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Home button + s pen

For the longest time I thought my home button was broken! But it turns out if the s pen is govering the home button doesn't work. WHY?? Is it just me?

I have no idea what your question is... Can you re-explain this?

When the s pen is hovering/air view, the home button doesn't work.

Just tested it on my phone and it does the same thing. Home button does not work when the S-Pen is hovering. Not sure why but I'm guessing the phone thinks you are trying to do something on that particular page because the S-Pen is so close that it won't let you go "Home."

I think it's a safeguard that if your using the pen, it doesn't allow any touches, whether it be clicking something on the screen or using the home/capacitive buttons. Could be wrong, some things might still be usable, but that's how they explained it in one of the reviews(well they didn't mention the home button, but said you can't touch the screen while the pen is also active on the screen-so I assume it's the same for other selections)
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sleevasteve said:
I think it's a safeguard that if your using the pen, it doesn't allow any touches, whether it be clicking something on the screen or using the home/capacitive buttons. Could be wrong, some things might still be usable, but that's how they explained it in one of the reviews(well they didn't mention the home button, but said you can't touch the screen while the pen is also active on the screen-so I assume it's the same for other selections)
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You are absolutely right

sogon78 said:
You are absolutely right
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Wow, catching up on some back reading are we?
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Any way to fix home button wake up bug?

Dont know what else to call it really but I know this is happening with all of our devices.. which is when the screen times out and u press home to wake it up it takes u back to default homescreen. The sgs3 doesnt react that way and ive had to get used to hitting the power button instead. Any ideas? This would be amazing and greatfully appreciated.
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I can't replicate this issue. I let my screen timeout and pressed the home button and it simply turned the screen back on to where I left it.
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I've had it happen. You press he home button immediately after the screen goes black, and it wakes the screen up, but also takes out of what ever you are in and takes you to the home page. I've retrained myself not to go for the home button, but the power button.

stevessvt said:
I've had it happen. You press he home button immediately after the screen goes black, and it wakes the screen up, but also takes out of what ever you are in and takes you to the home page. I've retrained myself not to go for the home button, but the power button.
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I've seen this behavior too. It's quite annoying.
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j_shelton1988 said:
I can't replicate this issue. I let my screen timeout and pressed the home button and it simply turned the screen back on to where I left it.
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What firmware are you on.. no matter what rom im on if the screen times out it takes me back out of wher is was.
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pezlomd said:
What firmware are you on.. no matter what rom im on if the screen times out it takes me back out of wher is was.
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Stock rooted. I tried it multiple times and the same thing happens, screen times out, I instantly press the home button and it turns the screen back on but keeps me on the web page, app, etc that I'm using.
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No matter what I do wipes roms etc I have this problem..wtf
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This is really an issue, "immediately" hitting the home button when it goes to sleep? Why not just avoid letting it go to sleep or hit the power button? This seems like a non issue to me and I've never had it happen.
but my post does not help the OP so good luck with that, sorry for the editorial.

The point is my sgs2 gti9100, and sgs3 tmobile which both had physical buttons didnt react this way.. I find it to be strange.
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pezlomd said:
The point is my sgs2 gti9100, and sgs3 tmobile which both had physical buttons didnt react this way.. I find it to be strange.
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Are you using stock LEAK ?

I think this is a Jellybean 4.1 issue. My Note 2 has the same problem, but my wife's Galaxy S3 didn't when she was on ICS. Last week the phone updated to JB and now the problem exists.

This is definitely related to Jelly bean but I'm not sure if it is strictly a Touchwiz Jelly bean issue. It happens when I removed S Voice from the home button double press. It happens on the S3 and when my Note II comes in I bet it will happen on there too.
There are a lot of people that noticed it and I even saw someone open an issue with Google, although I'm not sure it is entirely a Google issue.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39326

The last line is the issue maybe.
"I want the single tap to be more snappy - for that I must disable s voice, but when I do it this bug raises its head. "
Do you guys have s voice disabled on the home button to save that lag time?

I disabled the s voice on the home button but still have the lag.
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HOME button after JB update

Hi there. Before update to JB on my S3, when i do my readings on the phone, screen blackout, press the HOME button, the screen will come back up.
Now, screen blackout, press HOME button, screen come back up but the app or browser that I'm using will close down instead of just led the screen on (where the app still there)
Anyone has a way to fix this? Keep pressing on the POWER button to light up the screen is not as Convenient as by using the HOME button.
Thank you.
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Glad it's not just me. This has been driving me bonkers ever since I updated. It's really the only complaint I have about the official 4.1.1. ROM right now. Would love to hear some suggestions on how to fix. In the meantime, I've been trying to train myself to use the side power button for screen on action.

Is there anyway that we can make suggestions on this matter?
It bugs me when I read on the bed at night.
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leesanhua said:
Hi there. Before update to JB on my S3, when i do my readings on the phone, screen blackout, press the HOME button, the screen will come back up.
Now, screen blackout, press HOME button, screen come back up but the app or browser that I'm using will close down instead of just led the screen on (where the app still there)
Anyone has a way to fix this? Keep pressing on the POWER button to light up the screen is not as Convenient as by using the HOME button.
Thank you.
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this has been happening on jelly bean ROMs (not cm tho) ever since the leas came out - at least for me anyways. very irritating sometimes but yes, you are not the only one.

Bump. No one else is annoyed by this but us or has any idea for a fix?

Only 'fix' is to use smart stay when theres enough light. Otherwise increase your screen on time to one min. I had to increase my time since I use it at night so often.
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An easy fix is just to use your power button as soon as the screen blacks out.
It wakes the screen back up without closing down the current app your in... I just tested it out and it works, doesn't lock the phone either.
But if you don't wanna use the power button then I suggest you increase your screen time out to one minute or more if you don't want the screen blacking out fast.
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Very annoying and not something that can be considered useful in anyway, so a bug in my opinion.
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demize! said:
Very annoying and not something that can be considered useful in anyway, so a bug in my opinion.
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Like someone else mentioned, what's wrong with smart stay?

pytyper483 said:
Like someone else mentioned, what's wrong with smart stay?
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Does it work in the dark when reading in bed like the OP asked? My comment was criticism of why they coded it this way,for what purpose?
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Its really just doing what its supposed to before the device locks. I guess they expected smart stay to take care of it.
If you keep double press home to open svoice enabled it should also stop this from happening.
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DocHoliday77 said:
If you keep double press home to open svoice enabled it should also stop this from happening.
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Bingo. This is the answer. I'd much rather have the slight lag in returning to the home screen than lose the ability to turn the screen back on with the home key. Thanks!

Appearing / Dissapearing Tab

A small semicircular tab sometimes appears on the left side of the screen. Pulling it out shows an icon bar and an edit button. Then it again dissapears. So far have not identified what I do to make it appear or disappear. Anyone knows how or where to find settings for it or how to lock it on and off?
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Press and hold back button.
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Please search before posting next time. This has been asked almost everyday.
It is the multiwindow feature. Holding BACK button will activate/deactivate it.
Don't mean to sound rude, it just gets frustrating seeing the same questions pop up over and over and over again.

drdino said:
Press and hold back button.
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Thanks mate!
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[Q] Loop Issue

All right. I just received a Samsung Galaxy S2 T-Mobile (White) from a friend.
It doesn't boot up to the Stock Android. It's not rooted it's completely stock.
When you start it up it just goes to the Samsung Logo Screen then into a Samsung Android 4G screen in which the loading bar gets a lil over halfway and it just turns off and restarts the process. I'm not sure whether it's the power button issue i've been seeing in the past. Or if it's something wrong with the motherboard power button area.
I am also providing a video I recorded just to see what happens when I put the battery inside an then press the power button.
I was wondering if anyone could give me any things to try to fix it or a possible solution as I would like to fix this issue and root the phone.
http://youtu.be/Ud4bb12gARw
Youtube of putting battery in and powering up.. An how the boot goes.

Is it constantly vibrating in your hand as it reboots? If so then most likely it's the power button
You could try circling around the power button with a pin. Blow it out then hit it with an eraser (or any large rubber item). That worked for me,

iburnhearts said:
Is it constantly vibrating in your hand as it reboots? If so then most likely it's the power button
You could try circling around the power button with a pin. Blow it out then hit it with an eraser (or any large rubber item). That worked for me,
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No it doesnt vibrate constantly. It will do it once.
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DudeNo said:
No it doesnt vibrate constantly. It will do it once.
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Ok. Just one more thing...when yu put the battery in does the phone starts by itself or do yu have to turn it on?

Starts by itself
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Then ya sticky power button try what I posted first

I been trying with a small nail tip to move the button. I got the screws for the motherboard remoged an I adjusted the button by tryn wut u said
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Is there a way I can access the internal files on the phone? I wanna back everything up. An install a new motherboard with a diff power button
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or you could just hit the power button hard a couple times with an eraser and try to put some compressed gas in there

I tried the eraser thing an It didnt seem to work. I dont have any compressed air but I will try ot when I do
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Are there any other things I could try or should I just replace the power button?
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DudeNo said:
Are there any other things I could try or should I just replace the power button?
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There are a couple of things you can try here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310