Breaking the Note 5
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- BuddhaHat
Breaking the Galaxy Note 5 is as easy as reinserting the stylus backwards
Owners of Samsung's new Galaxy Note 5 should be careful about how they handle the device's stylus. According to reports from various outlets, reinserting the Note 5's S Pen into the smartphone the wrong way can permanently disable the handset's stylus detection feature. This means that functions like quickly taking notes when the phone's screen is off, or automatically accessing the S Pen's radial menu no longer work. A video from Android Police shows the flaw in action, with the outlet reporting that stylus detection remained permanently broken after its tests. A similar story from Ars Technica found the same issue, but with the caveat that the reporter was able to get the features working again after some judicious wiggling of the S Pen inside the smartphone.
More here: http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/2…
- set5
Tip: Don't insert stylus backwards
- Ben990
who would insert the stylus backward anyway? this is kinda stupid to do. If you do that, you deserve this. I say +1 Samsung.
- GeorgesII1
yeah, remember when people where holding the phone wrong..
- haha - must hold the Apple way!fadein11
- turned out all phones experience antenna interference when hands cover them in certain waysmonospaced
- You don't say? Water blocks low energy radiation? Fuck me, if only Nokia et al had considered that back in the nineties...detritus
- lol @ monofadein11
- yeah yeah, fanboi, blah blah make fun of me... thing is, it happens on my samsung and my apple phone the same way.monospaced
- haha, you out yourself as a fanboy all the time - all I'm saying is that it's scientifically ignorant to blame the user's grip when radiation's so predictable.detritus
- I agree. I must also hold my samsung phone a certain way to ensure the best signal, and a different way for wi-fi... just like my iphone. Not blaming anyone.monospaced
- and yes, I have a samsung for workmonospaced