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[Q] The display lights up if the sliding mechanism is even slightly nudged?

Hi, guys, have you noticed that if the right side of the sliding mechanism is slightly nudged, the display lights up? Here is a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNQ1nK3cutY
When answering, please share what phone and keyboard layout do you have.

Same problem with me.. (link)
Personally, I don't like the capacitive buttons.. and I'm becoming increasingly annoyed with the search button!
Also, I don't know if anyone else has this problem..
If my keyboard is slightly moved/nudged, it wakes the phone up. See video..
http://www.twitvid.com/CHP21
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Oh, that's a relief, I thought I was the only one
Well, that's not a big problem, even if the phone is waked up, it's still locked and goes to sleep again in 3-4 seconds.

This is weird!
Mine's display light up after I slide it past the bottom keyboard row, it can stay locked while I can clearly see the spacebar!
How can the same device act differently like that? mine is a 7 Pro (not an Arrive), and I can see from your video that yours is a 7 Pro too.

hassanselim0 said:
This is weird!
Mine's display light up after I slide it past the bottom keyboard row, it can stay locked while I can clearly see the spacebar!
How can the same device act differently like that? mine is a 7 Pro (not an Arrive), and I can see from your video that yours is a 7 Pro too.
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If I push the sliding mechanism evenly, with two fingers, mine also lights up after the first row of the keyboard, just like yours. But try to push only the right side...

The screen is triggered based on a magnet I believe. So the amount that the screen must be moved to trigger the screen to come on isn't a precise thing.

Doesn't happen on my Arrive.

Hey, folks, do your phones light up when you divide the two halves?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc6zNYu-La8
Please write what phone do you have - HTC Arrive, HTC 7 Pro, QWERTY or QWERTZ kejboard.

Mine doesn't light up if I nudge the right or left side. It also does not light up If split it in half like the above video.
It only lights up when I slide it over the first row of keys.

tiny17 said:
The screen is triggered based on a magnet I believe. So the amount that the screen must be moved to trigger the screen to come on isn't a precise thing.
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This is correct.
I don't have the manual for that phone. (it's similar to the mechanism shown for the TyTn however www.mikechannon.net or see here to get the general idea http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2677085&postcount=3 ) HTC tightened their document security and it's almost impossible to get Service Manuals current devices these days.
However, as tiny17 commented, in HTC phones, the sliding keyboard activates "wake-up" by means of a small magnet which is glued onto the inside of the casing. As this moves past the magnet operated switch it wakes up the phone. You will see similar behaviour if you bring a magnet near certain parts of the case and in fact this is a way to locate where the magnet switch is located.
Also, using phone cases that have magnet clasps on them can also operate the switch and wake up the phone when sliding it in and out of the case/pouch.
So technically this is not a fault, but it can be annoying.
Mike

Screen Sensitivity - Less Than S6?

Compared to the S6, the screen seems to be less sensitive. While playing games that require high accuracy, or typing, scrolling etc., it feels like I have to push slightly harder or redo a trace that wasn't registering my finger/thumb movement. Same apps, same keyboard, same games installed as my S6, but the sensitivity feels different.
Has anyone else noticed a difference in screen sensitivity?

JDM9499 said:
Compared to the S6, the screen seems to be less sensitive. While playing games that require high accuracy, or typing, scrolling etc., it feels like I have to push slightly harder or redo a trace that wasn't registering my finger/thumb movement. Same apps, same keyboard, same games installed as my S6, but the sensitivity feels different.
Has anyone else noticed a difference in screen sensitivity?
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On my note 5 MM update screen seems much less sensitive than on LP
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lmfao. one thread says it's way too sensitive. one thread says not sensitive. I give up on these forums hahaha
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 4

I read somewhere that the previous samsung devices even without the s-pen has the sensitivity to recognise pen tips/pencils allowing the user to draw. Anyone tested this on the s7e?

I have the regular S7 and I agree, the screen is less sensitive. I can tell because I also have the S6 for comparison right now. The biggest problem is that with a screen protector, or while wearing gloves, the top/bottom and side edges become much less sensitive to touch and don't register them. Try accessing the TSP grid on your phone dialer by typing in "*#7353#" and use a glove with it on the edges. I also tried gloves with three different S7/S7 edge models at Best Buy and they all lack sensitivity. It definitely needs a software change. The screen touches don't register. Please increase the sensitivity SAMSUNG!

If anything it's much more sensitive

the issue is that the screen seems to detect quick swipes as touches, and itll open an app or something if you're swiping around/over it but you do a short burst swipe. if you do a normal long swipe, itll be fine. seems like the digitizer is setup weird on these. odd calibration maybe?

Jayochs, i know what you mean. Its especially apparent when scrolling wjth thumb. It does this flick when thumb leaves the screen.. annoying.. samsung has never been good with screen touch calibration.

mine's the other way around - way too sensitive to the touch and also the capacitive keys get triggered way too easily.. Whenever I'm scrolling through pages, the back key always accidentally gets triggered for no apparent reason.

when using glass screen protectors the sensitivity is severely reduced u kinda need to push harder on the screen to actually make it register.

Typing fast

Does anyone experience it difficult to type fast, like some words are omitted when you type fast or their order is interchanged, say for example, the word wakanda, when you try to type fast it becomes something like wkaanda sometimes. Is it because of the tempered glass or me not being accustomed to the device yet? Those without tempered glass, how's your experience?

I kinda had the same feeling. I thought it was just for me.
had same issue with custom ROMs too.
dont know if it's a real issue or my illusion.

ganeshkmr21 said:
I kinda had the same feeling. I thought it was just for me.
had same issue with custom ROMs too.
dont know if it's a real issue or my illusion.
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Yeah, I noticed something was off but then I ignored it thinking I might not be used to the device yet. Do you also sometimes feel that the device scrolls in a direction opposite to input, like when scrolling through xda, when you swipe your finger/thumb up lightly to scroll down, the device sometimes scrolls upwards a little instead and vice versa? Also, have you applied a tempered screen protector?

I am also facing same issue on my Redmi note 7 pro indian varient 4/64gb running on miui 10.2.8.0

manohar123 said:
I am also facing same issue on my Redmi note 7 pro indian varient 4/64gb running on miui 10.2.8.0
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Do you use tempered glass? Also, lcm information?

kakatorres1999 said:
Do you use tempered glass? Also, lcm information?
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Yes i al using tempered glass without tempered glass also i faced this issue
Lcm :-nt36672a

manohar123 said:
Yes i al using tempered glass without tempered glass also i faced this issue
Lcm :-nt36672a
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You mean the flexible screen protector?

kakatorres1999 said:
You mean the flexible screen protector?
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5d glass

having the same feelings on my RN7PRO china 6/128 with the global rom miui_VIOLETINGlobal_V10.2.8.0.PFHINXM_997265e49a_9.0.
Usually, I start to have these weird feelings after 10-20sec of typing with google keyboard.

nemo81 said:
having the same feelings on my RN7PRO china 6/128 with the global rom miui_VIOLETINGlobal_V10.2.8.0.PFHINXM_997265e49a_9.0.
Usually, I start to have these weird feelings after 10-20sec of typing with google keyboard.
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Yeah, after a few seconds into typing, it starts missing out some letters. I too use gboard.

I recommend to go to settings and send feedback (last option at the bottom) about this. Hopefully, they will fix with the next update.

It is due to the touch problem, especially on edge of the screen. Refer to 'Touch latency' thread.
In my case, I have annoying scroll problem plus edge area of screen is not responsive thus typing Q and P is difficult.

At first I thought it was happening with me only because I moved from a 5.5" screen to a 6.3" screen and maybe my muscle memory is accustomed to type on my previous device from past 2 years so it would take me a week to get used to a new device. But I was wrong. These are touch latency issues happening with many users. I hope this gets fixed by an update.

Go to Settings > Sound & Vibration > Vibrate On Tap > Light
This should solve the latency issue or at least make it a lot better. This problem is occurring due to how the haptic feedback is synchronized with the touchscreen. If vibration is too strong it won't be able to stop and start in real time with each and every key you press thus causing a delay. The stronger the vibration and the faster you type, the longer it will take for it to finish reacting to each key press.

vlachorumsapiens said:
Go to Settings > Sound & Vibration > Vibrate On Tap > Light
This should solve the latency issue or at least make it a lot better. This problem is occurring due to how the haptic feedback is synchronized with the touchscreen. If vibration is too strong it won't be able to stop and start in real time with each and every key you press thus causing a delay. The stronger the vibration and the faster you type, the longer it will take for it to finish reacting to each key press.
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I didn't use vibrate on tap in my previous devices nor do I use it in this one but I still face the issue. The original post written by me was based on my experience of using the device without any sort of vibrations enabled and comparing it to my previous devices which also had vibration disabled.

Touch latency

I was having a tough time typing fast on the phone and made a post about it earlier. Trying to look for the issue, I came across these
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/9ntl73/is_your_device_affected_by_touch_latency_issues/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/a1m7ao/xiaomi_mi_a2_touch_latency/
Surprisingly, the behaviour is quite similar to these threads here. I request xda users with a redmi note 7/ 7 pro to carry out this small test of trying to type the words 'qu' and 'scope' fast (if possible, try to run this test a few times with space after each qu and scope, say 10 times, so that we can be sure that the results are consistent and do remember to type the same word 10 times consecutively and then move on to the other word and type it ten times consecutively) and report how many times it turns out as uq and scoep on doing so.
Please mention if you tried this test with:
a screen protector installed (also mention the type of screen protector, i.e. tempered glass or plastic) or without one
your device variant (indian or chinese) and
if possible your display manufacturer which should appear after typing *#*#6484#*#* in dialer and going to software information> lcm information
If you have any other devices, try this on them as well and report how it goes, so that we can have some reference points.
For reference my device is redmi note 7 pro indian variant with edge to edge tempered glass protector installed, lcm information: nt36672a shenchao panel.

Hello sir/ma'am, i just tried this "test" and i found no such issues on my device. If it is of any importance, my device is a chinese one.

1375965485501144093271341 said:
Hello sir/ma'am, i just tried this "test" and i found no such issues on my device. If it is of any importance, my device is a chinese one.
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Thanks for reporting sir/ma'am. Do you have any screen protectors installed? (If yes, tempered glass or plastic)
Your device variant description was indeed important, I'll update the original post requesting to include device variant as well.
Could you also provide the display manufacturer details? It should be appear after typing *#*#6484#*#* in dialer and going to software information> lcm information.

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I am not using any screen protectors on my device (PRO), sir/ma'am. The info you requested: nt3672a video mode dsi schenchao panel

1375965485501144093271341 said:
I am not using any screen protectors on my device (PRO), sir/ma'am. The info you requested: nt3672a video mode dsi schenchao panel
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Thanks kind sir/ma'am. Could you also try typing scope fast for a few times and report what you observe?
Both of our devices have panels from the same manufacturer but mine has nt36672a instead.

I am sorry sir/ma'am, i made a typo in my last sentence. The display in my device also has a nt36672a designation. As far as typing scope, no mater how fast i try to type it, it always gets registered without any problems. I can not produce the issue you and some other users are facing.

I an facing a similar issue my is the global varient of note 7 pro and its lags during typing and i am using full screen tempered glass

kingd0097 said:
I an facing a similar issue my is the global varient of note 7 pro and its lags during typing and i am using full screen tempered glass
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So far, atleast 3 confirmed cases including mine.

Display: nt26672a video mode dsi shenchao panel.
Screen protector: none.
Device and rom: Chinese
I used Poco F1 which does not have any sort of touch problems. Always wondered that the fuss was about then this N7P.
There is certainly a touch delay which is worse if you use a keyboard with vibration: the mismatch between actual touch and vibration makes it feel like you are using a juice-spilled keyboard. I overcame this issue by greatly reducing strength of vibration and typing a bit slowly.
What still get me is its touch scroll behavior. Short fling, especially bottom to up, does not move screen in a smooth way. Rather, it scrolls a bit then abrupt break. Worse is when you are using Instagram. When you swipe left or right to see the next picture, it will show about 1/4 of it then jump back to previous one. Very annoying. Overall, it feels like I am using a phone with outdated CPU.
With Poco F1, this sort of touch problems were addressed heavily which lead Xiaomi to come up with fixes. I do not expect that will be the case with N7P. I am hoping that changing touch friction and scroll fling values in buildprop would at least make it less annoying. I may try that once I get unlocked.

I do not have the same issue, I use SwiftKey as my keyboard though if that makes any difference.
Have the RN7 Pro Chinese version with no screen protector.
I can't get the screen info, when I copy / paste the code and dial it does not complete?
That being said I have felt as if SwiftKey is a little laggy on my previous phone and it's better on the RN7 Pro - although not as smooth as on my Mi 5 I use to have.
Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

4K2K said:
Display: nt26672a video mode dsi shenchao panel.
Screen protector: none.
Device and rom: Chinese
I used Poco F1 which does not have any sort of touch problems. Always wondered that the fuss was about then this N7P.
There is certainly a touch delay which is worse if you use a keyboard with vibration: the mismatch between actual touch and vibration makes it feel like you are using a juice-spilled keyboard. I overcame this issue by greatly reducing strength of vibration and typing a bit slowly.
What still get me is its touch scroll behavior. Short fling, especially bottom to up, does not move screen in a smooth way. Rather, it scrolls a bit then abrupt break. Worse is when you are using Instagram. When you swipe left or right to see the next picture, it will show about 1/4 of it then jump back to previous one. Very annoying. Overall, it feels like I am using a phone with outdated CPU.
With Poco F1, this sort of touch problems were addressed heavily which lead Xiaomi to come up with fixes. I do not expect that will be the case with N7P. I am hoping that changing touch friction and scroll fling values in buildprop would at least make it less annoying. I may try that once I get unlocked.
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I don't use vibrate on keypress but I still face the issue.
For Instagram, I just downloaded it to check that out and I too experience that sometimes it does not move to the next image and even moves backwards/to the previous image instead. One more thing I noticed was, on Instagram, when you go to explore and are checking posts which have 'more' (large amount of text and hence the option to read 'more') in their descriptions, it often jumps to the next post instead of allowing you to read more of what is written in the description, almost feels like the touch accuracy is off or might be just an Instagram thing.
Scrolling is also a bit inconsistent, on short flings, it sometimes moves downwards and then upwards a bit and at times it scrolls in the opposite direction (but that is rare).

PsyCLown89 said:
I do not have the same issue, I use SwiftKey as my keyboard though if that makes any difference.
Have the RN7 Pro Chinese version with no screen protector.
I can't get the screen info, when I copy / paste the code and dial it does not complete?
That being said I have felt as if SwiftKey is a little laggy on my previous phone and it's better on the RN7 Pro - although not as smooth as on my Mi 5 I use to have.
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You can access this through settings> about phone> kernel version (tap a few times)> software version> lcm information. Thanks for the feedback.

kakatorres1999 said:
You can access this through settings> about phone> kernel version (tap a few times)> software version> lcm information. Thanks for the feedback.
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Nt36672a
Sent from my Redmi Note 7 Pro using Tapatalk

kakatorres1999 said:
I don't use vibrate on keypress but I still face the issue.
For Instagram, I just downloaded it to check that out and I too experience that sometimes it does not move to the next image and even moves backwards/to the previous image instead. One more thing I noticed was, on Instagram, when you go to explore and are checking posts which have 'more' (large amount of text and hence the option to read 'more') in their descriptions, it often jumps to the next post instead of allowing you to read more of what is written in the description, almost feels like the touch accuracy is off or might be just an Instagram thing.
Scrolling is also a bit inconsistent, on short flings, it sometimes moves downwards and then upwards a bit and at times it scrolls in the opposite direction (but that is rare).
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Yes, that is the issue. It is too bad that the phone failed QC this bad; otherwise, it would have been a great phone.
BTW, is your phone unlocked? Are you using a Chinese version of the phone. I am wondering if changing to Indian rom or different roms would fix this issue.

4K2K said:
Yes, that is the issue. It is too bad that the phone failed QC this bad; otherwise, it would have been a great phone.
BTW, is your phone unlocked? Are you using a Chinese version of the phone. I am wondering if changing to Indian rom or different roms would fix this issue.
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No, my phone isn't unlocked and I mentioned in the OP that I have an Indian variant.

I am also facing the same issue my varient is Redmi note 7 pro india 4/64gb

kakatorres1999 said:
I was having a tough time typing fast on the phone and made a post about it earlier. Trying to look for the issue, I came across these
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/9ntl73/is_your_device_affected_by_touch_latency_issues/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/a1m7ao/xiaomi_mi_a2_touch_latency/
Surprisingly, the behaviour is quite similar to these threads here. I request xda users with a redmi note 7/ 7 pro to carry out this small test of trying to type the words 'qu' and 'scope' fast (if possible, try to run this test a few times with space after each qu and scope, say 10 times, so that we can be sure that the results are consistent) and report how many times it turns out as uq and scoep on doing so.
Please mention if you tried this test with:
a screen protector installed (also mention the type of screen protector, i.e. tempered glass or plastic) or without one
your device variant (indian or chinese) and
if possible your display manufacturer
If you have any other devices, try this on them as well and report how it goes, so that we can have some reference points.
For reference my device is redmi note 7 pro indian variant with edge to edge tempered glass protector installed.
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Indian variant 4/64
NT36672a
Edge to edge tempered glass applied
4/10 times I was failed to type scope... Sometimes it registered scoep and sometimes e was never registered.

AbhiAbhiBisht said:
Indian variant 4/64
NT36672a
Edge to edge tempered glass applied
4/10 times I was failed to type scope... Sometimes it registered scoep and sometimes e was never registered.
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Quite similar experience to mine except mine has a tendency to miss a's instead of e's.

Indian variant here, with shenchao panel, touch latency issues are there typing scope faster makes it scoep and also 4-5 times out of 10 times typing qt makes it tq
I have installed screen protector though
Issues are similar to my friends pocofone

Question S22U S-pen Sensitivity

Just picked up an S22U, coming from a Note 10+. I've noticed I have to press significantly harder for the S-pen to register on the S22U than on the Note 10+ and Tab S7+. Drawing, scrolling, button presses, pretty much everywhere. S-Pen presses virtually never register when the pen is at an angle.
No case, no screen protector. I've disabled accidental touch protection and turned on the increased touch sensitivity. The hover function appears to work, I just have to press rather hard to press buttons/scroll/write in comparison to these older devices.
I've tried all 3 S-pens and can confirm they are not the issue. Also did the built-in S-pen reset. Verizon has disabled the #0# diagnostics tool, so I can't check anything there unfortunately. Factory reset is the only thing left that I can think of before requesting an exchange.
There doesn't seem to be much discussion here, but in one thread, a user mentioned that he can lightly drag his S-pen across the screen applying as little pressure as possible and the phone will recognize the input and scroll, draw, etc. On my S22U, that's definitely not the case. Much closer on the other two devices.
Anyone else who has used older devices as well as the S22U able to comment on sensitivity/pressure/input recognition? Cheers

dismantelope said:
Just picked up an S22U, coming from a Note 10+. I've noticed I have to press significantly harder for the S-pen to register on the S22U than on the Note 10+ and Tab S7+. Drawing, scrolling, button presses, pretty much everywhere. S-Pen presses virtually never register when the pen is at an angle.
No case, no screen protector. I've disabled accidental touch protection and turned on the increased touch sensitivity. The hover function appears to work, I just have to press rather hard to press buttons/scroll/write in comparison to these older devices.
I've tried all 3 S-pens and can confirm they are not the issue. Also did the built-in S-pen reset. Verizon has disabled the #0# diagnostics tool, so I can't check anything there unfortunately. Factory reset is the only thing left that I can think of before requesting an exchange.
There doesn't seem to be much discussion here, but in one thread, a user mentioned that he can lightly drag his S-pen across the screen applying as little pressure as possible and the phone will recognize the input and scroll, draw, etc. On my S22U, that's definitely not the case. Much closer on the other two devices.
Anyone else who has used older devices as well as the S22U able to comment on sensitivity/pressure/input recognition? Cheers
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I've had every Note since the Note 8, and my S22U SPen is just as sensitive as any prior Note devices. May be a hardware issue.

dismantelope said:
Just picked up an S22U, coming from a Note 10+. I've noticed I have to press significantly harder for the S-pen to register on the S22U than on the Note 10+ and Tab S7+. Drawing, scrolling, button presses, pretty much everywhere. S-Pen presses virtually never register when the pen is at an angle.
No case, no screen protector. I've disabled accidental touch protection and turned on the increased touch sensitivity. The hover function appears to work, I just have to press rather hard to press buttons/scroll/write in comparison to these older devices.
I've tried all 3 S-pens and can confirm they are not the issue. Also did the built-in S-pen reset. Verizon has disabled the #0# diagnostics tool, so I can't check anything there unfortunately. Factory reset is the only thing left that I can think of before requesting an exchange.
There doesn't seem to be much discussion here, but in one thread, a user mentioned that he can lightly drag his S-pen across the screen applying as little pressure as possible and the phone will recognize the input and scroll, draw, etc. On my S22U, that's definitely not the case. Much closer on the other two devices.
Anyone else who has used older devices as well as the S22U able to comment on sensitivity/pressure/input recognition? Cheers
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I'm not experiencing any of the issues you described. It's possible that you have a defective digitizer. Did you get it new or used?
Boot into recovery mode and run the diagnostics. You can also run diagnostics via the Samsung Members app.

gernerttl said:
I'm not experiencing any of the issues you described. It's possible that you have a defective digitizer. Did you get it new or used?
Boot into recovery mode and run the diagnostics. You can also run diagnostics via the Samsung Members app.
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Thank you, I'll give this a try. It's a new device. It works okay, I may not have noticed if it were my first note. But compared to the other two devices, it takes substantial pressure to register anything.

dismantelope said:
Thank you, I'll give this a try. It's a new device. It works okay, I may not have noticed if it were my first note. But compared to the other two devices, it takes substantial pressure to register anything.
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No problem. I've owned Note phones and tablets previously. The Note 2, 8, and 10+; as well as the Tab S7 and Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. The S22 Ultra's S Pen performance is the best of the bunch.

Posting an update in case it can be useful to someone in the future, as I only saw one other post anywhere discussing this subject. Running diagnostics showed that my S-pen and touch were normal. On top of the S-pen issue, several days into using the phone, all video recording became laggy. Playback of said videos had noticable stuttering. Tried several camera apps as well as resolutions, no difference.
I received a replacement from Verizon and all is well now. The S-pen sensitivity is no longer an issue and video recording is normal. I feel this replacement is a bit faster/snappier as well, something I didn't realize was an issue before as even the replaced device was faster than my old Note 10+.
As a side note, I switched from T-Mobile to Verizon for a trade-in deal. I am very disappointed in my billing ($20 more monthly than quoted) and the 5G speeds at my home and workplace (both in the middle of a city with great coverage) are much slower than the 4G T-Mobile Note 10+. The YouTube throttling is a real thing, though research tells me that running a VPN will address this. I test at 40mbps but can't stream 1080p, even at 2am on a weekday when there should be no congestion. I'm nowhere near my data limit. If anyone else is considering switching from T-Mobile to Verizon, I would urge you to ask friends/colleagues in your city for their experience.