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[One (M7) General] pandemikXtwstd:
I bought this phone exactly thirty days ago, and it has been a turbulent experience. A majority of my summer has had me using the remains of cellphones past as daily drivers, and it all started with an angry phone call.

Me and my girlfriend were having an argument whilst I was away on business. The call left me angry and frustrated and impeded my judgment, so much as to miss a step on the stairs to my hotel room. Now testament to the phones glass... It was unphased, but somewhere on the way back down the stairs, the aluminum was bent out of shape. Salt in the wound

I then spent the rest of my trip distracted and unable to follow up. Although my phone had an ottetbox commuter on, the soft corner where the power button lies was too bashed in to turn it on. For a few days I was solely able to accept calls, but after the battery died, I was unable to turn it on.

A few days later I decided I was going to give it the good old college try at rooting it and installing a sweep to wake kernel. Great plan, till I hit the brick wall of a soft brick.

I was so excited about my plan that I didn't realize when I went to flash a new Rom I didn't actually...press...flash,but proceeded to flash an aosp kernel.......

So till about two days ago I couldn't access recover or hboot, and having gone through an Xperia ion, HTC desire, aria, lumia 520 and an infuse, I thought I should try and send it in to repair.

HTC quoted 1200$....

For out of warranty repair that was Kinda riddiculous, so next place I looked? Ifixit and it's 1/10 rating.

I swore if eBay had parts someone had to know how to fix it.

So I decided to heat gun it and stab my guitar pick as deep into the bend from the fall down the stairs as I could.

And it creaked....

With fervor I ran upstairs in a daze and grabbed my heat gun and soon I could smell melting plastic. A few clicks later I had the entire motherboard bent at a 10 degree angle... Enough to find that there are clip points on the frame.

I pulled the back apart and disconnected as many cables as I could see without taking the phone completely apart. I learned I had broken my ribbon cable from the power button in the original incident.

But I got it to boot. I let the battery drain then leaned on the volume down button. The screen flickered to light, and I installed venom Rom.

I am now just waiting for a new frame, power button assembly and top speaker grille, but I would honestly say that I doubt I would give this phone a 1/10 repairability. The plastic siding is anything but mangled....except fir where it got dented of course, that parts effed. If you want close up shots or the case mount points I can find time after my next business trip to grab em... But I have my phone again... So I'm probably not gonna flashoholic till I get my power button in. Till then xda... It's not that hard to tear down :)
[One (M7) General] yunggreezybee:
Crazy... I also have the commuter
[One (M7) General] angusc:
If you take photos and do a write up step by step you could be the first "Tear down" report that we have on XDZ!
[One (M7) General] IINexusII:
$1200 quote to fix a $600 phone?
[One (M7) General] CraigP17:
seems like a lot of work. I would have just bought another lol
[One (M7) General] pandemikXtwstd:
I woulda bought another if I wasn't 3000 in the hole this month... Bills decided to come out all at once.. and once the glue is off...it's ...reddiculously less difficult. I don't think the tear down would be fair and replacing the home button doesn't need a full teardown.

Also, wasn't much work in the end, it's just stick a guitar pick in and flex it in reverse.
[One (M7) General] pandemikXtwstd:
Im probably going to do a case removal when the parts get here
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] the Doctor:
I'm opening a new thread to deal with the inaccurate S-Pen issue caused by the official Samsung 4.2.2 update. Thanks to Pakure who exposed the issue here:

N5100 - 4.1.2 -> 4.22 : Findings What's New/Changed..

Here's what we know:

It affects all models: the N5100, N5110 and N5120.

It causes a small offset that seems to be different for different people.

The Note 8.0's S-Pen cannot be calibrated either by the stock firmware or Reset Spen (free) in the play store because its calibration is embedded in the Kernel and not just a configuration file.

N51XXXXXMH2 ROMs seem to be more accurate than N51XXXXXMH1 but still imperfect. Reverting to 4.1.2 or flashing SphereEngine kernel corrects the problem.

Here's what we (or I) don't know:

Is Samsung working on a fix? Please post news here.

____________________

Edit 11/1/2013: Solved

The N5100xxxxI1/I2 updates released in October 2013 restore accuracy to the S-Pen. Sadly it took Sammy two months to fix a problem that shouldn't have happened in the first place.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] the Doctor:
I Odined back to 4.1.2 and the S-Pen is accurate again. But I had to do a factory reset for the device to boot which is normal for a downgrade.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] rumatt:
Oh dear lord. Are you telling me that when the OTA 4.2.2 update comes for the 5110 my pen might stop working properly? Say it isn't so!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] galaxy2055:
I flashed 4.2.2 it's the worst rom I have been used for note 8. I returned back to 4.1.2. MG1 and it's. Better than 4.2.2
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] sprintuser1977:
This is part of the reason I rooted
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] fast-ip:
Well,

i'm looking to the code:

Code:

static ssize_t epen_hand_store(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf,
size_t count)
{
unsigned int val;

sscanf(buf, "%u", &val);

if (val == 0 || val == 1)
user_hand = (unsigned char)val;

/* 0:Left hand, 1:Right Hand */
printk(KERN_DEBUG"epen:%s: hand=%u\n", __func__, user_hand);

return count;
}
#endif

this is our code, where doing:

Quote:

set our hand to right (0 for left).

But this file with the new kernel of the 4.2.2 doesn't appear...

i hope to find the solution soon... it's damn annoying using the screen upside-down to simulate a left-hand ;D

---------- Post added at 10:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:22 PM ----------

really strange:

Quote:

root@ubuntu:~/update1/linux/drivers/input/touchscreen/wacom# cat wacom_i2c.c |grep user_hand

unsigned char user_hand = 1;

user_hand = (unsigned char)val;

printk(KERN_DEBUG"epen:%s: hand=%u\n", __func__, user_hand);

root@ubuntu:~/update1/linux/drivers/input/touchscreen/wacom#

user_hand is already set to 1 in the source code....hmmmm

----

The file to modify is wacom_i2c.c in:

/root/update1/linux/drivers/input/touchscreen/wacom/
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] setsunaf:
I use s-pen for drawing a lot, there is definitely an inaccuracy after the latest firmware update. The most accurate s-pen on note series now becomes like the old galaxy note.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] Div033:
I noticed this as well when I updated my WiFi model to 4.2.2 leak. I attributed it to the fact it was beta software and returned back to 4.1.2... But are you telling me this still happens on 4.2.2 OTAs? That is unacceptable and is a major oversight.

Seriously, who's testing these updates?!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] intelliriffer:
I am trying my best to stick to 4.2.2 (on 5100) and awaiting a proper release for my region (instead of the open europe build OXA) , hoping that may fix this. otherwise back to 4.1.2 is imminent.

Can anyone with official 4.2.2 firmware release for their respective region also confirm this issue?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] the Doctor:
I was using Thailand CSC N5100OLBCMH1.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] kelvinartz:
I updated to official 4.2.2 (from Malaysia) & encountered the same issue too. The offset is ~5 o'clock. What's worse is that the offset at top half of the screen is worse than at bottom of the screen.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] intelliriffer:
Guess What,

I just revered back to 4.1.2 Myself.. I Guess am a bit too simple of a man for almighty 4.2.2 :)

There were few really good things about 4.2.2 but the battery drain and s-pen issues just killed all the fun.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] Slipurson:
The offset is there in the N5120XXCMH1-firmare (UK 4.2.2 Release for LTE version) also. as someone else mentioned, it is at about 5 o'clock.

Attached an image with the S-Pen resting on the screen just enough to not remove the ring. for me this isnt really a problem since i mainly take notes and make simple drawings for work. But i can see that this would be irritating for artists etc.

But to go as far as calling it unusable is imho silly for the "normal" user.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] mame3876:
offset

hi guys

i'm running the leaked 4.2.2 wifi only (5110) i can confirm offset is there, same dinamycs everyone is experincing.

i can only hope samsung is taking longer in releasing the wifi version cause maybe they are correcting this bug
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] janjannsen99:
l havent noticed this at all ' 1 dont see any offset problems at all In using Civutos ROM
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] housered:
4.2.2 on Indonesian FW. Confirming the S-Pen accuracy problem. If I draw a horizontal line in portrait mode, the line appears slightly below where it should be. Quite annoying to say the least.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] mame3876:
have the same issue if i draw a line vertically overwriting the black line of the simple note patter, my line in 2 mm on the side.

hope they will fix that with update 4.2.2 official for wifi Only. Nosurprise samsung is taking so long to release it, considering for the other 2 models was released time ago with 1 week time from each other.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] janjannsen99:
Actually I see it now it's below where you want when drawing. Yup it's there

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Doesn't do it on my Note 2
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] lanwarrior:
I am about to buy Note 8.0 in the US - Wifi only.

Will current Note 8.0 have 4.2.2 and that means I cannot revert back to 4.2.1?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] galaxy2055:
Yes he will. No you can revert to any version :)

تم الإرسال من جهازي GT-I9300 بواسطة تاباتوك 2
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] housered:
Should I wait or revert back?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] galaxy2055:
This is your choice, but for me I return back to 4.1.2 until Samsung fix the problem.

تم الإرسال من جهازي GT-I9300 بواسطة تاباتوك 2
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] darisg:
another one confirmation for the Spen misalignment. after updating to 4.2.2 DBT :(

its about 2mm off, its a bit annoying but i don't think it's worth the trouble to downgrade and setup from the beginning ......

hope for a fix to come soon....
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] kelvinartz:
Don't even know whether samsung is planning to fix the issue. Hope that they will bring back the Page Buddy too.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] 2g11:
I don't own this device, was planning to get it, but the bugged update here has put paid to that for now. Just wanted to suggest you make this inexcusable oversight known to Samsung directly with picture proof. What would be even more effective is making it known to the media especially android news sites. Most of the popular sites have direct lines of communication with Samsung and would demand a response.

Sent from my SGW powered by AOIP
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] TheNeighbor101:
I've downloaded the 4.2.2 ROM last week and thank goodness I waited and read this thread before I could install it. I'd be really pissed if I did update to it.

The offset would have really be annoying for my sketching! I use the S Pen heavily. Too bad that it taxes the battery life also. I'll just wait for the next update.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] edan1979:
i dont have that problem in asean release firmware. but i'm doing the full factory reset first.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] the Doctor:
Can you tell me your CID?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] Shofar1:
remember that 4.2 allows a few Apps2SD.

That is an advantage.

Shofar
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] leomon32:
LayerPaint allow you to calibrate your stylus which make it usable^^
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] civato:
I got it fixed , I will be releasing it in my FLEX-BEAM exclusive SphereEngine kernel and then later on StormCharger kernel.

The offset is much smaller to almost nothing.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] leomon32:
Can you tell us what you did, I mean is it complicated ? I would like to test Quill more (that spen problem doesn't bother me that much when I'm not drawing)
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] civato:
It is not complicated, I only changed one word in the wacom file and compiled the kernel.

Now it uses the offset valeus for the p4note (that is the config name for the note 10.1)

It got the same screen resolution but in the code they make a exception for it, so I guessed that if I would use that exception on our note 8 what it would give, it worked.

it took me a while as im not a coder and I only know a little c++, after 9 test builds I got it.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] mach281:
I recently upgraded to the 4.2.2 beta and have also noticed the slight offset of the s-pen as described in this thread. It also knocked out the Kies connection, so the standard way of upgrading is no longer available.

I am considering reverting back to the stock 4.1.2 (N5110 WIFI) even though the upgrade stopped my WIFI from constantly dropping. If one wanted to revert back, where can the rom files be downloaded from?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] leomon32:
Ha it does mean that at least you need to recompile something xD" I wish you only had to add something to the current rom =T Samsung isn't really on an hurry, the last update for the French version is in May ! And I suppose that when we will have the official 4.2.2, the bug will still be there xD"
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] sdelliott31:
I downloaded Civs 1.5 ROM today and he nailed it. Not only the spent fix but a better shadow or floater than the larger Samsung one. It is really a well done ROM. Before commenting on this thread anymore go download the ROM and you will be pleased.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] pakure:
Changed to the Indian inu 4.2.2. .. the s pen accuracy is better. ..on the german firmware it was horrible
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] gurudev32:
Indian Firmware - Inaccuracy exists yet!

Though the build is higher compared to other regions, I still notice the inaccuracy. And it is around 5'o Clock.

Also to add along for info;

Kernel Version:

3.0.31-1449612

se.infra@SEP-86 #1

Wed Aug 21 18:12:25 KST 2013

Truly have no patience to downgrade and reconfigure all from start. I had to reset the device when upgraded OTA as most options went disabled post upgrade!!

To reconfigure complete set of apps it's a pain :(

Hopefully looking forward for a fix from Samsung!!!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] edan1979:
Got a new update from sea firmware today. Going to flash later.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] civato:
Just flash the SphereEngine kernel and get rid of the spen alignment problem.

I build one for the 5110 and 5100.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] darisg:
after updating to MH2 (DBT) the overall accuracy of spen is a little bit better ....i think....

BUT..there is a portion on the screen that it is completely unresponsive !!!!!!

Edit: Sorry but the unresponsiveness in that particular area caused by the magnets of my Chinese book cover......... :o

after removing it everything went all right....
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] MasK:
Hi!,

Do you plan to have one for 5120?

Thanks :good:
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] civato:
If you provide a original boot.img of the 5120 I can work on one if I got time.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] Slipurson:
If its enough with the boot.img that i get when i do a nandroid-backup, here it is:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/44731166/boot.img
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] civato:
Ok , will see what I can do.

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Please take a look here as this is beta for the LTE 5120 Android 4.2.2 only supported.

It is the SphereEngine kernel with S-Pen fix and all the other stuff , OC ....

#############################################################################

Reported to work so the 5120 users on 4.2.2 can use my SphereEngine kernel to solve the S-pen problem.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] the Doctor:
Can anyone confirm or deny that doing a factory reset with 4.2.2 restores the S-Pen's accuracy?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] cheryanne:
Thank you so much for all your efforts, especially those for our orphan child - the 5120.

And your CWM version is a lifesaver of course.

Galaxy Note 8.0 Xposed Build JDQ39.N5120XXCMG7 / Baseband N5120XXBMD9 / Kernel CivZ-SpherEngine-Rev1.2 on Telstra LTE
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] duyminhphan:
Samsung Fix it

When I update to MH2. Spen work correct. :D
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] the Doctor:
To me, MH2 is better than MH1 but both are inaccurate. Doing a factory reset did not improve the accuracy of MH2.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] atdroid:
Same here. Factory reset MH2 still inaccurate.

But is perfect after flashing SphereEngine :)

N5120XXCMH2
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] civato:
Placebo effect of a higher number.

Wiping data isn't going to help a thing, it is driver related so it is in the kernel.

Not possible as the stock kernel got a wrong setting in it and offset in framework, so it will never be spot on.

SphereEngine kernel is for now the only kernel that aligns the s-pen correctly.

And if you are asking me samsung isn't going to change a thing about it.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] severoprisan:
MH5 s-pen has an offset.

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Installing the Sphereengine kernel fixes the spen. It's so great. Thank you Civato
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] the Doctor:
Can anyone say if N5110XXCMH3 released last Friday for the wifi version suffers from the offset?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] aaasss10:
Quote!
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] BigBot96:
Yes. It does...

Samsung waited long before relesing firmware known to be faulty...
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] jazzespresso:
OK let's just assume for a sec; let's say we updated using official 4.2.2 update from Samsung for GT-N5110, and realised S-Pen still messed up, can we just flash your SphereEngine kernel?

not sure if doing so screw up...

just asking :D
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] civato:
yes, and you will be flashing my kernel again as Samsung didn't change a thing in it's source.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] jazzespresso:
somehow I did NOT surprise that they did not. thanks god we got you here...I am now kind of debating should I go head just flash official 4.2.2 UK firmware update GT-N5110 or should I wait for US version of firmware...I can't make up my mind kinda afraid I may screw up my Note 8.0:confused:
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] Cotyrey:
released last Friday for the wifi version suffers from the offset?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] BigBot96:
Read the past few posts before asking questions that have been answered.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] jazzespresso:
Like MrHyde03 said, read couple of previous posts....there's mixed reviews about s-pen offset issue; some says it fixed, some says it did not.

based on my reading the posts and Civ's users feedback, using his kernel (or his ROM) seems like solves the s-pen offset issue for sure.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] bigmout:
Out of curiosity, has anyone with the offset tried one of the Samsung S-Pens you buy separately like the 8pi? I wonder if the system offset is an attempt to compensate for the fact such pens have a slight offset in 4.1.2.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] intelliriffer:
Well, I took the jump and opened up my s-pen button and adjusted the internal potentiometer / knob (farthest from the pen tip, the other) about 1 1/2 turn anti clockwise and it has improved accuracy for me a bit. I did't go any further to not sway away too much in case samsung update fixes that and if I need to get back.

It's still not 100% spot on but much more useable. I can draw a line or a point and then continue, or draw from there much better as opposed to before.

Note: the other potentiometer/knob adjusts the pressure sensitivity of s-pen (clock wise makes is less sensitive).

my s-pen knobs initial settings ( as in '0' Clock settings)

offset pot : 1:30

pressure pot: 2:00

There are articles for spen pressure adjustment all over web as well on youtube, so you can check those out if anyone else need to dive in.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] Div033:
WiFi official update definitely still had the offset... Flashing Civ's 1.4 kernel fixed it and now my tablet is perfect. At least Samsung fixed the hanging issue.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] the Doctor:
According to two posters in this thread, N5110UEFMI1 (4.2.2), which started rolling out yesterday, does not exhibit any offset. Hopefully Sammy will get this out for all models soon.

_____________________

Edit:

Civato says the offset is still noticeable for those who draw. Can anyone confirm?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] the Doctor:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46127346&postcount=18
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] kimitrois:
maybe there is no 4.2.2

in China's forum, people say maybe there is no 4.2.2 OTA and perhaps 4.3 OTA directly
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] alescorpio:
Contacted Samsung support about this issue, their response is below. Maybe if they will receive more requests the problem will be fixed soon!

The problem is for Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 N5110 (Model number is not on the list).*the firmware update has introduced a bug to the S-pen of the tablet. There is a slight offset of the landing point of the S-pen on its screen.*It is well documented here:*http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2414053*and here:*http://voyager8.blogspot.com/2013/09/samsung-galaxy-note-80-gt-n5100-s-pen.html*Did a factory reset and problem is still there

Counselor Thank you for contacting Samsung Customer Support.*I’m sorry the update created an issue with calibration of your Note’s screen. I can understand your concern as you have tried a factory reset.*Please be advised that our engineers are currently investigating the issue you have described. If they find it to be a genuine fault then a firmware update to fix the issue will be rolled out as soon as possible. Due to the nature of our investigations we are unable to advise on a timescale for any possible update.*Please note we would advise against attempting any manual fixes at this time, especially when dealing with system files, as some users may cause further problems by doing so.*
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] xavierleonelbr:
And what about n5100? Pen offset too?
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] zcostilla:
I definitely have offset issues after the OTA update. haven't rooted, but this is making it very tempting. My Note is only a couple weeks old and it's the only device I haven't rooted.

Zac
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] jazzespresso:
i was like you...but that s-pen offset really really bug me hell out of me, so I switched to Civato's ROM (ver 3.3)....
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] bigmout:
I'm not seeing any offset with the internal S-Pen since updating to 4.2.2. There is still a slight offset with the 8pi S-Pen.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) General] civato:
Look closer :D. And open a browser and use the pen cursor in text it is 3-4mm of to the left.