Are Capacitive Button Sensitivities Adjustable?

[jfenton]

I just spoke with the advocate at my local friend corporate store.

He hasn't yet tried the GPS.

His comment along with some of the other store employees who have played with the phone in store is that they are disappointed with the response of the capacitive buttons, even when lit and that they frequently have to hit them several times to get them to work.

Please note that I have not personally tried them yet but these guys have always been rather straight shooters.

Therefore, my question becomes whether or not the sensitivity on these might somehow be adjustable? I do realize it's easy to change the length of time which they are lit.

Thoughts (other than you don't think this is a real issue).

Thanks!

 

[caliskimmer]

The problem isn't the sensitivity, but the placement of the touch area. However, the whole area on the bottom SHOULD be capacitative, which means a simple update would solve the problem.

 

[cr3amy]

Check out this thread for the Captivate. Dude gives advice to make sure the buttons register a touch.

 

[liquidxit2]

Sadly, IMHO, thats the nature of capacitive buttons and why Ill ALWAYS prefer hard buttons. The capacitive buttons on my XPS laptop and the ones on my moment are just like what you described a PITA sometimes. Most times they are OK but others they can be a PITA! Plus the amount of times I have accidentally hit one and screwed something up is nothing short of frustrating. But since this is the trend for so many mobile devices these days I will just have to deal with it.

 

[jfenton]

Excellent link cr3amy!

 

[drizek]

If they are as bad as the intercept, I will return it. Seriously.

Sent From My Samsung Intercept

 

[caliskimmer]

Check out this thread for the Captivate. Dude gives advice to make sure the buttons register a touch.

Dang, I read that thread the first day it came out, but I completely forgot about it. Thanks Cr3amy for bringing it up!

 

[cr3amy]

Excellent link cr3amy!

Dang, I read that thread the first day it came out, but I completely forgot about it. Thanks Cr3amy for bringing it up!

No problem, guys. I'm glad I found it.

Sadly, IMHO, thats the nature of capacitive buttons and why Ill ALWAYS prefer hard buttons. The capacitive buttons on my XPS laptop and the ones on my moment are just like what you described a PITA sometimes. Most times they are OK but others they can be a PITA! Plus the amount of times I have accidentally hit one and screwed something up is nothing short of frustrating. But since this is the trend for so many mobile devices these days I will just have to deal with it.

I *completely* agree. I don't know what the hell is wrong with physical buttons.

Touch-screen buttons are less physically stimulating to senses than real buttons. I mean, they needed to add haptic feedback to capacitative buttons so that you actually know you hit it. What the hell was wrong with a real button? They click! You know you hit the button if it clicks!

Seriously, I'm not trying to rant here. What actually is the benefit to capacitative buttons besides making the entire face of the phone flush?

 

[caliskimmer]

Sadly, IMHO, thats the nature of capacitive buttons and why Ill ALWAYS prefer hard buttons. The capacitive buttons on my XPS laptop and the ones on my moment are just like what you described a PITA sometimes. Most times they are OK but others they can be a PITA! Plus the amount of times I have accidentally hit one and screwed something up is nothing short of frustrating. But since this is the trend for so many mobile devices these days I will just have to deal with it.

I'm 100% agree with you. I'm happy they took out the capacitative buttons on my PS3 and replaced it with hard buttons. So much easier to just press the button! Unfortunately, my blu-ray player is all capacitative buttons.

 

[caliskimmer]

Hold on, is this problem apparent in the Vibrant as well?

 

[caliskimmer]

Not sure. Supposedly is it common across all Galaxy S phones, but you'll want to ask to be sure.

Wow, I must be the luckiest person alive when it comes to the Galaxy S phones I guess. Checked out the Vibrant and guess what? No capacitive touch problems, NOT ONE. I'm not joking or exaggerating either. I don't get it, am I getting to use the only non-plagued Galaxy S phone out there? There was considerable OS lag and it froze on me for about 20 seconds, but when the OS was working, the buttons worked fine. Interesting. I would like to try the Captivate now or the Epic I'm getting in 7 days.

 

[drizek]

I tried it on the Captivate. It works, but... you still have to press hard when swiping down. Basically, this is a way of making your finger go across the surface. While it increases how often it registers a press it is still not foolproof or 100%. It still registers much less often than the EVO. That's why I took the Captivate back in large part. I am going to give the Epic a try, but this is my major hangup about the Galaxy S. It can truly drive you crazy.

The epic has the buttons on the keyboard, so that night ease the pain a bit.


Sent From My Samsung Intercept

 

[caliskimmer]

I was doing some research on this capacitive touch problem everyone's having, but it's not the buttons that are unresponsive (at least in the reviews), it's just that switching screens takes longer than on other phones like the EVO. People just assume that it will respond immediately and tend to tap it more than once and when they say it responds, it's only because the phone was halfway into the process anyways. Note that I got this all from reviews and one personal experience from using the Vibrant. Other people could have different experiences, so I can't really speak for them.

 

[drizek]

Double post, actually caused by the laggy back button on my intercept.

I could podt on precentral just fine on webos, but if I didn't have tapatalk on this thing it would be a total brick.

 

[drizek]

I was doing some research on this capacitive touch problem everyone's having, but it's not the buttons that are unresponsive (at least in the reviews), it's just that switching screens takes longer than on other phones like the EVO. People just assume that it will respond immediately and tend to tap it more than once and when they say it responds, it's only because the phone was halfway into the process anyways. Note that I got this all from reviews and one personal experience from using the Vibrant. Other people could have different experiences, so I can't really speak for them.

This has been my experience with the intercept. The phone lag seems to be the major issue. Again, if the epic lags even close to as badly, I just will not put up with it. The user experience is absolutely horrible.

Sent From My Samsung Intercept

 

[caliskimmer]

This has been my experience with the intercept. The phone lag seems to be the major issue. Again, if the epic lags even close to as badly, I just will not put up with it. The user experience is absolutely horrible.

Sent From My Samsung Intercept

check out the Phonedog unboxing. The buttons respond to his first touch and has absolutely no lag.

 

[dcvanderbush]

I *completely* agree. I don't know what the hell is wrong with physical buttons.

Moving parts = failure...

Moving parts on the most used buttons on the phone... I guess that doesn't bode well for the sliding mechanism or the keyboard huh... dang, arguing against my own rebuttal.

 

[cr3amy]

Moving parts = failure...

Moving parts on the most used buttons on the phone... I guess that doesn't bode well for the sliding mechanism or the keyboard huh... dang, arguing against my own rebuttal.

On my G1, about the only things that work as they should are the physical buttons, the keyboard, and the sliding mechanism. Oh, and the vibration thing-ma-jig (when my phone actually remembers to make it vibrate)

 

[ragnarokx]

Are there any apps out that let you reassign buttons? That could help a lot.

 

[caliskimmer]

The Epic isn't having problems with buttons in the video reviews with it.