Made a small update to post 7, link to the main XDA ROMs forum

http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-2/development

All current ROMs are there, including DN3 and the other ROMs which you all love.

My pet peeve:

Poll results: How do you protect your smartphone?
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Poll-result...rtphone_id56987

Extremely good comment:
8. Slammer (Posts: 873; Member since: 03 Jun 2010)
It's alarming to see that 21.81% of those polled, do not use any protection. With the cost of replacement devices, insurance and more specifically emotional attachment to their phones, traveling about without any safety precautions, leads me to two conclusions:

1) These people don't really care about their investments as much as they boast about or

2) They are trying to support an argument that beauty is more important than common sense.

Either scenerio is lack of smart responsibility in protecting an already delicate mobile device regardless of build quality.

John B.

******
While in Hong Kong 2 months ago, I was behind a young couple on the escalator. The girl had a naked pink Note 3. She was holding it while her handbag was slung on her forearm.

Something happened and she dropped her phone from about waist height. The glass shattered at the edge which hit the escalator, and she started whining to her boyfriend.

I thought to myself that she deserved it.....

Use HandyNote Pro or Papyrus. Free yourself from lockdown to Snote.

Did you install some music player or video player from Chinese sites like kugou etc?

Those have been known to cause such problems.

A quick summary of my experience with DN3 rom v 3.1.1 on Jelly Bean 4.3

I flashed this in Jan if I recall correctly. It was basically stock 4.3 with added Note 3 features. Everything works including Air Commands. I can't recall if Air Gestures work as I disabled them.

For those who want a good stable rom without too many frills you should try using DN3 3.2.

These are apps not roms. Please read posts 6, 7 and 8 and also post 12.

Post 7 has a link to a rom list. Check there. Last count there were 112 roms.

Post number 7 of this thread.

Man, I'm trying to help. Do you know that each post in a thread has a number? The first post is post no 1, and so forth.

Hi all, here is an xda thread about bootloaders and knox for those still on 4.3 or earlier.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2747963

The key statements:

There are two types of bootloader for note 2
1-Non-knoxed bootlader- these are bootlader earlier to version MJ5 including the MJ5 version

2 -Knoxed bootlader- these are the one released after MJ5

a)Recommended for Touchwiz based
4.1.2 - whatever stock b.l version u are having is fine
4.3.x - mj5 (to avoid wifi issues plz flash mj5 anything lower than that will cause wifi issues)
4.4.x - MJ5 (but u wont be able to charge ur phone will its swithched off){if u want to charge ur phone while its switched off u . have to flash latest nd3 b.l but that will void ur warranty}

b)Recommended for AOKP, CM ,PACMAN , paranoid ..........
4.1.2 , 4.3.x ,4.4.x - MJ5 will work with all rom of all verion

From a performance perspective it is *supposed* to be better. However there are some technical caveats, the most famous of which is the external sd card writing issue but I think Samsung ROMs have overcome this.

Lastly, you might need to perform a full wipe.

TW ROMs have some kind of workaround by Samsung that allows the sdcard writing. Some AOSP ROMs have a patch but you have to search for it.

If you post here I can put up on page 1.

Yeah kinda old lol but I'm happy with the stability and no frills approach. Even my note3 is still on rooted stock 4.3.

Xposed framework takes care of the little tweaks I need.

I work in managing IT systems and people don't change something just coz it's the latest

Please go to xda and check the n7100 section. The Dev db feature will show you which is the most highly rated rom.

I suggest you do some reading of posts 6,7,8 of this thread please.

Mydragoon was kind enough to explain this to you this morning.

Please read posts 6,7 and 8.

We totally get it.

You have to understand why XDA completely bans "what's the best ROM" threads and questions. The ROM is best for you, and maybe some others, but unsuitable for others.

"bestness" is totally subjective.

Also, please update yourself with correct terminology used in the forum to avoid all kinds of misunderstanding.


Don't register what? Details please.

There's this new tool called Towelroot. Check it out on xda.

For the vast majority of users, stock with a custom launcher is more than sufficient. In fact most people just stick with TouchWiz.

Some will root for several advanced functions like backup and ad blocking.

Knox is actually a benefit for corporate types, but apparently it may not be as popular as other current MDM (mobile device management) solutions yet. It doesn't actually hamper you in your daily usage at all.

I'm on DN3 V3.1.1 from back in January, based on 4.3, and I'm very happy with it as it is rock stable and gives me the Note 3 features I like. It's sort of like having 2 x Note 3's now

LOLZ

The last 4.3 ROM from them is 3.2 which you can download. They've probably removed all earlier versions.

LOL mobile browsers la.....

Chrome and stock.