Oct262012

How do I use a stylus with my Android 4.0 device’s capacitive touchscreen?

Dr.Sunil Vaswani asks:

I know that resistive touchscreen technology is usually stylus compatible, but how do I enable stylus compatibility on a capacitive Android device running Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich?


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Yiz Borol

October 26, 2012

With capacitive touch you need a stylus that can carry charge on the end, amazon offers one. Here’s a guide to good capacitive styluses: http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/10/2925937/best-stylus-ipad-review

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Kannon Y

October 26, 2012

It’s extremely easy to make your own capacitive stylus with materials hanging around the house, for nearly free!

http://howto.cnet.com/2300-11310_39-10009342.html

There’s actually a lot of ways to do it, but Cnet had the best pictures.

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susendeep dutta

October 26, 2012
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ha14

October 26, 2012

Capacitive Stylus Review: Three Way Shootout!
http://droid-den.com/accessory-reviews/capacitive-stylus-review-three-way-shootout/

Capacitive touch screens vary a lot. some easily works others gives hard time. Testing needed.

Capacitive sensing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_sensing

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Reý Aetar

October 26, 2012

youtube has videos for making your own stylus regular ones cant be used

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Jeremiah Iliffe

October 28, 2012

You need to but a capacitive stylus or follow this http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-build-your-own-tablet-stylus/. There is no real setting to enable, just use the stylus like you would use your finger

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Patrick Jackson

October 29, 2012

MUO has an article on how to make your own stylus to be usable in capacitive screens too! Go and search!

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Austen Gause

November 21, 2012

what kind of phone do you have because almost all phones have different capacitive touchscreens

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Adriel Tan

December 6, 2012

You can either buy a capacitive touchscreen pen, or make one yourself (lots of DIY methods can be found online). They are pretty cheap and basically just transmit electrical signals from your hand fingers to the touchscreen.

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Austen Gause

December 13, 2012

you need to have something that will transmit an electric charge through your hand onto the screen a pen or a ds stylus will not work

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Dustin

January 10, 2013

either end of a battery (even if it’s practically empty) , which will work even if it’s not touching your skin (It has it’s own capacitive energy. thus great for an outdoor stylus while wearing gloves…tape it to a stick/pen for a longer reach…