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[Q] Lock Menu and Back buttons when using s-note

impossible to put my hand in bottom of the phone while writing in s-note, stupid thing when you know that you can disable hand-writing and use only the s-pen, is there any way to lock the 2 tactile buttons while writing???? thanks

ketchupyx said:
impossible to put my hand in bottom of the phone while writing in s-note, stupid thing when you know that you can disable hand-writing and use only the s-pen, is there any way to lock the 2 tactile buttons while writing???? thanks
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I was actually annoyed that I couldnt tap on the menu button and back button with the s-pen and found that there is a command for back and menu.
Open the help from your apps and choose s-pen and then commands to see it. You basically have to click on the button on the s-pen and while holding it down draw a command which is from right to left diagonally down and then to the right again for back. For menu if I recall its the top of a triangle from bottom left diagonally up then down right...I should have used my note to respond and paste an image in here

harpocrates said:
I was actually annoyed that I couldnt tap on the menu button and back button with the s-pen and found that there is a command for back and menu.
Open the help from your apps and choose s-pen and then commands to see it. You basically have to click on the button on the s-pen and while holding it down draw a command which is from right to left diagonally down and then to the right again for back. For menu if I recall its the top of a triangle from bottom left diagonally up then down right...I should have used my note to respond and paste an image in here
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I dont think you understood me, but thanks anyway.
My question was, when i'm writing with my s-pen, i always accidentaly touch the back button, or the home or the menu button (physical and sensitive) . IS there any way to lock these buttons???????? like when watching a video and locking with power button, you canot anymore touch the home/back button, is there any way to do that in s-note? or any other apps

When I use the S Pen, the menu and back buttons are automatically disabled.
As a test, just on your home screen, hover the pen so the blue circle appears, then try and press the back and home buttons, they should not work.
Move the pen away, and they work again.

I too would prefer a way to lock the hard menu any back buttons. It is true that they don't work when the pen is in hover range but the moment it is out of hover range there is a high possibility that you hit them and they respond. It is impossible to always stay in that small range.
This feature would be really of great help when using the camera also. I keep accidentally touch the back button when trying to use the camera.
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richlum said:
When I use the S Pen, the menu and back buttons are automatically disabled.
As a test, just on your home screen, hover the pen so the blue circle appears, then try and press the back and home buttons, they should not work.
Move the pen away, and they work again.
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Confirmed, thanks.
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I understood the opposite of what you wanted
Mainly because as other member posted these buttons are locked while using the s pen. . However, if the s pen is not in range then they can still be pressed so you do have a point. . Maybe a customization feature in a rom. . ?? Feature request from the dev of the rom you are using?!
Well if you didn't know the s-pen shortcuts. . Now you do. .
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harpocrates said:
I understood the opposite of what you wanted
Mainly because as other member posted these buttons are locked while using the s pen. . However, if the s pen is not in range then they can still be pressed so you do have a point. . Maybe a customization feature in a rom. . ?? Feature request from the dev of the rom you are using?!
Well if you didn't know the s-pen shortcuts. . Now you do. .
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Yea thanks

I'm not sure if that's possible but i know there's a post in the" how satisfied are you with your note 2" (or something like that) thread which has instructions on how to enable the on screen keys and disable the capacitative ones.
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the problem is for me that my hand touches the back button before the pen is close enough to the screen...
stupid that there is no real setting in S-Note to disable the back + menu completly...

yeah I want that option too
Bulut.O said:
the problem is for me that my hand touches the back button before the pen is close enough to the screen...
stupid that there is no real setting in S-Note to disable the back + menu completly...
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yeah stupid, I'm just looking all over to solve this, but nothing yet. I also post two threads on other forums, maybe someone from SAMSUNG realize this is pretty stupid issue here,
that in writing phone, you have problems with writing. :laugh:

[Q] Soft Buttons on S Pen Release?

Dear Devs. Chefs...
Please please please make a mode that will enable a soft buttons menu when we release the s pen from the note 2, :fingers-crossed:
Very annoying when u have to touch your finger to toggle the buttons.
I hope some one has thought about this.
It would be great if it buttons would be integrated on the statusbar.
I'm using a Stock Rooted Rom...
I've tried the status bar enabled full time and that is annoying too...
Looking for trigger based soft buttons to be specific
I want the S pen features to work...
I've tried the PAC rom! I like it but then I like the S pen features more!
Thank you Cheers!

vishnu vijay said:
Dear Devs. Chefs...
Please please please make a mode that will enable a soft buttons menu when we release the s pen from the note 2, :fingers-crossed:
Very annoying when u have to touch your finger to toggle the buttons.
I hope some one has thought about this.
It would be great if it buttons would be integrated on the statusbar.
I'm using a Stock Rooted Rom...
I want the S pen features to work...
I've tried the PAC rom! I like it but then I like the S pen features more!
Thank you Cheers!
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S pen features working only in Samsung rom base, coz its closed sources, u can try another apps from market.

Is there any app that enables " Lets say Floating Soft Buttons '' ?
I've tried searching and ended up with nothing resourceful!

1. Press pen button
2. Swipe pen downwards on bottom left and bottom right of screen
3. Profit
Gestures aren't super fast but they work
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It's not disabled. It's just isn't possible. S pen works on potentiometer. It just sends the movement signals the pressure on pen tip and the button. It does not simulate human touch. So it's not possible.
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OMG Thank you so much !!!
SirCanealot said:
1. Press pen button
2. Swipe pen downwards on bottom left and bottom right of screen
3. Profit
Gestures aren't super fast but they work
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From four months of using Note II until today I never knew about this gesture feature...THANKS for the info.

My bad. ..
Sorry n Thank you for the tip. .. .
But there is no option to add command like go back to main menu or switch application.
I could allocate a task manager though.
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Yeah hold button and drag 1/5 of the screen towards button or enable nav bar.
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Why don't you try flashing pie controls? I think its possible for any rooted ROM.

praveen22 said:
Why don't you try flashing pie controls? I think its possible for any rooted ROM.
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It can be attained through lmt launcher as well which doesn't require root.
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Any Way to Re-Map Buttons?

I smaller hands and have continually found it difficult to reach the back button with my thumb all the way across the phone (I wasnt aware until now that I almost always hold my phone in my left hand).
It occured to me that my problem would be solved if the menu button and the back arrow could switch functions. Is there a simple way to do that? I'm rooted, running stock with ktoonsez kernel and Apex launcher.
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re: remap buttons
Dugan1017 said:
I smaller hands and have continually found it difficult to reach the back button with my thumb all the way across the phone (I wasnt aware until now that I almost always hold my phone in my left hand).
It occured to me that my problem would be solved if the menu button and the back arrow could switch functions. Is there a simple way to do that? I'm rooted, running stock with ktoonsez kernel and Apex launcher.
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The easiest way to re-map the buttons is to go to the playstore and get
the app called "Tasker" it can remap buttons and do a lot of other things.
It's more or less a one of a kind application.
Good luck!

[Q] Screenshot

Hi,
Can you tell me how to screenshot on the Samsung Tab S 10.5 please?
I have tried all the normal techniques and nothing seem's to work?!
Thanks, Louise

LouiseDuff said:
Hi,
Can you tell me how to screenshot on the Samsung Tab S 10.5 please?
I have tried all the normal techniques and nothing seem's to work?!
Thanks, Louise
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On my 8.4 it's power and the home button at the same time. I'd assume it should be the same for you.

Press and hold the power and Home button at the same time.
The border of the screen will go white when it's taken a screenshot

I set mine up to swipe my hand over the screen as I'm less successful with the power and home button combination.
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simacca said:
I set mine up to swipe my hand over the screen as I'm less successful with the power and home button combination.
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when i swipe my hand it just dont take the screenshot- whts the correct way to do tht- i m not sure if its issue in my tab,.
can you post short demo
Thanks

Bluehacks said:
when i swipe my hand it just dont take the screenshot- whts the correct way to do tht- i m not sure if its issue in my tab,.
can you post short demo
Thanks
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Go into settings>device>motions and switch on palm swipe to capture. Then, for example, if you hold your device in portrait mode and swipe from right to left with your hand pointed up straight (not with your palm), this will perform a screen capture. It takes some practice at first, but I have much more success than the home>power button combo. This may not be for everyone though.
Will post a video when I have time.
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simacca said:
Go into settings>device>motions and switch on palm swipe to capture. Then, for example, if you hold your device in portrait mode and swipe from right to left with your hand pointed up straight (not with your palm), this will perform a screen capture. It takes some practice at first, but I have much more success than the home>power button combo. This may not be for everyone though.
Will post a video when I have time.
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Thx buddy... Do post a video whn u get time.
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How can I reassign hardware buttons at bottom of screen?

I got a Note 4 a few days ago (after owning a Note 2 and a Note 3) and for the most part I'm very happy with it. The one thing I don't care for on the Note 4 is that there is no Menu/Options button. (The button that used to be the Options button now brings up the list of recent apps.).
Does anyone know a way to reassign/remap the hardware buttons so I can make the left button a Settings button?

All ya have to do is LongPress the Menu button. Takes all of .8 seconds while still having the tap for recents. It grows on ya after a while.

You can use xposed additions.
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mediawiz said:
I got a Note 4 a few days ago (after owning a Note 2 and a Note 3) and for the most part I'm very happy with it. The one thing I don't care for on the Note 4 is that there is no Menu/Options button. (The button that used to be the Options button now brings up the list of recent apps.).
Does anyone know a way to reassign/remap the hardware buttons so I can make the left button a Settings button?
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You need to root and install Xposed Framework and the module Xposed Additons to acheive this. I remapped the left soft key to menu and in app search on long press and home to recent apps long press and google now double press.

xxSTARBUCKSxx said:
All ya have to do is LongPress the Menu button. Takes all of .8 seconds while still having the tap for recents. It grows on ya after a while.
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I have the same question before I purchase a Note 4. So holding down the left button will bring up the menu? In my Galaxy Tab 4, it does not. Please clarify.
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TexasAggie97 said:
I have the same question before I purchase a Note 4. So holding down the left button will bring up the menu? In my Galaxy Tab 4, it does not. Please clarify.
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Thats correct. Holding it down will bring down the settings as if you hit the 3 dot action overflow. Just barely tapping it brings up recents.