Samsung Tablet and ExplorOz Traveller

Hello

Can't really help but have you tried claibrating the touch screen? This may of may not help.

Cheers
Greg

I have an S3 tablet, with no protective screen and have no difficulty opening symbols in EO Traveller with either digits or pen.
Drop the screen, see how you go.

I have an S2 tablet with a screen protector and have the same problem. (Finger only, no pen on the S2) Repeated taps eventually get the required response.

Try turning off Treks in the Overlays - that was EO's advice to me. It helped a bit on mine, but did not eliminate the problem.

No issues with other apps. I am reluctant to remove the screen protector as the numerous other apps I have don't exhibit the problem.

This issue with Traveller appeared with one of the upgrades but I cannot recall which one. I reported this as soon as I noticed it after the upgrade, so maybe D & M can backtrack emails to that date and software release
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But you're right. It is otherwise an excellent nav tool. I find it invaluable.

Cheers

Frank

Mepvic
I have a tablet but not a Samsung, however I use an S5 Samsung phone and it has a setting within the touch screen section which allows more sensitivity so the device can be used with gloves on, ie, less capacitive effect = more need for greater sensitivity.
Your tablet may have that too, and can be set to more sensitivity for the screen touch. If it has multiple settings, it may be set to Low instead of Normal. Whatever ever it has is worth a fiddle.
It may not be solely the screen protector either.
I don't know of your stature, but people of larger mass usually have no problems where those who are smaller and even a drier touch create less capacitive effect on the screen and seem to have greater problems. I have a friend who is petite and often has problems with an ipad touch operation, whereas , I am 100kg and have no trouble with exactly the same operation on the same device.
Even so I have Phat Phingers I suppose, and can make mistakes much better.

Is the touch screen issue only on the app keys mentioned . Do you have other screen touch issues on other apps ? Does it occur if you use your calculator ? If not it may not be a device issue. Personally I would start by clearing Dalvick cache with great care. Unistall EoTraveller, reboot device , reinstall EoTraveller.

Hi mepvic,

Recently, I bought a Samsung Tab A 10.1" T585 (Androud 6.0) from Kogan specifically for dash-mounting in vehicle with Tallon suction cup and frame, for use with Exploroz Traveller (Android version). Downloading the app was easy, maps literally took hours and many resets to load -- effect of huge files and lousy ADSL internet speed at home. The setup and private treks are now locked and loaded, ready to go, so far only trial runs around Brisbane but all good, Ali g the Darling River Run in May (if the river still exists!), then parts West.

I do find the Samsung tablet touchscreen fiddly to use -- so much so that I prefer to do all planning activities on a WIN10 x64 bit Microsoft Surface laptop at home even though this required purchase of an additional Windows licence for Exploroz Traveller -- plus the agony of downloading the maps again (but no additional map cost). I can then save Places/Waypoints, Treks etc on the Exploroz server then access and download them onto any licenced device, including the Samsung Android tablet. I had thought I would use the detachable Surface screen in the vehicle -- buuuut unlike a Samsung tablet, Surface has no internally installed GPS and so another gizmo would be required!

So much for the background.

I have experienced difficulty setting or opening Places or waypoints by touching them on my Samsung tablet screen. Some days are worse than others and it is worst on dry hot days. Sounds a bit primitive but I have found that a moist or licked fingertip works better than a dry finger so I suppose this indicates an improved capacitive effect?

I have looked in all the Settings on my Samsung tablet and I have yet to find any means of improving screen touch sensitivity. Sometimes the tablet requires a little time to respond after touching the screen. Occasionally I have noticed a similar reluctance on some applications (not Exploroz Traveller) on my Sansung S7 phone which also has no arrangement to vary screen sensitivity.

More internet research is required but my suspicions lie with the Samsung screen rather than the app.

One frustration I would note is that as I zoom in for close-up maps, the text in the labels of place names and road names actually reduce in size and are hard to read in a moving vehicle.

Comments from Michelle on all if the above would be welcome.

So there's a shared experience but I am not sure that it provides much help on your original question!

All that said, Exploroz Traveller is very, very useful -- strongly recommended.

Go wel!
IndroCruiser