Users of CM9-based ROMs -- what are you using to replace the functionality of S Memo, etc?
Quill, LectureNotes, Sketchbook, etc.
There's plenty of alternatives.
knightnz said:
Quill, LectureNotes, Sketchbook, etc.
There's plenty of alternatives.
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Do they have as good of a brush and colour selection as Samsung's apps? And what about pressure sensitivity? Pressure sensitivity is GREAT for writing Kanji.
i am very interested in this topic as well , would be great if people who tried alternative apps indicate the pros/cons and compatibility with cm9
i would love to see palm reject in cm
cruno91 said:
Do they have as good of a brush and colour selection as Samsung's apps? And what about pressure sensitivity? Pressure sensitivity is GREAT for writing Kanji.
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Varies from app to app, but yes.
knightnz said:
Varies from app to app, but yes.
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What are you using that has the same pressure sensitivity, organizational abilities, cloud sync abilities, and intent support (i.e. exporting/importing to/from pictures, etc.) as S Memo?
I ask because I'd really like to give a CM9 ROM a try but need to know I'll have the pen support I've come to depend on.
starkruzr said:
What are you using that has the same pressure sensitivity, organizational abilities, cloud sync abilities, and intent support (i.e. exporting/importing to/from pictures, etc.) as S Memo?
I ask because I'd really like to give a CM9 ROM a try but need to know I'll have the pen support I've come to depend on.
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I wasn't aware that S-Memo supported cloud sync, it's not a feature I have any interest in using.
Lecturenotes will upload to an Evernote account and will import existing images.
Just search on the market for "stylus" and see what pops up.
Jotter
Writepad
Quill
Skitch
LectureNotes
SketchBook Mobile
Samsung S-Memo (No idea if this version would work on CM9, it's not available to my country)
Omnisketch
If you heavily rely on the native Samsung apps though, then I'd not recommend switching to CM9.
Unfortunately some of the "stylus" search results are designed for "fake styluses" on tablets.
True. The ones I've listed are ones that work properly with the Note stylus. (Or did when I tried them anyway). They mostly support pressure sensitivy when it's useful for them to do so. Palm-detection is pretty hit & miss.
I think Skitch is about the only "generic" input app in the list.
I'm not aware of anything that replicates _all_ of the functionality that the native Samsung apps do (particularly the versions in the ICS release), but as I mainly just want to use the device instead of carting around a pen+paper to make quick notes, or draw (very poor) pictures when I'm idling, the alternatives work fine for me.
Edit: Dame it, it's not ics compatible
Hi guys,
I'm using this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.steadfastinnovation.android.projectpapyrus&hl=de
It is build for the s-pan.
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Notesmobile
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proabably the most used is freenote
After trying most of the list, my favourite is LectureNotes... It seems to have the best sketching features, reasonable import/export and pretty much suits my needs to the extent that I would choose it over s- memo
But that is just my opinion... Try a bunch out and see what works for you
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garytube said:
Edit: Dame it, it's not ics compatible
Hi guys,
I'm using this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.steadfastinnovation.android.projectpapyrus&hl=de
It is build for the s-pan.
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I restored it with titanium backup. Works fine.
Edit: I lied. Coulda sworn it worked, no input. =/
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Yeah, hopefully Papyrus will have ICS support soon. It's awesome.
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im using jotter. much better that the stock memo apps
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Yeah, hopefully Papyrus will have ICS support soon. It's awesome.
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Very good application! I'm using it on latest cm9 nightly and it perfect. If only we could have s-pen support some day.
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coming soon: http://opendesign.bbqdroid.org/features/?cat=1&feature=3
...maybe.
Quill is very good.
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Thought it might be useful to start a thread for alternatives to the s-memo app. Currently its the main reason I put up with Touchwiz a cant seem to find an app as nice looking and as responsive as s-memo in the market
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I use extensive notes
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I flick between s-memo
FreeNote ( https://market.android.com/details?...wsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zdWlzaG91eGllLmZyZWVub3RlIl0. )
Evernote
( https://market.android.com/details?id=com.evernote&hl=en )
and OneNote
( https://market.android.com/details?...DEsImNvbS5taWNyb3NvZnQub2ZmaWNlLm9uZW5vdGUiXQ.. )
What I really REALLY want is s-memo or whatever I use to sync back to me "Notes" in my Exchange Outlook account :-(
Extensive was buggy on aosp ics. Super note is good if u find apk
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supernote wasnt bad... but unless your on a smaller dpi it never scaled right for me.
Ive tried almost every app I could find and none of them just seem to have the responsiveness of the smemo app for handwriting
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Anti paper is pretty good if on ICS
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supernote wasnt bad... but unless your on a smaller dpi it never scaled right for me.
Ive tried almost every app I could find and none of them just seem to have the responsiveness of the smemo app for handwriting
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ya its nice but unless your less than 240 it doesn't scale proper otherwise its sweey
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I find that Soonr Scribble seems to have better pressure sensitivity than most other apps. The automatic cloud sync is a huge plus. I lose my S Memo notes with every flash...
iAnnotate is also pretty good. maybe not for quick notes though.
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Anti paper is pretty good if on ICS
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Anti paper seems nice for actual hand writing notes. Doesn't have picture or video ability which sucks . Man I wish smemo didn't need tw framework to work or u could just grab apk...
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Evernote's skitch is pretty good too.
LectureNotes
Tried Quill, Antipaper and Writepad stylus when I tried ICS... (the non-chinese awful version) Quill was the best of those. However, I didn't notice LectureNotes, which seems even better than Quill! ICS time!
Free note seems nice . And I think its note everything?
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lecture notes does look interesting I'll download it and report back.... So far Ive tried everything mentioned above and always found them underwhelming.
Update: This is definately a replacement, UI is pretty dam clean, responsiveness is good (still think s-memo has an edge here) and for what I want to be able to do it has all the right settings (changing ruler spacing), the biggest one is disabling finger input on the s-pen writing area... the pro version seems to have quite a few more options than the trial.
Definitely worth a look and download
Although I haven't tried it Whiteboard Pro is available on the Amazon appstore today (Feb 27) for free so I grabbed a copy
http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011
Lecture notes has been updated to support hardware emulation of the wacom stylus (at least on my ICS rom). I would encourage everyone to check it out, a ton of options to customize the experience for your needs (custom pens, paper line spacing etc.).
I vote for Freenote for writing notes.
ps. I'd suggest Sketchbook mobile for drawing.
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Freenote is nice for actually hand writing notes in a note book style fashion. Otherwise its to confusing and a cluster **** and i don't like it.
Seems like note everything is a good free and paid replacement ...
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rock_80 said:
Lecture notes has been updated to support hardware emulation of the wacom stylus (at least on my ICS rom). I would encourage everyone to check it out, a ton of options to customize the experience for your needs (custom pens, paper line spacing etc.).
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Hmm, lecturesnotes is not available for my device...
Tried in multiple dpi 160,200,320. On Imilka aosp rom. Anyone successfully with it? What roms?
rocket 1.5 ICS works fine. there shoild be a trial and a paid version in the market
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I was looking for something better for taking notes with my note... Lecture notes definitely takes the cake. I was trying free not but it was not responsive enough for me and as intuitive. Lecture notes looks to be a winner.
I know that S memo does the job, but I am currently using cm9 so I am looking for alternatives..
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I am using handwriting calculator, downloaded from Samsung Apps.
It solves equations written by hand.
Cheers!
Hey, thanks for the info
The thing is, samsung apps cannot be installed on cm9 Also, what I am looking for is more like wolfram alpha. The s note recognized hand-written formula and wolfram alpha-ed the formula for me.
Hope you get what I mean
is it possible to calibrate the s pen? whenever i sketch or click on a spot, it doesn't reflect the exact point i clicked, instead its a few pixels downwards or right. and this is affecting my work or navigation.
and also how do i enable the pointer on the screen.thanks
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Hi, as I have learnt, no method will calibrate my spen, but people have said two things may work. One is to move the spen off each corner of the screen. Two is to change from left hand to right hand in the spen dominant hand settings.
The hovering pen is only available on ICS and can be found this way: settings>pen settings>on screen pen indicator or hovering pen or something of those sorts.
Hope that helps
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You could try this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS52aXRhbC50c3QubjcwMDAiXQ..
Although it is initially free you will have to pay to get the full features. As a free app any tuning you do will be erased after you lock the screen. The paid version allows for permanent changes, though I have not used the full version to verify this.
diverblue said:
You could try this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS52aXRhbC50c3QubjcwMDAiXQ..
Although it is initially free you will have to pay to get the full features. As a free app any tuning you do will be erased after you lock the screen. The paid version allows for permanent changes, though I have not used the full version to verify this.
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You have to be rooted for it to work and it's great on Samsung roms. It's not so useful on CM9 and roms based on CM9 as there's a bug (?) In the way they handle rotation profiles.
The app itself is great and the writer is very friendly and helpful.
pjfriend said:
You have to be rooted for it to work and it's great on Samsung roms. It's not so useful on CM9 and roms based on CM9 as there's a bug (?) In the way they handle rotation profiles.
The app itself is great and the writer is very friendly and helpful.
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Hey everyone!
This phone is awesome but it has IMHO a small fallback which is the lack of some true multitasking capabilities.
What I mean is although we have Qslide it is most probably useless if we can't run any app in it.
Just like Galaxy Note series have the Multiwindow manager app or Spwn window app that allows just any app to run in this mode, we should have this on our G2 with Qslide.
It will be awesome. Just imagine you are playing a game and you get whatsapp so you check it on the go and continue playing. Or browsing the web and you check the gmail you just got without leaving the browser.
BTW that's what I do with Halo on Paranoid android on my Nexus 4. However it's a waste to dumb the awesome stock Rom of the G2 to just get this advantage.
Please devs consider this as a serious and urgent request. I know many want this.
Hope I was a dev, I would have helped but I am willing to test.
Thanks and regards!
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Well looks like I was wrong! It looks like nobody wants this feature!
But what is bugging me is that with over 60 views, I didn't get any "+1" or "agreed" replies, or even "no need" or "STFU" replies or any kind of reply.
Have a nice day everyone!
+1. Nice to have Whatsup on the top and scrolling through news for example. Nice feature to get. I am sure someday we can get it. ))
It's probably just a matter of the apps being built for it, and tricking the Qslide into letting you use non LG apps for it.
The Devs did it fairly quickly on my Galaxy Note 10.1
I'm afraid it's not THAT easy for us as it was on the note. I had it on my note 10.1 and it's now available on note 3. Also let's not forget about the half-screen double apps running at same time (i dunno what it's called ); they also modified it to allow any app do that.
Wish it happens anytime soon!
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I'm afraid it's not THAT easy for us as it was on the note. I had it on my note 10.1 and it's now available on note 3. Also let's not forget about the half-screen double apps running at same time (i dunno what it's called ); they also modified it to allow any app do that.
Wish it happens anytime soon!
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I don't understand why someone would even want qslide when you have the native android multi tasking abilities?
I told you why bro. It's just like Halo if you ever tried it on Paranoid android Roms. The native multitasking requires you to quite one app to be able to use the other.
Qslide (and multiwindow in note) allows you to run an app simultaneously while you are using another app and on top of it.
It's much much more convenient. If you've never tried it I can understand your thoughts!
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Life Engineer said:
I told you why bro. It's just like Halo if you ever tried it on Paranoid android Roms. The native multitasking requires you to quite one app to be able to use the other.
Qslide (and multiwindow in note) allows you to run an app simultaneously while you are using another app and on top of it.
It's much much more convenient. If you've never tried it I can understand your thoughts!
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I can't deny your point at all. Once I tried the Halo from PA I really think this guy bring the multi-tasking to another level by other means. Brilliant feature! Custom ROM with Halo is the first choice of my flashing hobby by then.
However, with LG G2 I would like to stay with the stock. It has really good features with ease to access and use that makes all the things so convenience. I would also like to see very much the implementation of Qslide with any 3rd party apps...or Halo ported to stock ROM since it's open source now
What are some of the best apps for note taking and other general productivity? I really need to be able to annotate PDF's. Multi-window would be fantastic too are there and ROMS that feature this yet?
As far as a pen, is the Jot Pro the best for note taking on capacitive touch screens?
Thanks!
hockeyadc said:
What are some of the best apps for note taking and other general productivity? I really need to be able to annotate PDF's. Multi-window would be fantastic too are there and ROMS that feature this yet?
As far as a pen, is the Jot Pro the best for note taking on capacitive touch screens?
Thanks!
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For apps ever note and skitch work well together. Snitch let's you annotate pictures and PDFs and other things while ever note let's you take notes in a notebook style. You can also buy a member ship for more features but it works fine with the free version
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abdel12345 said:
For apps ever note and skitch work well together. Snitch let's you annotate pictures and PDFs and other things while ever note let's you take notes in a notebook style. You can also buy a member ship for more features but it works fine with the free version
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Thanks! I'll check them out