Things you've discovered on Note 8?

[king]

I have an older (2009) Lenovo ThinkPad laptop with a digitized pad and accompanying stylus. My N8 stylus works on my laptop and the N8 stylus works on the laptop, button included. You can tell, however, that the N8 stylus is more accurate. I guess that proves that compatible technology has been around for awhile now but it's apparent that the stylus resolution is much improved. Although compatible, I'll stick with the Staedtler Noris Digital Samsung Pencil if I want to use a different stylus.

 

[dov1978]

Mine doesn't. They are two different technologies.

Mine is an older Surface Pro 2 with the Wacom pen. It only works on the Note 8 if you remove the S-Pen first as this activates the pen input

 

[andytiedye]

Mine is an older Surface Pro 2 with the Wacom pen. It only works on the Note 8 if you remove the S-Pen first as this activates the pen input

Turn off "power saving" for the S-Pen to avoid having to do this.

 

[Deke218]

Just discovered you can record any app on your screen by switching on Game Mode.

https://youtu.be/i-9Aoh0kjfQ

 

[44pirate]

Just discovered you can record any app on your screen by switching on Game Mode.

https://youtu.be/i-9Aoh0kjfQ

Not on Verizon.

 

[Deke218]

Is the T-Mobile Note 8 the only one that seems to have all the bells and whistles working?

 

[Meshe78]

Not on Verizon.

us on Verizon has to do it different by adding the app we want to record in the Game Launcher and record it that way

 

[dov1978]

Is the T-Mobile Note 8 the only one that seems to have all the bells and whistles working?

Or us that have unlocked versions

 

[French]

Or us that have unlocked versions

Well I can't get wifi calling to work w my Verizon SIM on my unlocked note 8

 

[dov1978]

Well I can't get wifi calling to work w my Verizon SIM on my unlocked note 8

That is one of the downsides to unlocked handsets. The way most people get around that is to flash your carriers official firmware from SamMobile using Odin to do so. That will then give you the features like WiFi Calling and VoLTE etc

 

[French]

That is one of the downsides to unlocked handsets. The way most people get around that is to flash your carriers official firmware from SamMobile using Odin to do so. That will then give you the features like WiFi Calling and VoLTE etc

Not sure I'm ready to go there yet...but doesn't that also open up all the bloatware and things going away? I'll probably wait and see what Oreo brings. Other than the wifi calling I'm not missing anything. In fact, you mentioned VoLTE...I think I have that turned on and it sounds like it's working...

 

[j_hansen]

have you checked if you can enable it in IMS settings?

 

[Bricorn]

Just spent about 6 hours going through this thread. Learned a few things. Changed a few things. Changed some back - which took longer!

Great thread, should be required reading for new Note 8 keepers owners.

 

[Jewels81]

Just spent about 6 hours going through this thread. Learned a few things. Changed a few things. Changed some back - which took longer!

Great thread, should be required reading for new Note 8 keepers owners.

I agree. And lol. Yeah some topics can seem like you are reading a book but it can be worth it

 

[Spencurious]

Discovered from another thread in this forum that touching and holding the focus point on the screen when taking a photo will lock exposure and focus. Very handy!

 

[amyf27]

I'm willing to wait for Oreo to make sure it's ready for the Note 8. I just got a replacement Note 8 a few days back so I'm in no hurry-enjoying that this one is working as it should.

 

[chris_t]

I've installed Microsoft Launcher, ran it once and then returned to the stock launcher. The next day, surprise! My wallpaper has automatically changed to the Bing Picture of the Day.

Perfect!

 

[WeAreAllUnique]

I've installed Microsoft Launcher, ran it once and then returned to the stock launcher. The next day, surprise! My wallpaper has automatically changed to the Bing Picture of the Day.

Perfect!

What didn't you like about the Microsoft launcher?

 

[chris_t]

I really liked it, but there were a couple of busy days and I had no time to set it up. Therefore, I couldn't find anything on my phone

Anyway, since I'm a fan of MS services and use OneDrive, OneNote, Office 365 and the PC version of Outlook on daily basis, it's only a matter of time since ML will become my main launcher.

 

[Doug Moffat]

You can resurrect Scrapbook by downloading from Galaxy apps provided you saved prior cuttings in Samsung cloud. Eliminate the wifi requirement and it will immediately populate your app. I thought I had lost Scrapbook on my Note 8...much relief.