(This is a question for owners or people with access to a physical device)
Note 2 and also Note 1 had a SPen Pointer Option available in settings, a little dot dot appeared on the screen when you hovered your SPen, like a mouse cursor. It was a very nice feature for me.
Is it still available? I really hope that they did not take it out. I have looked ad gsmareana previw and the option was missing in ther screenshots.
Thank you very much for investigating this.
Yes it does, from the manual (page 161) under S Pen settings:
"Pointer: Set the device to display the S Pen pointer when hovering the S Pen over the screen."
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Man, I tested a demo set and the pen was SERIOUSLY off. Whatever I wrote was like a 2-3 pixels off. The only thing the staff could tell me was to send the set for repair if I ever got this issue. They quickly removed the demo set after I showed them the problem. I am pretty sure Samsung is not going to replace the WHOLE screen just for this issue, anyone discovered anything yet?
i have the same problem.
i cant write with this poor precision...
need to recalibrate the s-pen... or the screen, i dont know...
Me to... i hope there is such a thing because if i zoom in a screenshot and draw something the offset is over 3 mm for me
Have none of you realized that this is intentional as a result of left and right hand mode so that you can see the line you are drawing? its not a calibration issue at all.
maybe...
but it's stupid.
i want a perfect precision, not at 2-3mm....
thekiller3 said:
maybe...
but it's stupid.
i want a perfect precision, not at 2-3mm....
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As was mentioned above and in another thread all Wacom tablets/pens behave this way so that you can see what you are drawing, not just the note. It takes some getting used to but after a bit of practice it'll become second nature to you, just like the first few times you use a keyboard in your life and you have to search all over for half a minute for a single key
All that said I would like more options exposed for the pen/digitizer just like you get with a Wacom tablet such as tip feel and tilt sensitivity and calibration. Perhaps we should all send Samsung an email requesting a settings app for the pen, and/or ask Wacom if they intend to build an app for their pens for Android since they might appear on more that just Samsung devices now.
Or maybe we'll have to wait for ICS for proper pen settings. Then again someone crafty on XDA might manage it.
I use a lenovo x220T tablet PC with a wacom. On the computer, it will show a little dot wherever you are hovering over the screen. This dot makes a 1-2 mm offset easily usable. Does the galaxy note have this little dot when you are hovering over the screen? If it doesn't, that's the problem...
Maybe once the SDK is out we can create an application to make this dot visible.
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I use a lenovo x220T tablet PC with a wacom. On the computer, it will show a little dot wherever you are hovering over the screen. This dot makes a 1-2 mm offset easily usable. Does the galaxy note have this little dot when you are hovering over the screen? If it doesn't, that's the problem...
Maybe once the SDK is out we can create an application to make this dot visible.
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Haven't seen the hovering dot for pen in apps I've tried so far
I also use a x220t and wish the calibration capability was available on the Note.
have you noticed that you can switch the screen from switching off by keeping the stylus about half a cm from the screen.. the stylus seems to have a method of interacting with the note without touching..
In S-Memo, when the pen style is set to the first one, all the strokes are dash-like at their ends.
The appearance of each stroke automatically becomes normal after a moment, but every new stroke still has the same problem.
For other pen type, it seems that there's no such problem.
Very weird.
Another thing with the new upgrade is that Google Plus is installed by default.
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Not sure what you mean exactly, but I experienced in S-Memo
when you draw a straight line with the help of the S-Pen Button *,
it´s getting thinner and thinner in the beginning, and then goes on with the normal thickness up to the end
*point S-Pen on screen, press button, move S-Pen to other location, release button = straight line
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Not sure what you mean exactly, but I experienced in S-Memo
when you draw a straight line with the help of the S-Pen Button *,
it´s getting thinner and thinner in the beginning, and then goes on with the normal thickness up to the end
*point S-Pen on screen, press button, move S-Pen to other location, release button = straight line
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What I mean is, with the first pen type, when I draw a line, which should look like "___", it actually looks like "___." (notice the small dot). The strange thing is that after a while the small dot will automatically be connected with the line and the line looks fine again.
This happens for every stroke I draw, but only with the first pen style.
Thanks for your trick on drawing lines! But I think they should explicitly add this to a toolbar.
yes, with eagles-eyes I can see the dot at the end of the line ____. when you draw quickly.
It dissappears for example after rotating the view.
Regarding the interupted straight lines, it´s a bug too,
but what I find really annoying is,
if you check the recently added "S-Pen only" function (which is great by the way), you cannot pinch to zoom anymore with your fingers.
You can only rotate the Note to get zoom in one setting only. This function seems to be somehow quickly developed, released, and not improved at all with the latest update.
There should be a zoom function (+-) in the dropdown toolbar, which can be accessed by the S-Pen.
Wonder if it is possible to report bug to the Samsung development persons.
I've also noticed the small dots :/
Is there any way to disable the s-pen hover function on the galaxy note? In many apps I get s-pen clicks all over the place, completely unintentionally, because the screen detects the pen hovering close to the screen and reads it as clicks. This is really annoying and I need to turn it off. Most of the time I only want the screen to register my actual clicks with the pen, not the hovering.
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Is there any way to disable the s-pen hover function on the galaxy note? In many apps I get s-pen clicks all over the place, completely unintentionally, because the screen detects the pen hovering close to the screen and reads it as clicks. This is really annoying and I need to turn it off. Most of the time I only want the screen to register my actual clicks with the pen, not the hovering.
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There is an option under Settings> Pen Settings> Hovering pen icon..try disabling it & see if it helps..
Did try that, it only turns on and off the icon or dot showing where the pen is hovering. It does not change the behaviour of registering clicks when just hovering or even just having the s-pen close to the screen. When I got my Note it already had android 4.0.4, but from what I read, the Note did'nt even have the hover functionality before it got ICS. In my opinion the whole hover-thing is flawed, on my Note anyway. Sometimes it responds to hovering with clicking everything, and sometimes it don't.
Your pen is slightly bugged out. Try shaking it a little or gently tapping the front end of the pen (where the tip is) against your hand.
The pen point still has a contact made inside the pen and causes phantom presses.
The pressure sensor may be stuck. Does it draw a line in S Memo when hovering? The line is supposed to get thicker when you press harder and no line at all when not pressing. When the Note first came out, a lot of people had the problem. There were fixes.
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I'm having issues with my note 3. It keeps drawing a line while hovering on text documents? Please what do I do?
When using the stock browser I can hover my finger over areas that magnify the screen. However I cannot get it to do this with the S Pen. Messed around with the Air View and S Pen settings and the best I could get it was to give me haptic feedback when hovering over certain areas of a web page. Still does not magnify it via the S Pen.
Under Air View pen options --- Information Preview. I thought this would work, but no.
EDIT: Mods please delete, looks like magnification is only possible via finger according to the user guide
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/howtoguide/N0000006/13442/160952
Thanks.
Anyone else notice? When I use direct pen input, in sms or email, the spen lags a bit with my handwriting. Don't notice it in s note
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Anyone else notice? When I use direct pen input, in sms or email, the spen lags a bit with my handwriting. Don't notice it in s note
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hi ,
yes, you are quite right, according to what i also experience .If you use the " handwriting pad" to write.
Whilst writing now and then there will be a "break in fluidness ? "It's not smooth as what i experienced on my old Note 3 .
but it is not just sms or email ,If you enabled "handwriting pad when Spen is detected " in Samsung keyboard settings,then any "app" that has a input field , the handwriting pad icon will appear ( a small " T symbol and a pen ,on blue background " icon and you can use it accordingly( .eg S finder , Gmail etc etc ) .So its the handwriting pad and not app related.
This "behavior " i had notice since i got my Note 4 on launch date /.October .
i had since hard reset device twice for other reasons ,( Private mode /S health fixes ) and this "bug/behavior "
in Writing pad is still the same .
Bottom line
In Action memo and S note pen is very smooth and no problem at all .!
It does not bother me at all ,as this "break in fluidness", is so minor and does not affect the relevant word you writing and its only noticable if 'writing pad ".is enabled .
good luck
Thanks a ton. I too came from note 3, otherwise not have noticed it. It a huge deal... Want sure if it was due to my screen protector
me too!!
I too am noticing this now....no problems with the s pen on action memo or s note or even when I use the handwriting gesture on keyboards....but when i use the direct pen input ( i assume thats what its called) with the icon T on it when i use that function there is considerable lag........any solution to this issue?? it was not there before in the 4 months that i used this phone...