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After much reading here, it seems pretty clear (pardon the pun) that the G tab's screen has been installed upside down. Certainly I am one of the many who think that the screen is excellent when viewed upside down.
I thought I would summarise the solutions and suggestions I have read so far (in no particular order):
1. Install ADW which will let you rotate home screen (I don't know if this lets you rotate other stuff like videos)
2. Install CyanogenMod7 because it has ADW in it
3. Remove the screen, turn it around and put it back on (unfortunately, I read that the cable behind the screen is too short to allow this)
4. Somehow trick the G tab into orienting itself 180 degrees the other way (software?, hardware - rotate the sensors?)
Please feel free to add to these in this thread, just so we have the info all in one place.
I am a complete newbie with no software nor hardware experience, so I don't know how to even think about solving it, but it seems to me that the screen problem is currently the biggest issue with this device.
If there is anybody who can suggest a better solution for this, I'm sure there are many of us who would appreciate it very much.
I just realised that number 3 suggestion is silly! That would just mean that you have to hold the tab upside down and the angle would still be bad.
I think a way of "tricking" the tab might be best. Anyone?
I'm curious about the 'camps' people are in here:
1) The camp that believes that the viewing angles are better when the device is upside down suggesting some kind of manufacturing defect when the screen and polarization filters were installed - I am not in this camp, the screen is equally bad up or down for me
2) Those who feel due to the placement of the speakers and other ports, they'd prefer the screen orientated in the other direction
3) both
Is there another camp we should be aware of? Cast your vote, which camp do you belong in?
And I agree, lets try to consolidate just to this thread, too many 'screen orientation' threads going at the moment
I was hoping this thread could just be for suggestions on how to consistently view the screen upside down.
I don't think there is a good consistent way. YouTube (for example) and other apps will default to the standard orientation no matter if you use ADW to rotate your homescreen. I understand why you feel the way you do, but in my opinion they made the right choice for panel orientation. If you flipped the panel and then tried to dock the tablet the viewing angles would make it impossible to use unless you were looking at it from the bottom up. When I'm holding it in my lap I can always adjust the way I view it to compensate for the panel deficiencies. So long story short I think the panel orientation is correct even though it is not always ideal.
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If you flipped the panel and then tried to dock the tablet the viewing angles would make it impossible to use unless you were looking at it from the bottom up.
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Thanks for your reply. I don't understand this part above?
The screen looks best to most of us when looking slightly downwards at it, so that would mean when it's in a dock the top of the tab would need to be tilted towards you to get the best angle.
When you dock it, does the top of the tab tilt towards you? I would have thought it sloped slightly away from the viewer at the top?
I just got my Gtab about a week ago, put some vegan on it and I'm loving it. I just have one issue, and I'm wondering if I got a defective one.
For the most part touch sensitivity is great and I don't mind only having two touch points, but occasionally (30-40% of the time) when I try to pinch and zoom, it doesn't respond at all. I tried the multitouch tester, and it looks like anytime two fingers touch at the same time it struggles to recognize both touches. This is anywhere on the screen, not just two fingers close together. I've tried using the touchscreen fix app but its always the same.
Is my unit bad, or is this how the Gtablet always behaves? If it is, its not the end of the world, but I'd like to know before my exchange period is over.
I have found that if you are going perfectly horizontal in landscape mode, or vertical in portrait mode, the device struggles to pick up the multi-touch, however it works great in any other angle. discovered it playing sliceit
Mine doesn't seem to be affected by the angle. As far as I can tell it's a total crap shoot.
Have you tried pressing one finger first then resting the other on the screen a small amount of time later and then continuing with the pinch zoom maneuver? I found that this trick gets it working every time. Oh and don't have your fingers yo close together; half inch or so.
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Additionally the cleaner the screen the more responsive the multi-touch, single touch. a few smudges, and its a crap shoot. I keep a oakley glass cleaner in the case, and am constantly buffing the glass.
Well thinking of all the patent wars going on has me thinking of ways to improve and get away from the way functions work on other os.
As far as the pinch to zoom....I hate it as is, I rarely use two hands with my phone so pinching the screen isn't natural.
I think pressing the screen(.3? sec press) in the area you wish to zoom in/out and make a circular motion or gesture clockwise/counter clockwise.
Another would be the same slightly long press from say bottom left corner of display to top right corner to zoom in and then top right to bottom left to shrink. Wouldn't have to be corner to corner obviously as that would be too much zoom but that's the best I could explain.
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I agree with you on pinch thing.2 hands are no good on a phone...and i like your ideas...this is not new but I like the swiping gestures.
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I really love pinch zoom.
I really want stronger encryption so that I don't have to worry about anything should my phone ever be lost or stolen. I'd rather not wipe it remotely - if I knew it were secure that would be better.
Tv, camera, mp3
I would like slow motion camera
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Tv, camera, mp3
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Chinese cheap-crappy phone?
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I do a lot of VBA programming in excel. I developed a custom roll coll program for my college classrooms and I would love to be able to put it on my phone, be able to just pass it around to my students, and let them check in using my phone instead of my labtop. So I want full VBA support, but I don't think that will happen. I can keep wishing though.
Timely update
Better quality management
Better NON-PLASTIC NON-GLOSSY hardware
Long-lasting battery
Decent customer service.
No AMOLED !
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Timely update
Better quality management
Better NON-PLASTIC NON-GLOSSY hardware
Long-lasting battery
Decent customer service.
No AMOLED !
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These are things you are asking for from the manufacturer, not Android as an OS
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Official custom ROM downloader/flasher by default, to reduce dependence on OEM crap
More high-tech plastic, as opposed to fragile glass
AMOLED (particularly in the tablet arena, where the only choice for reading seems to be Backlight Backstreet)
Hey guys, I've been thinking about picking up a note 10.1 strictly for the S Pen and the ability to (potentially) that notes while resting my hand on the tablet. I was wondering if you could provide some feedback on how notetaking/handwriting notes on the note 10.1 is and your experiences with the S Pen, whether you use a custom rom or are on stock. If you have a custom rom I'd love to know what it is/what you think of it! I've been trying to find some reviews of the S Pen with hand-written notes and haven't had much luck except for just general demos. Does the note 10.1 hold up to handwriting notes for say a college course? Or is it just mostly gimmicky and slow/full of lag? I really appreciate any and all help!
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Yes. I would say Note 10.1 is up to task for FAST note taking, during college courses, since I have been doing that since the last semester .
And I would say it is MUCH BETTER than standard writing on paper note-taking, because with Note 10.1, you have access to ALL your taken notes anytime anywhere ;3, which I would say is a big advantage. That and it makes your backpack lighter ^^
I have bought a matte screen protector from spigen which makes note taking, life like because of the added friction on screen.
On the system basis, my note is rooted for an app called GMD Gesture Control, which hides the bar on the bottom with a gesture, This is needed when you do heavy note taking. When taking a note, there is palm rejection on the note taking area, but this doesnt apply on the bottom bar so you can randomly take up the notification bar which for me is annoying.
On the app side, an app called LectureNotes is FAR better than S-notes.
That is awesome to hear! I've been trying to take notes on my asus transformer for a while now with a regular capacitive stylus and its just too laggy to keep up with fast note taking and I always have to revert back to paper/pencil. Do you sync your notes with evernote or dropbox or anything? or just store them on the lecturenotes app? I've heard good things about Lecture Notes, this looks promising.
Do you normally take notes with your palm resting on the tablet? I want to get an idea on just how good the palm rejection is before I buy one of these Also how would you say your battery life is? Again thanks for the help!
I can say the battery life is pretty good, I tend to use my note to watch movies or tv shows and still do the occasional bit of writing , listening to music and phone call. It tends to last out the 8 hours I do this with about 10% - 15% left. I do recharge each night but I do that with my phone too....
I was using LectureNotes trial version for my note-taking but thanks to its usefulness I paid for it. But I have to say that there are certain areas where i feel that the S-Note performs better in terms of formula recognition or shape recognition. The in built feature of pop up notes is another plus point for the S-Note. But in terms of nice paper feel on the screen,ie , paper and pen feel I would say go for the LectureNotes
For battery life, I would say constant note taking with Data enabled lasts around 8-10 hours and at times with no data and screen continuously on (When reading pdfs) it tends to last for 12-14 hours on a complete charge.
Are there any particular settings you use for lecture notes? I just purchased the app and I am looking for information to get lectures as close to a pen paper experience.
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I was using LectureNotes trial version for my note-taking but thanks to its usefulness I paid for it. But I have to say that there are certain areas where i feel that the S-Note performs better in terms of formula recognition or shape recognition. The in built feature of pop up notes is another plus point for the S-Note. But in terms of nice paper feel on the screen,ie , paper and pen feel I would say go for the LectureNotes
For battery life, I would say constant note taking with Data enabled lasts around 8-10 hours and at times with no data and screen continuously on (When reading pdfs) it tends to last for 12-14 hours on a complete charge.
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I have been using the note for 2 semesters now and could not imagine going back. In fact, I get irritated when I need to dig out paper and pencil for something!
As far as SNote to Lecture notes? It depends on the type of classes you're in. Lecture notes excels at hand written input. SNote excels with its shape recognition and formula recognition. I use both to be honest, SNotes for science, math and engineering courses, lecture for everything else. One thing that is particularly nice about lecture notes us the chalkboard mode, or black background and white pen
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Wannagotopopeyes said:
That is awesome to hear! I've been trying to take notes on my asus transformer for a while now with a regular capacitive stylus and its just too laggy to keep up with fast note taking and I always have to revert back to paper/pencil. Do you sync your notes with evernote or dropbox or anything? or just store them on the lecturenotes app? I've heard good things about Lecture Notes, this looks promising.
Do you normally take notes with your palm resting on the tablet? I want to get an idea on just how good the palm rejection is before I buy one of these Also how would you say your battery life is? Again thanks for the help!
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Im always using palm rejection as I really hate having to not put my palm down, which is why I sold my ipad in the first case (I was a notability user with a capacitive pen).
Im also using Dropbox to sync my files to computer.
Battery Life - Can go up to 1 day or more in Complete charge with constantly taking notes, trust me Ive done that during the previous exam period ><". To get this battery life, you need to use Juice Defender app for the wifi handling and Lux app for the Brightness handling on sub-zero levels. (Great in low light conditions)
Just to summarize my experience: The advantage of Note 10.1 over iPad with capacitive pen is:
1. Palm rejection
2. Precise stylus which is great if you write small like me
3. No need of zoom box (Notability)
4. Cropping areas of screen and inputting it as a picture on any app via pen
5. USB Data mode, I can use the Note as a USB storage. 16GB built in + 64 GB memory card is alot of storage ^^ (Android specific)
6. Multi-window aka Windows. Great for taking notes while having a pdf file of a book open.
I am wondering how small you can write on the Note 10.1, and if it will still register it. I am wondering if it will be comfortable, when you write really small, almost like a fine point pen. I like that you can zoom in and out, with something like LectureNotes.
Also, how is the lag in writing, is it pretty much instant, in Snotes and LectureNotes.
Thanks
Size of the writing depends on the thickness of the pen settings along w/ the app. In acrobat or ezPDF, I cant write very small purely because of the sensitivity of the app. In lecture notes, I can write as small as I like. I tend to set certain zoom % steps in lecturenotes and flip between them. For example, I use over 3500 as my resolution and then zoom in 250-300% so that the note's resolution matches the pixel density of the page. This lets me write at a normal size but when I zoom out. It becomes much more refined.
I feel like other apps have a little bit of lag. Like papyrus i feel like has slightly more lag than lecturenotes. If you play w/ the settings, you can find a perfect spot where it feels most natural and practically zero lag. The pen also has a lot to do with it. I love the rubber nibs where the plastic nibs are way to smooth.
Here's an example of what I'm talking about.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/24jte2xdqwd3hkp/Biochem%20S02E01.pdf
Yeah, I would probably also use the rubber nibs, because plastic on glass won't feel right. After you have adjusted to writing on the Note, is it easy to go back to writing on paper. I know this is a silly question, but I think that writing on the Note would be smoother than paper.
I like your writing style, the different subsections etc and the dark background. Something that would take way too long on paper to write like you do here.
Thanks again.
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Yeah, I would probably also use the rubber nibs, because plastic on glass won't feel right. After you have adjusted to writing on the Note, is it easy to go back to writing on paper. I know this is a silly question, but I think that writing on the Note would be smoother than paper.
I like your writing style, the different subsections etc and the dark background. Something that would take way too long on paper to write like you do here.
Thanks again.
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My experience......... The soft tips that comes with the note has drag but after I used the Note 10.1 for a short time I would rather write with the smooth tip, and a regular generic rubber tipped capacitive stylus is only good for one thing on the note...... to use in games or apps that do not support S Pen.
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The feel of writing on paper is very variable. Depends on the pen type you use and the paper. Same thing on the note.
You have 2 choices of pens but over 10+ screen protectors. Each one with it's own feel. Most of the wet applicator protectors tend to generate alot of drag so if you prefer a softer surface then use those (most dont like that). The rubber nibs on glass feels like dry erase boards to me. I just recently added a screen protector so I might consider the plastic nibs since it's added a little bit of friction. Now it feels a little bit like a felt pen on paper. Just a tad too sticky.
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Size of the writing depends on the thickness of the pen settings along w/ the app. In acrobat or ezPDF, I cant write very small purely because of the sensitivity of the app. In lecture notes, I can write as small as I like. I tend to set certain zoom % steps in lecturenotes and flip between them. For example, I use over 3500 as my resolution and then zoom in 250-300% so that the note's resolution matches the pixel density of the page. This lets me write at a normal size but when I zoom out. It becomes much more refined.
I feel like other apps have a little bit of lag. Like papyrus i feel like has slightly more lag than lecturenotes. If you play w/ the settings, you can find a perfect spot where it feels most natural and practically zero lag. The pen also has a lot to do with it. I love the rubber nibs where the plastic nibs are way to smooth.
Here's an example of what I'm talking about.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/24jte2xdqwd3hkp/Biochem%20S02E01.pdf
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Could you take a screenshot of your lecturenote settings? I'm not exactly sure how to set mine up so it is over 3500 in resolution and still 8.5 by 11 inches which it appears yours is.
All you need to do is take 8.5 x 330px and 11 x 330px. I chose that many pixels because thats the largest I can get it before it exceeds the max. Then just divide the resolution by the Screen resolution so you can see how much to zoom before it gets pixelated.
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If you could please share your setting for getting into a mode where it's a black background and white chalk-like writing that would be very helpful.
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All you need to do is take 8.5 x 330px and 11 x 330px. I chose that many pixels because thats the largest I can get it before it exceeds the max. Then just divide the resolution by the Screen resolution so you can see how much to zoom before it gets pixelated.
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It's under settings --> handling --> blackboard mode. This switches the pen from black to white. Then just select a black background for your notebook and you're good to go. If you want to export it be sure in the export settings to check "include background".
You sound like you havent gone through all the settings and menus yet. You should go through every setting. There are so many features you'd be missing if you didnt.
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If you could please share your setting for getting into a mode where it's a black background and white chalk-like writing that would be very helpful.
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I take it to all my classes It's great for engineer/science notes, because graphics/formuals are impossible to do fast with keyboard/mouse.
I added a pic of a class, just in case. The auto shape is great for graphics though it can get picky about the position
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All you need to do is take 8.5 x 330px and 11 x 330px. I chose that many pixels because thats the largest I can get it before it exceeds the max. Then just divide the resolution by the Screen resolution so you can see how much to zoom before it gets pixelated.
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Were you actually using 450% zoom as shown in your screenshot? If I divide the recommended pixel amounts you gave by the screen resolution I get around 273% zoom. That's a lot smaller than 450%. Also what size pen were you using in lecturenotes to write the notes you posted? Fine or medium? Do you use the autoscroll feature of lecturenotes so as you get close to the edge of the area you are zoomed in on, it scrolls a bit over so you don't have to do it manually?
I'm pretty new at using the spen for taking notes so I'm trying to get an idea of how best to setup my note taking app (lecturenotes).
Depends on the orientation. In landscape it's lower but in portrait it's higher since it'd be divided by 800px not the 1280px. I have it zoomed via width. The screenshot I uploaded is exported to jpg/pdf. The only reason I increase the resolution and zoom in to write is so that I dont get pixelations and I can fit alot on one slide. If i used the actual resolution of the note screen, I'd be stuck at 100% and that'd be all the screen estate space I'll have.
I use Medium most of the time AFTER checking the "use larger pens" box in settings. I dont bother w/ autoscroll. I just move the screen wherever I like. You can also check the free float page box so that the edges can be moved anywhere in the screen.
Keep using it and trying it out. I attempted to make these notes as close to a 4x8ft dry erase board on the wall. One thing, dont zoom in too much to write because if you zoom out and you were writing too small, you cant read it. The point is to fit as much on a page while writing comfortably and zoom out and have a good overview of your notes.
Hi,
I've found on my Note 10.1 that the accuracy of the S-Pen gets worse near the edges of the display. At the very edges it's off by about 1 mm or slightly more. I can't say it's really caused any problems but I'm wondering if this is normal and if there's any method to better calibrate it?
I've been having the same issue, or at least I noticed it recently...
Does anyone know anything about this problem?
This has been bothering me a lot lately, especially since i use my Note for note taking. Bump in case someone knows the solution.
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Here's the response from Samsung support:
Thank you for contacting Samsung Customer Care.
We understand that while using the S pen near edges it looses accuracy.
We are sorry to hear that.
Please try replacing the S pen tip to isolate and fix the issue.
It is not possible to calibrate the digitizer.
Thank you for contacting Samsung.
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I''''ve found the S-Pen (as viewed by enabling the hovering pointer) loses accuracy the closer to the edge of the screen the pen is used. At the edges it is off by at least 1 mm. About 1 cm in from the edges the accuracy is good.
Is this a defect in my unit or are they all like this? is there any way to recalibrate the digitizer to improve accuracy?
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I tried changing the tip with both types of tips supplied with the tablet and as expected it had no effect. Note, also, how utterly useless Samsung email support is. The only way to reply is through a link which sends you to a contact form to submit a new email from scratch. There's no incident number or any way to establish continuity.
In any case, I happened to be at a Microsoft store yesterday and played a bit with Samsung's ACTIV (sp?) pro Windows 8 tablet which has the same s-pen as the Note 10.1. What I noticed immediately is it behaves exactly like my tablet: the digitizer loses accuracy both when tilting the pen and especially when the pen is near the edges of the display. The amount of inaccuracy is just about the same too, about 1 mm near the edge.
So I suspect this may be a limitation of the technology or at least the technology as it's being used by Samsung (I'm surprised Wacom's stuff is not more accurate). I'd be particularly interested if anyone is NOT seeing this.
It also seems silly that the display cannot be recalibrated or the driver does not support remapping. This seems like something that should be pretty easy to implement.
On the positive side, I can't say that I've experienced any real accuracy problems when in actual use. Probably I don't tend to write so close to the edge where it might be an issue. It's more an annoyance that the cursor doesn't quite match the tip. It's actually less annoying than having my hand trigger s-note's zoom or the notification drawer every time I try to write something.
Too bad, samsung support is horrible. For me this problem is pretty annoying since I tend to write until the VERY edge (just like I do in real paper), so I guess I'll have to change my habits lol.
P.S: It's good to know that is not my faulty tablet, but something "normal" in wacom devices...
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Too bad, samsung support is horrible. For me this problem is pretty annoying since I tend to write until the VERY edge (just like I do in real paper), so I guess I'll have to change my habits lol.
P.S: It's good to know that is not my faulty tablet, but something "normal" in wacom devices...
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Yes, it is annoying. I wonder if there's any dev we can convince to write a remapping layer to fix this issue.
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Here's the response from Samsung support:
I tried changing the tip with both types of tips supplied with the tablet and as expected it had no effect. Note, also, how utterly useless Samsung email support is. The only way to reply is through a link which sends you to a contact form to submit a new email from scratch. There's no incident number or any way to establish continuity.
In any case, I happened to be at a Microsoft store yesterday and played a bit with Samsung's ACTIV (sp?) pro Windows 8 tablet which has the same s-pen as the Note 10.1. What I noticed immediately is it behaves exactly like my tablet: the digitizer loses accuracy both when tilting the pen and especially when the pen is near the edges of the display. The amount of inaccuracy is just about the same too, about 1 mm near the edge.
So I suspect this may be a limitation of the technology or at least the technology as it's being used by Samsung (I'm surprised Wacom's stuff is not more accurate). I'd be particularly interested if anyone is NOT seeing this.
It also seems silly that the display cannot be recalibrated or the driver does not support remapping. This seems like something that should be pretty easy to implement.
On the positive side, I can't say that I've experienced any real accuracy problems when in actual use. Probably I don't tend to write so close to the edge where it might be an issue. It's more an annoyance that the cursor doesn't quite match the tip. It's actually less annoying than having my hand trigger s-note's zoom or the notification drawer every time I try to write something.
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I wouldn't expect much help from a company that hires people who don't know the difference between "loses" and "looses". That's sad.
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Do you use magnet type cover? Try to remove it and see if the problem fixed
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Hi to all. I am having a note 2, it has the same s pen as all the note series... i had that problem but it fixed when i did update! Try to go on developers options and check 'show pointer location' to check if the problem is the spen or the software.
I also notices that when used near the camera there is a great loss of accuracy .... and good to know that's not hte fault of my Note:good:
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I also notices that when used near the camera there is a great loss of accuracy .... and good to know that's not hte fault of my Note:good:
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Mine just works fine, even on the ledges! Sometimes, but sometimes when the accelerometer is uncalibrated the S-Pen just stop responding well. I calibrate the accelerometer using this game https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fgol.HungrySharkEvolution Just go on Options/Change to tilt control(If necessary)/Calibrate
It worked for me!
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Mine just works fine, even on the ledges! Sometimes, but sometimes when the accelerometer is uncalibrated the S-Pen just stop responding well. I calibrate the accelerometer using this game https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fgol.HungrySharkEvolution Just go on Options/Change to tilt control(If necessary)/Calibrate
It worked for me!
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Thanks for trying to help .... the slight offset near the edges is no problem for me but i had a relatively bigger offset near the top (near the cameras) but that appeared to be due to the magnetic part in the book cover i had what an idiot .. i thought the camera had magnetic parts that do this and forgot the magnet of my book cover
So now what i really have is the offset near the edges
For me it's not an overall offset issue but just near the edges where it makes taking notes, sketching particularly difficult. It's very frustrating that these tablets aren't better calibrated out of box and provide no option for calibration. I'd be very surprised if this couldn't be fixed through software but would probably require support through the driver.
The other issue I have is that the drawing point only visually aligns with the tip of the pen when the pen is 90 degree from the tablet and you're looking straight down at it. Provided you hold the pen at a relatively steep angle and you angle the tablet so you're looking mostly down at it (say on your knee or a tilted stand) it's not bad. But once you deviate from that, say by putting the tablet flat on a table in front of you so you're looking at down at around 30 degrees, the deviation from where the tip appear to be and where the drawing point is becomes significant. I find this very frustrating. While I still prefer the s-pen to a passive capacitive pen, the fact I can't draw where I think I'm drawing makes it hard to work with. I've been using the tablet as my primary note taking device but I'm getting frustrated enough that I may go back to pen and paper and scanning.
It's probably not possible to fix this issue without hardware changes. Although multiple calibration profiles might reduce the effect.
I guess I'll have to wait for better hardware before I can finally live a paperless life...
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For me it's not an overall offset issue but just near the edges where it makes taking notes, sketching particularly difficult. It's very frustrating that these tablets aren't better calibrated out of box and provide no option for calibration. I'd be very surprised if this couldn't be fixed through software but would probably require support through the driver.
The other issue I have is that the drawing point only visually aligns with the tip of the pen when the pen is 90 degree from the tablet and you're looking straight down at it. Provided you hold the pen at a relatively steep angle and you angle the tablet so you're looking mostly down at it (say on your knee or a tilted stand) it's not bad. But once you deviate from that, say by putting the tablet flat on a table in front of you so you're looking at down at around 30 degrees, the deviation from where the tip appear to be and where the drawing point is becomes significant. I find this very frustrating. While I still prefer the s-pen to a passive capacitive pen, the fact I can't draw where I think I'm drawing makes it hard to work with. I've been using the tablet as my primary note taking device but I'm getting frustrated enough that I may go back to pen and paper and scanning.
It's probably not possible to fix this issue without hardware changes. Although multiple calibration profiles might reduce the effect.
I guess I'll have to wait for better hardware before I can finally live a paperless life...
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May be try this app with this kernel the post says that it can successfully reset the Spen callibration
Post with kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2299406
App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whitedavidp.reset.spen
It was the case
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Do you use magnet type cover? Try to remove it and see if the problem fixed
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That was it for me. The case was causing that. When I read your post I realized that my case has a keyboard and you can remove it. It stays in place with a magnet. So I removed it and it works as expected. so now I know to get it on the edges it's that. Thanks:good: