Public service announcement: inserting the S-Pen into its silo backwards-end first, even gently, can permanently damage the Note 5 (either jamming the stylus in the silo or breaking the device that detects stylus removal and activates AirCommand). Unlike previous Notes, the stylus does not have a flared or textured back-end to the stylus that prevents backwards insertion:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/08/24/video-probable-note-5-design-flaw-can-cause-s-pen-to-break-pen-detection-when-inserted-backward-or-get-hopelessly-stuck/
Samsung knew about this issue with the device and shipped it anyway, as evidenced by a warning buried in the owner's manual:
And it gets worse. That user's manual with the oh-so-important warning? It doesn't actually ship with the phone itself. Either in hard copy format or PDF format.
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Well that seals it for me. I have been debating with myself between the note 4 and note 5. Note 4 it is! Thank you for posting this.
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Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow
lol god PSA alert everyone! On my Galaxy Note 10.1" tablet the pen cannot go in backwards, it has to go in tip first.
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What a glaring oversight on Samsung's part... We have had phones that came with styli since all the way back in the early 2000s, never could you insert one wrong...
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I still don't get how someone could put the pen in the wrong way?
But there are also ways to remove the pen if put in backwards.
I love my note 5 so far, but of course I'm coming from a Nexus 4, so it's a huge jump in performance, screen size, screen quality, and battery life! -
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Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow
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The problem isn't that you can't get the stylus out; the problem is that you can't get the stylus out without damaging the stylus-removal mechanism. -
Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow
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[Android] Galaxy Note 5's stylus-gate
Discussion in 'Smartphones and Tablets' started by Mitlov, Aug 25, 2015.