That's really nice to know. Actually if Note 2 had an FHD screen it would still be relevant as a flagship. 720p is now all midrange.
Power Save mode with grayscale will be really super for Note 2 battery life, I bet.

Perhaps you need to download again, could be corrupted download.

That's the max speed of the card. The reader speed also affects it. The Note 2 may have a slower reader since it was 2 years ago.

You could try getting one from ebay and doing it yourself. Perhaps about 300.

Try connecting to an MHL adapter and see if the screen is viewable.

If you are on 4.3 and below, I think Framaroot or Towelroot should work. Otherwise try the Note2 Tollkit by xda user mskip.

Download a rom and reflash via cwm?

Or mobile odin?

Slowpoke.

I feel like getting one secondhand too.....as a scratch device or even a linux box

Does it matter? You're out of warranty right?

Yes, actually battery life was tops on the early 4.1.2 ROMs.


However, attrition takes its toll, and obviously if you're still on the battery that came with the phone when you bought it, it would have degraded. Change a new battery.

Note 2 is still the most moddable Samsung to date.

If Note 2 had come with an FHD screen, I would have kept it. After using the Note 3 with its FHD screen, my eyes couldn't bear the sight of HD 720p.

Note 2 Toolkit by mskip...easiest method.

Once you've done that, CWM/TWRP flash any ROM.

I bought a Raspberry Pi, RM139, thinking of using it for a small webserver.

However the performance was fairly awful, so much so that I'm thinking of getting an old Android, like maybe a Note 2, to handle this.

Not sure how many of you know that you CAN install fairly full blown Linux onto the Note 2. I tried once, but never made use of it.

A secondhand Note 2 at perhaps around 500-600 will blow the Pi out of the water performance-wise any day, except maybe for connectivity like multiple USB and GPIO.

Reflash stock rom with PC Odin.

Anywhere between 400-700 depending on condition I guess, for individual sale. Way less at an outlet. Maxis probably guarantees 200

Note 4 is snappier than Note2 for sure, but overall, Note3 would represent a more worthwhile device.

I admit I hardly ever use the UV or heart rate sensor on the N4, whereas I do make use of the ambient temp sensor on the Note 3 and miss that.

The only reason I got the Note 4 was coz they gave me a free Gear S for getting the Note 4, which I felt was worthwhile.

The Note 3 is a real steal currently, and many custom ROMs exist especially for the Snapdragon version. If you don't want to spend too much, Note 3. If you have the budget, get whatever you feel you like then.

This post has been edited by joytest: Jan 26 2015, 06:22 PM

Board should be about 600-700 from Samsung. Might as well get a Mi3 for that price, or a good 2nd hand Note3.

Either your phone died from SDS, or the battery died. It can happen.

You could actually get an Orico DCP-5U 12V 5port charger.

5 ports, 2 x 2A and 3 x 1A.

Smart chip can supply 2A to most devices when the usual ciggy lighter car chargers can't detect devices properly.

I have used it in my car, since it uses a standard 12VDC port and can be fed directly via the car ciggy socket.