Hi all. My programmer friend and I were wondering about editing the code to allow mouse style clicking while the S-Pen is hovering to open apps and links etc. I know that this is possible physically because when I boot into recovery and hoover and click it works. I just want it to work on my rom in either a apk or system mod.
I have viewed the S-Pen sdk http://developer.samsung.com/android/technical-docs/S-Pen-SDK-2-2-5-Tutorial
but was wondering if something already exists or can be modified such as in the build.prop etc.
Any info or app suggestions / mods would be great!
Thanks in advance! I think with would be a great feature while using the hoover scroll function in a web browser then by able to click while hoovering.
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I found an APK and explored it in .zip viewer called spengesturepad.apk in system/app
I wonder if this is the apk that needs modifying.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5xkhelpdgrom2vp/SPenGesturePad.apk
This would be nice.. My question is when you hover to avoid accidently clicking something do you mean tapping the button on the side of the pen as well to get it to click while hovering.. Or is that even possible
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Yea exactly. Using the button to click and open the item you are hoovering over!
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Yea exactly. Using the button to click and open the item you are hoovering over!
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That would be awesome!
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I would love this. It seems possible and plausible. Never thought about it but it seems like a natural function.
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Like the idea especially since my Damn pen always seems to be selecting items I don't want whenever I hover over things. Btw do any of you get their s pen tip stuck? I ask because I would write some letters and as I lift the pen to continue writing it still draws a freaken line to where I finally touch. So freaken annoying :banghead: any ideas on a fix? TIA :beer:
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radrian92 said:
Like the idea especially since my Damn pen always seems to be selecting items I don't want whenever I hover over things. Btw do any of you get their s pen tip stuck? I ask because I would write some letters and as I lift the pen to continue writing it still draws a freaken line to where I finally touch. So freaken annoying :banghead: any ideas on a fix? TIA :beer:
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Unfortunately I don't have a link but yes I read some where that under the button on the s pen there is a screw/knob you can twist to make it more or less sensitive. Seems yours is to sensitive. Hopefully you didn't get a defective pen or worse device. Good luck bro.
Ps top answer your question it hasn't happened to me THAT bad before. Maybe once or twice a week if that I'll hover over some thing and it'll select it or scroll
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radrian92 said:
Like the idea especially since my Damn pen always seems to be selecting items I don't want whenever I hover over things. Btw do any of you get their s pen tip stuck? I ask because I would write some letters and as I lift the pen to continue writing it still draws a freaken line to where I finally touch. So freaken annoying :banghead: any ideas on a fix? TIA :beer:
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i posted a how-to for adjusting the galaxy note 10.1's pen. it's the same for he gn2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964551
I don't know if there is a setting to change this behavior, but spen driver is firing events for button click and hover, so it is possible to write root application that would do this. Obviously incorporating it in custom rom would be even easier.
StupidIdea said:
I don't know if there is a setting to change this behavior, but spen driver is firing events for button click and hover, so it is possible to write root application that would do this. Obviously incorporating it in custom rom would be even easier.
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That is good news. I wonder where to begin. I have been digging through system apps all day trying to find clues and decompiling like crazy.
+1 on this idea
+2 here as well
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+2 here as well
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I am hot on the trail. If you use s note and hoover click the pad it switches pen to eraser etc. I logcat the even and am scouring the sdk.
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I am hot on the trail. If you use s note and hoover click the pad it switches pen to eraser etc. I logcat the even and am scouring the sdk.
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Sounds good can't wait to see what you come up with.
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I hope you get this going cause this would be very helpful. Awesome idea and keep on truckin.
Still would love to see this happen.. I use my spen a lot
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
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i know this is somewhat older but would still love to see this
bongzilla said:
i know this is somewhat older but would still love to see this
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I would too, and Virus is a beast of a dev!!! He doesn't have a Sprint Note 2 though, so I'm not sure if he's even messing with this anymore or not. I'll ask him in the morning, as we are both on the East Coast and it's kinda late now.
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Thanks!!
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Is the s pen supposed to write on the notepad thing when it is hovering over the screen? Also it will act as if it is touching the screen when it is not...is it supposed to?
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And should the bar have a bump in it where on the back cover the speaker hole?
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michaelatrix said:
Is the s pen supposed to write on the notepad thing when it is hovering over the screen? Also it will act as if it is touching the screen when it is not...is it supposed to?
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You're probably bumping into the "Air view" feature without knowing what it is. I recommend you read the manual to understand all of the awesome functionality, including the cool things that you can do with the S-Pen, that Samsung included with the Note 2. Failing that, you're likely to be posting basic questions like this to the annoyance of many. =)
To turn *off* the hover functionality, go to "Settings | S Pen" and swipe the "Air view" to "off".
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And should the bar have a bump in it where on the back cover the speaker hole?
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I don't know if it should, but mine does, too. The middle bar there is slightly raised.
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You're probably bumping into the "Air view" feature without knowing what it is. I recommend you read the manual to understand all of the awesome functionality, including the cool things that you can do with the S-Pen, that Samsung included with the Note 2. Failing that, you're likely to be posting basic questions like this to the annoyance of many. =)
To turn *off* the hover functionality, go to "Settings | S Pen" and swipe the "Air view" to "off".
I don't know if it should, but mine does, too. The middle bar there is slightly raised.
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I have turned off air view and thats not it .....in this picture all of the mark were made by the s pen without even touching the screen
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michaelatrix said:
I have turned off air view and thats not it .....in this picture all of the mark were made by the s pen without even touching the screen
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http://smartphones.wonderhowto.com/...ensitivity-for-better-touch-response-0140084/
The above link might help you. I've heard of others with similar issues and I believe they fixed it by adjusting the sensitivity.
Edit: Said the same as bigbrotherbear, but he said it better and I let my response sit on my screen too long before submitting. =)
Thanks this has solved my problem
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Hi,
Have noticed when trying to trace an image with my s-pen on the screen with the button pushed that sometimes it just doesn't seem to "take" and capture the image even though I have traced all the way around to the little beginning circle. This seems to happen mostly if I am tracing a smaller image.
Am I doing something wrong or is this just a bug? If it is a bug is there a way to fix it?
SECONDARY QUESTION:
It seems the only way to crop out a square image is to do a screen capture by pushing down the s-pen button and pressing it to the screen then using the crop tool. However, it would be nice to be able to actually draw a perfect crop square in the same way we do a trace capture. Is there any combination of buttons that does that?
I have noticed on my Note 10.1 tablet that I can trace an image in one multiview screen then just drag the into s-notes in the other pane and it pastes. However, with the GN2 this "drag and drop" doesn't seem to work. Am I doing something wrong?
Last thing. Have noticed that on my Note 10.1 I can do a screen capture of the active multiview pane; however, with the GN2 it seems to capture both multiview panes then squishes the entire capture into one pane. Again, am I doing this wrong or is that a bug?
Thanks!
for perfect squares, well and now everything I have been lasso'ing a larger area and then using the photo editor app to crop them down ...for the reason that I noticed the longer I take to get a clean lasso the less chance I have of it working.
Interesting find on the screenshot deal. If I take a screen shot by hand swipe it is normal. Taking it with the pen results in squished screen.
As for the drag and drop I swear it worked out of the box...then the ljc update changed it but I could be wrong. I just know it does not work that way anymore. Similarly I recal draggingbthe lasso'd image to say messaging in the icons at bottom of screen ...now after the update I just hit messaging
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Looks to be working fine for me
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Wait no I think I see what u guys mean lol
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I guess the point is that there are a number of things which work as they should on the Note 10.1 that don't seem to work that way on the GN2. It's not a screen real estate issue so I'm not sure what the problem is.
Just seems kind of buggy to me, especially the tracing part.
My Note 10.1 came with a specially designed version of photoshop but I'm not seeing that on my GN2. Am I missing it? I guess I just expected these to be close to the same except smaller. Maybe not.
For instance on the Note 10.1 in multiview each pane gets its own Min, Max and Close buttons but not here. Odd.
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the buttons are there...they are hidden. press on the divider to show them
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the buttons are there...they are hidden. press on the divider to show them
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I know about those who but they aren't the same. On the Note 10.1 each frame has its own buttons which remain persistent. Like in Windows. Much better.
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I know about those who but they aren't the same. On the Note 10.1 each frame has its own buttons which remain persistent. Like in Windows. Much better.
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most likely real estate on that one. personally I would be annoyed by them
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mitchellvii said:
Hi,
Have noticed when trying to trace an image with my s-pen on the screen with the button pushed that sometimes it just doesn't seem to "take" and capture the image even though I have traced all the way around to the little beginning circle. This seems to happen mostly if I am tracing a smaller image.
Am I doing something wrong or is this just a bug? If it is a bug is there a way to fix it?
Thanks!
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I find it works best to hold the button, draw your shape/circle then lift the pen with the button still held... works every time.
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I find it works best to hold the button, draw your shape/circle then lift the pen with the button still held... works every time.
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Yes that appears to work for me as well. Thanks!
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Can any body make this possible by using the spen button for clickING like the mouse
Oh yeah n animated hover icon
This already is in are phones it works that way for me. I just check alls you have to do is click the button on the Spen when over what you app you want to open. Yeah it works I just checked again
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budde2 said:
This already is in are phones it works that way for me. I just check alls you have to do is click the button on the Spen when over what you app you want to open. Yeah it works I just checked again
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I just tried and I can't?
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I just tried and I can't?
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I think something was going on with mine because now its not doing it. I swear though that every now and than I do it and it does I might be just barley taping the screen sorry for wrong info.
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If the white button on the spen gets jammed in, then it will act like a finger on the touchscreen when you hover
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I haven't had the issue. I just touch the link with Spen and it registers as mouse click. My tip isn't sticking.
Some sites are a bit finicky about where you click when using a mobile browser in desltop, IE, Firefox, etc mode (non mobile or android). And if the link is in some flash player media, that can be hit or miss.
I would suggest trying another site like MSN or something to test the Spen. This should tell you if it's the Spen or just that site.
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Can any body make this possible by using the spen button for clickING like the mouse
Oh yeah n animated hover icon
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That would b kinda kewl... Maybe expand usability of the spen... Animated hover icon b sweet too, but prob not a grueling a task.. Is this possible??
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Anyyhing is possible
I sure wish there was a way to disable this annoying reminder. Sometimes I see it multiple times a day.
Doesn't bother me as its only showing in the notification bar when I'm typing.
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Neither on me. If its a big deal flash a rom that has it disabled
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ive never seen this message. how and why please?
You are busted by grammar police.
I actually Like the option of changing KBs on the fly.
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You are busted by THE grammar police.
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fixed that for ya.
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Doesn't really bother me either
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It's only seen when a keyboard is on screen. Not an issue for me. Like mentioned before, you can just flash a rom with it disabled, but I like having up top when my keyboard is shown. Very convenient when using the Sixaxis app!
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CZuber said:
I sure wish there was a way to disable this annoying reminder. Sometimes I see it multiple times a day.
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Tweakbox for the xposed framework has an option to disable it. I use tasker to switch keyboards based on app.
On August 29th at 02:14 my Note2 will become self-aware.
There are lots of things I hate but that option is not one of them.. That tiny little notification in the notification bar is barely noticeable
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CZuber said:
I sure wish there was a way to disable this annoying reminder. Sometimes I see it multiple times a day.
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ya i've never seen it with the rom im on and its a great rom at that... running skynote 8.2
Do you have a screenshot of this earth shattering anomaly? Don't think I've ever encountered it.
Lmao^
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LordLugard said:
Do you have a screenshot of this earth shattering anomaly? Don't think I've ever encountered it.
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Haha, needed that. Like someone else mentioned though, it comes in quite handy with external gamepads..
Hello all, i am using galaxy note 2 7105 (LTE Version), i have an issue with S Pen whenever i want to use it it is just messing up, like i dont even touch it at screen and it starts working. if i wana write it will draw a line, scroll the movie automatically. what possibly has gone wrong here can anyone help?
doc55bds said:
Hello all, i am using galaxy note 2 7105 (LTE Version), i have an issue with S Pen whenever i want to use it it is just messing up, like i dont even touch it at screen and it starts working. if i wana write it will draw a line, scroll the movie automatically. what possibly has gone wrong here can anyone help?
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Worst case scenario: broken s-pen digitizer. Best case scenario: software bug.
Did it always behave this way? Have you tried using different s-pens?
No it was fine since 2 weeks back it started like this. I tried other s-pen its working perfect and this s pen in that cell...messes up that too. But if its broken how did it happen? My cell never fell...so as s pen.
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I spilled coffee on my note 3 and the phone didn't seem to break, but I just noticed that my s pen doesn't work at all. Any ideas on how to trouble shoot this? It doesn't even recognize that I remove it from the phone.
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doc55bds said:
Hello all, i am using galaxy note 2 7105 (LTE Version), i have an issue with S Pen whenever i want to use it it is just messing up, like i dont even touch it at screen and it starts working. if i wana write it will draw a line, scroll the movie automatically. what possibly has gone wrong here can anyone help?
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Check if the nib of the pen (the small white part at the end) can be pushed inside. If it can't be pushed, pull it out gently. There should always be some play in the nib to allow for pressure variations. Had the same problem. Worked like a charm for me.
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farazlodhi007 said:
Check if the nib of the pen (the small white part at the end) can be pushed inside. If it can't be pushed, pull it out gently. There should always be some play in the nib to allow for pressure variations. Had the same problem. Worked like a charm for me.
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yup i checked, the nib was kinda pressed inside and i somehow drew it out...it has gotten better i must say, now it wont mess up that much, i am able to work but not perfect. anyway, thanks to you, your solution has helped me bro.
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yup i checked, the nib was kinda pressed inside and i somehow drew it out...it has gotten better i must say, now it wont mess up that much, i am able to work but not perfect. anyway, thanks to you, your solution has helped me bro.
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Plus ,if you open your S Pen's button there is small screw to fix this problem completely.
Here is an tutorial...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viDDKGPj2FI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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You guys rock...my S-Pen is now....
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