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Is there any way to make the capacitive buttons more sensitive

My friends droid needs the lightest touch but my captivate needs my whole thumb and half the time it doesnt work.

rsx19 said:
My friends droid needs the lightest touch but my captivate needs my whole thumb and half the time it doesnt work.
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I found it to be much more responsive to the pads of my fingers. Seems the harder (more calloused) finger tips have trouble getting a response. It is frustrating because I find myself double tapping out of habit now. It would be great to change the sensitivity.

Shovelhead84 said:
I found it to be much more responsive to the pads of my fingers. Seems the harder (more calloused) finger tips have trouble getting a response. It is frustrating because I find myself double tapping out of habit now. It would be great to change the sensitivity.
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yeah i always double tap and now with this laggy froyo i end up going back too far, is there a solution to make it more sensitive?

Out of curiosity I grabbed my sons phone and lifted the screen protector. The responsiveness is definitely increased without the screen protector. Arguably it is a very crappy throwaway protector but it could explain some issues. I have a skinomi skin and am not taking it off for testing purposes.
Do you happen to have a protector over your buttons?
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I have an invisable shield on mine, I tried the ones on display at att and they have the same responsiveness
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[Q] Is anyone elses touch screen really very innacurate?

My nook color is running a custom rom. I've used several roms and my touch screen is always very inaccurate. When I touch the screen, it registers the touch a little to the side of where I touch. It gets very annoying and really hampers the usefulness of this otherwise fine tablet.
Does anyone else have this problem? Does anyone else have a hacked nook with a good and accurate screen? Is there a fix? Should I bother getting it repaired?

Search the market for nook color screen calibration app that usually fixes any issues for me
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I've tried it. It doesn't help me. It makes the screen more sensitive to the point where it registers clicks when my finger hovers a half inch off of the screen. It also makes it more prone to fantom touches.

You probably need to clean your screen
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First thing is to thoroughly clean the screen as has already been mentioned. The next thing I would suggest is to get a screen protector as it seems to help a great deal with phantom touches. Also try running nook screen recalibrate (with the aformentioned screen protector) and disconnected from the charger.
The nook screen is really sensitive while charging.
If these suggestions do not help, perhaps you should take the nook in to B&N and have it looked at for possible replacement.
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my HD+ is possessed

Every now and then it will just start opening files by itself, you can't get it to stop. Wondering if the nook screen protector i'm using could be causing it...it seems to start when i'm in the stock browser. Not rooted but am using a sideloaded launcher.

Yes screen protector can.

someone0 said:
Yes screen protector can.
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k thanks, thought it might be doing it...$20 down the toilet.

krighton said:
Every now and then it will just start opening files by itself, you can't get it to stop. Wondering if the nook screen protector i'm using could be causing it...it seems to start when i'm in the stock browser. Not rooted but am using a sideloaded launcher.
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I find with my screen protector that I have to wipe the oily prints off. They don't show but they make the device go wonky after a while.
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Aside from the screen protector, I also notice that the touchscreen itself is very finicky. I means say if something that need to hit and hold like an icon to get menu popup. It's extremely hard to get the popup, even if you hold it pretty steady. I have nova launcher on both my Nook HD+ and Galaxy Note II, of course we can't compare build material here. Note II is just on another level in term of hardware wise. But the touch is just way more solid on the Note II.

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Aside from the screen protector, I also notice that the touchscreen itself is very finicky. I means say if something that need to hit and hold like an icon to get menu popup. It's extremely hard to get the popup, even if you hold it pretty steady. I have nova launcher on both my Nook HD+ and Galaxy Note II, of course we can't compare build material here. Note II is just on another level in term of hardware wise. But the touch is just way more solid on the Note II.
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I noticed it too. I think it is something in stock. My CM10 is much better.
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If you decide to remove the screen protector, and it no longer behave like it was processed. Would you go into the Accessories forum and post there, please tell us the brand/where you brought also. So other people don't make that $20 mistake.

leapinlar said:
I noticed it too. I think it is something in stock. My CM10 is much better.
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Indeed, yes, I noticed it too. I figured it was just the way I was holding/clicking it, but I suppose not. It must be either a problem with the hardware, or as leapinlar stated, probably the stock ROM.

i was using one of the B&N clear protectors...I removed it and it still does it though not as bad....i'm hoping it's just the fingerprints causing it. I was in the B&N store earlier looking around, it started clicking on things on it's own, though not as frantic as when i had the screen protector on. With the protector on it was clicking so fast i couldn't get out of it, had to hold down the shutdown button.
i posted about the protector on the accessories forum.

Hm.. that sounds off krighton. I'm starting to think it could be a software issue. But before we dig into that, I think perhaps you should clean your screen as much as you can. If not, then you could try reinstalling your OS. I'm not too sure, is that possible? If so, or even if you can't, see if you can get anything done under warranty; since reinstalling could be a hassle.
I'm not too sure if warranty is available; I purchased the Nook HD+, and it didn't say anything about warranty, although I'd like to know. If anyone knows anything about warranty, could I please ask for your input? Thank you!

should get a standard 1 year warranty with the device....yeah sounds weird, cleaned the screen i 'll see what happens...would hate to mail it back in after rooting.

Just do 8bootloop b4 sending it back. But you should still at least try getting refund forthe screen protector if it cost you $20.

yeah, i'll check that out...actually bought 2, the non glare and the clear....didn't like the non glare so i'll eat that one but the clear should have worked without problems.

Which screen protector did you buy? I'm considering doing Invisible Shield. I have always had good luck with it on my phone.

I'm probably an odd person, but I never use screen protectors. It seems that the glass is tough enough for finger nails and the occasional contact with whatever else. However, I do believe in cases

Solidsnake726 said:
I'm probably an odd person, but I never use screen protectors. It seems that the glass is tough enough for finger nails and the occasional contact with whatever else. However, I do believe in cases
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I did it for fingerprints. The bare HD+ was awful. My anti-glare hides them, but I do have to wipe occasionally to prevent that wonky problem.

Solidsnake726 said:
I'm probably an odd person, but I never use screen protectors. It seems that the glass is tough enough for finger nails and the occasional contact with whatever else. However, I do believe in cases
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I always intend to get a screen protector, but never quite get around to it. That said, my Nook Color's screen is mint after a couple years' use with a case, but without a screen protector. My phone came used with a nick in the screen, but isn't much the worse for wear even bouncing around in my pockets for a year and change.

I haven't had any trouble with the clear B&N screen protector. I'm a believer in screen protectors since I somehow managed to scratch the screen of my first nook while plugging in the usb cable. I find the anti-glare type take away from the sharpness of the screen too much though.

screen is pretty sensitive, just a few fingerprints and it turns pages on its own. Guess i need to find a better screen protector, cleaning the screen several times a day is a bit annoying.

Could rooting have caused any of these problems? When it happens i have to turn off the nook, wipe it down really good and then it works for a while until it starts flipping pages on its own again. Maybe my nook is just hypersensitive to fingerprints.

magnet cover question

Hi all, quick question. If I root my nook hd, will my magnet case stop working? And by that I mean how it turns on when I open and off when I shut the case. Thanks!

It will still work fine with just a root. If you install a CM Rom then it will still work with a little hitch: sometimes opening the cover won't turn the screen on, so close it and open it again and it will then come on. It's a bug in every CM and CM based Rom. Not a big deal, really.
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felacio said:
It's a bug in every CM and CM based Rom. Not a big deal, really.
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It is extremely annoying though and the fact that no one in a year cared to do anything about it is a bit frustrating. Sorry, open cover twice is not a "workaround".

Dain B said:
It is extremely annoying though and the fact that no one in a year cared to do anything about it is a bit frustrating. Sorry, open cover twice is not a "workaround".
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Then fix it, you make it sound so easy like nobody has tried.
Really, double lifting the cover isn't some monstrous task that takes an aeon to do or burn 3,000 calories. Just lift drop lift. . It's literally 1.2 seconds.
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felacio said:
Then fix it, you make it sound so easy like nobody has tried.
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I'm pretty sure no one actually did as I never seen any real attempt to fix it, answer to every complaint about issue was "open it twice and shut up".
felacio said:
Really, double lifting the cover isn't some monstrous task that takes an aeon to do or burn 3,000 calories. Just lift drop lift. . It's literally 1.2 seconds.
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You simply don't get it. It's usability and quality issue, not a question of energy.

Dain B said:
I'm pretty sure no one actually did as I never seen any real attempt to fix it, answer to every complaint about issue was "open it twice and shut up".
You simply don't get it. It's usability and quality issue, not a question of energy.
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It's not a usability issue though, is annoying at most sometimes but it never amounts to a feeling that I can never enjoy my tablet or feel as if a case with a cover is the worst creation for this device. You make it seem like this tiny, miniscule, insignificant bug is the crippling kegstone factor in using a magnetic case OR a CM Rom and you can't have both.
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felacio said:
It's not a usability issue though, is annoying at most sometimes but it never amounts to a feeling that I can never enjoy my tablet or feel as if a case with a cover is the worst creation for this device. You make it seem like this tiny, miniscule, insignificant bug is the crippling kegstone factor in using a magnetic case OR a CM Rom and you can't have both.
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Well, it is only one annoyance in a long list, but the one I had to deal with every few hours for almost year now. Thanks but no thanks.

felacio said:
Then fix it, you make it sound so easy like nobody has tried.
Really, double lifting the cover isn't some monstrous task that takes an aeon to do or burn 3,000 calories. Just lift drop lift. . It's literally 1.2 seconds.
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I have lost over 20 lbs just from lifting my Nook HD cover 2 times every time I want to use it. My just think if I lifted 4 times each time.
Just kidding, it would be nice if it was that easy.
I just bought a magnetic cover & using CM 10.2 and I don't seem to have that minor issue about having to open & close the cover.
Ok if I may ask a very simple & probably stupid question, how does the magnet make the tablet go into sleep mode or whatever it does?
Thank you,
Mark :silly:

I can't say I've had the problem of the device not waking up when I open the cover (Poetic slimline). If this would happen I just put my thumb on "n" or a finger on the power button, as I would if I didn't have a magnetic cover or when it shuts down with the cover opened.
If that's an annoyance, just go back to stock and problem is solved!

asawi said:
I can't say I've had the problem of the device not waking up when I open the cover (Poetic slimline). If this would happen I just put my thumb on "n" or a finger on the power button, as I would if I didn't have a magnetic cover or when it shuts down with the cover opened.
If that's an annoyance, just go back to stock and problem is solved!
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The n button and power button won't work. You have to close and reopen. I have the problem as well but while slightly annoying I can live with it.

jpisini said:
The n button and power button won't work. You have to close and reopen. I have the problem as well but while slightly annoying I can live with it.
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That's odd! Wonder why it works for me. Could it be the builds? I always use Succulent's builds (or builds he present on his Iamafanof site)..

Do you have a link to his site?
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jpisini said:
Do you have a link to his site?
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look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579945
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It may be worth checking if your magnet is actually present and "strong enough."
For my Nook HD+, I have a third party cover which has a working magnet.
I recently bought an official B&N cover for the HD+ and it doesn't work at all (stock ROM).

Check ebay, i found genuine b&n magnetic case for 7 bucks there. New and in box, free shipping. There were several sellers had them and many cheap. Got mine auction on third try only bidder... There were so many listed it was quite easy to snag one.
And i am on cm 10.2 and it works just fine.

Mirror Like Screen

Hey there,
I am having a little trouble with the screen of tablet, I don't want to see myself when looking to tablet screen. Anyone has a good idea how to solve this?
Thanks.
If needed I have root access and using Crombi-4.3 ROM
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erkanea said:
Hey there,
I am having a little trouble with the screen of tablet, I don't want to see myself when looking to tablet screen. Anyone has a good idea how to solve this?
Thanks.
If needed I have root access and using Crombi-4.3 ROM
Sent from my K00C using XDA Free mobile app
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Er... it's a shiny hi-res screen.... Is this your first tablet? I think you'll have to live with it. Or are you that ugly?
You can of course install an anti-glare screen protector but it will wreck the touch responsiveness of the screen.

sbdags said:
Er... it's a shiny hi-res screen.... Is this your first tablet? I think you'll have to live with it. Or are you that ugly?
You can of course install an anti-glare screen protector but it will wreck the touch responsiveness of the screen.
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ah yes, I am ugly and first tablet
you are a good guesser, play loto.
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sbdags said:
Er... it's a shiny hi-res screen.... Is this your first tablet? I think you'll have to live with it. Or are you that ugly?
You can of course install an anti-glare screen protector but it will wreck the touch responsiveness of the screen.
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No, it won't. You lose a bit of sharpness and contrast, that's all.

Kashban said:
No, it won't. You lose a bit of sharpness and contrast, that's all.
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We'll have to agree to disagree based on my experience - I have tried screen protectors from various companies on my TF201 and TF700 and in every case I either lost touch responsiveness or it made it jumpy. Angrydinosaur was having touch issues on the TF701 and guess what he removed his screen protector and it solved it. Just saying - I think they do more harm than good.
Maybe there is a good brand out there?

sbdags said:
We'll have to agree to disagree based on my experience - I have tried screen protectors from various companies on my TF201 and TF700 and in every case I either lost touch responsiveness or it made it jumpy. Angrydinosaur was having touch issues on the TF701 and guess what he removed his screen protector and it solved it. Just saying - I think they do more harm than good.
Maybe there is a good brand out there?
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Well, neither my TF201 nor the new TF701 suffer from the screen protector in terms of touchscreen sensitivity and accurracy. On the TF201 I had a screen protector from Mumbi, on the TF701 I have this:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00FN3A4I2/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
You should be able to find it on Amazon.com too.
I just tested it to be sure: Even the slightest touches get recognized and there is no wiggeling or any other touch issue when using the Tablet.

I am having a little trouble with the screen of tablet, I don't want to see myself when looking to tablet screen. Anyone has a good idea how to solve this?
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I have the same problem. Three workarounds:
Use apps with a light or white background
Hold it about 18 inches away and focus your eyes on the screen. The reflection is harder to see
Tilt it about 10 degrees back.