How have S Pen NOT activate camera - Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Questions & Answers

New S6.
When the S Pen is on the back of the tablet, and I accidentally press and hold the button on the S Pen, it activates the camera.
I can't tell if this is a camera setting or an S Pen setting (I can't even find a section for S Pen settings in the "user guide").
HOW do I make this stop. I don't want to uninstall the pen or the camera or anything else. I'm just looking for the setting that make it do this...
Also, does someone have a pointer to a more complete and useful manual? This one has a LOT of settings where instead of telling me what a setting does and why I want it on or off, the manual just tells me the same thing I can already see in settings.

Setting -> Advanced -> SPen -> Air Actions
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Never mind, I just found the thing on the settings.............
Is there a user manual somewhere that's actually COMPLETE? 'Cause the one I have sucks.

OK, I got it so it doesn't turn the camera on any more when I do a long-press on the button........
Now is there a way to NOT have it black out the screen and display a pen when I accidentally do a long press on the button when the pen is in the storage slot? Can I just turn it OFF completely when I don't need it? I just want it to sit there quietly and not do ANYTHING until I take it loose to use it. I can't find an Air Gesture or anything (so far) that'll do this...

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Starting phone from standy in landscape mode

So I have a habit of sliding the phone open and then pressing the hardware messaging key, and no matter what, it never seems to work. I press the button, and Ill see the today screen, but no messaging window. I have to slide it back closed and open again and everything sorts itself out.
I've tried looking, but haven't seen anyone complain about this particular problem. Anyone else fret about this? any solutions?
no one has this problem?
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I find my X01HT in landscape mode when i wake him um with the "on" button, and have to wait for it to "think" a litle bit to obey me, while that, if I try to push any command he will go crazy and the image will stay locked in the last scene and will not get actualized... Kind of annoying thing, using black Satin... But i'll try schaps now to see if that goes away...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1504436&posted=1#post1504436
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Im on WM5.
Vijay, I don't want to disable orientation permanently. Just sometimes, I want to start messaging, so in stanby mode itself, ill open and start it up. thats what confuses the 8525, thats all. I have to close the phone, and then slide it open again for it to regain consciousness!
Its no biggie, but i was just wondering if any1 else had a similar issue.
FINALLY... WHAT YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR
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shlomki said:
I've come to notice that no one REALLY knew how to fully disable screen rotation on WM devices.
Some offered 3rd party apps to get the job done, some only knew how to disable automatic rotation, but when the device went into standby and woke up again - the screen rotated back. So that didnt really work.
So if you're as desperate as i was about screen rotation,
this is what you need to do:
1. Get dotfred's free taskmanager HERE, and run it.
2. Go to "Devices" tab, and look for "MIS1:" device (oem_misc.dll)
3. Long-Tap on it, and tap on "Stop"
4. Long-Tap on it again, and now choose "Set Manual"
5. Go to "Notifications" tab, and look for "Notifications\NamedEvents\VCPowerWakeupEvent"
6. Tap on it to make it selected
7. Disable it
(In dotfred's taskmanager, there should be a button for disabling it, but for some reason some devices couldn't see the button icons, although the buttons are still clickable. Under the notifications list there is an empty light-blue line - the buttons are there, eventough you can't see them.
The disable buttons is somewhere i the middle of that light-blue line, just tap the center until a message box popps up and asks if you'd like to disable this notification - Tap on yes.)​All those steps are a one time deal - they stick even after an SR.
This has been tested on htc universal and works great.
The screen will keep its orientation even if you flip your screen, take out your built in keyboard, or turn the device off and back on.
The only time your screen will revert back to the original orientation is when you soft reset your device.
Hope this helps
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native screen capture

hi, i accidentally use a build in screen capture in my vibrant with froyo.
i couldn't replicate it with any combination i tried.
i read about holding the back button and then pressing menu or home but that didn't do anything.
how do i use it?
(please dong offer third party applications as they all suck...)
I don't think anybody knows how to. It seems like everybody encounters it accidentally. Haven't seen anybody replicate that screen capture option either.
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lol, this is just ridicules...
how can they put a feature that is so hidden that no one in this forum, knows how to activate it.
They put it in there for use, then removed it later because on a vibrant you annoy press both home and back buttons at the same time.
The way you did it is your system lagged then you pressed those 2 buttons and bam
is there a way to do it again then?

New update (.21) breaks the 'slide' lock screen

To repro:
1. Run some app like Terminal that runs in the 'background'.
2. Power off screen.
3. Power on screen.
4. Press the taskbar.
5. Press the app notification.
Tablet is now unlocked...
On the plus side, this is does not happen when using other than 'slide' for lock.
Some might call this a 'feature', but it seems more like a bug... (or a very untested feature).
leppie said:
To repro:
1. Run some app like Terminal that runs in the 'background'.
2. Power off screen.
3. Power on screen.
4. Press the taskbar.
5. Press the app notification.
Tablet is now unlocked...
On the plus side, this is does not happen when using other than 'slide' for lock.
Some might call this a 'feature', but it seems more like a bug... (or a very untested feature).
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A little reminder to you, the only thing Slide protects your tablet from is your unborn kids.
It is not a 'some might call this a feature' thing, tablet simply considers user navigating notification menu just as valid 'unlock' act as Slide itself is. As it should.
The odds of getting unlocked is much greater via an accidental press of a notification then using the slider.
Like I said, it might try to be a feature, but it fails...
I don't know how big your notification-bar is... but the chance that you press one of those buttons in the corner is minimal...
Well I dont see much use of a slide to unlock screen on a tablet anyway since I have no clue how you can accidentally turn the TFP on... It's not like you have that thingy in your pocket...
leppie said:
The odds of getting unlocked is much greater via an accidental press of a notification then using the slider.
Like I said, it might try to be a feature, but it fails...
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You have to do a lot more than just accidentally press a notification. First of all, your Prime screen needs to be turned ON first, which means you need to accidentally press the really-difficult-to-accidentally-press power button. Then you need to touch corner of the screen not once, but twice in very specific locations (first to open the notification menu and then click on one of the buttons.
Slide unlock is entirely meant for phones, where the chance of accidentally turning on the phone in pocket is more likely. On a tablet it is just a beautiful startup screen that - until Android starts supporting user accounts - is nothing more than that.
Go to security and change from slide to pattern or password if you want a more secure lock. I think that the notification panel only gets past the slide unlock.

How to disable Air Command

I would like to disable Air Command in order to make the s pen button available to apps. I have found the air command settings, but there does not seem to be an option to disable it altogether. If I delete all the shortcuts and then press the button, it appears with a "helpful" tip to use the s pen >detachment settings to disable it. But there is no such section, presumably because the pen cannot be inserted into this tablet.
Is there truly no way to disable Air Command?
Can anyone either confirm to problem or tell me what I am missing?
Edit: Here are some screenshots illustrating the problem: https://goo.gl/photos/EhQLgH1Kiear3vzP8
Frank.
mettadas said:
I would like to disable Air Command in order to make the s pen button available to apps. I have found the air command settings, but there does not seem to be an option to disable it altogether. If I delete all the shortcuts and then press the button, it appears with a "helpful" tip to use the s pen >detachment settings to disable it. But there is no such section, presumably because the pen cannot be inserted into this tablet.
Is there truly no way to disable Air Command?
Can anyone either confirm to problem or tell me what I am missing?
Edit: Here are some screenshots illustrating the problem: https://goo.gl/photos/EhQLgH1Kiear3vzP8
Frank.
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Doesn't look like there is a way to disable it completely (even in the System Apps menu). But the button is available to use when use in apps as an eraser (a la Microsoft Word) even with Air Command enabled if you hold it. It seems like Air Command doesn't pop up if you long press the button instead of a short click.
Hope this helps.
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meowone said:
But the button is available to use when use in apps as an eraser (a la Microsoft Word) even with Air Command enabled if you hold it. It seems like Air Command doesn't pop up if you long press the button instead of a short click.
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Thank you. I have discovered this, and that it also works if you touch the screen with the pen before releasing it. (It occurs to me that may be more about the extra time it takes to do that than the touch).
When I began trying to disable Air Command, I was using an app with broken button support. Now that I understand that Air Command does not interfere with the use of the button in apps I am happy to leave it enabled.
Frank.
I'm a bit late to this post, but I wanted to let you know there is a way around that. I was able to disable it by freezing it in titanium (pretty sure that feature requires root, so there is your one catch.) You won't be able to disable it from your regular app settings as samsung doesn't allow this. Just search air in titanium and you should see it.
When I found this fix I was overcome with joy and satisfaction. I F*cking hate air command, and especially hate gimmicks that are forced on the end user. The button has so many other uses in drawing apps, but those uses get nerfed by having an annoying popup come up unless you long press. Samsung should have enabled air command as a long press event.
"BK package disabler" app works fine with me. Im using Galaxy Tab 10.1 with S Pen. This app can disable only the air command feature while enabling other in-app functions that are using s pen button. The "Air Command" app is under the "System" tab in the app. No rooting required. One thing is you have to buy the app but the price is cheap and it is worth the money!
Dude, thanks
sepiabrown said:
"BK package disabler" app works fine with me. Im using Galaxy Tab 10.1 with S Pen. This app can disable only the air command feature while enabling other in-app functions that are using s pen button. The "Air Command" app is under the "System" tab in the app. No rooting required. One thing is you have to buy the app but the price is cheap and it is worth the money!
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I've been looking for an answer since ages, I've just made an account, so that I can thank you: THANK YOU.

Is there way to disable Spen button

This is absolutely annoying and hoping if there is a way to disable the double click function on Spen. Find when I writing notes my fat hands sometimes click the button on the Spen bring up the shortcut screen menu. Is it possible to disable this?
(edit: typo)
Any luck with this? I really like the tablet but I'm getting REALLY frustrated using the S-PEN because while I'm writing I inadvertently click the button and then a full page menu shows. Really wish I could disable this.
probably not the solution you're looking for, but I got around this by buying a different kind of spen that didn't have a button
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B077699C23/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I think to disable the button requires some rom or kernel level tweaks, so would need a DEV

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