I just got my note today and I was writing and all of a sudden the note wouldn't recognize the pen. Usually when you write with an actual and nothing writes you tend to shake it so out of habit I did that with the s-pen and then realized how idiotic I looked anyone else do this?
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antispiral said:
I just got my note today and I was writing and all of a sudden the note wouldn't recognize the pen. Usually when you write with an actual and nothing writes you tend to shake it so out of habit I did that with the s-pen and then realized how idiotic I looked anyone else do this?
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I find running in circles and flapping my arms works best. It's in the manual.
mitchellvii said:
I find running in circles and flapping my arms works best. It's in the manual.
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I knew I should have read manuall first lol
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Ah, the old OM (Oscillatory maintenance). It's a pet theory that that will do anything, but clearly it's a technique for wimps.
Everyone knows that when something stops working, clearly the best cure is PM (Percussive Maintenance)...
(Now I'll have to pay attention and see if I ever wimp out )
When I got my first Tablet PC, I used a Wacom stylus with an eraser end (which works with the Note 10.1 - BTW).
When I was drawing, I'd flip the pen over to erase and without thinking, I'd *brush away the eraser crumbs*... which makes sense on paper, but of course, doesn't make sense on a tablet.
I don't do it much anymore - but I still sometimes feel my arm wanting to do it even now...
Amazing how we get into these deep grooves and even more amazing how close to 'the real thing' these devices can be.
Thats nothing, I was reading an actual paper magazine and tried to scroll the page. Had to look and see if anyone noticed thank god no one did.
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Thats nothing, I was reading an actual paper magazine and tried to scroll the page. Had to look and see if anyone noticed thank god no one did.
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Mine wasnt that bad... I was trying to show something on my brother's 17" laptop the other day and I ran my fingers on the screen to scroll down... Whooops...
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Mine wasnt that bad... I was trying to show something on my brother's 17" laptop the other day and I ran my fingers on the screen to scroll down... Whooops...
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I regularly try to use touch on my laptop's external monitor. It looks like a large version of a tablet since it's on an arm, and really messes with my head.
TheWerewolf said:
When I got my first Tablet PC, I used a Wacom stylus with an eraser end (which works with the Note 10.1 - BTW).
When I was drawing, I'd flip the pen over to erase and without thinking, I'd *brush away the eraser crumbs*... which makes sense on paper, but of course, doesn't make sense on a tablet.
I don't do it much anymore - but I still sometimes feel my arm wanting to do it even now...
Amazing how we get into these deep grooves and even more amazing how close to 'the real thing' these devices can be.
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That's funny!
Related
Interesting story, thought I'd relate.
So I was at home yesterday, playing with the s-pen keeper.
I took out the s-pen, turned the screen off and walked around.
I could walk roughly 18-20 feet before the alert fired off. Fair enough.
So today, I was driving home, and halfway there my phone made some noise I didn't recognize and vibrated.
Got home, pulled my phone out - s-pen alert! Huh? I didn't remember pulling it out.
Drove back to work, looked around in the parking lot.
Just on a whim, went back inside and looked in my cube - and there it was, on my desk.
So I managed to get a good 40 feet away from it before the alert fired off.
Still though - that's wonderful! Any alert at all is fantastic.
- Frank
This phone has so many bells and whistles I can't wait to get my hands on one.....
That is SOO cool! So does that mean that the S-Pen has/is electronic? Because I remember someone else on another thread saying it wasn't, but the fact that the note II knows how far away the pen is and features activate when you press a button must mean it has some gizmos inside there, right?
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That is SOO cool! So does that mean that the S-Pen has/is electronic? Because I remember someone else on another thread saying it wasn't, but the fact that the note II knows how far away the pen is and features activate when you press a button must mean it has some gizmos inside there, right?
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It doesn't know how far away you are.
It knows if you pulled out the stylus.
It can also kind of guess whether you are walking using the accelerometers. (similar to how pace counters work).
I managed to drive really far away before setting the alarm off, because it looks for an up/down forwards movement, I guess.
- Frank
it goes off after about 10-30 shakes, depending on how the phone moves.
I did a dumb thing when I first got my Note II, I pulled the S-Pen out and walked away with it, wondering why I wasn't get an alarm!! Why did I think the pen would make a noise?! Doh!
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I did a dumb thing when I first got my Note II, I pulled the S-Pen out and walked away with it, wondering why I wasn't get an alarm!! Why did I think the pen would make a noise?! Doh!
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Actually, there is a bluetooth spen available with mic and speaker. And it would be quite nice if the pen could make a sound or something to help you find it.
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I just noticed something with the s pen when you hover over a keyboard, it deactivates touch responsiveness and only allows the S pen to be used. Its kinda cool
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It doesn't know how far away you are.
It knows if you pulled out the stylus.
It can also kind of guess whether you are walking using the accelerometers. (similar to how pace counters work).
I managed to drive really far away before setting the alarm off, because it looks for an up/down forwards movement, I guess.
- Frank
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But how does the hover feature work if the n2 can't tell it's distance? =o
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But how does the hover feature work if the n2 can't tell it's distance? =o
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Wacom technology uses magnetic resonance.
So if you have the stylus close enough (1 cm?) It creates a feedback loop and the Note knows the stylus is there.
I don't think there is enough intelligence to determine how far away it is even if you are that close.
And more than an inch away or so and you're out of range totally and it's all over.
- Frank
Just found this out, excuse me if you already knew this.
1. Go to your home screen (or any scrollable area)
2. Press the S-Pen nib with your finger and try scrolling without touching the screen.
PROFIT! :good:
PS: You can also press the nib with Airview to click/tap an item
Probably not gonna use it often, but cool to know
I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean. I tried and nothing happens. My S-Pen scrolls pges without touching if I go towards the edge of the screen. Top,bottom, lef or right´
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I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean. I tried and nothing happens. My S-Pen scrolls pges without touching if I go towards the edge of the screen. Top,bottom, lef or right´
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Did you try pressing the nib and swiping in the air (holding it relatively close to the screen, obviously)? It does bring swype like functionality, as opposed to edge scroll. Also you can just press the nib to click without touching the screen.
Probably pointless, but it's fun
To me this just sounds like an extra sensitive pen to me.
If you bring up the keyboard, does it press on keys without touching them?
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To me this just sounds like an extra sensitive pen to me.
If you bring up the keyboard, does it press on keys without touching them?
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If I press the nib, yes. Otherwise, no. Everything works as it should.
So it's just me who's able to tap/swype without touching the screen and just pressing the nib?
Happens with me 2...so nyc but pointless!!
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yawn............old news
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yawn............old news
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Hence the "excuse me if you already know this part", if you missed that.
I didn't see any thread/post on the same, hence went ahead and made one.
Anywho.
I found another.... just get a small tape nd keep to the nib.....
so you can use the airview and airtouch with touching the mobile
petty easy
OMG! I didn't even know it had a pen! The sales guy never told me that! I feel stupid now. The phone is even better than I thought! :banghead:
Old trick..
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OMG! I didn't even know it had a pen! The sales guy never told me that! I feel stupid now. The phone is even better than I thought! :banghead:
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Buying it without knowing it had a pen...sounds more like a young attractive sales woman, who sold it to you
A small video on this how it works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOqPMT21NMA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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To me this just sounds like an extra sensitive pen to me.
If you bring up the keyboard, does it press on keys without touching them?
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If this is problem for you than try this trick.
Hit your spen nib on hard surface .lightly off course. .
This happens because nib is stuck.
my S pen did this.
good trick.. But some times its awkward to hold the nib like that
You are joking, I hope!
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OMG! I didn't even know it had a pen! The sales guy never told me that! I feel stupid now. The phone is even better than I thought! :banghead:
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This is a joke, right?
it doesn't work work for me.
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OMG! I didn't even know it had a pen! The sales guy never told me that! I feel stupid now. The phone is even better than I thought! :banghead:
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I knew it had a pen somewhere but I didn't pull it out for a couple of weeks. I only use it for selecting text and to pick out small bits on the UI.
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DanDroidian said:
OMG! I didn't even know it had a pen! The sales guy never told me that! I feel stupid now. The phone is even better than I thought! :banghead:
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This is now my favourite post ever on XDA.
Nice work man
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OMG! I didn't even know it had a pen! The sales guy never told me that! I feel stupid now. The phone is even better than I thought! :banghead:
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Lol..wow dude..what were you looking at when the sales lady was telling you about the phone
Anyways..now enjoy using the s pen! (Y)
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Hey guys,
yesterday night while playing around with my international Note2, I found something pretty interesting, and I was able to control the entire phone WITHOUT touching the screen at all, neither with my fingers nor the S-Pen.
Basically the phone doesn't recognize the S-Pen click/tap by the contact of the pen with the screen, the phone does recognize the "tap" when the pen tip goes back.
Now try yourself: with the help of *whatever you want* ( I used a poker playing card ), bring the S-Pen near the screen, let's say over an icon, and with the object you've chosen make the pen tip go back. If you're accurate enough, you will see the icon being pressed.
Now throw the object away and use your fingers, take the pen in your hand, keep the tip pressed with your index finger and have fun.
I don't know if this might be useful for some future development or has already been posted/discovered, I'm just sharing my experience.
Best regards,
PurPLe SKy
Wo! You're right... It works!!
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hehehe
I think Almost all they know it.....
Two months before I made a video on it take a look at it.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOqPMT21NMA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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it is for fun only
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hehehe
I think Almost all they know it.....
Two months before I made a video on it take a look at it.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOqPMT21NMA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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LOL, ok, ok
I got my Note2 less than a month ago and I discovered that just yesterday, also the title of the topic didn't match anything relevant/similar
here's a funny trick you can play on other note (2) owners if they have a somewhat flexible case: attach a magnet to the back of the phone.
it won't hurt any of the electronics, but the s-pen will refuse to write above the magnet.
I figured that out when I got a nice 360 flip case with a not so nice magnet in the back.
it took me a while to figure out there was nothing wrong with my stylus.
How to use s pen without touch to screen please reply me
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thinks for the info
Does anyone else noticed the back of their Nexus 7 being ever so slightly curved? Not that this is something that would bother me, but when I place it on a table it is able to have just enough rock to it that swiping my finger with it or plugging a cable into it will pull the device in the direction of the tension.
(Moderators, I originally put this in Q&A, but since I realized it isn't so much a Q&A thread, I put it here in general. You can delete the Q&A one)
EDIT: Video comparison I just made - http://youtu.be/EhS7-KTwn4g
I believe it is designed that way so the speakers don't sit flat.
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Osiris19 said:
I believe it is designed that way so the speakers don't sit flat.
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But it is down the vertical spine of the device, not the horizontal one. Plus the speaker grills are placed on the curve of the devices edge, so laying flat shouldn't be much of a problem anyway.
Not sure then. I just tried it with mine and I don't have that problem.
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Osiris19 said:
Not sure then. I just tried it with mine and I don't have that problem.
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I just made a video of it. I put the new Nexus 7 next to the old Nexus 7.
http://youtu.be/EhS7-KTwn4g
The back is indeed slightly curved... In the words of Will Graham, "this is by design"
Oh, I wasn't sure what you meant by that. I thought you meant if you pressed down on the top or bottom edge it would rock.
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Best buy just refused to exchange it and wouldn't even try another device to see if it also did it, claiming it is a design choice (clearly she was on the ASUS/Google development team). Nor would they PM with the Staples coupon after the fact (but I can understand that one). She was just very rude and dismissive.
I just laid mine down on a marble counter. It sits flat. Only the edges are tapered for the speakers. Its pretty sturdy.
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Yes! Somebody else notices. I was using my tablet in class today vertically and it kept turning horizontal. I noticed that the back isn't completely flat which is causing it to have movement when I lay it on a flat service.
Orite said:
Yes! Somebody else notices. I was using my tablet in class today vertically and it kept turning horizontal. I noticed that the back isn't completely flat which is causing it to have movement when I lay it on a flat service.
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Yeah, It might not be a huge "issue" (as the comment on my video says), but it is very annoying, especially considering I like to have the charger plugged in when I'm on it at times, and if there is any tension on the cord from where it is plugged in to where I am sitting, it will pull the tablet toward it.
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I just laid mine down on a marble counter. It sits flat. Only the edges are tapered for the speakers. Its pretty sturdy.
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Can you push it with your finger and spin it like the videos in this thread?
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Can you push it with your finger and spin it like the videos in this thread?
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Nope. Mines pretty flat. Even on my desk, nightstand, table. No spins.
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why you need it to spin...
Rahav Griffith said:
why you need it to spin...
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I don't want it to spin.
mrmartin86 said:
I don't want it to spin.
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Oh... I thought you might want to find some fun in cases,
Man! If I hadn't seen these videos I would have never noticed!
Contemplating exchanging it, but my screen is perfect and zero hardware glitches others have experienced.
Hmm...
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AacidusX said:
Man! If I hadn't seen these videos I would have never noticed!
Contemplating exchanging it, but my screen is perfect and zero hardware glitches others have experienced.
Hmm...
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I didn't really notice either until I had it plugged in and kept pulling away from me. Then I noticed it when I would swipe the screen. It really is annoying but I don't know how widespread the problem is and it is hard to gauge from the limited responses in this thread so far.
this really shows how far people are willing to go to find something to complain about..
slightly curved back that allows your device to spin freely when on a perfectly flat surface... really?
people in this world will never be happy ever.
nextelbuddy said:
this really shows how far people are willing to go to find something to complain about..
slightly curved back that allows your device to spin freely when on a perfectly flat surface... really?
people in this world will never be happy ever.
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Lol... This.
I tried to replicate, but I did not experience anything like that. I'm going with it's by design. It's in my hand 99% of the time anyway so I don't care.
Hi anyone else notice spen is not as sensitive as galaxy note 2. It is very poor because when I write something lightly it does not register it and if i tap on an iconto it does not open anything. I have already replaced the phone but seem to be having the same issues.
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mine works perfect any little pressure registers .have u tried the sketch app
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There is a way to adjust the sensitivity. I'm not sure where. Google it. Pretty sure it's a screw on the S pen
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only1was said:
Hi anyone else notice spen is not as sensitive as galaxy note 2. It is very poor because when I write something lightly it does not register it and if i tap on an iconto it does not open anything. I have already replaced the phone but seem to be having the same issues.
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I have the same problem , got my Note Today. I did read this same issue 2 days ago and somebody upped a video how to do. I can't find it on XDA or you tube now, can somebody point me in the right direction please!!
marrila said:
I have the same problem , got my Note Today. I did read this same issue 2 days ago and somebody upped a video how to do. I can't find it on XDA or you tube now, can somebody point me in the right direction please!!
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I tested using my n2 pen with the n3 and its much more smoth and faster response... dunno if i should replace the unit, just got mine today
I've been playing with my N3 since yesterday configuring it like my N2. S Pen and finger response seems more sensitive than on the N2. In fact, my N2 had an area in the upper right corner that wasn't as sensitive as the rest of the display that I'm glad to be away from.
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Hi anyone else notice spen is not as sensitive as galaxy note 2. It is very poor because when I write something lightly it does not register it and if i tap on an iconto it does not open anything. I have already replaced the phone but seem to be having the same issues.
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See Display options in Settings and select last option that increases the screen sensitivity.
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See Display options in Settings and select last option that increases the screen sensitivity.
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You shouldn't need to do that. It's not for the S Pen it's for the Synaptic overlay for using your finger. That setting makes the display more sensitive when using gloves.
I have this same problem..... is yours a white pen? I have a theory it may be the white version. I have tried with different tips..same thing. I thought perhaps the tip didn't screw in far enough.
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I have this same problem..... is yours a white pen? I have a theory it may be the white version. I have tried with different tips..same thing. I thought perhaps the tip didn't screw in far enough.
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I have the black version and the bottom of the screen, the bottom right being the worst is really bad. You have to press over twice as hard to get it to work compared to the middle of the screen. I still have 12 days to take mine back, aside from this its a nice phone but...I have the note 2 and I really dont think this is worth 708$ LOL Im thinking I might wait for the note 4
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here is the link to adjust the sensitivity
galaxy-note2.wonderhowto.com/how-to/adjust-your-samsung-galaxy-notes-s-pen-sensitivity-for-better-touch-response-0140084/
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I have this same problem..... is yours a white pen? I have a theory it may be the white version. I have tried with different tips..same thing. I thought perhaps the tip didn't screw in far enough.
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Yes I have the white one.
1st note I've had , I love it but I've noticed that using the S PEN screen sensitivity seems to diminish and even swiping across home screens using the S PEN seems to drop frames. I tried ticking the setting which I think makes it worse. Maybe it's a faulty S PEN because every thing is fine when it's in it's slot .
It works!
Wow just tried the adjustment and it works like a charm. Just took me awhile to find a screwdriver small enough. Definitely going to try this adjustment on my other spens
violet182 said:
Wow just tried the adjustment and it works like a charm. Just took me awhile to find a screwdriver small enough. Definitely going to try this adjustment on my other spens
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Does this work on the Note 3 Stylus?
marrila said:
Does this work on the Note 3 Stylus?
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Yup! Just did it on My Note 3 spen. Perfect Now. Just make sure you try a few different settings because it turns from sensitive to more sensitive to less sensitive. ... Just test it before replacing the button.
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Yup! Just did it on My Note 3 spen. Perfect Now. Just make sure you try a few different settings because it turns from sensitive to more sensitive to less sensitive. ... Just test it before replacing the button.
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I was dubious because i cant see how to take the button out without it breaking?
marrila said:
I was dubious because i cant see how to take the button out without it breaking?
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I think just don't be afraid. put something thin in the ago and flick upwards and the button will just click off. Just held on by 2 pinch things on the end nearer the non pen end.
You're right I noticed same thing with note 2 pen working better. I replace my first note 3 unit but still having the same issues with the new unit.
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Adjusting the sensitivity screw is actually part of the process of calibrating the pen when you buy an Intuos.
Dropping or slapping it, however, is not. But works rather well, too. It solved it for me, anyway. (Had the same issues of low sensitivity in bottom part. Black pen.)
No I have the black 1 but same issues.
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