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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] clemmie:
Hey folks;

Today I noticed for the first time that my phone had a small rectangular yellowish patch on the lower third of the right hand side of the display. I googled the issue and found some similar problems. It's not screen tint, it's a discolored patch; otherwise the screen is great. I've owned the phone for less than a year. What should I do? There is a little damage on the upper right corner from dropping it once soon after I bought it, will that void my warranty? Any input would be appreciated.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Brad.S.:
Woud it be possible to supply some pictures? :confused:

Edit: I believe that only water damage will void the warranty.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] clemmie:
Here's a picture, you can see the spot but the colour doesn't show very well...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Brad.S.:
Wow... That's really strange.

It looks like it's been warped by high heat. Do you ever leave the phone in your car or in the sun?

Could be a device defect. So strange that It would happen now unless it's something you did. Was it onset, or did it yellow gradually?

Personally, I would just take it in.. But, depending on how this actually happened, they might claim that it was intentional. (they always do anyways)
[Galaxy Note II General] sauron0101:
Quick question for Note II owners, how often do you use your S-Pens?

Is it still useful after the novelty wears often? Or just something that gets left in the phone?

This is one of those long term ownership questions I'm curious about.
[Galaxy Note II General] ericshmerick:
I had a Note 1 for a week or so (international) and sold it out of buyers remorse. I now have a Note 2 (international of course) and have used the S Pen a few times already. I've found it useful to scribble out a note while on the phone (i.e. if someone gives me their email address, etc).

I'm no artist, so we will see how useful it really is long-term. I think it's pretty neat thus far. If I never use it again, the phone is great despite this fact, but I will use it some...
[Galaxy Note II General] Knils:
Personally I love the spen on the note II it is such a huge improvement from the first. I am still learning all of the tricks and shortcuts, but so far its amazing. Only gripe is that I find myself always trying to touch the capacitive buttons with it... which im sure you know doesn't work.
[Galaxy Note II General] onslaught86:
All the time. Writing my text messages instead of banging my fingers against glass makes communication much more personal.
[Galaxy Note II General] 05GT:
Hardly ever to be honest with you on the Note 1. Hope to get more use out of the S-Pen with the Note 2.
[Galaxy Note II General] zkyevolved:
I bought the original Note thinking I'd never use it. I actually used it a lot, and now I still do with the Note 2! It's very useful when you're on the go, or on a phone call, or just need to write something down VERY quickly. Now on the Note 2 it's even more useful, and a million times more comfortable in the hand:

It's thicker, more ergonomic, and as soon as I take it out of the silo, it opens a memo which saves me a lot of time :D hehe. I love it! Fantastic pen.
[Galaxy Note II General] AviatorBobo:
I have had my Note 1 since it came out...and have used the s-pen 2 or 3 times :) i doubt that this will change with the Note II. But this tells you nothing, cause its different from person to person... :)

- Bobo
[Galaxy Note II General] alsseja:
A lot! I love this thing!
[Galaxy Note II General] Jobiza:
Yes, i use it too a lot. I like it how you can use it for browsing internet and for everything else when you want to save your fingers from bashing the glass. :D

I can't really draw, but i like to practice with it. :)
[Galaxy Note II General] whmcal:
Very useful when making quick notes at work and memos at home. Online, I always use it when selecting text or putting in passwords on pages that do not allow adequate resizing. I don't use for drawings but good to know it is there if I ever need it.

In short, it is great for those "oh sh**, I don't have a pen!" moments.
[Galaxy Note II General] hagba:
Just like the speedometer of my car shows top speed of 260km/h but rarely drive at that speed, however I know that when it's needed its just there!!.

Anyway besides being a useful tool, without it any device would have been. Quite boring.
[Galaxy Note II General] DarkPand0r:
Never used it on the note 1.... used it alot already on the note 2 and love it...
[Galaxy Note II General] EP2008:
I use it a lot, since I use my phone for business. I wish I could draw though, then I'd be able to produce "cool" stuff on it.
[Galaxy Note II General] Chayangkul99:
it's very useful, i use it all the time when making notes :)
[Galaxy Note II General] mr mystery:
So let me see if I have this right, you're saying you take notes on your Note? Interesting...
[Galaxy Note II General] sauron0101:
It looks like a lot of people are using the S-Pen.

I had the original Note for a bit a while back, I gotta admit I bought it for the big screen (at the time, 1280x800 was a new precedent, only matched that year by the Galaxy Nexus). I never used it that much.

But now it seems it's gotten much better, although still not as good as the pen to paper experience Samsung advertised. Overall though, perhaps the most improved feature of the Note II over the original Note seems to be the S-Pen. By the time the Note III or Note IV comes out, it should be awesome.
[Galaxy Note II General] EP2008:
Why get the note if there's no intention to use the pen? It's like owning a pickup truck and never hauling anything in the back :confused:
[Galaxy Note II General] boodies:
this is gonna be extremely useful for some people and not so much for some. but it's a freakin wacom powered stylus. how awesome is that. billion times more precise than those fat rubber tipped ones. I use to sketch on my ipad 3 with those and the S-Pen blows it away.
[Galaxy Note II General] Magnus3D:
I'm using my S-pen all the time, it's a fantastic addition and makes the phone so much more versatile. I do everything from notation to sketching and photoediting with it and since i also own the Note 10.1 and the pens work on both devices it's great to be able to move it from one to the other and back again without having to use both pens at the same time.

/ Magnus
[Galaxy Note II General] naimmkassim:
I have note 1 and 10.1..when i use both s pen note 1 or 10.1 on note 2, i found it a little bit off set when taking notes or draw something compare with s pen of note 2..is it just me or others feeling the same?? :what:
[Galaxy Note II General] concreteman:
This makes your phone a tablet l can finally do what l hoped l could do when l bought my TRANSFORMER prime . Like write and draw on photos. very useful for me did take a bit of getting used to
[Galaxy Note II General] CreepyDroid:
I used it for two weeks but now I rarely take it out from its slot (occasional note taking). However, this doesn't mean it's useless, it's really accurate and a huge improvent over the note 1. The handwriting recognition is out of this world, you can easily use it as your main input method. Drawing should be awesome too but you have to find the right app (I saw several amazing drawings and apps at the note 10.1 forums).

One more thing, hitting thw little 'full screen' button on videos in the browser is a lot easier to do with the super-pen ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] sauron0101:
These S pens are very much a work in progress imo, for both tablet and phablet. It's the feeling of metal on glass that's a bit uncomfortable and it is hard to write well.
[Galaxy Note II General] sauron0101:
Any idea if the 2 share exactly the same pen? It's probable as tablets in many cases share parts with phones.
[Galaxy Note II General] naimmkassim:
I also have note 10.1..i found both pen can be use each others, but its a bit off set when writing something..seems not suitable n need calibration either 1..or is it just me?? :confused:
[Galaxy Note II General] Evil_Cid:
I have yet to use the S-Pen. This phone has way too many things crammed into it for me to even consider using it.
[Galaxy Note II General] mjonase:
l am always holding it :)
[Galaxy Note II General] borikat:
it turns out to be a useful gimmick
[Galaxy Note II General] wekebu:
I never use it. Didn't buy the phone because of it. I've tried it, but I'm a lefty and it's so dang cumbersome to just remove the pen that I give up.
[Galaxy Note II General] DanDroidian:
My thoughts exactly.
[Galaxy Note II General] chuhsi:
I want to use it, but can't figure out a good reason to use it.
[Galaxy Note II General] iRoid:
I think it was invented for Draw Something and similar games :eek:
[Galaxy Note II General] pacificwing:
I bought it because it lets me jot down quick notes, and that is what I use it for. The other stuff is filler, and I've only just begun to experiment with it.

The problem I've having is that there is a 4-8 second delay between when I click "new note" and when the blank note actually pops up. When I need to write down something quickly, that pause seems like an eternity. It could be a show stopper if I can't figure a way to speed the process up a little.
[Galaxy Note II General] mdalacu:
It is perfect for remote control. I am using it with jump desktop.
[Galaxy Note II General] sleevasteve:
Does changing your animation speeds to .5 under developer options speed it up any?
[Galaxy Note II General] pacificwing:
Not noticeably. It did seem to make a few other speed improvements though. I wasn't even aware of this feature. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note II General] brooon:
I do have exactly the same issues with mine!
[Galaxy Note II General] dt33:
I dont use spen alot, but found it very useful tool. Take quick note, reminders, surfing and writing long comments.

I right now using S-Pen to write and the only problem is Sammys keyboard is buggy. Prediction words is crap and autocorretion. If Samsung fix theirs damn keyboard and I will use S-pen more often.

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[Galaxy Note II General] DanDroidian:
I just realized it scratched my screen protector pretty bad last night.

:what:
[Galaxy Note II General] Hotobu:
That's not the best analogy, but one reason is because people may want to use it for a personal media device. If you're going to use it to watch a lot of videos, for web surfing, and playing games then the bigger screen is great. Also there's huge battery capacity.
[Galaxy Note II General] DanDroidian:
Yeah, i would bought this BEAST with or without the Spen.
[Galaxy Note II General] ardatdat:
Maybe real-life examples explain all these:

1) When my boss suddenly call me into the room. I will grep my Note 2, take out the pen and jot down all important notes -> send as gmail -> follow up on gmail

2) Take out the pen, draw something, easy clip -> whatsapp to my friend.

3) Sunny day? Take a photo -> edit -> take out pen to write comments -> post on facebook

4) Just take out the pen and play tic-tac-toe with my friend :good:

5) Much more to be discovered by you :cool:
[Galaxy Note II General] karthiksn:
My main reason behind buying this was definitely the S-Pen. I like to draw a lot and was first using the S-Note for it which I later realised was a little tough to use for illustration purposes. I have started using Sketchbook Express and I have to say the S-Pen is great with it. I am planning to buy the paid version. The major problem is that the S-Pen is too light which makes it hard for me to get the lines right when drawing. I also realised that Sketchbook is the only app out there that is good for sketching but sadly it cannot utilise S-Pen's 1024 pressure sensitivity.

Other than this I also use it a lot to take notes on certain things and sometimes even when I am bored with the regular finger swyping I tend to use it.
[Galaxy Note II General] kpip:
I used to carry around a notebook all the time, and like to draw little pictures with my notes, so in that case the note is perfect for me. It is very useful to have my notes synced with dropbox as well.
[Galaxy Note II General] oriondream:
I do not have the Note 2 yet but seriously considering getting when it comes out on Verizon. Being in New York (cold winters) another potential application for it - using the stylus when it is too cold to take off my mittens/ gloves.

Damn I am so smart :)
[Galaxy Note II General] CandyAndy:
I am not any kind of artist and my hand writing generally is bad, and actually with this pen even worse than on paper. Still I do use it quite often. I really love the feature I can hover it over places and I get this pop-up window. So useful. Also I do take notes with it.

Too bad the s-note application doesnt seem to put the handwriting on one line. Would be very good.
[Galaxy Note II General] geovas77:
l use the Spen all the time, it is a hell of a lot more accurate than my fat fingers and takes this device to a whole different level.Just the fact that it recognises my crappy handwriting is a technological miracle!!
[Galaxy Note II General] sz1a:
I am developing an app and the note lets me draw wireframes and mockups of screens on the go, annotate them, and attach to my Google drive which in turn is shared with my programmer.

Or, jot down concepts and attach to an email.

Or, take a photo, outline the face and then delete the photo.

Pretty creative thing, I love it!
[Galaxy Note II General] gsibble:
I honestly barely use it. Surprised by how infrequently it comes out in fact.

However, I would still have bought the phone anyways. I love the big screen and amazing performance. S-Pen for me was not a big selling point.
[Galaxy Note II General] cd1yat:
I reckon somewhere between 10 and 20% of the time. It really is Task dependent
[Galaxy Note II General] diehard2222:
Well as far as typing goes is faster to use swipe on the Samsung keyboard.
[Galaxy Note II General] strboy:
I actually find that I use it quite a bit, and it also makes drawing (I use Sketchbook) much more enjoyable, I purchased sketchbook when I owned my HD2...it got 2 - 3 uses back then, I've already created 3-4 drawings...I'll post em soon

Ive taken out the spen to jot down a few numbers and it really makes a difference, people are always impressed...it makes it more personal, and it makes me want to pull my note2 out more.

I could live without it....but I a very very happy that I don't have to, I'm sure my usage will go up and down, but I will appreciate it when I do use it
[Galaxy Note II General] DanDroidian:
I use the S-Pen to pick my nose.
[Galaxy Note II General] Wooba99:
When I left Palm OS some years ago the thing I missed more than anything was the stylus. The S Pen was definitely a factor in my purchase. I was surprised that I didn't use it much at first, however now that I've owned it a few weeks I'm finding that I use it more and more. It makes playing sudoko a pleasure..
[Galaxy Note II General] manjeev:
Hi,

I use it a lot! More than Note 1 I had before and love the improvements!! The best thing is it makes sense of my scribbling which I myself at times fail to read after a little bit time has elapsed after jotting down something!!!

Its really useful when you are on a call and need to note down something. Then again my job involves explaining things to lot of people and there's no better way than to sketch.

Cheers!!!!
[Galaxy Note II General] DanDroidian:
I used it for this.

It's a start.

:D
[Galaxy Note II General] Psykko0:
To mention it straight away, I have had this phone for about a month now.

I use the S-Pen, but not constantly. It's a nice addon to the phone, but nothing I would absolutely require the phone to have with my usual activities.
[Galaxy Note II General] billygr:
now that i'm thinking about it, since i bought note2 about 3,5 weeks ago, i can only remember 10 times i'm pulling that spen. 5x to quicky write down phonenumbers while receiving call, 2x to write some note because i dont have any paper nearby (and no , it wasn't in a toilet), 1x to show direction to a stranger, and 2x to show how the new spen works to some friends... so i'd say spen is only like a tweak that you won't missed but if it's there, it's nice that could use it...
[Galaxy Note II General] henriquesb:
Have you guys ever tried enabling Continuous Input and disabling Pen Detection?

The pen works awesomely well with Swype-mode, probably even faster than with handwriting recognition. That's how I'm writing right now, with One-Handed Operation enabled which fits me better.
[Galaxy Note II General] RaptorMD:
TBH the S-Pen is one of the big reasons I am getting the GN2 (and that Verizon is carrying it). I find the overall benefits to be of great use to me otherwise I would just look at the Droid DNA, no thanks.
[Galaxy Note II General] doubledragon:
My previous go-to for jotting down immediate "stuff" (numbers, directions, parking section, random thoughts) was a quick calendar entry on my blackberry, because it was two button presses and I'm in. My Note2 has taken over that role with the pop-up window when you pull S-pen, without having to unlock.

The hover preview also makes me happy to have it when I'm browsing a site that I want in desktop mode. If there was an app that was like a mobile version of Audacity, I'm pretty sure I would use it a ton.
[Galaxy Note II General] Leonora T:
I use it almost all the time, I prefer using the s-pen rather than my finger. Love it :)
[Galaxy Note II General] Ayis28:
only using it when taking notes, its faster than using my finger :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Note II General] phildemeur:
S Pen

All the time, take notes in SNote, export to Evernote, 90% of handwriting recognised and searchable.
[Galaxy Note II General] desirer:
Nearly never. My finger is a better stylus :banghead:
[Galaxy Note II General] donzo44:
Use it ALL the time. My ancient fingers need all the help they can get. S-pen swung it for me - missus got the Galaxy S3. Both ex iPhone users.

I also got a Cube U30GT-H rooted and configured here by a UK company.

Now I need to learn how to root a Nabi 2 which will be a present for my grandson.

GREAT site!

Regards
[Galaxy Note II General] admiral:
On my note 1 I consistently use it at least once or twice a day, especially when I need to jot down a phone, email or make a screenshot of the map and put a freaking dot onto where we are about to meet. That said, my daughter uses it way more often for coloring, drawing, etc. She is getting much more use out of it than I am!
[Galaxy Note II General] selders59:
I love it. It allows me ti take quick notes and drawings for work. Use it daily. Don't even bring my tablet to work anymore.
[Galaxy Note II General] therockk:
Even before i got the Note 2 i had the S3, and i was using a rubber tip thick stylus to jot down notes. (Note as much tho due to the size and inaccuracy of using a rubber thick stylus). But i find more and more everyday how much of an invaluable tool the S-pen is in regards with my daily routine. I frequently get calls from clients in which i have to jot down some sort of information and this is where the S-pen works the best in conjunction with the feature where i pull the S-pen out of the phone and it automatically opens up the "Quick note" thing.

I also frequently make to-do lists which help me finish things with my work / personal things. And i used to use Evernote for this. But again i find the S-pen with S Note to be an invaluable tool with adding things to my to-do list, without having to open an app, then search the note then hit edit, then create checkbox, then type. With S-Pen combined with the "Page Buddy" my To-do list is always a click away and in seconds i jot down the task.

I would say now that i am used to it, I will never be able to use another cell phone again.! Im surprised as to how much the S-Pen has worked into my daily life.!
[Galaxy Note II General] shadow_007:
S-pen gestures

The s-pen can emulate the menu and back capacitive keys. Press the button on the s-pen and draw a < any where on the screen to emulate the back button, similiarly draw a ^ to emulate the menu button. Unfortunately, there is no short cut to emulate the home button, as far as I know, hope samsung comes up with a gesture to emulate the home button.
[Galaxy Note II General] brocktice:
I just got the Note yesterday, but I am using the pen a lot. I haven't had a Palm device with a stylus since 2008, but apparently I still have muscle memory from my Treo 650, because I keep trying to put the S Pen in at the upper right rather than lower right. I'll learn eventually.
[Galaxy Note II General] boodies:
I have had the note 2 since t-mo launch date. I use the pen quite a bit when browsing. I love the air-scroll feature. And quick note taking is a true blessing.

ps -

Thank you soo much. For home, can't you create one where you would draw a h maybe?
[Galaxy Note II General] Lucidmike:
It is no gimmick. It is great when you need it, but don't expect to use it as a replacement for the finger. Sometimes fingers work much better. But when you need to write, the finger is a joke for writing in comparison to the S Pen. I also use it for web browsing for hover, and to hit those annoyingly small buttons on web pages.

I know we've come full circle to gaining back the functionality of having a pen and paper in your pocket, but we finally got it back with the Note II. Pull out the pen and start writing. Having to unlock, launch app, and type in notes is too tedius, I always felt writing with a pen and paper was still necessary. Not anymore with the Note II.

This is why I can never go back to a device without a stylus...probably stick with the Galaxy Note line. It is more than the stylus. If they got a patent on AirView they have a lock on this market. No other stylus device will do.
[Galaxy Note II General] Joe333x:
I dont use mine. If it could be used to hit the captive buttons then it would be useful but switching to your finger to hit a button is anoying and has kept me fromnusing the pen.
[Galaxy Note II General] dafortal:
I basicly use it everyday...its very usefull
[Galaxy Note II General] RokkaMan:
I find it very useful for annotation, a very specific niche I admit but when it comes to doing academic journals its invaluable. Combined with the multi window mod and another app open to do brief text notes and you have an item of pure power productivity. I did not buy this phone for the stylus but it gets used a lot for sure.

Another use is when you simply don't want to get fingerprints on the screen! Typing is very fast with the Android 4.2 "swype style" keyboard.
[Galaxy Note II General] henriquesb:
In my case I actually prefer to use the pen with the Swype-like keyboard than with handwriting, as my own handwriting is untrained, hard to write and thus to recognize too. And I can see the letters while typing them :)

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Hopefully Samsung will update the popup keyboard to support handwriting and continous input too, when using multi windows.
[Galaxy Note II General] naimmkassim:
I just buy another spare of S-Pen from local supplier here...just to show how i really appreciated S-Pen...never again use my finger :D:D..no more finger print/smush on d screen :p time to challenge my self :thumbup:
[Galaxy Note II General] Overloaded:
You can easily enable the on screen buttons. I did the same :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1978212
[Galaxy Note II General] PierreTech:
I use my s pen more in note 2 rather than using my s pen in note 1. I use it for junking hw in school and use it for work. I never miss a day without not using it.:)
[Galaxy Note II General] brocktice:
Thanks, that's perfect. Now if I could just add the search button.
[Galaxy Note II General] shadow_007:
Checkout GMD SPen Control. It lets you add custom gestures. Added custom gestures to goto home screen, Recent Apps, Input methods (To switch between Android 4.2 keyboard and Samsung keyboard to use spen). A new update is available that lets you disable samsung gestures too. Havn't checked out the update yet.
[Galaxy Note II General] mrufokid:
Use my s pen ... all day love it ...
[Galaxy Note II General] snabben:
I use it as a que-tip..