Hey there,
I was used to changing the keyboard easily by long-pressing any text-input possible screen area and then selecting the desired keyboard.
Now I have to go all the way to the settings and change the default keyboard to the one i want to use at the time.
Is there any way to change this in a smoother way?
Cheers
Maxey said:
Hey there,
I was used to changing the keyboard easily by long-pressing any text-input possible screen area and then selecting the desired keyboard.
Now I have to go all the way to the settings and change the default keyboard to the one i want to use at the time.
Is there any way to change this in a smoother way?
Cheers
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Some keyboards support long pressing space (i think), other way is to select a text field and then pull down notification bar and select the "select input method" there.
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Stock Keyboard support longpressing space, SwiftKey X does not
Herman76 said:
Some keyboards support long pressing space (i think), other way is to select a text field and then pull down notification bar and select the "select input method" there.
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Yes...the notification bar seems to be the way...hmm still preferred the old way
Hi guys Zoid here,
writing to give you a comprehensive list of cool things I have found with the Galaxy Note 2. I figured it was about time we had one such list compiled considering the amount of people who now possess this wondiferous device ( 3 million devices sold in 37 days! sweet mamajama!!).
I will add a few things about the Galaxy Note 2 that may be common knowledge to the initiated, for those who are picking up a Galaxy device for the first time. I will try my best to keep the list updated with things you guys may find, along with the name of who posted the tip. These will be listed in various sections.
So without further ado:
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* You can touch the lock-screen with the S-Pen to get a cool "ink spill" effect. You must have the water touch lock screen on. -Zoidpilot
* Press the side button on your S-Pen while hovering to quick change tools from pen to eraser in S-Note.-Zoidpilot
* Hold the S-Pen side button and double-tap your screen at any time to bring up a quick note. -Zoidpilot
* Hold the S-Pen side button and long press your screen to take a screenshot anywhere. -Zoidpilot
* Hold the S-Pen side button and draw on the screen to begin "cutting" out anything on screen. -Zoidpilot
* Hover over most things with S-Pen to see more info (like E-mails, or on screen buttons and links). This is called Airview.-Zoidpilot
* Hover over the edges of the screen to scroll in places that scrolling is available (i.e. XDA app).-Zoidpilot
* Drop down the notifications bar while the S-Pen is out and tap the violet icon on the right to open Quick Command.-Zoidpilot
* Go to Menu > Settings > S-Pen > and check "S-Pen Keeper" to sound an alert whenever you leave your S-Pen somewhere and walk away.-Zoidpilot
* While you have the keyboard open (like while writing a text) long-press the button on the left next to the space bar and select the symbol that looks like a
"T" to begin Handwriting to Text. You can write and it transcribes it to text automatically. Long-press the same button to switch back.-Zoidpilot
* Go to Menu > Settings > S-Pen > Quick Command Settings / to customize what you have to draw to issue a Quick Command.-Zoidpilot
* Go to Menu > Settings > Display > Page Buddy / to choose what shows on the screen when you pull the S-Pen out.-Zoidpilot
* Go to Menu > Settings > Language and input > Samsung Keyboard Settings button > Pen Detection / to have the keyboard automatically switch to Handwriting pad when the S-Pen is detected.-Zoidpilot
-----------------------------------------------------------------TouchWiz Tips & Tricks-----------------------------------------------------------------
* Go to Menu > Settings > One handed operation / to have the keyboard shrunk and moved to either the left or right side of the app of your choice.-Zoidpilot
* Go to Menu > Settings > Lock Screen Options / to add the weather, news, and other things to your lock screen as well as customize what apps are shown there.-Zoidpilot
* (So far only tested with an Xbox) If you are connected to the same Wifi as your Xbox, you can play a video through the gallery and press Menu to bring up the option to scan for nearby devices. Once it pops up, you can play the video through your Xbox! -Zoidpilot
* Go to Menu > Settings > Sound > Device Vibration / to select different vibration types, or make your own. -Zoidpilot
* Go to Menu > Settings > Motion / to add or remove Motion functions throughout your device.-Zoidpilot
* Go to Menu > Settings > Motion > Advanced / to choose what shows on the screen when you enable "Quick Glance".-Zoidpilot
* Go into S-Voice and tap Menu > Settings / and uncheck "Open via the home key" to eliminate Home screen lag. Or just disable the app altogether.-Zoidpilot
* Not rooted but want to get rid of some bloatware? Go to Menu> Settings> Application Manager> All / and find the application ( like S-Voice ) and touch "Disable" to do just that. Sometimes you may have to uninstall updates first.-Zoidpilot
* Touch "Apps" on your home screen and press the Menu Key. Scroll down to "Hide apps" to hide them from your drawer.-Zoidpilot
* In Messaging touch Menu > Settings / on the top there are options to change the Bubble Style and Background. On the bottom there are options to block Spam messages or specific numbers.-Zoidpilot
* Long-press the Menu key on the home screen to bring up Google Now.-Zoidpilot
* You can pinch to zoom some notifications to expand them ( like Emails) .-Zoidpilot
* You can use the S Note app to create a new page and insert pics to doodle on. Open S-Note > Tap on "Insert Object" button > and select "Images". -Sewhuy
* How to draw on images - Open image > menu > advanced > "Photo Editor" (if you don't have it get it via Play Store) > select "decoration".-ZenInsight
* Draw on Calendar - Open Calendar app > in portrait mode on "Month View" tap top left icon. When you exit out of writing mode, the drawings will disappear, but will reappear when you enter again.-cecilia
* Wifi turning on constantly throughout the day? Menu > Settings > More settings > Mobile networks > Connections Optimizer > uncheck.-Zoidpilot
* In contacts, swipe right on a name to call them, swipe left to text. Also works in messaging.- cruecu
* Make folders in app drawer - Open App Drawer > Menu > Create Folder. After creating one, Menu > Edit / to drop apps into it.-Zoidpilot
* Organize App Drawer. Open App Drawer > Menu > View Type.-Zoidpilot
* Go to Menu > Settings > Battery / and tap on an app to see how much juice it is using.-Zoidpilot
keep then coming!! :good:
P.S. Does anyone read Atomic Robo?
I want to know how you draw on a picture from your gallery and then save it or send it or just play around with it. If you hit menu and do draw on picture it turns the picture over. Something this simple I can't figure out.
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I could not get the handwriting thing to work
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Anyone found a way to turn on the handwriting feature without using the stupid Samsung default keyboard? I much prefer SwiftKey but can't find the way the Spen writing recognition turned on.
Eric1985 said:
I want to know how you draw on a picture from your gallery and then save it or send it or just play around with it. If you hit menu and do draw on picture it turns the picture over. Something this simple I can't figure out.
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You can use the S Note app to create a new page and insert pics to doodle on.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Zoid you planning on painting this phone too?
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How do you write in the calendar?
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cherylbaker said:
I could not get the handwriting thing to work
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In a nutshell, you have to have the Samsung keyboard set. Long press the button next to the space bar and select the Icon that looks like this. (see attached)
guisar said:
Anyone found a way to turn on the handwriting feature without using the stupid Samsung default keyboard? I much prefer SwiftKey but can't find the way the Spen writing recognition turned on.
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Unfortunately unless someone provides a hack, Sammy keyboard is the only way to go for this...
gilbydakid said:
Zoid you planning on painting this phone too?
Sent from the Galaxy beast note ll
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HAHA I didn't think anyone would remember that! I was the first person in the world with a white Evo 3d it was awesome... No I think I'll keep the precious white. First phone I have ever bought in white actually and I love it so far.
smark72 said:
How do you write in the calendar?
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Yet to figure it out, but I've seen it done in a video review once before the phone launched...
sewhuy said:
You can use the S Note app to create a new page and insert pics to doodle on.
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You can't really right on the calendar you can take a picture of the calendar and write on that. The spen is more of a toy to distinguish the phone for prospective buyers than a feature.
guisar said:
The spen is more of a toy to distinguish the phone for prospective buyers than a feature.
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I beg to differ.
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Eric1985 said:
I want to know how you draw on a picture from your gallery and then save it or send it or just play around with it. If you hit menu and do draw on picture it turns the picture over. Something this simple I can't figure out.
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Took me awhile to figure this one out...but here's how I got it to work for me:
Open picture from gallery
Hold down s-pen button
With the s-pen button held down, press the screen
This will take a screenshot that you can then draw on. Works from anywhere on the phone so far.....
smark72 said:
How do you write in the calendar?
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I'm wondering if this is part of an update that hasn't made it to the US yet. I remember seeing this possible in youtube videos but can't make it happen.
I'm also trying to get the pen detection to work and automatically switch to the handwriting pad when it's pulled out. It worked until I installed LightFlow and I can't get it to work even after it's been uninstalled.
emeraldayotte said:
I'm also trying to get the pen detection to work and automatically switch to the handwriting pad when it's pulled out. It worked until I installed LightFlow and I can't get it to work even after it's been uninstalled.
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Did you change the settings back after you uninstalled Lightflow? Menu > Settings > Language and keyboard > Settings icon next to "Samsung Keyboard" > Pen detection
1. Thanks for this. You helped me solve the mystery of the "Quick Glance" feature I had enabled but couldn't figure what was triggering it.
2. How do I get the smiley button to replace the return button on the keyboard? I saw it at least once so I know its an option, but now its back to being the return key.
Yes I pressed that button and passed the thing that looked like a T and a word screen opened but could not write with the pen in the space. .Nothing showed up
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emeraldayotte said:
Took me awhile to figure this one out...but here's how I got it to work for me:
Open picture from gallery
Hold down s-pen button
With the s-pen button held down, press the screen
This will take a screenshot that you can then draw on. Works from anywhere on the phone so far.....
I'm wondering if this is part of an update that hasn't made it to the US yet. I remember seeing this possible in youtube videos but can't make it happen.
I'm also trying to get the pen detection to work and automatically switch to the handwriting pad when it's pulled out. It worked until I installed LightFlow and I can't get it to work even after it's been uninstalled.
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Here is what I got to work. .hold the pen button and click on the picture of the pen in the top right hand corner. It should bring up a menu next to it. The first item is a writing utensil which you can choose a thickness and a color. Once you do that go out of there and whatever screen you are on you can write on. .. if you need I can try and get pictures. . Not to used to this machine yet
Maybe here is a screenshot..ok guess not says uograde mt tapatalk.. I dunno..
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Trying again with the picture
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Hi there guess the rom I Was using had Something the spen needed.This was all done handwritten.
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Draw on a picture:
Open image. Hit menu>advanced edit.
Two choices. Choose Photo Editor (it's a free app made by Samsung...go get it first).
The select "decoration" in lower right. Then "Drawing".
You now have an eraser and a pen. If you touch the pen icon you can choose colors and line thickness.
Also, another tip. On any image...you can long press and the select an area that will automatically allow you, once you have selected your area and choose save, to pin that image area selection to a contact in your address book. Face tag.
To write in the calendar you must be in month view mode. Hold the phone in portrait and click the calendar/pen icon in the upper left. The you can draw on the calendar.
Oops just saw the question is still answered...
guisar said:
You can't really right on the calendar you can take a picture of the calendar and write on that. The spen is more of a toy to distinguish the phone for prospective buyers than a feature.
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no, you can draw on the calendar.
begin handwriting mode by tapping on upper left icon
this is the message you get when entering handwriting mode:
access pen tools
go crazy
when you get OUT of handwriting mode the images "disappear" but you will see them again when you enter handwriting mode at another time.
Hello all,
Is it possible to change the default app from "s-notes" to autodesk "sketchbook pro" whenever the s-pen is removed from the phone?
I tried to set the "buddy" feature but that didn't work. ... maybe because sketchbook pro isn't officially s-pen enabled?
Anybody know a way to do this?
Thanks!
GP
Nobody?
did you ever find out?
I'm looking to change the same...
blackspp said:
did you ever find out?
I'm looking to change the same...
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You can change the shortcuts on the extra screen that pop up when you take the s pen off the phone just like any other screen.
Ok, so far the best I can do is uncheck Settings > S Pen > Open Popup Note, then turn on Settings > Display > Page buddy, tap the text part of that option to get to the S Pen page option and check it. Then, when I pull my s-pen, it will open a special home screen page that I can at least add shortcuts and widgets to.
However, this only works with the stock TouchWiz home launcher. Still looking for another option.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162135
Can you guys pls tell if its possible to multi-task using S-pen i.e. can S-pen be used open the list of recent apps, the way long pressing home button does?
Thanks
Hi guys,
The default android keyboard doesn't show key press popups on tablets where as it shows fine on my phone.
Does any one know how can i enable them on my nexus 7.
vulpine said:
Hi guys,
The default android keyboard doesn't show key press popups on tablets where as it shows fine on my phone.
Does any one know how can i enable them on my nexus 7.
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Setting > Language & Input > Google Keyboard setting > (check) Popup on Keypress
then u can go to advance setting and change popup delay
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You can't enable pop-ups for tablets. I assume it's a design decision because the keys are that much bigger.
x102x96x said:
Setting > Language & Input > Google Keyboard setting > (check) Popup on Keypress
then u can go to advance setting and change popup delay
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That option is not present on tablets...
Is there any other way to enable this...?
Having this same issue I really prefer to have the popup. Any way to enable this?
eurominican said:
Having this same issue I really prefer to have the popup. Any way to enable this?
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Only solution is another keyboard app that supports it. Try swiftkey, I use that for my tablet.
Hello.
Is there some way to change the shortcuts on the lock screen? I would to change Voice Assistent shortcut.
Thanks a lot
dylan83 said:
Hello.
Is there some way to change the shortcuts on the lock screen? I would to change Voice Assistent shortcut.
Thanks a lot
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Step 1: Head to Settings menu and then choose Apps.
Step 2: Press the gear icon in the top right-hand corner and choose Default Apps > Assist & voice input.
Step 3: Tap the Assist option and choose None from the pop-up menu.
The current selection is Google, which means that the Google Now shortcut on the lock screen will be replaced. And now for that caveat: Changing this setting also disables long-pressing the Home button to open Google Now on Tap.
If you change your mind, you can always switch the Assist app back to Google.
Thanks you very very much.
I solve the problem.
Happy new week
philipped346 said:
Step 1: Head to Settings menu and then choose Apps.
Step 2: Press the gear icon in the top right-hand corner and choose Default Apps > Assist & voice input.
Step 3: Tap the Assist option and choose None from the pop-up menu.
The current selection is Google, which means that the Google Now shortcut on the lock screen will be replaced. And now for that caveat: Changing this setting also disables long-pressing the Home button to open Google Now on Tap.
If you change your mind, you can always switch the Assist app back to Google.
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