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My D3 Opens Crooked

My phone is fine closed, but when i slide out the keyboard it doesn't open right. The left side of the screen doesn't open as much as the right side. It is only the tiniest bit off, but its kind of annoying. Also the clicking noise when i open my phone isn't as good on the left side as the right side anymore. I don't think that it was always like this and I wanna know what the problem is.
Has this happened to anyone else? Does anyone have an idea what could be wrong? Thanks

It sounds like you have been attacked by pocket lint my friend. Someone had instructions about using an exacto knife to fish it out. I personally open and close repeatedly while I am blowing compressed air in between the two halves.
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Aw man, I figured something might be stuck in there, but i wasn't sure. DO you know where to find those instructions by any chance? Also a question about the compressed air. Where do you shoot it in between? Like from the side, top or bottom?

I below the air in from wherever I can. Seems to push out the lint.
I can't find that post from my phone right now. If I get near a computer in the next few days I will try for a better search.
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Alright thanks man

[q]s-pen= awful

Does anybody else find the S.pen of the SGN really bad??.. when it comes to drawing some stuff..? Any remedy for that?
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i don't draw but i do annotate quite a lot, and it feels like the calibration is a bit off. what in particular about it is your concern?

Like, the place where i point the pen and the place where it writes is not the same,the location where it writes is a little bit to the upper left( not precise)... and its also has a latency after writing...
Its not a very big problem for me just a little critic...
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crz2uf said:
Does anybody else find the S.pen of the SGN really bad??.. when it comes to drawing some stuff..? Any remedy for that?
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I've used five s-pens so far, and two of them were significantly worse than the other three. Good news is that the problem is most likely with the pen itself and not with the Note!
Try getting a different pen (e.g. there is an official Samsung holder that comes with another pen). For the offset problem, try to switch from right to left to right... several times --- sometimes that helps to make the offset more reasonable. Also experiment with the angle of the Note as you write, often that makes a difference too.
Just my two cents...

The reason why it seems a bit of is done on purpose.
You notice this when you change your writing hand in the settings.
When it's set to your right hand, the drawing is slightly left of your pen. With the left hand it's the other way around.
This is done so you can see what you are drawing/writing and your hand is not in the way.
I know it sucks, but Samsung made it this way.

jellevanb said:
The reason why it seems a bit of is done on purpose.
You notice this when you change your writing hand in the settings.
When it's set to your right hand, the drawing is slightly left of your pen. With the left hand it's the other way around.
This is done so you can see what you are drawing/writing and your hand is not in the way.
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This is true, but some pens have larger offset than the others. I think some of them have sensitive elements inside aligned better. And actually this works rather nicely if the offset is reasonable, at least for me. Takes a bit of practice, but feels quite natural after a while... if you think about it, some offset is appropriate, since there are three surfaces at different depths: the writing surface, the "displaying" surface, and the actual surface which is sensitive to the pen's movements (this one is quite deep, it's behind the screen, not in front of it)...
Try different pens before giving up

Yeah the calibration is not exact to the point. When I'm writing words normally I'm not really affected, only when it comes to drawing in slow motions, the placement is off and it's frustrating for drawing little details.
However, I managed to dig out an old stylus which came with my ancient fujitsu tablet PC and it's calibrated perfectly.

I've noticed that the angle to which I hold the s-pen to the surface makes a difference in percieved accuracy.

This app has worked for me:
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLnZpdGFsLnRzdC5uNzAwMCJd

robot1000 said:
This app has worked for me:
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLnZpdGFsLnRzdC5uNzAwMCJd
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... Just note that it requires root
It will run without root, kinda, but you'll be getting something like this on the unlock:
"ERROR: IOException! No ROOT permissions?"

iamastone said:
However, I managed to dig out an old stylus which came with my ancient fujitsu tablet PC and it's calibrated perfectly.
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With the Fujitsu pen, does it have calibration issues or extra lines if you write on it upside down, like if you were lying on your back? My biggest pet peeve with this phone is that I can only use the pen if I'm sitting upright and holding the pen just so, otherwise calibration is way off and a lot of unintended lines appear.
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I've noticed that the angle to which I hold the s-pen to the surface makes a difference in percieved accuracy.
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I've noticed this too. It's most apparent to me when I set my phone on a table, holding the pen by it's very end. Touching the screen with the point and changing the angle of the pen relative to the screen--without moving the tip of the pen;s position at all--you can see the cursor move with the angle of the pen, even though the tip stays in one place.
The best way to fix this, in my mind, is for Wacom to do on this phone what they do for a lot of their tablets--have a little dot show up on the screen when you hover your pen, so you know where you'll be drawing.

thriceberg said:
With the Fujitsu pen, does it have calibration issues or extra lines if you write on it upside down, like if you were lying on your back? My biggest pet peeve with this phone is that I can only use the pen if I'm sitting upright and holding the pen just so, otherwise calibration is way off and a lot of unintended lines appear.
I've noticed this too. It's most apparent to me when I set my phone on a table, holding the pen by it's very end. Touching the screen with the point and changing the angle of the pen relative to the screen--without moving the tip of the pen;s position at all--you can see the cursor move with the angle of the pen, even though the tip stays in one place.
The best way to fix this, in my mind, is for Wacom to do on this phone what they do for a lot of their tablets--have a little dot show up on the screen when you hover your pen, so you know where you'll be drawing.
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This is a damn good idea right here. Someone should forward this to Samsung before they roll out the ICS update.

emignatius said:
This is a damn good idea right here. Someone should forward this to Samsung before they roll out the ICS update.
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I believe this is already in ICS.
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Well you guys said it all... drawing details,drawing slowly, lots of unwanted lines appear...etc...
I see, so its most likely caused by the pen rather than the note itself... ill give the app(touchscreentune) a try..thanks.
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screen point descalibrated!

hey guys i am on 4.0.4 open germany, all good and fast! but i have a problem, there is a point on the screen very uncalibrated. if i start drawing from left to righ at the middle of the screen, when i am in the right side i can drawg good, it draws like 5 milimeters far. i triyed with touchscreen tune, it works but not with that point.

It is normal they have done it so for right left handed use. If you go to spen settings and switch to left then those 5mm will move to the left side of the screen. Imba developer made this I guess using offset to switch left-right handed and not to use new axes for the pen.
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Braxos said:
It is normal they have done it so for right left handed use. If you go to spen settings and switch to left then those 5mm will move to the left side of the screen. Imba developer made this I guess using offset to switch left-right handed and not to use new axes for the pen.
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i have noticed that is not about the calibration or the rom. is about a magnet in my case i romeved it but is too late i dont know how to fix it now

I'm really starting to hate the power switch

I'm forever fumbling around to find it.
I fumble and fumble, then think I must have the phone upside down and fumble some more only to realize I've now turned it up side down.
I thought I'd get used to it.
Not to mention I seem to be getting bits of pocket crap in between the button and the phone.
On my HTC EVO LTE the phone used to come on if I stooped down (I keep it in my fron jeans pocket) and I made little guards for the button to stop it.
Now think I'll have to glue on a bump on to the button or something.
It would be nice if they put a dimple or raised it slightly. So you could positively find it by feel every time.

My case has a cut out for the powet button and I have pretty wide fingers, so no issues here
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youkosnake said:
My case has a cut out for the powet button and I have pretty wide fingers, so no issues here
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I have same problem as OP. I have an Incipio case that has a cut out for the power/IR blaster. It also has a cut out on the bottom for the micro usb charger, which is almost the same exact size. I too have flipped the phone over several times. I may have to get the Mophie just for the simple fact that it has a raised power button.
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Not sure if I understand right but you could do what I do and stop using the power button. What I do is rooted with bulletproof kernel I use the double tap the bottom of the screen to turn it on and then I can either swipe the back+home button to turn the phone off or use a widget called screen off on my desktop (usually do this since its more convenient). This works perfectly and is much easier than the akward power button

bob2300nx said:
Not sure if I understand right but you could do what I do and stop using the power button. What I do is rooted with bulletproof kernel I use the double tap the bottom of the screen to turn it on and then I can either swipe the back+home button to turn the phone off or use a widget called screen off on my desktop (usually do this since its more convenient). This works perfectly and is much easier than the akward power button
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Exactly what I do except I use elementalX and the long press.
Honestly though, is it the phones fault that you haven't gotten use to it?
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I have the flip cover, and I use Tasker to lock and unlock the phone when I open/close it. It uses the proximity sensor, and is almost instantaneous in response. Even works with the cover off, by either sticking it in my pocket or placing the phone face down on a surface.

I saw something like that where you can wave your hand over your phone air gesture style to unlock it out answer a call. Crazy the things you can do with Tasker.
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Vincent Law said:
I have the flip cover, and I use Tasker to lock and unlock the phone when I open/close it. It uses the proximity sensor, and is almost instantaneous in response. Even works with the cover off, by either sticking it in my pocket or placing the phone face down on a surface.
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Where do I find this app
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felacio said:
Honestly though, is it the phones fault that you haven't gotten use to it?
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Um, Ya !!!

thlinx said:
Where do I find this app
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In the Play Store, of course.
mswlogo said:
Um, Ya !!!
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I hope you're being sarcastic. If not, no comment.

mswlogo said:
I'm forever fumbling around to find it.
I fumble and fumble, then think I must have the phone upside down and fumble some more only to realize I've now turned it up side down.
I thought I'd get used to it.
Not to mention I seem to be getting bits of pocket crap in between the button and the phone.
On my HTC EVO LTE the phone used to come on if I stooped down (I keep it in my fron jeans pocket) and I made little guards for the button to stop it.
Now think I'll have to glue on a bump on to the button or something.
It would be nice if they put a dimple or raised it slightly. So you could positively find it by feel every time.
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Literally first world problems...

Why dont you just install a custom kernel and then use the sweep/wake option? Thats what I do on my device and I dont even touch the power button. Just a thought and hope it helps.

Vincent Law said:
I have the flip cover, and I use Tasker to lock and unlock the phone when I open/close it. It uses the proximity sensor, and is almost instantaneous in response. Even works with the cover off, by either sticking it in my pocket or placing the phone face down on a surface.
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Freaking... Love... Tasker.
I bought it before it
was released on the marketplace and don't think I could live without it. It's hefty price tag saves you so much by figuring out how to do all the cool little tricks that all these 99 cent apps do.
mswlogo said:
Um, Ya !!!
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Umm, no. It's a FWP and you'll live. Lol.
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felacio said:
Freaking... Love... Tasker.
I bought it before it
was released on the marketplace and don't think I could live without it. It's hefty price tag saves you so much by figuring out how to do all the cool little tricks that all these 99 cent apps do.
Umm, no. It's a FWP and you'll live. Lol.
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$2.99 is a hefty price tag?
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GiantJay said:
$2.99 is a hefty price tag?
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That WAS only suppose to be a limited time sale. It use to be $6

bob2300nx said:
Not sure if I understand right but you could do what I do and stop using the power button. What I do is rooted with bulletproof kernel I use the double tap the bottom of the screen to turn it on and then I can either swipe the back+home button to turn the phone off or use a widget called screen off on my desktop (usually do this since its more convenient). This works perfectly and is much easier than the akward power button
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Thats a great idea.

N0wy0ud1e said:
In the Play Store, of course.
I hope you're being sarcastic. If not, no comment.
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A good design everyone WILL naturally get used to. A poor design won't.
If my car pulls to the left and I can't get used to it, does that make it my fault !!! That's what your saying.
Looks like I'm not the only one having issue with it, so it is a the "Phones Fault".
Like I said a tiny dimple on the power button or similar so you can find it with frozen fingers in the dark. Would go a long way.
Small cues that help you have the phone oriented correctly would go a long way.
Weight, Texture, Dimples make the difference.

Maybe this app would help out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2227516
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mswlogo said:
A good design everyone WILL naturally get used to. A poor design won't.
If my car pulls to the left and I can't get used to it, does that make it my fault !!! That's what your saying.
Looks like I'm not the only one having issue with it, so it is a the "Phones Fault".
Like I said a tiny dimple on the power button or similar so you can find it with frozen fingers in the dark. Would go a long way.
Small cues that help you have the phone oriented correctly would go a long way.
Weight, Texture, Dimples make the difference.
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IF your car was designed to pull to the left it wouldnt be the cars fault.
The recessed power button is a design, no fault of the phone itself.
I, and I'm sure countless others here have no issues with the power button.

TonyTurboII said:
IF your car was designed to pull to the left it wouldnt be the cars fault.
The recessed power button is a design, no fault of the phone itself.
I, and I'm sure countless others here have no issues with the power button.
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I, for one, love the power button. Never once thought the button was hard to find or hard to press. I also love the tactile feel of this power button after having used a GNex, which I hated the power button placement - too easy to press accidentally.

Help: Keyboard sliding unevenly and jamming?

Hi, I just got this phone and notice that when trying to slide the screen portion upward with my thumbs to reveal the physical keyboard, if I don't move my thumbs with exact uniform timing, it's very easy for one side or the other to be pushed/twisted unevenly higher and get "jammed" in place, preventing further sliding. I then have to adjust and re-straighten it to enabling smooth sliding again.
This is different from the Droid 2 which slides on straight locked-in-place rails and can't become jammed in this fashion, even if one tried to do it.
Is this normal for the Droid 3/XT860 or did I just get a battered/damaged one?

I'm gonna say damaged as I don't have that issue
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Endoroid said:
I'm gonna say damaged as I don't have that issue
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Thanks for the reply, it's appreciated. So if you hold yours in landscape position closed, and use only your right thumb to press up from the bottom but near the right edge of the screen (rather than in the center), the whole screen moves and slides smoothly upward along its tracks to reveal the keyboard?
If so then yeah, it sounds like mine has a problem, because if I try to do that it only pushes the right edge up a little bit, and then the whole thing jams in place. I have to press up from the exact middle, or use both thumbs at both edges of the screen simultaneously to get it to slide.
If you could confirm from my description above, then I'll know I need to return mine for sure. Thanks again...

paleozord said:
Thanks for the reply, it's appreciated. So if you hold yours in landscape position closed, and use only your right thumb to press up from the bottom but near the right edge of the screen (rather than in the center), the whole screen moves and slides smoothly upward along its tracks to reveal the keyboard?
If so then yeah, it sounds like mine has a problem, because if I try to do that it only pushes the right edge up a little bit, and then the whole thing jams in place. I have to press up from the exact middle, or use both thumbs at both edges of the screen simultaneously to get it to slide.
If you could confirm from my description above, then I'll know I need to return mine for sure. Thanks again...
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pushing as you describe has some resistance, but i am able to open fully, tried from the left and same thing. I can see that it's sliding slightly crooked if i only push from the side, but definitely no jamming

my droid3 has always been like that, had to lubricate it, which did help.

James101 said:
my droid3 has always been like that, had to lubricate it, which did help.
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What did you use to do it?

I used a little silicone grease.

James101 said:
I used a little silicone grease.
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is wd40 a no go for lubricating the slider mechanism? just got a cheap droid 3 i intend to give to a relative overseas,its in good shape aside from the slider being somewhat hard to open.

PassingThruLife said:
is wd40 a no go for lubricating the slider mechanism? just got a cheap droid 3 i intend to give to a relative overseas,its in good shape aside from the slider being somewhat hard to open.
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I'm hardly an expert on lubricants, but my concern with wd40 is that it's somewhat runny and good at penetrating. I would worry about it getting inside the phone. You could try spraying it on a cotton swab and applying like that.
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Endoroid said:
I'm hardly an expert on lubricants, but my concern with wd40 is that it's somewhat runny and good at penetrating. I would worry about it getting inside the phone. You could try spraying it on a cotton swab and applying like that.
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Better to use some kind of grease, you can get tiny little packets of silicone grease at pepboys and autozone. Lithium grease also works well. Also in tiny packets at pepboys.