help with calibration - Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti

I started to notice where I tap on the screen isn't where the Note registers even with the pen. It doesn't do this all the time but when I'm browsing, I would end up "clicking" on the wrong link. When I'm using adobe reader, the pen works great and accurate when I'm highlighting and underlining. Works fine in candy crush. It's when it comes to a busy screen and need to be accurate as to where I "click", the Note just give me attitude. Is this a defective item? Seems worse on landscape too.
HELP!!!

I noticed such inaccuracy with chrome after last update While working just fine with any app. I think its app dependent
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25jan said:
I noticed such inaccuracy with chrome after last update While working just fine with any app. I think its app dependent
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Hum..... I think you're right. Went to craigslist on stock broker and it was pinpoint accurate. Bummer... I like using chrome too. Hope they fix this issue.

I have the same problem with Chrome on the AT&T Note 8.0. It also won't scale websites correctly, and the upper toolbar covers the tops of the website, where there are usually buttons for the site. (home, logout, etc.)
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It should be fixed in the beta version of chrome (android).
Here is a link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.beta&hl=en

Chrome for Android is a joke. Google should be ashamed of that mess. It's amazing that OEMs stock browser and even the AOSP browser puts Chrome to shame. Google really needs to double down on it.

Are you using a cover that has a magnet? if so try to pull it out off the cover and try again. I notice a difference after taking it out from my casing(I didn't know it could cause this problem) I also didnt know that there is no option to calibrate where as my previous palm pilots and treo. Wish they could have added that option to calibrate.

Chrome's new hide the tabbar behaviour is responsible for the offset issue in Chrome, and is fixed in Chrome 29 (currently in beta).
In other apps I have experienced no offset or accuracy issue. I believe there's a guide in the forum about tuning the S-Pen by popping the button cover off and monkeying.

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[APP] New google maps with vector based rendering is out!!!!!

wowwww!!!!! this is just awesome!!!!! works brilliantly
everybody has Market, everybody noticed the new Maps... yesterday...
Tx for the heads up. Not always checking for updates!!
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I cant see it yet here in philippines.
any1 got a apk :-D
Another thanks for the heads up - also not always checking.
Tis good!
Google really seems to me kicking a$$ This is like a huge upgrade over the older version and quite unexpected too! Microsoft really seems to be losing out to android in a big way....
The annoying bug in pinch and zoom is now fixed.....earlier it used to suddenly zoom out like crazy or zoom in abruptly....it never used to smoothly zoom in/out...!
Great job google!
Can't see it in Romania...
For those with root who can't find it, use Market Enabler to set a US provider. Should show up then.
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For those with root who can't find it, use Market Enabler to set a US provider. Should show up then.
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Thanks. It works.
am i being silly here, but can anyone tell me how to view the 3d buildings with the new google maps mobile 5? I cant find any options for it?
Thanks.
discophil said:
am i being silly here, but can anyone tell me how to view the 3d buildings with the new google maps mobile 5? I cant find any options for it?
Thanks.
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ok i was being stupid. I just didnt zoom in enough. Also buildings for bristol england dont show up, i thought we had 3d buildings here but guess not
Love the update, very smooth now and the two finger swipe thing and twist works good too.
Installing as we speak
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Will it ever be avaible if I don't fix my market?
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Will it ever be avaible if I don't fix my market?
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Search for the APK .
jje
Sorry, but what market fix do you have in mind ?
My problem is, in spite of having downloaded an update mid-December (and "About" reads "version 5.0, build 5014"), it still shows no sign of vectorized rendering.
So if there's some market fix to apply, I'll gladly do!
(For information, the Androïd Market upgraded itself at the sametime without any problem, and I have a International i9000, German firmware)
didnt notice that. Thanks
how do you know its not vector based
Well, the vector feeling just isn't there. It's still the same sequence when zooming: blurry zoomed bitmap, then grey grid, then tile by tile redrawing (downloading of bitmaps) at the new resolution. When using fingers for zooming (or shrinking), the zooming (shrinking) movement I initiate is carried through until it reaches the next zoom level.
Other reasons that make me think something is wrong with my 5.0 version:
According to the google help page about caching and offline reliability (www google com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1079238 - sorry no URL yet) I should have a "Cache Settings" menu item; all I find in the "More" submenu are "Labs", "Help", "Terms, Privacy & Notices", "About".
I never got anything from dragging down two fingers (which should "tilt" the map somehow)
Compass mode is not there either (first, tapping on the compass button to center the map on my current location, then tapping on it again to activate compass mode)
Funny thing is I've already had a google maps upgrade, and that was successful (what it changed, mainly, from the original version shipped with my device was that the "compass" button used to be a Lab feature, and was streamined in that version. I also think that the Google Places integration was much more comprehensive in that version).
Thanks for any help,
Hal'

Landscape typing sucks on galaxy nexus!!

This is seriously BAD. This is downright horrible.
Try it on your phone. Landscape mode typing is so jerky its almost unusable !! It is so painful. Works perfect if you hold phone straight but landscape mode....open any app or any text field ....and the typing is unbelievably bad
This is pathetic!!!!! I'm using standard unrooted galaxy nexus I think this would hspoen on all of thrm
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It's fine for me.... unsure what you're speaking about. There are alternative keyboards on the market if you wish to try those out.
lol wut?
It works perfectly fine for me, I love using it in landscape actually.
This has been brought up on some of the websites like droid-life too. I experience it also. Very laggy and freezes. Hopefully it will be fixed in a future update. Download the swype apk and it works better.
Using stock cdma gnex.
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This has been brought up on some of the websites like droid-life too. I experience it also. Very laggy and freezes. Hopefully it will be fixed in a future update. Download the swype apk and it works better.
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I thought Swype doesn't work on ICS?
Another "pro" thread. Landscape is great.
good day.
i have the same issue regardless if it's landscape or not. it'll just want to stay put in the center of the text box and if i try to move the screen over to see what i'm typing it'll just automatically switch back by itself. that and if i press somewhere wanting to resume typing at that particular point, it'll either not register or the pointer will appear in a completely different place. i found that switching to a.i. type keyboard helps improve things slightly.
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This is seriously BAD. This is downright horrible.
Try it on your phone. Landscape mode typing is so jerky its almost unusable !! It is so painful. Works perfect if you hold phone straight but landscape mode....open any app or any text field ....and the typing is unbelievably bad
This is pathetic!!!!! I'm using standard unrooted galaxy nexus I think this would hspoen on all of thrm
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Are you referring to the terrible lag when typing in landscape mode?
If so, that is scheduled to be fixed in an upcoming update:
code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22432
Sorry, no linky for 5 more posts!
Not sure if this exactly what your looking for but I came to the galaxy nexus at launch and was originally on an iphone 3gs for the past 2 years the keyboard was very snappy in landscape which is one thing I liked because I text rather quickly.
However, when I started texting in landscape mode on the galaxy nexus I got horrible lag between depressing characters with the stock android keyboard and noticed that it seemed to simultaneously occurr with the vibration feedback from the keyboard. I went into the settings and disabled the vibration and the keyboard works as it should. Although I now have decreased functionality until a fix is released the keyboard is very responsive with the vibration feature disabled.
dhruvraj said:
This is seriously BAD. This is downright horrible.
Try it on your phone. Landscape mode typing is so jerky its almost unusable !! It is so painful. Works perfect if you hold phone straight but landscape mode....open any app or any text field ....and the typing is unbelievably bad
This is pathetic!!!!! I'm using standard unrooted galaxy nexus I think this would hspoen on all of thrm
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Go to your settings, "Language and Input", and uncheck "Spelling Correction" at the top. Got rid of all my lag but not sure if it works for others.
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+1 to two things mentioned previously: 1) disable Spelling Correction (the most important and significant thing you can do), and 2) disable the vibration. I've no idea why - in fact it's probably placebo effect - but disabling it made my typing appear to be a smoother experience with less mistakes and more smoothness. Might seem to help you.
Fixed in 4.0.3 according to Google.

One annoying thing about JB on the GN..

Browser quick controls are useless in landscape mode. Trying to bring them up triggers Google Now everytime. Now I have to always use in portrait or use my left hand. Arrrrgh!
Can we get a comment section added here where people can just start new threads to make one comment and maybe let us know how they feel every day. For the rest of us, we can add posts to the correct already started threads in the general section.
I liked the old quick controls much better but one of my reasons for using them in ICS is that it reduced the lag that happened whenever the address bar would slide out. It doesn't lag in jellybean anymore so I have them off for now. I do kind of miss them though.
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Browser quick controls are useless in landscape mode. Trying to bring them up triggers Google Now everytime. Now I have to always use in portrait or use my left hand. Arrrrgh!
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I agree, this is a problem!
Also I don't like how the new q controls behave. The old ones were much better.
I am thinking of switching to chrome but it is a little luggy compared to stock.
The rest of the OS is much smoother though.
I quite like the new quick controls with long-press but they're a little too sensitive, if I could wind down the sensitivity I'd be happy.
I hadn't noticed but yes, using the right ones in landscape is a bit more difficult but as long as you don't swipe at all you're good to go.
Works fine on the left side. What is the big deal?
butter and jelly please...
It is odd but as said above it works on the left n you can always rotate the phone if you want it on the right
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That on Verizon it always says I'm roaming
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It is odd but as said above it works on the left n you can always rotate the phone if you want it on the right
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Except the software buttons move to the right no matter which way you rotate. I guess I can get used to operating it from the left side I suppose.
I would use chrome, but at the moment it's not as smooth as the default browser. If only they would combine the smoothness and quick controls of the default browser with the rendering engine of Chrome we would have the perfect browser. Both compromise on different things right now which is strange.
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Except the software buttons move to the right no matter which way you rotate. I guess I can get used to operating it from the left side I suppose.
I would use chrome, but at the moment it's not as smooth as the default browser. If only they would combine the smoothness and quick controls of the default browser with the rendering engine of Chrome we would have the perfect browser. Both compromise on different things right now which is strange.
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He meant rotate the phone to portrait...

Picked up my Note 2 today. Have some questions and concerns

I picked up my Note 2 today at a local sprint store. They were only given 5 and once I got mine they had 2 left. This was 20 minutes after they opened.
I have a couple questions and concerns reuarding the phone that im hoping someone can help me answer.
1. Is there a way to stop the volume from decreasing whenever i plug it into my car? The volume will always go down to half and its kind of annoying.
2. When using the keyboard to type messages, if i spell a word wrong and hit space it wont autocorrect it. Is this a feature Samsung left out? Im so used to it on my evo, i feel like i have to keep looking at what im writing to make sure i dont misspell something.
3. If im in the browser and zoom in on something it wont adjust to fit the page like the HTC EVO did. Is this also something samsung didnt include?
The main concern I have with the phone is the 3g data speeds. I am coming from the original Evo 4g and although Sprint isnt known to have the greatest speeds I never had a problem downloading an application. Today it took an hour to download myfitnesspal from the play store. I tested the speeds on speedtest.net and I was getting 33kbps down and 5kbps up. My girlfriend who also has an Original EVO 4g was getting 300kbps down and 170kbps up. Still not the greatest speed but alot better than what i was getting on the Note 2. Both phones were in the same spot and the same time. I did the test a number of times and always had the same outcome.
Thanks everyone. So far I am loving this phone and both the hardware and software are great!!
Word prediction will need to be enabled in your keyboard settings
Settings\language and input\
Also maybe try installing a different browser for your auto alignment issues
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I think the zoom to fit is in the settings of the browser..its not on by default
Did you try to reset the data profile and do a PRL update?
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2. When using the keyboard to type messages, if i spell a word wrong and hit space it wont autocorrect it. Is this a feature Samsung left out? Im so used to it on my evo, i feel like i have to keep looking at what im writing to make sure i dont misspell something.
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Word prediction will need to be enabled in your keyboard settings
Settings\language and input\
Also maybe try installing a different browser for your auto alignment issues
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There currently no autocorrection on the stock Samsung keyboard.
Hopefully it will get pushedto us in a future OTA
Download the Jelly Bean keyboard from the Google Play store...the best keyboard you will ever use...I have never used anything else after I downloaded it. But I believe the fitting text to the screen was an Apple patent (could be wrong) but I thought I heard that somewhere
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massiveian said:
1. Is there a way to stop the volume from decreasing whenever i plug it into my car? The volume will always go down to half and its kind of annoying.
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That is due to one of the headphone options to limit the intensity of volume so it doesn't damage your ears. You'll find the option it in the sound settings, after you disable it in won't change your volume to half anymore.
massiveian said:
I picked up my Note 2 today at a local sprint store. They were only given 5 and once I got mine they had 2 left. This was 20 minutes after they opened.
I have a couple questions and concerns reuarding the phone that im hoping someone can help me answer.
1. Is there a way to stop the volume from decreasing whenever i plug it into my car? The volume will always go down to half and its kind of annoying.
2. When using the keyboard to type messages, if i spell a word wrong and hit space it wont autocorrect it. Is this a feature Samsung left out? Im so used to it on my evo, i feel like i have to keep looking at what im writing to make sure i dont misspell something.
3. If im in the browser and zoom in on something it wont adjust to fit the page like the HTC EVO did. Is this also something samsung didnt include?
The main concern I have with the phone is the 3g data speeds. I am coming from the original Evo 4g and although Sprint isnt known to have the greatest speeds I never had a problem downloading an application. Today it took an hour to download myfitnesspal from the play store. I tested the speeds on speedtest.net and I was getting 33kbps down and 5kbps up. My girlfriend who also has an Original EVO 4g was getting 300kbps down and 170kbps up. Still not the greatest speed but alot better than what i was getting on the Note 2. Both phones were in the same spot and the same time. I did the test a number of times and always had the same outcome.
Thanks everyone. So far I am loving this phone and both the hardware and software are great!!
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Flip it to the same prl that is on your evo, that's what I did and I'm getting killer speeds (3g) on my s3...
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i agree with the Jellybean Keyboard!!! It should have come with it seeing as IT IS JELLYBEAN!!! I use the voice input constantly form the keyboard when I am emailing and texting, so when this phone "hid" the mic button and you have to press 3 buttons to get to it, I wasnt happy.... So I downloaded the Jellybean Keyboard and its awesome!!!I was having a fit last night with the browser when everytime I scroll, it zooms in, thought I was gonna throw up... so I switched to Google Chrome Browser.
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Download the Jelly Bean keyboard from the Google Play store...
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There are two of them on the store that are called "Jelly Bean Keyboard". Which one do you recommend?
Thanks.
Jaybenosa said:
I think the zoom to fit is in the settings of the browser..its not on by default
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There is a similar setting in advanced settings. To get true reflow you will have to use a different browser. You can thank Apple for this.
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I have a new Note 2, and I'm also new to Android, so I've been posting different things I encounter with the phone.
My experience with the keyboard is one of the things I posted, copied in here.
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The default Samsung keyboard on the Galaxy Note 2 is a sleeper.
Samsung included Swiftkey Flow, which allows gesture-based typing, like Swype. The more I use it the more I like it, and it has auto-suggest and auto-correct.
The number row at the top is pretty great, too, the large screen allows it all to fit. The auto-suggestions appear above the number row.
Samsung also included the handwriting keyboard, for the S-Pen. The handwriting recognition works really well, and I'm coming up to speed with it.
The main points to remember about the keyboards are these:
- auto-suggest and auto-correct function in both tapping and handwriting modes.
- in tapping mode the transition between tapping and gesturing is seamless, but if you try to use both modes within a word a space is automatically inserted.
- in tapping mode auto-correct functions only while using gestures. If you're tapping and not gesturing you have to choose among the suggestions instead of relying on auto-correct. I'm learning the cases where it's important to me to have auto-correct do its thing, like when typing "I'm". If I type it in in tapping mode, it ends up as "Im" unless I choose the auto-suggestion with the apostrophe. It's better instead to use gesture mode for "I'm" as the auto-correct will do the right thing and use the apostrophe. As I mentioned, the transition from tapping to gesturing is seamless.
- quick-punctuation and quick-capitalization functions are missing
completely. People who don't use gestures and people who've never spent time with an IOS keyboard ( and many who have ) don't get this.
I am starting to really like this keyboard. My only real gripes are the lack of auto-correct in tapping mode and the lack of quick-capitalization and quick-punctuation, but they are mitigated by long-presses.
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Someone else mentioned in the thread the Jelly Bean Keyboard, and it really is an excellent keyboard, I discovered it with my Galaxy S3 and initially installed it on the Note 2. But I'm not willing to give up the handwriting recognition, so back to the stock keyboard I went.
The stock keyboard doesn't do everything, but it has its good points.
Cheers,
-John
massiveian said:
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2. When using the keyboard to type messages, if i spell a word wrong and hit space it wont autocorrect it. Is this a feature Samsung left out? Im so used to it on my evo, i feel like i have to keep looking at what im writing to make sure i dont misspell something.
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mlkaufman said:
There are two of them on the store that are called "Jelly Bean Keyboard". Which one do you recommend?
Thanks.
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The one by johntanmi....it should be a red icon with a keyboard
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00mred00 said:
There is a similar setting in advanced settings. To get true reflow you will have to use a different browser. You can thank Apple for this.
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I also came from the Evo4G, and the auto adjust feature you speak of is a HTC Sense feature. I noticed this early on after using others phones and tablets. Although a small feature for those that have had it and lost it we all know how big of a thing it really is. Still don't know why Google hasn't implemented this within current builds of Android yet.
Tw1sted247 said:
I also came from the Evo4G, and the auto adjust feature you speak of is a HTC Sense feature. I noticed this early on after using others phones and tablets. Although a small feature for those that have had it and lost it we all know how big of a thing it really is. Still don't know why Google hasn't implemented this within current builds of Android yet.
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Apple is why. Htc will eventually have to remove it as well.
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Apple is why. Htc will eventually have to remove it as well.
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Can you explain what Apple has to do with it, references? AFAIK, HTML can be rendered any which way the (User Agent, that is) browser wants - that's the point of markup language.
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Can you explain what Apple has to do with it, references? AFAIK, HTML can be rendered any which way the (User Agent, that is) browser wants - that's the point of markup language.
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Text/browser reflow after zooming(what the op is refering to on HTC phones...similar to word wrapping in excel lol) is patented by Apple. Samsung removed it from devices last year. HTC will eventually do so as well.
Its been all over the web for nearly 2 years...you are a smart guy you can find it
The only way to get it to work on samsung phones is to, after zooming in to the size that you want, you have to double tap the screen an additional time to enable text reflow.
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00mred00 said:
Text/browser reflow after zooming(what the op is refering to on HTC phones...similar to word wrapping in excel lol) is patented by Apple. Samsung removed it from devices last year. HTC will eventually do so as well.
Its been all over the web for nearly 2 years...you are a smart guy you can find it
The only way to get it to work on samsung phones is to, after zooming in to the size that you want, you have to double tap the screen an additional time to enable text reflow.
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Yup. And in a coup today Apple won a patent on page turning animations. ..
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Using the Dolphin browser with Dolphin Jetpack, you get extremely fast page renderig with automatic text reflow.
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Text/browser reflow after zooming(what the op is refering to on HTC phones...similar to word wrapping in excel lol) is patented by Apple. Samsung removed it from devices last year. HTC will eventually do so as well.
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Hmm, that'd contradict TechRadar.com's review [/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-note-2-1093688/review/5#articleContent]:You can have the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 reformat pages when you zoom in but it doesn't do this by default, which is slightly annoying.
In fact, you have to go into the advanced section of the settings menu to dig this little gem out, which we weren't overly impressed with having to do.
Lots of people won't be aware of this - and that could lead to a second rate experience for no reason at all.​

Touchscreen goes haywire when running a gamma test pattern

I've tried the multitouch test apps and they show no issues, even when I'm dragging all 10 pinkies around. I also haven't experienced issues in general use or other apps yet.
However, when displaying gamma test patterns, the screen goes crazy, as you can see in the attached video. I've tried a few different similar display testing apps and they all have the same result. Very odd indeed and I wonder if anyone else can test to see if they have the same.
Note that I've enable show touches in developer options to better visualise the issue.
I'm fully stock with the latest version.
The app in the video is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gombosdev.displaytester
Same thing happens to mine. Weird stuff.
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Just tested on my old Nexus 7 (2011-2012) just in case that it could be a strange behavior with all nexus: No problem, no reproducible behavior like this in the video.
woah freaky, same here on n7 2013
Same behavior here on CM 10.2
Same here. First time I tried, it was fine, but it borks up now.
Me too, except I FC almost immediately. Surely this isn't related to the multitouch issues? I'd guess it's because the app isn't designed for the ridiculously high pixel density.
aegixnova said:
Me too, except I FC almost immediately. Surely this isn't related to the multitouch issues? I'd guess it's because the app isn't designed for the ridiculously high pixel density.
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If it was just FCing then I'd definitely say its purely an app issue. But the fact the screen thinks it's actually being touched all over the place could well be related to the hardware issue.
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