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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] G2Noobin:
May be a long post!

I heard that port you can just leave Blank instead of 8080...speed increase so they say!

1. Set APNs>> posted by android01 (I have heard if you leave port blank you get faster speeds, just heard)

2. Go to setting and Disable Roaming as to not incure extra charges...

3. This is a somewhat of a Backdoor fix i found that worked with Samsung Vibrant from T-mobile... DISCLAIMER: USE AT OWN RISK! ONLY MODIFY THE SETTINGS LISTED.

IF the setting is not as listed, Read the setting heading click the matching section heading, to find the location of this setting scan and read all of the setting heading/titles.

If is works without a hitch than great....Let me know.

Again these directions i found on Howard Forumns and worked with a T-Mobile Galaxy S Vibrant

I had copied this into a Word document for my Mum as the phone was going to her:

SO ALL Credit goes to Anonymous and xda!

Post:

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It works!!! It totally works!!!! I love it! Thank you so much guys!!!! Now I don't have to restart my phone EVERY morning as soon as I pull out of the underground garage in my car!!!

Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!!

Dial: *#*#197328640#*#*

Click [1] debug screen

Click [8] phone control

Click [7] network control

Click [2] band selection

This is where you make a change, default setting is [1] automatic, which means it chooses automatically between gsm/cdma (Edge vs 3g). So we are going to change this and set it to wcdma band which is 3g.

Click [2] wcdma band

Click [1] wcdma all []

Now it should display “select wcdma all bands[*]"

Now on the bottom of your phone, click the menu key, it’s the one next to the home key, now click back, menu again one more time, back one more time, this is just to confirm it set to number 2 wcdma band.

Now click menu key one last time, click end.. and you are done. Now to double verify that the phone is locked into 3g, dial in: *#*#4636#*#*

Then click phone information Then scroll down to “set preferred network type” It should now have listed “wcdma only.” PS, if you tried to do a shortcut, and just set wcdma this way first without doing the lock above, it would just go back to gsm/cdma auto once you exit the screen.

Your phone should now be locked into 3g.

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Also what i do is Only click the 1700 and 2100 frequencies.Chose by hitting the menu button>>back and i forgot the option. it is "to add another band?" and so click either one frequency first, then menu>back>"add another band"!

This keeps me on 3G directly and always!!! DONT forget to turn Roaming off as to not incure unwanted charges.

Hope this helps and let it be known if it works for you nexus guys. or am i full of it and these are samsung commands....DOH! if they are.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lf2net12:
the nexus from bell does not have phone lock..

i can use my fido sim in the phone..my nexus is from bell as well
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trilogee:
Yep I have it with Mobilicity and it is an absolutely great phone granted some things are slower than they would be on 1 of the big 3 but it is more than adequate
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hp13:
actually for the price you pay its the best plan for GTA. i mean data isn't the best but good enough for mail, browsing and checking score.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Izord:
Upgrading on Verizon's website. Looks like it's letting me keep unlimited web and email.

But it wants to remove 'GENERAL IP NAT ADDRESS PDA $0'.

Is that important for anything?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Izord:
Anyone know?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Izord:
Bumpage bumbitty
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xHausx:
Sounds like Verizon Jargon, but if I had to guess I would say it's referring to the "smartphone" internet plan. Your best bet would be to call them so they can look up exactly what it's referring to.

Retentions is who always has the power to give you what you want, if they want too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Buff McBigstuff:
It might be BlackBerry related. When I removed that BB Bold and added the Galaxy Nexus they took that off my account also.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] M_Shaaban:
I have been trying to check for updates over 3G but I always get this message "Wi-Fi is not available. Disable Wi-Fi only. Using 3G network may incur additional charges". How do I change that? Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] animatechnica:
well the obvious answer to the question of how to turn off wifi is to go to settings-wireless-then turn off Wifi

not sure if that was what you meant though
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] M_Shaaban:
Wi-Fi is turned off already but I can't check for updates through 3G as I get the aforementioned message, so I don't actually get it neither!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] willcor:
hi,

try this ,

settings/about tablet and on right side of tablet, untick " wifi only" option,

you should be able to check for updates through 3g ?

good luck
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] M_Shaaban:
willcor

Thanks a lot!

How come I didn't see that! lol
[T-Mobile LG G2x] affenzeit:
Ok, so I've gotten the LG bluetooth headphones and when I try to play music, it only comes out of one ear. So, I exchanged them for another pair and its the same issue. I'm wondering if it has something to do with my phone. I'm running CM7 on the 12/12 nightly. Are there any known issues or did I just luck out twice? Also, instead of returning them, would it be likely that I could solder a new headphone on the side that's not working to get it going?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
Which headset? I'm using the LG HBS-700 with my G2x running the latest Gigglebread, and it works PERFECTLY. Are you sure it's an A2DP headset? Try making a phone call to see if audio plays through both ears.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Stopfakn:
Might be the rom. I have stock gingerbread and mine work great.
[Motorola Photon 4G] inimitableac:
My Prl updated today to 51084 did anybody else's do it to?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jrebo:
It didn't do it automatically yet so I manually updated.... Just now.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FernBch:
Got it here, too.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lucidvtec:
I was able to manually get it as well
[Motorola Photon 4G] kusanagi-sama:
Updated here as well.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lbxmobbin_1:
i checked the photon 4G at sprint store and it had PRL 52084 so whats the diference with ours which we have 51084? just wanted to know
[Motorola Photon 4G] lucidvtec:
It works off satellites for roaming now

BEST PHONE EVAR!!!! :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kcarpenter:
Possibly a business line prl. Supposedly different coverage on business plans.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shizam76:
Mine updated on its own....no warning or notification. Is there a way to turn off auto update on my photon? I dont want it updating without me knowing about it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] inimitableac:
Not for PRLs
[Motorola Photon 4G] Blue01F250:
Mine has the latest updated - but EVERY time I check in the "Help" section of sprint zone it keeps telling me there is a profile or prl update needed.. even after I update everything. Any clue as to why? Ever since I received this phone I've had data connection and mobile IP registration response errors..

anyone else have this issue ?? I'm currently having Sprint check the tower (who knows if they actually will..) due to slow/almost nonexistent data service.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] comrad:
I am thinking about upgrading from S2, can someone with both phones compare - what advantages (if any :) ) / disadvantages Note has over S2 ?

Obviously Note has bigger screen - but screen aside - did you notice any other area where Note triumphs S2 ? (GPS, wifi, battery life with screen turned on, sound quality, camera, sotware issues...) How about heat problems ? S2 can get pretty hot under high workload, is Note any better ? (afaik it basically runs the same chip just clocked higher which makes me wondering)

Also regarding the screen - are the colors / brightness / outdoor visibility etc. the same and the difference is only in size / resolution / ppi ? And finally: is there someone who tried both and actually preferred S2 ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbor1277:
They're almost the same. For me the major difference is battery life and spen ... I love to sketch. So I switched. Battery is superb.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yumunum:
I don't own either, but from what I've seen the battery is way better on the Note than basically any other Android phone. Colors will be slightly less vibrant because it's not a SAMOLED+ display, it's just SAMOLED. But honestly, who cares? It's 720p!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phytrax:
The colors are amazing. I find them just as vibrant as the S2. The only real difference is the pentile display, but the dpi is so high you can't even tell. I find the screen to be far more useful than the S2 with the extra size and resolution.

Battery life wasn't great at first but once I turned off latitude and froze a few samsung apps it got MUCH better. Oh, and using minimum brightness is a major factor too. I wasn't too happy about turning the brightness down but after a day you don't notice it. I just have a widget on the desktop so I can quickly turn up the brightness if I need to.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
After using the phone for a bit more, the Note is better in some ares:

-GLONASS satellite system allows it very fast lock in and response, although its not as precise as GPS, maybe 5-10ft off, but realky isn't an issue at all.

-Better PPI, but can see grains if eyes 6" from the screen.

-Screen is slightly brighter.

Cons: Can't operate it one handed at all due to size.

Sound quality is the same, not bad but not great. Same camera I think. Both can get pretty warm, but a case helps.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inertiaholic:
battery life: qualitatively it seems note lasts longer.

sound quality: equally good but note louder esp on speaker.

heat: i suppose any phone will heat up under stress e.g. video, charging but by and large i have never felt much heat from either.

camera: this is one area note is better than S2. S2 had weird pink hues but this is less noticeable in note. the screen seems to respond better in camera mode for note too.

in short, unless size and portability are major concerns, note is a better get. hope this helps!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlitos66:
It is interesting to see different experiences with SGS2 and Note. I own both, and here is my quick comparison.

Screen - I like the bigger format ( I love the bigger format) but the screen is not as bright as SGS2. White is little bit grayish. Colors are pretty much same, I don't see the problem with RGB or pentile display. So Note: 1 point.

Sound - I absolutely love the sound, all notifications are louder, in call volume louder, speaker louder and more bass. Note: 1 point

Wi Fi signal: I tested SGS2, Note, Galaxy Tab and my wife's Iphone 4G wifi signal strength in my house, I have latest Linksys router, super fast cable internet with latest modem capable up to 100 mbps, in real I am getting 54 mbps. Note performed worst of all of them. Around 16 mbps versus 22 for SGS 2 and iPhone. Very dissapointed with wi fi signal strength as well, loosing signal in places where SGS2 and iPhone still works ok. Note: 0 points, SGS 2 : 1 point.

Camera: oh boy, much much worse than SGS 2, I couldn't believe how bad this camera is. I will post later side by side pictures from both phones with same settings, you will be surprised. Not focusing as quickly as SGS2, white balance off, takes ages refocusing between light area and dark area, etc... SGS 2: 1 more point here.

Stylus: since SGS2 doesn't have it, Note gets 1 more point here, because I find this feature very useful for my business and it was one of the main reasons I bought this phone. (screen and Stylus)

Scrolling between home screens is little bit laggy, much more noticeable than SGS2. Stock browser scrolling is jerky, not iphone smooth as SGS2. Wake up screen delay is 1.5 sec from pressing any button ( home or power) compared to almost instant screen on with SGS2.

Both phones running stock firmware, SGS2 is on UK unbranded 2.3.4 rooted, Note is on 2.3.6. German firmware not rooted.(yet)

Using it on USA AT&T carrier. Phone signal more less same,somewhere SGS2 performs better, somewhere Note has better signal, but I am satisfied with both phones performances.

Overall I prefer Note right now, it may be because of it's novelty versus my "old" SGS2, but it will be very hard for me to go to smaller size screen phone after using Note. Probably the best phone I ever had so far. I bought Note without seeing it in real from Amazon.de and I am not dissapointed with the purchase.

enjoy it, life is short.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] comrad:
Well thanks everyone, my general impressions from what has been said are:

1.) Screen is much better

2.) Battery is much better

3.) Pen is a potential advantage (I almost forgot about the pen)

4.) Experience with remaining features can vary (probably due to manufacturing differences ?) but overall they are all more or less comparable to Galaxy S2

5.) With one exception being GPS, at least based on this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=arOYNNux_mg

it seems the Note's GPS should be quite superior (it may be the best GPS in any phone yet ?)

So if screen, battery life and GPS are improved over S2 then it's probably good enough for me. However it would be much cleaner cut if there would be more horsepower under the hood as well I'd love some faster CPU, 32GB of storage and faster stock sd cards. (Actually I'd love to see some SSD on it :D You can put SSD into a netbook so why not to a phone ? :D )

Also one thing I would probably prefer is to have 16:9 (720 height instead of 800) display and about 4.8 - 5" big, slightly more portable and less funny looking while making a call. Maybe they've opted for Note's aspect ratio as to give better support for note taking ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Souai:
ive had my galaxy note for a month. just picked up a free galaxy s2 today on vodafone AU's $29 cap. personally, i think i'll stick with the note. everything about the note is just more convenient for me. bigger screen makes portrait keyboard awesome, higher res makes everything look better. battery life is only better on the note with gaming and video watching, both are on par for web browsing battery life due to the weakness of samoled.

gps is much much better on my galaxy note. locks down fairly well when im indoors whilst the s2 cant even lock after running it for half an hour in navigation mode.

as for the screen ratio, samsung havent made a phone that uses 16:9 screen ratio for a fair while (if they have made any at all, cant seem to think of any). the slightly wider/taller (depending on how you look at it) makes portrait keyboard useful, but i must agree, the extra pixels are wasted on videos. if you want a 16:9 screen ratio, look towards the lg nitro hd and galaxy nexus.

one thing the galaxy nexus has that these phones dont seem to have is the correct positioning of the 3.5mm socket. the galaxy nexus has it positioned on the bottom, like my old n900. this is the perfect place for the socket since it means you can pull your phone out of your pocket when headphones are plugged in and it will be the right way up. it also means if youre plugging it into anything in your car, it wont have any silly cables coming out the top. its one of those little things that are nice and much appreciated. but im digressing a bit here.

overall, the phones will be similar, with the screen being the main difference and the unique advantage of the note will be the S pen. but that may be a bit of a downer in terms of update speed. for the galaxy s2, all samsung need to do is refine the experience, add touchwiz, and its all ready. for the note, they need to add touchwiz and then modify the S-Pen apps to run correctly as well. shouldnt delay the release of ICS for the note by too much considering samsung should have gained experience with ICS when working with the galaxy nexus, but its still a bit of a delay.

and i dont think SSDs will be needed on phones for a fair while. honestly, when will you need a read speed faster than 20mb/s? or a write speed faster than that? its only really useful when transferring files to and from a PC, but as to actual device usage, it has little impact. videos are encoded at what? 17mbps? thats still only 2-3mb/s of write speed needed. theres very little on the device that could take advantage of the added speed of an SSD. its just something that will drive up the product cost with very little benefit in realworld usage. apps load quickly enough so i dont think samsung would bother to consider an SSD for phones anytime soon.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] comrad:
Faster than 20MB/s - yes it's mainly for data transfer. But note also that while most android apps are small, some (especially games which can have couple of hundreds of MBs) should benefit from faster storage. And if you bench seq. write speed of S2 it's nowhere near to 20MB/s. It's more like 5-7MB/s - very slow for large data transfers (I don't know if Galaxy Note is any better). The internal memory of S2 is of course optimized for fast random reads/writes rather then seq. speeds. But if we can have high capacity USB3 sticks with read / write speeds above 100 MB/s and still very good random read/write speeds (e.g. 64GB flash for about 100€) then maybe to have phone with 32GB-64GB internal memory and 50/30MB/s and USB3 etc. could be done for similar price (which would be very fine with me).

Note seems to be well suited for video playback but with typical 720p movie at about 5GB I find the 12GB internal + 32GB external SD cards quite limiting in capacity as well as in transfer speeds (esp. considering that I need permanently at least 16GB for my music collection and lot's of free space for 1080p video recording) Surprisingly most netbooks have comparable RAM capacity and CPU speeds (at least for non floating point tasks) to those of highend smartphones, yet the storage capacity and seq. transfer speeds on netbooks is order of magnitudes higher.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] comrad:
I got it today ! It's very big AND unfortunately the side panel has annoying squeaking problem. It's only on one place - below the volume button, exactly where I tend to leave my fingers. Anyone else with the same problem ? Never had any squeaking problems on SGS2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holgalee:
Is there a possibility that the back cover has not been clicked in place properly? I get squeaking too when that happens. :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvehosszu:
I have both phones.

When I got the Note I wanted to sell the S2, even had a buyer for it.

But after I used the Note for a day I start to have serious second thoughts.

The S2 is so much smoother ... Honestly, in this respect the Note is much closer to SG1 than SG2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chagrim:
Hey mates

I have both of these phones myself, and I'm just wondering is there any possibilities to move memos from SGS2 to note??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zkyevolved:
With the backup feature on the PC, with syncing them to google, with the option to back them up with MyBackup, there are a lot of options :) Probably the easiest would be go into the options of your SGS2 Memo app and sync it to google, and then just redownload them on the Note. I like everything OTA. I dislike having to plug everything in to get stuff done.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chagrim:
Ok, now I feel myself really dumb! :D Thanks for that (:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] comrad:
That's not possible because I tripplechecked (by removing and putting back) the cover prior to asking here.

But there is more to Note than that: I saw videos of Note compared to S2 etc. on youtube I saw pictures in reviews etc. but nothing could prepare me to how big it actually is in real. I will be probably in minority here but I can't avoid thinking that it's actually too big - for calling it a phone at least. At the same time I could live with larger screen and res than S2 (mostly for comfortable video watching) So I think if I could spec and ideal phone for me, based on interpolation between S2 and Note it would have display comparable to Galaxy Nexus (1280x720 ~ 4.7" - 4.8", 120g - 140g) that should be a perfect balance between display usefulness and overall portability. Too bad they've crippled Nexus with missing SD slot and missing flash support. Hope that Galaxy S3 will hit it all right (I already can't wait :D) Btw any chance Note's awesome GPS making it to other Samsung phones ? (can it be put to any phone regardless of it's size ?) As far as GPS goes the difference is stunning (basically a toy like implementation vs. state of the art awesomeness)

Now I have hard time deciding what to do with Note: I should probably return it but then the screen is so awesome that it's very tough to just return it, even when I don't need it :D Btw about the screen and pentile vs. non-pentile debate: there were only few occasions when I noticed there was some grain on the Note without looking for it, e.g. the red birds in Angry Birds Rio and orange balloon in Samsung demo video (from 0:36) On galaxy2 I never noticed any grain (even when looking for it), so yes Superamoled Plus would be even nicer but for 99% of practical cases it doesn't matter to me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gary86:
Where are those comparsion photos that someone mentioned. Has anyone had the camera perform poorly?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdzUK:
I own both, well I gave the S2 to the missus when I got the Note. :D

The Note is equivalent too, or better then the S2 in everything. I would find it impossible to have an S2 as my main phone now after having used the Note for almost a month.

You will hear a lot of negativity about the size of the Note, I kept hearing it is too big, it is uncomfortable to carry etc etc. Nonsense. It took me a day (max) to get use to the size, it fits in all my pockets comfortably and is very portable. Dare I say it I think it could even be a tad bigger, maybe 5.5" :eek: All other phones now seem tiny to me, and this has become the standard. I don't think I will be able to go back to a small(er) phone after using this.

I have found the camera and video recording similar to the S2. GPS on the Note is amazing, I get a lock in seconds, it beats every other satnav/phone I have ever owned. The screen... wow. One month on and it still impresses me. Games, Videos, Satnav, Internet Browsing even Ebook reading is all a joy on the Note, it is the ultimate all in one device imo.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaki67:
The problem with the note is that after using it for a few days all phones look too small!

I upgraded from the S2 (excellent device) and the main advantage for me besides the obvious screen is Battery Life ,as someone mentioned it is not a big difference between the battery life of the S2 but it is enough to make me sure that the phone would last the whole day (5:30 am till around 11 pm ) without having to worry about battery
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planoman:
How is the bluetooth, both portable and car?

I currently have the SGSII Skyrocket and have been bitten by the Note fever. I have read many of the reviews and think I know what to expect in most areas. This will be a backup device to my SR and I do not know if I will use it as a phone often if ever.

If I do decide to pop my SIM in the Note what can I expect with Blutooth? I cannot see my self holding the Note to my ear. I have a Jawbone BT and have an Audi Q5 with an excellent BT system. The Skyrocket unfortunatley has a horrible BT function. It does not work with my car at all. It really sucks to the point I have gone back to using a WIRED headset when I am in the car.

What has the experience been with the Note and various Blutooth devices.

Thanks!