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[Q] Question About Samsung Galaxy Note Stylus

Hello. I was just wondering if any of you out there (more specifically the people who own the Galaxy Note) if you know if it is possible to disable the finger touch input on the Galaxy Note when using the stylus? What I mean is, if you were to want to use JUST the stylus and NOT your fingers to navigate around on the Galaxy Note, is there an option that makes that possible or...?
Hopefully you guys understand what I'm trying to get an answer to.
Thanks!

there is no disable option however if you want to navigate your device using the stylus only, this is done pretty easily. The only buttons that you cannot use with the s pen are the hardware back and menu button however Samsung have created the same functions of the back and menu button if you use gestures on the pen i.e. if you keep your finger on the button of the s pen and swipe left on the screen, it acts the same as the back button likewise, if you swipe upwards, it acts like the menu button.

So in other words, what your saying is that the finger touch input will still be enabled even if I use the stylus?

IMAFIRINMYLAZERMAN77 said:
So in other words, what your saying is that the finger touch input will still be enabled even if I use the stylus?
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First of all dont insult it sayin stylus , its S-pen and is way more functional than so called stylus.
I wonder why you want to disable finger touch. if u dont want ur capacitive back button to get pressed when drawing (most of the users were facing it), then let me tell you that newer roms are taking care of that. i.e while drawing if you hit back button, it wont work unless you lift the S pen.
if your requirement is something else, then you can use gloves

If the finger touch won't be disabled when using the S-Pen, then one must not touch or rest his/her palm while using the S-Pen. It would have been more comfortable if the palm could rest the screen while writing. Yes, gloves may be useful here..:laugh:

Currently ICS and JB TW ROM's have S-note where you can enable palm rejection. But otherwise you cannot disable the touch on your touch screen

When you do some practice you can draw while resting your palm on the screen without touching the menu or back button.. I use to take notes in college only on my fone and it's very much familiar to use spen now
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Beerbong is working on palm rejection in pa 3
Or probably he is done
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Screen scrolling

Just noticed, if I go to any web page & double tap to zoom if I put a pen or finger on the screen & move up/down then the screen moves up & down but if I put my finger on the screen & move up/down & then side to side without taking my finger /pen off it won't move side to side, same as if I start side to side & then try up/down it won't go up/down. Not an issue just strange, works fine on our tab2.
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Tested and working fine here. Stock, rooted, using chrome. Odd.!
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Not doing that for me, at first I thought it probably just does that so you can scroll up and down through a paragraph without accidently keep misaligning it off screen.
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alferret said:
Just noticed, if I go to any web page & double tap to zoom if I put a pen or finger on the screen & move up/down then the screen moves up & down but if I put my finger on the screen & move up/down & then side to side without taking my finger /pen off it won't move side to side, same as if I start side to side & then try up/down it won't go up/down. Not an issue just strange, works fine on our tab2.
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I am guessing you're uing firefox?
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Yup, Firefox seems to be the culprit, moved over to dolphin beta now.
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alferret said:
Yup, Firefox seems to be the culprit, moved over to dolphin beta now.
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Ah ok, I'm pretty sure that's a firefox feature for the reason above, why not use Chrome, perfect browser.

Any trick to get pen window to work easily?

Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I have a heck of a time swiping from the top corner to reduce an app into pen window. Try it in chrome and see what you get.
I either end up pulling the notification shade or swiping tabs. After 10 tries I might get the window. what am missing?

If your talking about pop up window I was having the same problem, here's what you do.. Swipe the corner of either the right or left side down but go ABOVE the screen a little start from the bezel where there's no screen and you should get it every time.. Hope this helps

Yeah that's it. Sorry, they used to call it pen window on note 3.
I'm still struggling with it.

Lol im opposite of you. They get swype too easily!....though I wonder if screen sensitivity increase have anything to do with it

It also doesn't work on everything.. No homescreen, you have to be on the browser or other applications for it to work..
Pen window was a different thing all. Together where you would draw a little box with the pen and a few applications would come up, this you don't need to use the pen for it to work, so if you're using the pen it might make it harder try what I said using your finger and see if it helps..

I'm not using the pen at all. I just tried it a bunch of times and I get better results (not 100% but much better) if I swipe quicker and from the corner of the PHONE, not the corner of the screen. Just about what Melissa recommended. But for me speed seems to factor in too.

Good I'm glad it's working better for ya! ?

Try near very corner, where it says PM/AM ...starting from the status bar...pull down past the bar, then i towards the center. You'll notice that if you go straight down the shade won't move.
That's usually where I reach to pull the shade down and kept wondering why it wouldn't come down the first time I try it.

are there any videos or picture tutorials of this? I'm really having problems. Granted this is my first Note device, but I haven't ever gotten it to work even one time.

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are there any videos or picture tutorials of this? I'm really having problems. Granted this is my first Note device, but I haven't ever gotten it to work even one time.
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It really is as easy as it sounds. Put your index finger over the front facing camera in the upper right corner of the phone then slide your finger diagonally across the screen towards the bottom left. Works for me every time as long as the app support it. Not all apps work so make sure you are using a supported multi-window app.

rabilancia said:
are there any videos or picture tutorials of this? I'm really having problems. Granted this is my first Note device, but I haven't ever gotten it to work even one time.
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Yeah, there are 'dead' zones on both ends of the status bar. After you pull down from the dead zone, just swipe towards the center. You can actually pull down about 1/2 inch and it will still work.

I'm very embarrassed to report back, but I had never turned on "Multi-Window." Perhaps my noobiness will help someone else!
Thanks to all those who offered help!

S-Pen applications.

What are your suggestions, tips and tricks?

In Gallery app you can press S Pen button and single tap photos to select. Or you can hold S Pen button and select group of photos at once by moving S Pen across the screen (just like you do with mouse on PC). Thats all

Try touchretouch app , flipaclip app , scribble racer games , check on youtube top apps for galaxy note 4 some good finds

selecting text with S-Pen is so great. It makes my life really easy

New convert. The S-pen rocks. I didn't use it for the first couple of days I had the phone - why would I?
Used it once and I'm hooked. Can't go back. Who needs a tablet! It's fantastic on the web, it's fantastic with documents, its.... Fantastic.
Gush.
Thing is, are there replacements? Do they cost much? Can we get metal ones?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTp-eiasQ8A

kolembo said:
New convert. The S-pen rocks. I didn't use it for the first couple of days I had the phone - why would I?
Used it once and I'm hooked. Can't go back. Who needs a tablet! It's fantastic on the web, it's fantastic with documents, its.... Fantastic.
Gush.
Thing is, are there replacements? Do they cost much? Can we get metal ones?
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I Definitely know you can get replacement S-pens, I saw them in a phone shop a few weeks ago when I was looking around for cases, and there was an official one that was 49000 KRW (Approx. 50 USD). I don't think samsung make metal ones, but there are probably third party ones available.

judhin said:
In Gallery app you can press S Pen button and single tap photos to select. Or you can hold S Pen button and select group of photos at once by moving S Pen across the screen (just like you do with mouse on PC). Thats all
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thanks didn't know this

No problem.
I have found that selection with S Pen also works in contacts! Just hold S Pen button and slide-select contacts or tap every contact separately.
Every scrooling object like web page or drop-down list have active zone at the top center or button center. Just hover S Pen over it to scroll up or down.
S Pen can select text absolutely everythere! In web pages or even in apps or system GUI or Home Screen! Hover S Pen over some text, press and hold S Pen button and slide through the text just like with PC mouse! You will get selected text and popup menu with actions!
Browse the internet using S Pen just like you would use PC mouse. You can hover over links, diffucult hided menus and get hint on browser functions.

Try papyrus such a great app for notes

Do you think the Spen of the Note2 is finish better than the Note4? Compare both I think my Spen on my Note2 is better (the shape, the material,...) than one on the Note4. Poor Samsung!

[Q] Home/apps screen navigation

I upgraded to the S6 Edge from an S3. On the S3 the home screens and app menu wrapped around (i.e. swiping right on the far right screen brought me to the far left screen) and if I pressed on the dot corresponding to any home or app screen it would navigate directly to that one. On the S6 Edge, screens do not wrap around and pressing on any dot that's not next to the screen I'm on just moves it one screen in the right direction, but not all the way there. This is a pretty frustrating way to navigate as it means more swiping. Anybody able to get some better screen navigation for home and app screens or am I stuck with this?

Yes, this is my EXACT problem. Is there some magic setting that unlocks this feature? I didn't realize how much I relied on the navigation dots till that functionality disappeared with my new S6! It's such a little thing, but it's making using the new phone really, really aggravating. Has anybody found a solution to this?
ETA: I too upgraded from an S3, but to a plain S6, not the S6 Edge. I don't know how I feel about the fact that this is apparently a problem across phones . . .
Also, while we're at it, can we make the menu button come back? I miss it. . So to recap: 1) navigation dots, 2) screen wrap around navigation, 3) menu button. All missing. All essential.

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I upgraded to the S6 Edge from an S3. On the S3 the home screens and app menu wrapped around (i.e. swiping right on the far right screen brought me to the far left screen) and if I pressed on the dot corresponding to any home or app screen it would navigate directly to that one. On the S6 Edge, screens do not wrap around and pressing on any dot that's not next to the screen I'm on just moves it one screen in the right direction, but not all the way there. This is a pretty frustrating way to navigate as it means more swiping. Anybody able to get some better screen navigation for home and app screens or am I stuck with this?
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Agreed! This is terrible! Is this one of those Touch Wiz cuts that everyone is praising? Ugh, I miss the dots and the wraparound home screens.