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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] silverliberation:
Hi, (first post), had the note for a couple of days now and overall, absolutely love it. I couldn't,decide between the note and sensation xl and went for the xl. Beats audio is great but not why I have a phone also the screen was a let down so I knew I'd made the wrong decision and stumped up the cash for this lovely note... Here are my gripes...

Not having sense. After years of HTC... You realise how good small things on it really are... Eg, easier to tether, easier to use as external drive via USB.... Much much much better dialler (i hate having to keep searching my contacts (about 300+)) faster and smoother swiping between home screens. Incidently I still have the xl without sim on wifi as I've not yet listed it on the bay and when I pick it up, it's immediately apparent how much smoother sense is but also how much worse the screen is!

Power button. As mentioned, too easy to press when using volume rocker. I've started to get used to gripping diagonally between the button and the top of the phone which is possible and gets round this. However what can't be gotten round is the lag when pressing it (very annoying) even my old HTC hero was loads snappier with screen on off functions (come on Sammy... Sort it out!) Also I've set a delay before it asks for unlock pattern but if I use the power button to switch off the display, as soon as I turn it on it asks for the pattern. If I let the screen timeout (2minute because you can fit a lot of text on its gorgeous screen so wouldn't want it timing out halfway through!) then press the home button it wakes straight up into last screen viewed?! Maybe I'm too used to sense with its 2stage wake up but this seems rubbish.

No flashlight app.

No text reflow in browsers! Again great screen so not always necessary but believe me, it's missed when you're used to it! Opera has it working so is now, reluctantly my browser of choice.

Coming from a desire, I miss the trackball... This was the case more so on the xl than this because the s pen helps when accuracy is required.

Plus sides...

Did I mention the screen?

No other phone will do. I love it.... Genuinely love it, I don't mind admitting mistakes if I didn't.

Flip cover is great and assists one handed use when gripped between littlest fingers. Hope someone develops a case that protects the phone and let's you keep the flip cover... Doubt it though!

Now I've done a full power cycle with the phone switched off for charging and the battery seems OK. Better than desire.

Samsung have wisely developed and released genuine accessories already... HTC went down big time for me when after 3weeks you still couldn't buy their case! Pathetic. Can you imagine crapple doing summin like this?!

Overall BUY ONE you'll regret it if you don't!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hamadhmd:
i cant reach the last column to type while driving
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] _pigro_:
not quite true, if you go to settings->accessibility->assistive light you have a flashlight. You can put accessibility in the power key menu for slightly quicker access (i just downloaded flashlight from market and put a shortcut to it on my homescreen though).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] marcob1:
A bit on my background: power user, working in IT since '97, used to be on the Symbian boat then got myself a 3GS and now the Note.

What I love: the size and quality of the screen

What I hate: most of the software

I had my 3GS for a bit over 2 years, but I never felt frustrated about performance, and it never let me down in critical situations where every second counts, like my Note did today when I needed it most (just got out from the tube, needed a fast lock-on to find a street, it took 3 minutes, needed a net connection for Maps and to check the next transit connection... took many more seconds than on the iPhone, felt forever)

Aside from the overall pretty poor software experience, all is ok. For now it's a keep, but only because I hope a custom kernel/ROM can actually make it snapier.

It's just said to be forced to wait 3-4 seconds to just get the home screen and all this on a dual core 1.4Ghz. It's not always like this, but still...

Then compare for instance Kindle for iOS to Kindle for Android. Smooth vs just working, huge difference.

Running 2.3.6 with Launcher Pro, without any widgets, only icons, and killing the big tasks I don't need anymore regularly.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] holgalee:
Tdodd, I'm a Win7 desktop user but do not have issues with transfering files. I found a folder called USB drivers in my C drive>Program Files (x86)>Samsung, together with the Kies folder. I'm not the most techie person around, but if the USB drivers are the same as device drivers, I've uploaded them here for you and others with the same issue: http://min.us/l8QMHz1V36Z2c.

Let me know if this works.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ericyang:
The only thing makes me disapointed is no cm port.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tdodd:
Thanks for that. I have Kies installed, and the same files already on my C drive, and have no problems transferring files over the wired USB connection. The problem I have experienced is with BLUETOOTH transfers. Google searches have shown several people to have the same problem, at least with the missing peripheral driver, but I have not yet found a solution that works for me. It may be that the problem is with my laptop, which is five years old and for which Dell has not released Win 7 drivers. The annoyance is that I have had no such problem with other Bluetooth devices such as my ZTE Blade. or HTC Wizard before it. It's only when connecting the Note that I get this problem with drivers.

Sample discussion thread on the same topic for the SGS2 - http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...5958-bluetooth-cannot-connect-w-computer.html

Here's the problem message which, I guess, is the reason behind failed transfers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ChodTheWacko:
Killing tasks really shouldn't be necessary on Android.

I'm not going to question your general complaint of lagness - like the galaxy s2, the release rom is laggy. We all expect it to be tuned in time.

But of all things to specifically bring up - the GPS? I did the same thing you did and I was in and done in literally 5 seconds in Manhattan. On my old phone I'd be lucky to get a GPS lock in 30 seconds. If you use Google maps and dont preload maps, then you rely on your data connection. If your data is that slow, preload or do as you did on the iPhone - use a different software that uses offline maps.

- Frank
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ChodTheWacko:
Use a different charger. This doesn't happen with me, but did with my mytouch if I used a particular charger I got off of eBay.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] marcob1:
Frank, I wish I was that lucky today. It has to do with the fact that I don't have the wireless network positioning enabled. I just can't accept the terms and conditions, having Google's location services tracking me everywhere I go, it's worse than Apple's.

As about the data connection, I had a H+ connection, the map was loaded almost instantly once the location was determined.

I'm new to Android, since about 3 weeks, I have to see how to get it run the way I want it. Even having a decent smooth browser seems like an impossible task (tried them all, some are smooth with simple pages, none with compiles, say gsmarena). Then no email client supports server search via IMAP's SEARCH... and this in 2011. Oh well, more try-outs needed.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] marcob1:
The cherry on top of the cake must be the general small things like for instance scrolling the message popup in K-9, a popup with 15 entries, basic interface component. Smooth? No way, jumpy, not smooth, it makes me scream at times. And there are plenty tiny examples like this, nothing dramatic, just huge disappointments since my 3GS never did that, let alone a 4S... You can only judge it if you worked for a longer time with something "done right" (but which locks you away in a jail I don't like)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Kamoteq23:
I'm not able to play HBOGo on the Note, just have sound but no video. Hopefully this gets fixed soon.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] btentusscher:
This is precisely the reason why i'm still hasitating to buy the Note. I also own the 3GS for even 3 years, and it never drove me crazy by lagging or refusing to respond the way it should. Keep on dreaming about a 5 inch "perfect" phone...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] blue13x:
Just wished it had NFC, I dont see why Samsung didnt add it in. Basically this is my dream phone. Been wanting this like forever.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sebbes:
1) I agree with it (had the same complain about NexusS, I wished power was on top)

2) But interestingly I'd rather replace the home physical button with a softone, especially with ICS around the corner, that's a waste of space.

3) Sadly not having NFC chip is also a concern

4) Delay when awakening, before the unlock screen appears, is irritating (as reported earlier)

4) ... Wait why Samsung didnt have ICS in starters for release day :)

Else, the screen is amazing, small audio speaker is really powerful, the device is light (and surprise everyone that discovers it)

I just can't wait for ICS.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] omid_freesky:
NO iOS

i totally agree with iOS being smoother ans snappier BUT frustration was always there

MY Background: iPhone > N97 > iPhone 3G > 3Gs > iPhone 4 > Galaxy S II

now i thank god i got over "i" fever. EVERY THING is LIMITED to what they want and you have NO RIGHT to customize anything. :mad: i only could use it with Jailbreak.

Now with my G S II there are just MANY MANY custom Roms and themes and launchers ...., you don't even have to work because someone did it for you already. I LOVE ANDROID

i borrowed my Friend's NOTE and had it with me for a while and these are holing me back from buying it:

- can't choose between White or Black (main problem) :confused:

- not easy to reach "Back" button if i hold it with left hand

- power button is a LITTLE out of reach.

- not many Custom Roms yet

- comparing to the big screen 5 icons on the dock?? i have 5 on my GSII (and i think there is no Launcher offering more)

- can't easily "spy" record video or take picture without people noticing it :D

the good things: well there are too many that i can't tell you, just get the damn thing and enjoy it ;)

again i'm glad i dumped the iOS (but the MACBook Pro is too good to be dumped, ESPECIALLY when the internet sharing from MAC works with ANDROID)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] i9000gt:
My screen has burnt in white lines.

Also the device isn't loud enough with 3rd party headphones.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] KnowHow:
Haven't noticed any problems with A2DP sound quality but I'm experiencing weird skipping (momentary pauses) all the time - even offline in Google music. I'm used to using A2DP frequently, but now it's hard to enjoy my music/podcasts.

Experienced this problem before and after upgrading to 2.3.6.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LordManhattan:
- Do you mean black or white hardware? You can buy a white Note.

- Zeam launcher handles more than 5 icons in the dock.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cheng6991:
The only thing I don't like is lagging.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] EarlZ:
Didnt the latest firmware fix this ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xandermpls:
Nfc?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ChodTheWacko:
Two other things:

1) MicroSD card is behind the battery, making it impossible to hot swap

2) The 'driving mode' is stupid. It tells you 'Message from XXXXXX', but it doesn't read it to you and let you reply! So what's the point? I still have to pick up the phone to check?

Also, it didn't seem to announce anything through bluetooth (though that might be a quirk).

- Frank
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rhn:
No one has the proximity sensor lag? Whenever i want to end a call i always have to wait for a few seconds for the backlight to come on after im done talking. I *just* cannot hang up on someone's face anymore :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] GALAXYNOTE:
I did! it was very annoying

But I just sold my blue note 2 hrs ago coz mine had quite a few other problems (read my prev post). Now Iam torn between a white note and the new 7.7 tab...dam i hate choices!!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] rhn:
I gave mine for replacement as well. Dead pixels, and the flip case was starting to come apart in a week of use :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] omid_freesky:
thanks, i'm testing Zeam Launcher now, comparing to Go Launcher it's way too ugly and slow and limited. but i love more icons on my dock.

here we have both the White and the Black Galaxy note. the White seems to be more beautiful and more wanted (world wide, and it seems they're not getting it easy) but the Black feels smaller and i actually enjoy the screen more with it. so i'm confused.

now i use the White one (my friend's which i borrowed)

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i told you i agree with iOS being smooth and snappy and more bug free.

first don't compare the Jailbreak with Rooting. i spent 4 long months with my boring iPhone 4 before i got to Jailbreak it and do a TOTAL makeover while i rooted my GSII the day i got it (not that it needs it that much) because you already can customize almost every thing already.

you can even change the phone app for drake sake (and no root needed)

you can have a T9 search on android using many side apps (i used EX dialer and i love it) iPhone's phone app is NOT good enough.

you're not satisfied with an app get another (and don't tell me you tried all of them because nobody did) more than 80% of the market downloads are from top 100 list, what about the rest of the thousands of apps? i just found out i can have more than 5 shortcuts on my Dock using Zeam Launcher which never heard of (even thou i tried many before)

i use Opera mini for fast simple browsing and it's blazingly fast (even on slow internet connection) and i use Enhanced Email and it's just fine.

by the way, i totally agree with you on a bigger screen iPhone, but i hope they don't make it (which i REALLY doubt they do) because i have to go back to the frustration of hacking and jailbreaking (i'm just not a jail person and never been in one :D )
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ekerbuddyeker:
I love this device. Its replaced my phone and my Ipad. Also I'm used to having something massive in my pants, so its size is not an issue.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] GALAXYNOTE:
I tried but it really couldn't replace my iPad. After 3 weeks of use I am pretty sure now ill categorize it as a phone not a tablet. It's the heat and battery life that suggested to me the note is not for prolonged use.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] eitama:
Errr, not appropriate for xda forums? :)

Or you just finished watching a SassiBob review.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] LordManhattan:
I don't have the Note yet, but i totally agree! :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ruben__:
As a former Dell Streak owner and potential buyer of the note I made some ‘notes’ on what to look out for… but I hope it’s just an over exaggeration .

Screen:

- Greenish / blueish tint

- Visible abnormal strange columns, bars of shadows when a picture taken from a white surface

- Unresponsive when charging

- Some reported certain parts of the screen as unresponsive

- Colors may not seem to be ‘correct’

- Dead pixels are common – probably best visible at a gray background?

- Blotchy black bars on the screen when watching videos

- A couple of seconds delay when the screen is meant to turn on

- There is some banding

Build quality:

- Stylus: possibility it may come apart

- External speaker may stop working

Camera:

- Focus issues

- Grainy pictures

- Pink spot

Bluetooth:

- Audio may be not that great

General:

- Due to the issues a lot of owners swapped the note for a new one but that didn’t resolved most of the problems

- Light sensors are not that accurate or don’t work

- Not that loud on the headphones

- Call quality not that great overtime

- Phone is lagging sometimes…even though is has a sick amount of GHz – Dual core for a phone...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] loonsy:
Have had my note on auto brightness since day 1 and don't have any problems with it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ilovemyjasjar:
I'm finding writing using the stylus to be frustrating because the screen won't rotate 180 degrees. My hand keeps touching the capacitive buttons or the + symbol at the bottum of the screen (for opening another page). It makes it very difficult to write unless I make sure to keep my hand away from the screen which defeats the purpose of having an active digitiser.

As others have mentioned, the button placement on the sides is annoying. Otherwise I love it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Caryntjen:
Exactly what I was thinking. I keep bumping into the back button with my palm when I'm drawing or writing. I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one!

And to add to that, I gave my iPhone 3GS to my partner and it's kind of sad I used to be content with such a small screen :/.

And for other, I don't mind calling with it without a BT headset. If people find it amusing, their chose. I don't care, they're just not used to big things I guess :D!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Super Chimp:
My main annoyance with the Note is that I can't quite reach across the front screen comfortably with my thumb when using it one handed.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Goodm7sn:
my main disappointment is expressed in this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1370006

other than that , im liking the device very much, samsung could have worked harder on some software bits , or even on the stock keyboard.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] thebigak:
To be quite honest you will probably not notice most of these points. The main things you will notice on the stock Samsung Gingerbread ROM compared with the stock Froyo Streak ROM is the sometimes irritating jerkiness when scrolling through certain apps and a lack of response on the screen (at least with my screen protector on it feels noticeably less sensitive than the Streak did even when using a screen protector also). It is not that bad, but pretty unforgivable considering the hardware inside! Some of it might be down to the higher resolution putting more strain on the GPU though. Most of it is down to the OS version not being as optimized for the hardware as Honeycomb or ICS.

Let's not forget that the Streak was a joke when first released due to the pretty rubbish 1.6 ROM it shipped with. Things improved over time and I am sure Samsung is working hard on the next update. I know the jerkiness can be fixed with better GPU support on a new ROM and so can the sensitivity. I used to own a T-Mobile Pulse and that had terrible touch sensitivity when first released and very good sensitivity after an update.

Some of the bad points can be alleviated by the user i.e. build.prop edits and removing bloatware. Other things will take more time to be fixed. To be honest it is the nature of the beast when owning an Android phone. You feel like more of a software tester/developer than a Joe Public average iphone toting chump!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cushcalc:
-(repeating myself)

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Is there a thread for things that we LOVE about the Gnote?

Just got mine today (thank you HandTec)

Love the screen.

Love that there is a setting to keep Capacitive Buttons on whenever the screen is on. The Atrix 2 did not have this, and it drove me nuts trying to find the buttons in certain lighting conditions.

The front-facing camera seems far better than the iPhone 4

Screenshot with annotations, via stylus is awesome.

Just a few early impressions.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Hironimo:
My little disappointments

Generally a great device, coming from an sgs2, but here are my disappointments:

- The screen is not evenly lit. It is not always noticable (only especially on uniform grey backgrounds), but annoying.

- The battery cover does not fit as perfectly as it does on my sgs2 (especially the 2000wh battery extension cover is great), it has some give on one place on the edge. Even though the sgs2 now feels small it feels more rugged and I feel less secure with the note

- Using the device is not as round as the sgs2, more jerkyness. This is probably due to the higher screen resolution needing more work from the cpu. The latest version has improved this somewhat, but still not as good. I expect improvement with ICS.

- Still no fix for the Android OS battery bug already existing on the SGS2!

- Due to the community being much smaller than that of sgs2 less work is being done on ports. You can already try out ICS on the SGS2 now (even though not everything is working there). Nothing for the note as of yet.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ChodTheWacko:
You are way over exaggerating.

I should know - i've been carefully reading every single thread for the FAQ.

Some of your problems only 1-2 people hit and you are calling them 'common problems' or 'saying a lot of owners ......'. That's not to say that hardware problems can't happen. Lemons are always possible, and you should be aware of anything anyone ever hit. But I don't really think something is worth raising an eyebrow unless at least ...... 5 (?) people hit it.

The only thing you listed that I consider 'Noteworthy' (pun intended) is call quality for some users - and that's supposedly due to the noise cancellation.

I don't quite understand the purpose of your list - you say it's a thing to 'look out for' but you include stuff that happens for all Notes, some of which are circumstantial ( like screen freezing if you use a bad charger ).

- Frank

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Yes, plenty actually, but this is not one of those.

This is a complaint thread, to give Samsung a list of stuff we'd like them to change for the Galaxy Note II. Or for us to help each other get around complaints.

I think for the most part, we all really like the Note for similar reasons, so a 'why we love the Note' thread would get kinda boring actually.

- Frank
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] EarlZ:
Uneven rendering of greys, black not as deep as the S1/S2/Wave, apart from that everything is as good as it can be or exceeding the expectation.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] RashaMatt:
Launcher Pro is butter-smooth on my Note :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] entaro:
modify one of the folder to 800x1200 in papago folder and use spareparts to untick compatibility mode for papago to work...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ruben__:
That is true. I just hope they are going to fix it fast :D

You are probably right but some of my fellow students at law school swapped there ‘Note’ for a second or third unit due to some of those hardware related issues. Considering the fact that not every person who owns a Note is active on this thread or even on XDA doesn’t indicate that there are only a ‘few’ – or less than 5 - reports from those who did take the time to inform us about their matters with the Note.

Although I’m going to pick up the Note tomorrow and have high hopes for the phone I won’t be surprised if something from the list will show up suddenly. I made the checklist for potential buyers and or fellow users who want to know the known possible issues so that they can also test there devices and check if anything is happening. The fact that some of the issues I wrote down are ‘common’ on such a great device is horrible enough.

Anyways, I do get your point of view but I find that it is unacceptable that if we buy a product we can’t rely on it to work as it is or was indented by the manufacturer and that the product overtime will be great after some updates. But that’s unfortunately the price we have to pay. I just want my phone to work with me and not against me and I’m probably not the only one.

Btw, you did an amazing job on the FAQ!