Samsung Galaxy Note II LYN's Official Thread V27

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TSjoytest	Sep 11 2013, 11:48 PM Show posts by this member only \| Post #3
Vox populi vox dei? Quot homines,tot sententiae All Stars 13,188 posts Joined: Dec 2011 From: 127.0.0.1	General Overview, Key Features ^{back to Post 1} Launched in Malaysia 11th October, 2012. In stores from 19th October,2012 Malaysia has the N7100 model by Samsung Malaysia Electronics (SME). The N7105 LTE model may be obtained from other importers but LTE coverage is very limited as of now (Q1 2013). There is also a dual-sim model (N7102) available in selected markets. UPDATE (2013-05-28): The LTE N7105 by SME has been approved by SIRIM. Arrival may be imminent. credits bingozero. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Latest firmware for Malaysia: N7100XXDMF2_N7100OLBDMD2_XME Android 4.1.2, Week 3, Jun 2013. Screenshot of latest current ROM - jakgelap You may also get an "Access to the software update service..." message like in the pic link below. This just means that the Samsung update server is full. Try again at another time. Patience is virtue. Access to the software update service screenshot Samsung does not provide any meaningful changelogs. SO NOBODY KNOWS WHAT HAS CHANGED COMPARED TO THE LAST VERSION(s). For those who already know how to flash: Download official firmware from http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ - login first. You will download a zip file. Unzip it for the tar file to be used for flashing Specifications » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Network 3G: HSPA+21Mbps (HSDPA 21Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps) 4G LTE: 100Mbps / 50Mbps (N7105 model only) - LTE (800/900/1800/2600MHz) LTE Specs: http://www.samsung.com/hk_en/consumer/mobi...te-mobile-phone - Samsung HK website Processor 1.6 GHz Exynos 4412 quad-core processor OS Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Dimensions 80.5 x 151.1 x 9.4 mm, 180g Battery Standard battery, Li-ion 3,100mAh Memory 16/32/64GB User memory + 2GB (RAM) microSD slot (supports exFAT - the standard supports up to 2TB) S Pen Optimized Features S Pen Experience - S Note, S Planner, Email with hand-writing integration - S Pen Keeper - Quick Command, Easy Clip, Photo Note, Paper Artist - Shape Match, Formula Match 1 Step tasking / Multitasking features Air View Popup Note, Popup Play Page Buddy / Tag Buddy / Word Buddy Connectivity / Sharing Features Bluetooth® v 4.0 (Apt-X Codec support) LE USB 2.0 Host WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Wi-Fi HT40 Wi-Fi Direct NFC S Beam Samsung AllShare Play & Control Samsung AllShare Cast (WiFi Display) - Mirroring & Extension Samsung AllShare Framework Other Samsung TouchWiz / Samsung L!ve Panel Samsung Kies / Samsung Kies Air Samsung ChatOn mobile communication service Smart Stay, Direct claa, Screen Recorder, Quick Glance Samsung ChatOn mobile communication service Samsung S Suggest Camera Main (Rear) : 8 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash, BSI Sub (Front) : 1.9 Megapixel VT Camera, BSI Best Photo, Best Group Pose, Low light shot Video Codec: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, VC-1, DivX, WMV7, WMV8, WMV9, VP8 Format: 3GP(MP4), WMV(ASF), AVI, FLV, MKV, WebM Full HD(1080p) Playback & Recording Audio Codec: MP3, OGG, WMA, AAC, ACC+, eAAC+, AMR(NB,WB), MIDI, WAV, AC-3, Flac Music Player with SoundAlive 3.5mm Ear Jack Content / Services Samsung Apps Samsung Hub - Game Hub - Media Hub (US only) - Learning Hub / Music Hub / Video Hub ※ The availability of each Samsung Hub may differ by country Sensors Accelerometer, RGB Light, Digital Compass, Proximity, Gyro, Barometer GPS A-GPS Glonass Enterprise Solutions On Device Encryption (H/W) Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync VPN(F5, Cisco, Juniper) MDM(Sybase Afaria, MobileIron, SOTI, Good) CCX Mware MVP General Info,Reviews » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « LINK:DPReview for the Galaxy Note 2 Camera - 2013-03-23 Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 2 - 2013-03-15 I posted this as a comparison between 2 very recent Samsung models of different processor generations ( A15 vs A9 ) and most of the comments actually come out in the Note 2's favour. Some of the comments: QUOTE brendan soliwoda • I much as I am digging this new phone, I am perfectly content with my Note II and will not be switching anytime soon. Chirag Thakkar • if i m gonna change my note 2 the only device replacing it will be note 3. Ben Barren • i would love the 441 ppi and thinner is better but smaller screen and no S-pen i'll still take Note 2 until Note 3 tho i'd love JB 4.2.2 Mathilda • I can't let go my samsung note 2, because i always need the S pen for my study and write down my note. Note 2 just like my notebook combine with my laptop. Samsung SIV is good, but for student, the features in Note 2 is the reason i can't let go note 2. Romeo Bucur • I already made my choice 3 days ago. Just bought a note 2 and i don't regret it for a second.. the s pen and the large display make browsing the web a very nice experience.. and about the "ppi" war.. note 2 has a beautiful display.. certenly more than the averege user will ever need... can' wait for note 3... k brooks • Ive had my note 2 since September and I still love it and it's still makes the I phone 5 look like a kiddies toy. The screen on the note 2 is still superb (even tho its not full hd) and very bright. I've got 118 apps installed , and it is still as fast as it was when I first got it (which surprises alot of people). The battery life is another great bonus. I'll upgrade , but only to the note 3. I'm sure the S4 will sell very well though and is great for people who can't handle the extra size of the note 2 Aliff Alfiry • Nope, I won't change my Note II for S4. As you can see by now, Note is in it's own league, and the only true successor to Note II is the Note III, not S4. Both cater for different market. S4 for mainstream market, Note for niche market. Alas, I'm sure most of Note II users will wait till Note III comes out and then decide to buy it or not, because going to S4 feels like downgrading no matter how great the performance and screen quality are A review by ZDNet on 2013-02-03 Samsung Galaxy Note 2: Big enough to be worth the trouble - James Kendrick Excerpt: Conclusion: the best phone I have ever used This article has only touched on some of the features that make the Note 2 so useful. Useful is a good description for the Note 2 as it is easily the best phone I have ever used. It's certainly not for everyone, which is true for any smartphone, but for those looking for an innovative phone in the crowded Android space the Note 2 is worth a look. A review of the Note 2 about 3 months after launch (in December 2012) and still shows up favorably against newer phones. Galaxy Note II - After The Buzz - post-hype review 2012-12-06 - contributed by klmc A review by AndroidNZ on 2012-10-26 including a multitude of connectivity options tested. Galaxy Note 2 Connectivity Demo Tested connectivity: USB OTG cable Externally powered USB hub Logitech K400 wireless USB keyboard/mouse combo Xbox 360 for Windows controller MHL adapter for Note 2 AllShare Cast Dongle Logitech "For Android" bluetooth keyboard Logitech "For Android" bluetooth mouse (note that any HID profile bluetooth mouse should work) Seagate GoFlex Satellite drive Global Samsung Sites for Note II Global Galaxy Note II Official website Galaxy Note II Story Galaxy Note II Benefits Malaysia Note II related news Soya Cincau confirming 19th October Arrival - 2012/10/11 Please ask Uncle Google about "Galaxy Note 2 Reviews". I have posted the search link here for convenience' sake. Google Search for Galaxy Note 2 reviews in reverse chronological order LINK:Test performed by Positron showing the power of Quad Core Exynos 4412 LINK:When someone asks you to compare the Note 2 to <somephone>, how do you respond? LINK:There is simply no comparison - response by our Esteemed Gadget Freak and Guru » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE(benny888 @ Mar 11 2013, 09:02 AM) TS (christina1, NOT joytest) is already using a note2 n considering change to Xperia z. I suggest she consider the butterfly instead. I have used all these 3 phones n seriously Xperia z n butterfly cannot be compared to note2 due its much bigger display n spen features. Butterfly n Xperia Z quite similar in performance but butterfly thrumps the Xperia Z in display quality n very obvious audio quality. Camera wise both quite similar but Xperia z camera launching is dreadfully miserably slow. Slowest I have seen to date. Xperia Z advantages is waterproof n dustproof And, from one of LYN's most prolific device changers Bujal.x (who aims to change 40+ devices PER YEAR) LINK:Mar 11 2013, 08:55 AM - if you have plan to sell it after few months using it may i suggest note 2? sony's used set price too low compared to samsung~ I am not dissing the other phone. I am just quoting what others have replied when asked which phone should one choose when given a choice between Note 2 and something else. I am of the opinion that to date, there is nothing out there that can yet compare with the Note 2 simply due to the inclusion of the active digitizer and its pocketability. SOME INFO ON LTE (N7105) and its use in Malaysia lemond and his description of LTE experience on Celcom Hikari0307 of S4 thread and his explanation of LTE bands » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE(Hikari0307 @ May 28 2013, 03:44 PM) http://www.samsung.com/sec/consumer/mobile...=SHV-E300LDS3LC LTE(900(지원예정)/1800), WCDMA(1900/2100), GSM(900/1800/1900) Since only Maxis uses LTE on the 1800 MHz band currently, theoretically it'll work on Maxis's LTE network but not with Celcom as they use 2600 MHz as well as it won't work in areas where maxis only have 2600 MHz as well. Another possible problem is the 3G frequency support WCDMA(1900/2100) Going by wiki, all Malaysian carriers uses 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA for 3G so it shouldn't be a problem but seems Celcom uses 900/2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA. Going by industry standards, I assume Celcom uses the 900 MHz outside of Metro areas for data where the lower frequency can cover a wider area mass with lesser amount of towers as well as having better ability to have lesser interference due to obstacles such as walls etc. so that's another possible problem. This is all theoretically and you need somebody to test it themselves to be 100% sure. More posts on LTE to come as users report their experience. YOUTUBE: The Daily Note II Channel - Tips & Tricks and App Reviews LINK:Daily Note II Channel with Latest Episodes first An Episode is shown here. You may view other episodes when this one ends. omA4UZKFAtM ============================================================== Please beware of FAKES !!! See Post #4 ============================================================== First steps when getting your New Toy » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « What's in the sales package (applies only to SME sets) A sealed box with the blue Samsung sticker and an e-Warranty sticker. The serial number and IMEI stickers are at the side. In the box you will find the phone, battery, a WHITE 3-pin charger rated at 2A, a WHITE micro-usb cable, a pair of WHITE headphones and a short manual which also describes e-warranty. NOTE: If you are getting an AP set, the charger will have the pin configuration of the region it came from (eg 2 round pins for Europe sets) NOTE: If you get a set with a BLACK charger and BLACK cable, you may not be getting a Note II and it is likely a knockoff. How to check your phone Check your IMEI by dialing #06# and compare it with the one on the sticker on the box. It has to be the same. There could be an extra "/01" which you can ignore. Check all your phone's features by dialing #0#. You will get a full screen of clickable boxes. Click each one to ensure that those respective features are tested and working fine. Hit the back button to exit the test you are in. The screen you will see is this: Remove the battery and confirm that there is a SIRIM sticker (applicable only to SME sets). Then compare the serial number, ensure it matches with the one on the box sticker. Go to Settings>Storage and ensure that it is showing 10.36Gb total space (if you have a 16Gb device) This is the correct amount of free storage after the default software is loaded. LINK:Get the Galaxy Note II's User Digest (Play Store) Checking your warranty and RMA status online* miloy2k LINK:Samsung Cyber Service portal » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « CALL SAMSUNG Helpline at 1800 88 9999 Give them your IMEI number and they can tell you if it's an SME set or not. Warranty Registration and Checking credits to S3 thread FREE E-WARRANTY SERVICE BY OUR MEMBER FALLENOUT http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2455938 PM him following things to register IMEI number Tel Number Name Date of Purchase And after that you can check your warranty for the various telcos: How to check warranty Send SMS - PC " YOUR IMEI" to 62002 (for maxis and digi) or 33802 (for celcom) Getting your IMEI: dial #06# on your phone If you also want to know about the Samsung sticker INSIDE the phone: wanmya's question \| syNzoR's response \| confuzan's response LINK:XDA - Things to check for when buying a Second Hand Note 2* ============================================================== Key HARDWARE Features of the Note 2 LINK:Difference between LTE and Non-LTE versions of the Note 2 Due to some technical differences between N7100 and N7105, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU FLASH ROMS !!! Most roms/kernels on XDA are meant for the N7100. Please ensure that your rom/kernel can be used on the N7105 before you flash. Video Reviews of ALL Features of the Note 2 (this includes hardware and software) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « LINK:Youtube search query results for Galaxy Note 2 sorted by newest first TheAngelofmusic1989 Galaxy Note II REVIEW All you need to know (Note II vs S III vs Original Note) - 2012-11-26 - 55:01 Published on Nov 26, 2012 **TIME CODEDTIME CODED**READ ENTIRE DESCRIPTION!!!! Hello everyone!!! Here is probably -- pretentiously the most in-depth review on the Note II that you will ever see... LOL Enjoy, relax, stay a while, and pick a topic. OR watch the whole thing!!! 1. Intro (00:14) 2. Form Factor (1:15) 3. 4 device pile up (2:39) 4. Build Quality (3:30) 5. Durability - my dad dropped it!!! (5:26) 6. Out Door / Direct Sunlight Readability (7:09) 7. Pocket test (7:46) 8. Operating System Start* (9:25) 9. Sensors and Motion (10:47) 10. Voice Recognition - S Voice and Google Now (15:35) 11. How to get Flash on Jelly Bean!!! (19:31) 12. S Pen Features Start (20:11) 13. Pen commands menu, back, quick command, ETC (20:24) 14. USING S NOTE is a BLAST (23:08) 15. Pen and Photo Editing Wizardry (25:06) 16. Don't forget these Pen Tools! (27:16) 17. Pop Up BROWSER (28:12) 18. Multi-window (28:51) 19. Galaxy Note II Processors and Power vs Note and SIII* (29:21) 20. CPU Browser speed test Note II vs SIII (30:58) 21. GPU and Game Play Power!!!! (32:21) 22. RAM Power 2GB buttery smoothness (34:29) 23. THE DISPLAY START (35:32) 24. Up close of Note Original and Note II Pixels (36:39) 25. Burn in??? (38:27) 26. Gorgeous MEDIA EXPERIENCE & NO black clipping!!!! (38:59) 27. NO Black Clipping demonstration (41:06) 28. Display IMPERFECTIONS (42:45) 29. Battery Life (45:58) 30. Antennas and Phone Versions (47:47) 31. The Cameras and Demonstrations (48:41) 32. Outside Video Tests and Photos (52:08) 33. THE END! Thank You for watching!!! (54:12) ColdFustion Why The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Is Better Than Your Phone If you don't have one - 2012-10-24 - 18:43 jimmyispromo Best Tips and Tricks of Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (1 of 2) - 2012-10-24 - 11:51 Best Tips and Tricks of Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (2 of 2) - 2012-10-24 - 11:54 Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (II) Settings Guide by TheAndroidizen - 2012-10-18 - 10:55 A FULL TEARDOWN of all components with good descriptions » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Original Source: http://samsungtomorrow.com/3678 - in Korean, with larger component pics (2012-12-17) Original Source: http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/?p=20862 - English translation Source: http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-does-a-te...its-components/ Overview 1 Overview 2 Full part description 3G Signal Related Questions and Helpful Answers » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Network speed hierarchy: slowest to fastest: G => E => 3G => H => H+ => 4G G=GPRS E=EDGE 3G=3G H=HSDPA H+=HSPA+ 4G=LTE (only available on N7105) Modems tested and recommended by forumer - 2013-02-22 - chteh0721 Question about H/H+ availability Response about why you may not have H/H+ Allshare » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « placeholder - contributors requested AllShare allows you to mirror your phone's screen on an AllShare equipped display device (TV, dongle) via the AllShare cast function on your phone. The Battery » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « LINK:XDA - Things You Should Know About Lithium Ion Battery The Note 2 has a massive 3100mAh battery. The only phone with a larger battery is the Motorola Razr MAXX with a 3300mAh. My 2 cents about battery use: Firstly, ALL USERS here on this forum report usages >12hours ie 1 whole day out, with at least 3hours AND MORE of "Screen On Time" or what we term "SOT". Typical battery life tends to be 4+hours SOT with 18+hours total use. This is a SMARTPHONE and should be enjoyed for all its wonderful features of large screen for movies/browsing/reading, powerful CPU for gaming, data connectivity for surfing etc. If you can get 1 whole day's use out of a full charge, I don't see why there is a need to complain. Charge when you are sleeping. Read the link about batteries, and you won't kill your battery from overnight charging. IF you are getting less than 3hours SOT, and/or less than 12 hours of total use, then the most likely cause is some badly behaved app or apps that won't go to sleep and keeps your CPU running high. See Advanced Topics for Wakelocks and what to do about them. See Post 11 for some of our forumer's Battery Life Records. Anyway, a some battery life RECORDS !!! Submitted 2013-02-25: 4d1h28m total, with 4h00m SOT !!! Submitted 2013-02-28: 4d2h19m total, with 3h56m SOT !!! An excerpt from Anandtech's review of the S4 (2013-04-24), where there is a section on Charging: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6914/samsung-galaxy-s-4-review QUOTE The non-linear nature of Quick Charge significantly shortens charge time, particularly in the very early stages of charging when the device's battery is presumably fully discharged. As the device's battery voltage increases, current delivery tapers off and the QC advantage is no longer as great as a standard USB BC 1.2 solution. The end result though is significantly improved charge times. The graph below shows the benefits of using Samsung's own charger vs. a standard charger that implements the USB BC 1.2 specification. When used with the bundled charger, the Galaxy S 4 recharges much faster than HTC's One, despite using a larger battery. Obviously the Galaxy S 4 will charge with any USB charger, but the charge time will simply be longer. Samsung uses a voltage divider and signals the presence of their own charger by sending 1.2-1.3 V across the D+ / D- pins, this is similar to what Apple does with 2.0 or 2.8 V across the pins for various USB chargers they've shipped over the years. This signaling is essentially Samsung's proprietary tablet charging signaling which they've employed on the Galaxy Note 2 and now SGS4, in fact the two use the same exact charger, so it's worth tossing out your old ones and getting the appropriate one to take advantage of the faster charging. Camera » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « The camera is an 8Megapixel device. Camera firmware versions: Check your camera firmware by dialing #34971539# ZKFI07, GKF103 Reported on 2013-03-08 by emy_xvidia - GKFH93 - this version seems to have over aggressive low light "optimisation" LINK:DPReview for the Galaxy Note 2 Camera - 2013-03-23 In the meantime, search through the threads for posts from Aspire2oo6. He is the resident photography expert and has posted some amazing shots, or: Aspire2oo6's Flickr Gallery LINK:Contribution by Isabell on basic photography tips - Isabell LINK:Understanding Camera Optics & Smartphone Camera Trends The site below is a well recognised site for Camera reviews. Now they have a subsection for Mobile Phone Cameras. It contains reviews for all the phones they have access to, and not just Note/Note 2 specific. LINK:RSS Feed for DPReview Mobile Camera reviews The CPU (Exynos 4 Quad 4412)* » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « WARNING !! Heavy duty technical stuff The User Manual for the CPU - pdf, 4.99mb, 913 pages Samsung's Exynos 4 Quad microsite Samsung's technical documentation site for the Exynos 4 Quad Gorilla Glass » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « About Gorilla Glass (and Gorilla Glass 2) http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/ » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « How tough is Gorilla Glass 2? wT8xI4PEU8c How Gorilla Glass is made with Corning's Fusion Process q4ZU7zUxdM8 Cost to replace a cracked screen - PrinceCaspien The Note 2 screen has a Wacom digitizer, and this is bonded to the glass during assembly. When you replace the screen at the service center, both will get replaced as a single assembly. If you are adventurous, you can try to do it yourself. See Advanced section. The MicroSD card slot » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « The Note 2 has a microSD card slot. MicroSD (or sometimes abbreviated "usd/uSD" card since "u" looks like the Greek letter "mu") is the physical format of the card. The logical format (ie how the computer/phone sees it) can be FAT16, FAT32, exFAT or even NTFS. FAT32 officially supports up to 32Gb, and the max file size LIMIT for FAT32 is 4Gb. Cards greater than 32Gb will default to 64Gb and be in exFAT format. Only Windows 7 and above support exFAT natively. Vista and Windows XP need additional drivers. Nominally the exFAT standard supports up to 2Tb (terabytes) of storage, with a filesize limited only by your storage volume size. Read links below for an in depth understanding of the various formats. Microsoft Technet article on FAT16 and FAT32 (historical perspective) Choosing between NTFS, FAT, and FAT32 - more for PCs, but informative Microsoft Support article on FAT32 - more in-depth detail Micro$oft Intellectual Property Licen$ing Page - for exFAT - surprisingly not in the technical section NFC Related stuff: » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Sellers of NFC tags and items in LYN hullabaloo_bard Tapway Ubitap What is NFC from HowStuffWorks from Ubitap's website XDA review of AnyTag NFC app LINK:A discussion on XDA about reading passports with NFC-enabled phones LYN Topic on NFC Use. Interesting read How you can use NFC Another example of how you can use NFC XDA - [APP][4.1+] File Beam - Send files with Android Beam™ - XeactorZ NFC related discussion in V15 <= click on the link and search for the term "NFC" to see the discussion Notification LED placeholder - contributors requested S-Pen (usage and settings) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « The S-Pen in the Galaxy Note 2 works in conjunction with the Wacom digitizer bonded to the screen. The digitizer creates an electromagnetic field that detects the S-Pen up to 12mm away. Jointly, this also allows for more precise content manipulation and rendering. The Air View feature, for example, uses the digitizer to preview content based on the proximity of the S-Pen to the display. The S-Pen in the Galaxy Note 2 is longer, thicker, and more ergonomically designed compared to the one in the original Galaxy Note. The S-Pen allows for some of the Note family's (the original Note, Note 10.1, Note 8.0, Note II) most innovative features, including Easy Clip, which allows quick cropping of images by simply pressing the S-Pen button; Quick Command, which activates frequently used apps just by swiping up on the display; and Air View, which allows previewing of content when the S-Pen is placed near the display. LINK:XDA- explaining how the sPen tech works (and is very diff than other styluses) Some examples of sketches: A fruit drawn by Isabell - Isabell Another drawing by Isabell Samsung Galaxy Note II: S Pen Lesson - pocketnowvideo - 2012-10-05 - 11:24 Added on 2013-03-10-00:08 Sketching - Samsung Galaxy Note 2 - Amazing Blue Eye - Damen Roy - 01:10 Added on 2013-03-10-00:08 Samsung Galaxy Note 2 sketch an amazing lion's face S-pen - MIRVIPanimation - 02:02 Added on 2013-03-10-22:18 How TheNeighbor101 from XDA painted Anne Hathaway with the Note 2 How TheNeighbor101 from XDA painted a portrait of Arya Stark Another bit of Note 2 art by arjunr24724 from XDA Wi-Fi Direct™ » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Wi-Fi Alliance's site on Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct™: Personal, portable Wi-Fi® that goes with you anywhere, anytime Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct™ is a certification mark for devices supporting a game-changing new technology enabling Wi-Fi devices to connect directly, making it simple and convenient to do things like print, share, synch and display. Products bearing the Wi-Fi Direct certification mark can connect to one another without joining a traditional home, office or hotspot network. Mobile phones, cameras, printers, PCs, and gaming devices can now connect to each other directly to transfer content and share applications quickly and easily. Devices can make a one-to-one connection, or a group of several devices can connect simultaneously. Connecting Wi-Fi Direct-certified devices is easy and simple, in many cases only requiring the push of a button. Moreover, all Wi-Fi Direct connections are protected by WPA2™, the latest Wi-Fi security technology. With Wi-Fi Direct, you do not need an access point or internet connection – your personal Wi-Fi network goes with you wherever you go. Wi-Fi Direct device connections can happen anywhere, anytime - even when you don't have access to a Wi-Fi network. Your Wi-Fi Direct device will signal to other devices in the area that it can make a connection. You can view available devices and ask them to connect, or you might receive an invitation to connect to another Wi-Fi Direct device. When two or more Wi-Fi Direct-certified devices connect directly, they have formed a Wi-Fi Direct Group, using Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ and the latest Wi-Fi security. Now you can get started doing all the exciting things that Wi-Fi Direct enables! An app from XDA that has been tested working for non-Samsung devices by arslow (thanks for reminding) [App] Fast File Transfer - The WiFi Direct For The Rest Of Us Video showing how Wi-Fi Direct is used, and how fast it is !! Wireless Charging » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « placeholder - contributors requested A Comparison using GCC of various charging values including Qi Wireless Charger - ayed08 None of us is as smart as all of us Errare humanum est perseverare diabolicum Have fun everyone ^{back to Post 1}
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Vox populi vox dei? Quot homines,tot sententiae All Stars 13,188 posts Joined: Dec 2011 From: 127.0.0.1	Owners' List ^{back to Post 1} Self Service Form Here!!! You can now input your details in the self service form !!! Please input your LYN username, SME/AP, Model, Capacity and Color, and any optional information you wish, and hit "Submit" on the form. > CLICK HERE for Owners' SUBMISSION FORM < - started on 2013-03-23 > Owners' List spreadsheet < - full list of owners here. Previous owners prior to 2013-03-22 have also been imported. NOTICE 2013-04-30: Due to trolling activity, public access to the owners' list may be suspended as necessary. If the list is suspended and you wish to view, please send a request on the Google page that appears and I will add you for View access. One of the world's most recognised people is also a proud Note 2 owner: Contributor Recognised by Samsung and sent on an ALL EXPENSES PAID TRIP to Samsung SEA Forum tot31's post showing the invitation and confirmation for Samsung SEA Forum (26-28 Feb, 2013) ============================================================== Reviews and Testimonies by Users (LYN and around the 'Net) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « TechRadar's Top 10 Android List - Note 2 is at NO. 4 EVEN AFTER 7 MONTHS !!! - 2013-04-29 - XeactorZ In perspective, for a device that is 7+ months old in April 2013, it is STILL THE BEST OF THE REST !!!! The top 3 are the newer phones launched in Q1 of 2013, so that is normal. QUOTE Yet it does almost everything it sets out to do perfectly, with grace, class and maximum functionality that if you're in the market for a larger smartphone or a small tablet, there really is no better device. TechRadar's EXTENSIVE 13 page review on Note 2 posted on 2013-03-08 which still rates it 4.5 out of 5 stars TechRadar's Living with the Samsung GALAXY Note II - a report 3 months after - 2013-01-02 QUOTE Verdict Having used the GALAXY Note II for a longer period, its power continues to shine through. It's by far one of the best media devices on the market, and whether you use the inbuilt web browser or Google Chrome, you'll always be whizzing around the internet no matter if you're using 4G, 3G or Wi-Fi. Users are almost unanimous in their love of the functionality on board, be it as a phone, a tablet, a PC (with the Smart Dock) and even being able to show the screen on a larger TV using All Share. In short, the GALAXY Note II shows that Samsung has managed to create a new class of device, one that fits between the common lines between devices and shows a whole new world is possible with one of these in your pocket. TechRadar article on the use of the S-Pen - 2013-01-30 TechRadar's article on how you can work on the go with the Note 2 - 2012-12-27 Post by bmwcaddy about his positive Note 2 experience - 2013-04-14 Uncle Benny's (benny888) testimony to the smoothness of TouchWiz on the Note 2 in response to a post about erroneous perceptions of TouchWiz - 2013-04-10 The 4 Best Android Phones Available Right Now - 2013-04-09 6 months after launch, the Note 2 is still a major contender as a Top-of-the-Line phone against all newcomers. Standout specs: Gigantic 720p display, stylus, quad-core processor, 2GB RAM. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Why it’s great: This phablet proved that some users will happily buy a cross between a smartphone and tablet rather than two separate devices. The fact the Galaxy Note II has excellent hardware no doubt helped the case – inside you’ll find one of the strongest quad-core processors on the market, gobs of RAM, an SD card slot that can handle up to a 64GB card and a huge battery. And then there’s the stylus. Samsung has found some innovative ways to make it an essential device for texts, document editing and web navigation. There’s no other Android phone that can provide more value to consumers who productivity on-the-go. Advice and testimony by aspire2oo6 to someone expressing doubt about getting a Note 2 - 2013-04-04 LaFiero from the Reddit Android (/r/Android)section, explaining how the Note 2 has changed the way he uses a smartphone - 2013-03-16 » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Quick background: I'm probably what most would consider an average smartphone user. I use my phone for fairly common things: email, text, weather, YouTube, browse the web, Google Reader (RIP). Nothing too heavy. I’ve owned an iPhone 3G, a Samsung Captivate (OG Galaxy), Atrix 2, and a HTC One X. I recently upgraded to a Note II (refurbished for $0.99 from AT&T, woot woot) and it's completely changed the way I use my phone, but not for the reasons you might imagine. Yes, the large screen is nice and has changed the way I browse the web. I can open up the desktop version of a website and read all of the text without having to zoom in, at all. But the real thing that has changed how I use my phone? Battery life. And this isn't even bespoke to the Note II. The Razr Maxx (HD) gets great battery life. But I wanted to post this to let people who are in the market for a new phone know that battery life really will change how you use your phone. From the moment I leave for school in the morning until the moment I go to sleep at night, I never, ever, even think about my Note II’s battery. No matter what I'm doing. Watching 20 minutes of YouTube? Don't even think about it. Using Maps with GPS turned on? Don't think about it. Streaming music during my 45 minute commute? Nope, don’t think about my battery. In the past, all of these things would have had me frantically checking my phones battery. It wasn’t until I got the Note II that I realized just how much I had been worrying about my phone's battery. I used to constantly check it because below about 50%, all the phones I mentioned above would plummet. **** Some comments from the thread: ToiletNinjasGalaxy Nexus 4.1.1, Galaxy Tab 10.1 Stock, Archos 70 98 points 19 hours ago I just upgraded from the VZW G-Nex up to the Note 2. Like OP said, it really has changed the way I use my phone. With my Nexus, I kept a dock in my office, one in my home office, and chargers plugged in the living room and bedroom as well. Playing a game on an emulator with a USB controller plugged in would drain my battery from full to shutdown in 90 minutes. Even just GPS and Pandora on my 30 minute commute would knock the battery down to 75%. With the Note 2, even with the gigantic screen, I have not yet gotten a battery warning, ever. For a week I still carried my SIM-less Nexus, figuring I could use it for music and games and "save my precious phone battery." Honestly though, even using the Note for music, games, social networking and office apps throughout the day, the battery has held up like a champ. I presume heavy data usage over the mobile data rather than wifi will eventually beat up the battery, like it does on any phone, but honestly overall I'm just completely blown away by the user experience of this phone. ===== theklinksGalaxy Note II, Stock 9 points 19 hours ago I went through the same upgrade -- VZW Gnex to Note 2 -- and actually got frustrated when I couldn't drain the Note 2's battery in one day. Now that I'm used to it, I freaking love it. I can use the hell out of the Note 2 and not worry that I'll be dead in the water on the commute home. ===== ToiletNinjasGalaxy Nexus 4.1.1, Galaxy Tab 10.1 Stock, Archos 70 6 points 19 hours ago One random luxury I've noticed - Splashtop is a DREAM on this phone. Obviously gaming lags insanely and is a poor idea, but it is really nice for viewing content on my desktop, starting up a download to be waiting for me when I get home, or monitoring my system. Even the Nexus' decent sized screen felt a little small, and the curve made it awkward, but the Note 2 really feels like a little "desktop remote". ===== DrDerpbergNexus S, Nexus 4 61 points 17 hours ago I can see it now: a commercial where you get wrapped up in whatever you're watching on your Note II at breakfast. You ignore your food, leaning in focusing on the screen. Time skips a bit and the shadows in your room are different, but you're still staring at the screen with your food in front of you. Time skips again, to the evening. And again, to the middle of the night, with you passed out in your eggs and bacon but still just barely holding your Note II up, chugging happily along. The tag might be something along the lines of "This phone has more energy than you do", but I'm no marketing guru. ===== vincredibleGalaxy Nexus (VZW) 43 points 20 hours ago I agree completely. I had a Galaxy Nexus before I switched to my Note II (both on Verizon) and I had to be so careful with my time spent using the phone. It got decent battery life with the screen off, but even at the lowest brightness, just leaving the screen on for a few texts or a brief bout on Reddit would drain significant percentages of the battery. Don't even get me started on what 5 minutes of YouTube would do to it. I felt the exact same way when I switched to the Note II. For the first few weeks, I was so giddy over the battery life, I was watching it like a hawk, mainly because I wanted to benchmark how awesome it was (and it was pretty awesome), but once I got past the honeymoon phase, it just became this thing I never thought about again. Until I read this thread, I probably hadn't actually looked at my battery meter in days. I charge it at night but I never know how low it is when I plug it in - it's certainly not low enough to be of concern. I do whatever the hell I want on this phone. An hour of YouTube, 6 hours of streaming music at work, calls, texts, Reddit, downloading, uploading, games, GPS. None of it matters. I don't have to worry about whether my WiFi/BT/GPS is on or off and potentially hurting my battery life. The thing just chugs along and never ever gets low. It just works the way I need it to work. Excellent write-up concering what is easily my favorite aspect of the Note II! gin&tonic - Excellent experience with charger replacement for AP set - 2013-03-24 benny888 - his post in the S4 thread about the excellent smoothness of the Note 2 - 2013-03-24 benny888 - point about the excellent TouchWiz on Note 2 in S4 thread - 2013-03-18 brijesh.ratnani - about how the Note 2 has changed the way he works - 2013-02-19 adi89 - in support of Cynox's post and affirms the usefulness of the Note 2 - V02 / #19 - 2012-10-07 Cynox - why you don't need to be concerned about price drops, and how useful the Note 2 is - V02 / #18 - 2012-10-07 LINK:For people who btch about polycarbonate* ============================================================== Confessions of fervent iPhone users having switched to Galaxy Note 2 or other Android devices » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Gizmodo: Why I Ditched the iPhone: My Very Own Protocol Droid by Jamie Dihiansan - 2013-03-12 Why American Airlines Chose Samsung Over Apple When It Bought 17,000 Tablets (Galaxy Note 2) - 2013-03-10 The following articles from TechHive and Forbes were contributed by alexng2208 6 Things Apple Needs To Fix In iOS 7 (or Why Android is BETTER than iOS) - 2013-03-05 - Forbes Why I switched from iPhone to Android Part 1 - 2013-03-05 - TechHive Why I switched from iPhone to Android Part 2 - 2013-03-06 - TechHive Why I switched from iPhone to Android Part 3 - 2013-03-07 - TechHive An iPhone 5 user tries the Samsung Galaxy Note II - 2013-02-09 - iSource - contributed by alexng2208 Betanews' Carlos, a (formerly) avowed fanboi and Samsung hater - 2013-01-18 The many many comments on this article also show many former iphone users loving the Note/Note2 after having made the switch. From a Forbes contributor who has seen the light - 2012-12-28 Moving from iOS to Android - insightful comments Best comment from this article: QUOTE by Charles Chambers Used to be a diehard iPhone fan since 07. Switched to android in 11 and I love it. The difference between android and iOS: iOS is like living in a nice hotel. You don't have a lot of choice but it looks nice and easy to use. Android is like buying your own home. Buy an really nice home (android device) and you will probably love it. You can change and customize it however you want. It's yours! You can also buy cheap. Computer pioneer Alan Kay says the iPad has “been dumbed down so far it’s distressing” (2013-03-29) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « http://www.androidauthority.com/alan-kay-ipad-181064/ “The iPad’s been dumbed down so far it’s distressing. And Microsoft of course followed suit with its interface.” Kay claims the iPad is an anti-personal computer and not only is difficult, but doesn’t allow for symmetric creation. Instead of personal computers being designed “as a place where people are going to spend a lot of time and different people can exist there”, their design is based on marketing and the most number of devices being sold to the largest number of people. Kay has a vast experience working with mobile computing devices dating back to the 1970s when he worked at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) which developed the first graphical user interface and personal computer. It was from there that Steve Jobs and Bill Gates got their ideas for what would become the two largest operating systems on the planet, Windows and Mac OS. Did that company with the fruit logo ever invent anything? I'm posting this here to dispel the myths that the company with the fruit logo invented every smartphone technology. NO THEY DID NOT. All they did was to combine existing technologies into a sleek package. Credit to Noobi3 wFeC25BM9E0 ============================================================== > BEWARE OF SCAMS/CONS/FAKES < [MUST READ] Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (GT-N7100) – Clone vs Original Ultimate Comparison - 2013-03-09 - JennyBeh Full IMEI List of 1407 Note 2 stolen in October 2012 - Click *here* to check against this list Modus Operandi of a Scammer - notified by benny888 There are also fake casings of brands eg Otterbox, UAG and so forth. See post 13 under "Fakes". A word about the terms "AP" and "Ori" (not the best choice of terms, but this is Bolehland ) A real Samsung (or any manufacturer's) device is Original whether it's SME or AP. We get our terminology confused due to the use of the term "AP" here whereas the correct term is "Parallel Import" or "Grey Market". And again due to the proliferation of counterfeit goods in this part of the world, the term "original" is also misappropriated to denote "Genuine". SME vs AP is simply a matter of distribution channel for a Genuine product. You can also get "original" counterfeits since it comes directly from the manufacturer of said counterfeit. From Merriam-Webster: Definition of COUNTERFEIT 1: made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive => LYN's historical topic on the subject - AP, Ori, Water Pics of Counterfeits Or perhaps more politely, "unbranded clones" » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « The stylus is a dead giveaway. GENUINE STYLUS images: Unbranded Clones with a "stylus" Not directly Note 2 related, but useful to know nonetheless: How To Take Care of Your Smartphone Battery the Right Way - 2013-06-29 - ((Xa))0102 The Basics of USB Battery Charging: A Survival Guide - 2010-12-09 - a very technical explanation of how charging works. What is the powerbank? Testing, calculation, explaination - by x-treme - link by -kytz- Beware of Cheap, High Capacity Powerbanks - 2013-03-29 - brotan fruitie's explanation about Yoobao having different authenticity verification messages for Powebanks and Other Accessories QUOTE(fruitie @ Apr 25 2013, 10:15 PM) Yoobao, it shows original. Yes but it has different messages to show if it's original Powerbank. Most of the time, those fellows buy cheap Yoobao accessories like screen protector and peel out the stickers and put on their fake Yoobao. So when you check warranty n it will show original but actually it's original for the screen protector not your Powerbank. Powerbank's original message slightly differs. I'm on mobile now. Let me go back home and check out more info for you guys. QUOTE(fruitie @ Apr 25 2013, 10:55 PM) As promised in my previous post, these are the two different authentication messages. Credit to mirrorstore, one of the original Powerbank sellers on LYN. However only in Chinese characters, so for non-Chinese readers, you better compare yours with these messages. Check it from this website: http://www.sz12365.net 1) Original YooBao PowerBank's authentication message: 您所购买的是深圳市锐讯天成科技有限公司生产的羽博正品产品，敬请放心购买使用！谢谢！商品品牌 : YOOBAO 商品归属公司 : 深圳市锐讯天成科技有限公司 2) Use other original Yoobao's accessories' code. The message: 您所购买的是深圳市锐讯天成科技有限公司生产的YOOBAO羽博正品保护类专用品牌YOOBAO羽博正品保护类专用，感谢您对深圳市锐讯天成科技有限公司产品的支持！ The easiest way to check is verify your warranty from this link: http://www.yoobao.com/defend.asp, make sure the message is same as no. 1. http://www.sz12365.net also can be used to check for other brands' warranty, so it is better to use Yoobao's own verifier. ^{back to Post 1}
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Vox populi vox dei? Quot homines,tot sententiae All Stars 13,188 posts Joined: Dec 2011 From: 127.0.0.1	Note 2 Basic Operations and Common Issues ^{back to Post 1} ============================================================== XDA site for Galaxy Note II (N7100 and N7105) Samsung Galaxy Note II - N7100 and N7105 XDA has 2 threads for Development (ie ROMs, kernels etc) discussions. The one called Android Development deals with ROMs/kernels/tweaks etc that are "cooked" ie modified from STOCK. The one called Android Original Development deals with ROMS/kernels/tweaks etc that are built from scratch (AOSP/AOKP) or are entirely original in their approach. Note that AOSP/AOKP does not fully support all Exynos features as Samsung has sadly not released the full details of the Exynos processor to the dev community. XDA sites for other variants of the Galaxy Note II (not N7100 or N7105) - applicable for sets from US Telcos AT&T Sprint T-Mobile Verizon ============================================================== Operations Samsung Galaxy Note 2 tips and tricks - 2013-05-24 Battery Characteristics and Care - Summary Table of Battery Types - benny888 What do all those XXDME etc mean in my Settings>About Device ? » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE by dr.ketan of XDA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239822 [Guide]Which ROM i do have, Understanding samsung code Here i am explaining samsung code to newbies, who find difficult to understand coding of different ROMs let's i explain you with one example India have latest update MC3 so what you are seeing on sammobile is N7100XXDMC3 N7100ODDDMD1 - India (sammobile mentions AP and CSC on main page so AP(PDA) is N7100XXDMC3 and CSC is N7100ODDDMD1) Now when you extract zip you will get like this N7100XXDMC3_N7100ODDDMD1_N7100DDDLK6_HOME.tar.md5 (that have modem (CP) information too) here AP N7100XXDMC3, CSC N7100ODDDMD1 and CP N7100DDDLK6 That is in form of device number[AP (PDA) - CSC - CP (modem)].tar.md5 so after installing this ROM if you dial #1234# , you will get this AP : N7100XXDMC3 CP : N7100DDDLK6 CSC : N7100DDDMD1 So what does it suggest? Here decoding of CSC it suggest which country ROM you are having 'DDMD1' means DD=India, M = 2013, D = April, 1 = first release So DDMD1 CSC suggest your CSC is first released for india on April 2013 same way if we decoding with modem (CP) your modem is DDLK6, that means DD = India, L = 2012, K = November, 6 = 6th release So your indian modem is built in Nov 2012 (6th release in 2012) So if you look to any ROM released after Nov 2012, like LL7 ,MA6, MB2 ,MC3 All have same DDLK6 modem, means there is no update in modem since Nov 2012 (LK6) Now come to PDA (AP) XDMC3 usually PDA remains same for almost country and usually have to count last 3 digits. MC3 means M=2013, C=March, 3 = 3rd release SO MC3 update is 3rd update of March 2013 (though it released in April, still it is built by samsung in march, you can confirm it by setting - about device - kernel it showing 27th March). so built in march but aired in April. samsung code it according when it was built. For 'year' coding samsing uses K=2011, L=2012, M=2013 so on For 'Month' coding A=Jan, B=Feb, C=March and so on K=2011 Hope this should be clear. Can I simply unplug the USB cable after a file transfer? - antt00 How do I turn off 3G ? I want to use 2G only. - kevintth Post by mydragoon on some lesser known features of the S-Pen and Note 2 - V22 #655 - mydragoon Determining degree of "black clipping" on your Note 2 screen - S4 V1 #1526@18:14 - kurogane Image for testing in spoiler - download it to your phone » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Download to your phone and view it at 100% brightness. What is the lowest number you can see? Securing your Play Store to avoid unnecessary In-App-Purchases or accidental purchases - asked by Blackthorn and answered by antt00 Taking BETTER pictures with the flash » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE ((Xa))0102,Jul 3 2013, 06:17 PM - I found a way to take good photos with a flash. Since the flash is too "bright" in most close up conditions which will over expose the subject. Instead of using the flash from the camera, if you have noticed a widget called assistive light, turn it on and launch camera. There you have it. At least you get to control the metering by distancing you subject from your flash. Actually my dad found out accidentally with his S3 If your apps are all Auto-Updating, how do you stop it? - Human Nature and antt00 Incoming calls only show phone number but no names even though I have saved the name & tel nos Solution - Delete Google account and add it back again - by antt00 Confirmation of solution, just sign out and sign in Google account How do I turn off syncing when I have more than 1 Google account on my phone? - question by fruitie Solution by syNzoR to enable checkboxes within Contacts After Updating a ROM, no details are shown in the Battery Summary readout - solved by sklchan If you found the .face* folder and you're wondering what it is? - credits Andrewtst from S3 thread - andrewtst Teach your stock Samsung keyboard in GNote II to remember new words - MRSamurai Migrating from iPhone to Note 2 (or general Android) ? Some tools: Jumping Ship: A Guide to Switching from iOS to Android - 3 part series - just click "Next Post" to see all parts How to Transfer/Export Messages from iPhone using Samsung Kies Sync iTunes music with your Android !!! Easy Phone Tunes Transfer Music and Data to Your Samsung Galaxy - Easy Phone Sync CopyTrans Contacts to export idevice Contacts to PC Transferring your iCal entries to Google Calendar You've already been suckered by DRM - just 1 LAST investment to remove it forever!! Article on how to export your iphone contact to Android. The comments are also informative. LINK:Software for Macs to connect to Androids - Android File Transfer Migrating from Nokia to Note 2 (or general Android) ? SMS conversion: Use SMS Migrator - paid app and follow the steps below. Credits Reventon. QUOTE Reventon,Aug 8 2013, 01:59 PM - Here is the step 1. Open your nokia pc suite on your pc, connect symbian phone and click on the Message icon 2. Select all the sms ( ALT + A ) 3. Click on the file > export to CSV file. 4. Save the file and open it with notepad , do not edit anything, after open the file click save as UTF8 encoding and save eg sms.csv 5. Move the file to your android sdcard and then fire up your SMS Migrator app on your android. 6. In the App SMS Migrator Export Software - Select Nokia PC Suite Encoding - Select UTF-8 Select the sms.csv file that you copy earlier from PC to your sdcard. 7. Click on the file and voila , wait for it to finish load. For my case i have around 1500 SMSes and it took around 5 mins to fully loaded into SMS apps on Android. Yeah @joytest . Its the app and its a paid app. Tried many free apps all doesnt work. Fast Dormancy » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Thanks to Noobi3 and muctabucta for information. Check this by dialing #0011#. Note that not all kernels support this properly and you could have a blank ServiceMode screen. QUOTE Noobi3,Jun 16 2013, 01:25 AM - Basically this is what FD do When your phone is connected via data (not wifi) your phone needs to enter certain states in order to maintain this connection. If your Operator does not have FD support or you have it disabled, then basically your states are just connected or not connected. What this means is that every time your phone connects to data, it will have to go through all of its internal functions in order to achieve the connection and perform the data transfer. This is slow and obviously the more processing that is required, the more the hit on battery. FD tries to limit this problem by having several different states. Each state has a different level of connection throughput and power consumption. DCH - High volume data (highest power consumption) FACH - Lower volume PCH - No data but keeps connection IDLE_CCCH - Not entirely sure about this one but I think its an interim stage IDLE - Connection dropped (lowest power consumption) When in DCH state, your phone is doing the highest volume of data transfer, and obviously consuming most power out of your battery. The way FD will work is when transfer rates drop, the state drops to FACH for less power consumption and then back up immediately to DCH if required, or if this transfer state is over for the time being, (eg. you have stopped browsing) instead of going back to IDLE which would mean going through all the connection procedures next time data is required, the state drops down to PCH. This is a very low powered state, and when data is subsequently required, it can then immediately go back up to FACH or DCH with minimal effort. Going up/down between each states takes the least amount of time and battery Whether you keep FD on or not depends primarily on if your network operator supports it. If your network operator supports it, then enabling it is not necessarily the best answer, as it then depends on the combination of the following 2 things: 1. How you use your phone If you are a heavy data user then enabling FD is almost certainly the way to go. The less the phone needs to do to fire back up the connection the better. However, if you rarely use the phone for a data connection, then it may prove beneficial to you to switch it off so that the IDLE state is entered sooner. Bear in mind before you decide on if you should turn it on or off, what your data sync type options for contacts/calendar/email etc. are. If you dont browse too often, you may still be using data quite often even though you are not physically doing so through various background syncs. 2. How "intelligent" your Operator's FD actually is. This can be done via a simple test. With wifi off and FD enabled, at the dialler, type #0011#. This takes you into the ServiceMode menu. The important piece of information here is the RRC State line. Press the home button and open a browser session and go into a web site, then immidiately long press the home to get the list of tasks and select the ServiceMode app. The RRC State line should be DCH (or at least FACH) and you should see some activity in your signal indicator arrows on the status bar. Eventually you should see it drop down from DCH -> FACH -> PCH -> IDLE (sometimes you may see IDLE_CCCH). Ideally, the state should stay at PCH for a while, then eventually drop to idle. My findings are on JB, that FD isn't handled as well as it was on ICS, but this will probably be due to it still being a leak. It seems for me, it goes from DCH -> FACH, and shortly after that drops to IDLE. This is not great if your going to be using more data shortly, but ok if you are no longer browsing. Swings+roundabouts. Remember FD only applies to a data connection. It does not kick in whatsoever when you are connected to wifi. The quality of your data connection (ie. H+, H, 3G) will also have a bearing on how FD will perform. Better connectivity should give you a more efficient FD performance. Tip 1. If your wifi sleep policy is set to "keep wifi on during sleep only when plugged in" then this will mean your data will take a hit whenever your screen is off (unless plugged in of course) If you think FD is not for you because "I'm almost always connected to wifi" (ie. at home/work) then you will still need to consider what the best FD policy is for you when on this sleep policy, as obviously, your screen is off most of the day. Tip 2. If you are not connected to wifi overnight (either your not at home, or your wifi sleep policy dictates) bear in mind what your phone does overnight in terms of background data activity (ie. your data sync options and widgets such as news/weather etc). If you have minimal data activity overnight (you set your widgets to sleep for example), then it would be better to switch FD off, as less battery would be consumed to go straight back to IDLE than hang around for possibly 10 minutes or more each time in FACH.[/I] Galaxy Charging Current (GCC) LINK:The original XDA thread describing what it does (from S3 thread) LINK:The other XDA thread describing it in the Note 2 thread Get it from here: LINK:GalaxyChargingCurrent APK This is the best way of detecting incoming charge current for your Galaxy Note 2 (also works on the S3). It does not seem to work on other devices. It reads a file here /sys/class/power_supply/battery/current_avg This provides an objective method to compare charging variances, and will help to narrow down slow charging issues. Very often it is the cable, or a combination of a lousy charger with the cable. The Note needs a charger that outputs at least 1.5A (with GCC readings of 1400 and above) for good charging speeds. After extensive testing by forumers, and most notably brotan, good chargers output 1500 and above. brotan has a supply of DUAL USB, DUAL 2A output chargers that have been tested working by several forumers. He also has original cables that can carry 2A current properly. Read brotan's extensive writeup on batteries and charging - brotan If you experience slow charging (ie normal is 2+ hours, anything longer than 3 hours is slow) Posted by sai86 from an XDA post, v22/2094 QUOTE I knew something was wrong when it took my phone 6 hours to charge from 22% to fully charged on the stock kernel, so I had my carrier swap my data cable. Swapping the data cable didn't fix the random slow charging issue. If you view the battery stats under settings, your phone will indicate what kind of source it's getting its charge from. I discovered sometimes when you plug your phone in via the stock travel AC adapter, your phone detects it as a USB port. It's not the charger that is the problem, but how Sammy designed the charger port or an error during the assembly process. I found a work around to avoid the phone thinking it's being plugged into a USB port. Once I initially lineup the data cable with the charger port, very very gently push down on the data cable as you fully insert it into the charger port. If you don't do so, it's usually a hit or miss when it comes down to what the phone will detect between AC and USB mode. This is the first phone that I own that seems to have this issue. Every since I've figured out what's been happening, I've been able without fail to avoid the slow charging issue. Note: Use GCC whenever you plug in and you can determine immediately whether it is charging as AC or USB. USB will show a reading of 460 only. Re-insert your cable until it reads above 1000. Samsung Galaxy S 4 Qi Wireless Charging Pad and Cover - Mini Review by Brian Klug on July 13, 2013 » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « A comparison of charging speeds via standard chargers and Qi wireless charging ============================================================== Reported Issues/Problems encountered with the Note 2 Sudden Death Syndrome Note: As of 2013-05-28, there have been increased reports of SDS afflicting the Note 2 in this thread. Update to the latest OTA firmware if you are not rooted, or flash a safe kernel if you are rooted/on a custom ROM Note II Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) thread on XDA eMMC Brickbug Check app - Playstore Posts by d33pbluez on SDS and how to check it via dialer code » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE d33pbluez,May 28 2013, 11:46 PM - i notice that the SDS issue kind of serious and i want to ask which of the checking method on the phone are more reliable to ensure devices are affected as i notice that some of the information given contradict on result 1st check with IMEI, i get 3537 (under stand that anything 3550 should be no problem) 2nd check with dial #12580369#, i get HW rev 1.300 as understand HW rev If 1.301 then it is good chip, 1.300 is bad chip 3rd check with eMMC check, i notice the result given are different as it shows positive result with no SDS reported and sane chip.... QUOTE d33pbluez,May 29 2013, 10:19 AM - Go to google play and download program called eMMC brickbug check or you can try link below eMMC brickbug check program run the program and see if your chipset Type: VTU00M FwRev: 0xf1 (Bad chip) or Type: VTU00M FwRev: 0xf7 (Good Chip) It will also tell you if the chip are prone to SDS bug Another case of SDS on 2013-08-25 reported by fruitie, where the battery went flat WHILE TETHERING and it SDS'd » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « The text related to battery going flat is struck out, since as of now 2013-08-25 it is not known if the flat battery was a triggering factor* QUOTE fruitie,Aug 25 2013, 12:46 AM - I just came back from yamcha and my phone was working well. ~~One thing I didn't notice is if my phone still has battery juice or not.~~ One of my friends who is based in SG also joined us and she doesn't have a data plan in Malaysia. So I shared hotspot with her ~~but I didn't notice if there is any battery left.~~ Now I came back and took out my phone, it keeps showing the start up screen but keeps blinking. Put in charger, the battery shows empty. (Phew) But the battery logo keeps blinking... I cannot even turn on my phone now. What can I do? Before I left the yamcha place which is just 5 mins drive from my house, I saw green LED blinking (my WhatsApp notification). Thought of coming back only check out the messages but cannot be turned on anymore... [fruitie,Aug 25 2013, 01:25 AM] Thanks... Nearly 15 minutes have gone, no sign of reviving yet. Still blinking. Hopefully when I'm awake tomorrow, it will be in pink health once again. [fruitie,Aug 25 2013, 02:47 AM] Tried just now, it didn't work. Trying again now... Yeah, hope so... This is the screen that shows on my LCD. The boxed red part is not clear... Actually it only loads halfway and the screen keeps blinking non-stop. Oh ya, the charging LED doesn't light up too. Nothing on LED. QUOTE zackertashia,Aug 25 2013, 06:40 PM - the very same scenario occur to me quite a while back. been tethering my data for my siblings and went to sleep. the next morning it went into bootloop just like yours. tried all the methods i could find here and in xda to no avail. gave up at last and went to sc, the one right beside federal highway. confirmed SDS and got my phone back in a day, everything been wiped out fresh since they've changed the mobo. my phone was rooted, but since it's been in a bootloop they were unable to tell so they just replaced it anyway. that was the second time i sent my Note 2 there in rooted condition, both without a problem. my advice is to not worry much and just get it to sc when u got the time ============================================================== Galaxy Note 2 problems: What users complain about - 2012/12/13 Hissing sound from your charger - you may claim warranty but note that accessory warranty is only 6 months Perception of "Lag" » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE(joytest @ Jun 19 2013, 09:17 AM) This is a very good article on perception of "lag" Lag isn’t always a death sentence http://pocketnow.com/2013/06/14/smartphone...-death-sentence We recently had the opportunity to review the Sony Xperia Tablet Z, an experience we enjoyed primarily because of the device’s innovative hardware: a 6.9mm-thick, 495g chassis that manages to squeeze water- and dust-resistance onto its list of features. Pocketnow is currently in the midst of reviewing the BlackBerry Q10, a peculiar blend of yesterday’s design cues with a modern OS – and we’re enjoying the feeling of real physical keys under our thumbs again. The third-generation Apple iPad and Microsoft’s Surface RT also share space in our office, and we love the sturdy (if heavy) hardware feel of each. Other high points include the 4:3 aspect ratio of the former, and the capacity of the latter to transform into a faux-ultrabook when needed. They’re excellent pieces of hardware. What do these smartphones and tablets have in common? They’re all devices we have great things to say about. They all play an important, positive part in our day-to-day interactions with technology. And, at one point or another, every single one of them demonstrates software lag. ............ Some comments: sggodsell • 21 hours ago The thing is people who use android don't understand where the lag can come from. First of all android is using a java virtual machine (dalvik VM) to run all the apps as well as the launcher. So each time an app is launched the dalvik VM has to load and compile the app. In other words when the app is compiled the VM generates binary code that is native for the CPU/architecture that the VM is currently running on. Now there is a jit (Just in time compiler) as well to help speed things up. There is so many advantages why Google an android took this approach. One of the major ones is that you are not tied to any CPU/architecture. That is why blackberry can run android apps. Also you see x86 android devices running android apps as well. WP and .net are suppose to be kind of like java. However most developers compile the WP apps native to the platform. So the app will not work cross platform. There is an advantage to doing this of course, and that is the apps will run faster since they are already complied for a particular CPU/architecture. Now android can do the same as well by making your app use native code for a particular CPU/architecture (ndk). But now the app is not cross platform any more. So basically the more ram and CPU you throw at android the better. Since most android phones nowadays offer high specs, then this isn't an issue anymore. Jay Monstrous • 2 days ago I know the perfect example of this. I started playing the new Ironman game on my Galaxy Note 2. My friend was playing the same game on his iphone. His was lagging and I said how can you play with that lag. He had just gotten used to it. I used to be used to it too but after using a device with less lag, I don't think I would go back. Herman • 4 days ago It reminds me of when I play games on my PC. People would come and say my games lag a lot. The funny thing is: I don't notice a thing. I'm used to it, and I enjoy the games I play. I guess what I'm trying to say is, even with a bit of lag here and there you can still enjoy a device. (Not that I like lag or anything, obviously) Intermittent data connection requires a restart before it gets detected - get your SIM module replaced. - solution by benny888. This has been reported occasionally since Dec 2012. XDA: If you experience lag when pressing your Home button - hooh888 Intermittent Rotation problem - can't rotate even after turning it on - BAD APP Undead Slayer - various posts - 2013-05-02 - solsekuin44 Problem with LED Flash (beside the Camera) blinking when notifications arrive - reported by kurtkantoi Solution working by disasternero, as a setting under Accessibility Playstore keeps shutting down or force closes (FC) reported by claxtonchm - Solution working by neo0915 - claxtonchm, neo0915 Proximity Sensor problem reported by syNzoR (check ADC value >9 via #0#) - syNzoR S-Note background does not change - first reported by aspire2oo6 and answered by kevintth XDA - For those who are NOT ROOTED yet your device status is "Modified" Common problems with sdcards The most common 64Gb uSD card is currently the Sandisk Ultra Class 10. However there seem to be a high frequency of failure among this brand of cards. The cause is not known at this time but many forumers have reported their card failures here - see article links below Currently (as of Mar 2013) only Kingston and Sandisk have 64gb uSD cards. SanDisk cops to malfunctioning Micro SDs in Galaxy S3s - 2013-03-18 SanDisk says it produced some bad 32GB and 64GB microSD cards - 2013-03-18 Android Central forums - SD Cards failing in Galaxy S3: Samsung's insane response - started on 2013-01-09 Problem with Digitizer? Problem solved by REMOVING the casing with MAGNET - DO NOT USE MAGNETS !! - reported by kira_88 Stock Browser related » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Stock browser keeps rendering Desktop view? - antt00 Not Rendering sites properly? Too Dim? - Solution Wakelocks (applicable for rooted and unrooted phones) Response by benny888 to question on MediaServer Wakelocks after an update XDA Solution Link to scan your SDcard for bad MP3s CNet Download Link for the MP3Checker software Wifi Wifi fails to connect often - Dial #0011# - Positron Series of posts detailing question and answer response to EdwinCodec's wifi connection problem (2013-04-07): » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « From the final post, it seems that 5GHz frequency is not supported for 802.11n. 23:16 22:56 22:42 22:38 22:28 22:16 22:09 22:01 22:00 21:50 21:45 21:00 ^{back to Post 1} This post has been edited by joytest*: Sep 23 2013, 10:49 PM
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Introduction to Rooting - Part 1 - Theory

Much of this post is compiled and written up by me based on reviews of various sources around the net and other sections of LYN. Sources and Contributors are duly acknowledged. If you wish to reproduce this writeup please PM me that you are doing so and acknowledge me as well. Thanks.

A bit of evangelism before we begin:
10 reasons why Android is still better than iOS - AndroidAuthority - 2013-01-17
Read the comments for a feel of what people think after having read the article.

Since we're actually going to discuss rooting, here is an article for you to understand why your phone is not supplied rooted out of the box:
Why Doesn’t Android Come Rooted? - 2013-03-12

So now let us begin.

A very very brief description of phone architecture: portions of writeup credits to antt00 for clarification

The table shows components of the architecture from bottom to top. At the lowest level you have the physical hardware, then upwards you have the firmware and the rest. The userland is where the User (you) interact with the hardware using the programs/apps you installed.

I'm writing this because you are holding a portable COMPUTER that has phone capabilities. So you should treat your device like a COMPUTER first, and a phone and/or camera second. See this:LINK:Smartphones are the PCs of the future

A "ROM" typically contains a kernel, a radio (some have several you can choose from) and the userland. Some ROMs do not contain a kernel or you can elect not to install its default kernel and use the one you currently have.
I provide a link further down this writeup to the Cyanogenmod wiki for a further explanation.

The Baseband or Radio contains settings to connect to the transmission towers, while the CSC contains settings specific to your mobile operator in the APN list (eg Maxis 3G, Maxis Streaming, Celcom 3G/2G etc)

Component	Changeable?	Description
Rest of ROM (userland)	Y	eg monx, Alliance, Phoenix (usually "ROMS" include the kernel and radio as well)
Kernel	Y	The Kernel is a low level component that handles management of the hardware. It exists in all Operating Systems like Linux, Windows, OSX etc. Android is based on Linux, and Google has been cooperating with the Linux community to merge kernel development effort. eg Abyss, Perseus, Redpill
CSC (Carrier/Country Specific Code	Y	CSC settings include the APN (Access Point Names) list for your region's telco settings. It provides some parameters for your specific telco (eg Maxis 3G, Celcom 3G, Maxis Streaming etc). Some ROMs contain multiple CSCs for more region support. You typically do not mess with this otherwise you will not be able to access the data network.
Baseband (also known as Radio)	Y	The radio handles your phone's hardware communications with the telco network. It simply allows your device to fulfill its phone function. eg DLK5, DLK7. Some apps allow you to change the network parameters used. DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS unless you REALLY KNOW what you are doing!
Recovery	Y	The Recovery allows you to perform some functions like flashing mods and ROMs. It is the lowest level component that the user can interact with. eg CWM, Philztouch, TWRP LINK:What is CWM (explains about CWM, but applicable to any Custom Recovery)
Firmware begins:Bootloader	Y	This starts the phone booting process when you press the power button. It is also the location of flash counter. Triangle Away changes values here. The bootloader is UNLOCKED. However, there are no custom bootloaders yet for the Note 2.
Hardware (components)	N	Screen, Battery, the stuff you can touch

Of course someone like AdamOutler (on XDA) can mod the HARDWARE. That guy is a real guru.

You CAN mix and match components marked "Y" from different countries, kernel, ROMs etc. It's fine, although some Radio versions may give you reduced signal performance.

For those who prefer a more visual discussion: (contributed by TamiyaOne)

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A note about CPU, RAM, ROM and "Storage"
Think about you sitting at a desk with drawers. You are the CPU. The RAM is like your desk space. The larger your RAM or desk space, the more stuff you can work on at a time. But then of course, the more you work on, the more "you" is needed ie multi-core CPUs. Storage is like your drawers. The larger your drawers (storage) the more stuff you can store (your mp3s, mp4s, pdfs etc).

ROM, in this case, is technically "Read Only Memory". It is like the master plate used in printing, or perhaps a DVD. You can deface, tear or crumple your printout but you can always get a fresh printout by stamping from the master plate. So the ROM is actually a master plate or clean slate you can revert to if you have problems with FCs (forced closes) or random problems with your phone. You get the clean slate by performing a Factory Reset.

In your phone, the ROM resides on an area of Storage that is accessible by the Recovery. In the early days, a ROM was a physical chip that you replaced or re-flashed with special hardware. Nowadays everything is highly integrated.

Some additional clarification from Cyanogenmod if you're still not satisfied with the writeup here.

Now you can begin.

Rooting for Beginners - some general explanations and understanding

The simple, non-sexy, non-flashy, techie answer: root gives you administrator (ie God) access to your device.
Root DOES NOT change your phone in any other way. No speed-ups, no slowdowns, no other changes or magic. But it OPENS THE DOOR to magic

Other answers using different metaphors:

Easiest Explanation EVER To Explain Root Vs Jailbreak
Think of it like the Matrix: Jailbreaking is comparable to what Morpheus could do. He could bend the rules of the system to overcome certain restrictions, but was still bound to its rules. Rooting is what Neo could do. Not only could he bend the rules, he could completely break them

LINK:Difference between ios Jailbreaking and Android Rooting
an excerpt:
Now while IOS users might consider jailbreaking their iPhone the same thing as Android users rooting their Android phones, there is a HUGE difference. In fact, you can't even compare jailbreaking to rooting, and here's why.
Android out of the box allows users to install 3rd party apps (also known as sideloading), already allows you to install themes, and even allows you to install applications directly from your SD card or internal memory of your device. Everything that IOS users hope to accomplish with jailbreaking their device is already included as basic functionality within Android.

LINK:Another article explaining Rooting from Android Authority

Does Rooting Void warranty?
For Samsung phones, it's a yes and no answer. From the terms and conditions, rooting/flashing will void your warranty, but Samsung Malaysia is not strict about this. So far there have not been cases of Samsung rejecting rooted phones, but please be prudent and perform a Triangle Away counter reset and flash stock firmware before turning in your phone for warranty.

If you live in the USA, rooting (of phones only) is legal as proclaimed by the Librarian of Congress, so you shouldn't have any issues with warranty. The US legal system has not clearly defined what a "tablet" is, so you can't root tablets. We don't know the case for "phablets"

Can rooting damage your phone?
It is a one in a million chance. If you are afraid of this slim chance, don't root.
This usually happens due to PEBKAC issues. Therefore, if you are prone to PEBKAC, do not proceed. Please google PEBKAC for your OWN UNDERSTANDING AND PROTECTION.
If you do not suffer from PEBKAC, then please ensure 1 very important thing: your download is NOT corrupt. For Windows, use this tool: HashTab by implbits
Make sure that your file MD5 matches the one from the host site. If the MD5 matches, your download is clean, and you may proceed.

There may be cases where you will not have the MD5 from the host site. If that is the case, use this tool: http://www.7-zip.org/
Install it. Select default options, and then run "Test archive" from the right click menu. Passing the test will give you a good indication your download is not corrupt.

What is the Flash Counter and Triangle Away?
There is a counter in the phone that checks for flashing of custom ROMs. If you have flashed a custom kernel or ROM, the counter will increase. When you get into Download mode, it will show that the counter has increased. This tells Samsung that you have modified with your phone.
You can reset this counter by using Triangle Away.

What is this about "locked bootloaders" ?
As you have seen from the writeup above, the bootloader starts your device. In Samsung, it also contains some checking code to determine whether you have a modified recovery and/or kernel. However, Samsung did not lock down the bootloader. A locked down bootloader means you can't root, can't change recovery, kernel or ROM. We all fervently hope Samsung continues in this fine tradition.

Now, other manufacturers practice bootloader locking as a so-called "security measure" to protect, ostensibly, the user. See link above about why your phone is not rooted out of the box. Here is a link to a post by an XDA forumer about bootloaders for Samsung, HTC and Sony.

Also see this post (2013-03-08) by DooMLoRD, a recognized XDA developer, on his steps for unlocking the Sony bootloader. Warnings quoted from his post :

QUOTE

Quote:
For Xperia™ devices released 2013 or later (for example Xperia™ Z and Xperia™ ZL), the SD card of your device will be formatted and you will lose all content (for example photos, music, videos) when you unlock the boot loader.
DRM keys WILL be lost forever

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Originally Posted by schaggo View Post
I'd add what losing DRM keys means, e.g. no more Music ID/Gracenote within the Walkman app plus probably most importantly, as asked all the time and all over the place in the T/mint forums: loss of Bravia Engine.

So we should thank Samsung for being more mod-friendly than the other manufacturers.

Additional information about bootloaders from Reddit's Android subforum.

Post by uber Motorola rooting guru Dan Rosenberg on why he is giving up on unlocking the Motorola bootloader - 2013-04-09

Article from DroidViews on "To Root or Not to Root" - 2013-01-10
This DroidView article discusses rooting and gives a lot of the same information as above.

NOTE: If you feel there are any errors or omissions in this post, please let me know and I will be happy to correct them.

See Part 2.

Tags:Rooting, Smartphone architecture, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy Note 2, Samsung, Kernel, ROM, Bootloader.

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Vox populi vox dei? Quot homines,tot sententiae All Stars 13,188 posts Joined: Dec 2011 From: 127.0.0.1	Resident Experts This post will not be reflected in the Changelog unless the change is noteworthy This post section lists forumers who are known for specific expertise in some area(s) or who have made significant contributions General Android Usage antt00 - can advise most aspects of Android usage, including OS, apps, features syNzoR Battery Life nehalem176 - loves to analyse BetterBatteryStats dumps tot31 RECORD - 4d1h28m total, with 4h SOT !!! Big Sista/Brother Baronic - our taikor LYN staffer fruitie - our highly involved and very active LYN staffer and Trade Enforcer Esteemed Gadget Freak and Guru benny888 - Guru and Uncle No. 1 for all of us => sold off his Note 2, then bought one again 2 months later (2013-04-05) due to its practicality over his current phone !! Photography aspire2oo6 - tripods for hands, amazing shots Programmers (Android and others) hooh888 - Android programmer and upcoming themer yes123 - Android game programmer ZoidbergFry - Embedded Linux ROMs, Rooting, Flashing alexng2208 - Überflashoholic antt00 - Guru, can advise most aspects of Android usage, including OS, apps, features fruitie - flashoholic hooh888 - flashoholic, themer and Android programmer Noobi3 - flashoholic sacremento - flashoholic tot31 - general rooting, flashing and battery life tweaks definition of flashoholic and ORD Special Mention* ((Xa))0102 - Top Note 2 fan - owns 4 Note 2s !!! 1 pink (N7100), 1 white (N7100), 2 Grey (N7105) => posted here alexng2208 - LYN Note 2 thread's Top Comedian. Best wisecracker in this thread. alexng2208 - LYN Note 2 thread's SUPER BS DETECTOR a.k.a Dr. BS ... detects BS up to 350km away !!! >source< mikecmy - kind benefactor for Note 2 ROM hosting on his Mega account sklchan - our world famous modding guru from the Nokia N8 community
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Apps and Issues Watchlist

This section is a sort of knowledgebase for tracking issues with apps or operational issues encountered. For example, some apps cause problems with your lockscreen, or keeps your phone awake all the time etc.

This section proposed by solsekuin44

No.	Date	App Name	App version	Issue Description	Reported by	Solution?
10	2013-07-
09	2013-07-
08	2013-07-
07	2013-07-
06	2013-07-24	Facebook, Twitter		Notifications problem after TiBU restore	azim61	Clear Cache (by Noobi3) V25, 1870
05	2013-07-11	Memory Booster		Deactivates Notification LED	Prissy Elf	V25, 573
04	2013-07-04	Android flaw allows hackers to surreptitiously modify apps		Major security flaw in Android	joytest	Read >>THIS<< article
03	2013-06-20	Google Nexus 7 RAM storage problems		may happen to any flash storage device like the SSD TRIM problem	joytest	Read article
02	2013-05-21	Mega Run-redford's adventure		Screen rotation affected	solsekuin44	Uninstall V22,1910
01	2013-05-02	Undead Slayer		Screen rotation affected	solsekuin44	Uninstall V21,1471

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Records

Battery Life

For Battery Life records, please provide details as per the spoiler.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
If less than 2d Summary, then at least 4.5h SOT
If more than 2d Summary, then at least 3d Summary AND at least 3.5h SOT
IF you are using an EXTENDED BATTERY, YOU MUST SPECIFY THIS and specify the brand and rating

The tables will be separated by the qualifications above.

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A little perspective on Battery Life from some of the chats

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Postings will be of format in the table below
The link is in column 1 (the Record date column)

Table 1: Less than 48h Summary, then at least 4.5h SOT

Record date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Battery Summary (d/hh/mm/ss)	SOT (h/mm/ss)	User

2013-07-08	1d07h58m28s	11h02m59s	ycs
2013-07-04	2d00h33m44s	8h31m38s	Colonel Cabuk
2013-07-04	0d16h13m32s	5h01m05s	fylon
2013-06-24	1d05h41m04s	6h38m50s	cradle0fFilth
2013-06-19	2d13h23m44s	7h01m11s	btfan
2013-06-18	0d15h01m14s	9h30m31s	neo0915
2013-06-12	1d12h29m30s	6h30m29s	btfan
2013-05-31	0d21h18m09s	8h25m17s	jakgelap
2013-05-12	1d05h30m38s	8h23m57s	SwarmTroll
2013-04-25	0d16h18m34s	6h54m23s	beeop
2013-03-20	0d13h02m33s	7h00m58s	Positron
2013-03-20	1d11h14m10s	7h00m14s	craxors
2013-03-20	0d16h57m56s	6h05m02s	Joker87
2013-03-17	0d14h46m31s	6h18m50s	jakgelap
2013-03-17	0d20h00m21s	11h01m22s	syNzoR
2013-03-17	0d17h21m32s	5h10m44s	eddmecha
2013-03-17	0d16h00m16s	6h00m43s	spitrix
2013-03-16	0d22h33m25s	7h42m03s	nanomugen
2013-03-16	0d22h18m52s	7h52m42s	syNzoR
2013-03-14	0d21h37m12s	10h02m01s	waveweaver
2013-03-14	1d20h16m57s	6h06m15s	Lineage
2013-03-14	1d06h14m02s	4h47m43s	Positron
2013-03-14	1d16h00m18s	5h14m06s	andrewtho
2013-03-14	0d21h15m57s	6h23m31s	ktgohdt125
2013-03-13	0d12h32m39s	6h27m52s	xcxa23
2013-03-12	0d16h18m07s	6h56m36s	syNzoR
2013-03-12	0d11h59m19s	5h49m56s	xcxa23
2013-03-11	0d13h06m15s	4h58m10s	aspire2oo6
2012-10-19	0d10h52m07s	7h07m14s	aspire2oo6 (post 1)
2012-10-19	0d10h52m07s	7h07m14s	aspire2oo6 (post 2)
2012-10-03	0d22h03m23s	10h01m14s	DanielW81 (from XDA)*

*I posted a battery life link from XDA for the sake of comparison

Here is the link to the XDA Note 2 Battery Life Forum: XDA:Note 2-Post Your Battery Stats

Table 2: More than 72h Summary, then at least 3.5h SOT

Record date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Battery Summary (d/hh/mm/ss)	SOT (h/mm/ss)	User
2013-06-21	5d00h34m48s	4h54m21s	ycs
2013-02-28	4d02h19m28s	3h56m41s	dallas316
2013-02-25	4d01h28m15s	4h00m09s	tot31

Screenshots from ycs' RECORD BATTERY LIFE

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Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame will showcase pics or events that are of note for the Note 2.

Phone Droppers Hall of Fame
This section highlights some damaged phones, and hopefully imparts some wisdom to owners who should protect their RM2000+/- device.

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Vox populi vox dei? Quot homines,tot sententiae All Stars 13,188 posts Joined: Dec 2011 From: 127.0.0.1	Useful Applications and Tutorials ^{back to Post 1} One piece of advice. PLEASE CHECK APP PERMISSIONS BEFORE INSTALLING. An app should not have permissions beyond what its stated functionality should be. For example, a Wallpaper app should have NO PERMISSIONS. A Launcher will naturally have access to permissions for Calling and SMS and Phone Hardware (vibrate settings etc). If you install MyHotSexyGirlLiveWallpaper with access to Calls, Network Status and SMS, then .... LINK:About Mobile Antivirus - 2013-04-18 Excerpt: QUOTE *Semantics of Fear* Applications claiming to be “antivirus” are merely detecting what has the potential to be malware, something that a developer of an application may have snuck into the software code that is meant to steal data or interact with the device in such a way as to cause it to send premium SMS messages at the victim’s expense. This is more correctly defined as being a Trojan or form of spyware, but given the years of conditioning by security firms “Virus” sounds a lot scarier. *Common Senseless* Although these detection capabilities may be marginally useful to the end user, they do not by any stretch of the imagination fit the definition of an “antivirus” or replace common sense – that is to say, being cautious about which applications you download and then carefully reviewing the permissions for each application if you do install it. *Does that “Barney Wallpaper” app you download really need access to your contacts, call history and location?* A link about the so-called "massive vulnerability on 99% of Androids" Keep your pants on: A reality check about this latest Android malware scare - 2013-07-08 Excerpt: QUOTE That's certainly the case with our latest doom and gloom story -- a fright-inducing app signature vulnerability brought into the public eye by a new security company called Bluebox (which, like almost every company that releases scary-sounding info about Android threats, is a business built around the sales of Android security software -- go figure). In the meantime, as is usually the case in these scenarios, there's absolutely no cause for alarm. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Whether you're surfing the Web on your PC or getting online from your phone, a little caution and some common sense will go a long way in keeping you safe from the big, bad virus monsters lurking around our virtual worlds. General Lists of apps For lots of Android Apps, please camp here: XDA:Android Development and Hacking > Android Software Development LINK:Here is another link - Makeuseof Best Android Apps Reddit has 2 megaposts listing apps created by devs on Reddit. You may sort by "New" for a better view: Reddit's Apps Repository Part 1 Reddit's Apps Repository Part 2 Another Reddit post listing "apps you can't live without" What are the apps that you discovered and now you can't live without it? Lifehacker Pack for Android 2013: Our List of the Best Android Apps - 2013-07-08 - good list contributed by h11g Collection of Ported Apps XDA Android Ported Apps Directory! - contributed by alexng2208 You may share your findings of new toys in the thread. I will add worthwhile app links here. The apps below can usually be found on Google Play store. Some have separate versions on XDA or other places where the dev either provides a free version or free with ads version. These are listed with clickable links. Useful Applications Automation Llama Profile Flow Secure Settings by INTANGIBLEOBJECT + its "Helper" within the app - antt00 Tasker Backup An article from Ars Technica on backing up with some apps reviewed as well - 2013-04-13 XDA article on Nandroid Manager - 2012-12-23 XDA article on the updated Nandroid Manager For unrooted phones Carbon Backup had to be renamed to Helium backup due to some trademark issue ~~Carbon~~Helium Backup - can be used for unrooted devices but you need a companion program for your Win/Mac/Linux. ~~Carbon~~Helium Backup Desktop (Win/Mac/Linux) client for use on unrooted devices MyBackup 90 day trial (includes Pro features) - can be used on unrooted and rooted phones MyPhoneExplorer - EXTREMELY POWERFUL phone administration software !!! - APK MyPhoneExplorer - EXTREMELY POWERFUL phone administration software !!! - Desktop Client Super Backup - update on 2013-05-24: I don't know if this is a good app, you can test and provide feedback. The dev's website is not working. For rooted phones Backup My ROM [v1.0] - XDA ~~Carbon~~Helium Backup - can be used for rooted devices without the desktop client. MyBackup 90 day trial (includes Pro features) - can be used on unrooted and rooted phones Nandroid Manager Play Store Nandroid Manager XDA thread Online Android Backup (or Onandroid) Orange Backup Battery Related Android Tuner - sklchan BetterBatteryStats (BBS) BetterBatteryStats (BBS) (XDA edition) Clever Connectivity - nehalem176 Deep Sleep Battery Saver Greenify (XDA) - Beta Greenify (Play Store) - stable version Gsam battery monitor (If BBS is too complicated) Llama - sklchan Communications (Chat/IM/VoIP) Note: due to the nature of chat apps, some may be badly coded and cause heavy battery drain. Please let me know and I can update which ones drain or have fixed drain problems. Line Skype Skype (XDA Modded) Viber <=depending on version, may be battery drainer (2013-04-22) Wechat <=known battery drainer (2013-04-22) Whatsapp File Utilities* Airdroid DiskUsage - checks space used ES File Explorer - copying files to/from PC wirelessly - kevintth XDA-Fast File Transfer - uses WiFi tethering for file transfers between two devices - arslow XDA-File Beam - Send files with Android Beam™ (with NFC) - Xeactorz XDA-FolderMount - Link folders from internal SD to external to free space (Root required) FolderMount - Play Store - Xeactorz SDMaid (XDA)-cleans left over files/directories - neo0915 SG USB Mass Storage Enabler - allows Mass Storage Mode again !!! - 2013-05-27 StorageAnalyser - shows what's using your storage - very useful view sorted by folder size !! XDA-SuperBeam - Easy & fast file sharing using WiFi Direct (NFC/QR pairing) - Android 4+ XDA-Ultra Explorer - Opensource Explorer for Android Flash Adobe Flash archive - antt00 XDA thread for Flash player - arslow Fonts Flipfonts Font Collection on XDA - Working links (201-04-23) - confuzan Games Quadropus - recommended indie game - recommended by Baronic, and taken up by alexng2208 as his favorite toilet pastime Unlock your Brain - good exercise GPS Papago - current license locks it down to 1 device only Sygic Waze Keyboards Stock AOSP (ie Google Keyboard) Stock AOSP - ENABLE NUMBER ROW !!!!!!! Stock TouchWiz Swiftkey Swype Launchers Buzz Launcher (Beta) - as of 2013-04-10 - antt00 RoundR (XDA) - serves a simple purpose; To round the corners of your screen - antt00 RoundR (Play) - serves a simple purpose; To round the corners of your screen Multimedia Players A selection of Music Players reviewed by Android Authority - 2013-05-14 [Mod] OG YouTube 4.4.11 - Downloader,All Qualities Playable,Screen Off Playback VidCoder - an open source ripping and video transcoding application for Windows - hooh888 - use this to re-code your vids to playback on the Note 2 stock player. MXplayer Poweramp Newsreaders Android Central news app AppyGeek - hooh888 Note Taking (non-S-Pen related) Got-IT! Your notes everywhere, everytime you need (XDA) Privacy/Permission Controls Autostarts Autostarts Service Disabled list on XDA - nehalem176 Playstore: Disable Service PDroid - needs to be compiled against specific ROM version Xprivacy Xposed Framework Module Readers EBookDroid - PDF & DJVU Reader ezPDF Reader Multimedia PDF MuPDF - PDF reader Ringtones Disable Increasing Ring - to disable the increasing ringtone on Samsung phones ROM Tweaking Pimp my ROM - XeactorZ S-Pen Apps Handy Note Pro.. - I highly recommend this app to maintain independence from TouchWiz framework S-Pen on Non-TW ROMs - credit to antt00 for his experimentation on CM10 ROMs CM-S-pen Addon - allows configurable action when you pull the S-Pen on CM ROMs - antt00 S Pen Toolbox - screen off on S Pen attach (XDA) - antt00 S-Pen Toolbox on Play Store SPen-Helper *v1.0* - Page Buddy for Non TW launchers - by antt00 as well S-Pen Helper on Play Store Screen Dimmers (to go below lowest brightness settings for night reading) Screen Adjuster Screen Filter. Security Avast AVG Cerberus - free on AppGratis on 2013-06-06 for 1 day Clueful - privacy checker by BitDefender VPNs ARTICLE: What Is Onion Routing, Exactly? [MakeUseOf Explains] - 2013-04-05 DroidVPN - by cradle0fFilth Fearless Mobility - by mikecmy FinchVPN (non PlayStore) - by fylon PrivateTunnel VPN - by benny888 SCREEN REPAIR Screen (the glass) replacement by forumer >> donnos << at this thread He will replace JUST the GLASS and not the entire screen assembly comprising of glass and digitizer. It could be a feasible option for those not wishing to fork out RM700 for the assembly replacement at Samsung Service Centers. ============================================================== Tutorials This section will contain links to tutorials or post links to discussions in this thread for various applications above. Articles/Sites WonderHowTo - Galaxy Note 2 subsite Back to Basics: Processors explained - 2013-07-03 Some Android tips and tricks you should know - 2013-06-06 - this includes links to some useful apps as well. The Clean Droid: How To Bulk Uninstall Android Apps You Don’t Use - 2013-05-15 Your Android device is not the place to store your photos Autostarts discussion posts » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE nehalem176,Jul 2 2013, 06:34 PM idk what other free app is reliable but you can try disable services. I'm not sure this app will shown hidden process with unknown event. I noticed latest gplay services was the culprit that keep requesting for my location antt00,Jul 2 2013, 06:59 PM Which location services did you disable? There is a bunch of location services under gplay services. Or you disable all. nehalem176,Jul 2 2013, 08:08 PM I managed to minimize my gsf wakelock. Disable all my gplay services EXCEPT c2dm and gcm process. The only remaining and irritating process left out was gtalk which i can't completely disable it. It will affect my gmap gps. joytest,Jul 2 2013, 08:32 PM Did you disable with Autostarts or something else? Could you share? thanks. nehalem176,Jul 2 2013, 09:57 PM Expand gplay services and disable all possible process except below screen attached. Battery Saving Tips » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « shApI37Tw3w#! BetterBatteryStats How to create and view the BBS dumpfile - syNzoR A perspective by mydragoon on Battery Life Obsession ~~Carbon~~ Helium Backup How to Use Carbon Backup - Android Authority - 2013-04-06 Cerberus Anti Theft This is link to topic by Norameen about how Cerberus saved his stolen phone - Norameen This is not exactly a tutorial but his writeup on what worked and what didn't. Interesting read. Orange Backup Writeup with screenshots for Orange Backup - Addictive Tips - 2013-01-23 Llama (an app like Tasker) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Part 1 of Tutorial iobbcgZwnuI Part 2 of Tutorial lKoz1p029EU S-Note Backup on PC !! » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Apparently the .snb files for S-Note are simply .zip files with a different extension. It contains a number of xml descriptor files and also the jpg thumbnails of the S-Note which at least allows immediate recognition. Very instructive video. FIswQ0ViY10 Tasker LYN topic on some advanced Tasker scenario by mtxx Question by botakbin and response by antt00 on Tasker use LINK:XDA Tasker Basic Operations LINK:XDA Tasker Intermediate Operations LINK:XDA Tasker Advanced Operations Tethering Share PC Internet Connection With Your Android Phone Via USB (Reverse Tethering) - 2013-05-27 - yinho Themes / Theming » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE(ThekidZ @ May 28 2013, 04:52 PM) One question here on the wallpaper. Ive been download wallpaper specially made for samsung note 2 (1920 x 1080) but no matter how i try i will never get to set the 'whole' pic as my wallpaper. It will come out 3 box (2 small and one 'big' in the middle) and it will require me to crop the pic by using the big box. Is there anything i can do about it? QUOTE(hooh888 @ May 28 2013, 04:59 PM) first of all, what launcher are you using? if you're using the stock touchwiz launcher, the wallpaper won't be scrollable or rotatable. if that's the case, the proper wallpaper size would be 720x1280. if you're using a launcher with scrolling wallpaper functionality, then i believe 1440x1280 is the ideal size. QUOTE(ThekidZ @ May 28 2013, 05:26 PM) Im using normal original touchwiz launcher. So means i have to get 720 x 1280 wallpaper to nicely fit to my phone right. Any recommended apps that allow me to download such sized wallpaper, cause the apps im using require me to slowly one by one look through the details to get the resolution. QUOTE(hooh888 @ May 28 2013, 05:29 PM) well usually i just go to google images and search whatever i want and add a '720x1280' at my search query. for instance, 'star wars wallpaper 720x1280'. Whatsapp Backup » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE(alcali @ Jun 16 2013, 08:53 PM) I never manage to get whatsapp databases (chat log) backed up with TiBu...safest is to copy the whole whatapps folder to external sdcard. the chat log is in sdcard\WhatsApp\Databases always make backup from the whatsapp chat settings first. then only copy out the whatsapp folder to external sdcard. when restoring whatsapp from TiBu...don't launch whatsapp yet..copy the backed up folder from external sdcard back to sdcard (at root directory) back to Post 1 This post has been edited by joytest: Sep 14 2013, 08:45 AM
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Quot homines,tot sententiae All Stars 13,188 posts Joined: Dec 2011 From: 127.0.0.1	Peripheral stuff (Accessories, Cases, Homescreens, Themes etc) ^{back to Post 1} This post will not be reflected in the Changelog unless the change is noteworthy Cases This section will contain links to forumers' posts of cases and case reviews My own DIY case using superglue, velcro, a dremel, fishing line and some available stuff TurtleShell for Samsung Galaxy Note II - turn your phone into a DSLR HyperGear Waterproof Generic pouch DicaPac Waterproof Generic Pouch Flygrip adhesive gripping accessory (not a case) - by Oldskolboyz Pics of a selection of cute cases taken while I was in Korea Review of UAG casing, bought both Navigator and Scout - by Kheez iFace lookalike case pics by alcali Incipio LGND case review - by Blackthorn Cruzerlite Cases from FuuuuuuD - This is NOT an endorsement but just a link to his topic as he has pics Dicapac Waterproof case by maliiik Gelaskin sample by kira_88 Otterbox Defender, Aluminium Bumper and Kucipa Slim - by jakgelap Otterbox Defender Case review - by aztoiozalan Contribution from syNzoR, case bought from Taobao - by syNzoR Case-Mate Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Pop Case w Stand pt 2 - 2013-02-21 - by mydragoon Case-Mate Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Pop Case w Stand pt 1 - 2013-02-18 - by mydragoon Urban Armor Gear(UAG) - by Lego Warfare More UAG - by PrinceCaspien UAG and Qmadix - by PrinceCaspien Cute cases - by one81 FAKES » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « These are shots from a fake UAG case that a forumer bought. Observe the poor plastic molding quality and jagged edges Link to report fakes to UAG (for UAG products only of course) : http://www.urbanarmorgear.com/pages/beware-fakes Chargers Capdase Twin USB Car Charger Holder - teamjoker Recommended Charger that consistently outputs 1800mAh per GCC Docks DIY charging dock using LEGO blocks (BOM and instructions)- from Reddit DIY - 2013-08-21 Headsets In depth research posted by noobandroid in the S3 thread on which ones have working controls - 2013-03-24 (S3 V28 / #703) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE(noobandroid @ Mar 24 2013, 08:11 PM) done a line of research to the following accesories: Headsets With Working Mic & Volume Controls Klipsch Image S4A ii - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls Nocs NS200 - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls Nokia Purity HD In Ear & On Ears - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls Samsung EHS-71 - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls Sony DR-EX102 - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls Sony MH1C - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls/Smart Key DOES NOT WORK Sony XBA 1VP - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls Sony XBA 2VP - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls Urbeats - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls Headsets With Working Mic & One Button Brainwavz M5 - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Etymotics HF2 (High End Device) - Mic/One Button/No Volume controls Jays a-JAYS One Plus - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Jlab Jbuds J5M - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls JVC Xtreme Xplosives VARIOUS MODELS - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Klipsch Image S4A - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Marshall Minor Headphones - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Meelectronics A161P (High End Device) - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Meelectronics M11P+ - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Meelectronics M16P - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Meelectronics M2P - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Meelectronics M31P - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Meelectronics M9P - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Meelectronics SP51P - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controll Phillips Citiscape ON EARS - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Phonak Audeo 022 (High End Device) - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Phonak Audeo 122 (High End Device) - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Samsung EHS-60 - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Samsung EHS-70 - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Sennheiser MM50i - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Soundmagic E10M - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls V-MODA/Crossfade M100 ON EARS - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls V-MODA/Crossfade M80 ON EARS - Mic/One Button/No Volume Controls Zagg Zagg Smartbuds - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls Headsets With Working Mic & Middle Button But Volume Controls DO NOT WORK Klipsch Image X10i (High End Device) - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls DO NOT WORK RHA - MA450i - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls DO NOT WORK Sennheiser MM30i - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls DO NOT WORK Sennheiser MM70i - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls DO NOT WORK Sennheiser MX680i - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls DO NOT WORK Skullcandy 50/50 2.0 - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls DO NOT WORK Skullcandy Heavy Medal - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls DO NOT WORK Skullcandy Heavy Medal 2.0 - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls DO NOT WORK Ultimate Ears 500 Vi - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls DO NOT WORK V-MODA Remix Remote - Mic/Middle Button/Volume Controls DO NOT WORK These Headsets Have Limited Functionality - Please Read Individual Descriptions Aiaiai Capital Headphones - Music can be played/paused with middle button. VOLUME CONTROLS AND MIC DO NOT WORK Bose MIE2 - Music can be played and paused with middle button. MIC DOES NOT WORK Razer Moray Plus Gaming Headphones - Mic Works and music can be listened to. Controls DO NOT WORK Sennheiser Momentum - Music can be played/paused with middle button. VOLUME CONTROLS AND MIC DO NOT WORK Sennheiser MM 55i In-Ear Headphones - Music can be played. VOLUME CONTROLS AND MIC DO NOT WORK Homescreens A homescreen by muctabucta - 2013-07-04 (V24 / #2244) A homescreen by spitrix - 2013-06-07 (V23 / #1428) A homescreen by botakbin - 2013-06-07 (V23 / #1393) A homescreen by Bill2012 - 2013-05-17 (V22 / #1144 A homescreen by hooh888 - 2013-05-09 (V22 / #74) A homescreen by Baronic - 2013-04-25 (V21 / #647) A homescreen by antt00 - 2013-04-11 (V20 / #1153) A homescreen by PrinzeBrian - 2013-03-26 (V19 / #2055) A homescreen by fruitie - 2013-03-26 (V19 / #2032) A homescreen by Noobi3 - 2013-03-23 (V19 / #1811) A homescreen and lockscreen by spitrix - 2013-03-21 (V19 / #1554) A homescreen by craxors - 2013-03-21 (V19 / #1531) A homescreen by fruitie - 2013-03-21 (V19 / #1508) My Color Screen - a popular site for homescreen pics Screen Protectors MIME tempered glass screen protector review part 1 by d33pbluez (V24/#219) MIME tempered glass screen protector review part 2 by d33pbluez (V24/#463) Glas-M tempered glass SP review by syNzoR (V19/#1474) Themes Playstore - Glaskart theme BootAnimation Changer (400 Bootanimations !!) Official MEGA CM10/CM10.1 Theme Chooser Thread - antt00 XDA: Team Assassin's Theme Kitchen !!!! Theme tutorials fruitie » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Theme by fruitie - 2013-06-07 (V23 / # 1263) QUOTE(fruitie @ Jun 7 2013, 03:04 PM) Grey wallpaper from PicSpeed Wallpapers. Nova launcher. Romow Round icons. Desktop Grid 10R 7C, untick display labels icons Disable Dock The widgets: Clock - ClockQ and Power Toggle at the bottom for the shortcut. muctabucta » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE(muctabucta @ Jul 4 2013, 09:57 AM) words of wisdom: Make sure to backup ur original SystemUi.apk just in case shits go down the drain.. what u need: 1. apktool 2. 7zip 3. notepad++ 4. root browser (es file manager although I can't seem to paste the modded systemui.apk into the system/app using this..ended using ROM Toolbox pro for this) what u need to do (windows): 1. install apktool -> press shit+right click on installed folder and choose open command line here 2. pull framework-res.apk (system/framework) and SystemUi.apk (system/app) -> put into apktool folder 3. installed framework-res.apk and SystemUi.apk using the command line CODE apktool if framework-res.apk CODE apktool if SystemUI.apk 4. decompile systemui: CODE apktool d SystemUI.apk 5. find SystemUi folder in apktool folder 6. go to res/layout folder > tw_status_bar_expanded.xml > right click >open with notepad++ > find android:background="@drawable/notification_panel_bg". 7. change that notification_panel_bg with any name. example android:background="@drawable/mybackground". 8. save the xml. 9. then, go to res/drawable-hdpi folder. 10. place your image named "mybackground". Make sure u resize the intended image.png to 482x802 (use ms paint) 11. recompile the apk. CODE apktool b SystemUI 12. apktool will create new folder named "build" --> open the build/apk/ --> copy and replace the original META-INF folder and AndroidManifest.xml into it. (use 7zip to get into the ohliginal SystemUi.apk and pull it from there) - recompile again by using command : CODE apktool b SystemUI 13. find the modded SystemUi.apk in the SystemUi folder under dist folder (..apktool/SystemUi/dist/SystemUi.apk) --> push it to your sdcard 14. Open root browser (i use romtoolbox pro) ->find the modded SystemUi.apk-->set permission to rw-r-r 15. push to the system/app via copy pasting 16. restarto 17. do the wave! I have tried not signing and not pasting the META.inf and android manifest file..although no bootloop..my systemui revert to original rom..so.... I believe this should be newb friendly..so for those who are interested can try..if any lacking was found..can find the guide I followed here QUOTE(hooh888 @ Jul 4 2013, 10:09 AM) thanks, but i need to know exactly what files to modify without using any of his mods. that's why i didn't refer to it. the decompiling and recompiling i know already, would like to know what files and which part of those files needs modifying. but anyways, thanks for the complete guide sifu. can i kiss you? QUOTE(nehalem176 @ Jul 4 2013, 10:52 AM) The only file to replace was the .png file in vrtheme\system\app\SystemUI.apk\res\drawable-xhdpi. since muctabucta already posted how to compile own systemui, then easier for you to replace it. But i'm not sure the res suppose to be 720x1280 or 482x802 QUOTE(muctabucta @ Jul 4 2013, 11:21 AM) in truth..to get the full effect of wowser is to transparent the toggle background and the notti bar together with the .png file..yesterday was too sleepy to do it..but need to change 8 line of value in systemui.apk..but that is another story.. I believe if the res is 720x1280..u will get a smaller/sharper image instead of like mine which seems bit large..in theory that is.. [Advice/Reference/Guide] The Definitive APK Modding & Theming Thread - 2013-07-02 Other* Allshare Cast Dongle There is little information on the AllshareCast dongle, so this will be information from various parts of the web, XDA S3 thread about AllshareCast The Allshare service on the Note 2 depends on some checks for stock kernel and a zero on the binary counter, so after flashing, you need to use Triangle Away before you can use Allshare Cast. DIY Tripod 3 Cheap & Easy DIY Smartphone Tripod Mounts Made & Tested - 2013-05-30 The results: » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «
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Vox populi vox dei? Quot homines,tot sententiae All Stars 13,188 posts Joined: Dec 2011 From: 127.0.0.1	Miscellaneous Tips and Tricks ^{back to Post 1} This section is for anything that doesn't really fit into the categorisation of the first 13 posts. It can include stuff for LYN, favourite mamak place etc LYN Forum related items To flag someone's attention ("tagging") CODE [@username] This tag will cause your post to show up on the tagged person's "Replies to Me (BETA)" at the top right corner of the forum. NOTE: You can only tag a maximum of 5 people per post Setting to increase posts viewable per page to 40. The default is 20. Go My Controls > Board Settings (on lower left frame) > the Number of Posts to show for each topic page set to 40. Forum maximum file size upload - 2 megabytes (2,048kb) Maximum size per post - 50,000 characters LYN Forum - How to include a Youtube link properly Adding the forum RSS feed to your favorite News Reader - v20 #2114 Confirmed working: gReader and Pure News scrollable Widget FORMAT: CODE http://rss.forum.lowyat.net/topic/<7digit topic no> ============================================================== Other General Usage Tips/Android Usage Checking your data usage for Malaysian Telcos » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Maxis - dial 13691# Celcom - sms VOL STATUS to 22188 Digi - use My Digi Playstore app kevintth Privacy concerns? iOS is worse than Android - 2013-02-28 - alexng2208 Removing unwanted web pictures from your Gallery (Picasa, FB etc)* How to remove Picasa web albums from Gallery - honamd77 How to remove Picasa web albums from Gallery - Superman7 - addendum How to watch TVB's latest dramas using Android PPS影音? - fruitie Reclaim your pics even after your phone is stolen, free simple backup method - topic by mtxx ============================================================== Articles, Posts and other interesting stuff not directly related to Note 2 but worth a good read (or laugh) The articles are provided in no particular categorisation, but I try to post it in reverse chronological order based on my discovery of the article. Law firm says that Florida might have accidentally banned all smartphones in recent bill - 2013-07-09 We Need a Fixer (Not Just a Maker) Movement - 2013-06-18 Makers are the people who design, tinker and build things. There is a large group of such people in the US. Now they are discussing a need for people who FIX things as well since electronic waste is becoming a huge problem. Who cares about thin? Give me a smartphone with some meat on its bones! - 2013-06-12 The Best Pocket-Sized Tools for Your Inner MacGyver - 2013-05-28 US entertainment industry to Congress: make it legal for us to deploy rootkits, spyware, ransomware and trojans to attack pirates! - 2013-05-26 Call me maybe: How we choose to contact women in the digital age - 2013-05-07 PocketNow: Conspiracy Theory: Why Smartphones Don’t Have Better USB Support - 2013-04-17 Microsoft Excel: The ruiner of global economies? - 2013-04-16 Facebook Page for Stop the Narcissism Facebook's 'dark side': study finds link to socially aggressive narcissism - 2012-03-17 EXCELLENT ARTICLE:Understanding the Ruggedness of Mobile Devices - 2013-04-12 Linux Journal - Free and Open—and Their Opposites - 2013-04-02 ARM 64bits - Facebook, ARM, x86, and the future of the data center - 2013-01-28, added 2013-03-19 DRM - Why SimCity’s DRM is a necessary evil - 2013-03-07, added 2013-03-19 An Inside Look at the Murky World of Android Developers - 2013-03-15 - from mtxx in the S2 thread An article about the extreme perspective of Chinese users and computing platforms - 2013-03-01 Worth repeating - Why you need good writing skills Post by benny888 on the dismal level of English MAXIM Magazine and its Tech Section featuring some nice views Someone on XDA is pissed enough to write an LMGTFY app An article about Tizen, the upcoming OS that Samsung might be using in their devices For the neatniks Samsung's marketing effects in 2013 Google Chrome's auto grammar checker wannabe. Please read the comments after the article New research from IDG Connect looks at perceptions of women in IT ^{back to Post 1}
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Vox populi vox dei? Quot homines,tot sententiae All Stars 13,188 posts Joined: Dec 2011 From: 127.0.0.1	DEPARTMENT OF PARANOIA This section is for the paranoid / tinfoil hat types. I decided to provide this section after the revelation that the US NSA is collecting almost all voice, sms and internet data that passes within the US. The revelation occurred on 2013-06-05 after years of conspiracy theory speculation. NSA Prism: Why I'm boycotting US cloud tech - and you should too - 2013-06-08 » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE Opinion So, America's National Security Agency has been tapping up US internet giants to gather information about foreigners online, allegedly sharing that data with Britain's GCHQ - and gobbling up details about US citizens' phone calls. When I was a kid my world was full of pro-America propaganda; I never once questioned American exceptionalism and I cheered for the "good guys" in red, white and blue. Somewhere along the way I became disillusioned with the US, but I'd always figured that a vague sense of unease and a few ethical qualms were as far as that disgruntlement would ever go. After the past month's privacy scandal after privacy scandal and liberty scandal after liberty scandal involving the NSA and the American administration, I'm rapidly moving from being "uncomfortable hosting my data in a US-controlled cloud" to "feeling ethically bound to vote with my wallet in order to send a message". While I do not believe in overarching conspiracies of evil, I do believe that the structure and format of the American political system has become so damaged that the corruption of some individuals in positions of power is inevitable. Transparency is virtually non-existent, accountability laughable and at the end of the day people unworthy of the power and responsibility they obtain are repeatedly given absolute control over the lives of millions: let's not forget that the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act forces internet giants to share their users' data with government agents and forbids those companies from talking about it. For all that I am frequently accused of being "anti-American" I hold the US Constitution up as one of the most sacred documents ever written by mankind. (The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights would be the item I consider to be the single most important document in our history as a species.) The creation of the US Constitution was a symbol of a radically different way of thinking about our place in the world. Others had believed in the same ideals that were embedded in the Constitution long before the founding fathers, but none had ever made it stick. It was perhaps the most important turning point in the social evolution of our species since the development of agriculture. The Constitution of the United States of America is not a declaration of rights and freedoms granted to its citizens by the government. That document is a declaration of the limitations of powers granted to the government by the people that allow said government to exist. According to the founders of the US, rights are not something that natural persons are given; that which is given can be easily taken away. Rights are innate and inalienable. All human beings are born with them and they cannot be taken from us. Governments and businesses, however, have no rights which the people do not grant them. Governments and businesses exist at the sufferance of natural persons only, or at least such was the original grand design. In the intervening years since that document's creation the US has got itself all turned around and gone back to an attitude that the people exist only at the sufferance of the government - and all in the name of "freedom". Liberty versus freedom Allow me to expand on my thoughts for a moment and pull up the preamble of the US Constitution: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." (My emphasis.) I have always maintained that there exists a distinction between "freedom" and "liberty", at least as words are used in the modern USA. Freedom has become closely tied to commerce and ultimately to property rights: freedom is wrapped up in the American psyche as a word tied to ownership of a home and the right to be king of one's own little castle. More commonly (especially in politics) it is the right of an individual to form a company and set rules within his company however he chooses. "Liberty" – a word very rarely used any more – seems to have largely retained its original meaning: the innate right of an individual to live life without interference. Liberty is the right to do, say, purchase, love, laugh, live, cry and whatever else they can think of as they see fit. This is the liberty of which the founding fathers spoke when writing the US Constitution. It is a word whose utterance – and certainly whose meaning – has all but vanished from modern American politics. This distinction is relevant to today's privacy, political targeting and "war on journalism" scandals because of the power that the word "freedom" has over the American people. Americans are willing to die for this word because they have been conditioned all their lives to do so. Somewhere along the way Americans - and frankly, I could argue this about the UK and a few other places as well - stopped asking if "freedom" still represents the belief we have all been raised to defend. Is the word as it is used by the politicians and corporations who wield so glibly truly still connected to our ideals? The dichotomy of liberty and freedom illustrates how over time the populace can be - and has been - manipulated to support an ideology antithetical to those who defend it. The behaviour of nations changed simply by redefining a word through its real-world use. While both concepts are used and abused with abandon, for the past thirty or so years, when liberty comes into conflict with freedom, freedom has won every time. How much that is a good or bad thing in your personal politics seems to depend entirely on whether or not you actually have any "freedom" to defend. Those with more to lose are far more willing to reduce the liberty of all in the vain hope of defending their monetisable assets. This is perhaps an explanation for why so many have come to associate freedom with "security at all costs". Nowhere is this more evident than in the words of politicians themselves. Representative Xavier Becerra (D-CA) crystalises the viewpoint evidenced by those governing the US over the past few decades in just a few words: "To me, what makes us such as great country, is that we cherish freedom so much. But you can't have freedom without security. So you have to find the balance." Some things are worth dying for "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." – Benjamin Franklin Canadians, for I am one, are viewed by the world as timid and meek. We cheekily disagree (usually via beer commercials) but our ancestors have bled and died fighting for what they believed in, the same as anyone else's. Many of those brave men and women sacrificed themselves for a dream given form by the American founding fathers. We have our own history – and we're damned proud of it, thank you very much – but the truth of the matter is that the entire Western world owes the very foundation of its modern beliefs to the US Constitution, in my opinion. Our place in the world, our relationship with our nation, the role of our government, military, law enforcement and intelligence services were informed by the belief in an inalienable personal liberty that said "governments are beholden to their people". Many of the laws of not only Canada but most of the Western world can be traced back to these beliefs. The definition of words changes over time, but when our ancestors died with the word freedom on their lips they did not mean "protection of material property and security theatre". They meant "the liberty of individuals to live the lives they choose free of interference". Look across dozens of nations and you will see a history of people fighting and dying for that same liberty, thousands of years before pen was put to paper to immortalise it. Liberty – ours and those of our loved ones – is not only worth dying for, it may well be one of the only things that is. When a country goes off the rails, why should we trust its computing systems? "You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it." - Malcolm X As the US has spent the past 30 years going completely off the rails we've spent that same time becoming absolutely addicted to the technology and services it produces. So deeply embedded are we that disentangling ourselves from American technology providers, cloud vendors and what-have-you is a process of years, even decades. While undertaking this difficult, painful and expensive task may not be absolutely required for pragmatic business reasons, I argue that it is a moral and ethical obligation we collectively bear to defend that which we believe. We could simply remain apathetic and allow privacy to evaporate as our laws are synchronized with those of the US, but it that what we want to have occur? No terrorist actions, war, trade sanctions, international politics or other traditional tools of revolution and statecraft will turn America around. Americans have so deeply forgotten the concept of "liberty" that they no longer speak of their freedoms as innate but rather as rights granted them by their government. They see themselves as helpless before an unstoppable and inscrutable juggernaut and their own belief in this makes it so. Her people having abdicated their duty of care. America is a country entirely run by politicians and civil servants with no oversight except in pleasing donors, and no master but the almighty dollar. The only sound that those in charge are capable of hearing is that of a closing wallet. Our addiction to US technology and services leaves us vulnerable to the whims of those who make the laws. For those of us from countries that still believe in the ideals our ancestors died for this is a problem. As business owners we have a duty of care to our customers and employees to treat their data and privacy with respect. We are still expected to defend their liberty as if it were our own. We can not do this if that data ever comes within legal reach of the USA. Foreigners have no right to privacy within the US; indeed, we've even lost the right to habeas corpus there. We cannot lobby for change because the American lobby machine is so huge that it would take all of our nations combined to even make a dent; a political impossibility, if the European Union's influence is anything to go by. Instead, US industry has spent incomprehensible amounts of money lobbying our governments to seize our rights from us! Abort, retry, fail? "Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it." - Albert Einstein To effect change we are left with a boycott in everything but name. It means that non-US Western businesses need to start using "not subject to US law" as a marketing point. We need cloud providers and software vendors that don't have a US presence, no US data centers, no US employees - no legal attack surface in that nation of any kind. Perhaps most critical of all, we need a non-American credit-card company. If enough of us start to pull our technology purchases out of the US they will indeed sit up and take notice; money leaving the country may well be one of the only things that will ever cause them to do so. America still believes in its own manifest destiny; the problem is that it has lost its way and the very values it seeks to export to the rest of the world have become corrupt. I do not want the legal solution to the Western world's US privacy and liberty dichotomy to be the export of America's neo-Orwellian panopticon. (If you are Australian or Canadian you can download 1984 for a reminder here.) We can no longer afford to allow apathy to direct our judgement. We must show our governments that we stand behind them; that we believe in privacy and personal liberty enough to invest only in privacy-bloc countries. Through our actions – which can be as simple as choosing which cloud vendor you use for e-mail – we need to give our nations a sense of international unity and the strength of will to stand up to American negotiators and say "hold, enough!" The power to quite literally change the world rests not in the hands of the unknowable, inscrutable government suit that negotiates agreements in secrecy on your behalf. That power belongs to each and every one of us expressed through something as simple as where we choose to invest the money we spend. I believe it is our duty to choose wisely and to make those choices based on more than mere pragmatism. If you know of any providers of internet services who have – deliberately or accidentally – created a business free of American legal encumbrances, please, leave a note in the comments. The ability to choose differently starts with knowledge and we might as well start building that list here. ® Android Permissions: Permissively Insecure? - 2013-06-08 » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE Android, as an operating system, is fairly unique in that it makes users aware of the permissions available to apps in a fairly transparent way. Compared to Blackberry or iOS, which issue granular prompts such as “Can Angry Birds access your location?” or “Can Instagram access your camera to take photos?” There is a somewhat subtle difference here: The rivals give the user a choice about these requests. Jump over to Android where, after installing an app, it has free reign to use every permission you agreed to. While this doesn’t sound an issue, let’s take a look at the Play Store. Let’s look at a nice, popular app (for better or for worse): Facebook. The Facebook app has permissions to: ★ Create accounts and set passwords for those accounts, and add or remove accounts - this allows Facebook to store its account login using the AccountManager, and is good to see ★ access your accurate (GPS) location and network location - this is to allow for geo-tagging of posts and status updates, which some people might want, but others may be very against. More on this later. ★ full network access - Google lacks a way to give an app selective internet access, so this is needed, much as it might be nice to limit the remote servers an app can communicate with ★ directly call phone numbers - I confess to not researching this one – I am fairly sure Facebook lets you tap a phone icon to call someone. Would it really be so bad to just let you confirm you want to call, and avoid this permission? How long until we see profiles listing premium rate numbers as their phone number? ★ read your phone status and identity - This one is a privacy stealer – while allowing an app to tell if a call is active or not, it also is fairly invasive, allowing an app to obtain your phone number, IMEI, IMSI, device ID (etc), and if you are on a call, the phone number you are connected to! ★ read to and write from USB storage devices - Perhaps this is for caching of files, but maybe a tad excessive? ★ install shortcuts on your homescreen without user interaction - Not sure when this is used, but the permission is there, so it might like to self-promote Facebook services? ★ read your detailed battery statistics - As described in the descriptions, this gives low-level battery use data, and can allow the app to find out what other applications you use. ★ see what other apps are running - Likely for the Facebook Home feature, again allows Facebook to see what apps are running ★ take photos and videos at any time without prompting - Rather concerning, allows the Facebook app to take photos or videos whenever it wants, without prompting or alerting you ★ draw over other applications – Likely for the Chat Heads feature of messenger, although why that’s not a permission in the messenger app is a good question Getting tired and out of breath yet? It’s not over yet though! Facebook can also: ★ write to your call log - Why? Just why? This allows for call log erasing and writing ★ read from your call log – and thus see all the calls you have made, and when, and for how long, and who they were to ★ read your contacts - while useful if you sync Facebook contacts, many people don’t want Facebook to have full reign over their contacts ★ write to your contacts - pretty much as above What is perhaps most disconcerting is that while Google acknowledges openly the risks in each permission (I suggest you take a read at the detailed description of some of the permissions on a Play Store listing), the company takes no steps to help you with this. Thus, the entire Android ecosystem is built around you trusting the developer to play fair, and not do anything dodgy. Unfortunately. This. Doesn’t. Happen. It really seems clear that many app developers just DO NOT UNDERSTAND SECURITY. Full stop. And while I might be unique in my recommendation (which I firmly believe is warranted in this day and age given recent information revealing the extent of mass surveillance that is ongoing) to trust nobody, not even yourself. For this reason, I suggest the Android permissions system is totally flawed, in relying on developers to not abuse permissions, and not request excessive permissions. How many torch apps on Android have more than the required camera permission (to enable the camera)? I’d suggest most do, feel free to take a look! You’d think the Android community would rally against such behaviou, but it’s reached a point where it is acceptable for developers to declare a need for excessively gratuitous permissions in order to use their apps. What happened to user choice? I then was pointed towards this post on G+ by Steve Kondik (XDA Recognized Developer cyanogen), which I read with much dismay. While I do not use G+ (closed platform, requiring far too much data to be disclosed to Google), I would suggest that with respect, the need for user privacy and security MUST come first, as it’s clear app developers cannot “do” security. Perhaps if Google introduced zero tolerance for moronic errors in security (plaintext passwords, gathering contacts data, obtaining device IDs that are not hashed suitably with a cryptographic hash etc), it might offer an incentive to consider security? Given many users (wrongly) reuse passwords between services, the sending of plaintext passwords should be sufficient, in this author’s opinion, to justify immediate removal of all of a developer’s apps from the Play Store, forever. Some people just don’t know how to do security. And for them, I sigh. Users deserve security, and privacy, and unless you go ahead and look at the OpenPDroid project on XDA (which I strongly suggest you check out), you are pretty much being abandoned by even the leader of CyanogenMod. While I appreciate his concerns for app developers, it is simply inexcusable to not look into fixing the glaring hole that is contacts access. This is 2013, the era of social engineering, and I cannot choose selectively which apps see which contacts in my address book? REALLY? Something needs to happen here, before people wake up and smell the coffee, and realize this isn’t sustainable. It’s time users became more aware about what apps are doing, and the extent of data mining that is ongoing. It’s your data, and it should be entirely your choice who gets it. You shouldn’t have to avoid an app because you don’t like the look of its permissions; you should be able to (whether as stock Google feature, or custom ROM feature) be able to selectively decline to allow an app to access your data. And this should be done gracefully, either providing empty data (for contacts, or similar), or null data (i.e. requesting phone number or IMEI should return the same response as a tablet lacking these identifiers). Is it right to deny your users the choice, to make life “easier” for app developers? (arguably to allow them to capture user data more easily) I argue it’s not, and it’s time the Android community unites to put an end to apps having free reign over YOUR data. If this concerns you, why not check out the aforementioned OpenPDroid (and similar) projects on XDA, and see if you can help out, or test, or contribute to the cause? Links within the article: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/careful-...contacts-157832 http://www.complex.com/tech/2012/09/publis...apple-udid-leak http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20025973 http://www.informationweek.com/security/mo...nform/231002162 http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/android/312...us-android-apps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098156 - OpenPdroid PRISM: Here’s what you need to know about the US Internet monitoring scandal » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE The basics PRISM is the code name for the data collection program which was born out of the Protect America Act. The legislation was approved by Congress in 2007 that allowed warrantless interception of foreign-to-foreign communications. The program is intended for use as a counter-terrorism tool that allows US authorities to access data and information belonging to suspects that they believe pose a threat to US national security. Both the Washington Post and Guardian claim that the NSA has “direct” access to the system belonging to nine Internet companies, in order to monitor data. That information was required in order to “effectively plan, direct and conduct detection and monitoring of illegal narcoterrorist activities”, as highlighted in a past job opening. The companies from which data is gathered include: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, YouTube, Skype, AOL and Apple. Other services including — Dropbox — were reportedly set to be added to the roster. Controversy around the program circles around whether the tech firms were silently complicit with the monitoring, and whether PRISM monitored US citizens illegally (without warrants.) The Guardian states that the method of monitoring traffic “opens the possibility” of collecting US data without warrants. The Post looks at that issue in more detail, concluding that the data capturers are “at least 51 percent confident” that a target is foreign. That, it concludes, means substantial amounts of “incidental” US data could be captured — but the issue is dismissed in NSA training manuals dismiss as being “nothing to worry about”. The Post says that “a career intelligence officer” leaked the slides because he believes the agency’s role to be a “gross intrusion on privacy”. The anonymous source added: “They quite literally can watch your ideas form as you type.” Unanswered questions There are numerous questions remaining unanswered at this point, chiefly: All but two firms have denied actively participating in the program, suggesting that the NSA may be filtering and monitoring traffic independently. Both the Guardian and Post implicated the firms as willingly co-operating and opting into the program, so any fact that disproves that would be hugely significant. Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, YouTube, Skype and Apple have all refuted their involvement in the program, and denied knowledge of it. A number of the companies stipulated that they don’t provide “direct” access to their systems, which raises the possibility that the NSA may have ‘indirect’ access, perhaps via an API, which would suggest the firms cooperated. The Washington Post has since backed down on its initial claim that tech companies “participate knowingly” in PRISM data collection. Despite these denials it is important to consider that the NSA would not have released details of the program name to Internet companies, as ACLU analyst Christopher Soghoian points out. Furthermore, those who receive national security letters are prevented by law from discussing their existence in public. A statement from James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, claimed the Guardian and Post reports both “contained numerous inaccuracies”. Clapper categorically denied that PRISM spies on US citizens, but he did not elaborate on the other alleged details that were misreported. That leaves the same questions unanswered. What Is Onion Routing, Exactly? [MakeUseOf Explains] - 2013-04-05 How Much Does The Web Know About You? - 2013-01-15 What Is The Definition Of A Virtual Private Network [Technology Explained] - 2010-03-11 - basic explanation 5 messaging and cloud storage apps the government isn't snooping on... yet - 2013-06-07 Open Source version of a Cerberus type app - ProjectPrey - cowithgun » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE(cowithgun @ Jun 7 2013, 05:24 PM) Personally, I don't like running something as powerful as Cerberus in my phone without ability to verify the source. Just so you know that there is an open source Anti-Thief system as well: https://github.com/prey/prey-android-client Feel free to modify it to suit your need. I basically stripped everything, left only 1 ability I want to use in case of emergency. ps: dont even need root access... QUOTE(cowithgun @ Jun 7 2013, 06:40 PM) Download Elipse with ADT: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html Download the source, extract, import into Elipse. Build After successful, change the password, edit anything u like, build. Finally, put into your phone. Google+ post by Steve Kondik <=cyanogen of CyanogenMod on CM and privacy - 2013-05-30 » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE Steve Kondik Shared publicly - May 30, 2013 Security, Privacy, and CM I've been using +Project Glass for almost two weeks now and thinking a lot about new use cases and applications for the device. Pretty quickly, the really interesting applications bang up against privacy issues. I'll save that for another post. Right now I want to talk about privacy issues in CM, Android, and mobile in general. This morning, I closed CYAN-28 with "Won't Fix". This issue was created to bring back the "revoke app permissions" feature that was present in CM7 and hasn't been back since. It quickly devolved into psychosis and anonymous users telling me that we should "screw the developers". Someone also asked me to bring it to a more public forum, so challenge accepted. Why did we drop this feature? In it's current state, the UX was awful. It was easy to wander into these settings and break things in weird ways that were not obvious at all. The code that was invoked when a permission was revoked would usually just cause the application to crash- if an app asked for your contacts, the framework would say no, and the app would force close. So a solution was implemented which implemented "spoofing". This would send garbage contacts or other bogus/blank data to an application which requested it. Also implemented was spoofing of other identifying data about the device such as IMEI. I rejected these patches since they create a hostile environment for applications, and that's not the direction I want to see CM go. My reasoning was confirmed when word of these patches showed up on the blogs and I immediately received quite a bit of backlash from developers who don't want their apps running in unpredictable environments. Proponents of the patches say that CM isn't looking out for the users. I think these patches are just more security theater and don't really solve a problem. Why do you want to run malicious applications anyway? I want CM to be a good citizen of the mobile ecosystem. I also want our users to have the best protection against malicious applications, exploits, and data leakage. We have been pretty awesome at both, and I'm not willing to compromise one for the other. Don't break apps, don't get pwned- these are fundamental concepts for CM. Pretty straightforward. Having app developers pissed off at CM and blacklisting us because their app is crashing is crazy ways due to half-baked features like this is not a good thing. There are a number of users who really want anonymity. I do too in a lot of cases. We shouldn't solve this by using a giant sledgehammer like data spoofing or code injection into apps or the framework. There is a lot of research in this space, but not a lot of it has boiled down to solutions which are useful to the end user. We need to consider the use cases and create things that actually solve the problems. On the JIRA issue, I suggested a fork of CM which was heavily privacy-focused and maybe would contain these sledgehammers. That would be great for users in this mindset, but I want the features we include in CM to be useful to a broader audience. One of the things that CM can do, is build new platform APIs which can be used by applications to do interesting things. We can even build APIs for hugely dangerous things if done correctly. A good example is Android's VPN API. This essentially lets you write an app that can read every single packet of data that flows thru the device. Very powerful. The key here is that not only must the permission be declared, but the user must manually OK this action the first time one of these APIs are used. There's no chance for a casual user to totally break their system if it's done right. For starters, we need an API that lets an application (after manual user consent) manage the IPTables rules on the device. This is insanely powerful, and would enable an entirely new class of applications that can enable transparent proxies, Tor, general firewall rules, traffic shaping, and packet inspection. Could we build something that actually detected packets of data flowing to another country which contained all of your contact data, and notify the user and block the connection if desired? This would be a great thing for CM to have. What about messaging services? TextSecure is pretty awesome. MMS (and Google Talk, and just about every messaging service) isn't peer-to-peer, there is an intermediate step. Your MMS might go over an encrypted connection to your carrier and back out to the recipient over an encrypted connection, but while it's at your carrier it's subject to data mining, secret agents, disgruntled employees, and the NSA. Support for messaging that includes crypto handled only by the sender/recipient with no middleman would be pretty awesome. SELinux seems to be coming soon in Android, and enables a bunch of awesome auditing capabilities. I'd love to hear more ideas and maybe we can build them. How can we really improve security and the user experience without a bunch of smoke and mirrors? Trolling, invoking Godwin's Law, rehashing the stats issue, and general douchebaggery in the comments will get you instantly blocked.
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1. XDA - [NOOB FRIENDLY] GENERAL GUIDES - READ THIS FIRST !!
archived 2013-03-29

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Most Popular Kernel Usage Survey
archived 2013-06-09

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Most Popular Lists

This post will contain results of polls and surveys on ROM usage, Kernel usage etc.

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