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ok, lets not go inte to n9 vs Note here :)

still think my note is more usefull than my n9. But i agree, n9 has better multitasking and application management. But thats not all for me.

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I agree, the Note is awesome incarnate :) . Cant wait to see ICS.

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Note sure if the SGSII has different icons, but on the Note we have a "Task Manager" with a pie chart icon, goes right into TM, I almost want to ditch the Advanced Task Killer, the TM on 2.3.6 seems to do the job pretty well.

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THIS

Once ICS is on my Note, I will be such a happy camper.

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It was preloaded on the Note. In the apps tray, it looks like a pie chart with the words "task manager" on the bottom. So, after moving that icon to the home page, you can immediately access it after leaving current task. Perhaps it didn't come with the galaxy S2. If so, perhaps it can be downloaded from samsung apps?

@coderedcomputing: Beat me to it!

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I agree. Don't want to bring myself down to that level. But... How about this question. If you own the Galaxy Note, N900 and N9 but could only keep two of the three. Which one would you give up...

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Ah yeah, I had that app on my SGS2 as well, rarely used it though, which might have been a mistake :) . Always tended to use the hold homebutton->task manager for ending apps.

Id give up the Note, really. I had SGS2, N9 and N900 and gave up the SGS2. But im weird :) .

However, if I had an N8 atm, and wanted an Android device, Id go for the Note without reservation. Its clearly the top device on the market at the moment.

I am, though, keen on seeing what Nokia/MS will be doing with WP8, also what ICS will be like come summer when Im due for a new device.

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How is the note taking capabilities of the GNote? Most importantly can the stylus be used to make reasonably precise graphs, doodles, handwritten notes?

I'm in theory really salivating over this device but if taking notes like these isn't really so easy or the product isn't that great then why bother. If anyone had an N8x0 who now has a note I'd be particularly interested in what you have to say about this. Thanks a bunch.

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I dont have an 8x0 but I can say its possible to make reasonably clear/detailed notes and illustrations (see http://db.tt/OhkTLkxD) but if you plan to take copious notes on a 1 hour lecture it would reqiire a lot of individual memos using the stock s-memo app as your virtual page is quite small (think physical post-it size). There may well be apps that offer a larger, scrollable writing area but I haven't yet looked on the market.

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Hope you don't miss the 10 billion download promo!

10 apps every day for 10 days!

10 cent per app :D

https://market.android.com/details?i...IyMDQ2NzI2MyJd

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Holy @#$% I can now honestly say I love Chuck Norris. Sweet link sir, thank you!

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that is yesterdays list. This is list for today(already available in market):

Flick golf
Reckless racing
Fruit Ninja
Read it Later
AirSync by Doubletwist
Beautiful Widgets
Christmas HD
Star Chart

plus two more :D

some additional info about ADW: http://jbthemes.com/anderweb/

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I just bought the Note from eBay.

Local Australian stock (i think), 1year warranty, Brand New (Black=Dark Blue edition), 32GB Sandisk microSD (Class4).
AU$690 including free postage. Can't wait for it to arrive!

Anyone get a better deal?

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some say there is a 1-2 mm inaccuracy (not that i experience that myself), however there is a patch on xda that fixes the problem

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i doubt it is aussie stock.
thats what my ebay seller said,
came from hk.

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Hello
New user here but my note doesn't have working text flow. I ticked fit pages tab but nothing. Any thoughts?

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Help
New user here.
my*notes text flow*doesn't work. I ticked the fit to page tab but nothing. Any thoughts?

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try opera or one of the other browsers like dolphin. The stock browser doesn't reflow well.

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Brief bit of info from my first week of use of the Note... this battery is a beast.

Day 1, Full Charge AM, ear buds plugged into the phone & playing music all day on random, running wifi/gps and no auto syc. After a full day of work approx 10hrs, battery was at 60% +/-

Day 2, Full Charge AM, ear buds plugged into Nokia BH-214 & playing music all day on random, running wifi/gps/BT and no auto syc. After a full day of work approx 10hrs, battery was at 40% +/-

Day 3, Full Charge AM, no earbuds or music, running wifi/gps and no auto syc. Doing server admin work and some light gaming. After a full day of work approx 10hrs, battery was at 80% +/-

Day 2, Full Charge AM, ear buds plugged into Nokia BH-214 & playing music all day on random, running wifi/gps/BT and no auto syc. Bunch of calls, and playing Asphalt 6 HD for about 4 hours. After a full day of work approx 10hrs, battery was at OMFG CHARGE ME.

lol so yeah... not to bad I must say.

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thanks for the speedy response. much appreciated

you knew I was going to ask this but....
1)how do i download opera?
2)do i get it off the android market and
3)how do i set it as the default browser - do i need to delete the standard IE??

HAVE JUST DOWNLOADED OPERA. WORKS.
SHAME ABOUT THE STANDARD IE AS IT HAS A BETTER UI FOR SCREENS ETC

THANKS AGAIN

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Now that I know you know everything about this phone, is there anything i can do to set notification leds.
the phone looks like it has two but they never flash

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
 

it has no LED's - jsut the 2 capacitive buttons either side of the physical home key. anything else you see that looks like a LED will be the front cam, proximity sensor etc.

I'm also missing my N900 LED a lot - there's a free app called noLED you can download that will put colour coded icons onto the AMOLED (while the screen is otherwise off) to notify you of missed calls, messages, email etc. The icons jump about to prevent screen burn, and you can set times for it NOT to operate to save it rnning overnight (though apparently it doesn't drain the batttery much anyway).

From what I've read it does what it says on the tin, but I haven't actually downloaded it (yet) because (a) it looks a bit naff IMO and (b) I'm still in mourning for my real N900 LED :-)

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thanks again

i cant find the media folder for storing ringtones and notifications, do you know where they are hidden?

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
 

no idea (I am no expert, this is my 1st android phone!). Your best bet is to register with an android forum - I went to http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1346, their note sub-forum is quite helpful

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Damn, yeah strong upvote to getting over on xda-dev, they are doing some nice stuff over there... check out this video on what the Note can do, and there is a tutorial on how to setup the 3d menus etc:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JyfrD4VrHY

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I'm in.

After the holiday season I will make many customizations when I get the time, and post here, loving this Superphone!

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Unbelievable. I bought a 32gb card, transferred everything onto it & now the phone won't read the avis or mp3s....What is going on? Do i have to go back to my 16gb card????

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And now after removing some files and re-copy it works again. Is there something weird going on. Could it be a dodgy card or worse still, a dodgy gigantophone?

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Had the same issue.
I noticed the latch for the microSD is a tiny bit larger, and that the card wasn't making full contact to the port. After re-adjusting things were normal. I haven't formated it, what's the best format do you guys think?

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I've just got mine :-)

What a great device! I'm just amazed.

The only thing I think I dislike is that many Widgets does not yet support the whole Note width, but it's just a matter of time.

In less than 24 hours of use, I do not feel it too big anymore, only when another phone is near :-)

It's just beautiful.

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got mine a couple of days ago. Seems great so far, Still learning. One issue though I hope someone can help with:
On the first day (of Christmas) I plugged into the XP PC to get some tunes and pics across. No problem what so ever. later on that day a notification about an update popped up. I pressed yes. The next day the Pc wont recognise the USB device when I plug it in. I tried all sorts last night. Installing Kies, laughing then uninstalling it, installing samsung usb driversm adb drivers etc. It recognises it as a samsung mobile when in debug mode but wont find the mass storage and can't find something called cdc adc driver. When not in debig mode the phone knows something is happening and will say MTP connected. My only assumption is that the update screwed it all up. It's the only real problem I am having with it. Without the drivers connecting I wont be able to root the device, which I only really want to do for the sake of a few aps.

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Well I suppose I better provide an update in case anyone else is having the same problem. Snuck my wife's laptop when she wasn't looking and tried it on that. Had to install all the android sdk stuff, the java stuff, and the kies thing eventually after a few hours of waiting it worked. I had to leave it plugged in for ages before it would install all the drivers it needed BUT it did eventually work. I think the problem with the desktop is that it's too old (nearly 10 years now). The laptop isn't a whole lot newer but it is.
So I would think if you have a newish machine you will (eventually) be alright, but saying that I did find LOADS of people over the net complaining their samsung this or that wont work on their PC. Still working away at trying to get it to work again on the desktop but I'm giving up hope.

The weird thing is before the 'update' it just worked right away and was fine. Now it seems to want to use this MTP protocol thing to connect and there doesn't seem to be a way around it. I did manage to root the device through the laptop and that was what I wanted to do. For file transfers it works over the home network via wifi and connects to the Pc and kies ok. So as a last resort, if anyone is still trying to connect and only wants to transfer files to/from PC-Phone, then wifi over the home network will work. Don;t know if that is actually of any help, but there it is just in case.

Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
 

I'm in too.

Loving the surf table. Many, many apps to run.

I'm enjoiying the device. So diferent to N900. However IMHO, maemo is a full operating system, android is just an app launcher.

For now I'm so lost... I would root the device but I'm unable even to get from where to start.

Regards.

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Here is the instructions that worked on the laptop:
It's copied straight from the xda developers site. The final step you just run that exe file, connect the phone in developer mode and press any key and it does all the work. the hard part is getting to that stage by downloading all the various bits and pieces ( you may have some already). Rooting doesn't wipe anything it just enables access, so you won't lose anything.

PS- just out of interest have you connected it to a computer yet? Also has it asked you to update once you did?

"For you noobs with a clean system (that means me!), get the following files:
Note I run a 64 bit windows box, get the 32 bit variants if necessary.

You need:
1) Latest version of Kies

www.samsung.com/ca/kies/index.html
download file for me was: Kies_2.0.3.11082_152_4.exe

2) Java:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...ads/index.html
Click on jdk and download. File for me: jdk-7u1-windows-x64.exe

3) android sdk:
developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
My file was: installer_r15-windows.exe

4) zergrush root script
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1312859

grab the zip file in that page i.e.
DooMLoRD_v1_UNROOTING.zip

and unzip it to your windows box.


Install 1, 2, 3 in that order.
Find the SDK Manager program in your sdk install directory, double click it, and download/update 'Android SDK Platform Tools'.
Note you can't run the sdk manager program from the command prompt, or it'll complain that directories are being locked.

Now follow the instructions on the zergrush page, i.e. do the 'before you begin' stuff.

Go to the directory where you unzipped the doomlord zip file, run the runme script from a command prompt,and that's it.

To test, download terminal monitor, run it, and do a 'su' then 'id' and see if it says you are root or not.

Good luck!

- Frank"

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Awesome Video do you know where i can find the tutorial on how to set up the 3d ?? Thanks

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Video playback have any you people watched any movies on your galaxy note ??? As the black levels are choppy real bad....


i watched sucker punch on the note its a 3.12 gig file 1920x800 the dark levels are awful its all distorted and choppy and grey tint when its suppose to be jet black.........


Second movie was Tekken.Blood.Vengeance.2011 file size 2.18gig 1280x720 and i got the same choppy distorted black levels...

i hope Samsung will be issuing a firmware update as the HD-OLED display is having a tough time coping with lower resolutions videos.. Also YouTube videos don't look that good on the note compared to my Galaxy S they are so sharp and crisp but on the note they are fuzzy ???

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Videos have seemed fine to me so far, but I've not thrown too much at it yet.

Has anyone managed to link an n900 to the note yet and make it control it via bluetooth? For instance you have probably seen all the videos where you plug a note into a TV and use a bluetooth controller to play games etc on it. Is that possible to use the n900 to do that? Just an idea:)

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Ich hab mir nun "Usage Timelines Free" runtergeladen. Das ist eine Art Taskmanager.
Ich sehe da gezählte 55! Prozesse die im Hintergrund laufen. Wenn ich mir die Details dieser Prozesse ansehe haben 3/4 davon Rechte wie "Anrufstatistik- und ID lesen, vollständiger Netzwerkzugriff, READ.TASKS, WRITE.TASKS, benutzerdefiniertes Wörterbuch lesen, Internetverlauf und Lesezeichen lesen, SMS-Nachrichten lesen/empfangen/ändern/senden, genauen Standort bestimmen, NFC-Steuereung, Inhalt des USB-Speichers ändern/löschen, Audio und Video aufnehmen, ausgeführte Anwendungen abrufen, Bluetooth Verwaltung, Dateisysteme verbinden und trennen, Einstellungen für Name des Zugangspunkts schreiben, externen Speicher formatieren, globale Systemeinstellungen ändern, Netzwerkverbindung ändern, Schlafmodus verhindern, Tastensperre deaktivieren, UI-Einstellungen ändern, WLAN Status ändern..." Ich kann viele Prozesse, von denen ich mir sicher bin dass ich sie nicht brauche, nicht beenden. Sie starten sich wieder von selbst neu. Habe ich die Kontrolle über mein Handy oder Google?

Das ist aber nur ein kleiner Auszug aus den Apps die diese Berechtigungen von Haus aus haben. Was soll denn das bitte!?

Sogar das UKW-Radio hat die Berechtigung Anrufstatistik- und ID zu lesen. Wozu!?

Seit drei Tagen habe ich das Note und es ist auch mein erstes und letztes Android Telefon.

Übermorgen werde ich es zurückschicken und zu meinem vorhergehenden Nokia N900 wechseln.

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Bitte schreiben Sie in englischer Sprache in diesem Forum, wenn du kannst.

[Google translation]

Generell gibt es eine Erklärung für all diese Erlaubnis, meist wollen sie Ihnen lokalisierte Werbung.
Es gibt auch Anwendungen, die die Berechtigungen für ausgewählte Anwendungen schneiden, wenn Sie es wünschen können.
Nicht zu früh aufgeben, hat die Galaxy Hinweis eine erstaunliche Hardware und Android Horrorgeschichten sind meist von der Konkurrenz FUD. Zur Erhöhung Ihrer Sicherheit können Sie install "Lookout", die neu installierte Anwendungen für Malware-Scans. Ich habe noch eine wenn auch zu finden.

Fühlen Sie sich frei, um neue nützliche Anwendungen aus meiner eigenen öffentlichen Liste zu erkunden: http://www.appbrain.com/user/debernardis/gt-n7000

[/Google translation]


Generally there is an explanation to all these permission; mostly they want to send you localized advertisements.
There are also applications which allow to cut the permissions to selected applications, if you wish.
Don't give up too early, the Galaxy Note has an amazing hardware, and Android horror stories are usually FUD from competitors. To increase your security, you could install "Lookout" which scans newly installed applications for malwares. I have still to find one though.

Feel free to explore new useful applications from my own public list: http://www.appbrain.com/user/debernardis/gt-n7000

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I believed nothing currently on the market could make me wanna give up my n900, i didn't consider the note a worthy opponent but after Nokia changed my n900 with a e7 for the second time i felt i had no option but to change so i opted to go for the note and i didn't expect such but i must say this really amazes me and I've been using it for more then a week now, battery life is really good it actually lasts a full day playing with it and using it as a phone and navigation device, so a full day with wifi and gps on, lots of free apps and games, speaker is as bad as for n900 but i find earphone quality really good, the big screen definetly makes up for no hardware keyboard, i feel this way is much better as i can type almost as fast as on n900 and I'm only using one hand
Bottom line i feel the note is definetly a step in the right direction with great software support and i don't miss the n900 or Nokia one bit