Out of curiosity, is there any chance that fingerprint scanner can be used to LOCK the device as well?
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I dont think that is possible. But isn't power button faster than Fingerprint scanner?
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I dont think that is possible. But isn't power button faster than Fingerprint scanner?
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Yeah it is but i was just more premium
Coz that is where normally finger sits every time i hold the device so i was like why not
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Yeah it is but i was just more premium
Coz that is where normally finger sits every time i hold the device so i was like why not
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If you're finger sits there all the time you'll soon get annoyed at all the accidental turn offs.
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If you're finger sits there all the time you'll soon get annoyed at all the accidental turn offs.
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Well yeah everything has its pros and cons..
It all depends on HOW YOU USE IT.
but yeah anyway.
I think it aint gonna happen.
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I'm not sure if this is a repost but I have found buy swiping your finger up or down on the either sides of the screen, you can zoom in and out in the internet.
Pretty good feature. :good:
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I'm not sure if this is a repost but I have found buy swiping your finger up or down on the either sides of the screen, you can zoom in and out in the internet.
Pretty good feature. :good:
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Thx for hint my friend but it is a very well known feature in android since early stages
It is the most annoying feature, how do I turn it off?
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It is the most annoying feature, how do I turn it off?
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+1000000000
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lexi250 said:
I'm not sure if this is a repost but I have found buy swiping your finger up or down on the either sides of the screen, you can zoom in and out in the internet.
Pretty good feature. :good:
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I have also discovered a useful feature: long-pressing that button on the right-hand side of the phone will power on/off your Note.
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chasmodo said:
I have also discovered a useful feature: long-pressing that button on the right-hand side of the phone will power on/off your Note.
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Lol!
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best feature i think
one handed browsing is possible with it.
tw15tr said:
It is the most annoying feature, how do I turn it off?
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Totally agree.... gets on my nerves!
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Coming from an s3 I was able to use my finger nail if I wanted to click on stuff and scroll. No joke I can post a video lol.
Just got my nexus four tonight and I love the phone overall but the touch sensitivity is really bad. Any ideas how I can improve it?
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There's a mod in one of the Dev forums... I haven't used it but it seems to be working for those that have installed it.
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Coming from an s3 I was able to use my finger nail if I wanted to click on stuff and scroll. No joke I can post a video lol.
Just got my nexus four tonight and I love the phone overall but the touch sensitivity is really bad. Any ideas how I can improve it?
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Lol You're fingernail at the time you were using your s3 must have been short, thus allowing your finger as well to touch the screen without you noticing it. And now that you use your nexus 4, you're fingernail is long again..
P.S. Peace I come in peace
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Lol You're fingernail at the time you were using your s3 must have been short, thus allowing your finger as well to touch the screen without you noticing it. And now that you use your nexus 4, you're fingernail is long again..
P.S. Peace I come in peace
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Lol ... No. Actually used the back of nail where no skin would be able to touch.
On the n4 I press as hard as I want with my nail and it won't click anything.
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This topic doesn't make sense. How does the screen suck when nails aren't supposed to be able to work on a capacitive screen normally?
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This topic doesn't make sense. How does the screen suck when nails aren't supposed to be able to work on a capacitive screen normally?
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I never said the screen sucks. I said the touch sensitivity does. And I was using my nail as a comparison between the s3 and n4 screen touch sensitivity.
Your reading and comprehension sucks.
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I never said the screen sucks. I said the touch sensitivity does. And I was using my nail as a comparison between the s3 and n4 screen touch sensitivity.
Your reading and comprehension sucks.
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Really? What are you touching then when you're testing the sensitivity? Do you even understand how capacitive screens work?
The sensitivity mod allows you to tap with the back of fingernail (i know i tried lol). It uses the earlier touch driver, but it does have the side affect of making the phone stall for a minute or more when first booted up; but if used with the supplied modded stock kernel you only have this happen once, also 'Matr1x' kernel also has this feature.
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Really? What are you touching then when you're testing the sensitivity? Do you even understand how capacitive screens work?
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Everything and anything on my phone.
Even if I put my finger on the screen slowly without adding too much pressure it will not recognize the touch...try it.
I guess I'm just used to the s3 really sensitive touch screen.
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My impression of the touchscreen is good, most of the things you are describing I have not experienced.
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My impression of the touchscreen is good, most of the things you are describing I have not experienced.
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Can you scroll on your home screen or click on apps with your finger nail?
Can you tap on an app with your finger ever so slightly, but definitely make contact with the glass, on an app icon or keyboard, and no action happens? Meaning the app doesn't open or the letter pressed isn't typed in...
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I can scroll with the back of my fingernail, and can open apps with a very small amount of pressure. I don't see why I would use my fingernail anyway
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Just checked, it works on the back of my fingernail but not the tip of my fingernail
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I can scroll with the back of my fingernail, and can open apps with a very small amount of pressure. I don't see why I would use my fingernail anyway
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Lol you wouldn't. I was just using that as a reference to my s3. I could do it on the s3 but not my n4.
Is it possible I got a defect or what? Did you flash the mod...
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Just checked, it works on the back of my fingernail but not the tip of my fingernail
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I can't do either. My sensitivity is really bad. It's really annoying when I'm typing so fast and half the letters pressed don't register.
Did you flash the mod?
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Wow most of you are assholes.. I stopped reading after the 3rd negative response. Does anyone know what an example is? That is what the OP was saying when they said they could select things with their fingernail. It does not mean that they want it to do that but only showing an example of its sensitivity that their other phone had and I can tell you that you CANNOT do this on the Nexus 4 unless you push somewhat. My GS2 would scroll with no issues by grazing the screen I actually have to push before doing the mod.
There is a temp fix and it works fairly well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028289
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Wow most of you are assholes.. I stopped reading after the 3rd negative response. Does anyone know what an example is? That is what the OP was saying when they said they could select things with their fingernail. It does not mean that they want it to do that but only showing an example of its sensitivity that their other phone had and I can tell you that you CANNOT do this on the Nexus 4 unless you push somewhat. My GS2 would scroll with no issues by grazing the screen I actually have to push before doing the mod.
There is a temp fix and it works fairly well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028289
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Lol thank you ...finally someone understands ...
But I've got used to it since I'm not using my super sensitive s3 screen.
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Coming from a galaxy s3 as well I can also confirm that the screen responsiveness on the nexus 4 is poor. Typing messages is a lot more difficult... OP I feel your pain
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ronak47 said:
Coming from a galaxy s3 as well I can also confirm that the screen responsiveness on the nexus 4 is poor. Typing messages is a lot more difficult... OP I feel your pain
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Yup...you'll get used to it...at least I am.
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Crisisx1 said:
Yup...you'll get used to it...at least I am.
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Literally as we speak I'm updating to 4.2.2! Lets hope this makes a difference.... *watch this space*
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Hello guys my power button seems unresponsive most of the times...I'm kindda worried about it since i dont have warranty also
I am using touch control and stuff to reduce the usage of it as much as possible :good:
My question is, will replacing it cause any problem?? Will it be noticeable that its replaced??
Thanx in advance :good:
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It may not be a power button hardware problem. A few members, including me have experienced bad power button behavior ever since the 4.3 update. At times mine seems unresponsive, or acts as if I press it twice. Like if I push it once to lock my phone it'll quickly go off and back on as if I pressed it twice. Also when pushing it to wake the screen it doesn't seem to respond at times and have to push it again. It happens very randomly. I'd say about 2 out of 10 times or so. I even flashed back to 4.2.2 for a few days and I had no issues whatsoever.
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It may not be a power button hardware problem. A few members, including me have experienced bad power button behavior ever since the 4.3 update. At times mine seems unresponsive, or acts as if I press it twice. Like if I push it once to lock my phone it'll quickly go off and back on as if I pressed it twice. Also when pushing it to wake the screen it doesn't seem to respond at times and have to push it again. It happens very randomly. I'd say about 2 out of 10 times or so. I even flashed back to 4.2.2 for a few days and I had no issues whatsoever.
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Does it mean this is a software bug for the people who are facing this issue?
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filthykid said:
Does it mean this is a software bug for the people who are facing this issue?
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Seems to be for some. It's odd that only a few members have reported the issue. I'm sure there are others who do really have a button hardware problem, but I've pretty much ruled that out for myself.
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Im on 4.2.2 to bring up the power off menu i have to keep pressing it really hard...samething to switch this on.
Will it cause any problem if i replace it??
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It may not be a power button hardware problem. A few members, including me have experienced bad power button behavior ever since the 4.3 update. At times mine seems unresponsive, or acts as if I press it twice. Like if I push it once to lock my phone it'll quickly go off and back on as if I pressed it twice. Also when pushing it to wake the screen it doesn't seem to respond at times and have to push it again. It happens very randomly. I'd say about 2 out of 10 times or so. I even flashed back to 4.2.2 for a few days and I had no issues whatsoever.
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I have the EXACT same behaviour!!
I didnt notice if it was because of android 4.3 but I have read about others saying the same thing.
Im about to leave the house to go the service centre and I found this
Im taking it anyway. Lets see what they say.
But its not 2 out of 10 for me. More like 7 out of 10
Really doubt that is the OS it had to be the power button get it replaced from the service centre that should solve the problem.
Facing the same problem but the service centre in my area does not have the power button in stock had asked me to wait for a week so that they can arrange it.
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I have the EXACT same behaviour!!
I didnt notice if it was because of android 4.3 but I have read about others saying the same thing.
Im about to leave the house to go the service centre and I found this
Im taking it anyway. Lets see what they say.
But its not 2 out of 10 for me. More like 7 out of 10
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Please keep us updated on how it works after replacement.
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Please keep us updated on how it works after replacement.
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I went to the service center. The lady told me the engineer was on leave. I'll have to go on Monday again! She said it was nothing. He will only have to open it and clean the button and it will work. She said it was a common problem.
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I went to the service center. The lady told me the engineer was on leave. I'll have to go on Monday again! She said it was nothing. He will only have to open it and clean the button and it will work. She said it was a common problem.
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so what if we open ourselves and clean it by ownself??
mine works of 2/10 times
and its not software related at all
sid21 said:
so what if we open ourselves and clean it by ownself??
mine works of 2/10 times
and its not software related at all
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I have replies to your PM
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Please keep us updated on how it works after replacement.
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I just got it fixed at the service center. Took an hour of waiting but my baby is finally okay
The power button is smooth again.
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oSandmaNo said:
I just got it fixed at the service center. Took an hour of waiting but my baby is finally okay
The power button is smooth again.
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Good to know! any differences??
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Good to know! any differences??
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Yeah its definitely not a software upgrade problem. Its working really fine now
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Yeah its definitely not a software upgrade problem. Its working really fine now
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Awesome... Ill be going to the service centre soon then
Thanks for letting us know :good:
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Awesome... Ill be going to the service centre soon then
Thanks for letting us know :good:
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No problem :good:
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Did they end up replacing the button or just take it apart and clean it? How much did they charge?
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Did they end up replacing the button or just take it apart and clean it? How much did they charge?
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They took it apart n cleaned it I think. They didn't let me inside the "surgery" room lol :good:
It was under warranty so I wasn't charged anything!
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i love the nexus 4, the only thing that drives me mad is the power button on the side.
I'm always finding the screen on and unlocked when pulling the phone out my pocket
has anyone found any apps or any tips how to stop this??
colemanuk said:
i love the nexus 4, the only thing that drives me mad is the power button on the side.
I'm always finding the screen on and unlocked when pulling the phone out my pocket
has anyone found any apps or any tips how to stop this??
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It never happened to me, I guess something is wrong with your power button.
Dark Emotion said:
It never happened to me, I guess something is wrong with your power button.
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It happens to me all the time it's so frustrating. never had so much trouble with a phone. Hopefully the nexus 5 won't be like it :/
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colemanuk said:
i love the nexus 4, the only thing that drives me mad is the power button on the side.
I'm always finding the screen on and unlocked when pulling the phone out my pocket
has anyone found any apps or any tips how to stop this??
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Never happened :/ try putting pattern or pin lock method...coz it might be due to the unlocked status bar
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IKnowIRock! said:
Never happened :/ try putting pattern or pin lock method...coz it might be due to the unlocked status bar
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Cheers buddy sounds like a good solution will give it a go
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colemanuk said:
Cheers buddy sounds like a good solution will give it a go
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No worries! let us know how did it go :good: i have the total opposite... Power button isnt responsive enough now...have to press harder to lock/unlock so i use touch control and such stuff to save it
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Hi all,
first post here.
I recently purchased the Galaxy S8 - love it!
A friend told me that using the power button regularly will damage the button. Is this true?
the friend also recommended using a Screen Lock/ Off app to use this (similar to the iOS quick ball)
Any thoughts?
How would regular use damage it? If you're skeptical, use the fingerprint unlock feature.
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theprfct10 said:
How would regular use damage it? If you're skeptical, use the fingerprint unlock feature.
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Thanks for the reply. Exactly my point. Samsung would make these buttons with a very good usability time span right?
meshaun said:
Thanks for the reply. Exactly my point. Samsung would make these buttons with a very good usability time span right?
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One would hope so! I personally use the fingerprint unlock and love it!
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theprfct10 said:
One would hope so! I personally use the fingerprint unlock and love it!
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And to lock? the power button?
It's a little finicky compared to the iPhones... The buttons are bigger and more clicky on the iPhones. Can't really fault the galaxy though since that edge screen use up half of the side bezel.
The power button is there for a reason. Use it.
Don't be silly, no it won't break...
Thanks all for the help
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And to lock? the power button?
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30 seconds for timeout is the setting I use....no power button push to lock required!
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or just search and install Softkey Edge from Galaxy App and use it from edge side.