Ok. I just tried using a pencil on my ZXU. When I swiped down the notification panel with it, there on the top is as shortcut for a new note and a new sketch. These shortcuts only showed when I swiped with a pencil.
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keithleyson said:
Ok. I just tried using a pencil on my ZXU. When I swiped down the notification panel with it, there on the top is as shortcut for a new note and a new sketch. These shortcuts only showed when I swiped with a pencil.
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Oh yeah nice find i was like, asking why there's no sketch anymore after using my finger but this is the answer thanks!
What kind of pencils are people using for Ultra?
I'm using fiber castell HB but it not as responsive because of the sharp tip. The back of the pencil is much much more responsive. I'll try to dull the lead tip so I can draw..
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SweFox said:
What kind of pencils are people using for Ultra?
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I'm using a ballpoint with spring mechanism on the other end, which was made by metal and because of the spring, the screen doesn't get pressed too much by the tip.
Oh so people are actually using REAL pencils? :laugh:
I would want a stylish but no idea whats good.
Real pencil is more comfortable in drawing.
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I use real pencils too, architectural office easy to find one!
If you want to swipe down and still see the note sketch shortcut just do it with your nail
Stinky tip ha!!!
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"Fun" Fact: If you connect a mouse to your ZU, the same shortcuts will be in the notification dropdown
whaoh did not know you can use a mouse.
Yeah, just get a USB OTG. They are cheap and can be bought almost everywhere. Once you have one, you can plug a mouse into it, a keyboard or both (wireless bluetooth dongle), memory sticks, external drives, floppy disk drive if you miss the 90s, or a PS3 controller. The short story is that you can plug almost everything, if not everything that is USB based to it.
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Will have to try it out. I did manage to make my USB drive to work though. Did not realize a mouse and keyboard will work. I was also able to use the PS3 DS3 controller on the XZU playing Modern Combat 4 but the controls are not mapped correctly.
You guys know the shop presentation mode? Try
*#*#73556673#*#*
But be careful, that resets Xperia home to default settings, enables Bluetooth, sets the screen timeout to 30s, wallpaper to standard and the font size to normal.
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Using a pencil did scratch the hell out of my screen though
TimeTurn said:
You guys know the shop presentation mode? Try
*#*#73556673#*#*
But be careful, that resets Xperia home to default settings, enables Bluetooth, sets the screen timeout to 30s, wallpaper to standard and the font size to normal.
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Nice. Lol.
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SAMVREMIX said:
Using a pencil did scratch the hell out of my screen though
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Yeah it scratched my screen.... Protector too.
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Another one.
Swipe off screen from the bottom in between the back and home icons or in between the home and recent icon and you will activate Google Now more easily compared to long press on the home button.
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That's a stock feature for devices with on-screen buttons. It actually reacts when you drag your finger from the home button and up.
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Nice finds. I also found out that any widget can be made into a floating app like the default small apps.
1. Tap "Recent Apps" and then the up arrow.
2. Now tap "+" and choose "Widgets".
3. Choose any widget, name it, tap "OK" and the widget will show up in the list.
4. Just tap the widget in the list to show it as a floating app.
5. The cool thing is you can double-tap the title bar of the floating widget to maximize the widget or drag it to the right or bottom border to "dock" them so that you bring them out easily while using another app. You can do the docking with the default small apps too.
there is this really cool feature called '6 week wait'
when something goes wrong with your device you have to wait 6 weeks... or more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Does anyone know where the options are for the kickstand? I can't get anything to come on the screen when i open it. My screen rotates but stays on the homes creen with no options.
Wont work if you are using an alternate launcher like LPP. Other wise its under display settings, toggle kick stand on.
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So if your watching a movie & have the kickstand up with the phone on the table, the screen wont stay on if your using launcher pro?
RichTJ99 said:
So if your watching a movie & have the kickstand up with the phone on the table, the screen wont stay on if your using launcher pro?
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Yes it will work just fine. I was referring to the options that pop up for you to select while in kick-stand mode.
I use go.launcher and when I open kickstand I then have to hit the home button to bring up the clock
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I use go.launcher and when I open kickstand I then have to hit the home button to bring up the clock
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I use go launcher and I can't get the default desk clock to show no matter what I try.
What about being able to turn the screen side ways without the kick stand up? I like to turn my phone side ways and have the home screen long ways.
any ideas?
(everything else turns when i turn the phone, ie text browser option screen most programs, just not the home screen, unless the kick stand is out?)
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What about being able to turn the screen side ways without the kick stand up? I like to turn my phone side ways and have the home screen long ways.
any ideas?
(everything else turns when i turn the phone, ie text browser option screen most programs, just not the home screen, unless the kick stand is out?)
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Launcher Pro lets you do this, but you loose the kickstands activation of the desk top mode.I've made a shortcut on one of my homescreens for the desktop when I want it.
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Launcher Pro lets you do this, but you loose the kickstands activation of the desk top mode.I've made a shortcut on one of my homescreens for the desktop when I want it.
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Where did you find the shortcut?
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Where did you find the shortcut?
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With LP, you get an option to put an activity on your homescreen just like you would for a widget or application. Long press a homescreen, select shortcut, select activity, select desk home, select desk home.
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With LP, you get an option to put an activity on your homescreen just like you would for a widget or application. Long press a homescreen, select shortcut, select activity, select desk home, select desk home.
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Thanks alot
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I'm using Launcher Pro and the kickstand option works fine for me. When I open the kickstand, it asks if I want to go into widget clock/kickstand mode. Is that not what happens for other people?
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I'm using Launcher Pro and the kickstand option works fine for me. When I open the kickstand, it asks if I want to go into widget clock/kickstand mode. Is that not what happens for other people?
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It didn't used to work for me, that's why I made the shortcut, but I just tried it and it worked. I wonder if this has to do with me flashing the Laser P-ROM yesterday which has the HDMI webtop hack. Do you have this hack installed? I also noticed I get a notification that I'm connected to multimedia station even though I'm not when the kickstands activates. I didn't get that message before.
Weird. I think this is on most android tablets not just prime.
EDIT: Thanks for point it out guys! So this is a feature. If you tap on the sides it will scroll towards that direction. So its like a quick tap and scroll without really scrolling. Like what ready2mosh said, paddle shifters lol. Sweet I like this feature.
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thats because your tapping the edge of the screen . its not picking up the slide motion
Hi, Whats the Agenda and Calendar widget you are using?
Thanks
There is nothing wrong with this, if you look at the left and right side when you tap or swipe over the screen, there are 2 light blue lines. If you tap in those areas the screen is told to move to that side, and since you are barely swiping across the screen, it cannot register that you are swiping, but only tapping.
Swiping motion is for the middle of the screen, edges are for flip control. Think of it as paddle shifter on F1 cars, much easier to shift (change page) with paddle than a stick(swiping).
Ready2Mosh said:
Swiping motion is for the middle of the screen, edges are for flip control. Think of it as paddle shifter on F1 cars, much easier to shift (change page) with paddle than a stick(swiping).
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LOL quick shifters. I like that excuse better.
danwic said:
There is nothing wrong with this, if you look at the left and right side when you tap or swipe over the screen, there are 2 light blue lines. If you tap in those areas the screen is told to move to that side, and since you are barely swiping across the screen, it cannot register that you are swiping, but only tapping.
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Not true. I can replicate this in the app drawer too.
EDIT: NM you guys are right. If I tap on the corner it goes back and forth. Even i the app drawer. Thanks. I love this new quick paddle shifters hidden trick.
tuckersmission said:
Hi, Whats the Agenda and Calendar widget you are using?
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Here you go.
Wizz Widget
aznmode said:
Not true. I can replicate this in the app drawer too.
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Because that feature is a active in those menus also
Ready2Mosh said:
Because that feature is a active in those menus also
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Youre right. Edited my reply.
Hey all!
The below information is for STOCK devices (or ROM's that are Stock and not using a custom launcher)
This is a Work In Progress, so if you have any tips that you found should have been in a manual, please feel free to post these and I will add them to the OP.
I just got my note yesterday and had to Google to find things that SHOULD have been covered in a manual or quick reference that wasn't.
Please keep in mind that this is my FIRST Samnsung phone (always been an HTC guy) so I am new to Samsung+Android+Touch Wiz and am guessing that I am not the only one.
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Change Dock Icons:
1. From the home screen, open the App Drawer
2. Click Menu
3. Click View Type
4. Click Customizable Grid
5. Click Menu
6. Click Edit
Now you can drag and drop icons to the Dock Bar.
Follow steps 1-3 but in step 4 select Alphabetical Grid to return back to default.
Change Lock Screen Wallpaper:
1. Press the menu button then go to settings
2. Click Display
3. Click Screen Display
4. Under Lock Screen you will find an option for Wallpaper
Screen Capture Without the S Pen (Thanks kimtyson)
You can screen capture without the S Pen by placing your right hand perpendicular to the right side of the screen (in a karate chop position) and sweeping left. If you are left-handed, you can use your left hand in the same manner, sweeping left to right.
Change Brightness (Thanks Boris Sidis)
Long press the notification bar and drag left or right to change brightness.
Reserved...
One more for giggles.
Those are pretty standard among android phones...My addition for the note would be using your palm or side of hand to take a picture.
Eric-1987 said:
Those are pretty standard among android phones...My addition for the note would be using your palm or side of hand to take a picture.
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True to a point. Those that have had Samsung phones and know how to use and navigate Touch Wiz, probably. But I know several folks that jumped ship from HTC to Samsung and we're all new and learning.
Thanks for the input though!
Could you go into more detail as to what you mean by using my Palm or side of my hand to take a pic so I can add it?
Thanks!
I thought this was going to be like the tips and tricks from the International forum but oh man was I wrong...
Atleast someone is getting a start on it right..
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Talderon said:
Could you go into more detail as to what you mean by using my Palm or side of my hand to take a pic so I can add it?
Thanks!
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Lmfao. I don't know if you realize he was just making a crack at the size and not making a sincere suggestion.
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RadDudeTommy said:
Lmfao. I don't know if you realize he was just making a crack at the size and not making a sincere suggestion.
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I don't know if you realize he was just making a sincere suggestion. If you "karate chop" it you get a screen cap.
From Samsung Site,http://www.samsung.com/us/article/tips--tricks-galaxy-note.
Screen Capture Without the S Pen
You can screen capture without the S Pen by placing your right hand perpendicular to the right side of the screen (in a karate chop position) and sweeping left. If you are left-handed, you can use your left hand in the same manner, sweeping left to right.
Long press the notification bar and drag left or right to change brightness.
Holding down on the notification bar and swiping for brightness will only work if you don't have auto brightness enabled. You can also take a screenshot by pressing Home and Power at the same time. I find that easier than karate chopping my phone.
This is normally presented to people when they set up their phones, but just in case someone skipped it, if you hold down the side button on the S-pen and double tap the screen, it opens up an s-memo over whatever app you're in so you can jot a quick note. There is also an option for this during phone calls.
EDIT: Here's a few other tricks that I haven't tested personally, but have heard from various sources:
1. If you are playing music and place your palm over the display, it quickly mutes the music.
2. While playing a video, tapping the power button will lock the display so it won't respond to touches. Pressing again will disable.
3. If you have motion activation enabled in your settings, when the phone rings you can flip it over to silence the ringtone.
4. Swiping a contact's name to the left in your contact list will quick-create a new message to them. Swiping to the right will call them.
Heres another, if you swype your fist accrpss the screen it takes a screenshot
Edit:nvm
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Talderon said:
Change Brightness (Thanks Boris Sidis)
Long press the notification bar and drag left or right to change brightness.
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Wish this worked without CheeseWhiz, odd it matters as the notification bar is framework, not launcher, but I couldn't make it work. Then again, I rarely managed to make the same function work in Cyanogen 7 either..
EDIT: Oops, yeah I'm an idiot, I had Automatic on, it works fine regardless of launcher.
johnus said:
Holding down on the notification bar and swiping for brightness will only work if you don't have auto brightness enabled. You can also take a screenshot by pressing Home and Power at the same time. I find that easier than karate chopping my phone.
This is normally presented to people when they set up their phones, but just in case someone skipped it, if you hold down the side button on the S-pen and double tap the screen, it opens up an s-memo over whatever app you're in so you can jot a quick note. There is also an option for this during phone calls.
EDIT: Here's a few other tricks that I haven't tested personally, but have heard from various sources:
1. If you are playing music and place your palm over the display, it quickly mutes the music.
2. While playing a video, tapping the power button will lock the display so it won't respond to touches. Pressing again will disable.
3. If you have motion activation enabled in your settings, when the phone rings you can flip it over to silence the ringtone.
4. Swiping a contact's name to the left in your contact list will quick-create a new message to them. Swiping to the right will call them.
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#2 is a no go.
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You can also just press the power button along with the home button for screenshot if you don't feel like karate chopping your screen.
dakleenupman said:
#2 is a no go.
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Has to be the stock video player ("videos").
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I came from an HTC Inspire..so these were very helpful. Thanks!
I was playing around with my Note and noticed this really weird thing.
Go to http ://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#WSPTVk!egb!acZbcc (a calculator for Diablo 3) (sorry can't post links). On your computer, you can see that whenever you hover over the icons another screen pops up with a more detailed explanation. Also if you click it it pops up a different screen with more information.
How to replicate this on your Note: You can of course get to the menu by clicking on the icons. But for the hover over: This sounds silly, but put the S Pen about 1 cm off the screen over the icons. It should display the hover over menu. So far, I've seen this work on the stock browser and the Reddit News app (which I think uses the stock browser).
It's not weird, they made it like that. The s-pen acts like a mouse. You can mouse over things by hovering it around, you can left click by touching it down onto the screen, and you can right click by holding it pressed down onto the screen.
If you go to Settings>Pen Settings and enable Hovering Pen Icon (if I recall correctly this wasn't on the original stock ROM, only the leaked updates), then you will actually be able to see the mouse cursor as well, so you can see exactly what you're mousing over.
That's kinda cool actually, i never noticed that about the stock browser. Although i think this may be the first tile I've opened the stock browser since the days of the htc dream and Cupcake or Donut or whatever the thing was running.
Kind of wish Opera had this...
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Thanks!
I learned something new and useful from this thread.
Yep. It is a great extra function. Turn on the mouse cursor too and you got a little PC.
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machinamayhem said:
I was playing around with my Note and noticed this really weird thing.
Go to http ://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/barbarian#WSPTVk!egb!acZbcc (a calculator for Diablo 3) (sorry can't post links). On your computer, you can see that whenever you hover over the icons another screen pops up with a more detailed explanation. Also if you click it it pops up a different screen with more information.
How to replicate this on your Note: You can of course get to the menu by clicking on the icons. But for the hover over: This sounds silly, but put the S Pen about 1 cm off the screen over the icons. It should display the hover over menu. So far, I've seen this work on the stock browser and the Reddit News app (which I think uses the stock browser).
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This is the best thing since my uncle fester manufactured a 6 foot tobogan out of beer cans, strapped a jet engine to it, installed a flat screen TV, a toilet, and put a mini fridge in it.
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A nice little free non-root app that sits on the right hand side of the screen when in landscape so you can go the Home Screen, Go Back or look at the Notification dropdown quickly :good::laugh:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.app58us.backkey&hl=en-GB
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A nice little free non-root app that sits on the right hand side of the screen when in landscape so you can go the Home Screen, Go Back or look at the Notification dropdown quickly :good::laugh:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.app58us.backkey&hl=en-GB
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Nice app!
Not The Flong said:
A nice little free non-root app that sits on the right hand side of the screen when in landscape so you can go the Home Screen, Go Back or look at the Notification dropdown quickly :good::laugh:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.app58us.backkey&hl=en-GB
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Great - thanks a lot!
The buttons located at the middle of the status bar were the topic that bothered me most on my new Z2 tab, as you always have to move your hand and let go the tablet's frame.
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One of the main reasons I have already rooted my device (although the bootloader had to be unlocked).
So I can use "Expanded Desktop" from Xposed module "Gravity Box" (no navigation bar anymore, which additionally means more screen estate) and GMD Gesture control instead.
For instance, for "Back" I have set 2 gestures: Either diagonally (!) to the right and down with 3 fingers, or the same to the left and down.
Since "Back" is a very frequent command, this is the most comfortable direction for a swipe because the arm which is holding the tablet is anyway in that direction. I just have to pull the arm "back" instead of bringing it into a certain position first. And the two gestures ensure that I can make the Back gesture with either hand equally comfortably.
I had the device unrooted for two weeks, and it felt simply awkward to be forced again to hit little spots on the screen for basic commands. (My other devices are always also rooted.)
I've tried GMD gestures but wasn't able to get it work. Any idea why or did you do anything special to make it work? On my N7 it's been working like a charm for a long time. Thanks.
On the Z2 Tablet, you have to set (in "Advanced“) "Override touch events parser detection" to "HC_DEFAULT".
Sorry to be an idiot but this sounds very good and natural. However I can't picture the mvmt. Do u grab with the free hand and then swipe or what?
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Revive!!!
I tried this but it's a little cumbersome and gets in the way.
And then I remembered PIE! Durr
sorry but piecontrol is far superior. Also no root, and can do a lot more.
I much prefer swiping in method, got used to it with old paranoidandroid builds waaaaay back in the ICS era
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jun.ace.piecontrol&hl=en-GB
Try Button Saviour. Way better than pie.