I know Samsung's fingerprint scanners have left much to be desired and I hear or see a lot of negative feedback about it in the past and some present but supposedly it was much improved on the Note 4.
I've only had mine for a week but can say I am pleasantly surprised as it has performed much better then expected. I did have low expectations and on the S5 I tested for a while it was mediocre at best with frequent bouts of re-scans but on this one it works great.
I've use mine for lock screen and have probably got a couple hundred tests now and maybe I've had to redo a scan... 5-7 times? For me that's more then acceptable...and the times it fails it was more just me going fast or bad alignment.
All in all I'm very happy and will continue to use it.
I know there are a lot of variables but just curious...how's it working for you and are there tips for others on how to make it more successful?
Now I disable lock screen with fingerprint this need to keep stable phone and not always is possible. I'm using only to lock some apps.
Using it to lock some more personal apps but stopped using it for unlocking the phone because its a hassle really.
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Using it to lock some more personal apps but stopped using it for unlocking the phone because its a hassle really.
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Noob question but how do you lock certain apps with fingerprint instead of the whole phone? Can't find it in settings :s
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Noob question but how do you lock certain apps with fingerprint instead of the whole phone? Can't find it in settings :s
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Its not in the settings, i'm using this app
I find mine fine, occasionally it has a bit of trouble but nothing terrible
Mine actually works pretty well. On else you figure out how to swipe your finger, it works well. The problem is that I don't like the swipe motion, so I don't use it, but when I tested it, it worked well. I wish they would have implemented the scanner into the heart monitor on the back.
Works good once you get the hang of it. Small learning curve coming from TouchID but it is definitely much better than the S5 implementation IMO.
Guess it's not for everyone.
Definitely better then the S5 by a mile. Just surprised so many have issues I guess.
Yes the scanning method itself could be better but I think it's the "registering" or setup of one's print that is causing the issues for most.
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Register your same fingerprint 6 times and it will be much easier to unlock.
Pretty good for me
Works well for me.
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Register your same fingerprint 6 times and it will be much easier to unlock.
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you can only register 3 fingerprints ?
I think samsung made a massive mistake in the finger scanner and I'm obviously comparing it to iphone 6 plus. iPhone 6 plus scanner works seamlessly very single time as it's design and method isn't swipe but touch based. Just like Htc one max finger print scanner samsung idea is flawed difficult to get spot on most times.
Why swipe when a simple touch will do, simples really.:silly:
Wake up samsung before you lose more customers who are getting fed up of their slow reactions to consumer demands.
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you can only register 3 fingerprints ?
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Yeah, twice for each register.
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Yeah, twice for each register.
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Please explain this?
LBTaylor1984 said:
Please explain this?
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When you register a fingerprint, it has you swipe it 20 times (two groups of 10). You can add 2 additional fingerprints, each of which need the same registration process. Using the same finger and motion for all 3 fingerprint registrations makes unlocking via the scanner much easier.
Good for me but I want more usefull, convernient: sign in any where, lock/unlock any apps by finger.
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I think samsung made a massive mistake in the finger scanner and I'm obviously comparing it to iphone 6 plus. iPhone 6 plus scanner works seamlessly very single time as it's design and method isn't swipe but touch based. Just like Htc one max finger print scanner samsung idea is flawed difficult to get spot on most times.
Why swipe when a simple touch will do, simples really.:silly:
Wake up samsung before you lose more customers who are getting fed up of their slow reactions to consumer demands.
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Let's think with other way..
Have you seen LG promotion video that said knock code are safer than fingerprint scanner ?
Based on my view, the fingerprint in note 4 and s5 is far safer (because you need to swipe it in right registered angle, ppl who don't know what angle we register won't get easy access to our phone.
And someone post in another thread here, that swipe fingerprint scanner is more secure than touch fingerprint scanner.
So it's just personal opinion, want to choose more ease of use or prefer to safety
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I know there are a lot of variables but just curious...how's it working for you and are there tips for others on how to make it more successful?
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Just make sure to disable the function that wipes your phone if you fail to unlock your phone successfully after x amount of times Nothing happened to me, but I noticed it was checked by default x_x;;
The finger print scanner has been working fine for me, but it does seem to be a tad sensitive.
My advice would be to swipe your finger or thumb in a manner similar to how you might do it without thinking when you are registering your fingerprint, if that makes sense?
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Hi,
While reading IS review on pocketnow.com I've found them saying that the screen sensitivity on IS is not good. But I'm interested and with others opinions from actual owners of IS. Thanks.
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Hi,
While reading IS review on pocketnow.com I've found them saying that the screen sensitivity on IS is not good. But I'm interested and with others opinions from actual owners of IS. Thanks.
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I think it's very responsive myself. The only problem I've had in that regard is that I have to press down for a split-second before I swipe down to unlock the screen, otherwise it doesn't respond properly - but I've seen this on other Sense-based phones too.
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Hi,
While reading IS review on pocketnow.com I've found them saying that the screen sensitivity on IS is not good. But I'm interested and with others opinions from actual owners of IS. Thanks.
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Perhaps the reviewers were on some kind of experimental drug.. i don't know.. i am too.. but, anyway. the screen sensitivity is just great. Have been using the IS for about three weeks now. Not one hick-up, restart, freeze what so ever.
it has been flying fast all the time.
If anything IMHO its a little over sensitive, sometimes it feels like I don't actually have to make physical contact before the IS makes the action.
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Perhaps the reviewers were on some kind of experimental drug.. i don't know.. i am too.. but, anyway. the screen sensitivity is just great. Have been using the IS for about three weeks now. Not one hick-up, restart, freeze what so ever.
it has been flying fast all the time.
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I have to agree with you, the response time is instant, i haven't rebooted the phone since i started using it. roughly been 3 weeks 2 days uptime.
Although i sometimes hear an echo on my end but when i ask the person on the other end abt the quality of the sound they all say its crystal clear :S
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If anything IMHO its a little over sensitive, sometimes it feels like I don't actually have to make physical contact before the IS makes the action.
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Yes, definately also something I have noticed! This never happened with my Legend, so the screen of the IS must be more sensitive!
Ive noticed this and Ive been trying to figure out what it is. Swiping between home screens is slower than on my Legend and it takes a more firm/resolute (I have to overerly excagerate the finger movement) to get it to move sometimes. It starts moving, but then it stops.
Ive got a small metal piece stuck between screen and phone body, so this might affect my device. Read own post on the matter http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021486
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Yes, definately also something I have noticed! This never happened with my Legend, so the screen of the IS must be more sensitive!
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This is exactly what I have noticed. You might could say, it's just too sensitiv.
I haven't had any sensitivity issues - so far so good
I have a mate who got this phone & he is having issues with applications opening without him touching the screen he just has to put his finger about 2mm from screen & they open eg messages/camera etc.
Anyone else having this problem ?
Is there a setting he can change to fix this sensitivity issue especially as he has moved from an old Nokia non smartphone ?
MTIA
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Yup mine is like this too.
lol. seriously, the guys who reviewed must have been smoking something really good
or they were plain prejudiced or paid to say so.
i would dare say this is the best touch screen i have ever used.
the sensitivity is just great... feels good to touch!
Same sensitivity as my desire... better than my galaxy s 4g...
Which unlock option are you going to use? I want to try face unlock for Jelly Bean, I've never tried it for ICS but it looks pretty awesome for JB with the "Liveness" check (Blink)
Here's a link for for a review showing the new face unlock: http://androidcommunity.com/jelly-bean-brings-liveness-to-face-unlock-requires-a-blink-20120629/
Slide to unlock, just to stick it to Apple
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Slide to unlock, just to stick it to Apple
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Totally forgot about that, stupid me.
Cel1084 said:
Slide to unlock, just to stick it to Apple
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This. Do the same on my phone. Thankfully I keep company that doesn't exploit the fact that my devices are easily unlockable
That's the first I've seen of Face Unlock. Seems pretty fun but I imagine I'd probably just use the slide in the end.
I wanted to use face unlock but I'm not sure I trust it not to get the face detection wrong so I'll be using the pin, there too much data on tablets and phones for me to use slide to lock.
You have a pin as well as face unlock just in case, so you always be able to get into you tablet/phone.
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Thanks, thought it was odd there wasn't a failsafe, no mention of it in the manual though.
I've tried to use Face Unlock on my phone before but I prefer to have the quick access to the camera that slide to unlock provides. Besides, I just don't really dig it all that much.
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I've tried to use Face Unlock on my phone before but I prefer to have the quick access to the camera that slide to unlock provides. Besides, I just don't really dig it all that much.
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I've used face unlock a lot, and enojy not having to do anything but look at my phone, having said that I'm done with it, like being able to go straight to google or camera from the screen. CM9 you could have both, maybe if CM comes out for the Nexus 7 i'll go back to have a bit of security.
in regard to the liveness check, my experience so far has been that it often says "didn't catch your blink" i also haven't included more photos of myself to improve face matching since going to JB on my nexus, maybe that would help, as I think sometimes "didn't catch your blink" really means "didn't recognize you"
Ever since I forgot my tablet in a public place and realized that absolutely random person could read my mail, chat logs etc., I use pattern unlock, because it isn't too cumbersome, yet reliable.
Try Visidon it works better than ICS face unlock and you can also face unlock individual apps.
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Hey everyone! I've noticed a lot of posts about people having a hard time using the fingerprint scanner so I figured I'd put together a quick video on how to make the fingerprint scanner up to 6 times more accurate. I've done this and I never have issues with using it anymore. Being XDA forums I'm sure a lot of you are already familiar with this method, but I can see that there are still many who don't know it yet. I hope this helps!
Incorrect link..
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Are you sure? When I click the video it starts playing the fingerprint scanner tutorial. What video do you see when you click it? I'm wondering if the link included the playlist and it somehow skipped the first video for you.
I already made a post about the fingerprint scanner earlier.
You can see the topic here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/to-fingerprint-scanner-bad-inaccurate-t2919453
And also, it's better to register the fingerprints with different angles on one finger, because it's not always that you are going to hold the phone exactly the same each time you takes up the phone in your hands.
On second link it's is OK. I'm setup and looks good. I will try more tomorrow. Thx.
Tested that, the accuracy is still ****ty. I think it might be software issue or some people have fingers that are not compatible with Samsung.
Apple finger is a disease closely related to gangreen
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Tested that, the accuracy is still ****ty. I think it might be software issue or some people have fingers that are not compatible with Samsung.
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Try testing the fingerprint hardware *#0*# Senor > 2nd from bottom FingerPrint test> NormalScan.
All Test should result in a PASS or maybe your hardware is faulty.
*You have to scan your finger immediately when you see Ready
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Hey everyone! I've noticed a lot of posts about people having a hard time using the fingerprint scanner so I figured I'd put together a quick video on how to make the fingerprint scanner up to 6 times more accurate. I've done this and I never have issues with using it anymore. Being XDA forums I'm sure a lot of you are already familiar with this method, but I can see that there are still many who don't know it yet. I hope this helps!
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Tom-Helge said:
I already made a post about the fingerprint scanner earlier.
You can see the topic here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/to-fingerprint-scanner-bad-inaccurate-t2919453
And also, it's better to register the fingerprints with different angles on one finger, because it's not always that you are going to hold the phone exactly the same each time you takes up the phone in your hands.
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I've tried both methods. The video in this thread was viewable yesterday but not today. But anyway, I set the thumb with the angled swipe like holding single handed but it's actually two handed. As the video suggested for thumb swiping, I focused on part of the thumb each sweep using the thumbnail and button as a reference. Then setup another thumb print using the fleshiest part of the thumb. The index finger seemed to be most accurate with the vertical sweep but now thumb is just as accurate using the method suggested here. There is another sensor test where you can swipe to see readings of your scanner with programmed fingerprints (dial *#0*# then scan button is middle of third row, scroll down to Fingerprint test/Normalscan). Seems I have to hit back 3x to actually back or exit the test mode.
I think over time, a better method will be learned. Seems you have to train your brain for the most consistent swipe but sometimes the first swipe just cleans the scanner or I'm just scanning too quickly when prompted. Maybe both apply? Seems fairly accurate but I've disposed of a lot of scans and programmed new ones with trial and error. FWIW, for me, the thumb works best with the angled sweep. That may change.
I wonder if the reverse direction sweep is method to test each fingerprint saved? If fails, try to program until works.
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No way in hell I'm giving Samsung my finger prints.
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No way in hell I'm giving Samsung my finger prints.
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Yeah, because the government doesn't already have them
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Yeah, because the government doesn't already have them
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They don't (unless you've been arrested), but please tell me how you believe they do. Expecially governments and agency's other countries.
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They don't (unless you've been arrested), but please tell me how you believe they do. Expecially governments and agency's other countries.
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Yeah, you're right, that's the only time they take your fingerprints. They never do prints when people are born or at the DMV or at theme parks or a hundred different other points in your life. I'm pretty sure I even had to do them at school once. If the government or a corporation wanted your fingerprints, they wouldn't need a phone to get them. Honestly, how paranoid are you? What the hell do you think they're even going to do with your fingerprints? Unless you've committed a crime, what are you afraid of? Them unlocking your phone?
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Yeah, you're right, that's the only time they take your fingerprints. They never do prints when people are born or at the DMV or at theme parks or a hundred different other points in your life. I'm pretty sure I even had to do them at school once. If the government or a corporation wanted your fingerprints, they wouldn't need a phone to get them. Honestly, how paranoid are you? What the hell do you think they're even going to do with your fingerprints? Unless you've committed a crime, what are you afraid of? Them unlocking your phone?
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I am right, like I stated from your first reply. The government does not already have your fingerprints. My 'foot' was printed when born never at a DMV or Disneyland.
Point being...If you thinking the US government aleady has detailed database already of every USA citizen you're wrong.
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I am right, like I stated from your first reply. The government does not already have your fingerprints. My 'foot' was printed when born never at a DMV or Disneyland.
Point being...If you thinking the US government aleady has detailed database already of every USA citizen you're wrong.
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Time for a new tin foil hat I believe!
I doesn't really matter. A scanner that reads a stripe at a time is never going to be as precise as TouchId which takes a photo and doesn't depend on motion. I've tried 'training' my Note 4 sensor many times and it never works reliably, and in the end its just frustrating.
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Try testing the fingerprint hardware *#0*# Senor > 2nd from bottom FingerPrint test> NormalScan.
All Test should result in a PASS or maybe your hardware is faulty.
*You have to scan your finger immediately when you see Ready
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All tests results on my Note 4 are "pass". Setting up the fingerprint is no problem at all, almost 100% of the fingerprints are registered the first time. Used different directions and angles, one thumb 6x. But when it comes to actually using the fingerprintscanner it's terrible. Sometimes one swipe is enough to unlock the device. Most of the time (appr. 8/9 out of 10 times) I need two or more (up to 5/6) swipes. For me absolutely useless. The fingerprintscanner was one of the reasons I bought the note 4 but i've switched of the use of this scanner.
Agree, not an Apple fan boy but had a iPhone 6 plus for a while. That fingerprint unlock was amazing. So easy. I'm going to use a pin again.
My fingerprint reader actually worked pretty good till the FR hardware crashed.
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My scanner works just fine, I dunno why so many people are having issues with it. I get some mis-reads when I swipe it wonky but it works beautifully 99% of the time. Its one of the biggest reasons I bought this phone.
At times when i unlock my phone i get this message stating my touch input is locked. How do i fix this?
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At times when i unlock my phone i get this message stating my touch input is locked. How do i fix this?
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The function prevent accidently part of body skin touches the phone screen when the phone in pocket. To disable, go to Display > Block Accidental touches.
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At times when i unlock my phone i get this message stating my touch input is locked. How do i fix this?
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Something is covering the sensor on the top of the phone. Either clean it and make sure nothing is covering it when you wake your phone or disable the block accidental touches feature
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At times when i unlock my phone i get this message stating my touch input is locked. How do i fix this?
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Not to be a jerk but you could've answered your own question by simply using the search function in settings. Before you could fully type "Touch input" it will have narrowed it down to the setting you were looking for.
That setting search function is an awesome tool with all the options we have.
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Not to be a bigger jerk after i couldn't figure it out by typing and googling it i figure and it being a new phone and all why not let me ask the XDA community under the Answers and questions. Yea thanks for your thoughts greatly appreciated.
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That setting search function is an awesome tool with all the options we have.
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Lol you typed it everywhere but the settings search bar? Roger got ya.
So umm yeah, setting search. Excellent tool. Glad to be of help
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Something is covering the sensor on the top of the phone. Either clean it and make sure nothing is covering it when you wake your phone or disable the block accidental touches feature
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Thanks i will clean it and make sure nothing is obstructing the sensor.
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The function prevent accidently part of body skin touches the phone screen when the phone in pocket. To disable, go to Display > Block Accidental touches.
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Thanks i will take a look at that setting.
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I have this issue. There is obviously nothing blocking the sensor, but this message pops up in a stuttering manner for a few seconds.
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Maybe you misunderstood or completely misread my message of how i searched and couldn't find it myself. So after I've exhausted my efforts to "figure it out myself".
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No I read that you did everything you could. The sad thing is typing on the literal text in the setting search would've taken you right to the answer.
I just wish you put as much effort in the "exhaustive search", as you put into griping about good advice..
I mean you could just take a gander at the screen shots and see how easy it is.
Nevermind next time you get a pop up that's too hard to decipher, you can make the daunting task of searching settings.
And that's how you fish.
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I have this issue. There is obviously nothing blocking the sensor, but this message pops up in a stuttering manner for a few seconds.
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Having this issue as well. I like the feature so I will deal with the weirdness. Whenever I plug in my charger my screen flickers with that message about 8-10 times within 2 seconds then goes away.
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Having this issue as well. I like the feature so I will deal with the weirdness. Whenever I plug in my charger my screen flickers with that message about 8-10 times within 2 seconds then goes away.
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have you tried another charger /cable?
i know back in the days when i had a bad charger i would getting small zapps and phantom touches on the screen
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I have this issue. There is obviously nothing blocking the sensor, but this message pops up in a stuttering manner for a few seconds.
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have you tried another charger /cable?
i know back in the days when i had a bad charger i would getting small zapps and phantom touches on the screen
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That's good information but in my case it happens with the new charger that came with the Note 9. My car charger and my old Note 8 charger
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That's good information but in my case it happens with the new charger that came with the Note 9. My car charger and my old Note 8 charger
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that's to bad, hopefully it's a software bug and not hardware failure
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Shame on me i should be put on a cross and burned alive for that question. I'm sure you have a group of people behind you who support your heroism ready to string me up!! Damn now this question is going to cost me everything all because i didn't search. I'm going back to bed to cry. Byeeee...
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Wow you are seriously butt hurt over this.
Literally you could've been like "wow, so many ways to do something on this phone thanks for one more tool in my tool box".
Nevermind checking the extensive manual that answers a lot of these questions. Let's not pretend this is hard info to find. It's the phone doing what it was designed to do, not some broken feature you need to troubleshoot.
I keep forgetting this is XDA, it's easier to ask for the answer right in front of you as opposed to learning how to answer the questions yourself.
I'll report back to my support group and tell them mission accomplished. Someone learned something new.
Knowing is half the battle!
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If you pick up your phone with your hand over the proximity sensor (top of phone), you will get this pop-up. I turned the setting off and it went away but the screen did unintentionally come on while in a pocket. Therefore, it appears best to leave it on and ignore the message.
Can a mod delete pcriz's comments and androidwarriors responses after the question was answered. I think this topic was a valid question.
Samsung has switched up a lot for the better but the downside is they moved it all around. We are stuck in such a monotonous get to point A to point B environment these days the answer was right in front of his face but he couldn't see it because he was too used to the tools he always uses. I am still learning little things about this phone as I go too. I think his question was valid, seeing as Samsung experience is still quite new, Samsung experience is such a huge improvement over TouchWiz, the note9 is loaded to the gills with features and nuances and Samsung (and other OEMs including Google) having features that have trained us to a certain mindset for years. Coming back to the note line after a hiatus hasn't been overwhelming for me but I can see where coming to the note would be like a longtime Android user switching to iOS or even vice versa. For me, still using my work iPhone is so underwhelming I can't figure stuff out and I am pretty savvy with tech. iOS users can find Android overwhelming. And listening to the apologies Apple users come up with now, compared to yesteryear, when many people are finding out iOS isn't as easy to use as has been claimed, it's just what they grew up on, kind of like learning a language. There is a lot to grasp by being immersed in the ecosystem, but more to find out by asking details and learning, learning that can be turned into a tool to find more stuff on your own. Dude obviously tried and put out one more flag up for something he might not have had control over and the response was douchebaggery at it's finest. I find the questions dumb when people are asking me how do I get such great battery life and how they can do it but are unwilling to take their phone off full brightness, theme it to take advantage of OLED's self emitting pixels and are stacked to the gills with social media and email accounts because they have to be that connected and are not willing to streamline portability. Finding the sweetspot for my notifications on the note9 was aggravating for the first time in years as there are many layers to it now. I had to experiment and read about other questions to figure it out. Settings are still taking some time to get used to with main settings, app settings and figuring out where the granular settings are when they're not in places or labeled to what we are accustomed to. To each his own but pcriz obviously overstepped the bounds for a valid question.
Hey guys,
my mi9t was dead recently and i'm in the market for a new cheap phone. I resisted realme for a long time due to color os until someone pointed it out that the new realme ui is better than miui, so i am going to give it a try and stumbled upon how cheap the x2 pro is given its spec.
Well since specs arent everything and there are many little things not covered in reviews, i would like to ask if
1. it has AOD and is it customizable
2. Does it have screen off hands off ok google, i use it a lot
3. since it is using in display fingerprint sensor i made the mistake of not backup-ing the resist partiotion in mi9t making it almost useless. Do i have to do the same thing and is it bootloader unlockable? i saw quite a lot of custom rom available and thats kinda good
4. is there any small things i need to know like build quality, lagginess
Thanks
It's a good phone overall. I am using CN version, however I recommend you get the EU version to get full gapps support.
Yes AOD on realme UI is fairly customizable. You can choose what to show and the clock. Display format and style. Beyond that not really.
EU version has the all google apps as far as I know but please double check.
Bootloader is easily unlocked. Rest i am not sure.
Built quality is superb. Battery 0 to 100 percent in 36 minutes. No lagginess with stock. Pretty fast boot due to UFS 3.0 (not all variants have this so pls. be careful when ordering/buying). People say cameras are ok and not great. For me upgrading from LG V20, they definitely are better. Also you might have to disable smart power saver for apps to work correctly i.e send notifications pop ups etc. Maybe that's only for CN version.
I hope this helps.
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It's a good phone overall. I am using CN version, however I recommend you get the EU version to get full gapps support.
Yes AOD on realme UI is fairly customizable. You can choose what to show and the clock. Display format and style. Beyond that not really.
EU version has the all google apps as far as I know but please double check.
Bootloader is easily unlocked. Rest i am not sure.
Built quality is superb. Battery 0 to 100 percent in 36 minutes. No lagginess with stock. Pretty fast boot due to UFS 3.0 (not all variants have this so pls. be careful when ordering/buying). People say cameras are ok and not great. For me upgrading from LG V20, they definitely are better. Also you might have to disable smart power saver for apps to work correctly i.e send notifications pop ups etc. Maybe that's only for CN version.
I hope this helps.
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Thanks for the feedback but can you use ok google with the screen off?
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Thanks for the feedback but can you use ok google with the screen off?
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I tried it, it didn't work on screen off
batestota said:
I tried it, it didn't work on screen off
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ah bummer, i use that feature a lot!
coconutxyz said:
ah bummer, i use that feature a lot!
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that sucks, but you could use face unlock then use ok google right away, the face unlock in this device is really really fast, just one lock and it will be open
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that sucks, but you could use face unlock then use ok google right away, the face unlock in this device is really really fast, just one lock and it will be open
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yea good idea but i mostly use it while driving haha
Double tap to face unlock.