So whenever I try and use the s pen it sucks. If I hover over anything it acts like i selected it. I just want to know is there a way to disable this. I don't want the s pen to do anything unless I actually touch the screen with it.
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Return it . My brobwas doing the same thing and he returned it
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My phone also does this. I'm waiting to see how bad of a problem this is before I make my decision.
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thunderbread said:
So whenever I try and use the s pen it sucks. If I hover over anything it acts like i selected it. I just want to know is there a way to disable this. I don't want the s pen to do anything unless I actually touch the screen with it.
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I believe that's the Airview feature of the S-Pen which you can disable from the S-Pen option settings.
It's a known problem.
Some people have taken the pen apart. Rather, i just slammed the pen on a hard surface a few times.
Fixed. I'm not joking. Try it. I promise you it will work
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a4 moda said:
It's a known problem.
Some people have taken the pen apart. Rather, i just slammed the pen on a hard surface a few times.
Fixed. I'm not joking. Try it. I promise you it will work
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What, like throw it down flat, or stab the point onto a hard surface?
Had the same problem, returned the phone and got a new one.
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Stewall said:
What, like throw it down flat, or stab the point onto a hard surface?
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Protect the point ! Just slap the sides down on a hard surface.
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fixed
I had the same issue. It was fixed after I accidentally dropped my s pen
I can't believe that actuall fixed it. I almost returned it! Thanks
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Mine is fixed now too....before the tip wasnt springy and now it is.....wow works perfectly!
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Mine is fixed now too....before the tip wasnt springy and now it is.....wow works perfectly!
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too funny!
maybe they should put that in the user manual!!
Glad it's working for you. Cant wait to get mine on the 29th
Holy ****, it fixed mine. I dropped it with a little bit of force, and sure enough it quit messing up. I appreciate it. I was also about to return mine.
I ended up swapping my pen for a returned pen. Tapping the pen mostly fixed it but it still had a problem on a the right side of the screen where I would have to tap really hard to activate a button press.
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Cant wait to get one so i slam fixit go sammysung haha
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Thanks this method worked for me too!!! Gave it two gentle slams on the table and was good to go. LMAO!! I called samsung to report the issue and they had no way of helping me out, I will call them back and have them implement this technique into their troubleshooting steps.
S Pen Issue
Having a problem, wondering if its just me.. When i go to use S Note, the pen is automatically set to the eraser, and if i select the brush mode, its still using the eraser. I can only write if i press and hold the button on the s pen, then bring it close to the screen.. and then its like an etch a sketch where my lines would all be connected.. As soon as I take the s pen away from the screen and go to write again, its back on the eraser! any help would be greatly appreciated..- Matt
That's not how it's supposed to work. Maybe you have a defective device? Either way I would bring it back to T-Mobile to get it checked out. Are you running a custom rom?
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Mine was hover selecting too but updated to the latest OTA, still had the issue. So I disabled and re-abled Air View and my problems were fixed. All has been good for a few days.
Yeah, it was working before but now its just all screwy, im waiting for my buddy who also has the Note 2 for tmo to come by im going to try his pen. This way I can figure out if its the pen or the phone. Thank you for letting me know that this isnt how its supposed to work!
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Anybody know a fix for it? Maybe there is some trick to make it pop out again back to normal position
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Got to get a new one
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It still works. It was like that since day 1. Probably nothing big i just notice that the volume buttons are not that loosened+if i get another one they will give a refurbished and i do not want that.
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Mine is the same way right out of the box :-\ hope its not an issue later... I just got this phone set up and really don't feel like doing again so soon.
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I have it too. Getting a new one
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So the new replacement is it gonna be a refurbished one or brand new?
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New unit. Don't even bother. I got one. Worse than the first.
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junkiehyjinx said:
Mine is the same way right out of the box :-\ hope its not an issue later... I just got this phone set up and really don't feel like doing again so soon.
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...??? Nandroid?
Take it apart....set the power button back in its spot. The power button has a gel like button Behind it and sometimes the physical button can go past that. Anyways that's what I did. Just be careful when unscrewing the screws don't strip them or they will see it was tampered with if u do decide turn it in for warranty. And almost always its a refurb....that's why I said eff that
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Take it apart....set the power button back in its spot. The power button has a gel like button Behind it and sometimes the physical button can go past that. Anyways that's what I did. Just be careful when unscrewing the screws don't strip them or they will see it was tampered with if u do decide turn it in for warranty. And almost always its a refurb....that's why I said eff that
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I almost never use it so is ok the way it is.
I had the original note and it seemed the s-pen would almost click in place seemed a much stronger hold. Is anyone elses note 2 seem like s-pen can slide out really easy?
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u921333 said:
I had the original note and it seemed the s-pen would almost click in place seemed a much stronger hold. Is anyone elses note 2 seem like s-pen can slide out really easy?
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My clicks in nice and snug
Maybe im just paranoid ill swing in to at&t and see if the ones they have are same
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The S-Pen on mine Note 2 doesnt seem to "click" in place. It seemed a bit loose to me at first, but I tried my hubbies N2, and it was the same looseness/feeling.
It isn't 'loose' by any means and it wouldnt fall out by itself. Just slides in and out easily.
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The S-Pen on mine Note 2 doesnt seem to "click" in place. It seemed a bit loose to me at first, but I tried my hubbies N2, and it was the same looseness/feeling.
It isn't 'loose' by any means and it wouldnt fall out by itself. Just slides in and out easily.
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Yeh thats what I think too not really loose just smooth without the click feeling my old note had.
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I actually have a question about its tip. The end tip looks like a little loose in mine so when it touches the screen the tip gets into the pen. I am not sure it is defective. Please check yours to see if the tip is firm and not moving in and out. Thanks.
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I actually have a question about its tip. The end tip looks like a little loose in mine so when it touches the screen the tip gets into the pen. I am not sure it is defective. Please check yours to see if the tip is firm and not moving in and out. Thanks.
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Yes that is what is supposed to do. There is also a button on the stylus.
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Yup, my T-Mobile note 2 has the same stylus tip, kinda loose. everyone says that's how is designed.
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I actually have a question about its tip. The end tip looks like a little loose in mine so when it touches the screen the tip gets into the pen. I am not sure it is defective. Please check yours to see if the tip is firm and not moving in and out. Thanks.
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The tip going in and out is how the pen can detect the level of pen pressure you place onto the screen. It's the same design as a wacom drawing tablet (which is where Samsung went and got their digitizer technology from).
Is this pen's fit will become loose if you use it too much? I am kinda afraid to use alot.
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Is this pen's fit will become loose if you use it too much? I am kinda afraid to use alot.
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don't be afarid to use the s-pen, if anything happens its $15 off the samsung store with the 50% coupon.
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Is this pen's fit will become loose if you use it too much? I am kinda afraid to use alot.
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Thats what she said .
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I just purchased my galaxy note 2. After the 4.1.2 update my touchscreen is acting crazy. It's like its registering touches that aren't there. Like I will open spotify and it will select a song and start playing when I just open the app and my fingers are nowhere near where my fingers are. Anyone else having this issue? It's kinda like this video I found of the first note on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAAWDwPVYmk&feature=youtube_gdata_player. Any feedback is appreciated. UPDATE here is the video of my doing it that is posted in the the thread below http://youtu.be/ROTcp-fvBNw
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Has your phone been fully stock and unrooted all along?
Have you tried rebooting it?
Yes I have done nothing to it except for the update from AT&T.
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Try a factory reset. Good etiquette after an update.
Yeah I should, I was hoping to avoid that due to my authenticators on my phone. Pain in the butt to set them up again. I will try and see if it stops.
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Well I just did a reset. All seemed well as my apps were updating. When they were done I slid down the notification menu and touched clear all button. After I did that it registered 3 touches (I know because of the reset the annoying water sound for touches is back on). It opened 2 apps just by touching the clear button. I must have a faulty screen. Strange it didn't happen until the 4.1.2 update.
get a replacement
I got it to act up on video here it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROTcp-fvBNw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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This may sound crazy but I do it once a week... I put a little squirt of Hand sanitizer on my screen.. rub it onto the screen and then wipe off with a paper towel. The glass looks perfect afterwards. maybe your glass is just dirty.
I actually do that as well. Not only to keep it nice but to keep the germ filled touchscreen from getting me sick since I deal with the public then touch my phone then take a call. Gross when you think about it. I am going to exchange this phone this morning I have had it for a week,
I had this problem in my last phone, it was due to a fault digitizer
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Yeah, I would call it the digitizer as well - - not fun to buy/replace.
Good thing it's still fairly new.
Pretty wild though.. I thought it was your Palm at first, then you moved it.
Serious question, do you have a black note 2? Or is that a colored glass screen protector?
Maybe my eyes deceive me.. Lol
It's a titanium note 2. The lighting sucked because I had to catch it in action.
I did get a new phone and I am not having the issue anymore. I think it had a short in it. I am glad to get it on here though, so if others have the issue it may provide some help.
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Hello,
I've bought a new galaxy note 2 for 2 months.
I discovered a strange problem that I cannot write anything at the right edge of the screen by the S-Pen and when I try to write beside the edge I find the drawn line goes to right edge although I didn't move it to right!
Anyone face this Problem before? The guarantee provider here in Egypt says that's a misuse fault.
I use the stock ROM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2wNW7jz6H0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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does your Case have a magnet in it by chance? IF it does try without the case
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The extreme right near the screen behaves little different to the rest of the screen. There is about half a milometer part right next to the edge that does not register pen input properly. If you keep drawing the line there vertically, it will not be drawn smoothly as it happens on left edge, it will appear on screen in steps like you are joining two dots using line tool. That is normal behaviour for Note 2. That little half a millimeter part does behave like that on all Note 2s. If this is what you are saying, then that is not really a fault. I have it on 3 different Note 2s in family.
I have the same thing, on the left side
Your digitizer or the part that detects speb motion is damaged.
Hardware problem.
Get it replaced.
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does your Case have a magnet in it by chance? IF it does try without the case
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You're right. I tried without the Case and the problem started to hide partially. I could write in the right edge where the magnet was preventing me. But the lines still go to right as something attracts them like magnet! The influenced area is nearly a centimeter from right.
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I uploaded a video demonstrates the problem I have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2wNW7jz6H0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I am not an expert but in that video that looks like a bad phone to me. I can't imagine any setting or software issue that would cause that.
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I am not an expert but in that video that looks like a bad phone to me. I can't imagine any setting or software issue that would cause that.
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My neighbours have the same mobile phone but they don't face this Problem.
I put their phones in my case (with magnet) but they didn't face the problem!
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Try to use your neighbor's pen on your phone - The S-Pen is made in China and is usually terrible.
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Try to use your neighbor's pen on your phone - The S-Pen is made in China and is usually terrible.
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No, the problem isn't in the S-Pen. I tried my neighbour's S-Pen and Guarantee Agency S-Pen but they didn't write on the right edge either.
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That sucks because I have the same issue but already ordered a new pen from eBay...
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Bs mine has magnet too.
Digitizer problem.
No offense to anyone
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I uploaded a video demonstrates the problem I have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2wNW7jz6H0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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That is quiet severe and should not be like that. If you have warranty, take the phone back to Samsung service center.
If you have any kind of case, cover remove them. Try restart and write again. 90% of such sort of problems caused by case, back cover, dominant hand settings.. I've had this many time with my note and note 2. Every time I've found some stupid reasons that was causing phone to screw spen functionality.
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BullHorn7 said:
That sucks because I have the same issue but already ordered a new pen from eBay...
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This is not a S-Pen problem. I tried another s-Pen in Samsung service center.
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That is quiet severe and should not be like that. If you have warranty, take the phone back to Samsung service center.
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I took the phone to the Samsung service center before I write this thread but they said that is misuse problem! They said that the screen may be crashed.
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If you have any kind of case, cover remove them. Try restart and write again. 90% of such sort of problems caused by case, back cover, dominant hand settings.. I've had this many time with my note and note 2. Every time I've found some stupid reasons that was causing phone to screw spen functionality.
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I'll do that now.
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Hi. Have you tried writing on the right edge with your left hand? Or you can try writing on the right edge with your S pen held upright and not slanted. I noticed my S pen is able to right on the edge if it is held upright or when the left hand is used. I hope this helps.
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Hi. Have you tried writing on the right edge with your left hand? Or you can try writing on the right edge with your S pen held upright and not slanted. I noticed my S pen is able to right on the edge if it is held upright or when the left hand is used. I hope this helps.
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I tried that and the writing on the right edge had been improved. But the problem of going lines to right as a magnet attracts them is still there.
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That is quiet severe and should not be like that. If you have warranty, take the phone back to Samsung service center.
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It's his case I think. He can write on the edge on the upper and lower part but when he gets to the magnetic part of the case he can't write. I have the same type of casing and I experience the same thing til I switched to another case without magnets.
Oh snap! I don't have a witty tapatalk signature!
is there a metal frame inside the GNote2 which can be magnetised?
My wife let out 2 year old play with her phone. He threw it on the ground and now the screen looks like this. Any ideas?
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Damaged digitizer. Not cheap to fix.
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My wife let out 2 year old play with her phone. He threw it on the ground and now the screen looks like this. Any ideas?
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It may not be the Digitizer. This phone has had a lot of abuse hurled at it by various members of Toddler class. It has time and again proved to be solid.
Just to rule on hardware or software issue, can you comment on if there are any other issues except display ? Also did the 2 year old threw on hard concrete or carpet ?
Haven't noticed any problems but the screen and he threw it on tile floor
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It may not be the Digitizer. This phone has had a lot of abuse hurled at it by various members of Toddler class. It has time and again proved to be solid.
Just to rule on hardware or software issue, can you comment on if there are any other issues except display ? Also did the 2 year old threw on hard concrete or carpet ?
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Well just about 25% of the status bar is black as well as part of the screen. I'm sure rebooting the device or doing a factory reset isn't going to fix it.
But hey let's see. Supamike88 boot into recovery and see if the issue with the display is present there. To get into recovery press and hold volume up, home button and the power button and release them when the phone vibrates and you see blue text in the upper left corner of the screen (which in this case you might not see because of the screen). Is the issue still present?
You could do a factory reset to see if it fixes the screen, just back up everything before doing so.
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The whole screen is pretty much black now
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Supamike88 said:
The whole screen is pretty much black now
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Are you not able to turn on at all ? If that's the case, then its probably goner.
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The whole screen is pretty much black now
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If the screen is black but the phone still works, then its most likely the digitizer like I pointed out earlier.
You can buy a new digitizer and replace it, but its not really recommended. You might as well get another S3.
You could also just sell it for parts and try to get another S3. (I wouldn't recommend this unless you can do a factory reset).
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Are you not able to turn on at all ? If that's the case, then its probably goner.
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I called T-Mobile and they're gonna send me a new one. Luckily their isn't a crack on the screen so it doesn't look like something we did
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Supamike88 said:
I called T-Mobile and they're gonna send me a new one. Luckily their isn't a crack on the screen so it doesn't look like something we did
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Good for you. Please note, when you get the new device back, carefully read the label behind the battery. You may get SGH-T999L instead of existing SGH-T999. The L stands for LTE. If that happens, you will be in luck. But need to understand its not the same device but rather newer version.