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I realized that the compass always hunts since I installed the steelie car mount; the metallic ring is actually attached on the UAG case and seems to stays very strongly magnetized since first install.
As soon as I remove the case the - mostly mapping - app I am using starts working fine.
Do you think the permanent magnet on the phone can cause issues, other than the compass loss? Do you know Google background services or other background apps even use that sensor?
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Starting a new thread since I could not find any existing thread on this and it is quite surprising since this is a widespread issue and for the same reason Samsung service here in Melbourne even refused to acknowledge this is an issue! There logic seemingly being if the issue is present in the demo unit in the store as well, it is not an issue! Vodafone has also refused to honor the warranty, even though it is in the first month of my contract and they should be replacing the handset and dealing with Samsung, and have instead told me to provide them with an acknowledgement from Samsung stating it is an issue! Talk about deadlocks!
Now coming to the issue, I have found out that there are sensitivity issues when using the S-Pen on the bottom right and left corners of the screen. There are issue on the top part of the screen as well but they arent as serious. I would also request you to check the same on your device and report back if you are also facing the same.
To check, first get into diagnostics mode by dialing *#0*# and then go to the S-Pen tab.
1. As you can see in the video, the bottom right and left corners have definite and serious issues with S-Pen sensitivity. I found this out, and it is also a use case and one of the major reasons that I went for Galaxy Note 5, while taking a screen grab from the middle of the screen right until the bottom right corner. I just could not do it. As soon as the S Pen reaches near the corner, the sensitivity issue makes sure that input isn't recognized. Not only this, even when it manages to identify the touch, the tracking is random with the S-Pen having a mind of its own.
2. The second issue is while drawing on the top part of the screen with the S-Pen but this one is not as serious as the first one. You can see in the video that S-Pen loses sensitivity in one particular area of the screen. This is easily corrected though, by pressing the S-Pen harder on the screen.
This is apart from the lag and slowness issues that rear their ugly head every once in a while and in a phone which runs an Octa Core CPU with a whopping 4GB of RAM. This is my first Samsung in a long long time and it has left me disappointed again exactly like it did in the past whenever I bought a Samsung phone. To me the level of polish of the hardware on a device costing as much as this is simply not acceptable. What are your thought? Please report in this thread if you are facing the same issue as I am with the S-Pen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN41nE1lWGI
I have multiple stand-alone S Pens and don't experience what you're describing with them or the one included with the device.
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I have multiple stand-alone S Pens and don't experience what you're describing with them or the one included with the device.
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Strange because I could replicate it on all the demo devices in the store. That is their reasoning for refusing the warranty as well.
I'll say this, the included pen is more responsive on the display than pens that are pre-Note 5 so something in the pen and/or display has changed.
Does it mean mine has a problem then? I am wondering if anyone else can also confirm the same?
I can confirm the bottom left and right corner of my note 5 behave just like OP's does... but wouldn't have found out if he didn't mention it
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I can confirm the bottom left and right corner of my note 5 behave just like OP's does... but wouldn't have found out if he didn't mention it
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Thanks Alex. I found the issue because I could not take a screenshot which finished near the bottom corner of the screen. Now smart select is a headline feature of the phone and this hadrware oversight to be is just not acceptable. The Samsung service would not acknowledge it as an issue let alone do something about it. May be it is only on the first batch of phone. Who knows?
I checked my phone (SM-N9208 TW, mfg: will add later) and the bottom corners have poor tracking with the hover point flying off the screen when held above.
Overall this issue shouldn't affect the usability of the phone if you rarely use these areas since it's still possible though difficult to use the s-pen there.
Edit: I re-tested with my phone flat and s-pen vertical*. The s-pen can be used on the very bottom corners with precise movements, so I don't think will affect usability for most people most of the time.
*Having the s-pen on an angle can affect the tracking significantly as seen in your video. I think the only solution would be to modify the s-pen to track at the very tip. This would probably make the tip non-replaceable and/or more complex and expensive. If someone has time, try using the s-pen without a tip and see if/how it tracks.
Update: I tested a SM-N920W8 in store and it had the same corner issue.
I complained to Vodafone again and they decided to take the phone back. Back to trusty properly working iPhone 6s Plus 64GB. My last Samsung device no matter what the specs. I wouldn't be interested in one even if it will have a gazillion core CPU and few petabytes of RAM.
I have the same issue. Can anyone else, note 5 users confirm about this issue. (Bottom right hover issue)
I dont't face that problem
Edit: here is a screenshot
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5LZ1p_SFZ3faTFJNzBzZGlnbzA/view?usp=docslist_api
Mine does it a little bit.
It still passes the test so I believe it's within spec. I honestly don't see it being a warranty issue.
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Sometimes, it is the Cover magnet.
Sometimes, it is the Cover magnet. . Try to remove you phone from it and try the s pen in the touch area in question. It worked for me with in a leather flip cover. The same for the s note stopping error message.
same here
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if you have magnetic casing will get such problems ....
or fake s-pen need to replace with original or better fake quality
My stylus is overly sensitive; so much that I can't write properly. All text is in continuation even when I lift the stylus off for whitespace. I even followed the article on adjusting the sensitivity of the S Pen by removing the click-button cover and adjusting the Potentiometer. However, the note 4 s pen is entierly different as it doesn't have any Potentiometer under the click button. Link to article:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191333
What annoys me most is that I never had this issue before I flew overseas last month. I started experiencing this issue after I came back and it has rendered my s pen useless. Has anyone found a way to adjust Potentiometer on the new S spen yet (it might be located under top cap but i'm not sure how to open it).
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My stylus is overly sensitive; so much that I can't write properly. All text is in continuation even when I lift the stylus off for whitespace. I even followed the article on adjusting the sensitivity of the S Pen by removing the click-button cover and adjusting the Potentiometer. However, the note 4 s pen is entierly different as it doesn't have any Potentiometer under the click button. Link to article:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191333
What annoys me most is that I never had this issue before I flew overseas last month. I started experiencing this issue after I came back and it has rendered my s pen useless. Has anyone found a way to adjust Potentiometer on the new S spen yet (it might be located under top cap but i'm not sure how to open it).
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I am having this same problem. Did you ever find a fix for it? Thank you!
Yes confirmation of problem
I found the same problem. If you try to draw a square in the S pen test mode you cannot draw a square in the bottom left or right corner. The square will turn into some kind of strange wiggle shape.
I live in Malaysia and went to the official Samsung head office service center and they confirmed this is a problem with all Note 5 models and the lady showed me her own personal Note 5 which had the same problem (actually worse than mine).
The service technicians said they do not know the reason for this problem. But as an electrical engineer I suspect there is some sensors in those areas which cause interference with the S Pen.
Anyone have experience with this? Does it fit well? How feel to push the buttons?
check out youtube videos for the s6 edge + keyboard cover. I'm sure it is similar in build, if not better.
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Anyone have experience with this? Does it fit well? How feel to push the buttons?
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Personally, no, I think they're hideous and make the phone look like it's from 2003. But to each his own...I'm sure if you like physical keyboards then you'll like it.
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Personally, no, I think they're hideous and make the phone look like it's from 2003. But to each his own...I'm sure if you like physical keyboards then you'll like it.
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I loved my SE P800, P900 and P990. So the design is one of my favorite...secondly I like physical keyboards.
I hope I will receive the cover on the next week.
hi, is there a support forum for this accesory?I bought this case only to realise that chinese language keyboard is not supported =/ just wonder when they plan to support if any?
I've had it on my edge for a few days and I like it. Had a discount code and a gift card so figured why not. Takes some getting used to but i can type pretty fast on it and autocorrect helps. I don't like that you have to press the alt button for a period but the dollar sign has its own key. The case itself isn't very protective and my spigen style ring doesn't stick to the back of it. Overall I like typing on it better than the actual software keyboard.
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I've had it on my edge for a few days and I like it. Had a discount code and a gift card so figured why not. Takes some getting used to but i can type pretty fast on it and autocorrect helps. I don't like that you have to press the alt button for a period but the dollar sign has its own key. The case itself isn't very protective and my spigen style ring doesn't stick to the back of it. Overall I like typing on it better than the actual software keyboard.
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Did you have to do anything special to make it work? Mine does nothing.
Is stocker launcher required to be running? (mine is, still doesn't work)
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Nope just put on the back of the case and the keyboard. What type of screen protector are you using?
just bought this keyboard cover for my s7 edge as well, but i cant get the physical keyboard to work, the screen is not resizing when the keyboard is snaped on
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I have the case and Im going to get rid of it lol. It just doesnt feel right while typing on it and if you have any theme set up on your phone it will default back o the stock theme that came with the phone as well as set our keyboard back to the samsung stock one. The slim case without the keyboard does feel awesome though since its extremely minimal.
Could you provide some photos about that?I want to search one for my device.
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Did you have to do anything special to make it work? Mine does nothing.
Is stocker launcher required to be running? (mine is, still doesn't work)
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I had same issue, didn't seem to work when I installed the cover but restarting phone with cover on fixed this issue. No additional software required.
Does anyone have any issue with the space bar on their keyboard case? It doesn't seem to register my space bar presses pretty frequently and is slowly driving me insane... Other keys are fine though, only the space bar has issues!
P/S I sent back mine to samsung once and they gave me a new set but when i went home to test the same issue remained
I have the asian version of S7 edge (SM-G9350) the key mappings are all just wrong. So disappointed. what a waste of money.
For those who are looking for S7 Edge keyboard photo, I attached the comparison with Priv.
Hope this helps.
Ps: Keyboard on priv is much more comfortable. on s7e its very hard one
http://imgur.com/a/WwBxv
has anyone seen this keyboard cover in silver color?
silver exists for the s6 edge but I can not find it for the s7 edge
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I had same issue, didn't seem to work when I installed the cover but restarting phone with cover on fixed this issue. No additional software required.
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It did pop up a message saying "samsung accessory update" when I first connected it, and downloaded some micro-update to get it to work.
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Does anyone have any issue with the space bar on their keyboard case? It doesn't seem to register my space bar presses pretty frequently and is slowly driving me insane... Other keys are fine though, only the space bar has issues!
P/S I sent back mine to samsung once and they gave me a new set but when i went home to test the same issue remained
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Make sure you don't have any screen-protectors stuck to your phone before attaching the keyboard.
I had a stick-on double-side screen protector glued to my phone and after I attached the keyboard cover, keys worked erratically or not very well. It turned out that the extra thickness from the sticker (fractions of a millimeter, really) made the case not snap-on perfectly. As soon as I unglued its back, everything started working much better. I still have the front piece protecting the screen glued on (it doesn't interfere with the keyboard).
Multiple problems with the cover
Here's a list of problems the cover is causing that I've found so far:
1. The always-on display doesn't work when the keyboard is attached. Meaning you can't see the clock when the phone is in sleep mode.
2. If you start with the keyboard attached, then press the power button to put the phone to sleep mode, you'll see no always-on display. If you then detach the keyboard, the always-on display will show up, but it won't update! Meaning you'll see the same time displayed for hours afterwards (until you press the power button). Can be VERY confusing if you don't realize it.
3. When in Termux with the keyboard attached, you can see in htop that the 2 com.sec.android.inputmethod processes take about 95% and 30% of a CPU core. Also /system/bin/surfaceflinger is taking about 20%. As soon as you detach the keyboard, CPU usage goes down to reasonable near-zero levels. You can feel the phone getting a little warmer than usual, too.
4. The on-screen overlay behind the keyboard (one that receives keystrokes from it) is white! Why would they waste battery for displaying bright white which can't be seen? AMOLED is supposed to take less power when black so it's quite obvious it should be black. Displaying labels for buttons is pretty meaningless behind a hardware keyboard anyway. The bright white also casts a glow onto the rest of the screen which can be seen at night.
5. There's apparently no way to replace the stock hardware-keyboard app. It would be nice if its sources were available somewhere so you could remap / hack the buttons a bit. The euro key is pretty useless and it would serve way better as ctrl or tab, for instance. Personally I'd have it switch modes so that you could use WSAD for arrows and other letters for the rest of the important missing keys.
6. The split-screen view just doesn't work (in Marshmallow), it tells you you need to detach the keyboard first.
If not for these issues, my keyboard would probably stay attached most of the time. Because of those issues, I have to keep flipping it on and off.
Overall the keyboard's hardware is pretty nice, it feels smooth but provides the much-needed tactile feedback quite well. The fact you don't need to charge anything is awesome. The downsides are lack of backlight and the need to take up your screen space (unlike the better keyboard that the Captivate Glide had (I'll miss you, Cappy... maybe some day someone will port the latest Android to you...)).
Don't know why you don't look at a Blackberry if you're still super convinced you need a physical keyboard.
I've always found the ones you can add to your phone are clunky and not worth your time.
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Don't know why you don't look at a Blackberry if you're still super convinced you need a physical keyboard.
I've always found the ones you can add to your phone are clunky and not worth your time.
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Because the Priv can't be rooted and you can't install any other ROM on it. Also, it's full of bloatware that you completely deactivate.
I had a Priv for almost a year, now I'm gonna sell it. I love sliding keyboards, but the whole device is just too big, too unergonomic (all those edges, it's really uncomfortable to make a phone call). Even the keyboard didn't fully convince me, I had way better keyboards in previous (Android and Windows Mobile) smartphones.
So after a brief period of using the S6 with they official keyboard cover, today I got an S7 edge and the keyboard cover. The keys are a bit bigger than with the S6 keyboard, its surface feels a bit better too.
But now that I've installed Lineage on it (one of the main reasons to get the S7 were custom ROMs), the system doesn't detect the keyboard by itself.
So I need to find the drivers for it to install them manually on Lineage...
So... had my heart set on the iPhone XS Max 512gb version, bought it, and I've been using it for three weeks. I've decided to go back to my Note 8.
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1. I want Android pie on my N8, which probably won't happen for a year, are there any ROMs based on Android pie?
2. There were some minor issues, which when added up pissed me off, which is one of the reasons I sold my N8 in the first place, like high volume warning, needing a passcode in order to use things like Samsung Pass and Samsung Pay, etc... etc... IF I were to root my device to get rid of these things, I would not be able to use things like Samsung pass (biometric automatic sign-in), as well as the Secure folder. Samsung Pay I don't really care, since I have a physica C/C for payments/public transporation. My question is, are there any 3rd party apps that do the same things as Samsung pass and Secure folder? I've found these two things very very useful for the longest time.
3. Are there any glass "BACK" protectors? I love the deep sea blue color, and even a transparent case will hide some of the color. I could not find anything for the back protection except for flimsy films, which I'm not sure will help protect the back of the phone
Hey there! A wise choice you made there.
1. Not at the moment - Seeing as AOSP development for the Note 8 is practically non-existent, we probably won't see any P-based ROMs before Samsung has released an official one.
2. High volume warning along with some other Samsung annoyances can be fixed with an app called SamFix (can be found here on XDA). You do have to give it privileges through adb, but it doesn't require root. As for Knox-related apps (Samsung Pay, Samsung Pass, Secure Folder... ), those are all permanently disabled the moment your Knox bit flips to 0x1 (in short, when you boot a custom recovery or a custom kernel). Some apps can be patched to work (S Health for instance). For Samsung Pass alternatives, look here!
3. Don't know about those, but I just so happened to stumble upon this thread.
Oddbehreif gave you very good answers, regarding the last question, yes there are some glass back protectors, I bought 3 of them in ebay, they are not adhesive, but very slim cases, I even have one that has magnetic closures, and it does not interfere with any function, (gps, wifi, cell signal, spen, camera, screen)
You can try dbrand sticker skins, i think if there is even back glass protectors they wouldnt stick very well or just get stuck into something. I use dragon full body skin from dbrand, its covering camera lenses, back glass, at the front bottom and top black panels.
I just received my Note 10 Lite and I notice a minor issue... on the bottom right corner, ~5mm right above the speaker hole there's a slight inaccurate with S-Pen drawing/pointing, has anyone noticed this issue? There's a small spot that my S-Pen just "go around" it.
My theory is that this phone's speaker magnet is improperly shielded, the magnetic field has messed with the Wacom panel receiving the field from the pen, can anyone else confirm it?
would be ideal to get a screenshot or something pointing to the exact location for someone to try and replicate it. i'd be happy to confirm if this is the case.
I confirm...same is happening with me..i think the cost cutting method of Samsung is responsible for this. So annoying.
gyanaditya said:
I confirm...same is happening with me..i think the cost cutting method of Samsung is responsible for this. So annoying.
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Is not because of cost cutting or anything like that. Is pretty normal for this kind of inaccuracy to happen in smaller devices like phones. You can search and you see that other phone models (Galaxy Note models) and even some tables also have this problem.
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I just received my Note 10 Lite and I notice a minor issue... on the bottom right corner, ~5mm right above the speaker hole there's a slight inaccurate with S-Pen drawing/pointing, has anyone noticed this issue? There's a small spot that my S-Pen just "go around" it.
My theory is that this phone's speaker magnet is improperly shielded, the magnetic field has messed with the Wacom panel receiving the field from the pen, can anyone else confirm it?
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Pretty sure it's a piezo driver, no magnets.
The speaker likely isn't the cause. Try calibrating the screen.
Clear system cache, hard reboot, etc.
It could be a firmware or display flaw as well.
It shouldn't do that... no issues like that on my 10+