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    S-Pen insertion not recognized unless I press very hard.

    Thanks. In the end I wound up peeling the back cover off. In this video you can see a black rubber pad above the S-Pen sensor, mine was missing. I suppose that after a screen replacement last year the tech forgot to put it back. So I put a sponge there, and now the sensor works a little better...
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    S-Pen insertion not recognized unless I press very hard.

    Recently my Note 10 Lite stopped recognizing the S-Pen when I insert it, unless I press very hard. Only when using much force to insert the pen, well after it is seated at the proper depth, does the phone give the small vibration notice that the S-Pen is in place. I've taped a cotton swab to a...
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    Is it worth buying the Samsung Galaxy note 10 in 2022?

    After considering a bunch of phones, my daughter just upgraded to a Note 10 Lite last month. It's by far the best phone for the money. The camera is excellent, not as good as a Pixel, but almost as good and the phone is one third the price of a Pixel. Everything else is exactly on par with the...
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    Note 10 plus is too good.

    As much as I agree with you, there is a solution to the problem of not enough space on the device. I wrote an adb script to move the photos to my computer periodically. So maybe once a month or two I move the photos from my device (Yes, still the Note 10) but I don't have to fiddle with the SD...
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    Lock screen that shows the pattern immediately without swipe.

    > Display contacts , No not with today's Andriod security. Thank you. I found that if I add a contact to the In Case of Emergency category then I can add it to the lockscreen emergency contacts and dial it without unlocking. > Have you tried just pattern without biometric? Yes, I do currently...
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    Lock screen that shows the pattern immediately without swipe.

    Thank you for the warning. Orthogonal to the issue of Samsung phones having a bug in not recognizing the lock pattern, are there and alternative lockscreens that display the lock pattern on device wake, without requiring a swipe? Are there any lockscreens that can display contacts for quick...
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    Lock screen that shows the pattern immediately without swipe.

    Thank you for the warning. I am not using biometric. I would appreciate links to the issue with the pattern lockouts as I've been using the pattern for years without issue. I will try the biometric on this Note 10 Lite device, though my previous experience on lesser hardware has been poor. In...