s pen settings

**keithb2real** · 01-06-2013, 12:09 PM

So I downloaded the note 2 user digest the other night and was going through it. I came upon the song where if your s pen is it off range of the phone, your phone will alert you. Well after s few attempts with no success I grief to go to settings and switch my s pen settings and could not find s pen settings. Anyone else experience this or know how to find s pen settings?

**rkeenan** · 01-06-2013, 12:41 PM

Go to Settings > S Pen > and make sure the option that says "S Pen Keeper" is checked.

**rkeenan** · 01-06-2013, 12:43 PM

S Pen setting is near the bottom of the settings menu. You have to scroll down to get to it.

**keithb2real** · 01-06-2013, 12:55 PM

Lol I know not there im going to do a reset and see if that helps

**bclinger#IM** · 01-06-2013, 12:58 PM

I never got it to work.

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**rkeenan** · 01-06-2013, 01:06 PM

Mine works after being more than 10 feet away from the pen

**corymcnutt** · 01-06-2013, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by Benji

I never got it to work.

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Mine worked ONE time and that was it...and only AFTER I slapped the pen on a table...before that it never worked. Apparently it works for most people or else there would be a lot of rumblings about it. I posted that mine didn't work weeks ago and everyone just told me how to turn it on; but mine has been checked from day one. It's a great feature, I just wish it would work!

**bclinger#IM** · 01-07-2013, 02:35 AM

Finally got it to work. It wants to do lots of walking or swinging (now, now) before it goes off.

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**acefutura** · 01-07-2013, 10:06 AM

Mines not working either. S Pen Keeper is checked ? Is there anything else to do ? Im near sure it did work before.

**corymcnutt** · 01-07-2013, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by acefutura

Mines not working either. S Pen Keeper is checked ? Is there anything else to do ? Im near sure it did work before.

Not that I know of...it is a GREAT feature, and almost a necessary one; I'd hate to leave my S-Pen laying around somewhere and walk off. It seems like most people haven't tried it yet, and when they do, it doesn't work...is this a Verizon or Samsung issue?

**1812dave** · 01-07-2013, 10:48 AM

Mine works fine, within the same room. I haven't measured the distance, but it definitely works when I'm ROUGHLY 12 feet away. I didn't get out a tape measure,.

**corymcnutt** · 01-07-2013, 11:00 AM

I just tried mine again...this time I shook it and it came on? That is so strange. Dave's works...try your wife's and see if her's works as well; that is, if she lets you use hers, ha!

**cobaltmarie** · 01-07-2013, 11:03 AM

I had the same issue and did some dogging around the forums. It turns out that this feature is not what most believe it is - it's not a proximity sensor.

When it is enabled it simply calculates that if the phone is jostled around and the s-pen is not inserted that you are picking up the phone and leaving the stylus behind.

Try picking up your phone and shaking it a little without the s-pen inserted and it should trigger it if the alert is enabled.

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**acefutura** · 01-07-2013, 12:00 PM

My luck still dont work.

**acefutura** · 01-07-2013, 12:24 PM

YES Got it working after watching this clip on You Tube ! I did not know the screen had to be off to work ???? Silly Me

**corymcnutt** · 01-07-2013, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by corymcnutt

I just tried mine again...this time I shook it and it came on? That is so strange. Dave's works...try your wife's and see if her's works as well; that is, if she lets you use hers, ha!

Ok, tried it again and it did not work, even shaking it...

**keithb2real** · 01-07-2013, 02:30 PM

Yeah finally fixed restart and boom note is flawlessly.

**corymcnutt** · 01-07-2013, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by acefutura

YES Got it working after watching this clip on You Tube ! I did not know the screen had to be off to work ???? Silly Me

My screen was off when I "shook" it...definitely should be a prox device...you could easily leave it and walk off, the way it sometimes works now.

**corymcnutt** · 01-07-2013, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by keithb2real

Yeah finally fixed restart and boom note is flawlessly.

What happens when you do a reset? DO you lose all of your settings?

**keithb2real** · 01-21-2013, 10:15 AM

oops im sorry for late response but yeah all of my settings were gone afterwards.

**karsdroid** · 01-21-2013, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by cobaltmarie

I had the same issue and did some dogging around the forums. It turns out that this feature is not what most believe it is - it's not a proximity sensor.

When it is enabled it simply calculates that if the phone is jostled around and the s-pen is not inserted that you are picking up the phone and leaving the stylus behind.

Try picking up your phone and shaking it a little without the s-pen inserted and it should trigger it if the alert is enabled.

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that does not make mine go off....i have to walk away quite a ways before it goes off...