM heap from 256 to 128.
Just trying to think of any little thing that might help for some reason.
Edit: also have 2D rendering forced on in developer settings.
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Hm, that's something I haven't tried. I'll definitely give it a go as soon as I have a chance and let you know.
Thanks!
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Hm, that's something I haven't tried. I'll definitely give it a go as soon as I have a chance and let you know.
Thanks!
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Hope something works out...I feel your pain; I can't type on phones without Swype at this point. If I remember any other settings tweaks I'll be sure to post them.
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Hope something works out...I feel your pain; I can't type on phones without Swype at this point. If I remember any other settings tweaks I'll be sure to post them.
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Hah, I'm glad you understand the pain. It's tough to go back after getting used to using it!
Unfortunately none of the tweaks seemed to help.. but I'll continue to play with things while I wait for the replacement device . Thanks again!
Mine will not enter words until I finish no matter how fast I go. I've never had issues with my swype. I use the s.pen and a glas.t protector. Using the swype version from the international forums. On saurom r6. haven't changed any swype settings.
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Edit: interesting. just tried the same using my finger instead. get short words a lot. sometimes none, but often it starts breaking it up. So I think someone else reported this same finding so it must lie somewhere within that. To me though I hate using swype with my finger. Unless I just washed my hands there's way too much drag to swype quickly. With the s.pen I can go twice as fast and oddly enough this issue does not appear.
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[/COLOR]Edit: interesting. just tried the same using my finger instead. get short words a lot. sometimes none, but often it starts breaking it up. So I think someone else reported this same finding so it must lie somewhere within that. To me though I hate using swype with my finger. Unless I just washed my hands there's way too much drag to swype quickly. With the s.pen I can go twice as fast and oddly enough this issue does not appear.
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Yep, that's the issue. I dislike using the s-pen for Swype, but that's totally a preference thing. I can go as fast as I need to with my finger, most of the time.
There is a variable here somewhere. You are inflicted with the same issue with your finger that a couple of us have, where I've personally tested this on two Notes where I could confirm it wasn't a problem. I hate to just think it's some flaw in the touch screens, but I don't know what else to try.
Can you upload your build.prop? I want to compare it to mine.
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Can you upload your build.prop? I want to compare it to mine.
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I'll have to flash up again later. I'm currently testing an unannounced and unreleased ROM so I have to be careful which heavily modified files go out.
Are you on GB or ICS? I'll go stock later, confirm that the problem is still there, then I'll upload it.
I'm on ICS.
And I'm curious what you're testing...
All nexus, sony and HTC phones have "linked" notification and call volume. The problem is that there is no option to unlink them. It absolutely astounds me that this matter does not get more attention.
The most surprising thing is that there really doesnt seem to be "an app for it". I tried several apps on a rooted nexus S and yet didnt find something satisfactory. Only apps that actually worked forced me to use profiles and placed ugly notification icons. That was simply not a solution as far as I am concerned.
I finally moved on to CM just for this issue but its just ridiculous that you have to install custom rom for such a petty issue.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23117
This matter has been raised by users for so long and yet google does nothing. It seems like samsung is the only one sensible enough to not have followed google on this.
What I want to know is that why is this thing causing problems for developers? Why cant we have a simple app atleast for rooted users that quickly fixes this issue? Or maybe a simple "hack" for rooted devices?
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All nexus, sony and HTC phones have "linked" notification and call volume. The problem is that there is no option to unlink them. It absolutely astounds me that this matter does not get more attention.
The most surprising thing is that there really doesnt seem to be "an app for it". I tried several apps on a rooted nexus S and yet didnt find something satisfactory. Only apps that actually worked forced me to use profiles and placed ugly notification icons. That was simply not a solution as far as I am concerned.
I finally moved on to CM just for this issue but its just ridiculous that you have to install custom rom for such a petty issue.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=23117
This matter has been raised by users for so long and yet google does nothing. It seems like samsung is the only one sensible enough to not have followed google on this.
What I want to know is that why is this thing causing problems for developers? Why cant we have a simple app atleast for rooted users that quickly fixes this issue? Or maybe a simple "hack" for rooted devices?
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I guess it might be because not enough people find this to be that much of an issue =/
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I guess it might be because not enough people find this to be that much of an issue =/
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I would prefer an option. Though I want them linked, personally, and dislike that they are not on my Note II. It makes using the volume buttons to change the ring volume reasonable, otherwise the ringer goes up or down and the notifications stay where it was not wanted. I strongly feel most people will agree with this standpoint, and that you are unfortunately in a minority here.
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I would prefer an option. Though I want them linked, personally, and dislike that they are not on my Note II. It makes using the volume buttons to change the ring volume reasonable, otherwise the ringer goes up or down and the notifications stay where it was not wanted. I strongly feel most people will agree with this standpoint, and that you are unfortunately in a minority here.
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Yes I agree samsung should also give an option to link them. But atleast on the note 2 you can simply use a notification volume widget on the homescreen like how I am doing now.
However there certainly are alot of people who want this feature as is evident by that thread. Ofcourse they might be in the minority but still there are people who want it. What do you do at night? I silent my notifications but call volume stay as is so people can still contact me for important stuff. Who wants to wake up from some useless text msg or facebook notification? But if someone is calling me at night then its usually something important. The importance of notifications on the other hand are not dependent on the time.
I'm thinking about giving CM11 a try, but worried about some of the stock apps that I will no longer have, specifically anything that makes use of the s-pen. I'm wondering if there are usable replacements for things like S Note, Action Memos, Screen Writing, etc. Also, if anyone has a suggestion for the best replacement for the camera app, since that has a lot of features stock doesn't have
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I'm thinking about giving CM11 a try, but worried about some of the stock apps that I will no longer have, specifically anything that makes use of the s-pen. I'm wondering if there are usable replacements for things like S Note, Action Memos, Screen Writing, etc. Also, if anyone has a suggestion for the best replacement for the camera app, since that has a lot of features stock doesn't have
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In the Play Store, CM S Pen Add-on and Note Buddy (S Pen Helper), for S Pen functionality. Papyrus and/or Memo (by Nathan Garside), for Note taking.
Try this, for a more full featured camera: http://galaxy-note-3.wonderhowto.co...your-galaxy-note-3-0150388/#readsoruce_bottom
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LMMT said:
In the Play Store, CM S Pen Add-on and Note Buddy (S Pen Helper), for S Pen functionality. Papyrus and/or Memo (by Nathan Garside), for Note taking.
Try this, for a more full featured camera: http://galaxy-note-3.wonderhowto.co...your-galaxy-note-3-0150388/#readsoruce_bottom
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Thanks, I tend to "collect" camera apps, hadn't heard of this one.
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Thanks, I tend to "collect" camera apps, hadn't heard of this one.
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Give it a try, let me know your impressions.
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Give it a try, let me know your impressions.
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Well, the first time I used it, it locked up my phone? (not exactly sure what happened, because I was letting a friend use it to take a pic, he tried and said "Huh? what happened? The screen is off... Wont turn on...". Battery pull. Hasn't happened since...)
But otherwise seems smart, well laid out, responsive, the effects seem well chosen and plentiful... But using 90% of them introduces major viewfinder lag. (most time I don't use effects, perhaps a bit of vignetting, contrast push, so no real loss there.)
Couple of translation oddities in some functions, and the weibo stuff seems superfluous...
All in all, I like it, will play a bit more, not sure if it will be a complete replacement for say Vignette, but might for the stock..
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Well, the first time I used it, it locked up my phone? (not exactly sure what happened, because I was letting a friend use it to take a pic, he tried and said "Huh? what happened? The screen is off... Wont turn on...". Battery pull. Hasn't happened since...)
But otherwise seems smart, well laid out, responsive, the effects seem well chosen and plentiful... But using 90% of them introduces major viewfinder lag. (most time I don't use effects, perhaps a bit of vignetting, contrast push, so no real loss there.)
Couple of translation oddities in some functions, and the weibo stuff seems superfluous...
All in all, I like it, will play a bit more, not sure if it will be a complete replacement for say Vignette, but might for the stock..
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Hmmm, that's interesting. I didn't experience any of those issues, when I was using it. Thanks for the update.
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Hey all.
I know this issue is known in some Sammy forums, so maybe it's an Android issue?
I take my XZU to the gym and use the Notes app to track progress. The note gets pretty long, and after some time every keyboard input takes 3 - 5 seconds before it shows up on screen - so writing 'squats: 80, 75' takes almost a minute! I'm using Swiftkey, which helps due to the predictive typing feature - but none the less I would've assumed XZU has the power to write notes without lag
Anyone know what causes this, or anyone else experiencing it?
Also, I've tried more than one note takin app. Issue persists.
I'm on a sprint galaxy nexus, but i use SwiftKey as my main keyboard of choice. The lag has been here, for me, since the last 2 updates. However, it seems that it got worse on the latest update. I do like the new themes though [emoji4]
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Try using the stock keyboard? Also check Swiftkey's resource usage when it starts to lag. I have written quite a lot on my Ultra, and I have never experienced any slowdowns that I can remember, but I don't use Swiftkey.
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I just tried stock, same thing - about one sec delay or more for every keystroke.
As it isn't keyboard related, any other tips? This only happens when I use Notes luckily, but it does irk me.
As an alternative to fixing the slow notes, have you tried using apps specifically designed for logging workouts? They'll probably save you time and give you a better overview.
Chima2 said:
I just tried stock, same thing - about one sec delay or more for every keystroke.
As it isn't keyboard related, any other tips? This only happens when I use Notes luckily, but it does irk me.
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Then it's probably the notes app you're using. Try using a different one and see if that solves it.
Triflot said:
As an alternative to fixing the slow notes, have you tried using apps specifically designed for logging workouts? They'll probably save you time and give you a better overview.
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I could, and maybe should do that. It's just that I fear it might be more time consuming than just typing in exercise, reps and sets - plus it allows for much more customization. I'll look around the playstore though, might find something that serves my purpose.
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Then it's probably the notes app you're using. Try using a different one and see if that solves it.
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Already mentioned that I did. I use the stock Notes app that came with the rom (Monx), and tried Natural Notes as well. The lag across apps is what made me post here, thinking it might be an Android issue - apparently not