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1001 Uses for a PDA Stylus, what have/do you used yours for?

Was busy picking my teeth with my stylus earlier, (Yes I know it's disgusting, so don't ask to borrow my exec!) Anyway it got me to thinking what other usefull uses has everyone else found for their stylus's or is it stylii?
So lets hear it people? :lol:
Regards

Pick my nose and ears.
Lift up forensics evidence like a police officer.
Clean grout.
Drum.
Show kids cheap magic tricks like swallowing it or pulling it out of my ear.
Balance it on my upper lip.
Twirl it like a mini-baton.
Wield it like a mini-sword.
Throw it up against suspended ceiling tiles.
Mistaken it for a pen when trying to write on paper.
While I'm tapping on my head with it, if I come up with more, I'll post it here.

Cleaning fingernails?

Pick teeth
Clean ears
Balance on top lip whilst making Mick Jagger face
Entwine in hair/beard

Use as a mini spear just like in zulu
If only Michael Caine had said "Dont you throw those bloody stylus's at me!"

Play games with it like 'lose the stylus in between the floorboards then take hours to find it' ?

reset my:
Exec
Router
Laptop
mp3 Player
Set the clock on my car
Save channels on my telly

Emergency splint for a broken finger, always worthwhile remembering!

My 7 year old son likes to chew it, like a pencil :-( now it always falls out of my magician. What I do with it? Well I don't chew it, but clean my fingernails & ears, scratch my head, reset my magician, balance it on fingers & others things etc.
You can so much with it, except from normal writing it's the best body extension I can think of (yes I'm very narrow minded) LOL
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I use my for defeating Balrogs, scurge of Middle Earth that they are.
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The Magician's stylus just doesn't quite "cut it". But they're both cute.
Anyone notice the strange bend in the Universal's? Makes me feel quite >self conscious<.
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vijay555 said:
I use my for defeating Balrogs, scurge of Middle Earth that they are.
The Magician's stylus just doesn't quite "cut it". But they're both cute.
Anyone notice the strange bend in the Universal's? Makes me feel quite >self conscious<.
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it does do that, doesn't it.. that strange bend, I can stare at it for seconds.. I'm not sure I get it fully..

it also makes me constantly wander if I'm holding it the 'right way'..

Yes, my wife used to say that. Now she just doesn't bother, and I'm
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Hahahah! :lol:

So the size of your nose & the shape of your stylus unreveals a girl everything you don't want to tell.
Hmmm, my stylus is worn & chewed.

My wife prefers the one on her Wizard, it grows in size when she gets it out and shrinks back down to a managable size when she has finished with it.
I wonder if the bend on the Universal one is designed in, so it can be used as an aid to erectile disfunction? "shudder" :shock:

Hmmm, my stylus is worn & chewed.
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There's a lucky man... I must be spending too much time programming, mine is as new
To bring this only slightly back on topic, I do worry about dropping it and scratching the "glans", in case it subsequently scratches the screen. Even with a screen protector, I notice I've still managed to scratch the scrollbar area.
My wife prefers the one on her Wizard, it grows in size when she gets it out and shrinks back down to a managable size when she has finished with it.
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I hear that you Wizard guys have trouble getting it in and out of the slot though? That's what I hear.
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Rom idea - Thug Rom

With my aquisition of thomspon clinical xpert I had an epiphany on the type of rom I eventually want to create. It would include things such as handy sniffer, bluezard, sniffi, a mac address changer, thompson clinical xpert and some form of an app that can measure weight via the touchscreen (digital scale). lol..

ElPresidente said:
some form of an app that can measure weight via the touchscreen (digital scale). lol..
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That would be amazing. Have you seen anything like that?

No, and it looks like cloning the mac address of a wlan then running wifirouter to collect arps to procure mac addresses to access mac address secured wlans is non-existent at this time as well.

ElPresidente said:
...and some form of an app that can measure weight via the touchscreen (digital scale). lol..
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You want to make an app that turn your tochscreen into a digital scale?!?!?? Who said being a "geek" wasn't cool. If possible i wonder what the range would be??? Even just a couple grams would be awesome

I just want to see a rom solely dedicated to pentesting. All out, cain_ppc.arm, etc, etc.

Lol, i like your idea.. a Weed weight Scale
handy for all those junkies out there.. including me

Weed Scale?!?? Who would need a weed scale *puff - puff - pass * *cough* cough* ... I dont think we promote the use of such substances here.... The PC term would be a "jewelers scale"

Hmm... Touchscreen scale...
You know what, that is theoretically possible. Touchflo programs have a pressure measurement associated with them and it shouldn't be all that difficult to utilize the same api (and a few calculations) to get an accurate measurement of (up to) a few grams.
Damn, I wish I had time to play around with this.
If anyone could point me in the right direction for the api's or NETCF 3.5 classes to look at, I may be able to come up with something. I just don't have time to do the searching myself.

I get pissed off when I get tobacco on my phone's screen from having it in my pocket with a pack of cigarettes ...
so I can't imagine using it to weigh weed or any other powdery substances... Plus in my opinion, these types of dealings would require a degree of precision that I don't know most people would want to trust their phone for ... when it wasn't made specifically for.
I think you should stick to a good ole AWS
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I think the screen scale app would be great. Even if it isn't accurate to the 9th decimal place.

duprade said:
I get pissed off when I get tobacco on my phone's screen from having it in my pocket with a pack of cigarettes ...
so I can't imagine using it to weigh weed or any other powdery substances... Plus in my opinion, these types of dealings would require a degree of precision that I don't know most people would want to trust their phone for ... when it wasn't made specifically for.
I think you should stick to a good ole AWS
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What if I left the triple beam at home?
Who says you can't weigh it in the baggy?

ICP-Fan said:
What if I left the triple beam at home?
Who says you can't weigh it in the baggy?
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Agreed. Sandwich bags weigh nothing...
Imagine the look on their faces when you whip out your phone/scale.

Where I come from a sandwich bag weighs .2g . (depending on size) Seems like this idea is getting some play. I'm gonna have to do a little research. This may have been attempted before.

and dont forget to add dopewars to the game section to let people new to the game to practice

The Batman version if he owned a Wing.
Just before ascending on his powered grappling hook, Batman assesses if he can carry Vicky to safety with himself.
Batman (to Vicky Vale): How much do you weigh?
Vicky: A hundred ten...
Batman: Here, hop on my Wing, it's all I carry on my utility belt, besides this grappling hook, but I digress.
The screen cracks.
Batman: 110 huh? I doubt that. You'd better go alone on this ride, hang on. Batmobile, come get me and take me to the T-Mobile store, stat!

Dagi Capacitive Screen Stylus

Found this test of a Dagi capacative screen stylus while browsing. Shows it working on a HD2. Looks interesting.
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=10565&utm...utm_campaign=Feed:+WmPowerUser+(WM+Power+User)
I went to there web site and they sell various sizes. I sent them an email and was told it was $11.99us inc delivery and you can have your name engraved free.
Have ordered the P.001-Black will report back when it arrives (and my phone!)

Interesting, I'm going to wait for one that is as small (thin) as the traditional styluses.

IMO They are both truly horrible to look at and are huge!! lol

THis one is much smaller and cheaper too...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Dagi-Stylus-fit...A%2BUA%2BFICS%2BUFI%2BDDSIC&otn=10&ps=63#shId

eskasi said:
THis one is much smaller and cheaper too...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Dagi-Stylus-fit...A%2BUA%2BFICS%2BUFI%2BDDSIC&otn=10&ps=63#shId
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I just ordered one of those. So cheap that I couldn't resist!
I'll report back in 2011 when it arrives

johncmolyneux said:
I just ordered one of those. So cheap that I couldn't resist!
I'll report back in 2011 when it arrives
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So ?
Did it arrive ?
Did it work ?

Forgive me but does it not defeat the object of having a phone with a capacitive screen if you use a stylus?

I have also got a stylus from Dagi with my name engraved on it...I got it for $13.00
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Trikanth

IMO They are terrible, that looks like a Dentist mirror!! LMAO!

OneGoodKnock said:
Forgive me but does it not defeat the object of having a phone with a capacitive screen if you use a stylus?
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You are unforgiven, but I bought this phone for its 1Ghz CPU, not for its *idiotic*, screen smearing iPhone imitation "qualities".
The complete lack of precision combined with the brain damaged (un)predictive text input of xt9 turns this whole touchscreen affair into a sad, bread spread distributing joke!

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Forgive me but does it not defeat the object of having a phone with a capacitive screen if you use a stylus?
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I'd love to have a Stylus for the drawing applications, other than that, I use my fingers.
Edit: Is there a Stylus that looks like a real pen? Does it really need to have that transparent thing at the bottom? Can't they make they end of it smaller?

Recoda said:
Edit: Is there a Stylus that looks like a real pen? Does it really need to have that transparent thing at the bottom? Can't they make they end of it smaller?
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Well, my only guess is that they couldnt.
HTC had submitted a patent for a "magnetic" pointy-tip capacitive screen stylus.
So my only guess it - that this patent was discovered as unfesible - or - in other words -
It probably didnt work as they expected it to, so the patent is there,
but it doesnt really work.
That's the only conclusion I could come to.

Dagi Stylus
I just got a Dagi stylus, the one that is the size of a pen, and the shipped a second one (smaller) for free. I'm using the T-Mo Mytouch 3g Slide, and they both work real nice.

Dagi stylus - no hands!..?
can anyone tell me if they can use their Dagi without any kind of human touch, that is, without touching the pen and phone directly with human skin ??

Any Have a Ball PoinT Pen
My TynTyn II / Tilt I bought for a few bucks a stylus with a ball point pen.. that way I have a pen just in case why dont any of these have a PEN???

Real S Pen tuning

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Real S Pen tuning by me
Carefully draw the following picture using stationery knife on the button of the S Pen:
Now you can easily and quick find S Pen button without looking at it or trying to search button pushing it at every possible place! After 2 days with this tuning I began to use the button for at least 5 times more often.

What does this actually do? How did you come up with this idea?i doubt anyone would defile their note without some proper explanation

bamboo12 said:
What does this actually do? How did you come up with this idea?i doubt anyone would defile their note without some proper explanation
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I was bored at work and decided to play with a stationery knife...
If you use a stylus often you must know how freaking hard to find button sometimes, especially in the dark. Roughness will help to find a button much faster.

wow this is good too !! so ur thumb will be able to feel the button !! if u guys do not wanna scatch can try pasting a thin sticker... it helps too

all it does im guessing is let you find the button easier.
Since its so smooth and small i and a lot of people have trouble finding the button without looking down at the pen.
If you carve a little pattern into the button youll be able to feel the differance really easily so youll know when your finger is on it.
i might pick up a 2nd Spen and give it a try

Wouldnt it better, just have thin glowing tape and tape it on the button?
That way, can see in when dark too.

good thinking
but i dont wanna my pan look like this
is there any different way?

the glow sticker wont work because it wont get enough light throughout the day to work in the dark since its dark inside the compartment.
other options could be cutting a piece of di-noc carbon film and putting on the button.

Omg.
Just hold it as a normal pen, then twist it a little til u here/feel the click..
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You could put a little liquid paper into the grooves that you cut to highlight the button as well.
Might do that myself, as it is I barely use the pen at all... Anything will be an improvement.
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anonymous572 said:
Carefully draw the following picture using stationery knife on the button of the S Pen:
Now you can easily and quick find S Pen button without looking at it or trying to search button pushing it at every possible place! After 2 days with this tuning I began to use the button for at least 5 times more often.
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senectus said:
You could put a little liquid paper into the grooves that you cut to highlight the button as well.
Might do that myself, as it is I barely use the pen at all... Anything will be an improvement.
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I was thinking about putting a thin coat of glittery silver fingernail polish on the button.

I had exactly the same idea. But then I realized that the button is placed in the direction of the ending hook of the stylus and the need for cutting/brushing the button was irrelevant since then for me. Quick glimps on hook tells me where the button is and short roll between fingers is also matter of fraction of a second. But your solution is definetely quicker

Hehe, proper hardware mod Just let me get something sharp here...

Sharpie Metallic Silver
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I'm just going to adhere a little spare strip from my invisible shield scraps so that it's a bit sticky and easy to quickly find.

TN7 Stylus enhance

Hey guys, because i am using my TN7 for university i write alot with it.
But i always had problems with the stylus, because it is so thin.. so i improvised:
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Feels awesome and feels like you are writing with a normal pen.. i like it, so here how2build your own.
What you need:
- one of these guys (or similiar) (just the cap.)
- the grip from another pen
1. you have to remove the cover / top of the cap, so you get a tube.
2. pull the grip over it
top:
bottom:
3. ofc pull the whole thing over your stylus =) (not too much, you want to be able to remove it later!)
4. have fun

cars10k said:
Hey guys, because i am using my TN7 for university i write alot with it.
But i always had problems with the stylus, because it is so thin.. so i improvised:
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I actually use a pencil with mine most of the time... if the tip isn't too sharp it works almost flawlessly, and it glides over the screen very nicely and doesn't hurt the screen at all. I even bought some FullHB pencils (they're solid graphite, no wood) to use, and they seem to work even better than a standard pencil.

I just dug up the old full graphite pencils from my art school days and I have to agree: they are amazing stylusses (styli?).
Then I decided to go one better: I got a mechanical pencil with some nice fat leads (I went for 3mm HB koh-i-noors). Now I can retract the vulnerable graphite for safer traveling and still have an amazing and precice hard-tip stylus.
I might just take apart the official stylus and replace the rubber with a bit of graphite, but I'm not entirely comfortable storing that inside the tablet.

Quistnix said:
I just dug up the old full graphite pencils from my art school days and I have to agree: they are amazing stylusses (styli?).
Then I decided to go one better: I got a mechanical pencil with some nice fat leads (I went for 3mm HB koh-i-noors). Now I can retract the vulnerable graphite for safer traveling and still have an amazing and precice hard-tip stylus.
I might just take apart the official stylus and replace the rubber with a bit of graphite, but I'm not entirely comfortable storing that inside the tablet.
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I had tried just a regular cheap mechanical pencil, and they don't work at all... probably because the lead is too thin and/or the casing is plastic and doesn't carry the conductivity to your hand. Glad you liked the pencil idea, though! Oh, and yes, it is styli

This is cool.

TN7 My Pro Stylus Mod
Here's my first Mod on the TN7 Pro Stylus after seeing the above post it gave me the go ahead since I had an extra one,
it feels much better after long time of use compare to the original slim stick

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Here's my first Mod on the TN7 Pro Stylus after seeing the above post it gave me the go ahead since I had an extra one,
it feels much better after long time of use compare to the original slim stick
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So you installed the pro stylus tip in to a regular pen of some type? please fill us in on the details, I use my tablet pretty much just for the writing, and the oem one sucks.
Brew

tsbrewers said:
So you installed the pro stylus tip in to a regular pen of some type? please fill us in on the details, I use my tablet pretty much just for the writing, and the oem one sucks.
Brew
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Sorry I've been busy, yes what I did is take a pen and did some eye measurements and cuts to fit it, I will post some picture of it broken down it's pretty easy!...I just don't understand why can they just create something like this already?

Yes please post. Very interested in doing this mod.
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