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Would like opinions, on anyone here that went from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, to the Note II ? I am looking to switch soon, maybe the Nexus 4, or try something fresh like the Note II.
How was adjusting to the larger size of the Note II, over the Nexus ? Screen technology noticeably better, or just slightly ? Battery life, I assume is better on the Note II vs Nexus ?
Are you overall happy with the Note II, or want a Nexus phone again instead ?
I went from Gnex to Note 2. Because i sold Gnex for Nexus 4 and then i got irritated because i couldn't buy Nexus 4 because of stupid google, and then i went for note2...
I am amazed... Bit irritated by TW (i have it for 6 hours only) but i dont want to flash custom rom and loose s pen
Moved from Gnex to Note 2 last week.
Biggest issue for me has been getting used to the changed position of menu and back buttons... Plus I miss being able to add a screen off button but that's now solved with an app.
Haven't played around so much with the S pen but the little bits I have are promising.
The larger screen is what made me change and I do not regret it at all. Battery life is way better which is a real bonus. Easily getting two days with pretty heavy usage (you know how it is with a new bit of tech).
Rooted the Note today so can finally begin getting back to my rom flashing addiction
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Steelyglint said:
begin getting back to my rom flashing addiction
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Then you wont get much use of spen
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Then you wont get much use of spen
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Still handy for cleaning my ears
I'll have to live with limited spen use... Getting severe withdrawals from my flashing addiction!
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I'll hopefully be getting my Note tonight. I am currently using a stock Galaxy Nexus, the first Android I've never felt the need to tamper with, highly ironic as its also the best device for flashing ROMs onto!
switched from gnex to note2 a week ago, it was a painless move for me, as the Note2 is doing what I was missing in the gnex. However I feel the camera and especially usage of the camera is far better and smoother than on the Note2. If you don't need a pen and you like to snap away with you phone, then i would stay with the gnex. Overall am a very happy camper with the Note2.
WTF? The camera on the Note is WORSE than the GNex?! I bloody hope not as thats one of the reasons I'm upgrading. All of the reviews say its a pretty good camera, so I'm a bit puzzled by that as the GNex camera is dire.
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switched from gnex to note2 a week ago, it was a painless move for me, as the Note2 is doing what I was missing in the gnex. However I feel the camera and especially usage of the camera is far better and smoother than on the Note2. If you don't need a pen and you like to snap away with you phone, then i would stay with the gnex. Overall am a very happy camper with the Note2.
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Im sorry but... Camera is far better on NOte 2 than on Gnex.. Hdr... Smart Face capture... Burst shots.. Better video recording...
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Im sorry but... Camera is far better on NOte 2 than on Gnex.. Hdr... Smart Face capture... Burst shots.. Better video recording...
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Hi, I think I need to put something in the right light here. The pictures on the N2 are definitely better, no contest. I was more referring to the feel and ease of operation. Burst mode is fine, but it still is unmatched how fast the gnex is ready for a shot and how fast it responds. My point is that the gnex is better for the instnataneous snapper. No quality reference to be made here.
Instantaneous Snapper is Ok on Note 2 too... It's not likeI'm defending Note 2,I'm just saying things from my experience with both phones
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I have found the camera on the Note to be way better quality than the Gnex and starts up as quickly if not quicker.
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I went from a Gnex to a Gnote2.
Great upgrade. Here are the upsides:
Way better battery life.
Way nicer screen.
Gorilla glass (tougher).
FM radio function.
SPen and all associated functions are useful for me. YMMV.
Noticeably faster.
Louder ringer and a vibrate function I actually feel.
Here are some downsides.
Menu has changed. Takes some getting used to the new back button location.
The keyboard portion is a step down. I'm not sure what it is, but I seem to make more mistakes and the note is slower to correct them.
Bigger and heavier (obviously).
For me, it was totally worth the upgrade. Hope this helps.
-PW
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Then you wont get much use of spen
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i dont want to flash custom rom and loose s pen
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Says who?!
I am using custom roms and have spen fully working.
If you go AOSP Roms (Liquidsmooth, etc...) you will loose Spen but not in its entirety, if you stick with samsung base roms (Wanamlite, etc...) Spen fully works.
Laynee1, Perhaps you should get your facts straight before misguiding others.
On the same note, I switched from the Gnex and I have been very happy. I have been using it for approximately one month and only recently have I switched to a custom rom . Better battery life, better camera, really snappy and best of all its gorgeous 5.5" display
Switched from a Gnex to a Note 2 a week ago. The Note 2 is a sick device. I love it and the switch was absolutely worth it.
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Would like opinions, on anyone here that went from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, to the Note II ? I am looking to switch soon, maybe the Nexus 4, or try something fresh like the Note II.
How was adjusting to the larger size of the Note II, over the Nexus ? Screen technology noticeably better, or just slightly ? Battery life, I assume is better on the Note II vs Nexus ?
Are you overall happy with the Note II, or want a Nexus phone again instead ?
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Got mine last night, stupendous device. Here are my impressions thus far (copied and pasted from elsewhere):-
I got mine last night, and think it's a fantastic device.
I have a few more tests to run, but I think this could be the best device I've ever owned by quite a distance. I was going to go for the N4, but glad I didn't.
+ Spectacular screen - many I've shown do believe its too big for a phone, but can't help be impressed anyway. This device has replaced phone and tablet.
+ Battery life - too early to comment, but it seems to last 2 - 3X as long as my old GNex, and even performs at least on par with the Nexus 7 (a full size tablet) if not even better than that!
+ Signal strength - I can actually get a signal, just, at my Jarrow office, which most phones fail miserably to get any. I get a full 3G signal at the front of the building (again my GNex failed to get any here!)
+ S-Pen - A gimmick for some, probably, but I like it, the handwriting function is brilliant.
+ Camera - Excellent for a phone, on par with a Galaxy S3 and only a smidge behind an iPhone 5.
+ DAC - Reported by many reviews to be excellent, and will have Voodoo support from Supercurio @ XDA developers shortly to make it even better. As close as it gets to an Audiophile device in a phone.
+ Speed - 2Gb of RAM and a 1.6 Ghz Exynos Quad Core CPU. More powerful than my PC! Blazingly fast, leaves a SGS3 in the weeds.
+ Expandable storage - A small point maybe, but many phones are turning their backs on this now. I've just ordered a Class 10 64 Gb memory card for £40, giving my device a theoretical 78 Gb storage.
+ Call quality - often overlooked, but I'm hearing unprecedented levels of clarity here.
I'm yet to thoroughly test the Audio quality (with Sennheiser IE6 headphones) and the GPS capabilities, but I'm not worried.
Only downside is TouchWiz is, in parts, still aesthetically challenged, but thats easily sorted with some themes from XDA developers and a new Home screen launcher and icons.
This device is a tech addicts dream TBH.
I also came from a nexus...
The battery is way better
Screen is better
But development has just started
Anyway change to note 2
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I just got mines yesterday, coming from mygnex.. Only downfalls is getting used to Touchwiz, the bloat (not as much as i thought) ,the no on screen home button (i missed that). Other than that..everything is fantastic !
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I just got mines yesterday, coming from mygnex.. Only downfalls is getting used to Touchwiz, the bloat (not as much as i thought) ,the no on screen home button (i missed that). Other than that..everything is fantastic !
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If you touch and hold the little dots it will turn into a slider and screen numbers are then shown.
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If you touch and hold the little dots it will turn into a slider and screen numbers are then shown.
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I do not see the black dots you speak of.. Help? lol
Hi there,
Anyone coming from gnex (Samsung galaxy nexus)?
Just need some feedback on software support, size handling and personal impression.
Thank you
The Note 2 is better at everything, screen, battery, and if you like aosp, there are a lot of those roms for you. The only thing we are missing from a nexus, as far as I can tell, is photoshpere. The devs for this phone are fantastic, so many roms to choose from. The size of the phone should not bother you. Oh yeah, the camera on the Note 2 blows away the Galaxy Nexus. I've had the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 4, and the Note 2 when running an aosp rom is just as smooth as the Nexus 4, IMO.
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Touchwiz is bearable on the gnote2 because most of the features are actually useful AND work. Great all around phone. Reception, form factor is great for its size, put your own launcher like nova to get the aosp launcher feel, volume is great on ear speaker and loudspeaker and the 720p screen is beautiful even when compared to 1080p. And the SD card slot and removable battery are bonus. Oh yeah, can't forget battery life. Battery just doesn't stop. Expect 6+ hours of screen time easily. Only the most demanding of games will put a hurt on it and even then it still does great. All that and you can get this phone for less than $550 currently and it should still hold nicely for at least another year and I wouldn't be surprised if it holds it down another 2. Don't forget to get a wireless receiver to put inside the battery compartment and a compatible wireless charger.
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It's definitely worth upgrading. This phone is better in every respect - sure we only have Android 4.1 officially but unless you really need the multi user feature then you actually gain quite a bit from TouchWiz. The launcher itself blows but the rest is great - things like multi window and driving mode. I don't even run custom roms anymore it's that good - rooted stock is all you need on this bad boy.
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The Note 2 is better at everything, screen, battery, and if you like aosp, there are a lot of those roms for you. The only thing we are missing from a nexus, as far as I can tell, is photoshpere. The devs for this phone are fantastic, so many roms to choose from. The size of the phone should not bother you. Oh yeah, the camera on the Note 2 blows away the Galaxy Nexus. I've had the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 4, and the Note 2 when running an aosp rom is just as smooth as the Nexus 4, IMO.
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what rom you are running ?
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what rom you are running ?
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I am what you would call a flashaholic. At the moment I'm running Hawkish rom with Perseus kernel. On the days I want aosp I either use Sentinel rom or ParanoidAndroid.
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My friend has a Gnex, He definitely likes the ability to change screentone but didn't feel huge difference between the two screens, He is quite happy with the gaming performance where he said even games like vector would sometimes have framedrop on the gnex, But he is soooo annoyed that we don't have 4.2 yet, he knows it's not an important update but the feeling that he actually needs to "wait" for the update is really annoying him, that alone is making him consider the Nexus 4
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My friend has a Gnex, He definitely likes the ability to change screentone but didn't feel huge difference between the two screens, He is quite happy with the gaming performance where he said even games like vector would sometimes had framedrop on the gnex, But he is soooo annoyed that we don't have 4.2 yet, he knows it's not an important update but the feeling that he actually needs to "wait" for the update is really annoying him, that alone is making him considering the Nexus 4
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That is my main fear! !
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That is my main fear! !
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Touchwiz hurts my eyes but at least you have the "choice", my advice to you is to go for it at least you can install CM and switch back to TW,Just don't get it new, the Note 3 is on the horizon get a cheap note 2 for now, good luck buddy
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Touchwiz hurts my eyes but at least you have the "choice", my advice to you is to go for it at least you can install CM and switch back to TW,Just don't get it new, the Note 3 is on the horizon get a cheap note 2 for now, good luck buddy
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Touchwiz isn't so bad on gnote2. Put nova launcher to get rid of the eyesore on the home screens and the rest is OK.
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Touchwiz isn't so bad on gnote2. Put nova launcher to get rid of the eyesore on the home screens and the rest is OK.
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Coming from a Galaxy Nexus I personally couldn't stand Touchwiz for long. However AOSP roms are pretty much stable by now and almost everything is working correctly. That said the Note 2 is one of the best phones I've ever owned so I highly suggest it or waiting for the Note 3
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That is my main fear! !
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Have no fear my friend. Like I said, I came from a nexus 4 running Paranoid Android. My note 2 running PA ROM is just as smooth and has every feature that the nexus 4 has minus photosphere. The devs that are working with the note 2 will most likely keep working on new ROMs for at least another year or 2, probably longer. You will not be dissatisfied with either the Nexus 4 or a Note 2. My personal opinion would be get the Note 2.
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Have come over to Note 2 from galaxy nexus..I really liked the gnex but couldn't stand the horrible camera and battery life.
I would say the better camera and brilliant battery life on the Note2 should be reason enough. Plus there is some great development work for Note 2 . So no fears. Using the Project AOSP v1.4 ROM by modstorm .. And this makes the Note2 almost perfect.:laugh:
i came over from the gnex too and the battery was terrible. The note 2 is pretty much better in everything. Only thing i preferred on the gnex was the position of the led notification
We may not be on the cutting edge when it comes to Android versions but we do gain several enhancements over stock. Better camera software, driving mode, voice control of apps, and multi window are my favourites. Smart stay and motion gestures seem more gimmicky to me although others my get value from them. Also I prefer having my toggles at the top of the notification window rather than in a separate box.
Oh then there is the micro sd slot, battery life, removable battery, and s-pen.
I don't miss my Nexus 4 one bit.
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my impressions after 1-2 weeks with note2 (vs gnex):
better:
- samsung-only (proprietary) features
- battery life
- reading PDFs in landscape possible at last (fonts at least for me in gnex were too small)
- FM radio!!! (last phone from sammy that supports this? such moron assumption that everybody now has/will have limitless data plans)
- much nicer for watching videos
- supernice camera, actually anything better than camera in gnex is supernice
- micro sd
- spen (sam ROM only, yeah i know about apps for aosp...still)
- removable battery (the same actually, just want to stress the fact it is there)
worse:
- samsung-only (proprietary) features, i.e they will never-ever be available for AOSP ROM (BIG ONE for me, means I have to stay on samsung ROM) or suffer tons of features in AOSP simply not there
- btw. camera because of this somehow reported to work a lot better in samsung ROM than AOSP
- touchwiz is a bit painful to use after AOSP, miss the flexibility/configurability of cyanogen...
- shape/size of gnex is ideal for my hand, this one is a bit too much, not a big deal though and apparently getting used to (BUT i will never use armor case, makes it simply far too big)
- unstable WIFI (lots of disconnects) in 4.1.2 by samsung, some fixes available currently testing one to revert 4.1.1 wifi stack (rooted phone needed)
- a bit more gimmicky rooting/custom recovery - not a big deal
- not worse but dont like: handwriting seems to work only with samsung keyboard app? sort of eliminates slide-it,swype etc... need to find some workaround...
- pockets: yeah defo a challenge to fit in shirt's pocket, barely fits in trousers' pockets
@yogi
Thanks man. This was exactly the necessary info needed before taking a decision.
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@yogi
Thanks man. This was exactly the necessary info needed before taking a decision.
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thanks, happy to hear...actually I just noticed note2 has also non-AOSP custom ROMs, which after gnex is kind of new category for me. What this seems to mean I will have the chance to get the combined samsung ROM + AOSP-type extra customization, one example seems Hawkish mentioned earlier on this thread -> sounds interesting, I will give it a try in next 1-2 weeks and can report here if you are interested?
Hi everyone.
New to this forum so hope im posting in the right place.
I've just got the new note 10.1 2014 edition. I love the design and the screen, but I've got two major issues.
1. I use the excellent LectureNotes app pretty much every day. On my original note 10.1, it ran perfectly and really smoothly. On the new one it lags so badly it's unusable. For example, a pen stroke appears 2 seconds after I draw it. On the original note it was instantaneous. Zooming out to see a whole page takes about 5 seconds on the new note and stutters. On the old note, it was smooth and took about a second.
2. The battery drops so fast it's unbelievable. I've just watched it drop by 8% in 4 minutes when it was updating some apps from google play. It's dropped by over 20% in about 10-15 minutes.
I've done the updates, and then done a factory reset. These issues were there both before and after the factory reset.
Have I got a faulty tablet, or is this just what it's like?
Thanks a lot
looks like something is wrong wit the battery.... i have mine for almost 3 weeks (bought at Spain) and nothing in terms of malfunctioning HW
Your battery usage seems extreme did you check to see what's using your battery? I easily get a full day with heavy usage.
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Thanks for the replies.
Screen 43%, android system 17%, android os 10% are the main ones.
It's now only gone down by 2% in the last few mins.
I noticed last night it dropped from 100% to 76% in about 20 mins, then after charging for 10 mins it went up to 93%. I know there's no way it can charge that quick so maybe there's some battery indicator calibration issue?
Any ideas on the lecturenotes problem?
thanks again
I have experienced no lag with LectureNotes on any Samsung build so far (currently on BMJ6). Maybe some thing(s) running in the background? Or some poor setting?
@jack880: I received a few reports concerning slow response of LectureNotes on the 2014 edition of the Note 10.1. But I also received several emails from users of the new Note 10.1 with suggestions and feature requests who did not mention slow response, so that I am quite puzzled. I am still waiting for my own device to arrive, so I can presently not test LectureNotes on the new Note 10.1 myself.
I own a Nexus 10 which has the same large display resolution and is supposed to be slower than the new Note 10.1, but on this device LectureNotes runs smoothly.
A common source of slow response is that `enforce GPU/hardware rendering´ is enabled in the device's developer settings. Please ensure that this option is not enabled on you device.
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@jack880: I received a few reports concerning slow response of LectureNotes on the 2014 edition of the Note 10.1. But I also received several emails from users of the new Note 10.1 with suggestions and feature requests who did not mention slow response, so that I am quite puzzled. I am still waiting for my own device to arrive, so I can presently not test LectureNotes on the new Note 10.1 myself.
I own a Nexus 10 which has the same large display resolution and is supposed to be slower than the new Note 10.1, but on this device LectureNotes runs smoothly.
A common source of slow response is that `enforce GPU/hardware rendering´ is enabled in the device's developer settings. Please ensure that this option is not enabled on you device.
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Hi. I emailed you about this earlier today. Just thought I'd post here too in case anyone else had a similar problem.
I really want to keep the tablet but without lecture notes it is useless to me!
GPU/hardware rendering is not enabled. I don't think anything in the developer settings is enabled.
If it helps you diagnose anything, when the pen first makes contact with the screen there is a delay before it registers. But if you keep the pen touching the screen, any movements you then make are instantaneous until you lift the pen off and then touch the screen again and you get a delay again.
Also the panning and zooming is really slow and jerky...
I'm still using my original note 10.1 at the moment.
Thanks for the help.
I use LectureNotes everyday to take notes for work on the new Note 10.1 2014. l haven't noticed any type of slowdown or lag. Maybe you have a rogue app or some kind of background process working?
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I use LectureNotes everyday to take notes for work on the new Note 10.1 2014. l haven't noticed any type of slowdown or lag. Maybe you have a rogue app or some kind of background process working?
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Thanks, that's interesting to know.
No idea how to find what might be slowing it down. I've downloaded and installed the app twice, before and after a factory reset and it's the same.
Would you mind checking something for me? I've made a couple of videos comparing the original note (on the left) with the 2014 edition (on the right).
It won't let me post a link but please put h t t p : in front of this //we.tl/ElM2ctP0K6
How does yours compare with this?
As you can see from the 3rd video I'm also having trouble selecting the pen type on the 2014 edition. It doesn't seem to register the pen hitting the screen.
All other apps using the stylus (sketchbook pro, s-note, papyrus etc) are all fine on the 2014....
Many thanks
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Thanks, that's interesting to know.
No idea how to find what might be slowing it down. I've downloaded and installed the app twice, before and after a factory reset and it's the same.
Would you mind checking something for me? I've made a couple of videos comparing the original note (on the left) with the 2014 edition (on the right).
It won't let me post a link but please put h t t p : in front of this //we.tl/ElM2ctP0K6
How does yours compare with this?
As you can see from the 3rd video I'm also having trouble selecting the pen type on the 2014 edition. It doesn't seem to register the pen hitting the screen.
All other apps using the stylus (sketchbook pro, s-note, papyrus etc) are all fine on the 2014....
Many thanks
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Wow, I just looked at your video and I don't have any of those issues. After looking at your video, I went back and tested the app again. I didn't have any of the lag you experience and changing pencils in the toolbox was instantaneous. Very interesting.
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Wow, I just looked at your video and I don't have any of those issues. After looking at your video, I went back and tested the app again. I didn't have any of the lag you experience and changing pencils in the toolbox was instantaneous. Very interesting.
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That's really good to know ,thanks a lot for checking.
I wonder what the difference is? Is yours rooted or stock? Mine is stock. Brand new.
Jack880,
Have you updated your note 10.1 2014 via samsung Kies?
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Jack880,
Have you updated your note 10.1 2014 via samsung Kies?
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No, just used the settings menu - about phone > software update.
Is there a difference?
Thanks
@jack880: Many thanks for the videos, this problem is really weird.
@ajamudc: Many thanks for your posting, I am glad to hear that no all 2014 editions of the Note 10.1 display this problem!
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Hi everyone.
New to this forum so hope im posting in the right place.
I've just got the new note 10.1 2014 edition. I love the design and the screen, but I've got two major issues.
1. I use the excellent LectureNotes app pretty much every day. On my original note 10.1, it ran perfectly and really smoothly. On the new one it lags so badly it's unusable. For example, a pen stroke appears 2 seconds after I draw it. On the original note it was instantaneous. Zooming out to see a whole page takes about 5 seconds on the new note and stutters. On the old note, it was smooth and took about a second.
2. The battery drops so fast it's unbelievable. I've just watched it drop by 8% in 4 minutes when it was updating some apps from google play. It's dropped by over 20% in about 10-15 minutes.
I've done the updates, and then done a factory reset. These issues were there both before and after the factory reset.
Have I got a faulty tablet, or is this just what it's like?
Thanks a lot
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You're not the only one. Lecture notes is really laggy when I try to zoom and write when I'm zoomed in. In non zoom it writes normally. This is also the same for my other note 10.1 2014
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You're not the only one. Lecture notes is really laggy when I try to zoom and write when I'm zoomed in. In non zoom it writes normally. This is also the same for my other note 10.1 2014
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Thanks. I wonder what it is then? I'm trying the kies update to see if that makes any difference.....
It's downloading a huge file so I presume it's more thorough than the OTA update...
@wilsonhuang: LectureNotes is laggy for you on an old Note 10.1, did I understand that correctly? I do not yet have the new 2014 edition of the Note 10.1, but one of my test devices is an old Note 10.1, and LectureNotes is very fluid on this device, including zooming in, zooming out, writing while zoomed, etc. This can also be seen in jack880's videos. So far, all reports of LectureNotes being laggy on the old Note 10.1 were due to `enforce GPU/hardware rendering´ being enabled in the device's developer settings.
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Hi - I've done the kies update and it's had no effect on the lecturenotes problem. I've done another factory reset and also no effect... Thanks anyway...
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You're not the only one. Lecture notes is really laggy when I try to zoom and write when I'm zoomed in. In non zoom it writes normally. This is also the same for my other note 10.1 2014
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Mine is the same - just checked. The problem is definitely related just to zooming.
At zoom levels up to and including 100% there is no lag and selecting the pencils is instantaneous.
The problems ONLY occur at more than 100% zoom...
This could be why some people see a problem and some don't...
Also something else I've noticed - the delay when writing and selecting pencils only occurs with the s-pen. There is no delay when using my finger.
However, the lag in scrolling and zooming in and out happens regardless of where the s-pen is in relation to the tablet.
Hi,
I was about to buy the GS4 but I thought of the Note II
I'm impressed with this phablet
Just 2 questions about the note 2 to make sure it's a good choice for me.
1- There is a huge difference in hardware (CPU & GPU) between note 2 and the S4
But I saw that people don't have any lag even in latest hardcore games
Can the note 2 be good for a while or maybe in the near future it will be and old device & can't handle new games??
I mean the S4 got about 28000 vs 18000 on the note 2 on ANTUTU Bench.
I this points difference is for nothing?
2- The camera of the note 2... If I try to capture a written text on the blackboard about 7~10 meters far away from me... can I really get the a good picture?? (I mean in the college )
Or should I get the 13MP of the S4??
Hi and welcome!
1. The difference between Note 2 hardware and GS4 hardware is not so important as long as Note 2's hardware can provide enough power. And it does. Plenty. If you look to benchmarks for answers, you'll be disappointed to know that the synthetic benchmarks don't reflect real life usage, so the scores are more or less an indicator. Not to mention that the newer phones like GS4 have some tweaks in order to get higher scores in benchmarks. You can safely buy Note 2 from this point of view, it's powerful enough to play any game out there, plus it does it on a big beautiful screen and not eating all your battery while doing it.
2. The camera can take good pictures, for what you say you need, it's perfect. You may get bigger pictures from the GS4 due to it's lager sensor, but unless you shoot very small text or you need to print a banner from it, you won't see the difference.
I had to make the same choice some time ago, and I went with the Note 2. I don't regret a second for doing so, especially when my GS4-using friends keep asking for chargers constantly cause their battery won't last them through a day.
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Hi and welcome!
1. The difference between Note 2 hardware and GS4 hardware is not so important as long as Note 2's hardware can provide enough power. And it does. Plenty. If you look to benchmarks for answers, you'll be disappointed to know that the synthetic benchmarks don't reflect real life usage, so the scores are more or less an indicator. Not to mention that the newer phones like GS4 have some tweaks in order to get higher scores in benchmarks. You can safely buy Note 2 from this point of view, it's powerful enough to play any game out there, plus it does it on a big beautiful screen and not eating all your battery while doing it.
2. The camera can take good pictures, for what you say you need, it's perfect. You may get bigger pictures from the GS4 due to it's lager sensor, but unless you shoot very small text or you need to print a banner from it, you won't see the difference.
I had to make the same choice some time ago, and I went with the Note 2. I don't regret a second for doing so, especially when my GS4-using friends keep asking for chargers constantly cause their battery won't last them through a day.
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Thanks, you made my day :cyclops:
But I hope that other people ensure what you say cause I get confused after someone tells me that S4 is a better choice
Well, I wrote my opinion on this matter, others may have different preferences. It all comes up to what you need - big screen + big battery vs. fullHD + newer hardware - considering that if you put my Note 2 (and I say "my Note 2" because I'm talking about rooted + custom ROM) next to a GS4, you don't see any performance difference. Any.
Oh, yeah, and the pricing difference...
I agree with ruwin. However it all depends on what you want to use it for. I personally don't care to much for TouchWiz exclusive features which are now not so exclusive. For example, OmniRom have a note 2 custom ROM with android 4.3 with working multi window and there are now plenty of apps and mods which make good use of the s-pen. That being said and considering hardware differences to be neglible what makes the note 2 'better' in my opinion is the larger screen. I couldn't go back to a smaller screen now. And if your looking for the TW features, The 4.3 upgrade should be just around the corner and there are already fully functional note 3 features being ported. Don't be scared! Get the note 2
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colsecomb said:
I agree with ruwin. However it all depends on what you want to use it for. I personally don't care to much for TouchWiz exclusive features which are now not so exclusive. For example, OmniRom have a note 2 custom ROM with android 4.3 with working multi window and there are now plenty of apps and mods which make good use of the s-pen. That being said and considering hardware differences to be neglible what makes the note 2 'better' in my opinion is the larger screen. I couldn't go back to a smaller screen now. And if your looking for the TW features, The 4.3 upgrade should be just around the corner and there are already fully functional note 3 features being ported. Don't be scared! Get the note 2
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Thanks,
waiting for other opinions
Well I've had my note 2 for a year. I was eagerly awaiting the 3 and was going to buy that.
However, my father got the s4 so I had to set it all up for him and whilst the screen is nice, its too small and the battery life is the same. For me the gimmicks it has are pointless and if I was asked to swap my 2 for the s4 I wouldn't.
I'm a big game player and the bigger screen and battery are a must for me but everyone is different.
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Well I've had my note 2 for a year. I was eagerly awaiting the 3 and was going to buy that.
However, my father got the s4 so I had to set it all up for him and whilst the screen is nice, its too small and the battery life is the same. For me the gimmicks it has are pointless and if I was asked to swap my 2 for the s4 I wouldn't.
I'm a big game player and the bigger screen and battery are a must for me but everyone is different.
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That's a good point
if it has a bigger screen + better battery life + good performance vs brighter Full HD >>> THE NOTE II WINS
The Note 2 is a better choice as it has better battery and S Pen features. Also I heard many users having problems with the S4 such as heating, etc.
Will add that if want to take pictures if blackboard notes in college, why cant you snap them after class, or have the teacher hold on for 3 seconds so you can take the photo before erasing?
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Will add that if want to take pictures if blackboard notes in college, why cant you snap them after class, or have the teacher hold on for 3 seconds so you can take the photo before erasing?
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Well, some teachers don't allow us to take pictures (don't know why) so we take the photo while he is not looking
The BB also gets to be erased about 4-5 times every class, so simply I can't capture it after the class
AhmadLight said:
That's a good point
if it has a bigger screen + better battery life + good performance vs brighter Full HD >>> THE NOTE II WINS
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Yeah for me the bigger screen whilst playing is a must now. I know it seems hard to believe but I pick up my old phone and I couldn't believe how I used to play games on such a small screen.
For you I guess also price may be a factor? My dad wanted the note 2 but got a better deal on the s4.
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Yeah for me the bigger screen whilst playing is a must now. I know it seems hard to believe but I pick up my old phone and I couldn't believe how I used to play games on such a small screen.
For you I guess also price may be a factor? My dad wanted the note 2 but got a better deal on the s4.
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Well, finally I'm getting the Note 3 instead if Allah wishes :fingers-crossed:
There is a 26% discount on its price, so it's about the same price as an S4
Thanks everyone for your help
It maybe helpful for anyone who is confused about the Note 2 and the S4
I was so excited to get my Play Store Nexus, and loved almost everything about it. Later I sold it to buy a Galaxy Note but quickly sold the Note and bought another Nexus- which I later sold for a Note 2. I kept the GN2 for a while, then sold it and bought another Nexus which I have still. I recently bought a Note 3, but I can't seem to get rid of my Nexus.
I keep coming back to the Galaxy Nexus- and I would sell my Note in favor of my Nexus if I could just find a way to fix the camera quality.
That's my question: is there a way too improve my camera quality?
Right now I'm on CM11.
Any ideas?
You can't change the quality only the experience.. Example would be hold to focus let go instead of tapping to take the picture
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I was thinking about upgrading my nexus when my contract is up in early March but with all the kit kat development going on my phone feels like it has new life in it. I know my next phone will need to have a unlocked bootloader but I could care less about the camera. If I want good pictures I will just use my DSLR for quick pics though the nexus works fine for me.
Currently running shiny rom 1/4/14 and she is running smooth with an uptime of 75 hours however I can't wait for Liquidsmooth to get the bugs worked out.
It's not that I'm trying to take professional quality pictures, but the quality is really poor. I use the Wellsfargo banking app to mobile deposit checks, and it wont work with my Nexus. The pictures are too "out of focus". I'll try the tap-hold-and let go tip though. Sounds like it may be useful in my situation.
And don't get me wrong, I really like my Note 3, but there's just something about the Galaxy Nexus that makes me keep coming back.
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I feel the same way I tried a RAZR maxx HD galaxy s3 and 4 iPhone and blackberry 9930. I love my nexus the best even though the antenna has been the worse off all those phones. I can confirm because I have had 3 nexus...unless I just have really bad luck
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You can't change the quality only the experience.. Example would be hold to focus let go instead of tapping to take the picture
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So I've been trying to figure this out, but I don't understand- hold what to focus? I tried holding on the screen but it just brings up camera settings, then I tried holding the action button and nothing happens at all. If I tap the screen it will focus but when I let go it doesn't take the picture. Maybe I just misunderstood...
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When you pointing your camera on a item Tue middle circle that pops up is what the camera is going to focus on hold of he blue button down until the circle turns green when it does that its focused let go and it will take a foucuse pic(only if the phone is still)
Also if you tap and hold on the screen in different areas those will become your new 'focus' area once its set do the same thing over again withe the blue button and it will focus on the new area
Hope this helps
I had the camera set to "continuous picture". When I switched it to "auto" it works. I'm going to try this out for a while and if it improves the quality I might just hold on to this phone until the next generation.
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You should go to this thread and download this camera its awesome http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2605673
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It appears that thread has been deleted. Any other links?
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I use the Wellsfargo banking app to mobile deposit checks, and it wont work with my Nexus. The pictures are too "out of focus". I'll try the tap-hold-and let go tip though.
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I use a similar function with my bank app without issue. Do you have enough ambient lightning?
I don't think there's much you can do drastically improve the image quality. You could get around the the quality of the sensor on stationary scenes with bracketing techniques. I keep looking for apps make use of bracketing but It seems post editing on the PC is the only viable option ATM. Here's one interesting technique: http://jtrujillo.net/qpix/