[tutorial] creating stylus for capacitive screens - Samsung Galaxy Mini

stylus:- (a pen which works on capacitive screens)
creating stylus is very simple
requirement:-
(1) an ear bud
(2) a very small amount of cotton
(3) 2-3 drops of water
all the three thing can be found easily in homes
procedure:-
(1) take a single ear bud
(2)wrap extra cotton around the edges
(3) put 2-3 drops of water on the cotton and make it a little bit wet
and your stylus is ready. enjoy touching with stylus
(do not forget to press thanks button)

This can be useful for the cool days, wearing gloves. Why an ear bud and not other thing?

what is ear bud ?

Samsung Galaxy Next Best said:
what is ear bud ?
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I had to google it xD
Here it is: http://goo.gl/m8Srv

Adripeg said:
I had to google it xD
Here it is: http://goo.gl/m8Srv
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ear bud:- a thin stick of plastic which have cotton on both of its edges is used to clean our ears.
any thing can be used in the place of ear bud but i have used ear bud because it is very thin and is easily available at many place

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Those are called q-tips.

TheWhisp said:
Those are called q-tips.
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Or Cotton swabs !! Is q-tips a name of a company ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_swab

Ah, ok. So Google Images was lying to me, agh ¬¬"
Then, if the material is irrelevant, I think I'll use an exhausted (I think it's the correct word when there's no ink in it) pen

coolsandie said:
Or Cotton swabs !! Is q-tips a name of a company ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_swab
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Yes, you're right

dhlalit11 said:
stylus:- (a pen which works on capacitive screens)
creating stylus is very simple
requirement:-
(1) an ear bud
(2) a very small amount of cotton
(3) 2-3 drops of water
all the three thing can be found easily in homes
procedure:-
(1) take a single ear bud
(2)wrap extra cotton around the edges
(3) put 2-3 drops of water on the cotton and make it a little bit wet
and your stylus is ready. enjoy touching with stylus
(do not forget to press thanks button)
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Tried and worked after 2-3 attempts.
Used it but was bored after few minutes, so threw it and now back to hands.
Sent from somewhere on Earth !!!

nishanty13 said:
Tried and worked after 2-3 attempts.
Used it but was bored after few minutes, so threw it and now back to hands.
Sent from somewhere on Earth !!!
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i also did that

Anyways its just a trick. You can't use like you see in Galaxy Note ads

Thanks for trick, nice
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Even wraping metal paper ( ofcourse the paper wrapped on chocolates) on a plastic earbud works.
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its fun to use it when u use apps like sketch and draw ....

You guys are supreme crazy, LOL well thanks, that idea of yours made me laugh. nice idea, quite simple but unique.

Thank you.
I had already tried it. I tried it in Skitch app but the line was dotted! It loses the touch sometimes.
sorry for my bad english.

This is crazy maan.. but i love it!

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Cleaning the speaker mesh

Hi all,
due to using my phone out and about in generally dusty places my speaker mesh is basically fully clogged up with dirt and the sound is drasticly reduced. Has anyone here cleaned their speaker mesh or got any advice on what would be the best way of doing it? i dont really want to start prodding a pin when i dont know what it could do!
Thanks in advance....
if you use a pin, the dust will fall in further.. so i wouldnt do that, but if thats ok by you then go ahead, nothing will happen as long as you dont push it in much further than the mesh ends.
blowing the dust out is the best solution imo.. only question is how to do that without diassembling the phone
I have similar problem I've used a piece of blue tack, just press it in and pull it out a few times to remove the dust and muck.
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mines full of dirt
Tried a vacuum cleaner? Obviously the grille is a little small for it, but there might be enough air movement to lift the crap.
Here's what i would do:
Find a SMALL paintbrush... as stiff as possible...
Take Your vacuum cleaner hold the vacuum nozzle close to your phone (as close as you can get it..
Gently start brushing the speaker and let the vacuum cleaner take care of the stuff that are coming loose..
If the brush is to soft, try to cut it shorter to get a little more "power" on it...
Have'nt tried this, but i should work (i think... )
PS (If You are out in dusty enviroment a lot, I would cover the speaker holes with a bit of clear tape.. shouldnt affect the sound to much, and would
keep the phone healtier
Suck it out with your mouth, but try not to inhale it.
Seriously, that's the fastest way.
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Suck it out with your mouth...
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Yes, you can hire a hooker for that
No, seriously, I would try a vacuum cleaner.
The Nozzle will be to big, but most vacuum cleaners come with adapters. There is that adapter that looks like that:
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When you hold most of it covered with your hand, it should work.
torespen said:
Here's what i would do:
Find a SMALL paintbrush... as stiff as possible...
If the brush is to soft, try to cut it shorter to get a little more "power" on it...
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Or use a toothbrush
vacuum cleaner, tape, blower
You can get cyber clean as well.
Don't go to close with the vacuum or it will bust the speaker inside the ear piece, like he said above use fine clean paint brush and have a slight suction there from the hoover.
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Kickasskev said:
Don't go to close with the vacuum or it will bust the speaker inside the ear piece, like he said above use fine clean paint brush and have a slight suction there from the hoover.
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LOL!... i read HOOKER... yeah!.. thats right... out on the street and pay some $2 hooker to give Your phone a BJ!
Tr0gledyte said:
Suck it out with your mouth, but try not to inhale it.
Seriously, that's the fastest way.
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mike-o2 said:
Yes, you can hire a hooker for that
No, seriously, I would try a vacuum cleaner.
The Nozzle will be to big, but most vacuum cleaners come with adapters. There is that adapter that looks like that:
When you hold most of it covered with your hand, it should work.
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hi
ha ha ha either of the above solutions could get spit into ur phone and really spoil it for good the vacuum and a small brush should be better
Thanks for all your replies! Been busy the last few days.... I used the toothbrush solution and the mesh is now nice and clean!
Cheers everyone, glad others could be helped with this frequent issue
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Galaxy ACE stylus pen?

That's it, I would like to know if anyone has try a stylus pen on ACE. I'm a drawer and painter and I would love to use the Sketchbook app with a pen but I don't know if that would be possible. I tried with a DIY one, that one was for iphone, and didn't work, so what do you think?
Make one with a finger touch ;-)
Sga having a capacitive touch screen only soft fingers touches respond...
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Lol, thanx! I've been using that app with my finger. The thing is that I saw on ebay, amazon and so, stylus pens for galaxy ACE, but I don't know if it's scam or they truly work
I tried a 10€ capacitive stylus from a retail shop. I don't think you will find it very useful for painting, as it is has a 6mm diameter, but it does work and it will keep your screen clean of fingerprints. I had some trouble swiping, because the rubber tip feels a bit sticky, leading to false taps. Also, mine didn't last very long: after a month or so the rubber tip became too sticky. I know there are styli with cloth tips but I have yet to find one.
I've found several today on an hawker, one of these stylus work well for write or play but I think isn't suitable to draw..
well, if a stylus works on the galaxy note, i dont really see any reason why it shouldnt work on the ace. After all, one capacitive screen works the same way as the other, only the backlight differs(led,etc)
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this is under 2 US$. works fine.
Ok! Thank you so much for your answers! So it works, no matter if it's not really really helpful for drawing but works anyway. You were very helpful, thanx again!!
i think u can use by Pen Galaxy Note ...
What for? You don't have fingers?
i3ooter said:
i think u can use by Pen Galaxy Note ...
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I tried it, it doesnt work
tendo12 said:
What for? You don't have fingers?
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READ the first post dude. For drawing
I use this and works very fine:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-Metal-L...ccessories&hash=item336fc7e086#ht_5170wt_1081
Interesting!
I bought one from Dealextreme and you really have to push it against the screen to work. Otherwise it will leave a dotted line. It's similar to the other Chinese ones posted here.
I have an awesome idea use an ear bud and put some extra cotton on if an make it a little wet with water and Viola your home made stylus I'd ready.
it really worked and I even typed this message with it
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I have an awesome idea use an ear bud and put some extra cotton on if an make it a little wet with water and Viola your home made stylus I'd ready.
it really worked and I even typed this message with it
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He he..superb idea bro
I use my thumb as natural stylus
This suits for tab n note i think
the stylus's on ebay work just fine, but as someone else said, the tip is fairly large so for drawing dont expect much.
depends what drawing software you are using as well, if its one that supports pinch and zoom then you will get reasonable results, but again, never going to produce superb results.
But the ebay ones are about $2 so its not really money wasted. You can still use it for typing, playing games etc.

nexus 5 open hole..speaker and microphone

how to open little more the hole..
Mind the opening
open hole with the sim tool..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrFhRxK88U0
video..
And void the warranty...
BirchBarlow said:
And void the warranty...
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I don't think so.. Little.. No large..??
nikos k said:
how to open little more the hole..
Mind the opening
open hole with the sim tool..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrFhRxK88U0
video..[/QUO
I have s beter sound
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Why not use a Drill or something and drill some random holes from the back of the phone all the way to the speaker enclosure. This seems like a pointless thing not to mention that that dust filter is there for a reason. If you wanted better sound there are other things to mess up with (and that requires adding extra holes in the speaker enclosure by taking the phone apart).
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Why not use a Drill or something and drill some random holes from the back of the phone all the way to the speaker enclosure. This seems like a pointless thing not to mention that that dust filter is there for a reason. If you wanted better sound there are other things to mess up with (and that requires adding extra holes in the speaker enclosure by taking the phone apart).
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its my rick..
I dont see filter..
Look closer at what's behind the drilled holes:
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it's hollow inside, the actual speaker is way far back.
you are only poking holes onto the dust filter fabric sticker.
Hey there's a dust filter in there that's cool. Don't understand why you would want to do this though.
What's the purpose of this?. I don't get it.
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What's the purpose of this?. I don't get it.
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The new revision hr have e litlle big hole end more clear sound..
You are not going to make a difference like that.
nikos k said:
The new revision hr have e litlle big hole end more clear sound..
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Not quite. 4.4.2 is what has improved sound volume. Read up in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2597276
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The new revision hr have e litlle big hole end more clear sound..
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There's no such hardware revision. I've had both 310K and 312K and they sound the same.
boys little mind wants! the new version Grow more holes .. and I did too!.
Trial and error engineering at its best. Unfortunately with that approach there's more error than success.:silly:
So what you're saying is.... the sim tray tool is making the speaker holes bigger?
Not likely. Not sure how the plastic tool is supposed to make the holes bigger...
Looks like you're just poking at/moving the filter out of the way so you're more susceptible to getting dirt and dust in your phone.
Sounds like a placebo at best...
Well I just got an RMA device and wow are the speaker holes gigantic! They're about 2 times as big as my original one. Sounds sooooo much better.
aooga said:
Well I just got an RMA device and wow are the speaker holes gigantic! They're about 2 times as big as my original one. Sounds sooooo much better.
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<if not trolling> any pictures of your new device's speaker would be nice of you
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<if not trolling> any pictures of your new device's speaker would be nice of you
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I can post a picture, but I don't think they're any bigger than the ones that other people have posted. I was comparing it to my original device which had really tiny ones. Sorry for the confusion.

[Step By Step] GPS Fix (external ANTENNA) (pics attached)

in this thread i will explain how to make external GPS antenna for our OP without epensice costs (it costs me less than a dollar :fingers-crossed
im not responsible for damaging your phone if u try to follow this !!!
Materials:
*screwdriver (i used 3mm but 1.5 mm is optimum) (i bought 2 screws flat and crossed for 0.5 $)
*a piece of copper wire about 10 - 12 cm and thin diameter (i used a wire of my old damaged mouse) (cost nothing)
Procedures:
1-take of the 7 screws at the back.
2-with a flat screw ..... at the top right sider (at mp3 jack) enter the screw and rotate slowly and carefully and the plastic back will open clip by clip. (try to be careful cuz of weak materials). (after taking off the back cover take care of volume rocker button and lock button as the may fall and lost!!!!!) (take the battery off to avoid short circuits)
3-locate the GPS antenna terminal at the plastic back and at the motherboard (ignor the ground terminal)
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4-at the plastic cover ...... put a piece of adhesive tape on antenna to be sure of its isolation
5-on the motherboard ....... put a piece of plastic adhesive tape on the marked area and pass the copper wire from the rubber piece as in the pic and make th wire get out at the area directly near the antenna (cuz it's opened at the back over)
6-reture the buttons in place and the back cover and tight the screws
7-cover the metallic areas over the SIM card and SD card and screw median to the camera by plastic tape to prevent touching of wires.
8-Now ............ u got the antenna :victory: :victory: :victory: :victory: :victory: >>>>>>>>>>>>u can bend it behind the battery cover but it won't make reception better as u thought >>>>>>>> OR >>>>>>>>>>>>> when u need it just take off the battery cover and get it out !!!!
http://youtu.be/KJ60A2bt6Sw
looks nice and the snr is good, congratulations for your work and thanks for the tutorial.
Very nice thank you
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what "rom" you use ?
rjunai said:
what "rom" you use ?
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Most likely a custom ICS Rom. Probably IZS made by Huexxx.
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rjunai said:
what "rom" you use ?
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official ROM ICS of UAE >............ but im now using IZS with the same results
it's APEX launcher
Other side
Can I ask, is that same looking thing on the other side (at right side) antenna too? For what is that antenna?
Thanks
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Can I ask, is that same looking thing on the other side (at right side) antenna too? For what is that antenna?
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the antenna at the RT side (at Power button side) >>>>>>>>>>>> wifi/bluetooth antenna
And do You know, where is ground? on the left or on the right?
Thanks
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And do You know, where is ground? on the left or on the right?
Thanks
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the ground is the inner pole even for wifi/bluetooth antenne or that of the GPS .................. so u work with the outer pole for each
Thank you!

don't take it to the beach!

Well, if you do, be prepared to spend half an hour using the edge of a piece of paper to remove all of the sand from between the screen and silver edge of the phone.
Can't you just simply watch it as it is water resistant ?
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Can't you just simply watch it as it is water resistant ?
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I tried that. The individual grains of sand get stuck in the tiny groove and won't wash out.
That's bad news
Isnt the s5 labeled as dust and water resistant?
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http://www.cyberclean.net/cleaning/en/Products/HomeOffice.html
Grain and dust arent the same thing... You.... guys know that......... Right?..... ?
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http://www.cyberclean.net/cleaning/en/Products/HomeOffice.html
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Hey, Mr. Samsung is here. How are you doing bro?
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Great to know
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Well, if you do, be prepared to spend half an hour using the edge of a piece of paper to remove all of the sand from between the screen and silver edge of the phone.
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Some people's kids. Lol. Just get a brillo pad and scrub it, duh.
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Sand will scratch you gorilla glass screen.
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dragon135 said:
Sand will scratch you gorilla glass screen.
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have u tried a vacuum cleaner with a soft bristle attachment? like what you use to clean cob webs and skirting boards.
markymarkis said:
have u tried a vacuum cleaner with a soft bristle attachment? like what you use to clean cob webs and skirting boards.
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Well, I literally sucked some of the sand out with my mouth, so there's that. A lot of it was still stuck under the edge of the screen, but I eventually got it all out with the edge of a sheet of paper. I might try a vacuum next time.
yeahhhh ive got the same problem.. its such a hassle especially if the grain of sand is the same exact dimensions as the gap its as if it was wedged in there permanently!!
sometimes the grain of sand thats stuck it there cuts my cheek when i answer the phone lol
i would suggest a toothpick or a sewing needle.. worked for 99.9% of mine!
ali_jiwa said:
yeahhhh ive got the same problem.. its such a hassle especially if the grain of sand is the same exact dimensions as the gap its as if it was wedged in there permanently!!
sometimes the grain of sand thats stuck it there cuts my cheek when i answer the phone lol
i would suggest a toothpick or a sewing needle.. worked for 99.9% of mine!
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I was too scared to try anything pointy. If the toothpick/needle didn't get the last grains out, try computer paper, notebook paper, and then try each of them folder over one time (to create a sort of "scooper" that will fit in the groove). This got me completely sand free.
GreekOne said:
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Watch it?
Sorry I meant wash it of course
To the beach? What? Mine still gets put down on a pillow very gently at night..
WizeGuyDezignz said:
Hey, Mr. Samsung is here. How are you doing bro?
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Kind of laying low. I have a N3 and N10.1-14 that I'm pretty happy with and nothing on the market or coming is enticing enough to give me the new device itch. I'll probably get the Note 4 when it comes out. More out of reflex than anything else. My 3G N10.1-14 is my favorite device of all time.
BarryH_GEG said:
Kind of laying low. I have a N3 and N10.1-14 that I'm pretty happy with and nothing on the market or coming is enticing enough to give me the new device itch. I'll probably get the Note 4 when it comes out. More out of reflex than anything else. My 3G N10.1-14 is my favorite device of all time.
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Lol nice! Just remember bro, cigarettes kill.
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