Are there any full screen note taking alternatives to S Note? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II

S Note is a total pain to use in landscape mode. The wasted screen real estate is disgusting. Is there any way to hide the menu bars or go full screen? Or are there any apps as good as s Note with a full screen mode? I really want the disable touch feature.
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Personally I find most handwriting apps for android very quirky. Aside from the landscape mode I still find samsung's S note app the best for my Note taking...I just use it in portrait mode.
I've checked out a few in the last few months...Papyrus Beta seems ok.
PapyrusPlayStoreLink

Thanks for the suggestion.i tried papyrus but it was nor loading on my phone. S note makes me sad.

try jotter

lmike6453 said:
try jotter
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Thanks, Jotter is actually pretty good. There are a few problems though. I don't think I will ever be 100% satisfied =/

So far I've tried Jotter, Papyrus (which worked after the second install) and Lecturenotes. They all have their strengths. i like Papyrus's infinite sized pages which lets you expand a thought without needing to load a new page.
In terms of UI, lecturenotes seems to be the best, especially with the ridiculous 16:9 aspect ratio of the note 2. You can actually hide all the menubars. The main problem with lecturenotes is the handwriting is not vectorized and as pretty as papyrus. Jotter seemed fine to me, but couldn't compete with lecturenotes or papyrus.
Papyrus is probably the easiest to use of the three, but it didn't seem to recognize the side button on the stylus.
I think S-Note had the best looking text of all three. The biggest problem with S-Note is the horrible UI.

Hopefully Samsung will improve it the next go round. I'd like to see several things: 1) ability to easily combine notes. 2) ability to do ocr after writing, on any script. 3) ability to back up and export notes as txt and some other non proprietary image format...
No doubt one could go on but as is I still find it useful. When I got my Note I thought I'd never use the stylus lol.

I've been playing with Moleskine. Minus the math and smart shapes, not too bad.
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Hopefully Samsung will improve it the next go round. I'd like to see several things: 1) ability to easily combine notes. 2) ability to do ocr after writing, on any script. 3) ability to back up and export notes as txt and some other non proprietary image format...
No doubt one could go on but as is I still find it useful. When I got my Note I thought I'd never use the stylus lol.
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I wouldn't just assume that Samsung will do this. It is imperative that they get the feedback, or they likely will not improve it to our liking. I am pretty sure they don't troll XDA looking for ways to improve their products.
Here is a good start:
https://www.facebook.com/samsungsupport
https://www.facebook.com/SamsungMobileUSA?fref=ts

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Notes text/draw app

been searching the web for an app for for my desire that will allow me to take notes and also record signatures (draw) as part of the same note. then be able to save under my own file name and email as a doc or pdf.
Used to use Notes on windows mobile and need something similar
Have tried note everything which almost does it all but will not allow for text/paint notes to be part of the same note
Anyone know of anything that will do.
Thanks
same case
same case as you!!! recently moved to android and i really would like to import my old notes!!!
let me know if you get something.
If if i can not import i would like something similar...or maybe it's the moment to forget the f** windows mobile forever!!!
Cheers
usticm said:
been searching the web for an app for for my desire that will allow me to take notes and also record signatures (draw) as part of the same note. then be able to save under my own file name and email as a doc or pdf.
Used to use Notes on windows mobile and need something similar
Have tried note everything which almost does it all but will not allow for text/paint notes to be part of the same note
Anyone know of anything that will do.
Thanks
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I use 3Banana. It can include images taken using the camera, and can sync with a secure online site. Check it out:
3Banana
sync website (you can log in with your Google/Gmail id)
QR code:
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The problem I've got is that I have to use my phone to record customer visits, and hence the ability to record a signature as part of a text note is critical.
otherwise I have to continue to use my windows mobile to record the visits. I really want to bin the palm and use my desire
There must be a developer out there that could combine these features, if windows mobile has it why doesn't android. I had the same issue with my iphone as well. Someone cold make a killing here if they got it together.
As I said earlier, Note everything almost does it but not the combined note!
You want them to enter a signature on your phone's screen, without a stylus? Not sure how well that would work... I was thinking maybe you'd have them sign a piece of paper and then your could photograph it. Not very slick though...
Finger signatures work fine, try it on Note everything using a paint note. Its quite novell and customers that I experimented on before with the iphone were positive. Yuo can also get a stylus to work with the desire
MaplePaint might be worth a look.
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Its not bad, but the instructions are poor and cant work out how to apply text. it doesn't allow you to email, but I guess if I can find where it saves the files I should be able to add as an attachment?
Will perservere
My choice is "Note Board". Fast and easy UI and looks great.

[APP] Wondershare PowerCam [1.6+]

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GET THIS AMAZING APP HERE
Interface
When you launch the app, you get a menu system that lets you choose
one of four options: capture, gallery, collage and share. Diving into each,
the UI is generally what you'd expect. The buttons are self-explanatory,
and you get a regular phone camera-style viewfinder.
Filters
PowerCam offers a decent set of filters, most of which are a bit too over-the-top
for my own taste. You get a standard set of minor filters to lightly tweak the coloring
of the scene that are quite nice, but the rest are a bit out there and I really don't
see many people using them. For the ones that I liked, it seemed to work well enough.
It should also be noted that there is a "no filter" mode for when you have the app open
and want a "regular" shot.
Tilt-Shift
The tilt-shift method, if you're not familiar, is something usually accomplished with
a special camera lens to produce interestingly focused images. The main subject
is sharply in focus, and everything else is quickly out of focus right next to it.
On a smartphone, its all done in post-processing. PowerCam seems to do a pretty
good job, and you can really get some good shots if you spend some time with it.
Panorama
I was surprised by the panorama quality. Using the app on my Galaxy Nexus,
it captured them more consistently and much quicker than the built-in panorama
feature of the Android 4.x camera.
Collages
Something that's going to be very user-dependent is the collage feature.
You can select several pictures you've taken and form them into framed multi-shot pictures.
The UI is friendly enough, just select from your picture list which ones you want,
and it'll arrange them randomly with a frame. You can shuffle the pictures around
and select the frame style, but I was hard-pressed to find frames that I actually enjoyed.
Sharing
PowerCam has built-in sharing functionality to Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.
Wish that it would use a regular sharing menu and let you use other apps (like Google+),
but it doesn't really matter, as you can share from your Gallery app to anything installed
on your phone after the fact.
COURTESY OF ANDROID CENTRAL
Why does the shutter button look like the one on iPhone? In fact, why bother making an Android camera app that completely rips off the iphone camera app's interface?
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Why does the shutter button look like the one on iPhone? In fact, why bother making an Android camera app that completely rips off the iphone camera app's interface?
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I did not make the app i am simply sharing it
im what Willis was talking about
thanks for share.
Camera is not taking pictures when in small resolution just some lines. I read reviews on Play Store and most of S3 users have this problem. Not worted to download for our devices antill they fix this
yup this is no good on the s3
all im getting is blurry lines as pictures. crap
doesnt work for me either. nothing but lines..
Dont know why you guys are getting that it seems fine here
im what Willis was talking about
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Dont know why you guys are getting that it seems fine here
im what Willis was talking about
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I see that you have an international S3 ...the difference may come from here as i dont have the international version and i have some lines at small resolution !

[Q] Tempted to get an M8, have camera concerns with scanning using CamScanner

I'm tempted to get an M8, it really seems like a solid and overall great device.
However, the camera did raise my concerns.
I don't take a lot of pictures, but when I do - it's usually in class. Either of the whiteboard (sometimes from the back of the class) or (more often) I scan notes of others using CamScanner (I use CamScanner A LOT, I capture at least 50 pages a week, and need them to turn out clear and readable).
Both types of pictures require zooming in on them to have things readable, which is what I aim to achieve (and the clearer the text, the better, obviously).
I couldn't care less about taking pictures at night, with low-night, with extra light, with HDR or whatever. All I want from my phone's camera is to do the two tasks above well.
Does anyone have any experience with using CamScanner in class for taking notes? If so, I would be most grateful if you could upload some sample PDF you took so I can see what the quality is like.
I use camscanner all the time and it ends up looking fine and I would upload but they're in pdf's
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I use camscanner all the time and it ends up looking fine and I would upload but they're in pdf's
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Could you maybe upload it to something like Mega? If XDA doesn't allow uploading PDFs.
You can also press Share in CamScanner (while in a scan) and from there upload to Google Drive/Dropbox/Any other app on your phone that supports saving files. Any of those would be great.
Bump.
Sorry for bumping, but I want to buy the device this weekend (my current phone is giving my tons of crap lately), and still didn't find any answer about this topic, if someone could help out that would be most appreciated.
I take pictures of text a lot (printed and handwritten notes) and the pictures are perfectly sharp, once you zoom in, the sharpness is very slightly less, but it is still super easy to read. For pictures of a whiteboard from the back of the class, you need to look elsewhere, this camera is hopeless in that category
Edit: will delete this comment later. Apparently you can't delete a commend from the mobile app.
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I take pictures of text a lot (printed and handwritten notes) and the pictures are perfectly sharp, once you zoom in, the sharpness is very slightly less, but it is still super easy to read. For pictures of a whiteboard from the back of the class, you need to look elsewhere, this camera is hopeless in that category
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Could you maybe post samples of some of those pictures please?
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Could you maybe post samples of some of those pictures please?
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This is from my m7, just on my way to collect my replacement m8
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I'm not sure whether tapatalk compresses images though..
Edit:the image is definitely compressed, I'll give you a db link :
That's somewhat OK, I think, but my notes scanning are usually of one's with a smaller font (by far).
Not sure how well it'll work with the M8.
A PDF from CamScanner will be the final judge though.

[Q] Better Keyboard?

I was wondering if anyone could recommend to me a better keyboard replacement for the G4? Things I would like it to have;
Theme-able (Not really a big deal, just nice to have options)
Arrow Keys (My #1 Feature)
Dedicated Number Keys (would be nice, but not a deal breaker)
...That is pretty much it, just really want to have the arrow keys for easier text corrections.
SwiftKey ... No matter what other keyboards I try I always come back to SwiftKey. (and it has everything on your list (and then some) )
Few screen shots for ya
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For me, nothing beats Kii. Unfortunately it's no longer available through the app store.
It's all about fleksy!!!! Fastest keyboard in the world, Guinness world record breaker and as well very simple and straightforward
I swear by SwiftKey. No keyboard is perfect, but all of SwiftKey's pros far outweigh any con.
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SwiftKey for sure!
I like the Google keyboard. Used to be an avid Swiftkey user as well. There are so many you have a ton of options
Just downloaded Fleksy. I was in the bets trial but it seems to have improved a bit. The auto suggest is kinda funky. I am an IT network engineer and throw around lots of acronyms that it doesn't catch. I like the stock android/LG keyboard style where a backspace will revert the autocorrect. Most keyboard apps do not do this (thumbs plus does but I get lots of double letters).
I'll give it a week and see how I like it. The smart punctuation is driving me crazy though.
SwiftKey best keyboard alternative ever!
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100% SwiftKey
Yeah. Has to be SwiftKey for me too. Tried a few others but always come back to it. Very customisable.
Cheers.
Eoin.
Let's throw Swype in here as well My fave keyboard by far :good:
The one thing about Kii that I really can't live without is the customizable auto-change feature in the dictionary, where you can set it to change whatever to whatever. For example, mine is programmed to change "y" to "why", "c" to "see", "r" to "are", "brb" to "be right back", "addr" to my full address, etc. etc. etc. I must have 50-60 shortcuts programmed, easily. Makes for wicked fast typing when you can use all those shortcuts
Well after all the votes for Swiftkey I opted to grab it (and much to my surprise I had already had it before, lol. Must've been on one of my old school HTC devices). Needless to say I am very happy with it as it offers everything I was looking for and then a little bit extra on top.
Thanks for the info guys/gals, I do REALLY appreciate it.
For years I used Smart Keyboard Pro: themeable, shortcuts (as per above), customizable, etc. One of the best features I liked the most is being able to slide/swipe/flick your finger left or right to move the cursor. Not sure how that is not cooked into the stock keyboard as it is such a useful feature.
Is there a way to add the numeric keys to the google keyboard?

A few questions to help purchase decision

Hi all, just a few questions regarding the Pixel XL 2 as I'm trying to decide between that and the Note 8.
Has anyone successfully gotten ATT to activate it for WiFi calling? I've heard mixed things on this that there's something in the 8.1 update that enables this or that some people have had success by hitting ATT up on twitter but nothing concrete.
Is it possible to do take dual camera photo like Samsung has? IE, I take a photo using the better back camera and it uses the front facing camera to get me and superimpose the front photo in the corner?
And in order to create folders in the app drawer ill need to use a different launcher, is that correct?
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
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WildCat714 said:
Hi all, just a few questions regarding the Pixel XL 2 as I'm trying to decide between that and the Note 8.
Has anyone successfully gotten ATT to activate it for WiFi calling? I've heard mixed things on this that there's something in the 8.1 update that enables this or that some people have had success by hitting ATT up on twitter but nothing concrete.
Is it possible to do take dual camera photo like Samsung has? IE, I take a photo using the better back camera and it uses the front facing camera to get me and superimpose the front photo in the corner?
And in order to create folders in the app drawer ill need to use a different launcher, is that correct?
Thanks in advance for any and all help!
p-
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Hi! I can only answer the third question... and you're right like Nova Launcher for example.
About question 2, never heard of this sort of option, not possible with stock Google camera to my knowledge! What's the point?
At this time there is no WiFi calling on ATT with Pixel 2/XL.
VoLTE (or HD Voice as ATT calls it) IS possible provided you meet all the requirements.
Most likely need a third party app for dual camera.
Yes, pixel launcher will not allow folders in app drawer.
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Hi! I can only answer the third question... and you're right like Nova Launcher for example.
About question 2, never heard of this sort of option, not possible with stock Google camera to my knowledge! What's the point?
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Gotcha, thanks!
For the camera thing, its not a huge deal, but its a small feature I really like. If you want to take a photo of something with elements both in front of and behind the camera, it lets you do that. For example, you can take a photo of a car or building and put yourself in it without needing a selfie stick or moving your arm all over the place to try and get the right angle. I found a photo here that kinda shows the types of insets and layouts you can use.
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Gotcha, thanks!
For the camera thing, its not a huge deal, but its a small feature I really like. If you want to take a photo of something with elements both in front of and behind the camera, it lets you do that. For example, you can take a photo of a car or building and put yourself in it without needing a selfie stick or moving your arm all over the place to try and get the right angle. I found a photo here that kinda shows the types of insets and layouts you can use.
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Ok I see now! Obviously you'll need a third party app for fuel camera.

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