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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Beards:
UK ICS in swing via OTA for SIM Free Notes

Last night I performed a random check and was surprised to find ICS was finally available via OTA for SIM Free UK Galaxy Notes.

OTA update went smooth, took roughly 45 minutes from start to finish.

With the exception of my Home Screens everything else was saved.

Initial findings are everything is running OK but like many report the Battery is taking quite a bit of a hit.

It does not concern me much at this stage, I just need to reconfigure the Battery and check again what is running in the background.

Overall though I feel quite happy.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jfavellanedab:
Update for UB

It has been faster now with ICS and of course with chrome..good start
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Carmageddon1984:
Today there was a Kies update, to version 2.3.2.12054_19

However after that update, I cant connect the phone to Kies - it just says "Connecting..." indefinitely.

What do you suggest I do now?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hagba:
Remove the Sim card and connect that way.

Sent from my HD2 WM.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Carmageddon1984:
That way it works! why is that?

And no new updated yet!! :mad:

How can I know whether anyone on LA4/LA6 already got ICS update?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hagba:
I keep on checking at least 5 times a day but unfortunately nothing yet,my version its MID LA4/JPLA1.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
where's the hurry? i bought the note having been promised ICS in Q1. and not a version that bricks my premium unlocked phone. weeks away from the end of Q2 and I still have a laggy device without ICS. why do i need to risk hardbricking on a device i paid premium for, many months after promised delivery in order to get a proper working, lag free device in 2012? i feel conned. it's my last samsung device and will go over my head to warn my friends about wasting their money on samsung. on the latest local official rom, my note takes 1-2s to display the unlock screen, and 3-5seconds lag to display the contacts. on a full priced, flagship device. i'm an architect, not an IT guy, do i need to learn new skills if i wish to spend my money on samsung ? shame the hardware is so nice. still, i will challenge any acquaintance of mine that thinks about going samsung to make a phone call on a flagship device. do i have to choose, as a premium customer, between my nerves and my warranty in order to get a proper working phone from samsung?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Carmageddon1984:
I TOTALLY agree with your sentiments :mad:

Unfortunately there is no rival to its 5.3" and the S-Pen

If not that, I would have taken a Google phone - these are the only phones with guaranteed, on-time ROM releases.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] dockers4u:
Originally Posted by Peter Galbavy View Post

Did I simply not notice before or has 5Ghz Wifi been enabled by the ICS update? While I am not at home for while, I don't recall seeing my 5Gz AP which I have named differently from my 2.4GHz one but now there is a selection under WiFi -> Advanced to select bands...

You could already use 5Ghz networks in gingerbread, but now you can even tell the phone to use only one of the bands (2.4ghz or 5ghz) or both, like it was until now.

HI,

I saw that option too but when i select 5Ghz then close the screen, after i get back to it it's back to AUTO. why is that so?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] AKMacAddict:
I have tried repeatedly to connect to my 5GHz wireless network (on an Airport Extreme) but have been unable to connect. Just received the ICS 4.0.3 via Kies, and shows the options you mention, but even before that, could not connect.

If I "force" to limit to 5GHz, I get no connection at all... :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hagba:
Absolutely true, my wife is waiting the release of the iPhone 5, my son canceled his SGSIII order after playing with my Note a bit,most probably I myself will switch back to an Apple product since the S Pen haven't been removed from the silo for months now,as for the big screen I still use my HD2 without much problem, I think that Samsung in general and Android in particular need couple more years to mature, so who knows I might even be back one day...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Colingajewski:
I agree that Samsung's customer service and product support is pretty poor, but now that my Note is running ICS, I won't need anything from Samsung, so it's not a problem. As it now stands, the Note has absolutely no competition for it's feature set. I didn't buy Samsung - I bought a phone, so who cares about Samsung?

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] vyssa:
Baltic ICS is out
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] .::KP::.:
Hey,

I just came to know today that ICS for Note has been released after that quickly put my for update by following steps,

Settings - About Phone - Software Update - Update.

It shown me that 4.0 is being downloading and the size is 319.21MB.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] itsmix:
Hi ,

Has this :N7000XXLQ3-------4.0.3-----------2012 June------------N7000OXXLP7------------Baltic------------------------------------

Located at : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424997

Been patched to address the brick issue?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nandihno:
interesting post on the aus vodafone site

http://blog.vodafone.com.au/blog/software-update-weekly-wrap-13062012/

interesting wonder if is a typo 4.0.4

cant wait...even though currently running CM9 ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Spo0f:
So if I do a Factory Reset would this count as a Wipe? I want to do FR before ICS so i can start with it clean.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ms5678:
Ics update

Dear All,

I am from UAE and had updated my Galaxy Note with DBT version ICS using Odin. Now UAE version ICS is available as reported on samfirmware.com. My question is can I safely update my GN again using this UAE version ICS without any risk or I need to return to GB and wait for OTA message?

Please advise
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hagba:
Just recieved an OTA update notification,will start updating once got home in an hour or so,hope everything will proceed smoothly.

BTW my Note is of UAE origin ,MID.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] willie62:
ICS Available in UK?

I see on uk samsung website that ICS is now available for the samsung NOTE Its not showing up on vodafone/KIES for me... but then I am not in the uk per se :( has any uk person managed to upgrade via kies/ota?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] panyan:
i thought id do a small test:

the calculator can do 170! but not 171! :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hagba:
Very chopy experience with the ICS over here,specially the TW page scrolling,Factory Reset did not help by much,the same delay in the contacts,the only positive over GB is the Internet Browser,dicision made,once the Iphone 5 comes out will go back to Phone+Tablet configuration.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SsZzliMm:
Upgrade Completed

Hi All !

I've just upgraded my Note to ICS in Hungary through KIES. I've got this version:

PDA: N7000XXLPY

PHONE: N7000XXLPT

CSC: N7000OXXLP5

After the upgrade I wiped the phone two times and no brick. My Quadrant score is very interesting:

The only thing what makes me curious is the battery drainage. Testing until tomorrow.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Spo0f:
Anyone please?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SsZzliMm:
Factory Reset = Wipe
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jfavellanedab:
Battery leak

After the ICS upgrade It suffered an extreme battery leak. it only last for 6 hours. I did a general wipe and erase most of the annoying unuse app. And now after 8 hours and 28 min I still have 66%. Good to erase and do a clean start.

UPDATE: after 13 hours still with 53%.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mikepotts64:
I'm not going mad after all! The battery drain has been aweful. Thanks for the tip.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SsZzliMm:
My ICS Experiences (Hungary XEH)

After one day using official ICS on my Note my experiences:

- in standby (switched off screen) the battery drainage is nearly the same as in Gingerbread, but if you use your phone (switched on screen, internet browsing, etc.) it consumes more power than the Gingerbread

- my eMMC chip has the brickbug (tested with the software from here), but after 8-10 times hard reset/full wipe (I'm a brave person :p) my phone has no problem at all, still working flawlessly

- the interface is more laggy and less responsive than in Gingerbread

- the music playing via BT is still has a bug because from time to time the sound has muted for around a half second (the music still playing but no sound) ... pretty weird :eek:

- the overall performance is pretty interesting: with Quadrant Standard it's around 3000-3200 points, but with Quadrant Advanced it's around 4500-4600 points :eek:

I hope there will be another update in the future (maybe 4.0.4) to resolve the battery and the speed problems.

My version is:

PDA: N7000XXLPY

PHONE: N7000XXLPT

CSC: N7000OXXLP5
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Rulinglionadi:
All the roms are simple and plain...why cant someone try to make it dark and sexy ??? just a suggestion...coz i use Windows 7 Extreme...so something like that would be cool...right ??;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] emuX:
Careful if you are wiping. There's an eMMC brick bug in the stock ICS kernel and wiping is the way you can stuff your device. If you are going to wipe flash Gingerbread, do a wipe, and then flash ICS.

Battery drain can be sorted by restarting your phone after charge. Much safer than a wipe which could make your phone unusable! :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] jfavellanedab:
Wipe ICS after installation, and then decide what apps install. With google back up you are able to do it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] M3TALLICA:
Not much difference between GB and ICS battery consumption when screen is off

but ICS sucks a lot of juice when screen in on. (even when brightness is set to 0 using brightness level app)

I have battery monitor widget, on GB battery drain used to be 16 - 20 % per hour.

On ICS it is 24 - 30 % per hour - with screen on + web surfing or light gaming.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] defecat0r:
I'm a bit too lazy to read back and see what others have been saying about the battery drainage issue, but this has been my experience if anybody's still having issues with it...

After updating to ICS i was getting terrible battery drain, I'd have to charge in the afternoon after work of the phone would be dead before i put it on charge again before bed, even with mild usage. I saw two tips on a couple of different posts somewhere, the first of which said to do the following:

1) put phone on aeroplane mode, 2) turn off phone and remove battery, 3) wait 10 seconds or more 4) put battery back in, power up phone and turn aeroplane mode back off.

The second tip was simply to make sure that the phone was unlocked and at the desktop when disconnecting the charger, or else it causes the phone to stay on some higher cpu clock than it's low power state, or something like that.

I did battery removal thing then put it on charge overnight, then made sure the screen was unlocked when i unplugged it. battery life shot up that day, better than GB even. Then i ignored the second tip the following day to see what would happen and it went back to terrible again.

I repeated the battery remove trick and now just make sure i unlock the phone before i take it off charge and everything is sweet, for the last week or so anyway. It doesn't seem like too much of an inconvenience to do until they fix the bug
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SsZzliMm:
That's what I said :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hagba:
One of the bugiest software I have ever encountered, I had to Factory Reset it for at least 3 times so far and each time I had a different erratic behavior! .starting from screen unresponsivness to jittery scrolling even the best application the browser was not able to keep up with the settings e.g. desktop view was just impossible to keep it checked and also when double tapped not always worked properly.

My advice to Samsung: Keep the software to Apple and continue manufacturing the hardware.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
+1
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] langecornu:
ICS

This week end I installed the leaked N7000XXLP1 Rom on my note, What a mistake... I dont have any sound during calls.

I tried to redo 3 times aleady, still same thing. I did factory reset and clear cache between each time.

Anybody else encountered that issue here?

If there is nothing to do, anybody knows where I can find a Gingerbread stockrom for the N7000XXLP1

Yesterday My wife receive the OTA update to ICS 4.0.6 on her LA4, I wish I could find that release for my LP1, but while waiting I would like to be able to use my phone becasue now I have no sound:(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] langecornu:
Looking for stock Gingerbread Rom for LP1

I want to go back to gingerbread and wait for a ICS that have working calls.

I dont have a backup of my original rom.

Anyone has a download link for the LP1 Gingerbread 2.3.6 ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hagba:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424997

Here you will find everything you need,including instructions on how to install with PC Odin,Good Luck.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] pbol01:
Nordic update now available OTA

LC1, LB2, LB3
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Final5k:
Well it seems ICS 4.0.4 has already been received by Vodafone AU and they will begin testing it soon. This one must have the brick bug patched and corrected! Seems we can expect a software update in the coming week/s then!! Good thing!

http://blog.vodafone.com.au/blog/software-update-weekly-wrap-2006201/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tnfn:
What version number ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tnfn:
Great, it's newer than the German IML74K.XXLPY version I install with Odin, hopefully some bugs have been fixed... My phone does not show any updates, probably since I already have a 4.0.3 version. Anyone who can that tell me the best way to install the newest version ? Kies says my phone cannot be updated with Kieas and OTA says no updates.

Do I have to get the latest version and use Odin again?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Wolfur:
Think so, that's what I'm doing now... (on a crappy NMT-450 internet connection lol) I'll confirm here if someone doesn't beat me to it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ksatta:
Hmm... I'm in Finland on Stock Gingerbread (just OTA updated to the latest GB) and it's showing "no updates". Did you have to use Kies to find the update?

Also my baseband is ... LB2 so it should show the update?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Wolfur:
Install of lq3 version ok, no troubles, all apps and settings ok, Kies updates to version 2.3.2.12054_20 (big update?).

And Kies now confirms that it is the latest firmware :-)

(no longer saying it cannot be updated)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] beepoo83:
I can confirm that the middle east version received the ICS update 3days ago my note(international veraion) has been updated to 4.0.3 by OTA.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tnfn:
Anyone got a link to download this version ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] timonoj:
Does this update finally fix the issue that kills the emmc when wiping?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Carmageddon1984:
Which firmware is that? Where are you in Middle East?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] purefx:
Still waiting in USA with my N7000UBKK1.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ksatta:
I was about to post when I finally figured it out last week, but I forgot.

For some weird reason OTA from the phone didn't work for me. I had to install Kies in Windows and then update from there.

The only disappointment with Samsung so far.. First I kept on checking from the phone for updates and it kept saying there are no updates.. Then I found somewhere online that Kies might do it.. Then it kept saying that it can't detect the phone.. Then I finally read somewhere that I had to remove the SD card for it to work.. Then I Finally got it upgraded to ICS.

The phone seems to be high quality etc.. but the whole Kies thing is a mess. And it doesn't work on Linux, so you have to have 200€ Windows bought to get your new phone updated..
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] BalaSingam:
Q2 ended and still waiting for update :(
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Easy700:
ICS upgrade in Australia?

Hi all,

Been hanging out for this update for ages. Have grey imported Note in Australia and have just got the update in Kies. Will provide model no. base band version etc when it's finished downloading.

Easy
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
I see that 4.0.4 has started to be released in Germany. http://www.sammobile.com/2012/07/11/confirmed-samsung-start-android-4-0-4-updates-for-galaxy-note/ I also saw on twitter, that one guy in Italy has the update, but no information on what 'country' his phone is. The information posted by Sammobile is scant:

UPDATE what is new?

- POPup PLAY watch movies when you mailing…. (Galaxy SIII)

- Restart button is green.

- Some icons changed.

- Faster.

So, as usual, no real information as to what this latest version fixes, if indeed anything. And the eMMc brick bug? I doubt it.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hagba:
Hopefully 15 more days and this waiting agony will come to an end,finger crossed.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mdrjr:
Let's just make a quick note here ;)

Having ICS over OTA will not happen for everyone at the same time PERIOD (a giant one).

Most of US are on Carrier Branded ROMs. Those kind of ROM depends on your carrier get the ICS from Samsung put all their crap on it send it back to Samsung so they can release it.

The first ICS's ROM's that will be out from Samsung will prob be for a Carrier Free ROM.

And don't expect that to be fast. At least in Brazil carriers are quite lazy in that point.

And my exp. with OTA updates tells me that you must have a perfect unmodified device before allow it to update. Otherwise they tend to fail. quite hard.

So, when a ICS rom comes out OTA check what firmware is getting the update, flash that firmware and update your phone. Or just wait for a full Odin version of it released by Samsumg.

Just my 2c.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Ne_X_uS:
Guys,when Samsung will bring ICS on the Note,what can be new? or what's different? I know,interface stays on touchwiz,but will this update increase speed or something like that? All waiting and wants it,so I want to know why:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] clairenix:
Just some crazy Idea I have.

Since they're just developing ICS for the note, what if we just have this huge petition for say...

built in tablet mode option...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] avetny:
Android 4.0 ICS update for Samsung's Galaxy S II set for March 15

http://www.extragsm.com/news/androi...sung-s-galaxy-s-ii-set-for-march-15-i755.html
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] UncleManuel:
With so much "if" and "should" in it I'll believe it not until my Note receives a update notification. Until then you all should do better things than waiting & hoping all the time... :p :D ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] lamou1nr:
Flash something AOSP and change your DPI to 213 or lower = Instant tablet mode.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] osnola ivax:
I've learned this lesson already with froyo and gb. You wait and wait and nothing happens so you root and install a custom ROM and then you realise there wasn't much difference in the first place. Love my note the way it is
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ranjan.alva:
Interface little changed with TWlauncher Like 3d Effects n ll. and of course Speed. ICS is totally reprogrammed Android Version. So More speed and more options. :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kursed:
So, no one has any idea as to when can one expect the ICS upgrade for GNote? The wait started from back in Jan, it's March now. =/
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] danne82a:
Ive heard diffrent dates but no "real date" for release i have been waiting since november when i got the phone!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ankydu:
Toooo bad htc again proved to be better than samsung, they have already started rolling out the ICS update for their sensation XE in germany, but samsung, ugghhhh, no sign of any update for any of their devices. :mad:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sangalaviral:
Atleast they confirmed for SII

http://skp.samsungcsportal.com/integrated/popup/FaqDetailPopup.jsp?seq=422548&cdsite=ph
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hagba:
Will someone already using the leaked ICS please confirm if the embedded YouTube in the browser is working or not since I read that ICS won't support Flash.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DunderKlumpN:
Seems like ICS for Note is delayed to Q2, and 2.3.6+ will instead be released in march. Thats what Samsung Sweden says anyway.

Cant post the link though. But information can be found on Samsung Sverige on facebook.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tvachev:
Couldn't find it ... please, post the URL without the link
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] DunderKlumpN:
facebook(.)com/samsungsverige?sk=app_190322544333196

Its written in Swedish though.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tvachev:
http://www.facebook.com/samsungsverige?sk=app_190322544333196

Thanks!

4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) comes to the Galaxy II in Q1.

2.3.6 + is an enhanced version with eight upgrades in the user interface.

Earlier data on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 3.2 were sadly incorrect.

4.0 coming to Galaxy Note in Q2.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] 2BHERO:
Samsung Electronics plan to provide the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for GALAXY devices. The platform update for GALAXY S II and GALAXY Note will start in the first quarter 2012, and other GALAXY devices will soon follow.

AND this time we had found ICS in Q2

So samsung is real *****.

we cant believe this *****.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tvachev:
Technically speaking the updates might start with SGS II in the first quarter ... but it is just the wording ... why not release a schedule I wonder ???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Randomwalker:
Well, while I really enjoy(ed) flashing my Nexus S with all kind of bleeding edge ROMs and kernels I prefer my Note to be more "finished" and therefore would rather Samsung take their time (within reason) a deliver a polished upgrade.

Besides I also really have high hopes for the GB+ upgrade.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ErionT:
It's better that we wait a little and receive a good version with fewer bugs, than Samsung releases the version just now.

We have all waited months for now, I don't believe it would be such a great issue if we wait a couple of days more... :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gavinfabl:
I would rather have a bug free update.

I'm in the UK and just got another update via Kies. Added numbers on qwerty keyboard and Torch widget.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kursed:
Whatever release there will be, it will come along with its own set of bugs. There is no strict 'bug-free' release ever. Samsung is by habit extremely slow with software upgrades (probably due to a small dev team or a lot of devices that need support).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ErionT:
Of course, I agree that there is no 'bug-free' version, but if they are taking this time to create a version with fewer bugs, than I'll wait until Samsung releases one.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] p51d007:
What I don't understand about this having to have ICS NOW rubbish is....

Doesn't GB work pretty well on the note? I sure does on mine!

I'd prefer GB, which works perfectly on my note, than a 4.00/01 version that FC's and has issues.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] skym0903:
Thats what I thought until I tried ics on my note. I wasnt completely happy but I thought it worked pretty well. One day I was bored and installed midnote ics and man the smoothness is night and day. I cannot be more happy with my note coming from iphone. I was a little dissappointed with how everything felt so choppy...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] kursed:
If the idea is to only think about how well your device is running right now, then Google should stop pushing OS upgrades, altogether. And the tech industry should shut shop and go home.

I don't see how relevant this particular argument is particularly in the case of technology related products, where continuous upgrade model is the norm.