Finally. Some Note 2 Models, and others as well.

Although in light of my post about "modding", I feel somewhat ambivalent about the designs.

So, xeactorz antt00 and all those with SNSD avatars ....

Some upcoming models:



Saying Hello to my Note 2:




Some Note 2 Models: Pink seems popular.




Model sandwiched between an S3 Model and Note 2 Model:


This post has been edited by joytest: Apr 6 2013, 09:44 AM

Not forgetting the ladies:

Some Lengzhai models (?) (I'll leave it to the ladies to decide)



End of models

Hico Perhaps you can provide some updates on Note 2 Models when you are there this weekend.

This post has been edited by joytest: Apr 6 2013, 09:55 AM

You could say that the N900 was a spiritual ancestor for most of the smartphones today, but the Note 2 is truly leaps and bounds ahead and is a smooth experience already out of the box. See the videos posted in post 2 under general info. You don't need to muck about with the phone if u don't wish to, just install yr apps and use it.

Just go for a mod ... voila !!!! nice !!!!

Big city leh. Add some shots of cases in a little while.

Bro, I am curious, can you please provide your google search term here? ie the text that you typed into the Google search page.

Your reply will actually help all of us understand why people cannot find what you are looking for.

Errr ...... you can read the links given and follow through.... or as XavierX has kindly pointed out, a simpler search term may have led you there faster.

Just go to page 1 post 7 and read the link to XDA dr.ketan's writeup. Or a little lower down there is a link to benny888's blog, you can also follow the instructions there.

You can read post 5 also if you want some theory.

About the reviews from Anandtech on 3DMark and HTC


3DMark
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6876/microso...vices-in-3dmark

In the 3DMark test, it is strange that the Mali400 in the Note2 does extremely well in the physics test, and fairly well in the pixel test, while it sucks in the polygon/geometry test. I wonder what kind of design tradeoff did ARM or Samsung make to end up with this result?

Or else, as pointed out in the comments, it could be due to the activation of less than all graphics/cpu cores. It doesn't make sense to have such low polygon counts, as modern games spit out more polygons and textures than physics calculations, and the chip designers know this.

I also suspect that, since 3DMark has a DirectX heritage, that may explain why the Surface Pro scores extremely well since it runs on DirectX.

any sifus want to chime in?


and the HTC one numbers:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6747/htc-one-review

I get the feeling there is some selective benchmarking here coz you see the Note 2 in a few tests, while it is nowhere to be seen elsewhere, especially in the battery test charts. Brian Klug is obsessed enough to indicate that there is a barely visible (ie under high magnification only) gap at the speaker grille. He seems to ooze "I'm a fanboi" unashamedly.

Otherwise, it is a pretty good writeup as expected of an Anandtech article.

This post has been edited by joytest: Apr 6 2013, 01:54 PM

A selection of cases (iFace) saw it was quite popular.

A selection of cute cases:

Read the earlier posts and added many useful bits to various sections. See Changelog in Post 2 (moved there now).

I think this item is no longer available, as it seemed to be on sale only for a limited time.

BTW,
alexng2208 - post 9:

alexng2208 - Überflashoholic

This post has been edited by joytest: Apr 6 2013, 10:07 PM

No idea bro since I wasn't there for electronics or accessories shopping but more to experiencing the place and enjoying the food. Great place to be but now I can't look at a Korean gal and help but wonder whether she's modded her looks or not

thank you uncle !!!

Please read the Changelog in Post 2 and I have put dates and change descriptions.

Added a few hours ago in post 13. Uncle Benny and antt00 are very sharp eyed to notice it.

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=59478471

Modding services all along the road.

fruitie since about 2 weeks back, I notice when we click on internal LYN links (ie those that have *.lowyat.net/*) the URI header (http:) is missing. This was after the last maintenance around 20 Mar.

Is it some setting by the admin? This does not provide an automatic complete URL.

fruitie yes the problem that xeactorz is describing, and some others, seems to be intermittent, and random. It has happened to me a number of times, where I have put in the post number properly from the top right link of the post, but it leads to either the prior page or the page after the post.

I've been logged in via https for ages, the problem exists as well.

This post has been edited by joytest: Apr 7 2013, 12:29 AM

New toy ?

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/mana...otificationoff/

Manage Your Notifications with NotificationOff

Notifications in Android are indeed a great thing to have. They come in handy for knowing exactly what is going on with many of our daily use apps. You get things like alarms, email , SMS, phone calls, and many other system and application related activities that you may need to be aware of. Having said that, there are always two sides to every coin and what can be useful for many, can indeed be quite an annoyance for others. There are people who need not keep track of every action that goes on in the device and definitely hate the intrusiveness of certain apps that use notifications as means of advertising. If you see yourself as someone in the latter group, then XDA Forum Member mcnamaragio has something in store that you might be interested in.