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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xmoo:
People who have/had a Galaxy S2 and are now using the Galaxy Note please share your toughts.

I'm thinking about getting a Galaxy Note.

Only 2 things concerning me is the size (I am big, so wouldn't matter that much) and battery life.

One Review could get 2.3 days other 1.5 day and some reviews didn't came further than 12/14hours.

On My Galaxy S2 (Rooted but stock) I unplug around 08:00 and around 22:00 I have 40% left.

My setup:

2 Exhange push, 2 IMAP (1Hour), Twitter (1 Hour), Weather (1 Hour), Facebook push, Whatsapp push. Total screen on time during a day is around max 2hours.

I am going to get a new phone end of November and thinking of Galaxy Note or Nexus Galaxy
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] birdcarrie:
I upgraded from the S2 to the Note. Size is good for me coz i like big screen. Battery life i will say it's better than the S2. and also, i didn't see any custom rom out there that improve the battery life for the note. so once some better rom out for note, it will be much better than s2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ajoshi:
I moved as well from S2 (rooted but stock as well) to this and

it's the same experience

albeit on a excellent and huge screen. I use my phone for multimedia purposes more than making calls so it was a no brainer for me.

The battery capacity is excellent even though it is powering a huge hd resolution screen. I have had it last all day with 2 1080p music video watching, Shadowgun game playing (10 - 15 min), web browsing (25 - 30 min), 2 x gmail (exchange) and 1 x hotmail (imap) account active as well as using to make and receive calls (15 min).

Hope it helps.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] maxh:
I loved the GSII, but I love the Note even more! At first I was getting poor battery life, like maybe 10-12 hrs with moderate use, but I went to running services and disabled several things that looked related to apps I had no use/desire for, and battery life has shot up. The battery usage screens are really handy. I'm now getting much better life, better than any other phone I've had. Extrapolating, I'm looking at 30-40 hrs per charge. I still need to go through and figure out which apps are keeping my phone awake and draining the battery so I can remove/disable and not have to manually stop the services after each reboot. These are stock apps/services, as I haven't installed that many apps, and none that I didn't have on my GSII, too.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xmoo:
Thank for the quick response.

What about the "poor" call quality (some reviews say)

I use my phone for chatting, mailing, browsing and texting...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] NZtechfreak:
Hey Xmoo, nice to see you here too.

Your background use looks a lot like mine, you should have no problems with lasting the day with a healthy reserve on the Note (I'm finding it's battery life much better than my SGSII).

Call quality seems commensurate with the SGSII for me, I think on my end it sounds a bit better, but my fiance who is the main person I talk to on the phone says the call quality on her end may be slightly worse than the SGSII.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] maxh:
Call quality is quite acceptable to me; it's about the same as the GSII. I'm actually very happy with it, as I came from the Nexus One before the GSII, and while it was clear, it was way too quiet and difficult to hear. In addition, on the nexus one I couldn't hold the phone with my shoulder, as covering the second mic made it impossible for the other person to hear me. So now, I'm still very happy every time I talk in the phone because it's so much easier and pleasant, even though clarity is just average.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] billu:
I currently have a SGS2 as well and it is the best phone I have owned by far. The only thing stopping me from buying the Galaxy note is reports of lag and slowness compared to the SGS2. The large size doesn't bother me, I tend to use my phones primarily for data. No shops stock the GN around where I live at the moment so cannot go and check it out for myself.

Any speed comparisons will be appreciated.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dennishhh:
galaxy S2 to note

I'm not sure the leg that you're talking about but I think it was due to touch Wiz. I switched to launcher Pro plus and everything is just very fast. What's really different about the Note, other than everything that's been mentioned here, is the size of the screen makes for much better widget-apps placement. The S2 uses a 4 x 4 icon grid, the note can use 5x6 icon grid with everything just as readable. I just took a look at the galaxy S2, boy does it look small and my Note has much faster scrolling with launcher Pro. I imagine that ICS will be great!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xmoo:
True, Touchwiz was also laggy on sgs2 :p

Gonna go play with the note ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] NZtechfreak:
Interesting, TW is more lagfree than LP+ for me, I'd assumed that was because of hardware acceleration which SPB Shell also offers (while we wait for ICS which has it natively).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] adaaaam:
I wish I were any of you, with my GS2 and already upgrading to a note..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xmoo:
Hmz... Played with it today.

Everything felt better than my SGS2.

Only issue is the size. I got big hands and it just fitted.

But having a big phone like that doesn't allow me to wear skinny jeans :P
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bundles:
I am upgrading from a gs2 as well. i picked mine up on a trip to the Netherlands. i couldnt be happier. one handed operation is a little tricky even for a guy like me with big hands (more like fat fingers), but i could care less. battery life is as expected, not that great, but wait till someone cooks up a proper rom, my gs2 had a couple hours batt life and heated up enough to cook your face, but a custom rom fixed it and i was getting stellar batt life. in that respect i can only hope that Nitr8, responsible for the gs2 insanity rom gets a note, when i ran the insanity rom i was getting 4 days batt life on my gs2. typing on the note is like using my laptop. also i find myself using the web on it and other services i would never use on my gs2 due to screen size. webpages are easy to read and navigate, resolution is great, and obviously the samoled screen is a joy to look at. the only time i feel a little dissapointed is when i look at a solid colour background and see the grid lines, whether its to do with a scaling issue, or a faulty screen manufaturing process, i still dont care. do yourself a favor and download a 1080p copy of avatar and watch it on the screen. this will be the best demonstration of why amoled samoled and regular ole' oled screens are going to revolutionize how we see movies and tv. the color saturation is a little strong, but i like it. in my personal opinion, if you can live with the little faults, and you can actually hold it properly, i def suggest getting a note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ph00ny:
I just got mine this morning.

I've been using it ever since and every time i go back to the GS2, it feels tiny
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] AnandA777:
Apparently, for at least some of the people who were having poor call quality, noise cancellation was apparently on during calls, and that turning it off during the call makes the problem go away. Supposedly, noise cancellation is supposed to be on in video mode only, not for calls, so I assume that it will be fixed. (If not by Samsung, then by this community!)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bundles:
call quality is good on mine, i have had zero complaints, i even had someone talk on mine while i listened on another phone. everything sounded good. also there are no settings for noise cancellation that i could find..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] raidenuk:
Had my Note for two days now I use my phone a lot for call, my wife says it looks like a tabletop calculator at that point she picked up the calculator and held it to her head lol,

Its a lovely device but you really need to see it in the flesh cause it's BIG.

I love it but I'm still in undecided.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] audino:
Ive moved from the S2 to the note and back...

Im 193cm tall and Ive got large hands but I wasnt able to use the note with one hand.

Here my impressions compared to S2:

Pro Note:

Call quality

Battery life

HD Screen (watching video is great)

Contra Note:

Pen issue (its laggy and doesnt draw correct 2-3mm offset)

The note app is a joke, you cant scroll around like having a large paper

its to large for using it as a phone

its laggy comperd to my tweaked S2

To be real its not better then the S2 only larger with HD screen... The "note" function isnt worth to upgrade only the screen/size and for me its not a mobile device you can handle with one hand.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xmoo:
If only it came in 4.8inch.....
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bundles:
i admit it is a little unwieldly, but as far as typing out emails on the go, my fat fingers and thumbs are loving this. that in itself is worth it too me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ZoinksS2k:
Totally agree, bundles. Best typing experience I've ever had on ANY android device, tablets included. Buttons are big, but not too big.

I've noticed I'm writing longer, more detailed emails since getting the Note yesterday.

I also agree with the guy who said the SGSII seems tiny when you go back to it.

The note is a bit laggy, the likelihood this will be addressed in custom ROM's is high. IMO, of course.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ph00ny:
My fingers aren't fat but it's the most pleasure i've had with on screen keyboard and this includes the 10.1 and ipad
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] audino:
Your picture discribes my impression and experience with the note.

On fotos compered to S2 or in people hands it doesnt seems much bigger but in reality its over the edge beeing handleware with one hand.

And everytime I was holding it in one hand I got the feeling it could silde away and my hand is 9,5 glove size...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] peare:
I am just loving it. I am taking notes all the time and I dont see any lag. I am a writer and I like to take handwritten notes. OK it is huge, but it already replaced my GT 10.1 while I am on the move. Since I always use BT headphones its size doesnt bother me. Battery life is far better than SGS2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] robertsydbrink:
Have to agree with the masses.

I love my note and the size is perfect for me, could even take ,5" more.

Batterytime is without a doubt much better then the S2 and that might even get better with updates and custom roms.

Love the note widget and writing up stuff i have to do. Have a memory of a goldfish.

Writing with Swype or Swiftkey works great.

The only downside is that they have made the phone wayyy to slippery. They should have made some rubberish backside in the batterycover.

But im looking for a good silicon case or something to protect and make it less slippery. But havent found one yet.

And yes the S2 feels realy tiny and light now. Could not go back to the tiny screen now.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rockrag:
Hello, I used my GSII for about a month until i gave up on problems with my screen and i happened to get a refund of it from Samsung. Now my plan is for the Note and i will be getting it in a couple of days time.

My review and suggestions:

GSII is a wonderful device. When i bought it, it came along with KE4 kernel where i experienced a battery life of 24 hours approx with moderate usage. I then started updating to other kernels (keeping the stock firmware) to solve out the yellow banding problem and could find that KG2, KG3, KF3 etc reduced the banding problem. Then i started to use KF3 for a while where i was amazed by the fact that my phone would last for more than 48 hours. I don't know if my model was crazy or if KF3 itself improves battery life. Guys out there can give it a try.

I mainly adapt myself onto the multimedia in the phone so i have no issues with the size of the Note. Pros: Awesome screen size with 720p HD!

Cheers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] holgalee:
At one of the shops today, I took a photo each with my SGS2 and the Note on display, and it *seems* as though the photo quality of the Note is at least as good as that of the SGS2, if not better. But I can't be entirely sure as I may not have focused on the same point in the scene.

One of the reviews seemed to point to a poorer camera quality compared to that from the SGS2. A forumer also felt that the camera lens is smaller and has s smaller aperature. Does anyone have non-flash and flash photos from both cameras, of the same object and taken at almost the same time to show how they compare?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ZoinksS2k:
Some pics I took for another thread

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19398097&postcount=28
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xmoo:
I met a friend of mine who works at a phone store. He told me: If you want to use it as a phone (calling)... Dont get it. For everything else... Best phone there is.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] koniakki:
I wouldn't expect an intelligent(I believe you are) 12yrs old person to listen a friend that works at a phone shop. I'm sure that as a more than the average knowledgeable person, you have your own opinion.

Now if he means call quality, that's another story. If he means size, well that's subjective and many here love it and use it and I quote you on this: "as a phone (calling)"..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] maxh:
I disagree. It's quite comfortable to hold while talking, and sound quality is equal to the GSII. Some people have a ridiculous idea that your appearance while holding it to your head will scare children and qualify you for years of ridicule, but those people should themselves be ridiculed for their lame vanity, which is completely misplaced, as I've not once been looked at oddly for holding my Note to my head. Many have commented on what an incredible phone it was, though, never having seen such, asking where they could get one.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Spartoi:
Sure they weren't being sarcastic? :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ph00ny:
it was the same reaction for me at the office. First thing they commented on was the screen followed by the reaction from spen demo where i take a picture of them and then proceed to add odd objects in their hands, head, etc
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] maxh:
Pretty sure. Out of about 20 people so far, only one has held the phone to her head and said look at me I'm talking into a brick. It's almost universally be heralded as awesome. 95% approval ain't bad.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tamarian:
Coming from SGS2 to the GNote, it has everything the SGS2 has, plus:

1. Better Wifi reception at areas the SGS2 would lose the signal

2. Much faster and accurate GPS

3. Much better battery life, my usage is heavy (5 hours display time, a lot more with eBooks in night mode), everything turned on except bluetooth when needed. SGS2 requires a recharge during the day, the Note doesn't. I'd say it gives me 20%-30% more juice.

4. Browsing, emailing, texting, twitter, watching video is a much better experience on the huge HD screen.

Drawbacks:

J4 radio dropped signal, but J6 fixed it

Screen lag, hopefully new firmware will fix it

Slippery, can't wait for my case to arrive

The note is not for everyone. But for those how love big screens, it has no match. I can't see myself going to smaller screens in future upgrades.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] pachi72:
How is the screen? No jaggies on text or pixelation?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tEsT_MaStEr:
I would like to know about temperature does it get high temperature like S2 when play a game. I mean same games can anyone test it for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tamarian:
None that I noticed. I also installed the Roboto font from ICS, so it's HD font on HD screen.

But it has the same "banding" as the SGS2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] pachi72:
Where can I try Roboto text?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] iznee:
Just a little off topic question...can anyone with the galaxy note confirm that the stylus works for 'graffiti' text input method?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] utp:
In 'Graffiti' I wonder do you mean by Graffiti IME by Access? or?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tamarian:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1309659
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] iznee:
I meant graffiti, the hand writing recognition for text input instead of the standard keyboard. Cant exactly remember the developer's name..i got i downloaded from the market once...it is very similar to the text input method during the palm pilot days...

Thanks again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xmoo:
By "Calling" he ment cause of the phone being so big and not easy to hold with one hand.

He also said the demo unit they had. Did get scratches on the screen very fast. So is the screen from plastic or glass? No gorilla glass right?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] schiwa:
gsm arena will give u a good decision, try.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xmoo:
What do you mean? The review?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ZoinksS2k:
Battery story...

On Thursday, I got into work at 6AM and somehow fought the compulsion to plug the SGN in for charging the entire day. It was a very busy day at work, so I was using the Note for email very frequently. I also had about 2 hours of conference calls on it.

I left work at 6:30 and left the phone in my car, which is parked in a concrete parking garage with no cell reception.

With the SGSII, Captivate and Atrix, leaving the phone in the car would completely discharge it overnight with the radio trying to connect to some signal.

The SGN was at 22% when I went to work on Friday at 7am. This is fairly phenomenal and I'm very happy thus far.

PS: Get Sheep ROM if you have a note. All stuttering is resolved.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xdapao3:
I have done the switch and will NEVER go back: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19505927

BTW, battery life is better but I can't understand how you guys can live with just 1 battery...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tids2k:
@moo

if you still havent bought it yet, have a play with demo handset, if you are into designing and coloring or prefer to have a bigger screen, you will be better off with SGS II.

---------- Post added at 02:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:08 PM ----------

the screen is not gorilla glass. avoid dropping it. after a week i already have a scratch on my screen :D wait until tegra 3 , i know your anxiety :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Bengaz:
The call quality is better than my iphone 4.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Phytrax:
I was struggling to get 12 hours out of my Note for a few days. I tried several of the suggestions in here and it didn't seem to help much. A couple of things I did notice:

1. Use the minimum screen brightness and black wallpapers.

I never noticed much difference with black wallpapers on SGS2 but there seems to be a difference with the Note. Using minimum brightness definitely helps a lot by itself. At first I thought it was too dim but after a day I have to say it looks just fine. I still put it on autobright if I'm outside.

2. Disable Google Latitude.

I'm sure anything that checks the GPS constantly will be a big drain. With Latitude it wakes up the phone every few minutes even when you're not using it.

With just these 2 (2 1/2) changes I'm getting 20 hours of battery and I noticed last night my phone maintained 12% battery for about 6 hours.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] craige:
I am planning to buy Galaxy Note OR SGS2

Need opinions if the handset plays 1080P/720P full length movies, please reply me at the thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19632432#post19632432
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] p51d007:
Battery life

I don't have the Note...yet ;)

I have the b*stard stepchild (LOL) Dell streak.

I increased the battery life as you said by turning the screen brightness down like you did, and also have a black wallpaper.

The other thing I did was to use a program like LBE security, to disable anything

that phones home all the time, and disabled the 3,405,594 programs that always want to start up with the phone when you turn it on.

Now, from 11pm to 6am, it might lose 3-4% battery, instead of 30%.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] alexndroid:
galaxy s2 ---> note

I am very happy with this passage, from galaxy to galaxy s 2 notes, the phone responds very well either as hardware or as software that should be further improved, the display is beautiful definition without regard to last! now we just want a nice rom and a large kernel and then work work work .........

sorry for my English!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Phytrax:
Black wallpaper will not help with the Dell Streak. Only SuperAMOLED screens benefit from dark colors. Brightness should help you out since this reduces power consumption for the LCD backlight but the backlight does not change for black wallpaper, etc.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] syncopath:
Found it at

http://www.appbrain.com/app/graffiti-for-android/com.access_company.graffiti

I waited ten years for this!
[HTC Sensation XL] blountish:
Is there any in development for the XL. I loved the sensation rom on the galaxy s 2.
[HTC Sensation XL] DanTehMan01:
were still waiting on the S-OFF and CLM recovery to be sorted, after that ROMs will be coming out the ears of this forum
[HTC Sensation XL] EliteTiger86:
I'm also very excited to see the new custom roms for this device! I certainly hope a blue rom is released as I had the litening rom for galaxy s2
[HTC Sensation XL] capychimp:
i have a rom up, still waiting for confirmation on if its working right or not
[HTC Sensation XL] shingers5:
confirmation in your thread. it is not fully functional. many fc on startup including youtube and market then setup itself. no rosie or homescreen as just blank. lockscreen with shorcuts but no status bar or pull down menu just blank.

next version plz
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Start putting down request for a port

I only do ports for tw themes so dont give me like a cm7 or sense theme to port

Ill have a poll after i get some suggestions
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KingOfThaJungle:
Awesome man thanks for the offer will update in a min!...how about this :D http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1227858
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Things to add to poll so far

Honeycomb theme

Honeycomb fushia ver.

Urban serenity

Ace theme

Pretty in pink

Sensation rom theme (no promises on this one, it seems hard)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Only one person repied

Do ppl that have the e4gt noy want themes
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tomyboombotz:
Ics"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Dont we already have the ciano and ics themes from overstew
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mandie7312:
sensation

Port the sensation rom from the euro sgs2
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nickcash:
Miui
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] caseykelly:
I would also like to see the SensatioN ROM by Crysis21 ported to the epic touch. The developer has already given the okay to port the ROM according to this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1268510
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kasper19:
Add another vote for Sensation ROM / Theme to be ported.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Oh god did i say roms i meant themes

Sorry about that guys

I was just very exited cause my computer works again
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] il buono:
Definitely man. This was one of my favorite themes back when I had the original Epic.

Sent from my EpicTouch con XDA-PA
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] castkel:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192776

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1143295

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1112420

Some colorful chick-friendly themes would be good. Overstew's ICS theme got the GF to stop her naggin' lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Im adding ace theme cause i liked it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tomyboombotz:
Defnitley sensation theme! Do it it would be top download
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
It seems so hard escially the dialer

I am gonna need some help with that
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EJayMz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1194765

This is one is sweet
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Its already on the list