[Q] Will a stylus for resistive touch screen work for defy?

sixaxis94 · Apr 15, 2012

I wanna get myself a stylus and the one that comes for the Nokia N97 looks sleek, and where I live, it comes at an equivalent $2 which is cheap

My question is, the touchscreen for the N97 is resistive, not capacitive (like in the Defy) so will this stylus work without problems on my phone?

oSandmaNo · Apr 15, 2012

Other than your finger or any other part of your body, nothing will work on capacitive screen.

sixaxis94 · Apr 15, 2012

kadavil said:
Other than your finger or any other part of your body, nothing will work on capacitive screen.

nope.. from what I've read, styli for capacitive touchscreens do exist

hackergnome · Apr 15, 2012

best an cheap stylus!!
a metal spoon!!! try it!!!

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heartreaper · Apr 16, 2012

been using my car key, just need to touch the metal part.

no fear, gorilla glas's here.

oSandmaNo · Apr 16, 2012

Yes but stylus for resistive screens dont work

and anything that can conduct electricity would work(as said before a metal spoon

)

sixaxis94 · Apr 16, 2012

Thanks a lot people.. You saved me 2 bucks

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hackergnome · Apr 16, 2012

Car keys don't work for me!? why?

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oSandmaNo · Apr 16, 2012

You are holding the rubber part of the car keys. Hold the metal part while touching and see..

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hackergnome · Apr 18, 2012

kadavil said:
You are holding the rubber part of the car keys. Hold the metal part while touching and see..

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m not dumb... I was holding the metal part...

apparently shard object don't work... like a metal pen...

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chachoi · Apr 18, 2012

maybe the stylus of samsung galaxy note will?

mohammede · Apr 18, 2012

I brought the below, and the stylus works great with my Defy.
Not had any problems...... yet

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220919431867?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

yasir777 · Apr 20, 2012

Well , You cant use that stylus for capacitive TCs ! But there are many styluses available which have some rubbery stuff at their end ! try Dinodirect.com , They have alot of those styluses !

cerber@ · May 3, 2012

100% no! You need a capacitive stylus which is usually a metallic body and a rubbery tip. Resistive stylus could be anything which you can apply pressure with.

Sainyam · May 3, 2012

cerber@ said:
100% no! You need a capacitive stylus which is usually a metallic body and a rubbery tip. Resistive stylus could be anything which you can apply pressure with.

You can always create a stylus using antistatic paper ..
all you have to do is to tie antistatic paper on the tip of anything. and it will work like any other stylus..

vrl13 · May 11, 2012

happy accident

Just by accident i unlocked my MB526 Defy+ with a can of Pepsi

)

Perfect proof that Metall (still) Rulz!

tothezenith · May 31, 2012

Sainyam said:
You can always create a stylus using antistatic paper ..
all you have to do is to tie antistatic paper on the tip of anything. and it will work like any other stylus..

^^ditto what I do too, bit of sticky tape on one of my old stylus from an imate jasjam

kherzad · Jun 2, 2012

kadavil said:
Other than your finger or any other part of your body, nothing will work on capacitive screen.

as they have mentioned, yes you can use stylus.
But it MUST be a C class stylus. No other kind will work.
BTW as far as I know, the S-Pen (stylus from the Galaxy Note) is NOT a capacitive stylus so... i think it doesn´t works on any other smartphones, and neither it does on some tablets either.

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