[Help] Water Damage - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II

I have gotten my note 2 water damged. I have dried it out and cleaned it and everything, but there is still one lingering problem. There is a water bubble in the rear camera. I have unassembled it and dried the lens but still its not working properly. So the problem is there is water in the actual rear camera and i wanted to know how to fix it without replacing it.

Put it in a bag of rice for a day or 2. That should dry everything out
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In a bag full of rice. Oalmeal should work too if youre not inba very asian household.
And rice attracts asians and brings them to your house to fixyour phone
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You can also find bulk silica gel at a baking supply store
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If you have a gas stove you can put the device in the oven for a few nigths (without turn it on) and the minimal heat will dry it. I did that with my old galaxy 550 and worked fine!

Krishna563 said:
I have gotten my note 2 water damged. I have dried it out and cleaned it and everything, but there is still one lingering problem. There is a water bubble in the rear camera. I have unassembled it and dried the lens but still its not working properly. So the problem is there is water in the actual rear camera and i wanted to know how to fix it without replacing it.
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If everything works except the rear camera, buy a new camera . it only cost 33 dollars http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-samsung-galaxy-note-ii-sgh-t889-back-camera.html

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Put it in a bag of rice for a day or 2. That should dry everything out
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I tried that but there is still water in the rear camera

Krishna563 said:
I tried that but there is still water in the rear camera
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worth a shot, then see deeznutz post above
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Krishna563 said:
I tried that but there is still water in the rear camera
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The n7100 camera module looks the same. Cant find the factory part numbers for both but it looks like it should work. Only 16 bucks on ebay
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=261268466197
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pyraxiate said:
The n7100 camera module looks the same. Cant find the factory part numbers for both but it looks like it should work. Only 16 bucks on ebay
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=261268466197
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Well that website linked by deez has the 7100 camera too. It is only 19 and had a different part number, so if u was a gambling man I'd say it won't work
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kintwofan said:
Well that website linked by deez has the 7100 camera too. It is only 19 and had a different part number, so if u was a gambling man I'd say it won't work
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Considering the fact the radio, kernel, and OS are pretty much interchangeable between the t889 and n7100, I'd say it uses the same driver. ....... meaning same hardware. Looks identical, same connector, and same drivers...... you think it wont work why?
Both use the tolte kernels and build tree as well.
Besides, I cant imagine Samsung would make multiple camera modules that are all different.... but look alike..... that wouldnt be very cost inefficient for them.
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pyraxiate said:
Considering the fact the radio, kernel, and OS are pretty much interchangeable between the t889 and n7100, I'd say it uses the same driver. ....... meaning same hardware. Looks identical, same connector, and same drivers...... you think it wont work why?
Both use the tolte kernels and build tree as well.
Besides, I cant imagine Samsung would make multiple camera modules that are all different.... but look alike..... that wouldnt be very cost inefficient for them.
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Based on my stated reasons, the same website list 2 part numbers and 2 different prices.
And to cost efficient why do some have wireless charging and we have to mod ours. The s3 had a thread just like this and you know what, there was a slight size difference they caused it not to work. Will this one work, I don't know I'm just looking at details and made a comment. By the way I'm talking hardware differences. It can be the same core hardware with difference shell causing it not to fit
OH AND THE N7100 IS TO3G THE N7105 IS TOLTE! So you're whole argument is wrong
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kintwofan said:
OH AND THE N7100 IS TO3G THE N7105 IS TOLTE! So you're whole argument is wrong
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BURRNNNN!
For future reference i would take each advice with gratitude and not trying to prove one person wrong. Have an open mind. He is right if you did a little more research you would see he is right.
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First of all... the only thing I was wrong about was that the tolte was n7105..... for that, I stand corrected.
HOWEVER.....There is no burn as I am not wrong. Hardware wise the devices are identical as they use the exact same drivers for the cam.
Much like you can use the same driver made for a dlink on a netgear, or belkin wireless card, as long as they all are the same interface ( pci / usb ) and run on the same chipset. Same concept. Different part numbers but the same driver and connection = same device period.
Proof? Refer to this thread... you can port any n7100 rom to an n7105.... and since n7105 is tolte...... as is the t889, all drivers are the same.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018411
Partitions are laid out differently. ..However....you can modify n7100 roms to work for n7105 and i317. As such, that means the firmware to run the camera module should identical...also meaning the camera hardware is using the same components.
Now.....Since we do use the international note base in some of our t889 builds, ( JediX to name one ), that means the n7105 camera is the same as the t889 at least driver wise.
As long as the connection to the motherboard is the same, which it appears to be, and it has the same driver to control the hardware, he should be good to go. Ill order one next week just to try ......
Never go 100% based on part numbers ... I worked for Ricoh as a field technician ( digital imaging + digital copy equipment ) ...we used the same 5 photo sensors for 30+ machines. All had different part numbers but were all interchangeable. Part numbers were different so there was accountability for which models used sensors more.
One more thing. Some one also documented that when they tore down their phone, there were multiple models printed on the ribbons and other hardware ( i317 , n7105 etc ). Im willing to bet that there are n7100 parts in some of our phones anyway.....
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Well congratulations you win. I don't waste my time arguing with fools on the internet. I made a very simple comment that if I was a gambling man I would bet it wouldn't work, that's it then you had to turn it into a in right you're wrong thing. So go ahead you win, you're also exactly why I'm getting tired of xda.
Also, I'm not going by part number only. In your rant you missed the fact I said we had this exact scenario on the Verizon s3 and there was a slight difference in size that didn't allow it to fit.
But go in with your Internet gangster self, you're a bad man and the smartest person here.
I'd like to remind you on one thing though. You're talking about the RON being interchangeable. The"drivers" are in the kernel, which is not interchangeable. Try a TO3G kernel on your phone and let me know how that works out.
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kintwofan said:
Well congratulations you win. I don't waste my time arguing with fools on the internet. I made a very simple comment that if I was a gambling man I would bet it wouldn't work, that's it then you had to turn it into a in right you're wrong thing. So go ahead you win, you're also exactly why I'm getting tired of xda.
Also, I'm not going by part number only. In your rant you missed the fact I said we had this exact scenario on the Verizon s3 and there was a slight difference in size that didn't allow it to fit.
But go in with your Internet gangster self, you're a bad man and the smartest person here.
I'd like to remind you on one thing though. You're talking about the RON being interchangeable. The"drivers" are in the kernel, which is not interchangeable. Try a TO3G kernel on your phone and let me know how that works out.
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Wasn't trying to "win" for one. I was merely giving support for my theory. That whole comment was to the person who made the "burnnnnnn" comment. As far as this topic goes, I already said im going to buy the cheaper camera and give it a shot to be sure... its not a big deal to test things out. You keep doing you bro.... I harbor no ill feelings towards you.
Also...I never claimed to be the end all to be all. I DO however have experience as an electrical / mechanical technician and worked on circuit boards / imaging equipment following point to point schematics..... Im not just some Internet made want to be know it all.
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So I go to a repair center and here's what went down

I called today and made an appointment to see a sprint technician I go in and the manager stops me at the door and says can I help you with anything now any rooting veteran kn rows when u go into a repair center to play dumb so I said hum I have an appointment and he's like okay well come here and I'll look at the phone. That right there got me worried because and untrained cashier jockey was about to take a look at my phones sub port. The first mistake he made as I watched him carefully was he jammed his fingernail in the sub port and pryed the back cover off backwards and forcefully and almost throws my phone across the room. I wanted to say something but I did not want to spark him as he seemed to have attitude as it is. Well he outs a sub cable in ( first upsidedown) and he closely compares mine to the store cable I guess he doesn't know what micro sub looks like. And he says it charges just fine and decides to finally bring it to a technician and they ran a detailed test on my sub cable and determined it was frayed on the inside so I said to myself no buggy I then decided to ask if he cud do something about this crack in the screen bezel just about the volume rocker. And he employees and talks to me as if I'm 5 years old. The worst part is because he wasn't a technician I never got the survey call from sprint to rate his poor performance
Edit pleasebignor the subs* I opined back time stock today and you all know how shifty Samsung's spell check is
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...Huh?
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This is pointless Im a sprint technician and I'm sorry they way they treated you but I'm not sure what message your trying to convey here it was mostly gobberish
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Yeah im a tmobile technician and I didnt understand your point. Can you clarify?
Why was this thread started???
Well of course he treated you "like a 5 year old"... You were playing dumb and you probably over-played it.
Seriously, i wrote better than this and communicated myself across with more cohesion at 5 years of age. What exactly is going on here?
You took your phone into a Sprint store and..........???
ks2332 said:
This is pointless Im a sprint technician and I'm sorry they way they treated you but I'm not sure what message your trying to convey here it was mostly gobberish
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excuse my gibberish i angerly rage posted this on stock tw with the stock sammy keyboard and the spell checkis horrible basically what i was trying to say was that the manager tried to mess with my phone and failed , then gave up and went to a technition and then gave me attitude about it
I'm pretty sure I understand and that really really really sucks! I've always done my own repairs I will never trust someone else!
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matrixzone5 said:
excuse my gibberish i angerly rage posted this on stock tw with the stock sammy keyboard and the spell checkis horrible basically what i was trying to say was that the manager tried to mess with my phone and failed , then gave up and went to a technition and then gave me attitude about it
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Get swiftkey.
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jamcar said:
I'm pretty sure I understand and that really really really sucks! I've always done my own repairs I will never trust someone else!
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as do i amigo but this time would have been impossible as i could not tell wther my usb cord was funky or my usb port was damaged i also do not have the equipment to repair a busted usb port if that is at all possible.
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Get swiftkey.
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i didnt have time to i odin'd back to stock and ran out of the house
matrixzone5 said:
i didnt have time to i odin'd back to stock and ran out of the house
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Rooted phones are covered by sprint tep....no reason to play dumb
Definitely sounds like a communication issue.
Did they get you a new USB cable?
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00mred00 said:
Rooted phones are covered by sprint tep....no reason to play dumb
Definitely sounds like a communication issue.
Did they get you a new USB cable?
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thats tep im not paying 100 dollars for what could have been a bad usb port that wasnt my fault and no they did not get me a usb cable i actually didnt talk to a technician at all the manager was playing mr fixit with me and he told me i wud have to go buy a new usb cord. actually his exact words (he was american not indian nor hispanic he spoke perfect english no accents of any sort) "uhmm well uhh uhm you see this uhm this cord its uhh not good very bad so you need a new one its uhm cut inside and if you look at your uhm port (usb port) you can see that its bent (looked at it and compared to floor model mine was straight as a bullet).
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matrixzone5 said:
as do i amigo but this time would have been impossible as i could not tell wther my usb cord was funky or my usb port was damaged i also do not have the equipment to repair a busted usb port if that is at all possible.
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It's possible I've done it! It just takes a high level of a skill with a soldering iron and steady steady hands...
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I am very gud with a soldering gun I just don't have one with a thin enough tip to. E used on mobile electronics
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Enough posts about how shi** I spell when I'm pissed off please the topic is sprint treated me like dirt today and I'm pretty sure t
What the manager did could have been a big mistake on his part had he splipped up worse.
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matrixzone5 said:
Enough posts about how shi** I spell when I'm pissed off please the topic is sprint treated me like dirt today and I'm pretty sure t
What the manager did could have been a big mistake on his part had he splipped up worse.
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I have a good relationship with the tech supervisor at the local repair center. The thing that kicked it off was when I brought my OG Epic in back when I was trying to get MIUI on it (before MIUI was release for it), he thought it was pretty cool that I was tweaking the phone like that and asked me if I could do anything with his Evo......free service/repairs ever since, no questions asked.
shiftr182 said:
I have a good relationship with the tech supervisor at the local repair center. The thing that kicked it off was when I brought my OG Epic in back when I was trying to get MIUI on it (before MIUI was release for it), he thought it was pretty cool that I was tweaking the phone like that and asked me if I could do anything with his Evo......free service/repairs ever since, no questions asked.
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I had a similar situation with a technitian we would keep up with each other me being a Sammy fan boy and her being an HTC fanatic we always had good debates about which xhipset was more efficient and blab blah blah any ways she left sprint to go work for Microsoft and since then getting any sort of repair has been a living hell.
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HELP! Is Wifi permantly broken?

My friend has a tmobile galaxy s2 and his mom stabbed the phone right in what I believe is the Wifi reciever. There is corrosion appearing, and there is a terrible smell to it. The wifi radius is severely limited in zone, and wont read every network. There is a picture below, and is there anything I can do to revive the phone wifi receiver?
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lovenokia said:
My friend has a tmobile galaxy s2 and his mom stabbed the phone right in what I believe is the Wifi reciever. There is corrosion appearing, and there is a terrible smell to it. The wifi radius is severely limited in zone, and wont read every network. There is a picture below, and is there anything I can do to revive the phone wifi receiver?
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Physical damage can only be fixed by insurance claim. Will set your friend back 130 bucks. Now, the bigger issue is why would your friends mom stab a phone? Was he protecting himself with the phone from getting stabbed!?
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LoopDoGG79 said:
Physical damage can only be fixed by insurance claim. Will set your friend back 130 bucks. Now, the bigger issue is why would your friends mom stab a phone? Was he protecting himself with the phone from getting stabbed!?
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Extremely long story, basically she wanted to break the phone somehow. Is there any chance I could replace that part of the phone myself? Is it part of the motherboard or not? Thanks!
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Are you five?
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Move out?
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Smgdh
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Okay, can the WiFi be fixed? Sheesh it may be a really strange situation but I am not five... Some places the WiFi will work normally but very few of them
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lovenokia said:
Okay, can the WiFi be fixed? Sheesh it may be a really strange situation but I am not five... Some places the WiFi will work normally but very few of them
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XDA is great at fixing things, hacking and tweaking things.
but if you read all the threads here, you will soon realize 99.999999% of the things people do here are all software related.
You have physical damage done to the phone, there is really no way to figure it out..
Get a new or used phone!
fastfed said:
XDA is great at fixing things, hacking and tweaking things.
but if you read all the threads here, you will soon realize 99.999999% of the things people do here are all software related.
You have physical damage done to the phone, there is really no way to figure it out..
Get a new or used phone!
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+1 I honestly don't know if it can be fixed. Even so, it will be less trouble just to do a insurance claim, that is if you have it.
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If u have the technical knowhow then it's possible to fix it.. You could search YouTube and see what pops up in ways of some kind of tutorial /guide.. But if you are not the kind of person who knows how to do it then it would be way easier just to get it professionally repaired..
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+1 I honestly don't know if it can be fixed. Even so, it will be less trouble just to do a insurance claim, that is if you have it.
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Do you know what component would need to be replaced? The back cover of the phone is being eroded by the way. Thanks a lot, I appreciate it.
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lovenokia said:
Do you know what component would need to be replaced? The back cover of the phone is being eroded by the way. Thanks a lot, I appreciate it.
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Its the fact there is erosion that tells me you can't just replace a piece. How far has the erosion spread? Had it got to the motherboard?
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that component is eroding, and the back cover, the plastic one is close to having a hole into it.
lovenokia said:
My friend has a tmobile galaxy s2 and his mom stabbed the phone right in what I believe is the Wifi reciever. There is corrosion appearing, and there is a terrible smell to it. The wifi radius is severely limited in zone, and wont read every network. There is a picture below, and is there anything I can do to revive the phone wifi receiver?
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this is sad but very funny sorry haha dang she stabbed it?! thats insane..
what about replacing the wifi reciever.. once you smell the bad smell that seems like its cooked..
You sure it's not electrical current damage?
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this is sad but very funny sorry haha dang she stabbed it?! thats insane..
what about replacing the wifi reciever.. once you smell the bad smell that seems like its cooked..
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it has a very bad smell to it
Look up t989 teardown. It looks like that is not the WiFi module, but the signal lead. Seems like its part of the mother board I believe. None the less, if it's just a copper lead it should be repairable. Being exposed may be causing some shorting out leading to the damage and bad connection. Repairing may not make it perfect though.
I was trying to find a tear down video, but couldn't find one. What component would I have to change?
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I was trying to find a tear down video, but couldn't find one. What component would I have to change?
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a link to that component anyone, thanks a lot though

S pen Test

Today I went to a sprint store inside Concord Mall just to test the S pen and was very disappointed. I even dream about this phone but thank god
I haven't sold my GS3 yet.
Click the video link and you'll know what I mean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY4eMzw_LTY
Are you really basing your review on a store model?
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It was mentioned before that the security device on the back might affect the performance of the s pen
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Mine works fine
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denttarek said:
It was mentioned before that the security device on the back might affect the performance of the s pen
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It definitely does
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Well I'll make sure when I pick up my note 2 front the sprint store that it doesn't have that device on the back of it before I get it
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
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It was mentioned before that the security device on the back might affect the performance of the s pen
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You might the right on that. Thank god again I dream wasn't crush.
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Are you really basing your review on a store model?
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That's my only option right now. I don't think a stranger would let me play with his or her phone.
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That's my only option right now. I don't think a stranger would let me play with his or her phone.
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That's not giving this awesome phone a fair shake though.
People beat the stuffing out of those store models. Trust me, if you get this phone you will not be disappointed.
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Today I went to a sprint store inside Concord Mall just to test the S pen and was very disappointed. I even dream about this phone but thank god
I haven't sold my GS3 yet.
Click the video link and you'll know what I mean http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY4eMzw_LTY
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I have had absolutely no problems with the S Pen. In fact my wife is an Industrial Designer, and said that the Pen isnt too far behind her WACOM and programs she uses for work. slight lag, but nothing to lose sleep over. for me the S Pen is almost a novelty.
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I have had absolutely no problems with the S Pen. In fact my wife is an Industrial Designer, and said that the Pen isnt too far behind her WACOM and programs she uses for work. slight lag, but nothing to lose sleep over. for me the S Pen is almost a novelty.
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The reason I was soo critical about it is because I need it to take note in class and always have it with me when I need to study.
i dont think a phone/tablet/any electronic device could ever replace pen/paper when it comes down to class and taking notes...not even a laptop. our brains learn best when we write things out, not just type them up and to take tons of class notes on a 5.55" screen is just silly...anyway, my s-pen was initially too sensitive and would register screen taps at times when I would only be hovering. following a fix in some thread, I probably love my phone more than all my other devices combined :good:
Theres a known issue with the s-pen and magnets. Mine works great.
Action Required: Samsung Galaxy Note II Display Issue
For Dealers who have ordered Vanguard electronic security for the Samsung Galaxy Note II.
An interference issue has been discovered with the Samsung Galaxy Note II electronic security sensor during the use of the Notepad application.
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Guys - at the Sprint store the pen did not work for me AT ALL - the guys at the desk said "yeah, its not good - buy an iPhone 5 this thing sucks" - i bought it anyway, it works fine... CONFIRMING that at 3 stores I went to in order to find stock in Las Vegas, this was a problem and that with my device - no such problem.
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i dont think a phone/tablet/any electronic device could ever replace pen/paper when it comes down to class and taking notes...not even a laptop. our brains learn best when we write things out, not just type them up and to take tons of class notes on a 5.55" screen is just silly...anyway, my s-pen was initially too sensitive and would register screen taps at times when I would only be hovering. following a fix in some thread, I probably love my phone more than all my other devices combined :good:
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While I do agree that paper and pen are the best, I actually saw a girl in my organic chemistry class who took all her notes on her iPad. She drew structures and wrote formulas with a cheap, standard capacitive stylus, typed out whatever she could type out, and took pictures of slides and a pasted them into her notes. I'm not sure what program she used, but it was quite impressive to say the least. Of course, I think it requires learning the programs inside and out and making sure you can use them efficiently.
I have a Nexus 7 and a Galaxy Note II and wouldn't use either one to replace a notebook and a good mechanical pencil. I'm also not motivated enough to try though either lol.
If you're gonna take notes, just do a Bluetooth keyboard... makes more sense.
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Yea but there are some classes where you can't type everything? How do you draw a structure or diagram with a keyboard?
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Yea but there are some classes where you can't type everything? How do you draw a structure or diagram with a keyboard?
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There is a great app called handrite in the market and it lets you type and draw in the same file as well as import pictures. I use it in meetings on my Xoom.

Screen record / multi window / screen record rant

All missing. Really? I will donate to whoever fixes that lameness.
/Rant over
edit....sigh...typo
second screen record was supposed to be Google wallet
But....you already donated to Samsung...
All kidding aside, shoehorning this into the OS that I don't believe (please correct me if I'm wrong) has been officially released (kernel and all) yet will be an ugly endeavor.
I applaud the ROM cooks for their hard work, and agree. I've done my share of donations to the Evo3D gurus, and will continue to for the future the Note2 wizards. I really doubt we'll see these features, at least seamlessly as we'd like, prior to Samsung releasing them.
While I can honestly say I'm disappointed for the same reasons, along with the fact that inductive charging on the Sprint models has been made almost impossible. (I've recently learned you may be able to physically mod the phone)
I also must admit, over all, this is the single best smart phone I've had, the only other phone I've been this excited about was the Palm Pre when it was first released (zomg true [email protected]#)
So, /rant signed, added to, and amended with a pat on the back to Samsung for delivering an awesome phone on it's own standing even with flaws. :good:
Palm pre. I'm a die hard palm lover.
I was on treocentral and pre central most of my days.
Love the palm. Wish it. Had better hardware
What is screen record
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What is screen record
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It would be this:
Well that's cool. Was it suppose to be in our phone
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Well that's cool. Was it suppose to be in our phone
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Yep. Along with multi-screen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-G-avtGf0A&feature=g-user-u
And Google wallet (which can now store just about any credit/debit card.
What is so annoying about these features not being on the phone...is that they are SOOOO real world useful in application. I just don't get it.
Well I am sure it will be in an upgrade correct
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Well I am sure it will be in an upgrade correct
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Screen record will probably need to be a hack as some rumors are going around about a patent in the US vs. Europe.
Why Multi-App view is not working is unknown.
Google Wallet is dependent on Sprint allowing it, from what I hear.
Inductive charging has something to do with the outside case contacts with the internal battery contacts. the hardware my be causing this limitation although there is a rumor of a hardware hack for this going around as well.

Hardware mod s4 13mp cam into s3 ..May be possible

It may very well be possible to actually disassemble the s4 camera sacrifice it into the s3 motherboard I might attempt to find a extra camera 40 s for online and try this only because the physical aspects of the cameras and design haven't really changed and I remember in old mod that was done on the T Mobile vibrant using AT&T model you could actually put the AT&T front camera into the samsung vibrant giving the vibrant a front cam
Anyone have opinions on this being done might need a software change if the physical cams swap over, I'm sure it will be a good amount of time before the camera alone becomes available online to purchase somewhere
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Remember you'll need the appropriate drivers just like the vibrant with the international FFC. It could be possible but I doubt it. I haven't looked into this though so don't quote me.
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Ya I know but its a very relevant possibility this could work...biggest issue id see is finding the camera sold as a stand alone piece .
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You think the the hardware of the camera is the same? If I remember the vibrant had the hold for it but in this case would like to know if the housing of the s4 camera is the same for the s3.
someone want to try it lol
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someone want to try it lol
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^ this.
Anything is possible, but not everyone has the skills and time to do so.
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I just checked the pin-count on the S4 and S3 camera modules, and they are identical. Looks like they could fit, except that the flexcable is in the wrong place. This is something that might be possible to fix, though.
If I could get the module to fit physically, would it (in theory) be possible to use S4 camera module drivers for the S3?
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I just checked the pin-count on the S4 and S3 camera modules, and they are identical. Looks like they could fit, except that the flexcable is in the wrong place. This is something that might be possible to fix, though.
If I could get the module to fit physically, would it (in theory) be possible to use S4 camera module drivers for the S3?
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Im no expert but never before such a thing has been done on any device to device so I'd say no
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Just get a s4, the camera we currently have is good enough unless your a photographer
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Just get a s4, the camera we currently have is good enough unless your a photographer
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Agreed! And if you are a photography enthusiast or professional, Im willing to bet you have a camera that no smartphone can match anyway! Plus the risk involved vs the cost of the hardware just makes this impractical, to me anyway!
But then there is also something else to consider. The S4 is already on 4.2.2. I seriously doubt the camera modules, let alone the SamsungCamera.apk, would work at all on our phones which are still only at 4.1.2.
After we get our update, this point may become redundant, but I do not think it would be possible right now.
I've also heard that it may be possible to mod the battery from the S4 to the S3. Think of the possibilities!
To be honest it doesn't seem worth it to try. If you mess something up you'll pay big time, and the quality isn't that much of a difference unless you're obsessed with photography. It just seems impractical to me. And there's no guarantee it'll work just because it worked on an other Samsung phone.
Just pointing that out. But you guys can do whatever you want just don't come crying to me when you break something.
I would just wait for the s5 or get an s4. Right now I'm more than happy with my AT&T S3.
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Just get a s4, the camera we currently have is good enough unless your a photographer
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real photographers never use cell phone cameras. psh.
QUOTE=saranhai real photographers never use cell phone cameras. psh.
Well obviously they don't but only someone that loves taking pictures ie
(Photographers) would care enough to mess with hardware to go from 8mp to 13. That was the point I was trying to make, doc understood it pss
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To be honest it doesn't seem worth it to try. If you mess something up you'll pay big time, and the quality isn't that much of a difference unless you're obsessed with photography. It just seems impractical to me. And there's no guarantee it'll work just because it worked on an other Samsung phone.
Just pointing that out. But you guys can do whatever you want just don't come crying to me when you break something.
I would just wait for the s5 or get an s4. Right now I'm more than happy with my AT&T S3.
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Exactly
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QUOTE=saranhai real photographers never use cell phone cameras. psh.
Well obviously they don't but only someone that loves taking pictures ie
(Photographers) would care enough to mess with hardware to go from 8mp to 13. That was the point I was trying to make, doc understood it pss
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Exactly
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No, the only people that are going to do this mod are people that are impressed by numbers and can not leave their phone well enough alone.
No serious photographer is going to use their cell phone camera, no less care about 8 to 13 MP. Its like sac religious.
Here just buy this Nokia 1020 with 41mp camera that is coming out in a couple weeks it spits out a 5mp copy with each hi-res pic taken for sharing......Only $299 with 2 year contract >>> http://i.nokia.com/blob/view/-/2723846/data/1/-/Lumia1020-whitepaper.pdf
I mean, that's the point of XDA. We love numbers and performance. We love tweaking and enhancing. If anything, if we weren't we'd all be iOS users by now.
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