How to: Fine tune your S-Pen for the perfect Galaxy Note experience
http://phandroid.com/2012/12/05/how-to-adjust-s-pen/
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I've noticed on custom ROMs s-pen is useless far to sensitive maybe this will help. Going to test when i get home and report back. I prefer the tweaking method with screw driver.
Didn't notice any difference.
Really wish there was a way to calibrate the pen more than anything. I'm left handed and the cursor and accuracy of the tip is off making selections very hard. My tablet PC that uses a Wacom digitizer can be calibrated...don't understand why the Note can't have the same thing.
I use blackstar and novena and they both have a setting for lefties. Basically switches the point to the right side.
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AndroidVageta said:
Didn't notice any difference.
Really wish there was a way to calibrate the pen more than anything. I'm left handed and the cursor and accuracy of the tip is off making selections very hard. My tablet PC that uses a Wacom digitizer can be calibrated...don't understand why the Note can't have the same thing.
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Yes it us annoying. Also i did flash black star and pen still doses same problem so now i know its not the rom since blackstar is based on stock. Oh well will have my note 2 soon cant be bothered.
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Can anyone confirm this.
In stock kernel if you select left handed in SPen options it adjusts the input and makes the input line up more with the tip of the SPen. In the OC Kernel its like permanently stuck in right handed mode. The drawn line is not lined up at all. And it doesnt change at all if you switch from right to left handed.
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Anyone?
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I really wish I could figure this out. I have tried to do numerous things. I have reflashed, switched between stock and OC kernels.
Pen will work fine in left hand mode on stock kernel.
Pen will not work accurately in left hand mode with the OC kernel.
It's spot on if i WOULD use the pen right handed. But i dont. So this makes drawing, writing, taking notes ect... a little awkward.
same issue
have you found anything to fix this? i am also having the same problem, left handed only works on the stock rom
V0.2 fixed it for me. downloaded it from my phone. don't kbow if that is what fixed it or not but it works for me now.
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V0.2 fixed it for me. downloaded it from my phone. don't kbow if that is what fixed it or not but it works for me now.
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Fixed it for me too.
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Sweet I will be downloading it as soon as i get a chance
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Or you could just go to being a right handed person.
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Ok, so after two weeks of ownership, I have noticed a slight flaw with the Note. While using S-Memo, I am constantly touching the capacitive buttons, causing the phine to exit to the home screen. It's nearly nearly impossible to avoid this issue, because my hand naturally lays on the screen while writing or sketching. I fond this quite annoying. Unfortunately, I have no programming skills, otherwise, Id create a utility that would disable the capacitive buttons when using the s-pen, or any app designed for writing or drawing.
Other than that, the Galaxy Note is without a doubt, the top banana of cell phones. I absolutely love this phone, and haven't put it down since I got it.
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not to be mean, but i think you may have a unique style of writing there. I personally lay my elbow or forearm on the table and my hand is actually off the paper/phone. how do you even write with your hand on the note?
Well, I would think it would be an easy mod to disable the Galaxy Note capacitive buttons and enable the on screen ones in ICS. Then it would make navigation with the spen even easier. In fact, I might try this right now.
if you wrote with your wrist off the table/paper/pad, your arm's gonna get tired. Standard is the side of your hand/palm resting on the surface.
That said, when using the s-pen, I tend to cradle the phone in one hand while writing with the other (and not laying the phone on a surface).
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Well, I would think it would be an easy mod to disable the Galaxy Note capacitive buttons and enable the on screen ones in ICS. Then it would make navigation with the spen even easier. In fact, I might try this right now.
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It is, you're right, but most of the Samsung apps don't play nicely with the navigation buttons.
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It is, you're right, but most of the Samsung apps don't play nicely with the navigation buttons.
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Ah thanks for the head's up!
kaishi00 said:
not to be mean, but i think you may have a unique style of writing there. I personally lay my elbow or forearm on the table and my hand is actually off the paper/phone. how do you even write with your hand on the note?
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That wasn't mean at all. Not sure if my writing style is unique. I've always reated the side of my hand on any surface I'm writing or drawing on. I've tried "levetating" my hand above the Note, but I find it incredibly difficult to write in that position.
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Am I the only one suffering from this issue?
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PeartFan40 said:
Am I the only one suffering from this issue?
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No problems here. Have you considered using it in a different orientation? Landscape or reverse landscape?
My hand is usually to the side of the screen, not near the buttons.
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No problems here. Have you considered using it in a different orientation? Landscape or reverse landscape?
My hand is usually to the side of the screen, not near the buttons.
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I have. I've tried every position possible, without performing contortion. My hand naturally finds its way to a natural writing position. Grrr
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Use the app quick note. I think it has a settings to disable touch other than spen
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In all honesty, I've *never* hit a capacitive button while writing with the S-Pen on the note. Standing or sitting. You must write like a gorilla.
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Am I the only one suffering from this issue?
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I also have the same problem but I don't use the pen too much.
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Err0xx said:
In all honesty, I've *never* hit a capacitive button while writing with the S-Pen on the note. Standing or sitting. You must write like a gorilla.
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I wasn't aware that gorillas could write or draw. I have big hands.
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Err0xx said:
In all honesty, I've *never* hit a capacitive button while writing with the S-Pen on the note. Standing or sitting. You must write like a gorilla.
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You must have elf hands.
In the stock video player you can lock the capacitive buttons by pressing volume up + power. maybe there's a similar solution in other apps?
Reclaim said:
You must have elf hands.
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LOL
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Reclaim said:
In the stock video player you can lock the capacitive buttons by pressing volume up + power. maybe there's a similar solution in other apps?
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Hmm, I'll give that a try. Thanks for sharing.
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Reclaim said:
In the stock video player you can lock the capacitive buttons by pressing volume up + power. maybe there's a similar solution in other apps?
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Gave it a shot, but no luck.
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Just curious if someone named Peartfan might be a drummer and maybe that has something to do with writing style
EDIT: I originally asked a question but to prevent spamming I changed the title, ignore the first few posts.
I recently just found out that I had a swipe palm to screenshot feature and a pause/play music with the palm of your hand, I've tried to do it and it does not work, I've even looked on Youtube at tutorials and I get as close as I can and it doesn't do anything (Yes, I have enabled them)
Because the US one has a different cpu and gpu and also LTE.
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the 2gb model is the dual core one
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Ohhhhh, that makes me feel a little better. I was actually considering selling the phone and trying to import internationally, my mistake!
Cheers guys
It wouldn't work on mine either but I personally find it easier to press pause with one finger rather than looking like a fool by palm slapping my phone
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CuBz90 said:
It wouldn't work on mine either but I personally find it easier to press pause with one finger rather than looking like a fool by palm slapping my phone
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I know that's what I was thinking when I was trying to do... totally pointless but I just wanna make sure it works although I'll probably never use it
When I'm trying to draw or write on my note, when I go to use it, it draws when i get within two inches or so of the screen....
So my regular, non-cursive, writing looks like crap. Bad.
How can I turn that functionality off, or turn sensitivity down?
***Tap the S-Pen on something hard, and see if there is a difference. Took me three tries.
I'm pretty sure that is not a feature, and is a defect either in the software or unfortunately the hardware. You might need a new S Pen to fix the problem the right way.
There's a youtube video out there on how to "fix" this issue, but what it really does is reduce the sensitivity of the pen to the screen and you probably lose some serious pressure levels when applying this fix. Sorry no link, but I would advise trying your S Pen on the verizon floor model and see if it does the same thing to that one. Then you can feel fairly certain you need a replacement pen.
baker954 said:
When I'm trying to draw or write on my note, when I go to use it, it draws when i get within two inches or so of the screen....
So my regular, non-cursive, writing looks like crap. Bad.
How can I turn that functionality off, or turn sensitivity down?
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That happened to mine when I first got the phone and I read a lot of forums saying to just tap the spen on something hard so I tried it and it worked and hasn't happened again
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timmyd463229 said:
That happened to mine when I first got the phone and I read a lot of forums saying to just tap the spen on something hard so I tried it and it worked and hasn't happened again
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HAHAHA!!!!
Well that just WORKED.
Definitely an S-Pen and not phone hardware issue.
Thanks!!!! XDA is da bomb!
timmyd463229 said:
That happened to mine when I first got the phone and I read a lot of forums saying to just tap the spen on something hard so I tried it and it worked and hasn't happened again
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baker954 said:
HAHAHA!!!!
Well that just WORKED.
Definitely an S-Pen and not phone hardware issue.
Thanks!!!! XDA is da bomb!
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Excellent news, glad to hear this. Will remember for future reference. Thanks timmyd.
had the exact same problem...
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timmyd463229 said:
That happened to mine when I first got the phone and I read a lot of forums saying to just tap the spen on something hard so I tried it and it worked and hasn't happened again
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Worked for me as well!! Who says banging on electronics never fixes anything.
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Worked for me as well!! Who says banging on electronics never fixes anything.
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Just brought back memories of my og Nintendo
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Is the tip of your s pen flat or rounded
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Mine is rounded.
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Is the tip of your s pen flat or rounded
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I was thinking the same thing... if the pen is dropped and the tip is pushed back in to the pressure sensor then it would be 'active' all the time and the hover feature would be interrupted by the phone like touching the screen. A flat tip would be a good indication of that being the case.
Gottoon
timmyd463229 said:
That happened to mine when I first got the phone and I read a lot of forums saying to just tap the spen on something hard so I tried it and it worked and hasn't happened again
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Woa! Confirmed! :good: Just tap it flat on a table and it's like new again. :laugh:
yeah that happened to me too briefly. the pen nib is stuck down so it thinks it's touching the screen when it gets in range of the screen
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I've read that this happens when you use your finger to touch the s-pen tip/point.
I had the same problem on my s-pen too. But yea, the tapping on a hard surface seems to work.
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baker954 said:
When I'm trying to draw or write on my note, when I go to use it, it draws when i get within two inches or so of the screen....
So my regular, non-cursive, writing looks like crap. Bad.
How can I turn that functionality off, or turn sensitivity down?
***Tap the S-Pen on something hard, and see if there is a difference. Took me three tries.
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check to see if the tip of the s pen is pressed in as it would be if you were touching the screen. It is a physical button that pushes in while writing.
My buddy just got the s4 and the eye scroll on web pages is sick. Just wondering if any devs think its possible to get that on the note 2.
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No probably not. Buy a gs4 if you want that sir. That's hardware I think buddy
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hopesrequiem said:
No probably not. Buy a gs4 if you want that sir. That's hardware I think buddy
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Hmm maybe, but I don't know what hardware it would use that we don't already have. It's just the front facing camera and gyroscope/accelerometer I believe. It sees you're looking at the screen then you tilt for it to scroll. So maybe it could be possible, but assuming the actual code for that was created by Samsung, it's probably close-sourced.
In that case, OP, don't you think something like this would've already existed before the GS4 if it could've been done? It's not really a revolutionary idea, but the coding itself may be pretty complicated. My guess is that if programming U.I. behavior based on the coordination of multiple sensors was within the capabilities of developers before Samsung threw money at it, then it would've been an app on the play store already.
Of course, I have no idea if that's the case regarding our XDA developers or Samsung's, I'm just guessing.
Its not the gyro it's a second Gen digitizer thst has some hardware build in can't recall the name momentarily but there is a Swype app that you can wave your hand up and down and it will scroll that uses the gyro
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Bfitz26 said:
Its not the gyro it's a second Gen digitizer thst has some hardware build in can't recall the name momentarily but there is a Swype app that you can wave your hand up and down and it will scroll that uses the gyro
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Hovering controls. I've been following it since he released it. It's come a long way, works pretty well now. It's one of those things that you don't always want to use, but it's handy when you do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43287419
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yes that's the one lol i forgot the name of it i uninstalled it a while ago as i havent' really used it in sometime but probably as close as we are going to get