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S-pen?

I have a question is there anyway or it might already be ported to get the s-pen to work like it does on the galaxy note? Being able to write and it shows on the screen? Or is that a hardware type thing? All these might be a stupif question but I thought I'd ask
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As long as the pen tip conducts ur electricity to the screen it should register properly. (Its not really conducting your electricity im just avoiding getting into the physics) I'm just not sure if our screen has the appropriate layers for pen tip abuse....scratching etc .
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There are stylus' out there that are made for use with our device, to prevent scratching and they register fine on our screen. I recommend going online and looking up some accessories for our phone and they will usually point you in the right direction.

Just go on amazon and look for capasative stylus. I got a 3 pack for like $5 that work great.
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I recall seeing a review on this. It doesn't work on anything other than the Note. The reviewer said something about the Note having added software that allows it to work with the s-pen. I'll post the link to the review when I find it.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=/watch?v=8Bu7YG6qfcc&v=8Bu7YG6qfcc&gl=US
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The s pen will not work. It works differently than a standard stylus, (its inductive) and will only work with the hardware layer on the note. Any CAPACITIVE stylus will work.
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S Pen work with S3?

Does the Note's S Pen work with the Galaxy S3?

Nope, s-pen is an active digitizer. There isn't the same tech/hardware in the g3 as there is in the note
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Go on eBay and search Galaxy S3 stylist, and you can get one that works for the S3. The price range is $. 99 to $29.99. They have some almost identical to the Notes S pen, for one just like that you are looking at around $29.99
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http://m.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ETC-S10CSEGSTA
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g2uzer said:
http://m.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ETC-S10CSEGSTA
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That same pen is cheaper on eBay though.
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There is nothing for the S3 that will be comparable to the S-pen on the note. The C-pen is decent, but it's not going to be as precise, or responsive as the S-pen.

b1gbleu said:
Is the c pen more accurate than one of those ball tipped sylus pens? I have one of those and it writes very broad lines
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The c pen is definitely more accurate than the ball stylus pens due to the slim tip so you can actually see where you are writing. The only problem with the c pen is that it will occasionally not register as touching the screen.
I bought one because I take a lot of notes using S memo and I had an extra $20 bucks laying around lol. So if you can spare the cash I would reccomend it over the ball stylus pens but just know that it will only work for the s 3
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Either that or i'd just get an Adonit Jot stylus....

I just use one of the ones that have a rubber ball at the end.

C-pen didn't work out for me, because it's design a little bit fat. I guess, that's the only way to have stylus is to buy Galaxy Note Series . And also they have wacom grid, which can sense pressure.

good info

bradleyw801 said:
There is nothing for the S3 that will be comparable to the S-pen on the note. The C-pen is decent, but it's not going to be as precise, or responsive as the S-pen.
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It is for me
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C pen is so expensive. How little are you really gonna be clicking? S3 doesn't have the special touch screen built in like the note so the pen gets bigger or smaller from how hard you press anyway. Any cheap stylus will work great. I got a laser, flashlight, chrome pen, and stylus in one for like 6 bucks at Monoprice. Works better than I dreamed.
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shmogt said:
C pen is so expensive. How little are you really gonna be clicking? S3 doesn't have the special touch screen built in like the note so the pen gets bigger or smaller from how hard you press anyway. Any cheap stylus will work great. I got a laser, flashlight, chrome pen, and stylus in one for like 6 bucks at Monoprice. Works better than I dreamed.
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Can you please post the link for that great deal? Thanks

thanks for your information

Badelhas said:
Can you please post the link for that great deal? Thanks
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lol oh man almost a year later, but here it is http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=112&cp_id=11201&cs_id=1120105&p_id=9719&seq=1&format=2
At least now I can give a mini review. It works great as a pen and I use it whenever I have to sign something. Stylus tip still works fine and always has no problem with responsiveness. Only thing that sucks is the flashlight and laser died fast. It's all chrome and black so it still looks nice, but I have no idea how to put a new battery in. I even called and asked them, but how they said to do it was still impossible.

S pen issue

So whenever I try and use the s pen it sucks. If I hover over anything it acts like i selected it. I just want to know is there a way to disable this. I don't want the s pen to do anything unless I actually touch the screen with it.
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Return it . My brobwas doing the same thing and he returned it
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My phone also does this. I'm waiting to see how bad of a problem this is before I make my decision.
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thunderbread said:
So whenever I try and use the s pen it sucks. If I hover over anything it acts like i selected it. I just want to know is there a way to disable this. I don't want the s pen to do anything unless I actually touch the screen with it.
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I believe that's the Airview feature of the S-Pen which you can disable from the S-Pen option settings.

It's a known problem.
Some people have taken the pen apart. Rather, i just slammed the pen on a hard surface a few times.
Fixed. I'm not joking. Try it. I promise you it will work
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a4 moda said:
It's a known problem.
Some people have taken the pen apart. Rather, i just slammed the pen on a hard surface a few times.
Fixed. I'm not joking. Try it. I promise you it will work
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What, like throw it down flat, or stab the point onto a hard surface?

Had the same problem, returned the phone and got a new one.
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Stewall said:
What, like throw it down flat, or stab the point onto a hard surface?
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Protect the point ! Just slap the sides down on a hard surface.
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fixed
I had the same issue. It was fixed after I accidentally dropped my s pen

I can't believe that actuall fixed it. I almost returned it! Thanks
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Mine is fixed now too....before the tip wasnt springy and now it is.....wow works perfectly!

dchtlh said:
Mine is fixed now too....before the tip wasnt springy and now it is.....wow works perfectly!
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too funny!
maybe they should put that in the user manual!!
Glad it's working for you. Cant wait to get mine on the 29th

Holy ****, it fixed mine. I dropped it with a little bit of force, and sure enough it quit messing up. I appreciate it. I was also about to return mine.

I ended up swapping my pen for a returned pen. Tapping the pen mostly fixed it but it still had a problem on a the right side of the screen where I would have to tap really hard to activate a button press.
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Cant wait to get one so i slam fixit go sammysung haha
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Best troubleshooting for your S Pen
Thanks this method worked for me too!!! Gave it two gentle slams on the table and was good to go. LMAO!! I called samsung to report the issue and they had no way of helping me out, I will call them back and have them implement this technique into their troubleshooting steps.

S Pen Issue
Having a problem, wondering if its just me.. When i go to use S Note, the pen is automatically set to the eraser, and if i select the brush mode, its still using the eraser. I can only write if i press and hold the button on the s pen, then bring it close to the screen.. and then its like an etch a sketch where my lines would all be connected.. As soon as I take the s pen away from the screen and go to write again, its back on the eraser! any help would be greatly appreciated..- Matt

That's not how it's supposed to work. Maybe you have a defective device? Either way I would bring it back to T-Mobile to get it checked out. Are you running a custom rom?
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Mine was hover selecting too but updated to the latest OTA, still had the issue. So I disabled and re-abled Air View and my problems were fixed. All has been good for a few days.

Yeah, it was working before but now its just all screwy, im waiting for my buddy who also has the Note 2 for tmo to come by im going to try his pen. This way I can figure out if its the pen or the phone. Thank you for letting me know that this isnt how its supposed to work!

S-Pen doesn't write on the right edge.

Hello,
I've bought a new galaxy note 2 for 2 months.
I discovered a strange problem that I cannot write anything at the right edge of the screen by the S-Pen and when I try to write beside the edge I find the drawn line goes to right edge although I didn't move it to right!
Anyone face this Problem before? The guarantee provider here in Egypt says that's a misuse fault.
I use the stock ROM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2wNW7jz6H0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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does your Case have a magnet in it by chance? IF it does try without the case
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The extreme right near the screen behaves little different to the rest of the screen. There is about half a milometer part right next to the edge that does not register pen input properly. If you keep drawing the line there vertically, it will not be drawn smoothly as it happens on left edge, it will appear on screen in steps like you are joining two dots using line tool. That is normal behaviour for Note 2. That little half a millimeter part does behave like that on all Note 2s. If this is what you are saying, then that is not really a fault. I have it on 3 different Note 2s in family.

I have the same thing, on the left side

Your digitizer or the part that detects speb motion is damaged.
Hardware problem.
Get it replaced.
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greeneon said:
does your Case have a magnet in it by chance? IF it does try without the case
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You're right. I tried without the Case and the problem started to hide partially. I could write in the right edge where the magnet was preventing me. But the lines still go to right as something attracts them like magnet! The influenced area is nearly a centimeter from right.
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I uploaded a video demonstrates the problem I have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2wNW7jz6H0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I am not an expert but in that video that looks like a bad phone to me. I can't imagine any setting or software issue that would cause that.

TonikJDK said:
I am not an expert but in that video that looks like a bad phone to me. I can't imagine any setting or software issue that would cause that.
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My neighbours have the same mobile phone but they don't face this Problem.
I put their phones in my case (with magnet) but they didn't face the problem!
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Try to use your neighbor's pen on your phone - The S-Pen is made in China and is usually terrible.

BullHorn7 said:
Try to use your neighbor's pen on your phone - The S-Pen is made in China and is usually terrible.
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No, the problem isn't in the S-Pen. I tried my neighbour's S-Pen and Guarantee Agency S-Pen but they didn't write on the right edge either.
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That sucks because I have the same issue but already ordered a new pen from eBay...
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Bs mine has magnet too.
Digitizer problem.
No offense to anyone
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Anass Ahmed said:
I uploaded a video demonstrates the problem I have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2wNW7jz6H0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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That is quiet severe and should not be like that. If you have warranty, take the phone back to Samsung service center.

If you have any kind of case, cover remove them. Try restart and write again. 90% of such sort of problems caused by case, back cover, dominant hand settings.. I've had this many time with my note and note 2. Every time I've found some stupid reasons that was causing phone to screw spen functionality.
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BullHorn7 said:
That sucks because I have the same issue but already ordered a new pen from eBay...
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This is not a S-Pen problem. I tried another s-Pen in Samsung service center.
Funkym0nkey said:
That is quiet severe and should not be like that. If you have warranty, take the phone back to Samsung service center.
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I took the phone to the Samsung service center before I write this thread but they said that is misuse problem! They said that the screen may be crashed.
Raintech said:
If you have any kind of case, cover remove them. Try restart and write again. 90% of such sort of problems caused by case, back cover, dominant hand settings.. I've had this many time with my note and note 2. Every time I've found some stupid reasons that was causing phone to screw spen functionality.
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I'll do that now.
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Hi. Have you tried writing on the right edge with your left hand? Or you can try writing on the right edge with your S pen held upright and not slanted. I noticed my S pen is able to right on the edge if it is held upright or when the left hand is used. I hope this helps.

siakgayyem said:
Hi. Have you tried writing on the right edge with your left hand? Or you can try writing on the right edge with your S pen held upright and not slanted. I noticed my S pen is able to right on the edge if it is held upright or when the left hand is used. I hope this helps.
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I tried that and the writing on the right edge had been improved. But the problem of going lines to right as a magnet attracts them is still there.
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Funkym0nkey said:
That is quiet severe and should not be like that. If you have warranty, take the phone back to Samsung service center.
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It's his case I think. He can write on the edge on the upper and lower part but when he gets to the magnetic part of the case he can't write. I have the same type of casing and I experience the same thing til I switched to another case without magnets.
Oh snap! I don't have a witty tapatalk signature!

is there a metal frame inside the GNote2 which can be magnetised?

Stylus pen for GS3

Hey gang, this may be a dumb question but I was wondering if I buy a stylus pen would it work for the GS3? the thing is that I wanted to get the GN2 but not enough money. I draw a lot and saw the capabilities of having this feature on the GN2 so I was wondering if I get a pen would it work for the GS3.

Have you googled it? I'm sure if it is capable it will be searchable.
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Yes it will work.
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Any stylus pen will work. You can buy them for about a couple of bucks from amazon.
Better yet Samsung make special pen just for galaxy s3 called "C pen". It has smaller tip like S-pen for G-note. It's $30 but if you register with Samsung, they will send you 50% off coupon.. But you can get from amazon too for $15.. Here is the search result link. Also Samsung link...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_box_?k=c+pen+for+galaxy+s3
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/ETC-S10CSEGSTA?from_mobile=true

For fine detail drawing it's no good. Good for stick figure like drawing only I'm afraid.
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whatsitsnamenow said:
For fine detail drawing it's no good. Good for stick figure like drawing only I'm afraid.
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+1. Its not ideal unless the app you are using support fine line pen width like in sketch app.. But I still use stylus to keep my screen clean because I work with oil..
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Thanks everybody. I even tried to take my GS3 back after a month to trade with the GN2 but no can do. I will try out the C-Pen and hopefully that'll work.
Its just that I draw a lot and especially in my anatomy class. I use those pictures to study while I'm at work. I wish I got the GN2. I got the GS3 because it was on sale, dang it. But I still love my GS3. Best phone for me coming off the Thunderbolt.

You should read some of the reviews on YouTube and Amazon before you plunk money into it. The general consensus is that it isn't very good especially for the price paid.
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whatsitsnamenow said:
You should read some of the reviews on YouTube and Amazon before you plunk money into it. The general consensus is that it isn't very good especially for the price paid.
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oh ok, you mean the pen or the GN2?

The c-pen.
I have the note 2. It's awesome for drawing and writing (especially Chinese characters).
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