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[Scorbing]

mrk, on 07 December 2012 - 09:13, said:

Weird it seems to be working fine now, I just cycled auto modes and it works now lol.

Anyway, here's the lowdown on battery + screen on time:



7 hours screen on time!!!

One question, how did you root your phone? What did you use? Mine is on AT&T - U.S. version.

[+mrk]

Check out: http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1923956

[sanctified]

Just a piece of my mind: I tried a Note 2 for several hours and the note taking ability it's still not quite perfect. If you heavily rely on note taking you're better off saving a few bucks and getting an SIII or a ONE X.

[Teebor]

I tried an S3 and a note 2 and found the Note 2 to be slower and laggier than the S3 (which was quick and smooth)

This was an odd situation as it shouldn't have been that way logically but at the time I opted for an S3 as I also didn't need the larger screen.

Can anyone who has used both confirm or deny what happened when I tried it please? as I would expect the note 2 to be as fast if not faster and smoother

[adrynalyne]

2xSilverKnight, on 06 December 2012 - 19:56, said:

Changing phone because you are having random reboots ??

Wow

How about trying to fix your issue instead, which is probably caused by a specific application.

Just saw that you did exactly that.Now wait and see, until the dev update the app.

It is caused by Android 4.2 and likely 4.2.1 as well and is a fairly common issue. The fix is to roll back to 4.1.2 until Google resolves it.

[tsupersonic]

Check XDA. It's easy to root these phones, especially devices that sell well - they'll have a lot more ROM's from the community.

Personally, I'm not a fan of the Note 2. It's just too big, but the hardware is impressive. I'd rather have the newly released Droid DNA.

[+mrk]

Teebor, on 07 December 2012 - 14:13, said:

I tried an S3 and a note 2 and found the Note 2 to be slower and laggier than the S3 (which was quick and smooth)

This was an odd situation as it shouldn't have been that way logically but at the time I opted for an S3 as I also didn't need the larger screen.

Can anyone who has used both confirm or deny what happened when I tried it please? as I would expect the note 2 to be as fast if not faster and smoother

The Note II probably wasn't updated while the S3 was.

I've had the S3 since launch, both running the exact same ROM and Android version and the Note II is faster at everything thanks to the extra GB of RAM mostly.

[Scorbing]

Teebor, on 07 December 2012 - 14:13, said:

I tried an S3 and a note 2 and found the Note 2 to be slower and laggier than the S3 (which was quick and smooth)

This was an odd situation as it shouldn't have been that way logically but at the time I opted for an S3 as I also didn't need the larger screen.

Can anyone who has used both confirm or deny what happened when I tried it please? as I would expect the note 2 to be as fast if not faster and smoother

Nothing like that here. My Note 2 flies.

Teebor, on 07 December 2012 - 14:13, said:

I tried an S3 and a note 2 and found the Note 2 to be slower and laggier than the S3 (which was quick and smooth)

This was an odd situation as it shouldn't have been that way logically but at the time I opted for an S3 as I also didn't need the larger screen.

Can anyone who has used both confirm or deny what happened when I tried it please? as I would expect the note 2 to be as fast if not faster and smoother

Another thing. If you find the UI slow, why not replace it with this lightning fast alternative - no need to root your phone at all!

https://play.google....uncher.hd&hl=en

[tsupersonic]

Scorbing, on 07 December 2012 - 17:33, said:

Another thing. If you find the UI slow, why not replace it with this lightning fast alternative - no need to root your phone at all!

https://play.google....uncher.hd&hl=en

Haven't seen a launcher require root. Not saying it's not possible, just haven't seen it. I've tried many launchers, my current daily driver is Nova (It can use root)

[L920]

Scorbing, on 07 December 2012 - 02:56, said:

Here's a great review on the Note 2

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u139NmWabAM

Thanks mate - this sold me on the idea of a Note 2 - I got one yesterday & I'm so pleased I got it, glad I started this thread

[L920]

Thanks to EVERYONE who has posted on this thread - you helped me make the jump from GNex to note 2 - well worth the change!

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All of the above £225 ono...serious offers only pls...PM me.

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Best regards

[StandingInAlley]

I was in a similar position like you. One of the reasons why I wanted a Note 2 was because it had 2GB Ram and bigger battery however I ended up picking Galaxy S3 as i carry my phone everywhere including the gym and note 2 would have been uncomfortable for me. Loving the S3 so far.

[L920]

Can anyone point me in the direction of THE best car dock you can get for the Note II? Ideally an official GN2 Samsung one (I cant seem to find anywhere)

Thanks

[Scorbing]

SGN2, on 11 December 2012 - 21:13, said:

Can anyone point me in the direction of THE best car dock you can get for the Note II? Ideally an official GN2 Samsung one (I cant seem to find anywhere)

Thanks

Amazing the power of Google!

http://www.shopandro...-and-mounts.htm

http://www.arkon.com...-car-mount.html

http://www.ebay.com/...E-/120977769435

[L920]

Scorbing, on 11 December 2012 - 21:16, said:

Amazing the power of Google!

http://www.shopandro...-and-mounts.htm

http://www.arkon.com...-car-mount.html

http://www.ebay.com/...E-/120977769435

Thanks I should've said I'm UK based & I'm after an official Samsung Note 2 specific car dock, not a universal one (I should've been clearer my fault)

But yes Google power is good (usually)