[Q]Will screen protectors effect air view? - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Does anyone know if air view will be effected by any screen protectors?

Air view work whit screen protector.Screen protector dhont effect sensor on top.
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Short answer : no it will not

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Is the screen ripple normal with light presses?

When I'm pressing my fingers on the screen, I can see a clear and quite bad screen ripple... Is this the lifting problem that people are talking about?
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James
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If you mean by pushing on the edge of the screen then yes that is result of the screen lift.
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Every nexus 7 I have had has the screen lift and all of them have the ripples effect, mostly on the left side
Yeah it's mainly on the corners, with the screen lift am I supposed to be able to physically see the screen lifting round the corners?
Thanks for the fast replies btw
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S-Pen tips which 1 do you prefer?

I'm currently using the white one. I just wanted to see what the masses are using.
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brettsaylor87 said:
I'm currently using the white one. I just wanted to see what the masses are using.
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Plastic (white is way better ) but without screen protector I recommend black because it is rubber and wont scratch te screen
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I don't have a screen protector so I'm using the black one.
I am using the white one with a screen protector.
im not using a screen protector...and i never changed the tip...which is the black one with a white base
Avantiel said:
im not using a screen protector...and i never changed the tip...which is the black one with a white base
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Same here.
No screen protector (yet). I'm preferring the rubber (the black one). I like the slight grip effect it has.
Avantiel said:
im not using a screen protector...and i never changed the tip...which is the black one with a white base
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Same here.
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black without protector, but with book case Samsung
Hmm maybe i should switch back because i do not have a screen guard yet
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I would if I were you.
I don't understand how a smooth rounded tip of plastic can scratch a smooth glass surface. I can easily understand the pen scarring or scratching a soft thin plastic screen protector though. IMO The only advantage of a screen protector is reduce glare and / or it is very cheap to replace if it gets scratched which is easier to scratch than glass.
What is the different on the tips. i didn't understand why there was so many tips with it
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As someone nicely told me recently...the white ones are just hard plastic, while the black ones are rubbery.
fischerben said:
What is the different on the tips. i didn't understand why there was so many tips with it
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It looks like there are two types, just multiple of these, incase they break or get dirty or something. I like the white ones for screen protector and the black ones when I don't have a screen protector on.
donec said:
I don't understand how a smooth rounded tip of plastic can scratch a smooth glass surface. I can easily understand the pen scarring or scratching a soft thin plastic screen protector .
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Try it and you will know how it scratches the screen , but if it does remember we have warned you
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Why on Gods green earth would samsung include a tip that would scratch your screen
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rusty4k said:
Why on Gods green earth would samsung include a tip that would scratch your screen
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I think you haven't used a samsung note Before but this is the sad fact that the white tip (when wear happens in it) scratches the screen, but when new it won't
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I have an Intuos 3 tablet and it comes with the same tips just a little larger and the different tips have a different feel when drawing. That is the main reson for the different tips. The tablet comes with a plastic sheet over the drawing surface that has some tooth on it to give the feel of paper and the nibs (pen tips) wear down with usage and wear the tooth off the covering sheet with use. On glass I doubt you will be able to wear the nibs (tips) down as they slide very easily across the glass.
donec said:
I have an Intuos 3 tablet and it comes with the same tips just a little larger and the different tips have a different feel when drawing. That is the main reson for the different tips. The tablet comes with a plastic sheet over the drawing surface that has some tooth on it to give the feel of paper and the nibs (pen tips) wear down with usage and wear the tooth off the covering sheet with use. On glass I doubt you will be able to wear the nibs (tips) down as they slide very easily across the glass.
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I think you forget about dust!! Unless you live in a clean space, anyway search in any forum whatever it was note II or note one and you will find allot of forums that discusses how the pen scratches the screen
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[Q] Technology wise ... How does Air view work?

I have found threads and info about how it works on the Note 2, about magnets in the stylus but how does it know when your finger is hovering over the S4 screen?
Anyone know?
I have the same question.
Proximity sensor
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damador said:
Proximity sensor
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The one at the top of the phone?
So it sort of senses downwards as well as infront of itself?
damador said:
Proximity sensor
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No.
It's the same old touchscreen controller technology just much more sensitive.
AndreiLux said:
No.
It's the same old touchscreen controller technology just much more sensitive.
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I was reading about it's a new controller. With special features
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I'm just curious.
What are stock apps that able to utilize this function. I only notice this when I use Flipboard.
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rezaluchu said:
I'm just curious.
What are stock apps that able to utilize this function. I only notice this when I use Flipboard.
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I read somewhere that it was indeed the sensor at the top, mixed with the old technology too.
The apps I know it works with are stock email, stock texts and flipboard. Not sure what else. It doesn't even seem to work on lockscreen...
Eambo said:
I read somewhere that it was indeed the sensor at the top, mixed with the old technology too.
The apps I know it works with are stock email, stock texts and flipboard. Not sure what else. It doesn't even seem to work on lockscreen...
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How to use the air view on Stock text? I thought it can show the contents of text from text overview display. But when I tried, nothing shown.
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Sooo no way that this feature will be on the galaxy s3? Since it's hardware related
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Samsung is using a super sensitive capacitative touchscreen that can sense your finger even when its a short distance from the screen, essentially. its the same reason that there's an option so that you can use it with gloves on
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I'm no engineer, but this is my basic understanding gleaned from reading wikipedia and other sources. Capacitive touchscreens work by sensing changes in an electrostatic field. Your finger is an electrical conductor, which distorts the field. In normal phones the field is calibrated to extend just past the surface of the touchscreen. The S4's electrostatic field is simply overcalibrated to sense your finger from a distance, and it's also why it works with gloves on.
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nothing to do with the capacitive screen or proximity sensor. if the screen was THAT sensitive it'll be firing off to even the slightest atmospheric disturbance. actual workings are related to the 2 IR sensors flanking the speaker grill which individually log IR intensities emitted by ur finger in front of the screen. an algorithm then compares these values and works out where ur finger is pointing.
AFAIK it works with help of IR Sensor and/with Proximity Sensor
If screen sensitivity does this job then ...Nokia Lumia 920 to 520 all devices all should have this feature cuz all these devices have Super Sensitive screens
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MiG123 said:
nothing to do with the capacitive screen or proximity sensor. if the screen was THAT sensitive it'll be firing off to even the slightest atmospheric disturbance. actual workings are related to the 2 IR sensors flanking the speaker grill which individually log IR intensities emitted by ur finger in front of the screen. an algorithm then compares these values and works out where ur finger is pointing.
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The air is much more inert than your finger. The proximity/IR sensors just blast IR beams away from the phone for things like Air Gestures and have nothing to do with Air View. They certainly don't shoot beams across the surface of the screen to detect your finger. The finger hovering simply uses a more sensitive capacitive touchscreen, as Sony explains here:
http://developer.sonymobile.com/knowledge-base/technologies/floating-touch/
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How to use the air view on Stock text? I thought it can show the contents of text from text overview display. But when I tried, nothing shown.
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This happened with me also.
The air view works in stock messaging app , gallery , flipboard and even when you dial a number if you have speed dial feeded.
For this you need to hold air view option in notification bar for about 2 seconds then a set of options will open. There you can switch on air view for messaging, gallery etc etc.
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It will be the electromagnetic field that the screen is detecting from your skin/finger. The same way that on other screens, they don't work with gloves unless you have the special gloves that have conductive fingertips on them.
Nothing to do with the sensors on the top of the phone cos if you cover them up, air view still works! Plus the sensors aim out the top and at 90 degrees to the phone face, how would they sense something almost touching the screen on the bottom?
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Works with the calendar also.
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rezaluchu said:
I'm just curious.
What are stock apps that able to utilize this function. I only notice this when I use Flipboard.
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Stock Text
Stock Email
Flipboard
Gallery
Stock Video player (shows previews with sound, and on the progress bar)
Stock Music Player (Previews of song name and on progress bar)
Samsung Hub
S Planner
and S Memo
Just ensure you have Information Preview and Progress Preview turned On in Settings.

[Q] Galaxy S4 scratch

Hello
I have an I9505 and tried to see how gorilla glass is doing vs a knife
Now i have some tiny scratches that are seen only when screen is not clean. They are seen if u put finger on then but after the screen is cleaned they disapeer and reapeer when fingers are on screen
My answer is:
If i will polish my phone with special solution does the scratches disapeer?
Thanks in advanced
ionutp said:
Hello
I have an I9505 and tried to see how gorilla glass is doing vs a knife
Now i have some tiny scratches that are seen only when screen is not clean. They are seen if u put finger on then but after the screen is cleaned they disapeer and reapeer when fingers are on screen
My answer is:
If i will polish my phone with special solution does the scratches disapeer?
Thanks in advanced
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Maybe very very light scratches, wouldn`t recommend it though. Instead get a screen protector.
A polish will destroy the coating. Then you maybe have a always dirty looking Display. Using a screen protector is a better way and you can't see little scratches with the screen protector on the Display.
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Cruzer83 said:
A polish will destroy the coating. Then you maybe have a always dirty looking Display. Using a screen protector is a better way and you can't see little scratches with the screen protector on the Display.
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thanks guys
can you recommend a good screen protector. that i will almoust not feel that is on?
Take a look to the threads in Galaxy S4 Accessoires. There are some Reviews for screen protector.
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ionutp said:
thanks guys
can you recommend a good screen protector. that i will almoust not feel that is on?
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This is the best i've used:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galax...TF8&qid=1374670564&sr=8-1&keywords=s4+ismooth

Air gesture issue

Yesterday my air gesture work normally, but today it wont work.
I dont know what happen.
I check sensor on *#0*# and air gesture sensor is not responding. but when try quick glance on air gesture setting, its working (just quick glance try).
Do you know how to fix this?
Maybe something to do with your digitizer. The digitizer produces a tiny magnetic field which collects data when distorted, this is how it tracks your finger and the spen.
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speedyjay said:
Maybe something to do with your digitizer. The digitizer produces a tiny magnetic field which collects data when distorted, this is how it tracks your finger and the spen.
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My air view is fine.
Can detect my finger and spen without problem.
I thought air gesture using sensor beside proximity.
Correct me if im wrong.

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