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S-Pen Inaccurate

l have problems with my S-Pen where some spots on the screen will not register correctly with light pressure, do that it will jutter arnoud the spot. As I want to use the note for draeing this isn't something I can just ignore.
Is anyone else having this? If yes or no please also state if you have the 3G or eifi only model.
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fenjen said:
l have problems with my S-Pen where some spots on the screen will not register correctly with light pressure, do that it will jutter arnoud the spot. As I want to use the note for draeing this isn't something I can just ignore.
Is anyone else having this? If yes or no please also state if you have the 3G or eifi only model.
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Read the thread about adjusting your pen.

fenjen said:
l have problems with my S-Pen where some spots on the screen will not register correctly with light pressure, do that it will jutter arnoud the spot. As I want to use the note for draeing this isn't something I can just ignore.
Is anyone else having this? If yes or no please also state if you have the 3G or eifi only model.
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I have the exact same problem and I'm using 3G version.
I was thinking to take my note 10.1 to warranty replacement.
Edit: also when using finger to draw, straight lines are inaccurate, see picture.

toenail_flicker said:
Read the thread about adjusting your pen.
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sorry but i cant find the thread. can u give me th link?

toenail_flicker said:
Read the thread about adjusting your pen.
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I have adjusted my pen actually. Doesn't help.
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etukeno said:
I have the exact same problem and I'm using 3G version.
I was thinking to take my note 10.1 to warranty replacement.
Edit: also when using finger to draw, straight lines are inaccurate, see picture.
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With your finger rhat is supposed to happen. Normal capacitive touchscreens aren't as accurate. The S-Pen is using different tech and is not communocating with your normal touchscreen. The pen should be pixel accurate.
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fenjen said:
With your finger rhat is supposed to happen. Normal capacitive touchscreens aren't as accurate. The S-Pen is using different tech and is not communocating with your normal touchscreen. The pen should be pixel accurate.
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0K. I can live with that.
What I cant tolerate is that the s-pen is doing litte misbehave in the middle of the screen,.

OTE=etukeno;33630881]0K. I can live with that.
What I cant tolerate is that the s-pen is doing litte misbehave in the middle of the screen,.[/QUOTE]
you to use this advice note to adjust S pen
http://smartphones.wonderhowto.com/...ensitivity-for-better-touch-response-0140084/

omnia1994 said:
sorry but i cant find the thread. can u give me th link?
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It's the thread right above this one that says"Adjusting SPen".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964551

sharkeecz said:
OTE=etukeno;33630881]0K. I can live with that.
What I cant tolerate is that the s-pen is doing litte misbehave in the middle of the screen,.
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you to use this advice note to adjust S pen
http://smartphones.wonderhowto.com/...ensitivity-for-better-touch-response-0140084/[/QUOTE]
toenail_flicker said:
It's the thread right above this one that says"Adjusting SPen".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964551
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That. Doesn't. Help. How hard is it.
I actually went back to the store and the show model and a new model which he got fresh out of the box for me all had the same issue. The Note 10.1 is a poorly made tablet. The pen should be pixel accurate, which it isn't. I actually got an ipad mini instead as Apple offers the best normal capacitive touchscreens on the market.

Hello my friends and welcome to samsung.
Here is how "well" the disgitisers of my note 10.1 N8000, grey, italian with 16GB + 3G, work.
FINGERTOUCH DIGITISER:
S-PEN DIGITISER:
I noticed the issue of the s-pen digitiser first, and just like you, went back to the store to check if the other notes they had there had the same issue. Result: all had the same issue. All in the same screen position. Knowing that the s-pen digitiser is very sensitive to electromagnetic field, and after watching this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUyI74c0DhE&feature=youtube_gdata_player I came to the conclusion that the issue is due to poor screening of the s-pen digitiser. In fact I bet that what we see is the field distortion caused by the electrical current flowing along the vertical battery wires running underneath the screen in that position. That's why the issue appears identical, at identical position on all the notes, because it is an hardware issue due to how badly this tablet was engineered.
The other issue, the one of the fingertouch digitiser, I have discovered it today, after having noticed that scrolling in my tablet was not uniform if i was sliding my finger slowly on the screen, and after having asked myself why so often I was missing to hit the virtual keys on the websites, even though I could swear to have tapped precisely in that position. Well... it appears that our nice friends at samsung equipped our beloved tablet with a digitiser with a ridicoluos resolution of around 40 x 25... (!!!!!!!) This means that we can forget forever precision touch input and smooth scrolling.
I was quite happy of this tablet when i bought it. Now I feel so pissed off that I would like to throw this piece of **** out of the window.
Another thing I noticed is that the Galaxy tab 2 10.1 of my friend does not have the fingertouch digitiser issue. Looks like in order to earn even more money than usual, samsung have introduced this feature into us starting from the latest, very acclaimed note 10.1....
wow....
kind regards, Luca.
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Using my fingertip :
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Too fast. Move VERY slowly with your finger, and you'll see the magic
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KoRoZIV said:
Using my fingertip :
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now try that but slower and you'll see the squiggles

that's true!!!!! it's like if there's a magnetic interference along a diagonalline in the center of the screen, going from top-left to bottom-right
but only if you draw slowly on that points

Well, yes but not exactly. The inteference is vertical, and as I said, I bet my bullocks it's caused by the battery wires.
The resulting effect is just like when you put a paper sheet over a coin, and you scratch over it with a pen (never done it when you were a child?). As you know, you get the image of the coin underneath.
The "scratches" here are the oblique lines that we draw slowly, and the "coin" is the field distortion caused by the electrical current in one of the wires (of which there are four, but for one reason or another, one must cause more interference than the others).
This being a magnetic induction interference, it affects only the s-pen digitiser.
The issue of the capacitive, fingertouch digitiser (or whatever its name is, sorry but I am not native english), I guess is simply due to the fact that it has a very small resolution, due to samsung deliberately wanting to piss us off

JuniorGG said:
Well, yes but not exactly. The inteference is vertical, and as I said, I bet my bullocks it's caused by the battery wires.
The resulting effect is just like when you put a paper sheet over a coin, and you scratch over it with a pen (ever done it when you was a child?). As you know, you get the image of the coin underneath.
The "scratches" here are the oblique lines that we draw slowly, and the "coin" is the field distortion caused by the electrical current in one of the wires (of which there are four, but for one reason or another, one must cause more interference than the others).
This affects only the s-pen digitiser. The issue of the fingertouch digitiser (or whatever its name is, sorry but I am not native english), I guess is simply due to the fact that it has a very small resolution, due to samsung deliberately wanting to piss us off
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So you're saying a fix would be to take apart the note and apply a better shielding to the battery and wires

JuniorGG said:
Too fast. Move VERY slowly with your finger, and you'll see the magic
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Why would I do that if I want a straight line? Pen on paper it's the same, if you go slow enough you will not go straight...
I'm not arguing with anyone, you may be right regarding the interference, but I don't think this device was made to replace a dedicated pro digitizer.
And I did get the general impression that on other tablets the touch is a little more accurate than this one, just to be clear, I'm not saying that is the perfect tablet because I've got one lol. A used 3 tf700 for a week and the screen resolution and touch responsivnes are great, but otherwise is a P.O.S.
I think this note is a decent enough gadget for the price.
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It also might not be the display itself. I got my S-Pen wet and when it dried it started to behave erratically. Sometimes it would work perfectly and other times it would be off from the position I had it placed on the screen. It was random. Replacing the pen fixed it.

Don't have this issue with pen or finger using Lecture Notes on Korean made GT-8013 bought from Amazon.

[Q] Any ideas what to do against the loose and therefore loud hardware buttons?

Hey,
I guess I'm not the only who is annyoed by the wobbly hardware buttons. They are a bit loose and make an annoying sound when the Nexus is in motion (e.g. touching the colume controls with the index fingers when being on the phone; holding the device in one hand and using the upper part of the touchscreens).
Are there any ideas for small hardware hacks that could fix this problem?
Do you think LG/Google will be able to fix it when I send it in for repair?
Am I being pedantic?

You can actually hear the buttons? From arm's length, or even held in a typical "foot from your face" fashion?
Seriously?

br0adband said:
You can actually hear the buttons? From arm's length, or even held in a typical "foot from your face" fashion?
Seriously?
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Yeah, seriously. If I hold the phone at arm's length in one hand and tap the upper part of the screen (be it in a game or by simply drawing down the status bar) I hear the hardware buttons touching the chassis (kind of a ratling sound) because they simply are way too lose.

Mine barely make a click when I press them. I don't think you're being pedantic.
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I find this whole conversation rather..pedantic
Mine is coming tomorrow, I'll help confirm.
My nexus experience is Google will replace with a brand new unit.

mattforchi said:
Yeah, seriously. If I hold the phone at arm's length in one hand and tap the upper part of the screen (be it in a game or by simply drawing down the status bar) I hear the hardware buttons touching the chassis (kind of a ratling sound) because they simply are way too lose.
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My buttons don't do that, they are perfectly tight. Depends how much it bothers you - I know that I'd send it back, personally. Although it's cheaper than other top end phones, that doesn't excuse poor build quality, and I'd want a perfect one.

Wow I wish that would have been the case with my device. Yeah, I gave it back today at my local retailer and will wait for the next batch. My Nexus 5 also had a dead pixel which made my decision whether to give it back pretty easy.
The loose buttons seems to be a kinda big problem with the devices in Austria and Germany, it was particularly bad with my device though.
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Yep, I'm in the process of deciding how much it annoys me. And if I changed phones, what's to say the new one won't eventually rattle?
Maybe it adds character.
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[GROUP] Italian S7/S7 Edge Users, here we go!!!

Simply thought a thread like this could be useful to exchange opinions, experiences, troubles and everything about our devices with other persons from the "Beautiful Country.
Avanti ragazzi!!!
From my Galaxy S7 Edge.

And a telegram group too
https://telegram.me/joinchat/BqQ20wbP86GentToJUdmhw
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preso 3 giorni fa (s7 edge)

annadnl said:
preso 3 giorni fa (s7 edge)
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We have to write in English, Forum rulez...[emoji6]
From my Galaxy S7 Edge.

Pepperoni salami bla bla
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Brava27 said:
Pepperoni salami bla bla
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Thanks for your contributin' !!! [emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23]
From my Galaxy S7 Edge.

Group whatsapp no?
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francescorm said:
Group whatsapp no?
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There's the group at post #2, but it's international......
From my Galaxy S7 Edge.

Here i'am! Happy owner of a Gold S7 Edge from yesterday

turtuv said:
Here i'am! Happy owner of a Gold S7 Edge from yesterday
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Welcome with us!!! [emoji106]
From my Galaxy S7 Edge.

Purchased direct from Samsung Italia. Made the switch from an iPhone 6s+. Very happy. My only complaint is having to recalibrate the compass after each restart. Still unclear to me if an isolated problem or one shared by many others. In another thread is sounded like some had the problem, others not. And, it may have been an issue with the Galaxy 6. Overall, glad I made the switch.

jsamuels said:
Purchased direct from Samsung Italia. Made the switch from an iPhone 6s+. Very happy. My only complaint is having to recalibrate the compass after each restart. Still unclear to me if an isolated problem or one shared by many others. In another thread is sounded like some had the problem, others not. And, it may have been an issue with the Galaxy 6. Overall, glad I made the switch.
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Can't help with compass problem, I don't use it.
The two devices are similar, where did you find the biggest differences?
From my Galaxy S7 Edge.

Fuoritempo said:
Can't help with compass problem, I don't use it.
The two devices are similar, where did you find the biggest differences?
From my Galaxy S7 Edge.
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The problem with compass calibration affects GPS accuracy. I noticed the issue when driving along Lungotevere near Testaccio and Google Maps claimed I was in the middle of the Tiber - about 500 meters away. Once calibrated, all was good.
I like the greater flexibility to modify and adjust the Edge to my preferences. The camera is, IMO, significantly better, especially the fast focusing. I do miss the integration with the Apple ecosystem as I use a MacBook Air and have my music in iTunes. Still looking for a good music player. I have lots to learn although I have owned many Android devices in the past.

jsamuels said:
The problem with compass calibration affects GPS accuracy. I noticed the issue when driving along Lungotevere near Testaccio and Google Maps claimed I was in the middle of the Tiber - about 500 meters away. Once calibrated, all was good.
I like the greater flexibility to modify and adjust the Edge to my preferences. The camera is, IMO, significantly better, especially the fast focusing. I do miss the integration with the Apple ecosystem as I use a MacBook Air and have my music in iTunes. Still looking for a good music player. I have lots to learn although I have owned many Android devices in the past.
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Are you sure that compass calibration affects GPS accuracy? Where do you go to calibrate the compass? I tried to calibrate the edge screen compass, but i don't understand what kind of "eight" i have to do with the phone.
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turtuv said:
Are you sure that compass calibration affects GPS accuracy? Where do you go to calibrate the compass? I tried to calibrate the edge screen compass, but i don't understand what kind of "eight" i have to do with the phone.
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Positive. The simple way to recalibrate is to enter the HwModule Test by entering *#0*# on the phone keypad Then, select Sensor and look for Magnetic Sensor. There you will see a circle with a number inside and a red or blue line. If the number is 3 and the line blue, you are calibrated. Anything else indicates your phone needs calibration. It's easy. Rotate the phone slowly around each of its three axis. You should feel a vibration and a green screen flash when each axes calibrates. Whole process takes 10-15 seconds.

jsamuels said:
Positive. The simple way to recalibrate is to enter the HwModule Test by entering *#0*# on the phone keypad Then, select Sensor and look for Magnetic Sensor. There you will see a circle with a number inside and a red or blue line. If the number is 3 and the line blue, you are calibrated. Anything else indicates your phone needs calibration. It's easy. Rotate the phone slowly around each of its three axis. You should feel a vibration and a green screen flash when each axes calibrates. Whole process takes 10-15 seconds.
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I calibrated it by compass on the edge panel, is it the same thing? But with Gps turned on it calibrated on its own and now i see blu line and the number 3.
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Hi, I've still some doubts regarding this phone. It's very cool and full of high specs, but it looks hard to be hold (you know, edges ...) or taken from a table (cover free). Moreover sound seems not to be that awesome :/ Last but not least, daytime camera pics basically cannot be zoomed otherwise you'll start notice hugly effects, don't you?

net.cat said:
Hi, I've still some doubts regarding this phone. It's very cool and full of high specs, but it looks hard to be hold (you know, edges ...) or taken from a table (cover free). Moreover sound seems not to be that awesome :/ Last but not least, daytime camera pics basically cannot be zoomed otherwise you'll start notice hugly effects, don't you?
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Yes, without cover is hard to be hold. I bought a Ringke cover and i'm just fine with it.
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Hi guys, i would like to know two things:
1)intelligent standy, which prevent the screen turn off when you look at it, does it work in a dark environment too? Because mine doesn't.
2)when i use an app and i receive an iconized call then the little window stays on my screen and i can't "iconize" it on notify bar (when I'm using speaker phone obviously). I have to open the phone app and then press the home button. Is there a way to avoid that?
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Has anyone received the OTA aprile update?
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Touchscreen in the rain

What's this like? If i have a drop of water on my phone screen it causes mayhem - does this happen with this watch? Do water drops cause the watch to think you're touching the screen?

jack880 said:
What's this like? If i have a drop of water on my phone screen it causes mayhem - does this happen with this watch? Do water drops cause the watch to think you're touching the screen?
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They don't exactly make it go nuts like the phone. It does present its challenges sometimes with swiping om the screen, but using the rotating dial usually kills that. I use my s2 daily in all kinds of weather and I haven't really had an issue with it.
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Nice one, thanks a lot for the reply
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Broken screen and touch disabled

I have just broken my phone screen, please feel my pain.
Is there a way to over-ride the 'Touch screen disabled' prompt? I've already missed two calls fumbling for buttons.
Regards.
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SpudULike said:
I have just broken my phone screen, please feel my pain.
Is there a way to over-ride the 'Touch screen disabled' prompt? I've already missed two calls fumbling for buttons.
Regards.
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FYI
If u live in EU and the phone is bought in EU u have 3 months screen warranty. Dont know if it is the same in other Country's?
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Mostar088 said:
FYI
If u live in EU and the phone is bought in EU u have 3 months screen warranty. Dont know if it is the same in other Country's?
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Hi Mostar088,
I am in the UK. I am sure you didn't mean to rub salt into the wound of my 3 month 20 day (when the screen broke) old phone [emoji22] .
I had left the original screen protector on, just as well as this is now holding the screen together.
Choice I have now is to buy a replacement screen, and fit it myself, or stump £150 for someone else to repair. The taredowns I've seen make me think that the Mate 9 is more fiddly than a Nexus 5, which I have replaced a screen on.
My assumption here is Huawei will be the slowest and most expensive option. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
To answer my original question, should anyone else be asking the same, go to Setting > Smart Assistance > Touch-disabled mode.
I didn't think I had set this previously, and this 'feature' only appeared when the screen cracked. The bulk of the screen damage is just under the speaker grill and over the proximity sensor. The damage must now be confusing the sensor.
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