[Q] Option to turn off S Pen detection... working properly? - Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone,
I wonder if I'm going crazy, but you're supposed to be able to turn off S Pen detection when the S Pen is holstered. However, on the lockscreen this doesn't seem to be properly implemented. What I did was to holster the S Pen with that option turned on supposedly to reduce power consumption, then take my Note 10.1's S Pen and hover it over the lockscreen. I could then clearly see the watercolour effects as if a finger or S Pen were being dragged across the surface. However, the device will not unlock. I have to say though, that my device is a lemon - the screen has blue specks and streaks on dark areas so I'm waiting for Samsung's response to my case. I don't know if these two issues are related, but... is that option to turn off the S Pen detection actually working properly? Could someone else with another wacom stylus please try this and see if the device continues to detect the S Pen at the lockscreen even with that option on?
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Pen Issue...

Hi,
I noticed yesterday by painting this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn1spljliH8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqnbvnBuLSk
I checked it on mine and its the same, you can test it on your device with an cd/dvd try to draw the innercircle on the screen on my screen there is a offset of 2mm...
Or you can check it enabling the earser set him on lagerst stetting an hold the pen on the screen...
either your pen is set to left hand mode or needs to be calibrated, not an issue on mine.
no issues here...working like charm..am lefty tho and it's set to lefty mode..love it...wrote the entire todays lecture
I get the same. I didn't found anything on the settings to fix it. I hope it'll be fix.
EDIT: I think I know where the problem comes. You put the S-Pen 80-90° on the screen, but if you put it on 10-20° this problem disappears. If you hold any pen 80-90º normally you have to adapt your manners.... Anyway, this is pretty annoying.

Smart Cover without magnet?

We're all waiting for a 'proper' smart cover for our Nexus 7s. some of us have modified other cases with a magnet to get the functionality, however, I'm thinking we should be able to get a similar, and fairly stable functionality using the light sensor.
There are many apps to turn the screen off & then on again with the proximity sensors, and I found some for the light sensor too but they're not reliable and most of the time left me with a 'screen off loop' where the sensor isn't sensitive enough to light and keeps shutting off the screen. Adjusting the sensitivity hasn't helped either.
Apps I have tried include:
Smart Screen Off / On
CaseSensor for Tablets
Smart Cover
SimpleOn (the closest i got to getting to work but mostly gets into a screen off loop)
a couple of other apps here and there.
Has anyone been able to find a good enough app for our Nexus 7 and other devices with light sensors to use this functionality? Please share your recommendations.

[Q] Finger Hover "Technology"?

How does the Note III know you have a finger hovering over the screen, and where it is hovering over the screen? So we are being told the entire screen has a built-in proximity sensor and how does that work? I am waiting for the Galaxy Note 3 and an currently using an S3. The S3 has a proximity sensor but that I believe is only a tiny hole up at the top of the front of the phone - not the whole freaking screen!?!?!?!?
Very confused, must be magic or made by the Gods.... ??? LOL
Anyone can shed any help on this?
I think it does have some sort of prozimity built in the screen.See S pen...you can select without even touching the screen.
A digitizer is a device that creates a small electromagnetic field and then measures disturbances in that field. Thus knowing when your finger touches (disturbs) the screen (and electromagnetic field)
In the Note 2 there is a second digitizer that detects the different way the S Pen nib interacts with a magnetic field at a distance, and thus is able to show where the S Pen is hovering.
In the Note 3 they use similar technology but is now able to detect your finger at a distance instead of just the S Pen nib.
I think I got all that correct, if not... someone will correct me
And, if I am wrong
Must be magic or made by the Gods
Magic to impress your iPhone friends.
I miss this so much, it's like optical "mouse" together with main button on HTC Desire, one of the best features in decades. Seems that last time we could hover over screen was Note 3 and S5. Sad.

[Q] S-pen vs. finger, need some clarificaton.

I am happy, apart from WiFi problem, Note 3 user but I have some questions regarding spen. I havent head any experience with spen before but I guess my expectations were higher then the reality, so here we go:
1. Shell the spen be sensitivity be equally good to my fingertip? In my case, finger servse it purpose better.
2. When I use the spen at an angle ( so colled natualr writing angle) the reception is poor. is it normal?
3. Shell I apply slight pressure when using the spen, or shell "the touch" itself be enaugh?
4. The worst part is about the capacitve buttons, I need to tap with the spen, 2-3 times before the device registers it.
Please help me out, as I need to make my mind before I go complaining
Thanks!
I went to the shop and tried the note 3 before I bought it. (3 different shops).
At the shop I played around with it, mainly with the s-pen.
I can definitely say from my own experience (30 min all up) that I found using the pen quite easy, and while I I needed to get used to it for the first couple of minutes, I experienced no issues.
I also used the pen from another samsung tablet that was next to it and found no problem.
I will say that my finger is much less accurate than the s-pen.
If you have a problem, try and go to a shop and try their note 3 pen on your device to see if its different.
You could try a tablet pen as well to see if that makes a difference for you.
Good luck.
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The S-Pen is Wacom pen technology based device, which allows presure sensitive writing/drawing if the program/App makes use of this.
You will see a pointer if you come close to the screen with the wacom pen and moving across the screen, in windows tablet the mouse pointer is already there but will move with the pen movement too.
You have to touch the scrren with the pen tip an provide at least minimal preassure. The benfits are:
- if the programs do not support preasure sensitive input you may assume that it's not better then your finger.
- If the program supports preasure sensitive writing/drawing the line will get thicker or more pronounced e.g. if you draw using the spray paint. -
- Other Wacom pens work too, e.g. the S-Pen from my Samsung Slate7 win7 X700T1a tablet. It's slightly larger and better suited for work.
- The main benefit over the smaller pen that come with the Note is that on the opposite site of the pens tip is the erase button, that allows you to erase parts you don't won't.
- In addition to the keayboard you get also handwriting recognition, which is toggled by a button on the keyoard.
Unfortunately Samsung does not provide many details on the interfaces or versions, but I would assume it to be around 256 presure steps. Wacom tablets may be as high as 1024 -2048 steps.
I hope that helps you to have a better understanding of Wacom technology and what to look for. For me the Wacom based pen was a large reason why I choose a Notes.
Thank you for your answers but I am rather then understanding the technology trying to identyfi if the s-pen that came with my note 3 works as yours.
I just wanna ask if it register / works the same as yours and if you are experiencing the same when using it.
1. Is is as respoosive as your finger when touching the screen? Is just "touching" just enuagh, or sligh pressure need to by applied when navigatin between screen or while browsing?
2. And the captivate buttons, do they register your taps every time?
Thanks!
cudo said:
Thank you for your answers but I am rather then understanding the technology trying to identyfi if the s-pen that came with my note 3 works as yours.
I just wanna ask if it register / works the same as yours and if you are experiencing the same when using it.
1. Is is as respoosive as your finger when touching the screen? Is just "touching" just enuagh, or sligh pressure need to by applied when navigatin between screen or while browsing?
2. And the captivate buttons, do they register your taps every time?
Thanks!
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1. A slight touch on it. Just like how you touch or tap it using your finger.
2. Yes, since Note 8.0, S Pen works with the captive buttons. Ours one too.
Different between using S Pen and finger for the Air View is:
1. Finger - you can preview picture / SMS / header / email / speed dial etc
2. S Pen - besides what the finger could detect, S Pen also act as the mouse hovering mode and you can hover it above most of the icon and shows you a description what does the icon do

S-Pen Issues

Anybody having a problem with s-pen? I'm on Beans' rooted 4.4.2 from stock 4.3 and my s-pen won't work on screen. The phone detects the pen as I can hear the notification when pulling the pen out and reinserting it. Also, if the Air Command setting is turned on, the widget will appear when pulling the pen out. It just seems like the screen doesn't detect the pen. I've even tried numerous pen tips. The same pen does work fine on my note 4. Thanks.
try a different s-pen. the little "battery" in it might have died. the sound comes from a switch inside the note that moves when you slide the pen in/out
b1gt78 said:
try a different s-pen. the little "battery" in it might have died. the sound comes from a switch inside the note that moves when you slide the pen in/out
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The S-Pen doesn't have a battery...besides which....he said the pen worked on a Note 4.
The S-Pen gets its power from coils behind the screen. If those go bad..the pen doesn't work.
http://www.androidauthority.com/break-it-down-how-does-the-s-pen-work-154435/
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Thanks guys. Since its not the screen...does anyone know if the coils can be replaced?

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