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So, may be this is dumb, i thought of it last nite though..
You know that feeling, you just pulled you phone out of your pocket a tick too fast, or tred to do somethihg else at the same time, and it slips... those moments between your device leaving your hand, and it meeting the ground are lasting for hours... and theres nothing you can do.
but maybe this will make it a little better (probably) so that if you drop your phone, or you g sensor detects 0-g, (zero gravity , as would be by free falling) that it would activate an app that has a voice and it would scream in terror.
it sounded better last nite after a couple drinks.. a couple more dirnk it its gonna start sounding better again.
but i thought it would be fun... keeping it running in the background, overrides any system sounds and would play on the speaker loudly. ...
but , just an idea.
would be cool to see in action though.
thanks for listening!
Try taking more water with it...
Are you volunteering for the testing phase?
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Try taking more water with it...
Are you volunteering for the testing phase?
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LooooL I down for the idea but lets leave the test to this guy
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i would test it if someone would write it, but i don't wanna mess up my system, because i'm not exactly an expert in ROM flashing (Ive never done it before) and things like this, so if something goes wrong, i am gonna need help to fix it.
of course i wouldnt drop my phone on the street, but onto a bed or something for testing/playing with it.
saintnickxiii said:
it sounded better last nite after a couple drinks.. a couple more dirnk it its gonna start sounding better again.
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Haha! That's an awesome idea!
this is the only app i definitely wouldnt test lol
i would defintely test just dorp onto a quilt or summut no real big deal
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i would defintely test just dorp onto a quilt or summut no real big deal
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exactly, someone would have to dumb to actually test it on the ground...
but i think on a bed/pillow should be no problem. and if it is, then i own the wrong phone.
How about gurgling when dropped down the toilet?
If i dropped my HD2 i would be the one screaming, not the phone...
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How about gurgling when dropped down the toilet?
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Buahahhaa, Epic for me
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if anyone develops that, i'm up for testing it!
LOL
Sooo.... many people would actually run an app, for ever, eating memory and CPU cycles, as well as keeping the phone permanently out of standby (needed to continuously sample the sensor) thus reducing battery life to about 15hrs max without touching it, just so that in the event they dropped their phone one day in the couple of years they'll have it it would scream during half a second before hitting the ground and breaking?
I wonder where the world is going...
Nice idea, but
Honestly, I wouldn't mind developing that one. Sounded easy at first too. But think, the accelerometer meaures 2 axis ( if i'm not mistaken ). How could you tell the device is on a free fall? When it falls, it usually spins, so, tecnically as far as the sensors are concerned it's not on a free fall, as the sensor reads some values, that are consistent with some one handling the device. So, the risk in developing an app like this is having an app that gets the phone to scream whenever it's moved, or never scream at all (not even when falling!)
But please, do prove me wrong ^^. Cause regarding accelerometers i've only worked with the iPhone SDK (Yeah, i kno, but it's job related).
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But think, the accelerometer meaures 2 axis
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3 actually.
ei05035 said:
How could you tell the device is on a free fall?
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All axes = 0 (or close to it).
Opps, my bad about the number of axis.
But still, all axis at 0? seriously doubt that, since the device usually doesnt fall on a perfectly vertical trajectory. It usually spins around...
At least, when on the G Sensor calibration tool i can see the meters moving around when i throw my device up in the air :S
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the device usually doesnt fall on a perfectly vertical trajectory. It usually spins around...
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well, then one could maybe develop the program to read erratic behavoir, when all the sensors are spinning, (?) because to do that my mistake isn't easy i imagine, and it would maybe also activate when bouncing around in a bag(purse, briefcase, who knows what...) in any case, it would scream when in situations that aren't healthy for the phone. (running to catch the train and its bouncing in your backsack for example)...
we now have a purpose to this app... (other than scaring the **** out of you twice ((your phone is about to break, and its screaming!)) HA!
It will probably spin around, but normally not so much as to create close to 1g. It obviously depends on the position of the accelerometer in the device, and I don't know where it is in the HD2. But supposing it's in the most defavorable position (at the edge, 6cm from CG) simulating gravity would mean the phone would have to spin 2 revolutions per second. With greatly reduced effect if it's actually closer to the CG.
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If i dropped my HD2 i would be the one screaming, not the phone...
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lmfao true true i agree with u there
the Keyboard of Windows Phone 7 is nice, and with slow-typing people, it would be kinda easy i guess. But with me, writing down notes by Office Word on my HD7 during class, is a nightmare. I usually type it incorrectly, and then need to fix it... I mean, the characters stick together kinda close, make it hard to type fast.
What about you guys?
Coming from my Android to WP7 my amount of mistakes has been greatly decreased, I really love this keyboard. Have you maybe tried rotating the device to enlarge the keys slightly bigger?
I think your question needs to be in two parts. The first part is, as you already asked, "how often do you type incorrectly", but the second part needs to be "and how often does the keyboard recognize what you meant and auto-correct for you".
Because, in answer to the first part I would say "very often", but to the second part I would say "almost always". So, in short, there are very few occasions for me where I need to make manual corrections to what I type (unless I am typing non-standard "words" such as email addresses or cryptic passwords).
This happens a lot to me. It seems that the keyboard just can't keep up sometimes. Two words will be smushed into one because it didn't count a few of the keystrokes that I made.
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This happens a lot to me. It seems that the keyboard just can't keep up sometimes. Two words will be smushed into one because it didn't count a few of the keystrokes that I made.
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What phone was this? I have never had this happen to me on any Windows Phone I've ever used. But then again, I was coming from a HD2, where you could miss 25 characters in a row easily.
And to answer the question, for some reason, enabling the "tap" sound greatly increases my accuracy. I'm still not sure why that is! But even on the few times I make a mistake, WP7 frequently corrects me.
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What phone was this? I have never had this happen to me on any Windows Phone I've ever used. But then again, I was coming from a HD2, where you could miss 25 characters in a row easily.
And to answer the question, for some reason, enabling the "tap" sound greatly increases my accuracy. I'm still not sure why that is! But even on the few times I make a mistake, WP7 frequently corrects me.
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Samsung Focus. I type really fast, and I think sometimes my other thumb lands on a key before I lift the previous one off of the screen, causing neither to register.
I just typed out a long email, making sure to pay attention to this. Everything went really smoothly. I guess maybe sometimes I'm just being lazy and not lifting my thumbs in time.
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Samsung Focus. I type really fast, and I think sometimes my other thumb lands on a key before I lift the previous one off of the screen, causing neither to register.
I just typed out a long email, making sure to pay attention to this. Everything went really smoothly. I guess maybe sometimes I'm just being lazy and not lifting my thumbs in time.
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I'm pretty sure a benefit to having a cap screen is that it can register the next key press before your other finger is off the letter.
I've got an Omnia 2, and typing on THAT is a nightmare. Anyone who is faster than a hunt and peck will be tearing their hair out.
The keyboard works amazingly for me. My only problem is I start going so fast that I get ahead of myself and start entering gibberish. But for 97% of my mistakes, it auto-corrects. I'm consistently blown away by how well it performs.
Yeah, actually holding down one thumb doesn't hinder the other from typing at all. I don't know why it happens sometimes, maybe I just do type too fast.
i have a samsung focus and the only typing errors i have occasionally is when hit the space key it registers as either "c,n or M" but that could be because i have big thumbs
I have a slide out keyboard for this very reason. I have never encountered a touch keyboard that satisfied my needs. I've tried HTC on WM6 and swype, I wouldn't say that WP7's keyboard is perfect but it certainly works well but only for short messages, if I ever need to write something in a proper sentence I always use my hardware keyboard simply because touch keyboard are unable to read my thoughts
The Deal is, you have to type fast like you actually write it down on the paper during class. ( i am a kind of lazy) . You type it like crazy, and you begin to screw up.
I don't have a really big thumb like other american, but i still find it kinda hard to put down like 5 pages of words on my HD7.
With a short messege, it is not a problem.
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Samsung Focus. I type really fast, and I think sometimes my other thumb lands on a key before I lift the previous one off of the screen, causing neither to register.
I just typed out a long email, making sure to pay attention to this. Everything went really smoothly. I guess maybe sometimes I'm just being lazy and not lifting my thumbs in time.
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This is the problem that i am having... i should lower my speed of typing ,LOL.
Just got my new TF700. Major, major touchscreen issues. But these are weird... At first it looked very much like hardware fault but the more I try and use it the more I think its software.
First off, the left hand side not as good as the right hand side. Its first turn on was not usable and its been getting little better as the hours go by. 2 days in now. Done the normal re format, drain battery and also got it warmed right up with a good turn off also. ( Elec Blanket worked great for this controlled warmup ) Nothing has made a direct impact as some others have claimed on the whole Transformer range.
Ive had to take a video of what's happening. I've turned the developer options on to indicate when the digitizer detects the touch and also the indicator when the system responses to this touch. There is clearly a delay in when the system reacts to my touch. But sadly not as clean cut as this as sometimes the digilazer doesn't even sense my touch. Notice the left hand side not as good but still does work sometimes.
http://youtu.be/aslnYafGLf0
To me there is clearly a software issue with this delay. The system response times vary's heaps especially with 10 point touches. But at other moments its not detecting my finger at all... Ive read a lot of TF101 firmware upgades have created touches not to get detected also. Still software going on here ?
My issues with Asus and repair .... I brought this from USA and brought it to New Zealand over night. Big risk yes but it does have the Asus international warranty. 2 days after the invoice date NZ has to say it can be a repair only. I understand NZ doesnt have this yet but this is a huge kick for me as the turn around time is 5 to 8 weeks to repair my 2 day old product. They will import a new screen in but not DOA on receipt date. That hurts Asus but what if its your firmware ? Could it be fixed by the firmware first ? Its nice having a RMA number already as the NZ guys are great but I dont want to be their first TF700 to pull apart as it will never be the same.
I dont feel I can root it to test it some more as they might run away from warranty. Im stuck.... My first Asus product not been a motherboard and not happy with the evidence in front of me guys, please help me out.
Holy crap, that is ridiculous! Dunno what it might be, but I would try PM-ing that vid link to one of the Asus guys on XDA.
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Just got my new TF700. Major, major touchscreen issues. But these are weird... At first it looked very much like hardware fault but the more I try and use it the more I think its software.
First off, the left hand side not as good as the right hand side. Its first turn on was not usable and its been getting little better as the hours go by. 2 days in now. Done the normal re format, drain battery and also got it warmed right up with a good turn off also. ( Elec Blanket worked great for this controlled warmup ) Nothing has made a direct impact as some others have claimed on the whole Transformer range.
Ive had to take a video of what's happening. I've turned the developer options on to indicate when the digitizer detects the touch and also the indicator when the system responses to this touch. There is clearly a delay in when the system reacts to my touch. But sadly not as clean cut as this as sometimes the digilazer doesn't even sense my touch. Notice the left hand side not as good but still does work sometimes.
http://youtu.be/aslnYafGLf0
To me there is clearly a software issue with this delay. The system response times vary's heaps especially with 10 point touches. But at other moments its not detecting my finger at all... Ive read a lot of TF101 firmware upgades have created touches not to get detected also. Still software going on here ?
My issues with Asus and repair .... I brought this from USA and brought it to New Zealand over night. Big risk yes but it does have the Asus international warranty. 2 days after the invoice date NZ has to say it can be a repair only. I understand NZ doesnt have this yet but this is a huge kick for me as the turn around time is 5 to 8 weeks to repair my 2 day old product. They will import a new screen in but not DOA on receipt date. That hurts Asus but what if its your firmware ? Could it be fixed by the firmware first ? Its nice having a RMA number already as the NZ guys are great but I dont want to be their first TF700 to pull apart as it will never be the same.
I dont feel I can root it to test it some more as they might run away from warranty. Im stuck.... My first Asus product not been a motherboard and not happy with the evidence in front of me guys, please help me out.
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The touch indicator has always been laggy. In actual usage, touches register pretty well.
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The touch indicator has always been laggy. In actual usage, touches register pretty well.
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At times its not laggy at all on this tablet. Cheers,
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At times its not laggy at all on this tablet. Cheers,
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What? I thought it was always laggy. (By touch indicator I mean the line drawing thing you enable in dev settings)
This sounds as nothing a good custom ROM shouldn't be able to fix. (Unlocked bootloader has been released today! )
My HTC One X 4.1.1 never has any lag at all. Asus TF300 has a little but not inconsistent like this. The very edge of the screen is the hardest to even work and pushing to maximise finger area helps. But its the not even seeing touches and a long swipes does not work as it cant stay locked on.... Pinch to zoom very crazy because of this.
But its looking like I am the only one which is saying hardware ?
**** Update : Wow this is a huge epic fail from Asus. My patience is fully coming to an end. Asus have not done a single thing for me on this fault that makes it unusable.
I have a software issue. Its very clear it is now. Lastnight I did another hardreset to try and get this .26 update. For the first time ever it worked, 100% worked on its first boot up. I had a really really happy half hour with it and man it felt good knowing I didnt buy the most expecince tablet dud on the market. But, I did a standby power once and Boom, back to its crap unusable old ways.
So 100% working after reset then one power down resets it to its old ways. When it did work for that 30mins its was 100% working.
Gary and Tien from Asus. These guys have both repied to me. They are not the big Asus people at all, they are just USA Asus. They havnt even done anything for me at all. A huge let down as they make themselves sound like they can help. My unit is a USA unit. They have not asked me to do any tests, offer me a test firmware or even a better video. Or ask what hardware versions I have, simple nothing and taking the piss of what they are offering to this advance community here. Not even an email saying the new update is coming out that may help.
The really bad part about this is its quite clear that the .26 update talks about upgrading the touch FW. Tien emailed me this morning saying they cant even give me a copy of this public released FW for me to fix my problems.
EPIC EPIC FAIL FROM ASUS.
What should I do everyone as im starting to think about getting on a hill a shouting this out to more than just this forum.
( first 'bad' forum post in my life like this )
Kezzainc said:
**** Update : Wow this is a huge epic fail from Asus. My patience is fully coming to an end. Asus have not done a single thing for me on this fault that makes it unusable.
I have a software issue. Its very clear it is now. Lastnight I did another hardreset to try and get this .26 update. For the first time ever it worked, 100% worked on its first boot up. I had a really really happy half hour with it and man it felt good knowing I didnt buy the most expecince tablet dud on the market. But, I did a standby power once and Boom, back to its crap unusable old ways.
So 100% working after reset then one power down resets it to its old ways. When it did work for that 30mins its was 100% working.
Gary and Tien from Asus. These guys have both repied to me. They are not the big Asus people at all, they are just USA Asus. They havnt even done anything for me at all. A huge let down as they make themselves sound like they can help. My unit is a USA unit. They have not asked me to do any tests, offer me a test firmware or even a better video. Or ask what hardware versions I have, simple nothing and taking the piss of what they are offering to this advance community here. Not even an email saying the new update is coming out that may help.
The really bad part about this is its quite clear that the .26 update talks about upgrading the touch FW. Tien emailed me this morning saying they cant even give me a copy of this public released FW for me to fix my problems.
EPIC EPIC FAIL FROM ASUS.
What should I do everyone as im starting to think about getting on a hill a shouting this out to more than just this forum.
( first 'bad' forum post in my life like this )
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I've downloaded several touch screen test apps and I'm not seeing the issues you're experiencing. I have noticed that some apps perform better than others, but that's about it. I'm thinking that you just got a bad unit.
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Dude, just return it for a new one if you still can.
Hey guys, dont want to bring this post up again but think I need to to close it off.
I have a fully working unit now. The .26 software update has fixed it completely.
I am pleased I stuck to my feeling of what it was. Fully credit to XDA again with getting this update as that really was weird it not on Asus's website for the guys who really did need it. I waited for the XDA Asus guys but sadly ended with no reply on my email asking for a copy of the update.
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Hey guys, dont want to bring this post up again but think I need to to close it off.
I have a fully working unit now. The .26 software update has fixed it completely.
I am pleased I stuck to my feeling of what it was. Fully credit to XDA again with getting this update as that really was weird it not on Asus's website for the guys who really did need it. I waited for the XDA Asus guys but sadly ended with no reply on my email asking for a copy of the update.
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Hey, it's always nice to hear that a case actually went over to the "Resolved" bin for a change (and all that on a stock ROM update instead of the custom ROM I had put my stake on, hehe). I'd rather have threads like these revived for messages like these than the dozens of useless threads that are cropping up on XDA re-chewing regurgitated (and partly decomposed) matters.
I'm glad it worked out so well for you, and wish you all the best and a happy forum forum presence and participation in the coming future.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T
The help that XDA provides is what led me to it in the first place. XDA is teh bestest. I'm thinking about a manual infinity update myself.
There should be a motto for XDA like "XDA: Where the awesome happens!"
Hi All,
I live in Australia and received my TF700 from the US yesterday. I charged it up and then attempted to do the initial configuration where it asks you to choose a language. However the touch screen does not appear to be working – it is not responding anywhere I touch so cannot continue past this screen. Have tried cold booting (power and volume down key) multiple times but no change. I am guessing it is DOA – or is there a chance it is firmware related? I am reluctant to send back to the US as it is going to cost a fair bit...
I am going to borrow a mates keyboard dock and see if I can continue past this screen with that and then hopefully install latest firmware. It is the only thing I can think of...
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
I've recently noticed another touchscreen "issue". Apparently, the digitizer is either incompatible with the screen resolution or just a software bug. When you scroll really really slowly, you can tell it's jumping by a few pixels at a time. When you fling though, it is completely smooth. This does not affect actual usage whatsoever but I do think its an interesting thing to point out.
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Keion said:
I've recently noticed another touchscreen "issue". Apparently, the digitizer is either incompatible with the screen resolution or just a software bug. When you scroll really really slowly, you can tell it's jumping by a few pixels at a time. When you fling though, it is completely smooth. This does not affect actual usage whatsoever but I do think its an interesting thing to point out.
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I can't reproduce that effect. Can you explain a bit more?
Mines seems to be too sensitive. I put my finger as close as I can put it to the screen and it activates whatever icon is under my finger. Doesn't annoy me only when I get near the bottom right of the screen and the panel pops up.
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Mines seems to be too sensitive. I put my finger as close as I can put it to the screen and it activates whatever icon is under my finger. Doesn't annoy me only when I get near the bottom right of the screen and the panel pops up.
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Good capacitive screen. You are electric, lol.
Hi Guys - thanks for the advice I appreciate it - however I decided to bite the bullet as I was dreading sending this thing back to the US etc... Anyway - so my touch screen was not working at all - so I borrowed a keyboard dock from a friend (lucky I had this option), and could then proceed to configure the device (using the keyboard of course). I then manually downloaded and installed the .26 firmware and hey presto it's a miracle - the touch screen now works perfectly! So it was a risk but I am glad I had a crack anyway. So hopefully no-one has the same issue as me but if so then this might be worth a try.
Thanks again for any feedback.
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I can't reproduce that effect. Can you explain a bit more?
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1. Open up chrome.
2. Swipe down without lifting finger off.
3. Scrutinize the motions extremely closely while moving your finger as slow as you can.
You should notice multipixel (2 or 3) jumps.
I notice that it takes 3 to 4 secs for the lock screen or home screen to rotate. Is it normal? How long does it take for yours? If it is in an app, rotation is pretty much "normal", similar to my Nexus 7 2013 or my Nexus 5. I have the latest OTA update and then hard reset the tablet already.
Also, I can hear whining noise from the tablet when the screen is flickering...similar to like non-SSD hard drive seeking for data. Do I have a lemon? When I plugged it into the charger last night, the whining noise was very obvious!
A whining noise... Like the camera is trying to activate?
like a hard drive spinning and searching for data.
That's coil whine from what some say on the Nvidia forums.
Is usually noticeable when under load from what I've read, something taxing memory perhaps.
Some live with it, others have returned theirs for that. Judgment call I'd say. Go read Nvidia forums and see if you are Ok or not.
Keep in mind, there's a lot of negative Nancy's there, so go there with an open mind, also not trying take anything away from XDA. Just there is relevant info there too.
I saw you say it lags in another thread, seems like something up.
Mines buttery smooth since 5.0.1
WR
let's hope the replacement will be better like yours.
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That's coil whine from what some say on the Nvidia forums.
Is usually noticeable when under load from what I've read, something taxing memory perhaps.
Some live with it, others have returned theirs for that. Judgment call I'd say. Go read Nvidia forums and see if you are Ok or not.
Keep in mind, there's a lot of negative Nancy's there, so go there with an open mind, also not trying take anything away from XDA. Just there is relevant info there too.
I saw you say it lags in another thread, seems like something up.
Mines buttery smooth since 5.0.1
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Yea the coil whine is ridiculous on some models. OP, you can always request an advanced RMA from NVIDIA if it's too annoying for you. I've done 2 RMA's so far and NVIDIA has been great both times.
You didn't go through the store you purchased from to get the replacement? Did nvidia ship the new unit out right away?
Since updating to 5.01 I notice the screen rotation for some reason is a little slower...not sure why exactly and is not a big deal but certainly for me was something with going from 5.0 to 5.01.
Otherwise my Sheild has been amazing, zero complaints
Just checked mine and I don't have this issue--well, not the way you describe it at least. It takes about a second to rotate but it's definitely not 3 to 4.
My tablet is still pretty light, though, since I really use it only for games. It doesn't have even close to as many apps as I do on my phone.
Sorry to clarify mine does not take 3-4 seconds to rotate, but there is a noticeable delay. Not an issue really at all but noticeable.
It is as if the keys are too far beneath the glass or something. I am 100% fed up with this Galaxy 53 typing the wrong letter. I had no problems with my previous Moto. ----- Is there a way to adjust the way the keys respond to the hits a finger makes. -----It is truly infuriating me. Again my Moto was fine so I do not take the blame. I am truly 100% fed up with this thing typing the wrong letters. EXAMPLE WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS here isa how it turns out ian fsg up wut th sis thiundhg Iemsdb up nreytpy ebverty thing
I had the same issue, changed the keyboard to microsoft swyftkey, it' s way better now
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It is as if the keys are too far beneath the glass or something. I am 100% fed up with this Galaxy 53 typing the wrong letter. I had no problems with my previous Moto. ----- Is there a way to adjust the way the keys respond to the hits a finger makes. -----It is truly infuriating me. Again my Moto was fine so I do not take the blame. I am truly 100% fed up with this thing typing the wrong letters. EXAMPLE WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS here isa how it turns out ian fsg up wut th sis thiundhg Iemsdb up nreytpy ebverty thing
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There is a screen sensitivity setting in the system settings. Just use its search feature to find it
But...
It could be a keyboard issue though or maybe your fingers are weird.
Also, it could be possible for another part of your hand to be on the screen and mess it up.
It could also be possible for overlay apps to mess it up.
Also phantom touches is a possible screen physical problem (if the screen has a problem) and could mess it up. This can happen on any device from any manufacturer.
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I had the same issue, changed the keyboard to microsoft swyftkey, it' s way better now
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I DID AND IT IS MUCH BETTER, THANKS
It now seems to be resolved in the latest update ONUI 5.1. samsung keyboard is working as is should .