Flash Omni, enjoy KitKat. Settle.

That said if Sammy ever comes up with a Note 3 Play Edition (sans Knox) a lot of people will be happy lol.

Note 2, if not just for the S-Pen.

Alternatively, the Asus Phonepad 6, as it's like the ONLY other thing with an active stylus. Doesn't have a removable battery but comes with a nice bright FHD screen though.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 13 2013, 02:10 AM

IINM it's awfully device specific. Even if the chips themselves have exploitable vulnerabilities, some vendors lock it down anyway. So in the end it depends on which Intel SoC on which phone.

But in general terms, ARM based stuff seem far easier to root than x86, even if it's just because there's more ARM based devices for people to crack out there compared to x86 ones, so more vulnerabilities are uncovered for ARM chips for root exploits.

But considering that root relies more on security holes in software rather than hardware (except in certain cases where the software is bulletproof), it goes back to "which device" rather quickly. As long as enough users use the device, it should be rooted plenty quickly, Intel or otherwise.

IINM anyway.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 13 2013, 03:37 AM

Your wakelock must be a result of malicious software (crappy work hours). Hence your battery life will be compromised in the long run. You need to unistall and get better software to solve this wakelock issue.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 14 2013, 01:53 AM

Well, like everything else, what alternative apps you need depends on what you have already installed. Everyone's setup is different after all, so it's a question only you can answer.

Maybe it's just a matter of getting another version (new shift placement) or maybe even an upgrade to a "pro" version. Or maybe you even need to replace the app with something else entirely. It's a very subjective thing after all.

But sometimes it helps to freeze your app in TiBu (take a long holiday) so that you can reassess what you want from your app and what you need to do to get there. IMHO, anyway, but I understand it isn't that easy to freeze apps, especially not one you use every day.

Just something to consider if you're THAT worried about battery life, anyway.



This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 14 2013, 03:47 AM

Zen... Most people I know call it BS lol.

But it's honest BS, straight from my heart...

Anyway, I think I have found a way to "mitigate" the loss of G-accounts issue for those still having it (mostly people still on MI6, like me). I find that while flashing the zip on the "loss of account fix" thread helps, the moment Google updates play store it starts happening again.

How to fix? Go to TiBu and search for "play". Than choose "Integrate updates into ROM" from the long click menu (for both play store and play framework), and IMMEDIATELY restart. Ignore any funky errors or FCs that will (undoubtedly) happen when you "intergrate" both apps.

That should fix it, at least until Google updates play store again, in which case you might need to repeat the above. It just makes everything worse that play updates happen so blardy quietly though.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 14 2013, 04:00 AM

I'm thinking the latest build of Philz had issues with any form of aroma, as my previous problems with launching AromaFM with it shows.

That said, the only thing it has over TWRP for me is the haptics so going back to TWRP was not a hard choice to make.

No problems with any of the sensors? There's a big warning about some sensors not working on Devil due to the back porting of S3 drivers, so I was keeping clear. If there's no major problems I might go try.

Funny, my eMMC also effing old, but sane.

Will, it doesn't really matter as long as it's sane. I already went though SDS once in my lifetime (my old S3) and once is more than enough.

And yes, I stayed with kernels with the all the SDS fixes built in, not that it was of any real help as it happened anyway.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 18 2013, 03:44 AM

Reconfirm with them sifus, but IMHO Phoenix RIM and DN3 is the current favourites if you wanna go 4.3.

If you wanna stick with the older 4.1.2, then ARHD.

For me I stuck with the older Wanam 4.0 for various reasons. It's giving me great smoothness and battery life so far, at the cost of the occasional loss of G-Accounts and no Note 3 features.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 18 2013, 10:21 PM

Ancient firmware still has the best 3rd party custom kernel support jo. At least until Sammy releases 4.3 kernel sources. Which is gonna be a while.

Until then we're still stuck with Devil as our only 3rd party kernel for 4.3. Not that it's bad, it's really just a stopgap solution with dirty backported drivers and source from another device (which means it's not actually optimised 100% for the N2).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 19 2013, 04:25 AM

Myself I tried DN3 for a while, found that all the Note 3 stuff was JUST TOO BLARDY WHITE and quickly went back to MI6. Hopefully the new official firmware is more like MI6 with the bugs removed AND the old webkit browser, as I really need my quick controls and flash.

As for SNote, I have all my notes synced to Dropbox so it doesn't really matter. The pinning of notes sounds awful handy though, but everything is still SO BLARDY WHITE.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 19 2013, 07:52 PM

So, besides Knoxy, what else is new?

Also, if the new update comes with a new Modem, could anybody care to box it up in a CWM flash zip and share it here?

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 19 2013, 09:29 PM

Yum. Might just.

Everything working fine? Are they using the using the old Webkit browser or the new Chrome based new one (like the N3/S4).

And baseband/modem CWM got posted anywhere yet?

EDIT: Found the modem. MK1 right?

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 20 2013, 01:32 PM

I just 'upgraded' to a half-decent glass protector, after YEARS of only using matte SPs.

I'm not even using SGP level stuff and the difference is like night and day, everything is sharp like a razor, as expected. Surprisingly though, it's not really THAT glossy/reflective.

Main reason I made the jump? Just couldn't stand scratching my matte SPs any more, plus using the S-Pen feels weird on matte stuff - it even feels like it's going to scratch the SP at one point.

GSP brand is Dream Power and fitting is great for 50 bucks. It doesn't come with the button sticker thing though, but I like sunken buttons anyway so it's a non-issue. Just hope the adhesive and the oleo coating will stand the test of time.

Oh and unfortunately it's not 'explosion' or 'bullet' -proof (lol).

As a plus it fits perfect with my Neo Chybrid (clone hybrid lol). I was kinda over-estimating just how thick 0.3mm is, especially with all this current hoohaa over 0.15mm glass protector. Turns out 0.3 is still damn bloody thin lol - sensitivity with touch isn't affected one bit, and the S-Pen actually tracks better now. Also for sure it'll be a whole lot tougher than a 0.15 strip of tempered glass, that's just common sense.

@mydragoon: Samsung China repairs SDS phones for free even if it's out of warranty. SME should have done the same, but then again, this is Bolehland lol.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 20 2013, 04:04 PM

What are you on right now? If you're hesitant to flash the official release due to Knoxy, why not use the Knox-free release that someone posted a page back? Either that or use OTA or use Kies to update the thing.

I've been off official releases for a LONG time so I really don't know if Odin-flashing the official MJ3 would trip the Knox counter or not, but IINM it might just.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 20 2013, 05:36 PM

From here: http://bit.ly/191KcCn

I got 2 actually. For the price it's really not bad, it fits very well and doesn't lift all that much at the edges (a big problem with the N2's slightly curved screen). You don't get the home button stickers you get with some of the other brands, and I really doubt that you can reuse it more than a couple of times though.

But it's almost as cheap as a decent SP so WTH right?

Just be careful applying it. Mine's a bit off at the bottom edge so the edge and the area around the home button lifts a bit + there's like 2-3 bits of dust near the edges: all completely my fault but lazy to adjust already as the important parts of the screen are all clear.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 21 2013, 12:24 AM

It should fit. The UAG has similar coverage up front as my Neo Chybrid, and the Dream Power doesn't really cover 100% of the area around the screen - it has plenty of clearence for the sides. If you align the bottom correctly it should fit just right there too. As for thickness, the UAG has thicker side lips so there will be plenty of clearence if you drop your phone face first. Even with my relatively thin Neo Chybrid lips there's still ample cleareance.

But the N2 has a curved screen so the sides and bottom WILL lift in the end, even if just by a LITTLE bit.

Very badly? I don't think so.



SOT is the same as the general time, as I have been using my N2 to write AND surf the net continuously while listening to music all the way. So around 60% for 6 hours? Extrapolate that and you get about 10 hours of continuous medium load use.

While it's not 'incredible' by any means, it's oooookay lah IMHO. And this is not even the latest 4.3: I'm running a pretty old beta build (MI6) as my daily driver, with a stock standard 4.3 kernel.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Dec 21 2013, 08:41 PM