S-pen staying in place - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II

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.

iexplus said:
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.

iexplus said:
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.

warfanax said:
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.

warfanax said:
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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Gap on right between glass & bezel

I’ll post some pics later, but wondering if anyone else has a gap between the glass and bezel on the right side of the phone? The left side seems pretty flush with the glass.
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crapy pic, but here it is...
Take it back
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smellmyfingers said:
I’ll post some pics later, but wondering if anyone else has a gap between the glass and bezel on the right side of the phone? The left side seems pretty flush with the glass.
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Mines like that too. I thought it was normal. I was worried about crud getting in the crack but its been fine and doesn't affect anything on the phone.
I just tried to take a macro shot of it and had no luck. Wonder if I should swap it out. Really don't want to get stuck with one that actually has an issue.
i'm more worried about dust under the glass. having that gap, i'm sure it will
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i'm more worried about dust under the glass. having that gap, i'm sure it will
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Closer inspection shows there is some dust in there but not a lot at all. I have 8 days to decide on swapping it. Don't know how many returns wirefly allows.
Where did you get your phone from? Would they swap it out for that.
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Where did you get your phone from? Would they swap it out for that.
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From the corporate store off contract
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Mine does not have that issue.
To be fair, there is a tiny (I mean really tiny) gap on both sides but nothing that looks out of place. It appears it's by design.
Yours appears to be much worse.
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I pulled my case off just to check and i have a very noticeable gap on the left and bottom sides of my screen. Its not enough of a reason for me to exchange it but its there. I always have the body glove case on so i dont ever see it
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I believe that these small gaps are by design, seriously. Think about the dispersion of shock when the device hits the ground. If it was perfectly flush with the
metal it would be way more likely to crack instantly..with the gap some energy escapes giving the glass a small but crucial release of pressure.
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I believe that these small gaps are by design, seriously. Think about the dispersion of shock when the device hits the ground. If it was perfectly flush with the
metal it would be way more likely to crack instantly..with the gap some energy escapes giving the glass a small but crucial release of pressure.
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i agree with that. but in the OPs pic you can see the metal underneath thats crazy
Mudkip said:
i agree with that. but in the OPs pic you can see the metal underneath thats crazy
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Mine looks like his but I only see the glue they use or whatever they use to seal the screen.
Yeah. The left side has a really small gap but the right is pretty big. Its big enough i can stick my fingernail in it.
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Thinking about doing an exchange but I'm worried about getting this issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300133&highlight=quadrant
Seems to he pretty common. I personally dont have the issue or any issues build wise on my current phone. Its risky because I think I can only exchange one time.
Yeah. That's what I'm worried about. Going in to exchange it tomorrow morning and gonna check the hell out of the phone before I leave the store.
I noticed it more today when I got my TPU case and the right side would get caught up on the gap.
Better pics of the gap. one of the left with the smallest gap and one of the right like grand canyon (ok...may not as big, but close )
smellmyfingers said:
Yeah. That's what I'm worried about. Going in to exchange it tomorrow morning and gonna check the hell out of the phone before I leave the store.
I noticed it more today when I got my TPU case and the right side would get caught up on the gap.
Better pics of the gap. one of the left with the smallest gap and one of the right like grand canyon (ok...may not as big, but close )
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yeah that looks really bad. how how did you walk outta the store with it like that??
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Honestly. I was so excited about the phone i didn't even notice it.
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smellmyfingers said:
Honestly. I was so excited about the phone i didn't even notice it.
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First Android? Lol
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ingenious247 said:
First Android? Lol
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More like first 4.52 Samoled Plus super beast i'm guessing....
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imnothimm said:
More like first 4.52 Samoled Plus super beast i'm guessing....
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Exactly. Had android since the N1
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S Pen work with S3?

Does the Note's S Pen work with the Galaxy S3?
Nope, s-pen is an active digitizer. There isn't the same tech/hardware in the g3 as there is in the note
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Go on eBay and search Galaxy S3 stylist, and you can get one that works for the S3. The price range is $. 99 to $29.99. They have some almost identical to the Notes S pen, for one just like that you are looking at around $29.99
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http://m.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ETC-S10CSEGSTA
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g2uzer said:
http://m.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ETC-S10CSEGSTA
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That same pen is cheaper on eBay though.
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There is nothing for the S3 that will be comparable to the S-pen on the note. The C-pen is decent, but it's not going to be as precise, or responsive as the S-pen.
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Is the c pen more accurate than one of those ball tipped sylus pens? I have one of those and it writes very broad lines
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The c pen is definitely more accurate than the ball stylus pens due to the slim tip so you can actually see where you are writing. The only problem with the c pen is that it will occasionally not register as touching the screen.
I bought one because I take a lot of notes using S memo and I had an extra $20 bucks laying around lol. So if you can spare the cash I would reccomend it over the ball stylus pens but just know that it will only work for the s 3
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Either that or i'd just get an Adonit Jot stylus....
I just use one of the ones that have a rubber ball at the end.
C-pen didn't work out for me, because it's design a little bit fat. I guess, that's the only way to have stylus is to buy Galaxy Note Series . And also they have wacom grid, which can sense pressure.
good info
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There is nothing for the S3 that will be comparable to the S-pen on the note. The C-pen is decent, but it's not going to be as precise, or responsive as the S-pen.
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It is for me
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C pen is so expensive. How little are you really gonna be clicking? S3 doesn't have the special touch screen built in like the note so the pen gets bigger or smaller from how hard you press anyway. Any cheap stylus will work great. I got a laser, flashlight, chrome pen, and stylus in one for like 6 bucks at Monoprice. Works better than I dreamed.
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shmogt said:
C pen is so expensive. How little are you really gonna be clicking? S3 doesn't have the special touch screen built in like the note so the pen gets bigger or smaller from how hard you press anyway. Any cheap stylus will work great. I got a laser, flashlight, chrome pen, and stylus in one for like 6 bucks at Monoprice. Works better than I dreamed.
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Can you please post the link for that great deal? Thanks
thanks for your information
Badelhas said:
Can you please post the link for that great deal? Thanks
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lol oh man almost a year later, but here it is http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=112&cp_id=11201&cs_id=1120105&p_id=9719&seq=1&format=2
At least now I can give a mini review. It works great as a pen and I use it whenever I have to sign something. Stylus tip still works fine and always has no problem with responsiveness. Only thing that sucks is the flashlight and laser died fast. It's all chrome and black so it still looks nice, but I have no idea how to put a new battery in. I even called and asked them, but how they said to do it was still impossible.

S pen issue

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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Best troubleshooting for your S Pen
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!

S-Pen doesn't write on the right edge.

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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greeneon said:
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.
TonikJDK said:
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.
BullHorn7 said:
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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Anass Ahmed said:
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.
Funkym0nkey said:
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.
Raintech said:
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?

Pen input pressure

Does your guys pen require more pressure to operate compared to the note 2? On my note 2 I barely had to touch the screen, but the note 3's pen requires much harder pressure before it starts working. I even tested the note 2's pen on the N3's screen and it worked just fine. So it's gotta be the pen. Does anyone else have this experience or is my pen defective?
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Does your guys pen require more pressure to operate compared to the note 2? On my note 2 I barely had to touch the screen, but the note 3's pen requires much harder pressure before it starts working. I even tested the note 2's pen on the N3's screen and it worked just fine. So it's gotta be the pen. Does anyone else have this experience or is my pen defective?
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Mine has this problem too. It was normal when I first got it, but now it requires more pressure to work. I think its normal, so I'm not going to bother exchanging it.
There's an option in settings to increase the sensitivity, see if that helps.
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There's an option in settings to increase the sensitivity, see if that helps.
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That only works for finger input. I already tried it. Thanks though...
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Try replacing the tip. The bag that comes with the device has two types of replacements. Clear and rubberized. Change be tip to a clear one. Worked for me!
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe on the Note 2 you could adjust the sensitivity on the pen itself somehow. I never needed to adjust anything so I'm not sure. I assume the note 3 would be the same way.
Edit: Yeah here's the thread on how to do it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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busab said:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe on the Note 2 you could adjust the sensitivity on the pen itself somehow. I never needed to adjust anything so I'm not sure. I assume the note 3 would be the same way.
Edit: Yeah here's the thread on how to do it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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Please fix the link. I'd like to read it too. When I'm writing with the pen its fine, but if I'm doing something casually like playing Bloon TD 5, I find myself wanting a bit more sensitivity.
johnomaz said:
Please fix the link. I'd like to read it too. When I'm writing with the pen its fine, but if I'm doing something casually like playing Bloon TD 5, I find myself wanting a bit more sensitivity.
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Sorry. Here ya go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39159402
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Sorry. Here ya go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39159402
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I think I've seen that somewhere else as well. It works, it's just that the plastic cover is so fragile, I almost cracked it in half trying to open it, so I didn't want to try it again.
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Sorry. Here ya go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39159402
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this worked, thanks

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