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S-Memo alternative thread

Thought it might be useful to start a thread for alternatives to the s-memo app. Currently its the main reason I put up with Touchwiz a cant seem to find an app as nice looking and as responsive as s-memo in the market
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I use extensive notes
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I flick between s-memo
FreeNote ( https://market.android.com/details?...wsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zdWlzaG91eGllLmZyZWVub3RlIl0. )
Evernote
( https://market.android.com/details?id=com.evernote&hl=en )
and OneNote
( https://market.android.com/details?...DEsImNvbS5taWNyb3NvZnQub2ZmaWNlLm9uZW5vdGUiXQ.. )
What I really REALLY want is s-memo or whatever I use to sync back to me "Notes" in my Exchange Outlook account :-(

Extensive was buggy on aosp ics. Super note is good if u find apk
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supernote wasnt bad... but unless your on a smaller dpi it never scaled right for me.
Ive tried almost every app I could find and none of them just seem to have the responsiveness of the smemo app for handwriting
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Anti paper is pretty good if on ICS
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rock_80 said:
supernote wasnt bad... but unless your on a smaller dpi it never scaled right for me.
Ive tried almost every app I could find and none of them just seem to have the responsiveness of the smemo app for handwriting
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ya its nice but unless your less than 240 it doesn't scale proper otherwise its sweey
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I find that Soonr Scribble seems to have better pressure sensitivity than most other apps. The automatic cloud sync is a huge plus. I lose my S Memo notes with every flash...
iAnnotate is also pretty good. maybe not for quick notes though.

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Anti paper is pretty good if on ICS
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Anti paper seems nice for actual hand writing notes. Doesn't have picture or video ability which sucks . Man I wish smemo didn't need tw framework to work or u could just grab apk...
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Evernote's skitch is pretty good too.

LectureNotes
Tried Quill, Antipaper and Writepad stylus when I tried ICS... (the non-chinese awful version) Quill was the best of those. However, I didn't notice LectureNotes, which seems even better than Quill! ICS time!

Free note seems nice . And I think its note everything?
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lecture notes does look interesting I'll download it and report back.... So far Ive tried everything mentioned above and always found them underwhelming.
Update: This is definately a replacement, UI is pretty dam clean, responsiveness is good (still think s-memo has an edge here) and for what I want to be able to do it has all the right settings (changing ruler spacing), the biggest one is disabling finger input on the s-pen writing area... the pro version seems to have quite a few more options than the trial.
Definitely worth a look and download

Although I haven't tried it Whiteboard Pro is available on the Amazon appstore today (Feb 27) for free so I grabbed a copy
http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011

Lecture notes has been updated to support hardware emulation of the wacom stylus (at least on my ICS rom). I would encourage everyone to check it out, a ton of options to customize the experience for your needs (custom pens, paper line spacing etc.).

I vote for Freenote for writing notes.
ps. I'd suggest Sketchbook mobile for drawing.
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Freenote is nice for actually hand writing notes in a note book style fashion. Otherwise its to confusing and a cluster **** and i don't like it.
Seems like note everything is a good free and paid replacement ...
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rock_80 said:
Lecture notes has been updated to support hardware emulation of the wacom stylus (at least on my ICS rom). I would encourage everyone to check it out, a ton of options to customize the experience for your needs (custom pens, paper line spacing etc.).
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Hmm, lecturesnotes is not available for my device...
Tried in multiple dpi 160,200,320. On Imilka aosp rom. Anyone successfully with it? What roms?

rocket 1.5 ICS works fine. there shoild be a trial and a paid version in the market
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I was looking for something better for taking notes with my note... Lecture notes definitely takes the cake. I was trying free not but it was not responsive enough for me and as intuitive. Lecture notes looks to be a winner.

Action Launcher

So is anyone currently using this new launcher? It's nice to see something new so I would love to hear some feedback from you guys
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4$? I'll rather save up that other dollar and buy myself some lunch at subway
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It wouldn't be your app by any chance would it?
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blade30p said:
It wouldn't be your app by any chance would it?
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No it's not mine. Thinking of giving it a test drive once more features crop up though
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So is anyone currently using this new launcher? It's nice to see something new so I would love to hear some feedback from you guys
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I have it, it is very nice, not too many features yet, and it has a very noticeable lag time. Otherwise it looks great and has good ideas, just not implemented to the top standards yet.

Brendan12695 said:
I have it, it is very nice, not too many features yet, and it has a very noticeable lag time. Otherwise it looks great and has good ideas, just not implemented to the top standards yet.
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I haven't noticed any lag with it And I agree it looks great and has great ideas, but it's just lacking in features. The way I use my phone tho, the missing features don't bother me.

It's a launcher developed by Chris Lacy. He does good work. I use his twitter app, tweet lanes. It's one of the better twitter clients imho. He's very responsive to user feedback. This launcher is in its infancy so it'll get better
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If in its infancy than why charge so much?
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$4 is the going rate. It's the same price as apex and Nova even when they were brand new. It's very nice because it's actually different than the standard android launchers besides obviously the $10-17 ones.
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I'm using it currently. I like it as it's simple but a bit different to what you normally get. Gotta have the apps list transparent as well as the homescreen bar.
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It has become my daily driver. I love the smoothness and the simplicity of it. Very fast too work with and look good. No lag at all here. The covers are great too. Specially for phone and browser.
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I'm using this one since today on my Xperia Play ( My N4 hasn't arrived yet.. Germany - 'preordered' ****up )
And it runs smoothly even on this old device.

What stopped me from using it is the app drawer in the top left. It'd be a nuisance for me to reach all the way up there every time I needed to access the drawer o_0
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$4 is the going rate. It's the same price as apex and Nova even when they were brand new. It's very nice because it's actually different than the standard android launchers besides obviously the $10-17 ones.
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Nova and Apex are free, there are paid versions which you can unlock certain features. Completely different to Action Launcher which doesn't offer a free/trial version.
At least with Nova/Apex you can see how it runs on your device over a day or two compared to Action Launcher which you basically have 15 minutes to trial it and if you don't like it you only have 15 minutes to request a refund.

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What stopped me from using it is the app drawer in the top left. It'd be a nuisance for me to reach all the way up there every time I needed to access the drawer o_0
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I was concerned about this too - I think you can open the app drawer with the home button, but some apps you want will still be at the top of the list. Infact, if you use the A-Z most will be at the top.
Does anyone know if there is a way around this (e.g, when you press the letter they are offset from the top by a couple of apps)?
I will certainly keep an eye on this, I was quite impressed with the frequent updates for tweetlanes.

The app drawer isn't really on the top left, you can press the home button and it will open, and you can also just swipe right when you are on your "left most" home screen.
I use this on my Nexus 7, and I think its great, good to see something different and not horrifically overpriced!
For me, all it needs is a landscape option, I wouldn't really use landscape on my N4, but I would use it quite a bit on my N7!

Brendan12695 said:
I have it, it is very nice, not too many features yet, and it has a very noticeable lag time. Otherwise it looks great and has good ideas, just not implemented to the top standards yet.
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I've got zero lag on mine and Chris Lacy fixed the FC when adding widgets. This launcher is my daily driver now. The price is awesome considering that you pay about the same for Nova/Apex too...
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aSquard said:
This launcher is my daily driver now. The price is awesome considering that you pay about the same for Nova/Apex too...
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Completely different.

Why are mobile phone users so cheap in general? Skip your pizza next Friday.
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dannejanne said:
It has become my daily driver. I love the smoothness and the simplicity of it. Very fast too work with and look good. No lag at all here. The covers are great too. Specially for phone and browser.
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I can't figure out how to make covers. Any help?
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Question about S-Note

When I use the S-Note program, and I create a new note I am having an issue. Let's say I start off with a blank note and I write the date and my name in it. When I tap on the + symbol to create a new page, nothing happens. So my real question is, how do I add another pag to an existing note. I really love this tablet. I upgraded from a Thinkpad Tablet which also had a pen. Nice tab, but this one is superior in so many ways. Now if only I could figure out S-Note.
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Temetka said:
When I use the S-Note program, and I create a new note I am having an issue. Let's say I start off with a blank note and I write the date and my name in it. When I tap on the + symbol to create a new page, nothing happens. So my real question is, how do I add another pag to an existing note. I really love this tablet. I upgraded from a Thinkpad Tablet which also had a pen. Nice tab, but this one is superior in so many ways. Now if only I could figure out S-Note.
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Bottom right for new page... 1/1 should change to 2/2 etc.

See ss.
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Well, dafuq? Now it starts working. I tried both pen and finger before. Other than making the icon light up, nothing happened. Now I go through the process of taking a SS and editing it, uploading it and so on. And now S-Note decides to behave?? Ok. Weird, but ok.
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Ok so after the JB update I cant seem to save my own custom pens or access the productivity tools. Are those available in every template?
Also, even though I have told S-Note to ignore finger/hand input, when I rest my palm on the screen it zooms in. So um yeah.
I really miss pen only mode that my Thinkpad Tablet had. Is that even an option? I've dug around in the system settings for the S-Pen and I was unable to find anything like that.
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Ok ok I figured it out.
It's the template.
I can do formulas and shape matching in the note template, but not in the memo template. Which is oddbecause I would think grap paper would be better suited for match and stuff like that than a yellow legal pad.
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Temetka said:
..... Which is oddbecause I would think grap paper would be better suited for match and stuff like that than a yellow legal pad.
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You can change the background of any note by tapping on the note Settings in the upper right corner and selecting change background. You can even import another image to use as a background. I just have not found where you can save the imported image as a new background template.

Gramon said:
You can change the background of any note by tapping on the note Settings in the upper right corner and selecting change background. You can even import another image to use as a background. I just have not found where you can save the imported image as a new background template.
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If you do please let us know how. A lot of people have been looking for a way to do that for quite a while. For awhile it seemed the S-note update may have that ability but it doesn't seem to.

N4 resolution discrepancy!

Hey,
So my phone is a 303k and has a resolution of 768x1184 as opposed to the advertised 768x1280. This is extremely weird!
What are your guys resolutions?
Here's an app to check your resolution
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MTMDevelopers.ScreenSpecs
Thanks for looking!
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768X1212... 301k version, ordered 3 days ago
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Its because of the Virtual keys I believe.
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It is 768x1280, but apps only have 768x1184 available to them because the on screen buttons take up some real estate.

The same as you
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also chrome reports the wrong results when using what is my resolution

Definitely the navbar. Expanded desktop shows 768x1280.
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Am I the only one who sees obvious pixelation in some widgets? The analog clock for instance doesn't seem to be in HD as some of other stock google widgets, I really hope they upgrade this

DUDE stop posting everywhere your phone is FINE its cause the nav bar

Guys!!! Its not the nave bar! Its the chrome browser or the app. Check the difference between chrom and aosp browser. I'll put pictures.

LTavaress said:
Am I the only one who sees obvious pixelation in some widgets? The analog clock for instance doesn't seem to be in HD as some of other stock google widgets, I really hope they upgrade this
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I actually notice a lot of pixelation. That was primarily my main concern of checking the resolution
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It's from the Nav bar eating up pixels.

Ace42 said:
It's from the Nav bar eating up pixels.
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Cool. Very helpful
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baolongn said:
Cool. Very helpful
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If you use PIE you can regain those pixels or you can even shrink it on certain ROMs.

baolongn said:
Not helpful at all. It's a discussion so please contribute something if possible.
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Whoops, accidentally thanked your post. That was a complete mistake. What exactly is the problem here? Are you saying that you think your screen is not 1280x768, or is the text all pixelated? Because you just seem to be complaining about numbers on the screen, while you're having no actual problems with using the browser. Could you specify your exact problem, other than the fact that the numbers are off?

Whoops, accidentally thanked your post. That was a complete mistake. What exactly is the problem here? Are you saying that you think your screen is not 1280x768, or is the text all pixelated? Because you just seem to be complaining about numbers on the screen, while you're having no actual problems with using the browser. Could you specify your exact problem, other than the fact that the numbers are off?
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He's complaining about both I think. Because he thinks the screen is defective, he's starting to notice micro-imperfections, and attributing them to a messed up display. The display does have the full resolution advertised, which you're able to fully utilize in apps that support fullscreen mode, like some video applications. The nav bar is just part of the package, but there's no real dishonesty in the advertising or anything.
The reason you have the difference between Chrome and stock Android browser is because Chrome has a pseudo-fullscreen mode now that hides the address bar automatically.
Don't worry man. Your screen is just fine. Be happy that you have a Nexus 4. It's quite an extraordinary smartphone.

My IQ dropped 40 points after I read the OP.
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myepicyear said:
He's complaining about both I think. Because he thinks the screen is defective, he's starting to notice micro-imperfections, and attributing them to a messed up display. The display does have the full resolution advertised, which you're able to fully utilize in apps that support fullscreen mode, like some video applications. The nav bar is just part of the package, but there's no real dishonesty in the advertising or anything.
The reason you have the difference between Chrome and stock Android browser is because Chrome has a pseudo-fullscreen mode now that hides the address bar automatically.
Don't worry man. Your screen is just fine. Be happy that you have a Nexus 4. It's quite an extraordinary smartphone.
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Thanks! This was pretty much what was going on.
Since the issue is settled, moderators, could you please close this thread?
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richteralan said:
My IQ dropped 40 points after I read the OP.
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He didn't know man, don't be a jerk about it.

myepicyear said:
He didn't know man, don't be a jerk about it.
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Lots of people on xda are jerks nowadays.
Don't know why people tend to be jerks in the q&a forum which is supposed to be quite noob friendly.
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Note 4 Root stock.

I rooted my note 4 and i have decided to keep it fully stock. I liked the battery life straight out the box, Jo issues at all. Froze all the bloat... Have some exposed module for costumization, I'm happy with stock right now. No lags or issues.
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egren58 said:
I rooted my note 4 and i have decided to keep it fully stock. I liked the battery life straight out the box, Jo issues at all. Froze all the bloat... Have some exposed module for costumization, I'm happy with stock right now. No lags or issues.
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I always keep my Note series stock and rooted. I think this is the best of both worlds. Least amount of bugs, and all the features of touch-wiz and the spen. I throw on Nova Prime for the launcher and i'm good to go for the next few years.
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boodies said:
I always keep my Note series stock and rooted. I think this is the best of both worlds. Least amount of bugs, and all the features of touch-wiz and the spen. I throw on Nova Prime for the launcher and i'm good to go for the next few years.
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Looks I will be joining you. I never had a note phone previously came from s4 and I got to say I'm impress with the note 4 I love the build quality, and the S pen is great. But I'm not sure why someone would buy this phone to later install aosp to me it makes no since. I believe the power of this phone is the Spen which I imagine it only works on TW.
I'm running xposed with few modules and apex pro.
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This is my set up and love it.
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egren58 said:
Looks I will be joining you. I never had a note phone previously came from s4 and I got to say I'm impress with the note 4 I love the build quality, and the S pen is great. But I'm not sure why someone would buy this phone to later install aosp to me it makes no since. I believe the power of this phone is the Spen which I imagine it only works on TW.
I'm running xposed with few modules and apex pro.
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Yeah, I definitely love the build quality. I love holding the phone as it feels extremely premium. Can't get over the screen and the sharpness either as well as the fast charging lol. I use spen with papyrus daily for work. Too many things to praise but yeah, you get the point. ^_^

boodies said:
Yeah, I definitely love the build quality. I love holding the phone as it feels extremely premium. Can't get over the screen and the sharpness either as well as the fast charging lol. I use spen with papyrus daily for work. Too many things to praise but yeah, you get the point. ^_^
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Yeah what's papyrus
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egren58 said:
Yeah what's papyrus
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Papyrus - Natural Note Taking It's a great little app for my notes. I use it in conjunction with the action memo.

boodies said:
Papyrus - Natural Note Taking It's a great little app for my notes. I use it in conjunction with the action memo.
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Nice I will give it a try
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