Recent issues about the Samsung Galaxy Note 5's S-Pen prompted the giant tech company to address the problem and release an update for the said issue. According to the GSM Arena, issues about the S-Pen being inserted backwards causes the S-Pen to break its detection mechanism.

According to the publication, other than Samsung's previous answer to the problem, which is to provide special tools to service centers in order to extract the S-Pen, their latest update will eventually allow the users to fix the issue by themselves.

Note that previously, fixing the problem without the help of Samsung's service centers literally destroyed the S-Pen's ability to detect. Thus, making it incapable of performing other tasks for the Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Now, it has been revealed that all new and upcoming Galaxy Note 5 in the market will be fully equipped with what the company calls as the FailSafe mechanism. This allows the user to safely extract the S-Pen in case it gets stuck when inserted the wrong way.

Samsung did not make an elaborate announcement of the new feature but has adopted the new concept to its upcoming releases.

 

The issue of the S-Pen losing its detection mechanism surfaced when people started putting their S-Pen backwards in its place. Though it may not have been deliberately done, according to GSM Arena, there are cases when it just can't be prevented.

The trouble begins when a user tries to extract the S-Pen without actually bringing the device to an authorized service center. As another GSM Arena report describes it, the S-Pen is strategically designed to fit the slot either way, but putting it backwards, even though it fits, allows the whole S-Pen to slide inside, making it very difficult to extract. Samsung has since addressed the issue and updated their latest models.

According to the outlet, the previous versions of the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 who encountered the problem may have to bring their devices to service centers as they currently don't have the FailSafe mechanism. Despite the manual warning to users to not put the S-Pen backwards, many still accidentally do it.

Samsung's manual warned its users to be careful but did not offer any help if it comes to that. GSM Arena also implied that by putting that on the manual means that the company is aware of the problem and should have addressed the issue by redesigning the S-pen before it's too late.

What do you think of Samsung's latest fix on the S-Pen?