[Q] Pen window stopped working - Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm finally got around to rooting my phone and started messing with Xposed for the past few hours. I'm new to it but after messing with Wanam for a while, I randomly tried opening a pen window. I selected the option but trying to draw a square didn't do anything. For those that have more experience with Xposed, is there something I missed in the settings? I also froze some apps in TB but I highly doubt that any of them had any effect on the S Pen. So... any ideas?

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[Q] My magazine notification issue

Hi everyone,
I've been running my Note 3 with Nova Prime for the last week now and it's been great. I was able to get rid of the swipe up gesture to open My magazine. However, recently (in the last 24 hrs or so) I am randomly getting a popup notification "Unfortunately. My Magazine Here and Now has Stopped". As far as I can tell, I've gotten about 5 times now. I just press okay and it goes away, but its a little annoying because it never did this. I've tried clearing cache, restarting the phone, but it keeps coming back.
Is anyone having this issue? Did I perhaps change a setting that I shouldn't have? Or, did my phone get OTA update that I didn't know about?
Sorry, new to Android.
Thanks in advance.
Madcatz09123 said:
Hi everyone,
I've been running my Note 3 with Nova Prime for the last week now and it's been great. I was able to get rid of the swipe up gesture to open My magazine. However, recently (in the last 24 hrs or so) I am randomly getting a popup notification "Unfortunately. My Magazine Here and Now has Stopped". As far as I can tell, I've gotten about 5 times now. I just press okay and it goes away, but its a little annoying because it never did this. I've tried clearing cache, restarting the phone, but it keeps coming back.
Is anyone having this issue? Did I perhaps change a setting that I shouldn't have? Or, did my phone get OTA update that I didn't know about?
Sorry, new to Android.
Thanks in advance.
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Yes, this is happening to mine too. I'm also running Nova so I wonder if that has something to do with the error.
andocore said:
Yes, this is happening to mine too. I'm also running Nova so I wonder if that has something to do with the error.
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Nova isn't the problem, I'm running TouchWiz and I'm getting the error as well.
Symmetric said:
Nova isn't the problem, I'm running TouchWiz and I'm getting the error as well.
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Were you always getting the error?
+1 for getting this error. I am running nova but the error pops up while browsing the gallery and also in a few apps. It makes the phone unresponsive for about 5 sec and then I get the notification.
I am getting this error message as well... anybody found solution to fix this? at least I would like to know what is causing this issue...
Thanks in advance!
Having the same issue
I am having the same issue as well. Can't even uninstall or disable that app.
It's start to happening to me as well and it's annoying. I never root my phone or anything. How to fix this or completely remove it? Thanks
My phone also locks up for a few seconds before it displays the notification. I getting annoying too as is happening about 4-5 times a day now while in different apps. Last night or was in waze and this morning it was in calendar.
I'm thinking of restoring my phone but I really don't want to.
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Having Same Issue
I have cleared the cache and force stopped the app and still get the notification . Just started a few days ago.
I too have tried to narrow down the issue in application manager, with no luck. Really frustrating!
The solution
Uninstall FlipBoard. This worked for me. If Flip Board cannot be uninstalled, the remove the latest update.
AngeloFleming said:
Uninstall FlipBoard. This worked for me. If Flip Board cannot be uninstalled, the remove the latest update.
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I uninstalled FlipBoard and the error continued, it happens to me about 2 times per hour. Then the next time I rebooted my Note3, Flipboard updated itself again.
I'm not exactly sure why but I haven't had the issue for about a day now. Fingers crossed.
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Same issue here. This is the crap that annoys the hell outta me. Why cant I remove this or disable it at the least. Flipboard cant be uninstalled. I removed the latest updates still the same issue. Turn off auto updating will stop the app from auto updating. Ive disabled auto updates for now, not confident that will cure the issue...
I'm having this issue as well. It's weird that it's happening even when launch the dialer to call someone. It freezes for around 5 seconds, and displays the error message.
Me too
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So after being error-free for about 4 days, it's back. I've gotten the error four times already today, three of them while running waze on my way to work. Doesn't really make sense since I wasn't even handling the phone at the time.
Has anybody tried rooting their phone and removing all the magazine stuff with titanium backup?
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Same problem here...new to Android
Hello. I am having the same problem here as well. I have only download a few things before I started having this crash. In fact, my phone seem to be pretty unstable with numerous things crashing, including the camera app, as well as some other camera apps. I don't really think I have installed too much, or anything crazy, but then I am just starting with Andoid, so not really sure. Just came from iPhone. Want to root...just not sure what I am doing yet. But if it will help get rid of this problem, I am game...but this is pretty uncool. Will I loose my S Pen Air Command on my Note 3? I have read conflicting reports.
Thanks!!
If anybody has any new developments, please post.
Thanks!!
I found something that works
If you open up that magazine app by swiping up, then click on the 3 lines, then uncheck every thing except social.
That worked for me!

S Pen woes, 4.4.2 non-OTA

Has anyone else ran into S Pen issues? I started off like most with the rooted 4.4.2 (NC2), then went to the 1st or second issue of Rick's Rom. At first everything was going fine. Then one day my s pen stopped working. The phone doesn't register it at all. No air command when removing pen, no sounds, nothing. I did a factory reset, no good. I flashed back to the original 4.4.2 rom, re flashed the firmware, tried the hybrid NC2/NC4 firmware, nothing has worked. Now I'm on Hyperdrive with NC2 firmware. I thought maybe my S Pen was bad so I stopped by the Verizon store today. They were too busy to help me but I checked out the display model. It registered my pen just fine, so it is something with my phonw. Any ideas? I have TiBU Pro but nothing is currently frozen or removed. The only thing I haven't tried is flashing back to 4.3.
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OK I loaded the pen reset app for the he'll of it and I get the message "Pen configuration file missing". Any idea where to get it or how to fix it?
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Bump. Still looking for an idea how to fix this.
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Anyone?
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Past few days my pen has been giving me issues. A few weeks ago (not too long after taking the NC4 OTA) it didn't register the pen on the screen, but a reboot fixed it so I thought nothing of it. The past few days though, the phone is coming very close to going out the window I'm getting so aggravated. The thing is basically just a giant S4 now, if I didn't enjoy having the pen I'd go trade it for an S5.
Just for reference, I've never rooted the thing or ran custom roms. I got it in December and ran stock 4.3 until 4.4 was available OTA.
Took the OTA update at first and everything seemed fine until that first pen hiccup. In the past week, I have re-flashed NC4 from OTA once and Kies at least twice because my pen keeps "dying". I'm sitting here right now with the thing and it once again doesn't even detect when I remove the pen. I found clearing the cache helped when it was just not detecting it on the screen even after rebooting, but still saw me remove it from the phone, now that's not even helping. It doesn't register my deluxe s pen with the eraser either.
I've been searching all week for other's mentioning this issue, hoping there's a fix or it's a known NC4 bug, but this is the only mention of it I've come across.
EDIT:
Just found something interesting, the phone can detect the pen hovering above the screen. It seems to be registering it as a finger though because if you have Air View on, the pen only option for scrolling doesn't work.
I'm beginning to wonder if it's a hardware issue with the switch that detects when the pen is removed.
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Since I've gotten mine to start working again by performing cache wipes or resetting the phone to factory, I highly doubt it's a hardware issue. In my case anyways. Every time I would reset the phone to factory it would start working again, but not permanently.
In fact I did another cache wipe today, just because, and my pen is currently working again. I'm sure it won't be by tomorrow though. Something in the software has got to be bugging out, but I don't get any kind of crash notices or anything. It just stops working, that includes detecting if I remove/insert it.
I'll try another factory reset, although I doubt it will work for me. When I installed Baja ROM the other day it didn't work.
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Well mine has started acting up again this weekend. Cache wipes are proving to be useless now too. I really regret upgrading to 4.4 now to say the least.
Still no luck with mine. I'm tempted to tear it down and mess with the switch.
Tried installing S Pen power saving widget from market and I get a message of "pen configuration file missing" when I try to run it.
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Mine was working again there for a little while, but just now stopped while I was in the middle of using it. When that happened, the screen wouldn't even respond to touch input. Home and power buttons worked, but nothing touch/pen/hover based. Once I turned the screen off and then back on, I had touch/hover input again but not pen. Even though the "pen out" icon on the status bar was there still, and went away when I put the pen back in the phone. Doing so did not make the pen work again though.
I can't believe we seem to be the only ones having pen issues since kitkat.
One other symptom, I downloaded the Air Command Shortcut. When I tap the command to draw a window and open an app (with my finger since it doesn't detect the pen being removed), I get a window of app choices instead of it letting me draw a window.

[Q] Functionality problems after NK1 update

Hi. I foolishly updated to NK1 a month or so ago assuming there was a root. Since the update, I've been having some really annoying basic functionality problems with my Note 3 (outside of it feeling sluggish overall). I've gotten around keyboard freezes, input lag and general f-ups in the Messenger app by switching to Textra. The now nonexistent haptic feedback was "fixed" by increasing the vibration length for each key on the keyboard. For some apps, I've sideloaded an old version to get them to behave like they did before the update. However, there are a few other issues that I'm hoping someone may have some ideas how to fix.
1) YouTube will constantly error out when trying to load a video and my subscriptions list. The white circle will just spin and spin until it finally gives me a "video cannot load" error. If a video won't load, it won't load no matter how many times I click on it to refresh it. I'll have to either close the app and reopen it, or for the really difficult times, restart my phone. Also, if I shrink the app rather than close it when I'm done, no videos will play when I reopen the app unless I close it or restart my phone.
2) The stock camera clears its settings whenever it feels like it. Auto flash, face detection and image stabilization will randomly turn from "on" and "auto" to "off."
3) All of the web browsers (Opera, Chrome, default browser) and Google Maps just randomly hang for about 2 minutes as they try to load data from Wi-Fi and 4G signals. It's similar to what happens with YouTube but they eventually fix themselves after these long hiccups.
4) Often when the backlight turns off before the phone is going to sleep and I touch the screen to keep it awake, the backlight gets stuck in its turned off state, making it hard to see the screen. The only way to get around this is to put the phone to sleep and then wake it up. It does this at least a few times a day.
5) Pulling down the notification bar will sometimes randomly cause my phone screen to start flashing between the notification bar and the lock screen. I have to do a hard reset when this happens.
Thanks in advance for the help! I'm sorry this post is so long. I hate this update and am seriously considering going to HTC.
Have you tried a factory reset?
I have not. I was trying to avoid that if possible and use a last resort.
macschwag14 said:
I have not. I was trying to avoid that if possible and use a last resort.
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It's probably your best option. But first try clearing data in the offending apps. Or making sure the apps are updated, or even unibnstalling and reinstalling the apps.

Top part of screen stops responding to touch occasionally

After a while the top part of my screen will completely stop responding to touch. I can't pull down the notification area or press anything on the upper portion of the phone. After, I reboot it works for about 30 seconds and then the top part of the screen will stop working again. The only thing that will fix it is to wait it out. Maybe a few hours later it will start working again. Then a couple days later and the same thing happens. I think maybe my phone is overheating from some app or something and then it causes this to happen for some reason. That would I guess explain why it starts working after while, because the phone had a chance to cool off
Anybody else experience this?
Yes your not alone with this issue.
This happened to my galaxy S8 plus after using twitter.
I uninstalled the app but I hadn't regained the ability of touch response.
I don't have a backup device but have ordered an older model so that I can further diagnose.
In the meantime I found an app to help counteract the problem. ie. Rotation - Orientation Manager
To be clear this is the top portion of the screen from Very top to about a half inch down.
I verified by using a touch sensor test app. ie. Yet Another MultiTouch Test
I've also did the soft reset, clear cache, and since I use a third party Home Launcher reinstalled it. ie. Nova Launcher Prime
Good luck!

Strange Behavior From S7

My experience with my S7 has been great so far. However, a couple days ago it did something odd. Whenever I plugged it into my PC with any cable it behaved as if the recent apps button had been pressed randomly. Sometimes fast, others slow and inconsistently. I went into recovery and wiped the cache and then went in and deleted a few more recently installed apps. I also used ES Explorers cleaning function and everything has been fine since. Then today I rebooted it and the first screen showed your typical rooted device screen with "Custom" and the unlocked symbol before going on to load everything else. I've tried rebooting it a few times to get photographic evidence of what had shown up but it hasn't done it since.
What is going on with this phone? Is it compromised? Perhaps I just need to do a full wipe and reset?
I have similar sporadic issue on my 935F, even when my finger far away from "recent apps" button, no a single clue why. Now trying edge option turned off, perhaps this what ghosts it.
wjenya said:
I have similar sporadic issue on my 935F, even when my finger far away from "recent apps" button, no a single clue why. Now trying edge option turned off, perhaps this what ghosts it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/false-recent-app-presses-causing-multi-t3333785

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