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[Q] s3 i747m floating touch

Ok so I was not aware that the s3 here in Canada had the floating touch feature , see a lot of times when I type
I don't even have to touch my screen to get the letters to type or when I go to push an app I can hover over the screen and it will go
It's almost like I can feel a force from the screen in my finger some times almost feels tingaly. Example like pushing on an invisible electro wall ...
Can some one explain more of what's going on and how I can make it more sensitive ?

More sensitive? Do you mean less? Don't know why you'd want it more sensitive. It does that because they screen uses electro magnetic pulses from your body, therefore, if you have a strong enough magnetic pulse the screen may react without you actually touching it.
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It's a capacitative screen... check capacitative vs. resistive screens... the new generation capacitative screens are a lot better than they used to be... my S3 only responds when I touch the screen though... albeit slightly... if yours is doing this all the time you might want to consider a replacement.

corythug said:
More sensitive? Do you mean less? Don't know why you'd want it more sensitive. It does that because they screen uses electro magnetic pulses from your body, therefore, if you have a strong enough magnetic pulse the screen may react without you actually touching it.
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Lol idk like on the xperia sola they have that feature it's cool just wondered if there was a way 2 make it even better on the S 3

darkfire87 said:
Lol idk like on the xperia sola they have that feature it's cool just wondered if there was a way 2 make it even better on the S 3
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I don't think s3 has the floating touch feature. Mine only responds when my finger comes into contact with the screen. I believe the floating screens is responsive even to you not touching it at all.
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S-pen sensitivity question (too Iow sensitivity?)

Hello,
I got Samsung Galaxy Note II since a week now and I noticed that the s-pen does not register the weakest (lightest) touch, like when I'm gliding with the pen over the screen (the pen's tip is touching the screen but barely). I'm used to very light touch, so when I'm drawing a line sometimes it does not register at all or there is some part of it missing.
Is this normal? Maybe I just need to learn to press it a bit harder. I found a lot theads about s-pen being too sensitive, maybe I need to calibrate it but the other way? Also I found some threads with the same question but no answer.
Regards,
Dragon

You can adjust the sensitivity by popping off the button on the side of the pen and turning the screw below it. Keep in mind that the way the s pen detects a touch is when the nib on the end is pushed in, so depending on how light you use it, increasing the sensitivity too much might cause false positives (registering touches when to pen isn't touching the screen)
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Thank you for the reply D3_. That explains a lot. I guess I'm just pressing it too lightly. I will just have to get used to pressing it a bit harder.

You can still try adjusting the sensitivity, you might be able to find a sweet spot that works just right for you.
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You got your s pen very low sensitivity but but mine is too sensitive. Even 1 to 1.5cm to the screen it still writing something that I don't need. I cant draw anything. I have been waiting for new s pen from Samsung to replace old one for a month. Hooe to have a very good s oen thus time.
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The sensitivity on mine just changed randomly?
Causing a real problem with swipe.
I have to swipe real s l o w l y....
Any ideas why this might have happened?

click9666 said:
You got your s pen very low sensitivity but but mine is too sensitive. Even 1 to 1.5cm to the screen it still writing something that I don't need. I cant draw anything. I have been waiting for new s pen from Samsung to replace old one for a month. Hooe to have a very good s oen thus time.
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Read my post above (second post in this thread) on how to change your s-pen sensitivity. You probably don't need a new one.
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D3_ said:
Read my post above (second post in this thread) on how to change your s-pen sensitivity. You probably don't need a new one.
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How can you pop the button out?
And will it impact warranty?

S-pen too sensitive
MSK1 said:
How can you pop the button out?
+1
Just got my note 2 today (YAY). The s-pen registers when I am barely touching the screen...how do I pop the button w/o breaking anything? Will this possibly change, or stay the same, on DN3?
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Screen won't turn back on during call

Ok so for the last 2 days, whenever I get a call and put it to my ear, the screen dims like it's suppose to. Well when i pull it off my ear it doesn't come back on. I press home or lockscreen and nothing. It stays pitched black until the other person hangs up or I pull the battery out. I can't figure out what is causing this. I do have a Ghost Armor screen protector, but its cut out for the speaker, both sensors, and the camera, so I cant see this causing a issue. I have changed it now so Lock Screen ends the call, but that doesn't fix my issue, it just makes it so I can now end the call instead of pulling the battery out if the other person doesnt hang up. Anyone else have this issue?

I know this wont fix the issue but there is a setting in "call settings" where u can assign the power button to hang up
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Are u stock? Cause if so, do factory reset

twanskys204 said:
I know this wont fix the issue but there is a setting in "call settings" where u can assign the power button to hang up
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Are u stock? Cause if so, do factory reset
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I already listed that I have that call setting on to hang up. Yes stock and rather not have to do a reset unless I absolutely need to, especially since I don't have the time to re-set-up my phone to my liking right now.
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This happens when the sensors are dirty. Try cleaning the area. My old phone did this all the time with my ballistics case. I had to ditch the case.
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what kind of case do you have on your phone? it your case has plastic covering front edge of the phone, then that will actually trigger the proxiity sensor even though it's not actually covering the proximity sensor. i had to cut a little piece off my case near the proximity sensor to fix that issue. best thing to do is remove the case and see if it behaves normally.

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what kind of case do you have on your phone? it your case has plastic covering front edge of the phone, then that will actually trigger the proxiity sensor even though it's not actually covering the proximity sensor. i had to cut a little piece off my case near the proximity sensor to fix that issue. best thing to do is remove the case and see if it behaves normally.
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Samsung tpu. No plastic covering the edge, just a lip on it
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Funny thing is quick glance works just fine every time (other then leaving notification light on when i use it)
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Sorry man its looking more and more like ur gonna hafto do a factory reset

Will a kies backup reinstal apps as well? Never used kies for backing up before
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I have the same issue but it only happens when I'm running CleanROM 1.2 doesn't seem to happen on the international version of CleanROM 4.2.5 not sure about everyone else.

Spen trick

Ok I have two s pens. If you hold them together in your hand, you can swipe screens and do whatever without touching the screen. Then I figured out you can click the button on one pen and it will enter the app or whatever your doing. So basically you can do anything without touching the phone. Which means there is probably a way to do it with one pen. Dont know if people knew that so throwing it out there
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Lack of Knowledge
some consider the s-pen nothing more than a modified stylus.however you can touch anything with it by just hovering it 0.5 mm above the screen.It uses the same technology as MRI.people throw it because they are not aware about it.

jontyfernz said:
some consider the s-pen nothing more than a modified stylus.however you can touch anything with it by just hovering it 0.5 mm above the screen.It uses the same technology as MRI.people throw it because they are not aware about it.
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Thanks for the info. In this case you can do it from .5 to 1 inch away. Its pretty cool. Lol
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you can adjust the sensitivity of the spen by removing the cover off the button. the pot towards the nib is the one you can adjust. just be careful or you'll have quite a few mis-touches.

jd14771 said:
you can also "jam" the end of the pen, replicating as if you were touching a surface, and bam, you have a magic wand! lol, i just know this because my spen naturally gets jammed -_-
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anyone have tips on how to prevent the jams? they make all my spen work look like crap every now and then and at the most inconvenient times

You can do that in TWRP just hover over the icons and sliders and it chooses them
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Sensitivity Levels
The S-Pen has 256 different levels of sensitivity and pressure.

nice

jontyfernz said:
The S-Pen has 256 different levels of sensitivity and pressure.
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That was on the note 1, ours have 1024

[Q] S4 and Conductive stylus on soft "menu"&"back" button

I have:
1) Tmobile S4 (M919) White
2) Galaxy Tab™ Conductive Stylus ($19.99 now)
3) OEM wireless charger back cover
4) MIME ghost glass version 2
5) Spigen Neo Case
Using finger, the screen and soft button work all the time.
Using Stylus on the screen works all the time.
But there is a problem on "soft button" with "stylus"
1) sometime the stylus works with "soft button", but sometime won't.
2) sometime it works for 15mins or less then stop working on "soft button"
3. in order to have it working again, i have to turn the screen off then on. (but not 100% will bring it back to works)
I also tried with an aftermarket capacitive stylus that it used to works with my ipad 1, the same thing happened.
Do anyone have any idea about this? any physic behind this? thannk you.

The soft buttons aren't meant to be used with a stylus. Unless you have the galaxy note 8, then you are out of luck. The stylus is functional on the screen but not the capacitive buttons..
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androidsoccer said:
The soft buttons aren't meant to be used with a stylus. Unless you have the galaxy note 8, then you are out of luck. The stylus is functional on the screen but not the capacitive buttons..
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But how come it does work sometime? 99% of time it will get back to work after the screen off and on?

Works fine for me every time. And I have a 99 cent stylus
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elesbb said:
Works fine for me every time. And I have a 99 cent stylus
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have you installed a glass type screen protector on your S4?

bily said:
have you installed a glass type screen protector on your S4?
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Ah, no i haven't. That might be your issue. The stuff on the tip of the stylus might not be strong enough to reach the capacitive buttons as the screen uses a different sensitivity level.

elesbb said:
Ah, no i haven't. That might be your issue. The stuff on the tip of the stylus might not be strong enough to reach the capacitive buttons as the screen uses a different sensitivity level.
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yeah, that's what i thought too. but it does work for few minutes after the screen on, so it's hard to conclude that the issue is solely caused by the screen protector. Maybe the sensitivity level on the "soft botton" is decreasing over time, has more sensitive right after it turned on.

bily said:
yeah, that's what i thought too. but it does work for few minutes after the screen on, so it's hard to conclude that the issue is solely caused by the screen protector. Maybe the sensitivity level on the "soft botton" is decreasing over time, has more sensitive right after it turned on.
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Go into your display settings and check the box next to High touch sensitivity.. see if that helps the sensitivity issue
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kurtis.austin2 said:
Go into your display settings and check the box next to High touch sensitivity.. see if that helps the sensitivity issue
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I tried it, but it makes no difference, maybe it's for the screen only?
But if i am lucky, i can bring it back to works for once if i keep tapping it with 2x more force. what i mean is, it will works on one tap after i tapped it for more then 10 times.
maybe the heat accumulated between the "soft button" and the screen protector is causing the reduction in sensitivity.

anyone has any idea?