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Amazing Rollercoaster and Swing App!!!

FYI, if you haven't tried already, I was able to use a coupe apps designed for Cardboard. I just don't push the usb all the way in so it doesn't activate the oculus app.
The roller coaster app and swing app are pretty awesome. The company makes a couple others. Only tried the Froggy which wasn't as fun.

eozdalga said:
FYI, if you haven't tried already, I was able to use a coupe apps designed for Cardboard. I just don't push the usb all the way in so it doesn't activate the oculus app.
The roller coaster app and swing app are pretty awesome. The company makes a couple others. Only tried the Froggy which wasn't as fun.
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How do you access them on the vr? Pretty much anything outside of the oculus ecosystem is unavailable to the vr

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How do you access them on the vr? Pretty much anything outside of the oculus ecosystem is unavailable to the vr
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You have to do it like the OP mentions. Don't press the usb plug all the way in. Sometimes, I just move the pin up and let the phone slide in below. Samsung really needs to give us an option of not auto starting the Gear app. But yes, cardboard works. Just that you can't touch the screen with the gear vr touchpad.
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You have to do it like the OP mentions. Don't press the usb plug all the way in. Sometimes, I just move the pin up and let the phone slide in below. Samsung really needs to give us an option of not auto starting the Gear app. But yes, cardboard works. Just that you can't touch the screen with the gear vr touchpad.
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Yes I was thinking the same think. I would be better if they provided the option to I don't have to keep disconnecting the phone to switch a non-oculus app. I'm assuming the company that made some of those good VR apps in the store (Fibrum) will make an oculus compatible version.
FYI, was sliding the phone under the usb plug at first. It works but I'm worried it might cause too much strain and break something. Seems to be safer with plugging in USB but not pushing in all the way.

Hopefully soon! lol But yeah, i made sure that the phone is not putting too much pressure on the tilt mechanism. And we should probably put the cover on just incase the phone falls off lol.

Go into quarantine, titanium etc and look for GEAR VR SERVICES, freeze the service and the VR works with google cardboard and the above listed apps.

Got this working but man did it make me almost throw up especially the swing vr game, moving around 360 is rather shaky, I guess thats because we are no longer using the sensors that are in the vr headset?

[Q] What would make Google Cardboard rotate constantly?

I picked up a Google Cardboard for some fun, but the picture constantly rotates while trying to use it on my XZ. The axis of the rotation is that of going from portrait to landscape (Y axis??)
I've tested the accel, compass, and gyro using the service tests and they all seem to be fine. My XZ is completely stock and up-to-date (OTA).
Not sure what the problem could be? It works fine on my SGS5. I'd appreciate any feedback as the XZ looks and fits inside SO much cleaner than the SGS5, plus its not my daily driver so I won't have to take it out often.
I vaguely recall the same error happening on an app a long time ago, can't remember for the life of me what it was.

Hey. I also play with VR for almost month now(got two vr goggles with are WAY better lenses and quality than cardboard)
And also I have this problem of rotating screen. And to be honest its all depend on app and orientation provider. Most of the time app use indirect/direct sensor fusion but this method just suck...
I found only one solution for that and its to put phone on flat surface for few second with screen face up, and then phone calibrate sensor itself.
Of course its not helping for too long, but its always something...
My favorite VR game: Corridoom is best example for problem that we have.
Fast movement of device constantly move gyro starting point to one direction and when you sit in chair and look straight after a while you need to almost turn 180* because device lost this starting point. App does provide only simple calibration in main menu and Dev that I write about that said that for now its not gonna change this option.
So even if gyro in our xz is really accurate, because i use it as a VR goggles for PC gaming thanks to app Trinus VR
Only real solution for that is actual app that have option to block or reset roll effect. For example my main movie app for watching VR movies Cardboard Theater have such option and for most of time I dont have this problem when I watch movies.
I also tested it via service tests and you can see this problem, when you start app and this Rubik's cube is faced to you green move phone right and left and after few moves its not facing green, but red or blue... And for that app should have that option to reset yaw and roll when you stop moving, but for now most of devs that create VR apps and games just dont think to put such options.
And its not only XZ problem I tested it with galaxy S5 and galaxy Grand Prime and its also have that problem but not that often, mostly when I move my head very fast or for too long, screen start rotating.
maybe it would be possible to fix that in device it self to reset that roll effect but I dont think that anyone with knowledge would like to check that... :/

Trackers are pretty sensitive without some kind of reference point such as a camera. I expect a small amount of bias error over a duration, but using cardboard movie theater the screen turns 180 degrees (roll) in less than 10 seconds. The sensor tests are nowhere near as inaccurate.
Obviously any phone will have the issue over time though, they are cheap parts in small housing. There's multi thousand dollar systems with small degree of wander that are only IMUs. It's the severe amount the xz has that bugs me.
I'll try the laying it flat so it can reset its bias, might work. I noticed yesterday that when facing west it wasnt half as bad.
If you were actually able to enjoy a movie without locking the orientation then yours is far better than mine. My sgs5 I might have to adjust the orientation once every 30 minutes, the xz I have to reset it every seconds lmao.
Thank you for the input!
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Letting the bias adjust helped immensely. Thanks for the advice!

Hi did u manage to sort it out. I have xperia z and have same problem. I can play some games but everytime i use 'view in cardboard ' on youtube the screens spin, also when i use googke cardboard apps. Maby its a google problem and not our phones? Like you iv testedband recalibrated my phone byt to no avail
If you got it fixed giz a shout mate
Cheers

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 S-Pen Sensitivity Issue

Starting a new thread since I could not find any existing thread on this and it is quite surprising since this is a widespread issue and for the same reason Samsung service here in Melbourne even refused to acknowledge this is an issue! There logic seemingly being if the issue is present in the demo unit in the store as well, it is not an issue! Vodafone has also refused to honor the warranty, even though it is in the first month of my contract and they should be replacing the handset and dealing with Samsung, and have instead told me to provide them with an acknowledgement from Samsung stating it is an issue! Talk about deadlocks!
Now coming to the issue, I have found out that there are sensitivity issues when using the S-Pen on the bottom right and left corners of the screen. There are issue on the top part of the screen as well but they arent as serious. I would also request you to check the same on your device and report back if you are also facing the same.
To check, first get into diagnostics mode by dialing *#0*# and then go to the S-Pen tab.
1. As you can see in the video, the bottom right and left corners have definite and serious issues with S-Pen sensitivity. I found this out, and it is also a use case and one of the major reasons that I went for Galaxy Note 5, while taking a screen grab from the middle of the screen right until the bottom right corner. I just could not do it. As soon as the S Pen reaches near the corner, the sensitivity issue makes sure that input isn't recognized. Not only this, even when it manages to identify the touch, the tracking is random with the S-Pen having a mind of its own.
2. The second issue is while drawing on the top part of the screen with the S-Pen but this one is not as serious as the first one. You can see in the video that S-Pen loses sensitivity in one particular area of the screen. This is easily corrected though, by pressing the S-Pen harder on the screen.
This is apart from the lag and slowness issues that rear their ugly head every once in a while and in a phone which runs an Octa Core CPU with a whopping 4GB of RAM. This is my first Samsung in a long long time and it has left me disappointed again exactly like it did in the past whenever I bought a Samsung phone. To me the level of polish of the hardware on a device costing as much as this is simply not acceptable. What are your thought? Please report in this thread if you are facing the same issue as I am with the S-Pen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN41nE1lWGI

I have multiple stand-alone S Pens and don't experience what you're describing with them or the one included with the device.

BarryH_GEG said:
I have multiple stand-alone S Pens and don't experience what you're describing with them or the one included with the device.
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Strange because I could replicate it on all the demo devices in the store. That is their reasoning for refusing the warranty as well.

I'll say this, the included pen is more responsive on the display than pens that are pre-Note 5 so something in the pen and/or display has changed.

Does it mean mine has a problem then? I am wondering if anyone else can also confirm the same?

I can confirm the bottom left and right corner of my note 5 behave just like OP's does... but wouldn't have found out if he didn't mention it

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I can confirm the bottom left and right corner of my note 5 behave just like OP's does... but wouldn't have found out if he didn't mention it
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Thanks Alex. I found the issue because I could not take a screenshot which finished near the bottom corner of the screen. Now smart select is a headline feature of the phone and this hadrware oversight to be is just not acceptable. The Samsung service would not acknowledge it as an issue let alone do something about it. May be it is only on the first batch of phone. Who knows?

I checked my phone (SM-N9208 TW, mfg: will add later) and the bottom corners have poor tracking with the hover point flying off the screen when held above.
Overall this issue shouldn't affect the usability of the phone if you rarely use these areas since it's still possible though difficult to use the s-pen there.
Edit: I re-tested with my phone flat and s-pen vertical*. The s-pen can be used on the very bottom corners with precise movements, so I don't think will affect usability for most people most of the time.
*Having the s-pen on an angle can affect the tracking significantly as seen in your video. I think the only solution would be to modify the s-pen to track at the very tip. This would probably make the tip non-replaceable and/or more complex and expensive. If someone has time, try using the s-pen without a tip and see if/how it tracks.
Update: I tested a SM-N920W8 in store and it had the same corner issue.

I complained to Vodafone again and they decided to take the phone back. Back to trusty properly working iPhone 6s Plus 64GB. My last Samsung device no matter what the specs. I wouldn't be interested in one even if it will have a gazillion core CPU and few petabytes of RAM.

I have the same issue. Can anyone else, note 5 users confirm about this issue. (Bottom right hover issue)

I dont't face that problem
Edit: here is a screenshot
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5LZ1p_SFZ3faTFJNzBzZGlnbzA/view?usp=docslist_api

Mine does it a little bit.
It still passes the test so I believe it's within spec. I honestly don't see it being a warranty issue.
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Sometimes, it is the Cover magnet.
Sometimes, it is the Cover magnet. . Try to remove you phone from it and try the s pen in the touch area in question. It worked for me with in a leather flip cover. The same for the s note stopping error message.

same here
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if you have magnetic casing will get such problems ....
or fake s-pen need to replace with original or better fake quality

My stylus is overly sensitive; so much that I can't write properly. All text is in continuation even when I lift the stylus off for whitespace. I even followed the article on adjusting the sensitivity of the S Pen by removing the click-button cover and adjusting the Potentiometer. However, the note 4 s pen is entierly different as it doesn't have any Potentiometer under the click button. Link to article:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191333
What annoys me most is that I never had this issue before I flew overseas last month. I started experiencing this issue after I came back and it has rendered my s pen useless. Has anyone found a way to adjust Potentiometer on the new S spen yet (it might be located under top cap but i'm not sure how to open it).

espionage said:
My stylus is overly sensitive; so much that I can't write properly. All text is in continuation even when I lift the stylus off for whitespace. I even followed the article on adjusting the sensitivity of the S Pen by removing the click-button cover and adjusting the Potentiometer. However, the note 4 s pen is entierly different as it doesn't have any Potentiometer under the click button. Link to article:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191333
What annoys me most is that I never had this issue before I flew overseas last month. I started experiencing this issue after I came back and it has rendered my s pen useless. Has anyone found a way to adjust Potentiometer on the new S spen yet (it might be located under top cap but i'm not sure how to open it).
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I am having this same problem. Did you ever find a fix for it? Thank you!

Yes confirmation of problem
I found the same problem. If you try to draw a square in the S pen test mode you cannot draw a square in the bottom left or right corner. The square will turn into some kind of strange wiggle shape.
I live in Malaysia and went to the official Samsung head office service center and they confirmed this is a problem with all Note 5 models and the lady showed me her own personal Note 5 which had the same problem (actually worse than mine).
The service technicians said they do not know the reason for this problem. But as an electrical engineer I suspect there is some sensors in those areas which cause interference with the S Pen.

Gear VR Controller quickly becoming off-center

I just received the new Gear VR with controller in the mail today and I'm using it with my S8+, but I've noticed a huge issue that can't be ignored. While using and pointing the controller in games, the line of sight ever so slightly seems to veer left. Like to the point where if I'm pointing straight forward, the controller in-game shows me pointing completely to my left. Absolutely WAY off. I can literally watch the cross-hair move left on its own while my hand is completely still with the controller in-hand. You can however automatically re-calibrate the controller to point back front and center at any time by holding the home button, but I find myself doing it every 30 seconds. It's that bad. I have no idea if this is caused by interference or a setting I'm missing, but it's nearly unplayable if I'm having to constantly re-calibrate.
I have updated the controller's firmware as well already and it's not had any effect on the issue. I'm not sure if it's the batteries, but I can't imagine it would be as the controller comes with two AAA batteries unopened.

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I just received the new Gear VR with controller in the mail today and I'm using it with my S8+, but I've noticed a huge issue that can't be ignored. While using and pointing the controller in games, the line of sight ever so slightly seems to veer left. Like to the point where if I'm pointing straight forward, the controller in-game shows me pointing completely to my left. Absolutely WAY off. I can literally watch the cross-hair move left on its own while my hand is completely still with the controller in-hand. You can however automatically re-calibrate the controller to point back front and center at any time by holding the home button, but I find myself doing it every 30 seconds. It's that bad. I have no idea if this is caused by interference or a setting I'm missing, but it's nearly unplayable if I'm having to constantly re-calibrate.
I have updated the controller's firmware as well already and it's not had any effect on the issue. I'm not sure if it's the batteries, but I can't imagine it would be as the controller comes with two AAA batteries unopened.
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It seems a manual calibration through the settings in the oculus app fixed it, but I've noticed when physically turning your head or body to look behind you, the controller still seems a bit off, even after forcing the in-game calibrations a couple times, but nothing drastic.

My new Gear VR is drifting badly as well. Calibration fixes it temporarily, but it always comes back. Screen and controller always drift to the right.

My Gear VR 2016 & S7 are all over the place too. Requires so much recalibration I pretty much give up for now. It didn't use to be like this. Have Occulus screwed the software?
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Just tried using mine that I got with my S8. Very cool however to point straight ahead I have to point the controller way left. That is, if I point the controller straight ahead the line/cursor is way to the right. What's up with that?

Yup. This is a widespread issue. For me, when Ire-calibrate with the home key the cursor is always to the right of where I'm pointing. The cursor then gradually drifts to the left. Virtually unusable.
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I planned to buy it but I will not until it's fixed

My fiance has the same problem with the remote. He practically has to point it behind him to get the crosshair in the correct place but when I use it it works perfectly. What's the problem?

OK, think I've found a fix. My Motion Controller drift is now much reduced after following these directions on my Note 5: https://youtu.be/_imVEETkWpc
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My fiance has the same problem with the remote. He practically has to point it behind him to get the crosshair in the correct place but when I use it it works perfectly. What's the problem?
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If you press and hold the home button on the remote the pointer will re-center. But it is a pain in the ass to keep having to do that.
Earthworm said:
OK, think I've found a fix. My Motion Controller drift is now much reduced after following these directions on my Note 5: https://youtu.be/_imVEETkWpc
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Temporary solution for off center issue.
I kinda just twist and turn my wrist a little pointing away from center and press down the home button until it does point straight forward. Is pretty easy to do, although it would be preferable if it got fixed so it would work without any issue. All in all I'm very stoked about the experience.

My gear VR screen is off centre not the controller but the whole visual display has shifted right and keeps moving around all over the place even though I'm not moving at all.

Spen problems

Anyone else experiencing spen glitchy behavior? Example I'll be hovering the pen over the screen and it'll scroll or select things without me touching the screen and sometimes it won't register the spen touching the screen when I actually try to scroll, or I'll use the square app at work and when my clients need to sign the screen it'll register the pen before even touching the screen. I really like the spen feature but at this point it's too unreliable to even use, is this normal behavior? My wife's note 8 exhibits the same behavior. Tmo note 8 and we both factory restored before setting up and did clean install no transfer data crap.

do you have a screen protector ?

No not me works great and I use my Spen everyday.

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do you have a screen protector ?
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No I do not, my finger touches are fine, it's only when I use the spen does it act glitchy, do you think it's defective?

No issues with mine on Verizon, with a screen protector.

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Anyone else experiencing spen glitchy behavior? Example I'll be hovering the pen over the screen and it'll scroll or select things without me touching the screen and sometimes it won't register the spen touching the screen when I actually try to scroll, or I'll use the square app at work and when my clients need to sign the screen it'll register the pen before even touching the screen. I really like the spen feature but at this point it's too unreliable to even use, is this normal behavior? My wife's note 8 exhibits the same behavior. Tmo note 8 and we both factory restored before setting up and did clean install no transfer data crap.
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Are you using a case with a magnetic kick stand?
My guess is yes.. can't use that with the Note's digitizer as the S-pen tech is magnetic based
If this is not the case (pun intended) then you probably have a faulty S-pen or Digitizer

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ingenious247 said:
Are you using a case with a magnetic kick stand?
My guess is yes.. can't use that with the Note's digitizer as the S-pen tech is magnetic based
If this is not the case (pun intended) then you probably have a faulty S-pen or Digitizer
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No just a regular super slim case, it's so annyoing as it only exhibits the problem sometimes not always , I guess I'll have to take it back

You're not using a magnetic car mount either, right?
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ingenious247 said:
Are you using a case with a magnetic kick stand?
My guess is yes.. can't use that with the Note's digitizer as the S-pen tech is magnetic based
If this is not the case (pun intended) then you probably have a faulty S-pen or Digitizer
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You're not using a magnetic car mount either, right?
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I do in the car but I noticed this issue immediately after first spen use and I didn't have a magnetic car mount yet, so I don't think they are related and I don't use the spen when I'm in the car

Some of the Same
I also absolutely love the S Pen and I've had the note line for years. This time around with the Note 8 I'm experiencing a weird glitch that's happening with Google products ie Google Chrome Google app Google Maps. Especially when I use the Google app to read different articles. When I open the articles it will literally freeze and not recognize any touch. However if I open that article with my finger and scrolled just a little bit with my finger then I don't suffer the same problem but if I initiate scrolling with the S Pen it freezes every time. This is really frustrating to the point where I have to force close the app to get it to respond at all.... Google and Samsung please figure this out!!!! It really is maddening!!!

At least Spen works with no issue on my phone. I use it pretty often for making notes and also I found it faster and convenient to write in chat messages..

Try changing the nib. I had similar problems which seem to have gone after a nib change, maybe coincidental.

No problem on mine at all. See if you can borrow spen from somebody and test with different pen maybe? Also I would reset the phone and test again, before sending it back.

I exchanged the phone and so far it's been good, fingers crossed

Are you maybe triggering some of the events and tools that the S-pen does without touching the screen? One place this first "caught" me off guard was reading email. When you hover just of the screen it gives you choices and can do actions. There are also scroll choices in Chrome that fire up by hovering.
Just to make sure, I suggest watching
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If it isn't behaving like in the video and you know you aren't triggering hover events, then I would definitely get it replaced.

I can't understand why third party case makers continue making cases with magnets in them for our Note series. It usually causes issues with the S-Pen. Like, a foldable stand can just be designed to "click" in place when not in use. You don't need a magnet for that. And for the wallet type cases they can just use velcro or something to clip it back into place without a magnet.

Any update? I also sent my phone in for repair of a similar issue and when I got it back, it seems like nothing was fixed. Samsung wrote that they "replaced cosmetic" whatever that means?

I had a similar issue with my note 7, as the recall started and I refused to surrender my note7, claiming warranty was not an option, I bought a spen, and, that solved it, to this day works fine, in this case with a note 8, you must go and claim warranty or, try with some one else's spen to sort the problem out

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately in my case it seems like the s pen is not the issue. I've gone into a Best Buy and used their pen and I still encounter the same issue :/

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I also absolutely love the S Pen and I've had the note line for years. This time around with the Note 8 I'm experiencing a weird glitch that's happening with Google products ie Google Chrome Google app Google Maps. Especially when I use the Google app to read different articles. When I open the articles it will literally freeze and not recognize any touch. However if I open that article with my finger and scrolled just a little bit with my finger then I don't suffer the same problem but if I initiate scrolling with the S Pen it freezes every time. This is really frustrating to the point where I have to force close the app to get it to respond at all.... Google and Samsung please figure this out!!!! It really is maddening!!!
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I had the same problem when searching with Google and the result was shown in Chrome. Using the SPen and the site hang. Using my finger no problem. I then changed from Samsung Internet Browser to Chrome as default browser. The problem was gone.