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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 - Official v10, Mobile Odin and Knox 0x0 !!!

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TSjoytest	Nov 6 2013, 05:27 PM, updated 13y ago Show posts by this member only \| Post #1
Vox populi vox dei? Quot homines,tot sententiae All Stars 13,188 posts Joined: Dec 2011 From: 127.0.0.1	Welcome to the LYN Samsung Galaxy Note 3 thread - v10 =========================================== ANNOUNCEMENTS / WARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENT: ABOUT the Knox "Prevention Information" Message You can do 2 things, either tick the box and be reminded every 30 days, or root and freeze all Knox related apps/services. See post 7, issue 17 for more information WARNING: ENSURE YOU DO NOT FLASH BOOTLOADERS OF ROMS newer than MJ1!!! *Clarification 1: This warning is geared towards people who want to root and flash ROM customizations. If you have no intention of rooting your phone ever then just go ahead and update* » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Post by Andrewtst on tripping Knox 0x1 when he flashed a different country's ROM - V8/#1239 - 2013-10-16 20:30 More details by Andrewtst - V8/#1257 More details by Andrewtst - V8/#1261 *Clarification 2: Good news for flashoholics. Forumer WiLyi is the first published instance in the world to successfully flash from a ROOTED MJ1 via Root de la Vega, to MJ7 using Mobile Odin Pro WITHOUT TRIPPING KNOX* See Post 9 for more details !!! Type #1234# to get the following information from your phone: AP: N9005XXUBMJ1 CP:N9005XXUBMJ1 CSC:N9005OLBBMI3 THIS IS THE LATEST FIRMWARE FOR MALAYSIA* as of 2013-10-15 To turn off AUTO UPDATE OF FIRMWARE : settings>general>about>update>software updates. Uncheck Auto Update =========================================== officially announced on 04 September 2013 at IFA 2013 Berlin. "The official language of Lowyat.NET is the English language. All threads and posts must be in English, with the exception of specific, designated threads in the Kopitiam, and limited use to convey a specific expression or interjection." NO "First post" type posts. Such posts are counted as spam by the Mods and will be warned. You may get a chance to go Bora-Bora as they say in these parts: » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « I will correct your grammar and semantics LINK:Want To Be Taken Seriously? Become a Better Writer - 2013-02-21 - David Kerpen, LinkedIn author LINK:My little post about non-verbal communication =========================================== RRP RM2399 for N9005 LTE (4G, 32GB) MODEL. AVAILABLE NOW !! GET YOUR RM 1,500 FREEBIES WITH THIS OFFICIAL APP link credits to confuzan =========================================== Thread Rules 1. Strictly no discussions on warez/cracks or pirated apps. Please keep the thread CLEAN from such illegal stuff 2. Do NOT ask for links to such apps or links to get free apps which need to be paid for 3. Do NOT post links or references to such sites that promote downloads of pirated, cracked, warez apps 4. Any requests or demands for apps specified under points 1 to 3 will be outright ignored and will attract warning and suspensions from the mods. The community will help in the policing. 5. Please be civil and polite in your posts. Saying "Please" goes a long way. 6. Posts / assistance given in this thread are on a voluntary basis by the members and please respect that. 7. Readers are advised to try out any suggestions at their own risk. 8. Learn to use "Search Topic" at bottom left of each page before asking. Do not blame others if you don't know how to form a search term. 9. Read the first page if you have a question. Then read for 10 pages, AND the last 10 pages of a thread BEFORE YOU ASK ANYTHING. 10. READ UP THE BASICS BEFORE YOU START ASKING HERE!! BASIC QUESTIONS WILL BE POLITELY DIRECTED TO PAGE 1, or not so politely directed elsewhere... However, if, after reading Page 1, the first and last 10 pages, or simply lurking, has helped you solve your problem, it will be appreciated if you can post a "Thank you" in the forum since we do not have a "Like" button or "Thanks" button =========================================== Mini Directory Post 01: This post - Announcements, Rules, How to get Help, Mini Directory Post 02: CHANGELOG for page 1 - easier to track what's been updated. CHECK HERE first !! Post 03: General overview, Key features, Reviews Post 04: Owners' lists, Review/Testimonies by Owners, Confessions, SCAM Alerts Post 05: Note 3 Operations Part 1 (A-S) Post 06: Note 3 Operations Part 2 (T-Z) Post 07: Note 3 Common Issues Post 08: Rooting and Advanced Part 1 - Intro Post 09: Rooting and Advanced Part 2 - Steps Post 10: Photography Post 11: Resident Experts Post 12: Records (Battery, Stable OC, etc) + Hall of Fame Post 13: Useful Applications + Tutorials Post 14: Peripheral stuff (Accessories, Cases, Homescreens, Themes etc) Post 15: - reserved - =========================================== When you get your NEW TOY On the dialer, dial #0#. You will see the following screen: » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE shadowzephyr,Oct 2 2013, 10:00 PM Well my advice is before accepting your phone at the phone shop, there's a shortcut for 'one-stop center' self-test for almost everything that our phone has. *Dial #0#.* This self-test is really useful, and a must-do before buying Samsung phone. In summary, we can test for: - LCD (Red, Green, Blue and Black button, Dimming) - Receiver, Vibration, Speaker, Sub key - Sensor (Accelerometer, Proximity, Barometer, Light, Gyroscope, Magnetic etc) - Touchscreen and S-Pen (Touch, TSP Hovering, Wacom Test, SPEN HOVERING) - Notification LED (LED button) - Camera (Mega cam and Front cam) - Infra Red (IR LED) I've tested every single button to make sure everything perfect. For example, during LCD Test (using Red, Green and Blue button), I carefully check if there's black/missing dot, and I will reject the phone if found any. Just my 2 cent. This will be very helpful to anyone that plan to buy Note 3 or any Samsung phone in the future. Apart from this, please go thru the Issues/Defects list in POST 6 below for other reported defects. GETTING A 2nd HAND NOTE 3 - IMPORTANT STEP !!!! Make sure the seller has done this !!!! » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE hbo1301,Oct 3 2013, 09:36 PM Hi.. I have a question to ask.. I bought a used note 3 from a forumer and i factory reset the phone. After rebooting, i went through all the activation process.. everything went well until the last screen where it states that an abnormal reset was perform on the device and it's needed to be confirm by login in using the previous samsung account registered on the device.. how can i bypass this procedure so that i can get a fresh start on the phone as if it was new? thanx in advance.. QUOTE joytest,Oct 3 2013, 09:38 PM Oh ho.....there's a step that he needed to DEACTIVATE before selling to you......I read it yesterday, it warned that it needs to be deactivated before sending to SC. I think you have to meet the seller, get him to input his ID, activate, then DEACTIVATE that thing, then reset for you.... I will have to post this in page 1. Can anyone just verify where this setting is??? QUOTE destEX,Oct 3 2013, 09:43 PM yep, immediately i knew which setting it is~ settings>general>security>reactivation lock =========================================== For the Note series, the main differentiator is the S-Pen using a Wacom active digitizer, and Samsung's nicely packaged software to take advantage of it across the OS. I personally like the workflow enhancement you get when your device can actually replace the paper notebook, so I am very keen for active digitizer devices, of which currently only the Note series has it in the smartphone/phablet form factor. Larger devices with active digitizers (Wacom or N-Trig) tend to be very expensive (RM5k++) tablets/convertibles from notebook manufacturers. First off, I want to put things in perspective. I must state that we can no longer think of our devices as "phones" but COMPUTERS. Therefore, since computers have been around for the last 60 years or so, there is nothing "new" or "innovative" to expect from our devices, except for "faster, better, cheaper". Maybe not cheaper but we have seen ASP (Average Selling Price) falling across the board. In 2002 - it was already speculated that your phone will become your computer: The Economist - 2002-11-21 - Computing's new shape And because it is a computer, you have to treat it as such, ie regular backups, some periodic cleansing/factory reset and practice safe computing habits. Note that of course it is not to be compared with the CISC type computers of the Intel x86 desktop/notebook genre, but it is still a computer nonetheless of the RISC variety, specifically the ARM family, with a huge number of variations across manufacturers. The focus of ARM is for performance per watt, which allows low power computing on the go which has been the dream of computing since its dawn. Anything else, feel free to contribute. Information will be added as it becomes available. credits to Andrewtst for merging and adding background transparency to the main pic. None of us is as smart as all of us* Errare humanum est perseverare diabolicum Have fun everyone This post has been edited by joytest: Nov 13 2013, 12:10 AM
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CHANGELOG
I will attempt to log changes here as an indication of new material that I've added. I won't log cosmetic changes. Some posts will also be excluded from the changelog (eg Accessories) unless noteworthy.

The changelog will begin from 1 in each new topic version. Changelog link for prior topic versions posted at the bottom.

No.	Date	Description of Change	Post	Subsection
17	2013-11-
16	2013-11-
15	2013-11-
14	2013-11-
13	2013-11-
12	2013-11-
11	2013-11-17	Added yujin86's solution to the MOP Partition error	9	after Option 3
10	2013-11-14	Added ColdFustion's full review, by Xirality	3	Hands On
09	2013-11-14	Added testimony by benny888	4	Testimonies
08	2013-11-14	Added list of apps frozen by antt00	8	Apps
07	2013-11-12	Updated post 1 warning text regarding ROMs later than MJ1	1
06	2013-11-12	Added Waveweaver's dropbox links for original MJ1 Root de la Vega files	9	Process:Option 2
05	2013-11-12	Added WiLyi's steps for Mobile Odin	9	Process:Option 3
04	2013-11-11	Added antt00's steps for updating to MJ7 without tripping Knox	9	Process:Option 2
03	2013-11-08	Added WARNING on Kingo and Vroot	9	Process
02	2013-11-07	Added Kingoapp Video rooting tutorial, by Xirality	9	Process
01	2013-11-06	Added Erica Griffin's youtube review, by PsVitaforLife	3	Specs

PRIOR CHANGELOGS

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CHANGELOG v9

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CHANGELOG v8

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Previous Versions

*Note: v1 was actually started on 01-Aug, but closed by mod the same day, and then re-opened on 15-Aug, so 15-Aug is treated as the start date.

Typically I will begin new versions at 00:00 of the day, so Started will be 00:00 of day 1, and Ended is considered as 23:59 of the end date for ease of calculation.

Version	Started	Ended	Total Days	Total Posts	Total Views	Statistic Last Retrieved
V01	2013-08-15	2013-09-10	26	2507	67,569	2013-09-10
V02	2013-09-10	2013-09-18	8	2502	72,550	2013-09-18
V03	2013-09-19	2013-09-23	5	2560	95,400	2013-09-23
V04	2013-09-24	2013-09-26	3	2514	112,000	2013-09-26
V05	2013-09-26 15:00	2013-09-29 23:59	3.37	2437	94,990	2013-09-29
V06	2013-09-30 00:00	2013-10-04 23:59	5.00	2500	101,916	2013-10-04
V07	2013-10-05 00:00	2013-10-12 22:30	7.94	2528	108,300	2013-10-12
V08	2013-10-12 22:30	2013-10-21 18:30	8.80	2518	96,999	2013-10-21
V09	2013-10-21 18:30	2013-11-06 18:30	16.00	2569	119,733	2013-11-06
V10	2013-11-06 18:30	2013-11-XX 23:59	x	25xx	100,xxx	2013-10-21
V11	2013-11-XX 22:30	2013-11-XX 11:59	x	25xx	100,xxx	2013-10-21

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General overview, Key features, Reviews

Variants known:
Available as:

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9000 3G Exynos Octa 5420 model
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9002 with dual SIM card support (China only)
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 Qualcomm S800 with LTE connectivity. (MALAYSIA)

OFFICIAL SPECS

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*Note: The Note 3 uses the microsim.

SIM card types - Andrew_1980

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Pretty good writeup by Mobilesyrup, a Canadian mobile news site, on the GN3

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is the most interesting smartphone released this year. Here’s why

*my summary of the key headings*

It’s the first phone with USB 3.0
It’s the first non-Nexus phone with Android 4.3
It sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and 3GB of RAM
It comes standard with 32GB of internal storage
It’s one of the first devices to support Category 4 LTE, also known as LTE-Advanced
Most of its new software features are actually useful
Despite having a larger screen, it’s actually more compact than the Note II

Summary of 20 Best features of Samsung GALAXY Note 3

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SPECS IN DEPTH

Sammobile's link to the Consumer Consultant's Guide, with 3 times more information than the user's manual - Xeactorz

Link to download the Note 3 User Guide (77Mb PDF) - wkho555

FULL Listing of all the bundled FREE Apps and Services worth RM1,500 for the Note 3 (24Mb, 121 pages) - tigerporc

Erica Griffin's SUPER REVIEW (1h06m long !!!!) of the Note 3 and all its features: - PsVitaForLife

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The CPU(Snapdragon-LTE)

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3Gb RAM - gogo2

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USB 3.0 - Micro USB 3.0 - world first !!!!

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The Screen

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The Stylus

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Notification LED

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LTE power efficient Radio

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Knox - Enterprise Security !!!

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Ultra Low Power Wireless Sensors for Sporting Use - KTCY

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Android Authority - Samsung Introduces The Galaxy Note 3 In A Super-Detailed 6.5 Minute Video

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GSMArena Hands on with Multi-Vision --- expand your screen ACROSS several Note 3s !!!!! - Andrewtst

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Cool things you can do with the Note 3 - Superman7

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COMPARISONS

Engadget's Comparison with Note 2 - blacktubi

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	Note II	Note 3
Dimensions	5.95 x 3.16 x 0.37 inches (151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4mm)	5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 inches (151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3mm)
Weight	6.35 oz. (180g)	5.92 oz. (168g)
Screen size	5.5 inches	5.7 inches
Screen resolution	1,280 x 720 pixels (267ppi)	1,920 x 1,080 (386ppi)
Screen type	HD Super AMOLED	Full HD Super AMOLED
Battery	3,100mAh	3,200mAh
Internal storage	16 / 32 / 64GB	32 / 64GB
External storage	microSD (up to 64GB)	microSD (up to 64GB)
Rear camera	8MP	13MP
Front-facing cam	1.9MP	2MP
Video capture	1080p	1080p, 4K/UHD* (4K only for Qualcomm S800)
NFC	Yes	Yes
Radios	HSPA+, LTE	HSPA+, LTE Advanced
Bluetooth	Version 4.0	Version 4.0
SoC	1.6GHz quad-core Exynos	2.3GHz quad-core processor / 1.9GHz octa-core processor (varies by region)
RAM	2GB	3GB
MHL	Yes	Yes
Operating system	Android 4.1 Jelly Bean	Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

A comparison of various Samsung phone sizes from S1 thru Note3 - Andrewtst

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Hands On and Reviews

Hands on and Q&A on Note 3 - HWZone SG - 2013-09-16 - mzabu

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GSMArena's Comparison between Snapdragon S800 and Exynos Oct 5420 - 2013-09-30
Quad core Snapdragon S800 wins against the Exynos Octa 5420.

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Unboxing and Hands On Videos

Unboxing and Hands On by PhoneArena (with narration) - 2013-09-17 - mudkipryan94

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Unboxing and Hands On by GSMArena - 2013-09-13

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Coldfustion's FULL review !!! - 2013-11-11 - Xirality

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Coldfustion's preliminary review !!! - 2013-09-05

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Official First Hands On for Note 3 and Gear - Xeactorz
Very interesting for the charting functions in the new S-Note version. 18 minutes long.

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Sammobile - Hands-on Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Gear and Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition - 2013-09-08 - Xeactorz

The article also has a comparison of the Note 3 4k video vs the Note 2 FHD and S4 FHD videos.

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Previews and Reviews

Incredibly USEFUL SITE for almost daily tips and tricks, initially for the Note 2, now includes the Note 3

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30+ top Samsung Galaxy Note 3 III TIPS & TRICKS you 'MUST KNOW - vinnilaa - 2013-09-27

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Android Central - Samsung Galaxy Note 3 video walkthrough - 2013-09-26

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Other Reviews and Comments

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Issues/Defects

This section will list defects discovered by thread members, and any solutions found or known.

The "Type" column will be in 5 categories:

HW = Hardware related - send it back to the service center
ROM = firmware related - Samsung can update or has updated this for a fix
SW = Software related ie some apps are not compatible with the current Samsung ROM or Android version.
PEBKAC = user error....replace user....

??? = Cause and/or Solution not yet known

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NOTE: IF you ever need to visit the Service Center, here is the link :

http://www.samsung.com/my/support/location...viceLocation.do

You can select from the dropdowns and it will display a list based on selected geographic area.

Item	Defect description	Type	Thread/Post#	Reported by	Solved ?
001	Screen Rotation	PEBKAC	5/1283	positron	V5/#1436 - h11g
002	Pebble smartwatch	SW	5/1538,1544	khaiandrew,zad78	XDA here, DMJ6 firmware
003	Back cover defect (with pic)	HW	5/1389	Leo the Lion
004	Back cover defect (with pic)	HW	5/1413	881118
005	Heavy raster lines during photo taking (with video)	HW	5/1424,1426,1428	881118	V5/#1434 - 881118
006	Multitouch problem	HW	5/1611	thelightside	same post, Screen Protector problem
007	Red tint in photos (with pic)	HW	5/0729	KKW	replaced set
008	Lines on dark areas on screen (with pic)	HW	5/1576	KKW	replaced set
009	Loose Home button (with pic)	HW	5/2271	881118	awaiting replacement
010	Samsung Keyboard can no longer perform handwriting recognition (with pics)	ROM	6/0171	y4ng	by poochim, V6/#1418
011	Purple smearing/Ghosting on screen	ROM	6/0321	destEX	XDA Note 3 fix by destEX
012	Bent/dented/deformed bezel (with pic) and see below	HW	6/1669	azwan80	???
013	Bluetooth sound (see post for steps)	HW	7/0407	jerrynks	???
014	Purplish smear on screen (with pic) - different from Issue 011	HW	7/1100	vinnilaa	perror-V7/1145 see below!!
015	Rattling noise from phone (like something is loose)	HW	7/1852	blacktubi
016	Small spot on the screen not sensitive to S-Pen (with pic)	???	9/0095	ZiNKaK	???
017	Issue with popup showing "Prevention Information" (with pic)	ROM	9/2197	various	see below
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The Keyboard fix is important so I reproduce the solution text here:

CODE

poochim,Oct 2 2013, 03:40 PM

Handwriting fix
Google Play> Search> " Samsung Keyboard Note 3" > and "Update" > restart the phone... and fixed...
[right][snapback]63586913[/snapback][/right]

Knox "fix" for "Prevention Information"
Andrewtst's clear outline of stuff to freeze to stop Knox from displaying the annoying popup V9/#2206 - 2013-11-04
This is caused by Knox settings and some apps are tripping it to give this popup titled "Prevention Information". It has been reported occurring almost daily, and various users have also posted fixes. There's no real fix actually except to either root and freeze it, or accept the 30 day ignore checkbox.

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The only solution now is happily see it every 30 days or..... root and disable all KNOX things, total 5 apps related to KNOX, include:
- KNOX 1.0
- KNOX 1.0 (don't ask me why duplicate)
- KLMS Agent 1.5
- Knox Notification Manager 1.0 (this should be the one buzz people)
- KNOX Store 1.0

Issue 014 by vinnilaa, additional update:

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vinnilaa,Oct 9 2013, 04:58 PM

V7/#1506

In regards to the purple smeared stain on my screen, the stain was spreading wider within a day. I brought it to Samsung Service Centre in One Utama and upon checking the technician said that the LED is cracked inside. I didn't see any visible crack on the screen and I don't think it is caused by any fall. Apparently, if I leave it, the stain will spread and eventually the screen will go dead. According to the them, I must have pressed the screen hard till the LED cracked inside

Seriously!!!!

Since the screen is not under warranty, I have to fork out my own money RM680 to pay for the damage... I tried to argue it doesn't make sense for a new device to be so flimsy and as a user of Note 1, Note 2, Tab 7.7 and Note 10.1, I know the quality is not that bad. But, they can't do anything.

I had no choice but to agree to change the screen using my own money. The device can be collected after 3 hours. So, I will be going back to collect my device later.

Anyway, advice to all who prefer to use the phone naked, please spend a bit of money to buy a case such as otterbox. As for me, I am going to sew a pouch with thick sponge to protect my phone...

BENT/DENTED/DEFORMED BEZEL DEFECT
IF you have the "bent/deformed bezel defect" please submit your username and defect details here via this form for a consolidated view of how many are impacted.

See the pic of the defect by azwan80 >> HERE <<

UPDATE: Samsung seems to have some numbers of this defect but it remains largely cosmetic, so an exchange likely depends on your luck to convince the service center, and how badly dented it looks.

More pics:

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Link to the bezel defect submission form - by blacktubi

Link to the results page for the defect form

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HEAT

*** THIS IS NOT A DEFECT !!! ***

Perception of "Heat"
Modern high performance mobile SoCs do generate heat. This is an unavoidable result of more transistors, higher frequencies and more features.

Some have posted about "my phone feels very hot." This is a QUALITATIVE statement with no numbers.

Please provide QUANTITATIVE statements like "my phone reached XX degrees when I was doing YY"

Recommended apps are System Tuner, by 3C here or Android Tuner, by 3C here. These apps provide CPU Temperature which is the correct reading and NOT the Battery temperature which is the only reading most monitoring apps provide.

The reported range of CPU temperature is from about 30C on idle or IM/light activity to about 60C to 63C while browsing and/or playing games. Some users report a high of only about 45 degrees for their Note 3's regardless of activity.

So DO NOT BE ALARMED if your Note 3 reaches 60 degrees. This temperature is uncomfortable to touch for more than 1 minute (or less for some) but Samsung seems to have alleviated this by placing the SoC at the topmost part of the device beside the camera module so that in portrait mode you don't actually feel it.

So please provide QUANTITATIVE descriptions when posting about heat.

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Legal Redress

IF you ever need to file a Consumer Tribunal Complaint against a seller OR Samsung.

The following posts are from the HTC One thread. For some unfortunate reason, the HTC One was reported in its own thread with a lot of defects and a very large number of posts resulted from disappointed owners. Some offered tips on submitting claims to the Consumer Tribunal.

It is hoped that we do not need to resort to such actions where Samsung is concerned.

Post by Jason in the HTC One thread, V8/#2200

Post by Jason with add on tips when going to the tribunal, V8/#2215

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Jason,Oct 22 2013, 06:34 PM

https://ttpm.kpdnkk.gov.my

Register a/c = 3 minutes
Complete form and send enquire = 3 minutes

wait for reply = 1 to 2 days

Complete claim form, pay RM5 and send = 10 minutes

Go to the shop you buy from and give them 1 copy of Form 1 and 3 copies of Form 3, get them to chop on your Form 1 = 20 minutes? depends how far is the shop.

Court day will be roughly 2 weeks from the date you file submission.

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Appear in court on the at least 30 minutes the stated time and date, register yourself = 5 minutes
Wait for your turn = 30 minutes
state your case to the judge = 15 minutes give or take
wait for judge to award you your victory = they have to refund you or give you back your phone within a reasonable amount of time as decided by the judge.

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Jason,Oct 22 2013, 11:45 PM

Well, there's no need to debate, you just need HTC to write you to say
1. Your unit has a camera hardware problem
2. Your warranty is void because of ........
3. How much you have to pay to repair the camera hardware problem

You just tell HTC, if they void your warranty, you want it in writing.

AFTER you do that step either a. they give it to you in writing OR b. they don't.

Either way, you have a case with tribunal. With this letter, when you go tribunal, you will win already. Without the letter also you can win, because it is unlawful to void your warranty without a valid reason what. If its void, then they can give black and white stating why, if they cannot give a black and white document stating why then they are denying you warranty that you should rightfully get.

If I sell you a Macbook Air, you delete Mac OS X and install Windows, and the screen spoil, I cannot deny you warranty right?

Same logic bro.

EDIT: And HTC won't dare to lie in court, at least they didn't lie in my case, they admitted the original part number had a hardware issue.

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Rooting and other Advanced topics - Part 1

XDA Note 3 thread

Android Central Note 3 forums

**CAVEAT**

All Samsung Knox enabled phones have a warranty counter that CANNOT BE RESET at this time IF TRIPPED !!! See screens later in this post.

ALL FLASHING AND ROOTING IS AT YOUR OWN RISK, and your warranty can be dishonored by Samsung.

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Watch these 2 videos FIRST if you HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ROOTING AND FLASHING IS ABOUT

***Rooting IS NOT ABOUT PIRACY***

***Rooting IS ABOUT FREEDOM AND CONTROL - you CONTROL YOUR DEVICE. YOU PAID FOR IT !!***

contributed by benny888 via S3 thread

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This section contains an explanation of what rooting is and some additional information FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. READ THIS FIRST PLEASE.

After you've understood this post, proceed to the NEXT POST (Advanced Topics Part 2) for ROOTING INSTRUCTIONS.

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

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.

UPDATE: The above paragraph applied to phones that arrived before Knox became a feature of Samsung firmware. Currently, due to Knox and the Knox Warranty Flag (see Download mode pic below), it is HIGHLY LIKELY that Samsung will declare your WARRANTY VOID.

Triangle Away DOES NOT WORK ON KNOX PHONES.

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.

Triangle Away DOES NOT WORK ON KNOX PHONES.

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.~~

Samsung has now locked bootloaders due to security requirements of Knox.

Other manufacturers also 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 :

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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.

For a more visual overview of rooting:

What is rooting and why you want to root - TamiyaOne from Note 2 thread

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.

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Download Mode on the Note 3 and Clean, Official Status

You get into download mode by:
1. Power off your phone
2. Simultaneously press the Power, Home and Vol Down buttons while booting
3. Release when it reaches a warning screen, then press Vol Up to reach the screen below:

user posted image

4. To exit, long press the power button.

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Cool Stuff you can do AFTER ROOTING

This section will provide some examples of the cool things a root phone can do to entice you to root.

Enabling pen-window for ALL apps - Xirality

Post by destEX showing multiwindows on all apps - V8/#0381

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Region Lock on Newer Samsung Phones

News about Samsung and region-locking their phones

Item	Link	Article Date	Contributor
Updated News	AndroidCentral - Here's what's going on with the Galaxy Note 3's region-locking	2013-09-27	confuzan
Updated News	[UPDATE] Samsung’s vague official statement	2013-09-26	Xeactorz
Initial News	Samsung’s vague official statement regarding Galaxy Note 3′s regional SIM lock	2013-09-26	Xeactorz

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Sammobile - The Update text:
[b]UPDATE:[/b] While Samsung’s wordings aren’t very clear, it seems that the Galaxy Note 3 will actually be usable everywhere, but not before it is activated with a SIM from the region it was bought in. Once you activate it/use it with a local SIM, you’ll be able to visit other regions/travel abroad and use it with SIM cards from that particular region without issues. This is likely to reduce grey imports by retailers and those who want to make a quick buck by importing the device and selling it at higher prices, as the retailer would have to open the box to activate it before selling it, which would make it less attractive to a buyer. However, until Samsung makes an even clearer statement, you probably should refrain from importing even a Note 3 that has been activated in its home region.

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AndroidCentral's article excerpt:
[b]Region-locked, except for when it's not[/b]
[i]The region-lock only kicks in if you first "activate" it with a SIM from outside the list of approved countries.[/i]

As it happens, the crucial factor is which SIM card you first use when you set up the phone. Lars from AllAboutSamsung.de was given information to this effect when he got in touch with Samsung Germany, and it's since been confirmed by Nirave Gondhia, who got his hands on additional Note 3s to test the theory. A second Note 3, first "activated" with a UK SIM, could then be used with a UAE SIM — the same one rejected by the first device.

(This also explains what happened with our own unlocked Note 3. It was never region-locked, as we used our EE (UK) SIM to run through the initial setup.)

So the region-lock only kicks in if you first "activate" it — i.e., switch on the phone and run through setup — with a SIM from outside the list of approved countries. It's probably a measure designed to ensnare grey (unauthorized) importers of Samsung phones. And it means you should be very careful about which SIM card you use to activate any "unlocked" Samsung phone from now on.

SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE REGION LOCKING AFFAIR

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confuzan,Sep 28 2013, 11:49 PM

joytest perhaps you want to post this article up regarding region locking.

http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-note-...-details-emerge

summary:-
-note3 and other samsung flagships manufactured after july will have region locking in EU and US.
-booting up for the first time in this phone must use EU/US sim cards. after the first activation, it will be sim unlocked.
-booting up for the first time with a sim card from non EU/US operators will lock the phone. need to go to samsung service center to unlock.

what this means:-
-samsung wants to prevent parallel import from EU/US to other regions
-AP set from EU/US will most likely be activated already before it can be used in other regions.

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Apps you can turn off

antt00's list of apps turned off antt00 - V10/#1141

perror's list of apps turned off perror - V6/#0796

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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 3 PHOTOGRAPHY This post will contain links and articles related to photography. We have several avid photographers in this thread. Articles, Apps, Tips Excellent article by DPReview about Megapixels How many megapixels do you need? - 2013-09-19 Android Headlines - Galaxy Note 2 vs Note 3: Camera Shootout - 2013-11-04 App proposed by Baronic that can edit RAW images Phot Mate R2 - USD 9.64 CODE Photo Mate R2 is a complete raw-developer, image organizer and editor. It provides the most professional editing features for every photographer. It supports full-size raw decoding of almost every camera-raw format (Canon CR2, Nikon NEF, Sony ARW, Pentax PEF, Samsung, Phase one and many more). Edit images in high-quality with all essential features including professional Noise-Reduction, Sharpening, Clarity, Curves, Vibrance, Lens-Corrections and much more. Use editing layers (gradient, circular, brush) to fine-tune specific areas of your images. All edits are non-destructive, you can always revert back to your original image. Post by -kytz- about pixel peeping -kytz- - v6/#0102 BBFan Chinese site about photography with the Xperia Z1, but otherwise a good intro to basic photography - In CHINESE - from the Xperia Z1 thread, 2013-10-29 by ZeneticX Simple translation of the BBFan article in Z1 thread V9/#0365 2013-10-29 by ChuanHong Photographs Gilthoniel's post about using Golf Mode Gilthoniel - v6/#0030 QUOTE Gilthoniel,Sep 30 2013, 12:53 AM Actually it plays back your swing repeatedly in slow mo like a video so you can analyze your swing in detail. Very useful stuff. That photo was taken by my dad, who is tech-allergic, so it shows how easy it is Flowers by Andrewtst - 16:9 and 4:3 V10/#0305 Japanese Food by WiLyi V9/#0073 Food and flowers by destEX V8/#1715 Nice cake by Leo the Lion V8/#1337 Some really nice pics and HDR by yujin86 V7/#2454 More food by fruitie V7/#1685 Dinner by tarm V7/#1005 More food by fruitie V7#0917 Coffee and snacks by fruitie v7/#0326 Yummy pics by Leo the Lion v6/#2142 Excellent and yummy pics by fruitie v6/#2104 More pics by Andrewtst v6/#0403 More pics by Andrewtst v6/#0392 - yummy Pic by dog999 v5/#2396 More pics by Andrewtst v5/#2250 Pics by Leo the Lion v5/#2125 Pics of yummy sushi by fruitie v5/#2117 More pics by Andrewtst v5/#1888 Night pic comparisons for Note 3, Stabilization On and OffAndrewtst v5/#385 - 2013-09-27 Night Pic Shootout of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 v/s XiaoMi Mi-2s v/s Sony Xperia ZL Andrewtst - v5/#319 - 2013-09-26 Original pics of the Night shootout for downloading Comparisons between Samsung Galaxy Note 3 v/s XiaoMi Mi-2s v/s Sony Xperia ZL - Part 1 Andrewtst - v5/#106 - 2013-09-26 Comparisons between Samsung Galaxy Note 3 v/s XiaoMi Mi-2s v/s Sony Xperia ZL - Part 2 - Andrewtst - v5/#107 - 2013-09-26 Andrew's commentary on the photos - 2013-09-26 Andrewtst's commentary on picture quality from the NZTechfreak review - 2013-09-23 Additional commentaries: QUOTE shockk,Sep 26 2013, 06:43 PM Great job Andrew on the photo comparison. Yes, I do agree the white balance - finally Samsung has got it right. It has taken some time, but they have done it. Now I don't need to post-process my shots before uploading to Facebook etc anymore! Short review by NZTechfreak - 2013-09-22 -perror Flickr pics by NZTechfreak - 1 - 2013-09-22 -perror Flickr pics by NZTechfreak - 2 - 2013-09-22 -perror Videos Video test by Coldfustion on 2013-10-30 - 4K, 4x Zoom !! » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « GjyQOm-JsIE 4k video sample by ek2020 ek2020 - V6/#0305 Normal motion 1080p video sample 30fps by 881118 881118 - V6/#00058 Slow motion video sample 120fps by 881118 881118 - V6/#00056 QUOTE 881118,Sep 30 2013, 02:50 AM - V6/#0056 Well, I am quite impressed with the slo-mo video. (the speed is good but not the quality) It is really slow motion! My monitor is capable of OC to 120hz. Thanks to Note3 video I can quite confirm my monitor OC is real and no frame skipping. Video below shoot with Note3 @ 720p with slow motion feature » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « IKjeFZhN8oY This post has been edited by joytest: Nov 7 2013, 11:48 PM
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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 General Android Usage antt00 confuzan destEX Reventon shadowzephyr WiLyi Battery Life destEX WiLyi Big Brother/Big Sista this seems to be a VERY POPULAR device among the mods and staff of LYN Apis_LuaLua - LYN's famed fraud detective Baronic - our taikor LYN staffer fruitie - our highly involved and very active LYN staffer and Trade Enforcer perror - moderator scotty shockk - convert from an Xperia Z Ultra. Note 3 screen trumps XZU screen !!! sleepwalker sonyclie77 any other mods/staff/admin please let me know Esteemed Gadget Freak and Guru benny888 - Guru and Uncle No. 1 for all of us Photography Andrewtst fruitie -kytz- Programmers (Android and others) hooh888 - Android programmer and upcoming themer ROMs, Rooting, Flashing antt00 - pioneered Option 2 MK7 flashing !! benny888 - fearless root guru. Knox flag 0x1 is no issue !! destEX - sifu from S2 thread Noobi3 - general Android master and flashoholic waveweaver - sifu from S2, S3, S4, Note 1 and Note 2 threads WiLyi - world's first posted success for Note 3 flashing with Mobile Odin without tripping Knox *UPDATE 2013-10-14 - Since root has been available without tripping the Knox warranty flag, many have rooted their device* definition of flashoholic and ORD Special Mention* Andrewtst - for being the first to discover the BMJ3 UK firmware trips Knox 0x1. Great Sacrifice !!! khaiandrew - Top Note 3 fan - got 3 Note 3 for the family > v4 / #2042 This post has been edited by joytest: Nov 13 2013, 11:08 PM
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Records (Battery, Stable OC, etc) + Hall of Fame

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 from Note 2 thread

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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

2013-09-27	08h35m37s	05h50m01s	vinnilaa
2013-09-30	19h28m44s	05h00m02s	positron
2013-10-01	16h46m11s	06h31m26s	WiLyi
2013-10-02	15h26m06s	07h14m15s	azwan80
2013-10-21	2d12h00m26s	05h08m27s	alexang

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Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame will showcase pics or events that are of note for the Note 3.

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

Galaxy Note 3 drop test - stormaker

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Galaxy Note 3 drop test - wolfverine81

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My personal opinion is that naked phones are just accidents waiting to happen, and also that so-called "cases" that leave the top and bottom bezels exposed do not deserve the term "case". IMHO, a real case covers the entire bezel, the back and also a rim lip on the front face of the device. To each his/her own.

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First Recorded Dropper

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vinnilaa,Sep 27 2013, 06:21 PM

Well, it does affect the view of the beautiful screen but I have this tendency of dropping phones. So, I rather to keep it protected for now. Maybe after a few months I will change to some other case. Hehehe.

P/s: I dropped my phone just now in the restaurant and my heart almost stopped beating. Thanks to the anymode casing, no scratch or anything. Hehehe

Droppers

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FallenOut,Oct 22 2013, 03:49 PM

no worries
I never did post much
most of my time spent on gaming nowadays

what happen was

I put on my table
iphone5
s3
note3

while I was taking the iphone5
well
my clash of clans flash me a notification sayin I was being attacked
accidentally push the note3 which was at the edge
so the note3 experienced free fall from my table
it hit the wood floor screen first
n the sound it make
enough to tell me the screen is sayin good bye to me

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eszol,Oct 12 2013, 07:44 PM

Just slip my phone from 1 metre high onto laminate floor. Camera first and upper bezel. Everything intact except for one of the back plate's clip
Really unlucky these few days

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idesmond,Oct 10 2013, 06:02 PM

My N3 is 3 days old.. today walking out for lunch.. i tripped on a rock.. slipped and my phone flew out from my shirt pocket and bounced on the tar road 3 times before finally landing on the screen..

Damage : Metal bezel is a bit dented and scratched up on the impacted areas (2 only) and S-Pen hole isnt perfect anymore, hence pulling and inserting back the pen into the hole is a little rough..

I really need to find a casing like by tonight.

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yoyoan,Sep 28 2013, 10:25 PM

I just dropped mine too. Only hard back case from Baseus.

No dents nor chips whatsoever eventhough I heard a solid thump. Fell a about 2 ft from the couch.

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Baronic,Sep 28 2013, 09:50 PM

I dont need to see the droptest video cuz i dropped mine this afternoon. Naked. Survived with chip at the corner. And the plastic faux leather back can be chipped as well. Surprise.

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Baronic,Sep 28 2013, 11:35 PM

Dang this thread moves too fast. My phone was dropped at between waist and pocket height. Drop on to the red brick kinda floor. Lol the bezel paint chipped. The faux leather looks like some small kid chewed on his pencil like that. It chips

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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 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 Automaton- XDA - turns the screen off automatically when you put your device in your pockets, close its flip cover etc. - benny888 Gravity Screen - turns the screen off automatically when you put your device in your pockets, close its flip cover etc. - shockk IntelliCover - turns the screen off automatically when you put your device in your pockets, close its flip cover etc. - VoiVod 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 WakeLock Detector 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 - Flash Player 11.1 for Android 4.0 (11.1.115.81) - antt00 XDA thread for Flash player - arslow Fonts QUOTE hooh888,Oct 1 2013, 12:45 PM for those struggling with error on changing to downloaded custom fonts, i have tested iFonts app (free on Play Store) and it works. basically this app provides custom fonts for download, and you still need to set in system settings but the fonts downloaded through this app works. joytest you might want to add this to first page. Flipfonts Font Collection on XDA - Working links (2013-04-23) - confuzan Games Post by Eiraku with a list of old PC games playable with Dosbox - V9/#0190 Post by Baronic with a list of lesser known games but have good gameplay - V9/#0103 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 Infra-Red Smart IR Remote - Andrewtst - Play Store link 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 XDA - LMT launcher - eszol 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 Moon+ Reader - a very good book reader with powerful controls & full functions - VoiVod 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 Papyrus 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 Sports FotMob - #1 football app with live scores, fixtures, match stats, tables etc. - VoiVod System Utilities Clean Master - Reventon - cleans stuff Task Managers (Real life tasks) Any.do - daily tasks reminder with many useful features - VoiVod Task Switchers (Android System) SwipePad - the fastest app/task switcher - VoiVod 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 ============================================================== Tutorials This section will contain links to tutorials or post links to discussions in this thread for various applications above. Articles/Sites 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 Reventon,Sep 28 2013, 03:53 PM » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « I just backup my thing on helium with Mac. Everything is quite self explanatory in your note 3 screen and also the pc screen. no idea how windows version works but mine is 1. Download helium on note 3 and also download helium for desktop on the web. 2. Launch helium on note 3 , connect usb to pc and launch desktop helium 3. Follow the on screen step , asking you to enable connection as camera ( PTP ) , Tick it. 3. Enable the USB Debugging in settings. 4. Ok all set just select the apps you want to backup and then go to another screen. 5. Select the storage you want to backup , i choose External aka Memory Card. 6. All done. I have 100 Apps here and backup size is 350MB approx around 15 Mins. Hope it helps. benny888,Sep 27 2013, 04:49 PM on how to use Helium » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « QUOTE benny888,Sep 27 2013, 04:49 PM On your other phone install app HELIUM and backup your apps. App data will be backup. Than copy the CARBON folder to your Note3 Install Helium in Note 3 and select restore. Choose the app which you want its data be restore Restoration is 100% GOOD. You need to connect phone to PC to run Helium. Install the helium program in PC too It is all self guided and explanatory 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 Post by Andrewtst on semi-transparent status bar - V8/#0449 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) This post has been edited by joytest: Nov 6 2013, 06:48 PM
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Peripheral stuff (Accessories, Cases, Homescreens, Themes etc)
This post will not be reflected in the Changelog unless the change is noteworthy

Some links will be to sellers in LYN or other sites but this is NOT AN ENDORSEMENT or RECOMMENDATION for them, all standard caveats apply.

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Some Sellers of Note 3

This section will list some sellers posted by members in this thread. Again, this is NOT AN ENDORSEMENT but just an easier method for you to find somewhere to get your new toy !!!

Caveat emptor.

dannygeni
SatuGadget Dot Com
Alieamin - 0163236644 Whatsapp
item.com

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Cases

Urban Armor Gear - Aero

PocketNow hands on with various cases - Xeactorz and Engadget Note 3 flip cover hands on - WiLyi

Some Sellers
brotan (batteries, chargers and cases)
Cubixshoppe and cases
Mycase.com.my / kiara0820
ping325
Sakurazz and cases
tskhor Cases and Screen Protectors

Case pics by:
Andrewtst - nice Otterbox Commuter - V10/#1903
Andrewtst - Commuter and S-View - V10/#1489
Andrewtst - nice Neo Hybrid & Slim Armor - V10/#1488
benny888 - Brando power bank case - V10/#0172
HoneyBadger - V10/#0126
tarm - V9/#1688
Dear Daniel - V8/#1650
881118 - V7/#0350 - a good post with lots of pics of Zenus cases
perror
Voodoo2k

Official Samsung microsite for accessories: - Xeactorz

http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/ga...3-gear/acc.html

Official Accessories:

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Flip Wallet
S-View Cover
Others

FAKE CASES

Counterfeit SPG Neo Hybrid - Hardwarezone.sg Galaxy Note 3 Accessories post #2869 - 2013-10-20 19:20 - by benny888

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Homescreens

fruitie - v6/1295
kuntakinte - v6/1251
shadowzephyr - v6/1217

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xenohawk,Sep 26 2013, 09:27 PM
Finally my Note 3 white reporting in.. first thing to do, change touchwiz with Action Launcher Pro + Nox Icon

Luckily S-Pen function still works

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Too bad there is no S View like cover from any 3rd party yet

Tutorials

Tutorial by shadowzephyr - V6/1239

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shadowzephyr,Oct 2 2013, 10:03 AM

Well, here's my step.

Apex, Homescreen setting:
1. Portrait grid, set 9 row and 7 column
2. Icon size to 80%.
3. Tick Use tablet UI mode
4. Tick Transparent notification bar
5. Set Show persistent search bar to Never
6. Tick Hide icon labels

Apex, Dock setting:
Should automatically set to Off (because we already set to tablet UI)
If, you want to enable Dock setting back to On, then it's no problem.
Just tick "hide dock divider" to remove the divider.

Apex, Theme setting:
Of course, select ClickUI.

(Kindly noted that this is not free)

Well, your theme is almost complete. Just insert Zooper Widget Free (4 x 3), select ProgressClock, and you're done!

Zooper Widget - the complete guide - cHiLdHo0drEaMz

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Other Accessories

Post by mzabu for his docking stand and extra battery charger - V9/#0921
Post by 6306324278 for his docking stand and extra battery charger - V9/#0901
Post by 6306324278 for his docking stand and extra battery charger - V9/#0897

Post by blurjoey on Samsung OTG and MHL adapters working with Note 3

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Money to burn?
Innovative and Cool Bluetooth Necklaces

Kenu Airframe - buttercawan

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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	- reserved - Happy posting. This post has been edited by joytest: Nov 6 2013, 06:55 PM
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@Ndr()iD fL@$hiNg M@n\|ac Senior Member 4,554 posts Joined: Dec 2006	My tempered glass sp is here but UAG case is no where to be seen
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Back to AMD camp!!! Senior Member 5,362 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Johor Bahru	QUOTE(WiLyi @ Nov 6 2013, 07:01 PM) My tempered glass sp is here but UAG case is no where to be seen Looks nice. how much and where did you get it?
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@Ndr()iD fL@$hiNg M@n\|ac Senior Member 4,554 posts Joined: Dec 2006	QUOTE(Cynox @ Nov 6 2013, 07:08 PM) Looks nice. how much and where did you get it? USD30 inclusive of shipping from Brando
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Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 4,874 posts Joined: Sep 2011	QUOTE(WiLyi @ Nov 6 2013, 07:01 PM) My tempered glass sp is here but UAG case is no where to be seen Looks expensive.
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GruMpy_MoDe Senior Member 5,510 posts Joined: Jun 2006 From: On Earth.	lucky today... phone nearly damage by idiot friend of mine. He just learn to root his Note2. Thinking he's pro already took my N3 while i'm busy and trying to root it.... Duhhhh... lucky that another colleague realize it and took the phone... and damn lucky nothing happen...
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