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Whilst reading books, magazines and newspaper's.... is this a sign we are using our Tablets too much?
1. I keep touching the paper so it doesn't fade away.
2. I swipe pages instead of turning them over.
3. Whilst reading articles I'm constantly thinking about the battery.
4. You are confused there is no copy/paste on the news-print.
5. You find yourself continually looking at the top of the reading article for the search tool.
6. You become frustrated there's no flash support.
7. Why am I searching for 'barcodes' in publication's.
8. You become annoyed there's no YouTube for Page 3 Girls.
9. Voice activation does no good.
10. Tapping on a news article headline doesn't take you to a link.
i keep trying to touch files and swipe the screen on my laptop then realize its not a touch screen
The touch screen does slowly invade the subconscious doesn't it?
Copy and paste is another story though, it just doesn't work consistently on my TF
If I had one good reason to smash the thing, this would be it, the on screen and dock keyboards need new interrupt driven software and the addition of navigation keys IMO.
Yes, I do have the latest firmware
Slightly off topic but touch screen related. I gave away my Desire and my DesireHD.Now i`m left with my SE 910i as a back up phone.Takes a long time to sink into my brain that it`s not a touch phone
To me the worst thing was Graffiti. Back then I learnt to write like that, and started writing in "graffiti" even with pen and paper
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Yeah, my gf yelled at me for poking her lenovo because i forgot what I was working with..
It only took me a week with my Transformer before I started trying to poke my laptop's screen. And after two weeks of using the transformer, part of me is very sad that the laptop monitor really isn't a touchscreen
Future of computing? I think so.
salbalboa said:
i keep trying to touch files and swipe the screen on my laptop then realize its not a touch screen
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Same here, i keep touching screens that are'nt touchscreens.
Drives me mad sometimes.
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I dont have this problem. But i sure would like to have a camera around when one of you comes across a sign that says "do not touch".
I voided my warranty.
GeminiRx said:
Same here, i keep touching screens that are'nt touchscreens.
Drives me mad sometimes.
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Thanks....now I have a defense for touches women's arses
Is that why you have a palm tattooed on your face? Swiping boobs?
I voided my warranty and your mum.
I started trying to change page on a Kindle by a gesture (Kindle doesn't have a touchscreen).
i have just started using my Transformer so I dont have such issues yet...
but occasionally i do try to touch my laptop screen to scroll down...
same here keep touching my desktops LCD Screen and waiting for it to respond....
Good to see I'm not the only one
I keep reaching out to my laptop screen, but just before I touch it I realize it's not a touch screen...but this keeps happening... a lot
I was working on my friend's thinkpad some days ago. I kept inadvertently poke his screen. Personally, I can't stand the touchpad anymore. The touch screen is just so convenient and addicting.
Actually, just now I found myself poking my monitor as I am watching a movie and browsing at the same time.
I tried to poke... nevermind. I have a black eye, though.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
I use a stylus with my phone tried to use it on my mates older phone the other day didn't go so well the screen went all rainbow colors then went back to normal got yelled at lol
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I've been swiping pages on books since the early 90's, so it was natural for that. I never have a problem with my laptop due to it running windows- if that's not enough to jar you out of the fantasy of every computer having a touch screen, I don't know what will.
Oddly enough, I do have a problem with multiple keyboards and screens on my desk at any given moment.
I use the advanced controls on the browser, and I find myself trying to use it on my X10 =(
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I do not take responsibility for what you do with your stuff, I just did this to fix mine.
This is not a sleep of death fix.
This is a fix for those of us who got to experience cheap product design and our power buttons become almost useless at turning our TF on.
What I did:
I took off the bezel carefully and slowly using a thin guitar pick (after removing the star screws)
I took a typical 3x5 index card and cut an approximate 1x1 millimeter square off the corner.
Carefully, using tweezers, I glued the piece of index card to the light blue button on the bezel, not the rest of the tablet.
I snapped everything back in place carefully and the power button is responsive again!
Again, I am not responsible for you and your tablet. I just did this at 7am since I couldn't sleep.
If there is enough interest I can post pics of the process.
Edit: It also seems to help to let the index card piece dry on and then pull it off to leave a papery residue, it works a little better by softening the button.
Edit 2: I'd like to point out post 5 for a good picture. It seems to just need to be played around with on the thickness level, mine needed very little, yours may need more.
You gotta love when they use cheap buttons on a $400 item... What good is it if you can't turn it on? My buttons still work, but I have read a lot of reports about button issues. Hopefully, they used better buttons on the prime!
Nice. I have the same problem as you did. Can you tell me if the small black plastic piece was attached to the switch on the board inside? I am not 100% sure there is one but the volume buttons have it and I know my power button doesn't. I am thinking it broke off and is missing somewhere inside my bezel as it won't fit properly anymore either. I'm going to rma my tf for other reasons but it would be nice to fix it myself in the mean time.
Thanks for this post. It gives me hope lol.
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For the love of god man post those pics!!!
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Yeah my button when new was very easy to operate, even my 3 year old could do it.
As time went by it got harder and harder to turn on. I took the button out and extended with a little piece of plastic. I used an old gift card.
Work great now.
No trouble with my button not working yet, and I've had mine since the spring. The big issue I have with the power button is how close it is to the volume-up button! If I had a nickel for every time I accidentally turned the device off when trying to turn it up, I'd be very rich by now. Very annoying.
baseballfanz said:
Yeah my button when new was very easy to operate, even my 3 year old could do it.
As time went by it got harder and harder to turn on. I took the button out and extended with a little piece of plastic. I used an old gift card.
Work great now.
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Good pic, that's pretty much exactly how my work around looked.
Would you happen to have a pic of the device rather than the button? I'd like to see how your switch is constructed to see what mine is missing. Thanks.
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Would you happen to have a pic of the device rather than the button? I'd like to see how your switch is constructed to see what mine is missing. Thanks.
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Sorry I though I had a picture of the the button on the mother board but I guess it didn't save. The power button should look like the two volume button.
interesting...
I returned my Acer Iconia a500 because I realized how cheaply designed the power button was. The a500 tablet on display at Best Buy had a broken power button, and there was tons of others with the same exact problems/concerns. I don't understand why these manufacturers don't learn. I was under the impression that the Transformer was much better built- then I saw this thread. I have an Asus transformer prime on pre-order, but am afraid I will have to RMA the dam thing after a few months for the same problem. I hate apple, IOS, and Itunes, and just wish there was an equivalent 10 inch android tablet that is built just as solid, and wont break down after 3 months from normal use. Will I be ok with the Prime????
My iPod Touch 3G's home button barely works after a year of use... good my Sensation XE is gonna replace it XD. Had my Transformer for nearly 6 months now, no signs of the power button getting any worse... it's something I'm always worried about after my ipod. At least there si a temporary fix for it, I want to make sure my TF lasts at least 2 years, hopefully close to 3.
tno~~
they had to replace all the boards (motherboard, daughterboards) to fix my power button issue.
Have to wonder what you folks are doing with your tablets. We've got two Transformers, used every day since May and June respectively, and neither has the slightest issue with any of the physical buttons.
Thanks guys, I'm gonna try this. I was using piece of pencil eraser in it before I had to turn it in lol.
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czissis said:
My power and volume buttons have been loose since the second I pulled it out of the box.
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...which makes me wonder if there's a batch problem (although none of the five tablets I've personally bought have had this problem), yours was mistreated while still packaged, or you got a second-hand tablet...
I just got a new TF at Best Buy yesterday, and the power button is loose and hard to press, and the volume button is so sunk in, it's almost impossible to press without trying really hard, and rattles when I type on left side of the screen in landscape. Before I try to exchange it to many times, what should they feel like on a perfect TF? Should they be soft and easy to press, with no looseness?
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polbit said:
I just got a new TF at Best Buy yesterday, and the power button is loose and hard to press, and the volume button is so sunk in, it's almost impossible to press without trying really hard, and rattles when I type on left side of the screen in landscape. Before I try to exchange it to many times, what should they feel like on a perfect TF? Should they be soft and easy to press, with no looseness?
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I dropped my ASUS Transformer on the floor and I had to take the back off (easily done with a thin screwdriver) to bend everything back in place. After putting it back together I had the problem with a loose power button that after while became a stuck button. So I took it apart again, turns out that there is a very very small button on the print board side and the power button has to be adjusted exactly over it and locked in a cavity between the front and back. So if your button is loose it is not properly clicked in the cavity or the cavity has been made to big from the factory
I fixed mine "by accident" when I was prying out the button from the bezel. Under the bezel was another plastic frame that was glued on. When the plastic frame holding the silver button split from the bezel it had more room to move, reaching the pcb button that was just too recessed. Yey
Mine(power button) started to failed on the third day after I purchased it. Then I decided to forget about it and just look for alternatives to power on my transformer without using the power button. so I get the dock, dock seems to be defective, a brand new dock where the touchpad doesn't wake up my transformer(rarely does), this is just one among several issues dock came with. Am I a lucky asus customer or what?
Ok, **** hapen
I forgot my tf101 on my car roof before going on..
So all my fault, now my tf 101 is dead, it has been passed over by a car at least before i was able to retrieve my tf101..
The tablet is still working fine, i just can,t see anything, because the screen is only showing line of color. Nothing readable.
So when using it with hdmi, everything is ok. I just have to figure out where to tap.
I will reset everything on it and might try to sell it for part.
I also have the docking keyboard which is not broken. It was at home when my misadventure hapened.
So i have make the jump on the tf300.
So far it is working great. With the exception being that the vpn l2tp shared key is also not working on the tf300. I,m still waiting for that.
Dock?
can i hvae your dock too your tf101? i live in canada in london and i can not find it any where...gah
So you're glass isn't broken? the only obvious issue is the lcd doesn't display anything? Personally I would take it apart and check for broken or disconnected wire.
You could always hook it up through hdmi and have yourself a little media player for your TV.
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So you're glass isn't broken? the only obvious issue is the lcd doesn't display anything? Personally I would take it apart and check for broken or disconnected wire.
You could always hook it up through hdmi and have yourself a little media player for your TV.
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The glass is broken and has some crack but holding on. Like a broken windshield.
karlr30 said:
The glass is broken and has some crack but holding on. Like a broken windshield.
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There was another case like this early on..
I think he posted pics..
And may have even fixed it with a new screen..
I think goodintentions had a part in it..
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Bummer man. :crying:
I left mine on the hood of my Jeep when I went to take the trash out one morning, thanks to the silicon case it stayed put until I hit about 40 MPH, then it went airborne over the roof of the car. I managed to stop and pick it up before anyone ran it over though, the case took the brunt of the impact. The screen stayed intact, the only damage was one or two of the tabs that hold the back cover on broke so it protrudes from the corner now.
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Bummer man. :crying:
I left mine on the hood of my Jeep when I went to take the trash out one morning, thanks to the silicon case it stayed put until I hit about 40 MPH, then it went airborne over the roof of the car. I managed to stop and pick it up before anyone ran it over though, the case took the brunt of the impact. The screen stayed intact, the only damage was one or two of the tabs that hold the back cover on broke so it protrudes from the corner now.
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Holy crap.. I use this thing every day.. My heart would have went flying out of the car with it..
Have you guys ever seen that review where they did a drop test of the iphone and some other android phone.. I can't remember, but it's good to know that my transformer can survive a drop from a 40MPH moving car and survive..
Rockin..
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Nonek said:
Holy crap.. I use this thing every day.. My heart would have went flying out of the car with it..
Have you guys ever seen that review where they did a drop test of the iphone and some other android phone.. I can't remember, but it's good to know that my transformer can survive a drop from a 40MPH moving car and survive..
Rockin..
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I nearly crapped myself, I love my TF. I was heartbroken thinking that it was dead as I ran back up the road to get it. I expected the screen to be destroyed, no joke it flew over the roof of my Jeep at 40mph and it was fine. That Gorilla Glass is no freaking joke.
Just hope you guys make your kids wear crash helmets when your out on the road......just incase youve forgot to put them in the car hehe
karlr30 said:
Ok, **** hapen
I forgot my tf101 on my car roof before going on..
So all my fault, now my tf 101 is dead, it has been passed over by a car at least before i was able to retrieve my tf101..
The tablet is still working fine, i just can,t see anything, because the screen is only showing line of color. Nothing readable.
So when using it with hdmi, everything is ok. I just have to figure out where to tap.
I will reset everything on it and might try to sell it for part.
I also have the docking keyboard which is not broken. It was at home when my misadventure hapened.
So i have make the jump on the tf300.
So far it is working great. With the exception being that the vpn l2tp shared key is also not working on the tf300. I,m still waiting for that.
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Sorry to hear about your tablet man. To solve your issue of not knowing where to touch, you can turn on the show touches feature in the development options. I use it on all of my ICS devices.
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DangKid said:
Sorry to hear about your tablet man. To solve your issue of not knowing where to touch, you can turn on the show touches feature in the development options. I use it on all of my ICS devices.
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Thanks, I'll try that
Hey All,
I did a quick search through the N7 forums and didn't find anything, so I'm going to throw out yet another effect that I'm hoping some of you hardcores out there are experiencing: When I apply pressure to the lower left hand corner of the tablet (left and bottom bezels, tablet upright with camera on top), it blanks and screen locks; it sort of fizzles a bit and I have to reopen the screen a few times using the power button to bring it back to a stable, open state.
You might say "don't hold it there." Fair enough. But that happens to be one of my favorite places to hold it when I read a book, so it'd be a bit more of a change than I'd prefer... Suggestions on how to fix it would be great.
Thanks!
John
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Tried to replicate the problem you are facing but no such problem on my nexus7. Maybe you should get a replacement.
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jrredho said:
Hey All,
I did a quick search through the N7 forums and didn't find anything, so I'm going to throw out yet another effect that I'm hoping some of you hardcores out there are experiencing: When I apply pressure to the lower left hand corner of the tablet (left and bottom bezels, tablet upright with camera on top), it blanks and screen locks; it sort of fizzles a bit and I have to reopen the screen a few times using the power button to bring it back to a stable, open state.
You might say "don't hold it there." Fair enough. But that happens to be one of my favorite places to hold it when I read a book, so it'd be a bit more of a change than I'd prefer... Suggestions on how to fix it would be great.
Thanks!
John
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Get it replaced....don't bother with work arounds
yeah mine doesn't do this. just tried it. it must be a faulty unit
Hey Guys,
Thanks for the quick feedback. Replacement process is underway...
Cheers,
John
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I just got my Note last week, and I never realized how often I hold the tablet right in the middle. The buttons are constantly in the way or getting pressed. When I tried to switch holding it on the sides the bezels are so thin that my palm keeps touching the screen. I originally loved the slim bezels, but not so much anymore. Anyways I've started using my tablet upside down now, and it seems to have fixed my problem.
Anyone else experienced this?
Coming from a HP Touchpad, I've come accustomed to on-screen buttons and a single home button. I would love a rom control/mod to turn off the backlight buttons. I have the on-screen navigation bar in the cleanrom and love it. Especially for when using the tablet in portrait mode.
I feel your pains. Button placement is bad. I'm annoyed by the backwards volume buttons the most. Especially when shooting for recovery.
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Mave025 said:
I just got my Note last week, and I never realized how often I hold the tablet right in the middle. The buttons are constantly in the way or getting pressed. When I tried to switch holding it on the sides the bezels are so thin that my palm keeps touching the screen. I originally loved the slim bezels, but not so much anymore. Anyways I've started using my tablet upside down now, and it seems to have fixed my problem.
Anyone else experienced this?
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I noticed this problem from day 1. I bought this tablet because of the Spen. I can fill out invoices and make notes. I can then hand the tablet to the customer for their signature. But every time they started signing their name they would press one of the buttons. So now I always hand them the tablet up side down. Works great this way.
So far its not been a problem for me at all but I have to admit i very rarely hold my tablet as its always propped up or on my lap.
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daryldc1991 said:
I noticed this problem from day 1. I bought this tablet because of the Spen. I can fill out invoices and make notes. I can then hand the tablet to the customer for their signature. But every time they started signing their name they would press one of the buttons. So now I always hand them the tablet up side down. Works great this way.
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I use gmd spen control to reject touch input from anything but the pen
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Duly.noted said:
I use gmd spen control to reject touch input from anything but the pen
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The palm rejection from the app I use is good for that. Its not input from the screen that is the problem. Its accidentally pressing the home, back or menu button.
Easy fix for that ..Root it..get Lmt Launcher along with Gmd gesture controls and unlock the beauty of this tablet!!!
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GalaxyNotesTx said:
Easy fix for that ..Root it..get Lmt Launcher along with Gmd gesture controls and unlock the beauty of this tablet!!!
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I read up on that app and it does not block the soft buttons or home button.
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I read up on that app and it does not block the soft buttons or home button.
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Never mind it does disable capacitive buttons but that's not a good enough reason for me to root. Its working fine the way it is.
Yep, I hate it too!