Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
 

I can confirm that it gets hot, especially while playing flash videos in browser

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
 

No sweat, hopefully you'll (safely) tip-toe Android and make your device the way you want to interact with it. Not Google's or Samsung's or Apple's way.

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EEEk. Just found out today plants vs Zombies won't work on ICS. That's a deal breaker I'm afraid. Must go find a GB rom. lol

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Just found this over at xda. Will give this a go and see how it goes then report back.:

"Try the instructions below, fixed my deep sleep problem(thanks to Mister Jozo)

0.go to settings > sound and turn off touch sounds and screen lock sounds

These steps stop the kernel wakelock 100% problem:

1.turn on aeroplane mode
2.turn off device
3.take out battery for 10 seconds
4.turn on device
5.wait for everything to load
6.turn off aeroplane mode
"

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Sorry. I got fed up with my son not being able to plan plants vs zombies and decided to try the speedmod kernel. It's supposed to be 'safe' and it 'sounds' fast ( lol). So I incurred the dreaded triangle and did it. Went painlessly and now plants/zombies works. Weird huh?
So I'll see how the battery does on this. THEN I'll give that trick a go. honest:)
Anyone else could have a go at it too. Just tell us all if it works:)

I'm actually not 100% convinced my phone was 100% 'normal' after what I went through with the ICS update anyway, so there may have been some kind of kernel/rom conflict going on all along anyway. I dunno. Good luck everyone on getting it how you want it.

EDIT: OK So apparently I am the last person on the earth to know that plants vs zombies doesn't work on ICS and everyone knows all about it already:) It will work for a few minutes sometimes and then just freeze.

On another note since running speedmod today the battery seems to be going down slightly faster when data turned off (maybe half a percent more per hour) and since turning data on it's not going down by much different to that. A HUGE improvement with the data on, almost as comparible with GB. Of course that's just one day of 'testing'. This might be of no use to anyone else, but on the other hand it might be of some use to one or 2 people out there who might get a battery improvement from speedmod. I will do one more day of extensive research in the field of mobile science before doing the fiddle from my previous post and see if it really does make any difference. I'll probably stick with ICS long term if the battery settles down. I'll find my son another game he can play. On the other hand it might stop him stealing it if I tell him there's no games to play on it anymore hehe:) :D

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What are people using on their Note's as a media player?

Getting frustrated trying to find one which has similar functionality to the N900 OMP.

Looking for one with last.fm scrobbling, UPNP, and quick library shuffle/random play, and internet radio

So far tried a few including:
std touchwiz player - Ok, but shuffle is a pain, and doesn't do upnp
BubbleUPNP - Ok, best so far, but the random play is a bit slow setting up the playlist
Doubletwist - Looks Ok, but doesnt do unpnp as it has it's own airtwist.

The N900 player is simple, elegant and works. This is a combination omething which none of the Android players seem to have matched yet.

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Hey guys,

When I connected my galaxy note to pc KIES, an update occurred , it says :
Current firmware version: PDA:LPY /PHONE: LPT / CSC:LPY (DBT)
Latest firmware version: PDA: LRG / PHONE LRB/ CSC:LRG (DBT)

Does this mean that the ICS 4.04 is released? And does this mean that the superbrick is solved in ICS 4.04?

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Dunno about superbrick, but I did read that 4.04 is out and being rolled out right now. I might give it a go, as the speedmod kernel, although slightly bette,r still gives rubbish battery life on stock 4.0.3 ROM. Left data on all day today and the same scenario occurred where the battery just drained like a drainy thing. Slightly better than with stock kernel/stock ROM but not a lot of difference really. I haven't tried the fiddle with airplain mode yet. Will try it tomorrow and see if it really works, or even makes any sort of difference at all . By the weekend there might be reports of being having bricks from updating to 4.04, OR people saying "wow this is great, the battery lasts for a whole year".

So, anyway, where do I go to collect my Nobel Prize for research in the field of mobile phones?
...................Or do I have to wait until they contact me?

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4.0.4 at least in my hands consumes much less battery. For first time I'm browsing with battery saving off.
Then, unfortunately, there is the brick bug.... And unfortunately no third party kernel is 100% functioning with 4.0.4 (i.e. SpeedMod up to 3-7 has no Bluetooth)

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I'm using Rockbox - It's free, open and simple interface, yet very functional. The only downside it can't stream (at least for now) and no AAC playback support.
You can try Neutron player which irons the former's cons but it's not free. You may buy it or look for a cr@ck.

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Is it only bluetooth that's not working correctly? Or are there other functions?

I've been considering whether to try it out. I might have found a "safe" method I think. I've downloaded 4.0.4, extracted the zip, extracted the tar file. Inside this Russian doll is the Zimage. Beware as 'ere be dragons. Possible brick bug zimage.

What I want to do is take out this Zimage then re-zip back up, then boot to CWM and flash the zip.

What I don't know is; do I have replace this zimage with the zimage of the kernel I want? The "safe" kernel ( currently I'm using speedmod) could be put in there as replacement before zipping back up.

OR Is it possible to just delete the the zimage without having to replace it with anything. Will that work or will it make the flash process break?

The idea of this would be to always keep a "safe" kernel that shouldn't brick your device due to the emmc bug but you could still flash any old rom you like by replacing/deleting the zimage.

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Gave that a go last night and I must not be doing something right. Either I need to re-zip it differently or I need to use something other than CWM (mobile odin?) because it's just aborting before it actually starts flashing anything.
Suppose I could always flash the separate elements on pc odin?

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I would more easily use Mobile Odin Pro, first select the full LRG firmware, then before flashing select another kernel (at present best choice is CfRoot LRG kernel which has not brick bug but has CWM, and for the remaining part is stock), then select everroot, inject su, inject mobile odin pro, then flash all the stuff.
And you're done, LRG firmware with safe kernel, root and whatever.

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
 

Hi, I am trying to find something like N900 auto disconnect on note but I cannot find one. I do find few apps which can disconnect from WIFI on out of range but I need a apps just like auto disconnect which can monitor the ideal time of WIFI, 3g and bluetooth - timeout the connection. I am forgetting to close the connection which drains my battery and increase my data pack cost. please suggest some solutions.

Thanks !!!

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
 

There are plenty. Juice defender?

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Thanks, let me try it but I think Juice defender has option to turn off wifi only if the device is out of range. I need some app to check the ideal time the connection.

Thanks!!!

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Select custom power saving mode from settings and just tick turn off wifi when not connected.will that do what you want? Is the option for connected to wifi actually, Or does it mean not connected to charger? It doesn't really say.worth a try though.

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After trying different combination of settings, I got the right combination successful with advance settings option in JuiceDefender app:

Control: Wifi (Preferred, auto disable), AutoSync(Ping)
Bluetooth: Disable 5m, Enable on changer
Schedules: Schedule 2h
Trigger: Traffic 100KB/30s

Thanks for all the help :) !!!

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In the past few minutes Hardcore made available his latest SpeedMod kernel, which works well with latest ics 4.0.4.
Great speed and smoothness!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=28909993
Go test it...

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I haven't tested the new 4.0.4 roms and kernels but people are saying:
- smoother
- much more battery life
- less stability issues
- Bluetooth working

Looks like Samsung has caught up to the AOSP ROMs and I might actually make the jump back for S Pen, MHL and OTG functions.

I don't condone Thor kernel anymore, he's made no contribution to ICS development and the other kernels are now as good or better than his. Try these ultimate combinations!!

ANiDroid Kernel with:
-ICStunner v1.6.26
-AOKP build 41 (milestone 6)
-ParanoidAndroid v0.5

GL_NOTECORE v4 Kernel with:
-LiquidSmooth V3.0 (m3ddog's not firas)
-Samsung xxLRG

SpeedMod K3-9 Kernel with:
-LiquidSmooth V3.0 (m3ddog's not firas)
-Samsung xxLRG

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I've been researching about the best governors and io schedulers for the NOTE and the majority agree that...

The best governors are:
1) Pegasusq
2) Lulzactive
3) SmartassV2
4) Ondemand
5) Hotplug
6) Interactive
... and the rest.

And for IO Scheduler:
1) VR
2) CFQ
3) SIO

The TRUTH I found was a much more muddy view. And straight from recognized kernel and governor developers, they've all confirmed that the marketing and benchmarking above doesn't correlate with actual performance and battery life. This is because this is a
new generation of smartphones, gone are the restraints of *Slow* Single-core processors, with ample RAM, on the old 2.2 - 3.2 kernel builds.

We now posses larger batteries, new Android (4.03/ 4.04/ 4.1/ 4.11) kernel, 1GB RAM and *Fast* Dual Cores. The problems of yesteryears hardware and software don't apply, so our solution should be different too. In fact they recommend...

The best governors are:
1) InteractiveX2
2) HotplugX
3) Ondemand
... then lulzactive ~ pegasusq >>> smartassV2

And for IO Schedulers:
1) SIO
... then the rest

The best practice would be to use developer recommended governors and sio scheduler, for an extensive period (1-2 days) of testing. Once you discover what works best for you, you can go further with Voltage Control tweaking. For instance, UC your lowest frequency, OC your highest frequency and UV each step to the STABILITY NEEDS of your device.

Each unit is UNIQUE, and by this procedure we can extend battery life by another 1-1.5hour per cycle, while maintaining or increasing performance.

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I'm losing battry faster now after upgrade to 4.0.4, I'm using swiftkey. Anyone have any solid lead if swiftkey sucking battary power like crazy?

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Thanks for the info. I always find your posts quite helpful. I guess I'm a bit conservative trying out these mods. I currently have ics 4.0.4, rooted, a bunch of applications, ubuntu 12.04 and a few other programs that require root. My impression is that, as is, the G Note is very responsive, smooth and it has become quite useful for many of the every day things I do. As a result, I'm a little reluctant to change it much more other than adding some new program. So what are the compelling arguments for adopting these kernals? Is there a video that shows the Galaxy Note with SpeedMod in full glory. I kind of went though this same thing with the N900 and didn't try, for example CSSU until I bought another to play with. Anyways, what is all the fun I'm missing when by not using these kernals? I await to bask in the radiance of your great knowledge. Anyone else is welcome to chime in as well!

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SpeedMod K3-9 = latest Samsung 4.0.4 kernel (-) MMC_CAP_ERASE (+) r00t (+) custom recovery
So SpeedMod is a *safe* kernel, and is developer ready.

The kernels you meant to ask about are the "AOSP" kernels. They're pretty much a new, entire kernel built from scratch using code from different sources. They are always inferior to OEM kernels in terms of stability, battery life, performance and features. However, as development proceeds it gets the missing features and more, gets more stable, more smooth and saves more battery... becomes and overall more efficient kernel. And they support third-party [ROMs] that have more customizations/features than OEM Roms.

If you have to ask "is it worth it" then you've answered your own question. Until you ask "I need this feature" or "how do I do this", then you might begin to investigate and understand a little further, changing your question into "how can I flash it" and "when will it be ready".

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
 

Thanks for the information. I stumbled upon this thread

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1673072

which has all the details concerning SpeedMod. Many tweaks and performance improvements. To use this kernal do you need to first downgrade to gingerbread to avoid the EMMC hardbrick bug? Or can you start form ics 4.04?

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
 

As far as I understand, provided you do not issue any wipe command, you can safely overwrite a kernel. I routinely.use Mobile Odin Pro for that.
On my device, I installed 4.0.4 stock German LRG upon 4.0.3 with SpeedMod, after wiping cache and Dalvik cache while still in SpeedMod kernel, which is safe.
Then CfRoot kernel over 4.0.4 stock kernel (which is unsafe, but since I didn't wipe there was no risk).
Then, lastly, SpeedMod k3-9 over CfRoot.

SpeedMod seems notably quicker than CfRoot out stock... When I have my inlaw Note available, which is 4.0.4 with CfRoot, I'll try a head-to-had comparison.

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Thanks! I'd be quite interested in the comparison. Good if it is right from a fresh boot up or restart.

In an earlier post there was interest in connecting/disconnecting WIFI based on location. Anyone ever play with "Tasker". It looks a little complicated but seems to give you many options for controling device.

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Some leaks online, looks like the NOTE 2 will be:

- officially revealed in 15th August
- available (international) in September-October period
- codename GT-N7100
- Android 4.0.4 with TouchWizz 5
- Have the same SoC as the SGS3 (Exynos 4412)
- Slightly overclocked cpu (1.6GHz) and gpu (Mali-400)
- Larger 2GB RAM

- Super Amoled Plus tech (not PenTile)
- 1280 x 720 resolution
- On-screen Navigation Buttons
- Slightly larger 5.5inch display
- Slightly Wider, Thinner, about the same Height.
- 12MP camera
- NFC
- Possibly bigger battery (between 2500 and 3200mAh)

... it's more like a NOTE1.5 or SGS 3.5 than anything else. I think its safe to "pass" on this, if you have the original NOTE.
This revelation isn't a shock to me, but a big disappointment since I was hoping for a genuine NOTE 2:
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/1540/note2c.jpg

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
 

What, non even shipping with Jelly Bean ? Is this a joke or something ? I'll stick with my 4.04 NOTE-1 then :-)

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Hmmm... Some of these specs don't seem so bad to me. 2GB RAM (will help with multitasking), 12MP Camera (I know you need to consider other factors besides MP but it could be helpful) Quad core CPU, 5.5 inch screen (probably to accommodate home button), a little thinner, better battery. I like it. It would be disappointing if it doesn't come with Jelly bean. What do you think is better: super amoled plus tech with 1280x720 or 1280x800 pentile? As a workhorse device that could be used with docking station it might be quite good. I would say its rather a NOTE1.8. 1.5 seems a bit too low! Anyways, it's perhaps a little premature to know what its true specs are but it is fun to speculate!

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It seems better in every way.... but only marginally.
720p SAMOLED+ >> 800p SAMOLED

The only thing bugging me is the "pebble" styling, and that its going to be wider. The NOTE is perfect width as is, going wider would make it harder to pocket and hold. And if I wanted to put a case on it, it becomes even more so difficult. And for me the case is not debatable, I need the kickstand on the rear.

The extra screen estate is okay, its just the physical dimensions that put me off.
I'll see how my custom 4.0.4 Note stacks up to this.

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the latest Firefox Beta is great on the Note; this is the first time I'm thinking to use it as default browser, instead of Dolphin. Starts quick, works quick and has perfect column enlarging.
The only annoyance is setting cursor in textarea input fields (I cannot avoid selecting whole words, and find next to impossible to position between two words).

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
 

Indeed, very usable and a definite improvement on all previous mobile FF versions (including Maemo :-).

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Well, I would agree that many of the changes are incremental, (except some things like doubling RAM and going to quad core). Perhaps another way to look at it is that they are building on success! I'm also not so thrilled with the "pebble" styling. Hope they don't go that route.

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I hope the Galaxy Note II won't have the cheap plastic feel that the Galaxy S III supposedly has. . . :confused:

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oIts to early to tell but my guess is that that they will look almost the same. Like sgnote and sgs2 did.

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^Now you've got 2x Thanks ;)

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Don't know why, I get a feeling that all Samsung phones are built out of cheap plastic :( Build quality is pathetic :( I do not find them appealing :(

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I saw a GS3 drop test video, it was pretty brutal to watch what happens when Samsung's 'cheap' plastic falls 4-5 ft. :eek: A few feet more and I think the phone would've broken in half like a candy bar. Not that I'm one to drop phones/electronics it still bothers me to know how minimal of a beating a Samsung product can take. :(

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Well, there is this plasticky feeling, true, but I must admit that up to now I haven't had crackings or squeakings with the Note. The back cover fits well even if I have opened and closed it several times for battery changing, and the microusb port is still attached where it was meant to be (this hasn't been true for some other beloved devices :D ).

Then, we should admit that in order to have radio waves pass through it without attenuation, and to make it light and cheap, they must go plastics, and not metal, even if those peripheral electrons of metal atoms are sooo shiny and feel cool. Carbon fiber who knows?