UHey gang,
About a week ago I got ****-faced and woke up the next morning to find my beloved S Pen was lost. Every now and then, my phone is still delivering the S Pen detached message to me. It might just be in my head but I feel like 90% of the time that I get the message is in one particular spot in my apartment. Is it possible that the phone is trying to tell me that S Pen is nearby, or am I just crazy?
Thanks in advance!
P.s. I'm aware that there is an option to turn the message off.
UPDATE:
So here's the deal for anyone who's interested. First off, I have found no definitive information anywhere on the internet so far regarding whether or not the Note 4 will detect a lost S Pen, or more specifically, an S Pen that has been lost for a day or longer, and "notify" you of its potential presence by displaying the S Pen Detached message, sometimes even 3 or 4 separate times in about a minute or 2 (in my experience, at least).
I did not find my S Pen in the area of my apartment where the message seemed to be displaying itself most frequently. What I did find in that area of my apartment, on the table (which in and of itself, as well as the space under it and the chair I sit in, make up the majority of this "area" of my place) hiding under a few random pieces of paper, was the baggie of extra S Pen tips that came with the phone. When I got the phone, I didn't know at the time what the heck was in the baggie, assumed it was put in there by mistake, and carelessly tossed it aside, where it eventually became covered by some random papers and sat idly, from the day I got the phone. Which poses another question in the midst of this conundrum. Could the baggie of extra S pen tips alone have somehow been being detected by my phone, causing the S Pen Detached message to display itself, sporadically I might add, as I rose and walked away from said table? The reason I say sporadically is because it wasn't happening anytime near every time I got up from the table and walked away. Less than 30% of the time, I dare say.
Alas, two days ago my beloved S Pen was found stuck in the passenger seat of my Ford F-150, while I was searching for a business card to give to someone else. In case your interested, I did find a stray business card, but it was half covered in dirt, I decided to give it the person anyway (apologizing for having only a dirt encrusted card, of course), they haven't called.
Anyway, I know i didn't mention this earlier, only really for the sake of keeping my query concise, but if there was any place other than that spot in my apartment that I noticed the S Pen Detached message displaying itself more frequently than anywhere else, it was certainly whilst exiting my car. Again, this could all be in my head, but I think I'm onto something here.
Verdict: Inconclusive. Just do the best you can not to lose the damn S Pen. And if it is lost, do the best you can not to lose hope!
OMG find it. It's possible it's near by. Don't buy the one from ebay if you get a new one, there absolutely fake. There made by wacom and a dealer only item.
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Yea I'm pretty sure if that warning goes off it means the pen is nearby. Keep looking, the pen is made by Wacom like sandman said so you would have to contact Samsung to ship you a new pen from wacom if that's even possible.
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I have only had my Zaggfolio keyboard/case for a few days now, and by and large I am quite happy with it (other than the shift-space language change, anyway to turn that off?). Had my tab since a few days after launch, but hadn't bought a case for it until now as I hadn't had a need to take it anywhere for an extended period of time, but this Christmas I am visiting the in-laws, and well...'nuff said.
Anyway, I was letting the keyboard charge earlier, but upon removing the cord from it I heard a snapping noise, like something broke. The charger seems fine, and plugs into my phone still with no issues. However, when I plug it into the Zaggfolio keyboard, it only will charge if I hold it at a certain angle. I think something inside the keyboard that holds the micro-usb port may have broken. Has anyone else experienced this? Should I try and exchange it (bought locally at Best Buy), or what do you guys think?
If it were me, I would go take it back and exchange it for another one. I just bought mine today and so far I like it. Though the keyboard gets in the way for me sometimes.
Its possible that the board broke or a connection broke near the charge port which is a pain.
I just got mine last week and this case/keyboard is the best ive come across. If i were you i would take it back and next time be a little more careful removing the usb plug from the keyboard. The only thing i would change and it maybe not even be app licapable but i would leave a space open to charge the keyboard while you have your tab connected to it. But im not sure if you can actually do it while it is connected so ill have to test it out and post on how it works out. thanks for the heads up ill make sure im extra careful plugging in and removing the usb cord.
I ended up exchanging it on the 20th for another case, since I was going out of town for a few days. I used it a lot the first few days I was out of town, and the keyboard worked pretty well overall, no lag or anything, and I was careful with the charging and it had no issues either. The last few days I was out of town I didn't use my Tab much, busy with holiday crap, so it just sat in the case. When I got back home I was taking everything out, and found that my Tab had those Newton rings on it. I took it out of the case and just let it sit overnight, they were mostly gone by the next day (about 4 inches wide by 1.5 inches tall starting out), and totally gone by the next. In any case, I'm now leery about the case doing that, since I read that some people also had similar issues (though I did see that there's some debate over whether or not it's the Tab itself or cases that do it), so I took the case and returned it today. I'm probably gonna get one of the Pyro cases, the clip probably from what I've read so far, but we'll see. I've looked at various cases on here and on Amazon and whatnot, my main need is the lower angle (often referred to as the "typing angle"), as opposed to the "viewing angle" that the Zagg has, so I think the Pyro would be good. I dunno, I have yet to see what I would call the "perfect" case for the 10.1, I need to keep looking around.
ive gone thru about 7 cases and this case+keyboard is THE BEST i have come by so far. im so glad i listened to task650's advise on this one! But to each there own.
about 2 days ago my phone fell from a table flat into the floor, it now has a dead pixel and a vertical blue line going across the screen, the blue line does not show up on black background but when it displays other colors it is very prominent. I've searched the forums and while I feel confident I can replace the screen myself I wanna know if I have any "cheaper" or price comparable options from the sprint/manufacturer/warranty side before I attempt a DIY. my phone as it happens is only about 1 month old but has been rooted and flashed at least twice.
so the question is: what are my options?
Take it in to the Sprint Store. I don't remember pricing but while Sprint strongly recommends do not root your phone, it's not a policy they enforce. Might cost you $35, if you have TEP it might cost you nothing.
Just take it in and say it fell off the table and show them, then ask how much.... worth a try a least.
There's another thread here with some repair options, you can check them out too.
Edit: Here it is.
If you tell them it fell off the table they will charge you $100 for a replacement if you have insurance or tell you you have to buy a new phone if you don't. You would need a SUPER friendly tech to offer to fix it....which the odds are severely against you.
sweet, i'll try that today, I know a girl on my sprint store that fits the super friendly bill.
Good luck. I wouldn't mention the fall though.
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If Sprint doesn't fix it for you, try checking the connection between the screen and the phone.
The bottom of my phone's display looked corrupted and I fixed it by reinserting the ribbon cable connecting to the screen. I guess it somehow loosened on its own.
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YES, loose connection!!!!
Etirkca, thank you SO much for tossing your experience in at the end there!!! You've given me a quick shift from despondent and grasping to very optimistic and focused! to
My screen went completely dead today (and has stayed that way) at some unknown specific point but following a series of pretty hard-hitting drops of late. I quickly noted that the sound was still functioning when I tried to restart what I initially thought was a phone that had simply powered itself down. Felt like I was deducing in the right direction when I observed that the LED indicator appeared to be non-functional as well. Anyhow, cutting to the chase, had come up with power supply problem to the top-half of the phone as my leading theory before I headed over here to look for some answers/help and was directed to this thread as my very first hit and with your post at least confirming the possibility/likelihood I've got a minor problem, not the potentially huge, expensive one I'd feared.
So, thanks again, but thought I'd hit you up to see if there's any quickie web page you can direct me to which'll show me how to get at that connector. I've no doubt I'll be able to find drawings/instructions on my own, if necessary, but since I'm full newbie to this site and very much an average, amateur tinkerer (as opposed to legit tech) it seems worth asking you and the group for direction on my next step.
Thanks again and in advance! --
--Laz--
There are tons of great vids on how to take the phone apart... google it and watch the video.... its really pretty simple... if you know how to take the phone apart it will be very obvious as to the ribon which may have become disconnected
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Just wanted to close the issue in case anyone should run across this thread in the future and my experience can help them find a solution.
Was actually looking forward to taking my phone apart and giving a fix a try but my lazy/practical side decided to pop into my local Sprint store just to see if there was any chance I could get them to take a look without charging me for anything. Surprisingly, the rep I spoke with took the phone to a tech on the spot and the tech dropped what he was doing to open it up and take a look. Ten minutes later the tech handed me my fully-functioning phone and said the ribbon had been torn completely in half! He said this situation was not uncommon after a year-and-a-half of sliding the keyboard open and closed, again and again. No charge, didn't even write up a ticket as far as I know. Probably got lucky in going into the store about an hour before close on a Thursday night. I'm CERTAIN (based on previous Sprint experience) I wouldn't have received that sort of service if I'd happened in at a busier time.
But worth noting that the ribbon had ripped completely through without any particular drop or other incident and with no prior intermittent performance or any indication something was about to go seriously wrong.
I saw a post where someone called the missing pen alert a gimmick. Well the "gimmick" saved me a problem tonight. I was leaving the Vet's office with my dog pulling on the leash and dropped the phone. Thank goodness no damage, I just popped the battery cover back on and all appeared good. I was out the door when I got a beep-beep. Looked at the phone and got the Detached Pen message. I went back in and found the pen under a pet supply display 5 feet from where I dropped the phone. The thing is; It was late, I had a busy evening planned and was rushing to get places with no time to play with the phone. I would not have used the pen again until tomorrow at the earliest. Assuming it hadn't been swept up by the cleaning crew by then I doubt I would have thought to look at the Vet's office anyway. The gimmick saved me the replacement cost plus loss of use. This is my first Samsung and I'm impressed with how well thought out the device is. Good by HTC, I enjoyed our time together but I have found a new and better love.
gatorrph said:
I saw a post where someone called the missing pen alert a gimmick. Well the "gimmick" saved me a problem tonight. I was leaving the Vet's office with my dog pulling on the leash and dropped the phone. Thank goodness no damage, I just popped the battery cover back on and all appeared good. I was out the door when I got a beep-beep. Looked at the phone and got the Detached Pen message. I went back in and found the pen under a pet supply display 5 feet from where I dropped the phone. The thing is; It was late, I had a busy evening planned and was rushing to get places with no time to play with the phone. I would not have used the pen again until tomorrow at the earliest. Assuming it hadn't been swept up by the cleaning crew by then I doubt I would have thought to look at the Vet's office anyway. The gimmick saved me the replacement cost plus loss of use. This is my first Samsung and I'm impressed with how well thought out the device is. Good by HTC, I enjoyed our time together but I have found a new and better love.
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Glad it saved you! It does work but it is just not as "techy" as it could be... It saved you this time but might not rely on it in the future as it is hit and miss for a lot of people, but I have left my stylus on my couch and it's went off a few times on me... Saved me from walking a longer distance! LOL
yeah ignore all those fools who call this a gimmick. how is this a gimmick
For some reason this feature doesn't work for me. I can take out the pen and walk around without it and it never alerts me.
erootaku123 said:
For some reason this feature doesn't work for me. I can take out the pen and walk around without it and it never alerts me.
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Myself neither. Ensured it's enabled in the settings menu then tested by walking down the hall of my building and back with it in my office.
It was not working for me but after reading some other posts on the forum. .. It was said you need to not only ensure the feature for the alert is on. .. but the screen needs to be sleeping as well. .. tried it just now and it works fine for me ...I tried it earlier with the screen not sleeping and no alert. ..so confirmed the screen needs to be in stand by mode and not on.
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that was the key! Thankyou
clearNET said:
It was not working for me but after reading some other posts on the forum. .. It was said you need to not only ensure the feature for the alert is on. .. but the screen needs to be sleeping as well. .. tried it just now and it works fine for me ...I tried it earlier with the screen not sleeping and no alert. ..so confirmed the screen needs to be in stand by mode and not on.
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I guess thats because you can already see in the notification bar the "S-Pen detached" notification when the screen is on.
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I also thought it was a gimmick. I left my S pen on my table and walked around the room steadily holding my phone waiting for an alert. Nothing. Then I read in a thread here that holding the phone steady in your hand testing the feature doesn't really work. Holding the phone steady doesn't simulate "walking movement" it is as if your are sitting there with your phone in hand with your pen resting on your desk. The phone needs to jostle a little (my words) to activate the alert. I tested with a little "jostling" and it worked just fine.
Hey guys, like many Toro owners, I had my MicroUSB port finally go out on me. Followed unfortunately shortly after a tumble caused by a cousin just giving my phone to her 3 year old to play with at a family holiday party. This resulted in the screen being cracked all to hell, as one could imagine. In a stupidly rushed attempt to repair the screen glass with a spare piece I had from a friend, I messed up the digitizer, and decided to get a new screen assembly and start over. Unfortunately, after ordering both parts and starting to install both, I realized the mUSB board was no good and had to be exchanged. I slapped the old one back on, installed my screen, and went about my day.
The second time around, I actually remembered how to work on computers and went through my whole usual litany of prep and breakdown. Bled off all my static charge, made a mostly sterile work area, worked in gloves when I could, and proceeded slowly and carefully through the phone teardown. I made sure (to attempt) not to damage any ribbon connectors or even the LTE antenna coax cable and both ports for it.
All this only to notice a short time later that I was having poor call quality, call drops despite a couple of bars, random signal drops, all those good times. This was all with mobile data turned off entirely, but when I turned on mobile data, it hit straight to 4G full service and data was snappy and page loads/searches were fast. However, I cannot tell if it is area signal strength or phone error, but I'm inclined to believe I may have messed something up either in my first botch job, or in my second serious repair.
If there was any repair errors, I'm inclined to believe one of a few things happened. Either I screwed up one of the in-frame antennas the first time around, putzing about trying to pry the old screen off the frame. Or I somehow cocked up one of the CDMA antennas on the mobo itself the second time, but I find that very hard to believe. Or the old mUSB board with it's mic got screwed up, but I highly doubt that too.
Anyone have any ideas, further questions, or (preferably non) snide comments? I've tried to give as many details as possible in this post without overloading it, but let me know if I've left out anything useful. Yet again, it's a Toro, 32gb, running SlimKat's 4.4-1825 weekly. (Can't remember build date right now, and phone's in pieces again for visual verification/pictures)
Any help is greatly appreciated, and thanks!
Within the last two weeks or so, my Note 5 has been randomly vibrating, and flashing the "S Pen has been detached" message, but the S Pen is still inserted. Sometimes it does it like three or four times in a row. When it does this, I've noticed that I can shake my phone, and recreate it, and sometimes just resting my finger on the S Pen will make it do it. Phone has never been dropped, nor had water damage.
Anyone experience anything like this? I haven't found anything online about it, and it's getting really annoying.
Am I really the only person lucky enough to be experiencing this? Guess I'll stop by the Samsung section at Best Buy today.
I've had the same problem. Been using the flashlight to dig In the garage and it just vibrants for no reason. Does you clicker on the spen get stuck as well?
Yeah, once in awhile when I click it to pull it out of the phone.
I'm currently chatting with Samsung Support via Facebook messenger. I get a response like every hour or so. Maybe they can send me a new pen.
Samsung in BestBuy was completely useless, btw.
Samsung in Best Buy is always useless. If you take them a problem they just go "Huh, I hadn't heard that."
So the best thing the Samsung chat came up with was to send it to them, with two day shipping each way, would have to be without my phone for up to two weeks.
Can't do that, for a problem that is more just a nuisance than anything else.