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Alarm Clock folly

So I found this ridiculous: when you set your alarm in the stock alarm clock app, if you wanted to set your clock to say 8:50 AM, you'd obviously scroll the hour sign to 8, then you'd scroll your minutes sign to 50, except if you scroll "backwards" (because 50 is easier to reach going backwards from 00 than forward) it'll change the hour back to "7" like it's trying to be a real clock.
Now, is it me or is that obnoxiously stupid? Google is telling me, if I ever want to set my alarm (for example) for 6:59, I'd have to either scroll the hour to 7 then scroll back the minutes to 59, or scroll my hour to 6 and scroll my minutes forward from 00 to 59?
... what the dilly.
EDIT: This is problematic for setting time going forward too. If your alarm was already at, say, 10:50, but you wanted to change it to 12:10, you'd have to scroll up the hour up to only 11, then scroll the mins up 20 to make it 12:10. My inclination would be to scroll the 10 to 12, then the 40 to 10, but apparently no. (I also know you can just punch in the numbers, but, I just find this deal with the scrolling ridiculous).

why dont you just use the keyboardto set it? why is it a problem? yes it ticked me off a little too.. but not worthy of a thread

onthecouchagain said:
So I found this ridiculous: when you set your alarm in the stock alarm clock app, if you wanted to set your clock to say 8:50 AM, you'd obviously scroll the hour sign to 8, then you'd scroll your minutes sign to 50, except if you scroll "backwards" (because 50 is easier to reach going backwards from 00 than forward) it'll change the hour back to "7" like it's trying to be a real clock.
Now, is it me or is that obnoxiously stupid? Google is telling me, if I ever want to set my alarm (for example) for 6:59, I'd have to either scroll the hour to 7 then scroll back the minutes to 59, or scroll my hour to 6 and scroll my minutes forward from 00 to 59?
... what the dilly.
EDIT: This is problematic for setting time going forward too. If your alarm was already at, say, 10:50, but you wanted to change it to 12:10, you'd have to scroll up the hour up to only 11, then scroll the mins up 20 to make it 12:10. My inclination would be to scroll the 10 to 12, then the 40 to 10, but apparently no. (I also know you can just punch in the numbers, but, I just find this deal with the scrolling ridiculous).
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Let me guess, you find analog watches stupid too, right?

So wait you can scroll, I always manually type it in
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polobunny said:
Let me guess, you find analog watches stupid too, right?
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A digital clock acting like an analogue clock is ridiculous, yes. The OP is correct, it's simply idiotic. Just another example of Google half-arsing everything they do.

polobunny said:
Let me guess, you find analog watches stupid too, right?
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Its a digital alarm clock, not even a watch. My point is it shouldn't try to mimic an analog watch. it makes trying to set up an alarm feel ridiculous like Google is trolling us.

well honestly how much of day your is wasted doing this. I can't remember the last time I set an alarm
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BrianDigital said:
well honestly how much of day your is wasted doing this. I can't remember the last time I set an alarm
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This is one of the worst comments I've ever seen hah. Simply because you have no use for an alarm, no one else should be bothered by its stupidity.
Op never said he wasted his entire day fiddling with it, just that it's ridiculous.
Follow the leader @corythug

corythug said:
This is one of the worst comments I've ever seen hah. Simply because you have no use for an alarm, no one else should be bothered by its stupidity.
Op never said he wasted his entire day fiddling with it, just that it's ridiculous.
Follow the leader @corythug
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Calm down tough guy, by just using titanium backup presto chango alarm settings back up been like for over two years of restoring.
That's my point it's such a small percentage of use why complain
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I agree. Its not a big deal.. why is it that every thread you make is one that is complaining.. deal with the clock or use a third party app. Easy as that
cspader said:
why dont you just use the keyboardto set it? why is it a problem? yes it ticked me off a little too.. but not worthy of a thread
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I'm gonna have to agree, this is a stupid thread. Why don't you just set the minutes first and then set the hour?

y not just set the minutes first???
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NEXUS 4G said:
y not just set the minutes first???
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Great minds

Hahaha
jesusice said:
Great minds
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this thread makes me want to troll..
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Setting the minutes first is a good idea. Thanks.

As I see it, onthecouchagain only brought up a problem he genuinely thought should have worked as would the natural mind. Don't see a need to make a hue of it.
The people that suggested sensible workaround such as typing it in and setting the minutes first ... well that's nice and appreciated.
There's no point in accusing someone of being silly or wasting time and space.
Take the case of the enter key being absent in the messaging app. True, users can get another app to do their stuff or they can press as many spaces as befits them so as to make it appear that an enter key has been pressed, but that does not take away the fact that it was senseless not to have the enter key in the messaging app.
Take the case of "the" phone or one of the other phones that does not receive or keep a decent signal. Again, true, the user could just step outside his home everytime he wants to make a call or have a signal booster stuck on his terrace. It however does not take away the fact that the phone itself has a problem.
All the OP did was point out a problem in the rational ... a problem that the devs could fix and / or help out with IF its brought to their knowledge.

Paparasee said:
As I see it, onthecouchagain only brought up a problem he genuinely thought should have worked as would the natural mind. Don't see a need to make a hue of it.
The people that suggested sensible workaround such as typing it in and setting the minutes first ... well that's nice and appreciated.
There's no point in accusing someone of being silly or wasting time and space.
Take the case of the enter key being absent in the messaging app. True, users can get another app to do their stuff or they can press as many spaces as befits them so as to make it appear that an enter key has been pressed, but that does not take away the fact that it was senseless not to have the enter key in the messaging app.
Take the case of "the" phone or one of the other phones that does not receive or keep a decent signal. Again, true, the user could just step outside his home everytime he wants to make a call or have a signal booster stuck on his terrace. It however does not take away the fact that the phone itself has a problem.
All the OP did was point out a problem in the rational ... a problem that the devs could fix and / or help out with IF its brought to their knowledge.
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It's not a problem or a bug. It's working exactly as it was designed and as most digital clocks I've ever used have also functioned. If he doesn't like the stock alarm clock there are many alarm apps he could download instead. I myself use Gentle Alarm. XDA is for development, if he wants to complain about life's minor annoyances he can take it to Facebook.

That was a really, really long post about a really, really small idiosyncracy.
I think it's annoying, but that's about it.
Snt frm my Nxs S 4G sng xd prm

Official Stupid Questions Thread - No Question too Stupid

Here you can post any questions you think you will get yelled at or criticized for because you don't know the answer or you didn't search hard enough. xBeerdroiDx had a great idea when he posted this over in the S4 forums.
Ask any question you wish, the only stupid question is the one that's been answered 150,000 times. Just kidding, ask whatever you want as long as it's Note 3 or AT&T related. I'll even go with Samsung related.
Forum Rules: MUST BE FOLLOWED
If somebody helped you don't be afraid to hit the "Thanks" button.
Don't forget to rate the thread if you found it helpful!
Any flaming will be reported!
I'm going to add a spot on the OP for helpful members so they can be recognized in someway for helping other members, and give them a spot for credit in the future if they want to become a recognized contributor or anything like that. If you think you should be recognized in the OP then PM me. As the thread gets bigger I won't be able to find all the post by people just by reading page by page. I'll add people as they continually help on this thread as well.
Update: If you feel that you are a contributor on this thread, please PM me and I will review your post and add you here.
Contributors:
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ajster1989
jerrycoffman45

I'll give it a shot...
Coming from a Note 2, and I rely a lot on Google Now (aka Voice Search).
I was able to set up my Note 2 to launch Google Now by long pressing the menu key.
If there's a way to do this on the Note 3, I haven't found it yet. Anyone know a way? (For now, my workaround is to long press the home key to bring up task switcher and press the globe icon to launch Google Now.)
Question 2:
I used Internet Browser (had manually installed flash) on my Note 2. The version on my Note 2 had a "Labs" menu where you could turn on a circular floating menu feature to operate most browser functions by just sliding your thumb in from a screen edge. I got really fast with that and feel very inefficient in the browser without it.
My Note 3's Internet Browser app doesn't appear to have a "Labs" menu at all. Any secret way anyone knows to get that menu (or the floating circular thumb menu feature) back on this apparently newer version of the app? I know loading an older version of the app is probably out of the question without root.
Thanks for reading my stupid questions.
Despite these minor quibbles, I'm really loving this faster, brighter phone and its (in my opinion) vastly better camera.
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When will we have root?
Do you think the bootloader will get unlocked?
What's a bootloader?
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I'm relatively new to Android. I had a few Kindle Fires and an S2 Skyrocket but didn't do anything much with either. After having an iPhone 5s and being underwhelmed, I switched to the Note 3 and love it. My problem is my battery life has been poor. The battery life was supposed to be awesome and I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.
Here's what I do now.
-Keep screen as dim as it will go
-Have Juice Defender that switches WiFi and data off/on depending on what's being used
-Bluetooth & GPS off unless I need them
-Auto-Sync is off and I have data restriction on
-I periodically go into the running apps and stop what's useless to me (Games, Samsung Apps etc.)
I may be overreacting, but I heard this battery is great and it's going down fast by just web browsing. Is there anything I'm missing being new to Android and all? Thanks.

Have the pen button gestures from the note 2 been removed from the note 3? I miss the one for going home.
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Sir_Zuul said:
I'm relatively new to Android. I had a few Kindle Fires and an S2 Skyrocket but didn't do anything much with either. After having an iPhone 5s and being underwhelmed, I switched to the Note 3 and love it. My problem is my battery life has been poor. The battery life was supposed to be awesome and I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.
Here's what I do now.
-Keep screen as dim as it will go
-Have Juice Defender that switches WiFi and data off/on depending on what's being used
-Bluetooth & GPS off unless I need them
-Auto-Sync is off and I have data restriction on
-I periodically go into the running apps and stop what's useless to me (Games, Samsung Apps etc.)
I may be overreacting, but I heard this battery is great and it's going down fast by just web browsing. Is there anything I'm missing being new to Android and all? Thanks.
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Check and make sure the wifi scanning for apps is off
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BusioV can
inmotion said:
Check and make sure the wifi scanning for apps is off
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Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try that out.

TJCacher said:
I'll give it a shot...
Coming from a Note 2, and I rely a lot on Google Now (aka Voice Search).
I was able to set up my Note 2 to launch Google Now by long pressing the menu key.
If there's a way to do this on the Note 3, I haven't found it yet. Anyone know a way? (For now, my workaround is to long press the home key to bring up task switcher and press the globe icon to launch Google Now.)
Question 2:
I used Internet Browser (had manually installed flash) on my Note 2. The version on my Note 2 had a "Labs" menu where you could turn on a circular floating menu feature to operate most browser functions by just sliding your thumb in from a screen edge. I got really fast with that and feel very inefficient in the browser without it.
My Note 3's Internet Browser app doesn't appear to have a "Labs" menu at all. Any secret way anyone knows to get that menu (or the floating circular thumb menu feature) back on this apparently newer version of the app? I know loading an older version of the app is probably out of the question without root.
Thanks for reading my stupid questions.
Despite these minor quibbles, I'm really loving this faster, brighter phone and its (in my opinion) vastly better camera.
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On Q3. Google updated maps and removed labs. Really pissed me off becuase I used the labs stuff. I actually think the newest version is worse than the desert version. Does that seem to be a way to add it back.
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inmotion said:
Check and make sure the wifi scanning for apps is off
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That's a new feature on the Note 3 isn't it? I don't recall seeing it anywhere else.

agent929 said:
That's a new feature on the Note 3 isn't it? I don't recall seeing it anywhere else.
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I don't remember seeing it on my s4 but honestly I didn't dig through it as much as I am the n3

Scrapbooker
Is anyone having issues using scrapbooker? I'm not able to actually save Youtube videos as promised. I would attempt to save a video as you would do any content using scrapbooker and when i go into scrapbooker, it only seems to save as a photo.
Using ATT SM-N900A version.

I think all it does is screenshots
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I'm currently with Sprint and thinking of switching over to AT&T (Sprint 4G/LTE signal sucks at my work location) and get a Note 3 (or MotoX, but most likely Note 3). I'm new to the whole GSM smartphone in US so I'm unclear on a few things, especially regarding Sim Lock and Bootloader lock on AT&T
Here's my questions:
Why bother locking Bootloader? The official words seem to be that the Carriers are worried about untested software running on their networks and could cause problems. However, people are mentioning that they can pay full retail price for a T-Mobile phone which is not bootloader locked and sim unlock it and use it on AT&T. If anyone can do that (if they want to pay for the phone in full) there WILL be untested software running on their network anyways.
Why bother locking the sim card? It's not like I can unlock my phone and cancel my contract and move to T-Mobile, I'll still get slap by a Early Termination Fee to pay off the subsidized portion of the phone and then some.
If I want to use my phone elsewhere in the world, I heard that the phone is Region Locked as well, and if I don't unlock the sim or use the region unlock apk, I can't use it outside of US. Are there any issue if I pay to remove the sim lock? e.g. will AT&T fine me or something if they finds out? (I currently don't have to deal w/ this problem because no one else in the world use CDMA, and I just get a cheapo dumb phone when I travel).
thanks

akak1997 said:
I'm currently with Sprint and thinking of switching over to AT&T (Sprint 4G/LTE signal sucks at my work location) and get a Note 3 (or MotoX, but most likely Note 3). I'm new to the whole GSM smartphone in US so I'm unclear on a few things, especially regarding Sim Lock and Bootloader lock on AT&T
Here's my questions:
Why bother locking Bootloader? The official words seem to be that the Carriers are worried about untested software running on their networks and could cause problems. However, people are mentioning that they can pay full retail price for a T-Mobile phone which is not bootloader locked and sim unlock it and use it on AT&T. If anyone can do that (if they want to pay for the phone in full) there WILL be untested software running on their network anyways.
Why bother locking the sim card? It's not like I can unlock my phone and cancel my contract and move to T-Mobile, I'll still get slap by a Early Termination Fee to pay off the subsidized portion of the phone and then some.
If I want to use my phone elsewhere in the world, I heard that the phone is Region Locked as well, and if I don't unlock the sim or use the region unlock apk, I can't use it outside of US. Are there any issue if I pay to remove the sim lock? e.g. will AT&T fine me or something if they finds out? (I currently don't have to deal w/ this problem because no one else in the world use CDMA, and I just get a cheapo dumb phone when I travel).
thanks
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AT&T won't fine you if you unlock your device.. I'm pretty sure they would do it for you for a fee.

Ok, under s pen option. It says turning off pen detection when the pen is attached can save battery. What does that mean? What are they calling pen detection?
Also, I can not get burst mode to work while taking pictures. I assume it is press and hold like any other phone right?
sEnt from thE noTe 3

918273645ams said:
AT&T won't fine you if you unlock your device.. I'm pretty sure they would do it for you for a fee.
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After 90 days into the contract they will give you an unlock code for free.
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Rippley05 said:
Ok, under s pen option. It says turning off pen detection when the pen is attached can save battery. What does that mean? What are they calling pen detection?
Also, I can not get burst mode to work while taking pictures. I assume it is press and hold like any other phone right?
sEnt from thE noTe 3
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To answer your first question your phone is always making sure (yes here come the jokes) you got the pen in it. But turning that off will save battery life. It will still detect when you take it out.
I can't answer your second question
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What kind of system language is available on this device? As in, menus, apps, etc. (not keyboard since keyboard can be downloaded through play store, etc.), all in a certain language. From my past experience with AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 and S3 phone, there is no Chinese as a system language if I remember correctly and wondering if this still the same.

runtohell121 said:
What kind of system language is available on this device? As in, menus, apps, etc. (not keyboard since keyboard can be downloaded through play store, etc.), all in a certain language. From my past experience with AT&T Samsung Galaxy S2 and S3 phone, there is no Chinese as a system language if I remember correctly and wondering if this still the same.
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This is what's currently avaliable
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agent929 said:
This is what's currently avaliable
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Thanks
*sigh* AT&T/American Samsung phones never have Chinese as system language...

Help!! after note 5 stylus stuck.

Hello everyone,
My friend hicking the stylus in backwards and it's blocked !!
After several minutes without pulling too hard, and eventually it came out, my Spen removal detection seems to have stopped working :crying:
There's an app or something like that to force detection of the Spen in place of the detector ??
Thank you in advance for your answer and sorry for my bad english .

An app to force detect!!!
It's a physical process.. so no...

khalil03 said:
Hello everyone,
My friend hicking the stylus in backwards and it's blocked !!
After several minutes without pulling too hard, and eventually it came out, my Spen removal detection seems to have stopped working :crying:
There's an app or something like that to force detection of the Spen in place of the detector ??
Thank you in advance for your answer and sorry for my bad english .
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the spring release technology inside your phone is damaged after you pulled it out, you should have taken it to someone who could open your phone up and take our the spen after that, by pulling on it, you have broken the release spring and so your spen detection wont work either, this cannot be fixed by any app, you can take it to samsung to fix the broken part, but it will not be under warranty so you have to pay for it.
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An app to force detect!!!
It's a physical process.. so no...
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Not to force ! Just chose use Spen or my finger hihihi because Spen it stop work

Why would you give it to someone whos clueless about Note 5 ? I wouldn't trust my phone with anyone. but anyways bro, you have to give it to back to samsung and let them repair for $$

Go onto YouTube & on Max Lee's channel... Some time ago he did a video, where he fixed the S-Pen detection mechanism when he put the pen backwards on purpose... But this method requires a bit of patience & skills to open the phone

Thank you for your answers
I just want chose to use Spen or my finger with a app or something if possible?

Nope. The S Pen experience is integral to the use of the Note 5, and apps like S Note have many things that may not work without it. If you dont really care about using Samsung apps and features (in other words using it as a really good phablet, but one without its primary selling point)
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khalil03 said:
Hello everyone,
My friend hicking the stylus in backwards and it's blocked !!
After several minutes without pulling too hard, and eventually it came out, my Spen removal detection seems to have stopped working :crying:
There's an app or something like that to force detection of the Spen in place of the detector ??
Thank you in advance for your answer and sorry for my bad english .
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I find myself in this boat. I am off to the Samsung Service Center to see if they will remove it via the warranty. You can call is a dumb mistake but the prior Notes were designed to ensure that the S-Pen cannot get stuck so the least they could do is remove the pen for free. They should give you the option to swap your phone for one with the new design that will not allow the S-Pen to get stuck.
I knew nothing of this issue until this past week when my S-Pen got stuck and I went on line to find a way to get it unstuck. I spent 2 days trying the YouTube fix for removing it but it never would release my pen.
It will be interesting to see if a class action will result from this. I will report back and let you know how my experience at the Service Center goes.

lightiv said:
I find myself in this boat. I am off to the Samsung Service Center to see if they will remove it via the warranty. You can call is a dumb mistake but the prior Notes were designed to ensure that the S-Pen cannot get stuck so the least they could do is remove the pen for free. They should give you the option to swap your phone for one with the new design that will not allow the S-Pen to get stuck.
I knew nothing of this issue until this past week when my S-Pen got stuck and I went on line to find a way to get it unstuck. I spent 2 days trying the YouTube fix for removing it but it never would release my pen.
It will be interesting to see if a class action will result from this. I will report back and let you know how my experience at the Service Center goes.
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Well that was a wasted trip. I drove over an hour to go to the Samsung Service Center in Koreatown on Wilshire in Los Angeles just to be told I have to mail it in. He gave me an excuse, that we know is not true, when the pen was inserted it damaged the sensors so the "mainboard" has to be replaced and they do not do that. As to who is paying for this it is still up in the air. I still have to see about a loaner phone with Sprint since my phone will be gone for 2 weeks or so. I will have to call the 800 number he gave me to get a mailing label.
Service Center Reveiw:
I parked off of Shatto Pl without any issues. I got there about 10 minutes before they were supposed to open but they were already open. I was #8 and only waited about 10 minutes of so. The staff was courteous. The bathroom had stuff on the floors so they should clean it every so often. The stuff there had to be there from yesterday. I give the service center a 4 out of 5 stars. They appeared sincere about wanting to help but I think there are other dynamics with whatI needed since it involves this defect. I hope they are making me send it in so that they can put in the newly designed sensors but who knows.

lightiv said:
Well that was a wasted trip. I drove over an hour to go to the Samsung Service Center in Koreatown on Wilshire in Los Angeles just to be told I have to mail it in. He gave me an excuse, that we know is not true, when the pen was inserted it damaged the sensors so the "mainboard" has to be replaced and they do not do that. As to who is paying for this it is still up in the air. I still have to see about a loaner phone with Sprint since my phone will be gone for 2 weeks or so. I will have to call the 800 number he gave me to get a mailing label.
Service Center Reveiw:
I parked off of Shatto Pl without any issues. I got there about 10 minutes before they were supposed to open but they were already open. I was #8 and only waited about 10 minutes of so. The staff was courteous. The bathroom had stuff on the floors so they should clean it every so often. The stuff there had to be there from yesterday. I give the service center a 4 out of 5 stars. They appeared sincere about wanting to help but I think there are other dynamics with whatI needed since it involves this defect. I hope they are making me send it in so that they can put in the newly designed sensors but who knows.
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I got my phone back from Samsung corporate repair in Plano, TX. My phone is under the original warranty and I was able to get the S-Pen removed at no cost. Based on the parts replaced I am concluding that they put the newly designed S-Pen bay in the phone so this will not happen again. Believe me I will NOT be testing this assumption. :silly::silly::silly: They were also kind enough to replace my S-Pen as the point got broken (snagged on clothing) once the pen was stuck.
So in the end Samsung came through.

NOT FIXED (SCREEN ISSUES)

Have seen many posts saying the problem is fixes after the new update.
If you try samsung diagnostic menu, you will see the problem again.
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I don't notice the problem in real use, but many people do, samsung should recall all unites and fix this.

I remember this diagnostic tool is not appropriate for some reason. Download Touch Screen Test from Play Store and do the test again. Also, the latest firmware update BUA5 has been reported to fix the issue completely, which my phone hasn't received yet (unlocked on Verizon).

tkshk said:
I remember this diagnostic tool is not appropriate for some reason. Download Touch Screen Test from Play Store and do the test again. Also, the latest firmware update BUA5 has been reported to fix the issue completely, which my phone hasn't received yet (unlocked on Verizon).
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You can use a drawing app if you want, and same problem.
The touch screen test app does not show any problems, only if you swipe fast, but anyway, looks like a shady fix

Aren't you suppose to follow the rectangles with your lines? Invalid input...

blackhawk said:
Aren't you suppose to follow the rectangles with your lines? Invalid input...
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? it is valid, it recognizes the ghost touching tf

I think you're suppose to follow the rectangles and make an "X"; if those register after being touched it's working correctly.
If you have an after market screen protector this may screw it up.
If you're inadvertently touching the screen that can screw it up.
Try increasing or decreasing touch sensitivity.
Try enabling accidental touch protection if that's an option.
Clear the system cache on the boot menu.
Try a hard reboot (not reset!!!).

blackhawk said:
I think you're suppose to follow the rectangles and make an "X"; if those register after being touched it's working correctly.
If you have an after market screen protector this may screw it up.
If you're inadvertently touching the screen that can screw it up.
Try increasing or decreasing touch sensitivity.
Try enabling accidental touch protection if that's an option.
Clear the system cache on the boot menu.
Try a hard reboot (not reset!!!).
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the thing is it's probably happening to more people because they ****ed the phone with cheap components
the fix they promise just hides the problem away in the touch screen test app
that's why im angry

I'm on the latest BUA5 and for me it didn't fix the issue. Maybe it did make it a little bit better, but it is not completely gone. For me the touch issue is so small, I don't mind. I can only encounter the problem in the test app.
My guess is that many who think it is fixed, didn't swipe fingers fast, close or long enough. The problem won't occur if you swipe on the edges of the screen and it won't occur immediately, only after some time.
OR then it is really fixed for some, but then I guess I'm not the lucky one

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I'm on the latest BUA5 and for me it didn't fix the issue. Maybe it did make it a little bit better, but it is not completely gone. For me the touch issue is so small, I don't mind. I can only encounter the problem in the test app.
My guess is that many who think it is fixed, didn't swipe fingers fast, close or long enough. The problem won't occur if you swipe on the edges of the screen and it won't occur immediately, only after some time.
OR then it is really fixed for some, but then I guess I'm not the lucky one
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YES but what can you do? big company.
i play games, use social media, etc etc
never notice any issue, only with test
but it's so weird that samsung almost dont talk this

bernardorosa said:
the thing is it's probably happening to more people because they ****** the phone with cheap components
the fix they promise just hides the problem away in the touch screen test app
that's why im angry
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Samsung will substitute components and smaller chipsets as needed during a production run.
Result unpredictable behavior after firmware updates because the firmware wasn't configured for the substitute chipset.
It's so bad Sammy doesn't know what chipsets were used without physically examining the unit.
After which they can correct the firmware... presumably or replace said component.
Send it in or get a replacement if you believe you have a major issue.
Welcome to Sammy's beta hardware test program

Huberttus said:
I'm on the latest BUA5 and for me it didn't fix the issue. Maybe it did make it a little bit better, but it is not completely gone. For me the touch issue is so small, I don't mind. I can only encounter the problem in the test app.
My guess is that many who think it is fixed, didn't swipe fingers fast, close or long enough. The problem won't occur if you swipe on the edges of the screen and it won't occur immediately, only after some time.
OR then it is really fixed for some, but then I guess I'm not the lucky one
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You are right. Swiping up and down alternately with two fingers close enough still creates ghost touches, far apart no issue. Although the fix may not be perfect, in day to day use I'd say the fix is good enough, because we hold a phone in a landscape mode when playing games, and two thumbs are far apart from each other.

blackhawk said:
Samsung will substitute components and smaller chipsets as needed during a production run.
Result unpredictable behavior after firmware updates because the firmware wasn't configured for the substitute chipset.
It's so bad Sammy doesn't know what chipsets were used without physically examining the unit.
After which they can correct the firmware... presumably or replace said component.
Send it in or get a replacement if you believe you have a major issue.
Welcome to Sammy's beta hardware test program
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If I send it in, and they open and change something, water resistant is gone, and I lose ip certification.
I probably can't get it replaced because of laws.
Do you also have this phone?
I don't know about that hardware beta tester, because even people that bought the phone days ago, have this issue.
It's universal

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If I send it in, and they open and change something, water resistant is gone, and I lose ip certification.
I probably can't get it replaced because of laws.
Do you also have this phone?
I don't know about that hardware beta tester, because even people that bought the phone days ago, have this issue.
It's universal
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I have the 10+. If Samsung repairs it they will send it back with the original seals. It's not rocket science.
In time after enough have been seen Samsung may well include a firmware patch for the effected units. Lol, after over a year and a half Samsung finally has the Buds+ firmware dialed in... they sound great, now.
You could also demand a full refund.
If I could get one out of Sony... anything is possible
Rule #1 no free rides.
Free lessons in assertiveness are a stone cold pleasure. Indulge yourself if so inclined.

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I have the 10+. If Samsung repairs it they will send it back with the original seals. It's not rocket science.
In time after enough have been seen Samsung may well include a firmware patch for the effected units. Lol, after over a year and a half Samsung finally has the Buds+ firmware dialed in... they sound great, now.
You could also demand a full refund.
If I could get one out of Sony... anything is possible
Rule #1 no free rides.
Free lessons in assertiveness are a stone cold pleasure. Indulge yourself if so inclined.
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It is what it is...
They will probably in some months completely fix it. It doesn't affect normal use anyway so, i will just let it go
Imagine paying so much for the buds + and only after a year the firmware is right
They have been putting out firmware updates, and the problem has been getting fixed, but not 100%
Maybe one UI 3.1 does the trick

Already update the BUA5 firmware... Touch issue still happen, now can't even play any fps game... Always miss touch and ghost drag especially when using multi touch..
Samsung should hv make recall and change the screen/digitizer....my xiaomi mi8 games bettter than this **** phone.

darrez said:
Already update the BUA5 firmware... Touch issue still happen, now can't even play any fps game... Always miss touch and ghost drag especially when using multi touch..
Samsung should hv make recall and change the screen/digitizer....my xiaomi mi8 games bettter than this **** phone.
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In what games does that happen to you?
Can you Record and show it?
I would like to try and see if I get issues, i play cod mobile, pubg, asphalt 9, and 0 touch problems

No problems with mine after latest update. BUA5. Bought from Samsung store last month.
Had run the test from the samsung diagnostic menu (*#0*#).
Swiped fast left-right for more than 30-40 times each side.

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No problems with mine after latest update. BUA5. Bought from Samsung store last month.
Had run the test from the samsung diagnostic menu (*#0*#).
Swiped fast left-right for more than 30-40 times each side.
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You had problems before the update?

Yes!
In the same test, on the aprox. same no. of swipes, there was, maybe, 7-8-... lines which crossed from one side to another.
Now it's much, much better.

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Yes!
In the same test, on the aprox. same no. of swipes, there was, maybe, 7-8-... lines which crossed from one side to another.
Now it's much, much better.
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Guess all I can do is waiting for update, since the problem is gone for you, it will probably be gone for all of the users
If so, all the hard earned money that I spent will be worth it

Question Double tap to select text

Samsung took this feature out on an update with their S6 i believe, and its never returned. Its literally the only thing keeping me from buying a Samsung phone. A major portion of what i do on my phones is type, and having to tap and hold to select a word, or backspace all the way back and retype just kills my productivity and frustrates me endlessly... Double tapping to select a word is a million times faster!
Am I unique in adoring this feature? My last Samsung phone was the S10 and i couldnt stand it for that one reason, took me a lot longer to type anything. My wife has the Z Fold 3 and the feature is still gone.
Are there any mods or anything that add this functionality back?

Interesting. Seems to work on my N10+/Pie variant. It grabs it fast enough.
May have to do with your touch delay settings.
Sometimes in portrait vs landscape the highlighted area jumps large areas unexpectedly so you roll it to landscape. Other than that it works well for me.
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To alleviate one of your two complaints, use SwiftKey.
There is a gesture to delete the entire previous word. That gesture is faster than a double-tap, so you would increase your productivity. The gesture is simply dragging across toward left. Equivalent to Windows's Ctrl+backspace that deletes the previous word.
Also FYI you can hold down the space bar to activate the mode where you can scroll the cursor back and forth within a given word.
Anyway, sorry I don't have a solution for the double-tap,. but I wanted to make sure you were aware of the SwiftKey gesture to delete an entire word.

PMad said:
Samsung took this feature out on an update with their S6 i believe, and its never returned. Its literally the only thing keeping me from buying a Samsung phone. A major portion of what i do on my phones is type, and having to tap and hold to select a word, or backspace all the way back and retype just kills my productivity and frustrates me endlessly... Double tapping to select a word is a million times faster!
Am I unique in adoring this feature? My last Samsung phone was the S10 and i couldnt stand it for that one reason, took me a lot longer to type anything. My wife has the Z Fold 3 and the feature is still gone.
Are there any mods or anything that add this functionality back?
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Just tested and this feature works for me when using gboard on the s21 ultra.

ciaoarif said:
Just tested and this feature works for me when using gboard on the s21 ultra.
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Can confirm this.
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If you use gboard, double tap to select word works as intended. Doesn't work with Samsung keyboard.

Very interesting... Prior to my wife getting the Z Fold 3, she had the Note 10+ and it didn't work there either. She uses gboard and so do i. SwiftKey and GBoard both have gestures to delete the last word, but i swipe pretty fast and I'm usually several words passed a misspelled word before i notice it, so i still need to tap on the word to correct it. Double tapping makes sense, but it didnt work on the S10, S10e (my son has this), Note 10+, or the Z Fold 3.
For those of you using the Note 10 and S21 and its working, are you running custom rom's or kernels? Any mods that could potentially add this feature back? Are you on a European variant of the phone with the Exynos processor or do you have the Snapdragon version in the U.S.?

This feature is really convenient. Never heard about it

ciaoarif said:
Just tested and this feature works for me when using gboard on the s21 ultra.
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Also works on Galaxy S10 with gboard.

PMad said:
For those of you using the Note 10 and S21 and its working, are you running custom rom's or kernels? Any mods that could potentially add this feature back? Are you on a European variant of the phone with the Exynos processor or do you have the Snapdragon version in the U.S.?
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I'm using the S21U, Exynos model, Indian unit with stock Samsung firmware (Android 11, AUJ7). No custom mods or tricks. Just the regular gboard

PMad said:
Very interesting... Prior to my wife getting the Z Fold 3, she had the Note 10+ and it didn't work there either. She uses gboard and so do i. SwiftKey and GBoard both have gestures to delete the last word, but i swipe pretty fast and I'm usually several words passed a misspelled word before i notice it, so i still need to tap on the word to correct it. Double tapping makes sense, but it didnt work on the S10, S10e (my son has this), Note 10+, or the Z Fold 3.
For those of you using the Note 10 and S21 and its working, are you running custom rom's or kernels? Any mods that could potentially add this feature back? Are you on a European variant of the phone with the Exynos processor or do you have the Snapdragon version in the U.S.?
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So if you double tap a word to highlights it, right?
My stock N10+/Android 9 does that, haven't tested the Q variant.
Never knew it did that until I read this thread, a cool short cut

Yes thats exactly it. When i had my S10, i went to Samsung support and spoke to them. They confirmed this feature was removed and they had no plans to add it back. They didnt give me any reasons behind why.
I'm really confused how some of you have this feature, even though Samsung says it was removed and i cant get it to work. @enigmaamit has the exynos variant, i'm thinking that *could* potentially be reason for it working, not necessarily the processor but its likely different dev teams that works on the builds for each country, the U.S. team removed it for whatever reason. Lots of speculation...
I got rid of my S10 because I couldnt double tap to select a word. Now im super confused haha

Thank you for teaching me this trick, never realized it was there.
I see why you're irritated.
My N10+ is a AT&T Snapdragon variant running on Pie. It's twin is running on Q but don't have the sim card in it to test it fully.
It seems this feature works only in the Brave browser but not the Samsung browser and not on any other apps. So maybe it's a feature of the Brave browser? WTF? Grrrr.
So maybe try Brave browser and see if you at least can have it there. That's just weird.

Glad you got something from this thread! haha, even though its only in the Brave browser...
I can see this being supported in specific apps but not through the OS. Im considering the S22 when it comes out, but im not sure i can give up my double tap. I use it every hour through the day. Once i discovered it was gone on my S10, i figured i'd just get used to tap and hold. Gave that many months and gave up! I'll keep searching, there's got to be a way to get it back...

PMad said:
Glad you got something from this thread! haha, even though its only in the Brave browser...
I can see this being supported in specific apps but not through the OS. Im considering the S22 when it comes out, but im not sure i can give up my double tap. I use it every hour through the day. Once i discovered it was gone on my S10, i figured i'd just get used to tap and hold. Gave that many months and gave up! I'll keep searching, there's got to be a way to get it back...
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It's likely one of the many small Samsung system apks. I wonder if you could install a copy of it?
I doubt it but no harm in trying. It simply will or won't install. Good luck trying to find that little bugger though as it's name is probably cute and misleading
Lol, don't get me started...
I find the new Samsung vid player annoying as it lost the skip backward/forward buttons.
Gallery is a mess. The photo editor sucks. My primitive S4+ apps were better? WTF Samsung?
Lol, maybe I disabled a needed apk but pretty sure I didn't.
Samsung's are a handful, that last thing I need to do is an arbitrary update. What will be gained vs what will be broke. Especially firmware but Samsung broke my Buds Wearables sound with their last update. Rolling that back and disabling updates for it wasn't fun. Samsung even made the Good Lock main page look like goofy jumping animated Korean graffiti. Who wants to see that creepy stuff? I have to see if I roll it back if I can block updates without it timing out when not able to call home. Samsung ETware