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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] andreww88:
Well, being that the bug affects official roms too that doesn't make much sense. If someone on an official rom decides, "oh i want to just revert back to factory" and go to the settings menu to do it, boom, they could have a brick. It happened.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
Just noticed on the UK Samsung web site, that the user manual for the GTN7k is for ICS. So, I've registered, listed my device, and raised a support ticket because the manual for my model is wrong for the software installed. Now that's really going to cause confusion for people who just bought and/or do not read these forums.

Lets see what those slack dudes reply with.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] senectus:
Meh, they'll just say that the update is due son and they'll email you the old manual
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] chasmodo:
"Dear user, the issue reported is under consideration. We shall get back to you soon."

(AD 2021, or thereabouts) ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] roxxy:
Seems as Samsung ships ICS one region in the world at a time, starting with the far east (exept the early Germany-release), and then working their way west. Far east countrys like Cambodia and Thailand got it 23.5.12

http://www.sammobile.com/2012/05/22/all-galaxy-note-ice-cream-sandwich-updates/

India today: http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-ics-update-now-pushing-out-india-0

And... hopefully we in Western Europe get ICS in the next two weeks os so (I hope)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] purefx:
Many of us are still waiting... including me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] truelies1:
Just updated ics, I am hong kong edition
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
Well, after my more than generous allowance of 12 hours has passed, the ticket still says 'waiting for reply'. So, that now requires a phone call. I'm pretty certain they saw me coming, during the call, Samsung pointed out an earlier download version of the manual for GB (bugger). So I asked what the other manual was for. Samsung said that the UK will be updated to ICS in "The following weeks". I pressed that point and asked was that 2 weeks, 10 weeks, 50 weeks or what. The reply was off script with some banter including, "we don't know exactly, but soon". So I guess that's it. Samsungs nosey parker screens are well up, support agents polite and get to the point fast, BUT still tell you nothing apart from 'Have a nice day'.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tfragkos:
So galaxy note owners should even consider our selves lucky that we get the update at all.

I know it's a long shot but since I'm new to Android devices I'd like to ask the forum based on your experience whether there is a possibility to get the next update (Jellybean) once it's out. This is the first major update on gnote going from gingerbread to ICS. Does Samsung support it's devices with a second major update or not?

Ofcourse I'm talking about official roms, not cooked/custom ones.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] RbbCHan:
original HK but now on German ICS; would it be safe to go to the HK ICS?

I wonder what might be the opinion of the xperts here:

my N7000 is originally a Hong Kong version. I flashed successfully with ODIN the stock ICS from Germany (PTY) except some minor issues ( some hangs and frozen screens sometimes) no major technical issues. But I have also the horrible battery drain.

I am assuming that the newer HK version of the ICS may have fixed that famous "wipe or big file delete" bug.

Would it be safe to flash the HK ICS through ODIN? (means from the German ICS to the HK ICS)

that would hopefully also bring back my phone to KIES update as it was before.

TIA for your input
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] chasmodo:
I'd say you are safe to use PC Odin to flash the Hong Kong update, provided you didn't do any wipes/resets while on LPY.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
Now we have a number of people upgrading to ICS, has anyone run some benchmarks and Performance comparisons with GB? :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] aharmsworth:
GB to ICS much more complex than ICS to Jellybean

The switch from GB to ICS was a major rewrite. First it is the combination of GB and Honeycomb, secondly, it is a rewrite of multitasking by a new team leader, Matius Duarte, formerly of Palm and the architect of the webOS interface. As such it is a major change, and that will make porting it to differing devices more difficult.

I anticipate the change to Jellybean will be much simpler as I expect:

- cleanup of ICS code and issues

- implementation of features they wanted to put in ICS but were not ready

- refinement of ICS based on user and carrier requests

- some new goodies, but nothing as great as the ICS change.

Therefore, hopefully the transition time and effort on the part of the device manufacturers will be a lot less. Also, as discussed with the broadening of the Nexus line to multiple manufacturers, probably a lot of top level personnel who were tied up working on ICS will now be out helping the manufacturers of the new Nexus line.

As a former Palm user, there are great similarities in ICS, but miss the simplicity of the swype interface.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] shajeevr:
Help needed..!

Hellow guys ,im new to XDA and i'm using galaxy note...

i've tried to update the ICS via kies ....but i could not complete it via kies.Is there any other way to update ICS to my phone..?? :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] singhsidhu123:
Hellow guys ,im new to XDA and i'm using galaxy note...

i've tried to update the ICS via kies ....but i could not complete it via kies.Is there any other way to update ICS to my phone..?? ￼

Use PC Odin or mobile Odin and flash the new stock ROM but just don't do any wipe
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] guitarplayerone:
Why would you assume that? I'm not even sure they were aware of the issue yet (they released the GT N7000 source about a day after the issue was brought to their attention). No way the ROM was updated that fast IMO
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] chasmodo:
I don't know if they have fixed the bug or not. But I'm fairly certain that Samsung and other manufacturers must have people whose job is to follow the XDA.

We are their biggest phone/Rom test lab in the world. Here they can:

-stress test their Roms

-see what the bugs are and get ideas from our great devs

-see what some of our intellectually challenged members might do; that might help Sammy and Co. to foolproof their goodies.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] guitarplayerone:
AFAIK it took a user looking up many specific cases of bricks (on XDA), along with Entropy's posts, etc to convince Samsung to release the source code (the eMMC driver issue was the actual reason they released the source)

Edit: it does not appear that the MMC_CAP_Erase 'fix' has prevented superbricks... so back to square 1. (So what else is different between the Cyanogenmod kernel and samsung-based kernels? Did cyanogenmod code the drivers for the emmc from open source? Speculation: could those open-source drivers be implemented somehow, along with the rest of the normal TW kernel, especially now that we have the source?)

Also, I just realized I was responding to chasmodo, who knows much more about all of this than I do (and has some personal experience in the regard). I apologize for the way I may have sounded, he knows much more about this than I do
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] aharmsworth:
I think it is fair to assume that the technical managment at Samsung are struggling with a huge workload right now - they have just been through the GB to ICS transition, they are dropping Bada and moving to Tsien for simpler phones, they have 9 million pre-orders of the SIII - with some production issues.

It is really hard to find good technical managers - and it takes a long time to bring them up to speed. Samsung's rise to the biggest phone manufacturer has almost certainly taken them by as much surprise as much of the world.

That said, this issue seems to affect a very small proportion of users, and primarily those that have not only just rooted, but flashed in some cases multiple versions.

When you are struggling to keep up with 9million pre-orders, lots of new features, the minuscule percentage that have voided their warranty are not high on the list for assistance.

It is unfortunate that Samsung does not discuss this publically, but watching the webOS developers who were much more open, especially via their comments and support of webOS internals, it is clear that maintaining an operating system is a huge job, even if all you are doing is porting it to a phone.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
Just to add to samsungs pain, the KIES update received this morning has a bug, on closing error "Object reference not set to an instance object". Sloppy coding me thinks, Ah well.

Your observation about maintaining an operating system for a phone: Remember, the phone in your pocket has more power than the first main frames I worked on. We had a whole army of guys working on the operating system and applications. We didn't have GUI to worry about, WiFi, GPS, Magnetometers, Giros, Bluetooth, and on.... So yes, it is a huge undertaking. Particularly so, when there are so many custom options for the EU to choose from for this that and the other. The smart phone is a pretty amazing thing really. :D

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Now that I've come across a bug in the latest Kies update (2.3.2.12054.18). Would I trust it to upgrade my GT7k to ICS when it becomes available. Not bloody likely. :mad:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] nandihno:
Wondering if this last week of May will be the week of European ics roll out anyone care to comment?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] unpro:
Finally after a huge 1.5 g download of god knows what, KIES manage to update Note to ICS.

It was supposed to be a 300mb download from phone, but that didn't work somehow.

Pretty much more or less the same thing, S Note is one heck of a powerpoint on your phone.

The pen lags less, TouchWiz lags less, camera lags as usual, no burst shutter like those seen on SII. Still checking out the rest of the features. Gonna make my wife use the face lock (stuff that don't work in the dark)

Battery seems to be draining a bit faster. Need a 3000++ mah for this chunk of 5 inch.

AND S3 coming to malaysia for less than half the price I bought the note with contract.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] galaxytab1:
And where do you suppose the company is headquartered ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Carmageddon1984:
hmmm, checking in the About phone-> Software update shows nothing :(

How do I install Kies from where? I never used that thing, have no idea about it.

Also, what region should I look for? my version - I think - is N7000XXLA4
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
Link for KIES

I'm guessing the message said "No software updates available" and I dont think there is going to be an update to ICS via kies yet either.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ErionT:
ICS Upgrade

Hello, on Saturday i uploaded my Galaxy Note from version 2.3.6 to 4.0.3.

I live in Albania and after downloading the update package of 319.28 MB everything went smoothly. Works fine.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] galaxytab1:
In India, I completed the update process, I took screenshots and notes during the update on Evernote, available at this link for your benefit:

http://www.evernote.com/shard/s41/s...0b03ab51b1e6/454c3b5a38c26ca7e273f9607b9ef9b1

It took me just over an hour on a very smooth process over kies.

Finally!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] roshi87:
Two of my friends also managed to successfuly update to ICS 4.0.3, but the battery drainage is a nightmare - 40% off what GB offered.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Carmageddon1984:
Yes, that is what it said :(

How do people update then?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ErionT:
Personally i did the update not through KIES. Simply checked for updates via Wi Fi and downloaded it. I am sorry though that i did not receive version 4.0.4.

Anyone knows if and when it will be available? Thank you.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
You will only receive the ICS update when Samsung release it for your current software version. At the moment it doesn't appear to be available just yet for your phone. I spoke to Samsung last week and they said a few more weeks. Updates are done region by region, so not all are able to update just yet. If you want ICS now, and heaven knows why, check some of the other threads about flashing the leaks via ODIN, also check posts about bricking your phone as well. Sit back, relax and wait for the 'Official' release for your phone via KIES or OTA. It will come, trust me ☺

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Is that battery drainage running ICS or just the update procedure?

People are starting to complain about ICS battery issues on twitter. Any thoughts anyone?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Carmageddon1984:
Well I waited this much, I will wait some more :)

But how do I check for update via KIES? the Tools -> Firmware upgrade and initialization seems to do nothing.

Also, do you know to which region does my phone belong?

its N7000XXLA4
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
Open KIES, then attach your phone via USB. Checkk in the to left panel 'Devices' that your phone is recognised and connected. In the main panel click the 'Basics' Tab. you should see firmware details and what the latest version is. When there is an update, you will be told in this panel. That's it. I think your version is South Africa or Turkey, not sure, just running from memory on that one.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Carmageddon1984:
Thanks! I was supposed to click on the phone for the display to show up like you said :)

It says in version info: PDA:LA6 / PHONE:LA4 / CSC:LA1 (EUR)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
There you go. When the ICS update is ready, it'll all happen by magic ;-)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] chintamanijaipuri:
Done ICS update by OTA.

After factory reset /data wipe no battery issue for me. Even I am getting better battery life and performance as compared to GB.

Cheers :)

( I am not recommending factory reset. Maybe I am lucky to do that without Brick:))
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cruno91:
This is my main concern with an official ICS ROM. I have rooted with cwm on LB1 gingerbread and I really want official ICS, but will I be able to safely do a factory reset from the settings menu? That's kind of a big deal for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gdourado:
Still nothing for the UK notes?

Cheers!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bikelover1352:
Hello Sir

Sir i have bought galaxy not n7000 and the problem i am facing is i have updated it to official ics indian rom and now i am not able to activate screen lock function and if i hold the lock buttton for 2-3 seconds the phone gets switched off, is it because of the kernel problem or anything else, i tried giving it to the samsung store but they dint fixed it. P.S i was not able to update my mobile through Kies as it said "this device can not be updated through kies" please help...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
Am I right in guessing your phone is not from, or regionialised Indian?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Marianitten:
Anyone knows what version do i have?

PDA:KK2 / PHONE:KK1 / CSS:KK2 (TTT)

I bouth it in USA by Amazon . But now i am in Costa Rica. No ICS yet :(

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] andreww88:
Go to About Phone and figure it out. If you can't figure out these simple things, you do not need to be flashing stuff.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Marianitten:
In "About Phone" i have:

Base Version: N7000UBKK1

Kernel: 2,6,35,7-N7000UBKK2-CL705203 se.infra@SEP-81 #2

I was asking to know the Country Version. Somewhere i saw that some people have EUR where i have KK1. What KK1 means? Korean? UK? Some Jupiter Moon?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] andreww88:
Well, you have KK1 rom. I'm not sure what country that is. I THINK that is what I had when I got my Note on eBay, but I'm not 100% sure. It definitely isn't anymore because PC Odin took care of that. :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] cdmackay:
KK1 is just the firmware version.

The regional bit in your code is UB, which I believe is associated with the south americas (I've seen Brazil & Argentina quoted with UB).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] happiboi:
your phone appears to be of Latin American decent ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ngo8:
My update just poped up polish version in canada build #xxlc1 :D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] :
http://www.twitter.com/SamMobiles/status/207707222044712961

Tick Tock UK!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
OK, Who's gonna be the first to brick their phone in Europe. :D :eek: :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] ErionT:
ICS Upgrade, battery life

Hi everyone. Recenlty I upgraded to ICS 4.0.3. Everything works fine and smoothly on the Note except the battery life. It drains much faster. Any of you has the same problem as I do?

What can I do to increase my battery life?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Peter Galbavy:
I was just going to post my experiences; After the 4.0.3 update I found the reported battery life much worse than before. I would typically hit 20% by the end of a working day.

A couple of days ago I let it drain down fully and it hit 1% and stayed there for quite some time. I never quite let it turn off as I was going to sleep and wanted it to charge over night. Since then the daily drain - only two days! - has been reported as only going down to about 50% remaining.

Looks like the system needs to be allowed to re-calibrate itself fully after the 4.0.3 update. Give it a try when you are in a safe place for letting it run down completely.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] mmp7:
Still no news in UK, seems like we are the unloved ones.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] gdourado:
Same here. Nothing on OTA or Kies today...

come on Samsung.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] galaxytab1:
Not just poor standby, but sync and contacts app keep crashing and freezing the device
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] inurb:
I got the LPY update today however I am no longer able to swype my finger across the notification bar to reduce/increase brightness. I made sure auto brightness feature was unchecked.

Does anyone know if this feature has been removed by Samsung in ICS?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] fr8:
For what is worth. Updated my Dutch phone today to ICS. Completed a factory reset prior to flashing.

It did not update OTA (no update found message) but did on Kies.

First impression, it feels smoother. And as previous mentioned a quick drop on the battery (lost 10% within the first 15 minutes). But it has been holding it's own ever since. Does feel more like a calibration issue than anything else.

Went from stock un-rooted to stock un-rooted.

Hang in there UK your turn will come (might be a left turn though)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] emuX:
There's a massive thread in the General section on battery life issues with the stock ICS release and workarounds. (There are probably several in fact!)

Just a tip but the forum has a search function ;)

Edit: in case you can't work the search function, hers the main thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=25980310

Edit2: I use Cpu Spy to check if my phone is going into deep sleep after I've charged it. If not then I do a phone restart and that usually does the trick. I'm getting similar battery life stats to when I was using Gingerbread with this technique!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tai.fun:
After Update ICS "s note" not working

I update my Galaxy Note yesterday but "s note" application not working when i open application it says loading.. then close. How i will fix it somebody can help me please?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Final5k:
Still zero news for the UK version Note...can't see the reason why Samsung does not release this when most countries already have ICS!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
If the problems posted above are translated across a large percentage of users, do you really want the ICS upgrade? Considering the number of units involved, I think Samsung is doing the right thing. After all, they don't want a million users on the blower all at once complaining of poor performance. Doing it the way they are, means they are managing resources so that they can help you if you if you do hit a snag (OK I know some are gonna laugh at that one☺). I cant help but think the upgrade is being 'tweaked' as we go along. I am of course assuming this is a course of action a competent company would take. ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sonkameja:
I hate to say this but that iPhone is starting to look pretty dam good right now lol ... I wonder how windows users are being treated in comparison ... The Android scene is getting out of hand with too much control in manufactures hands

I miss the good old days of windows mobile where you could grab any room without running the risk of destroying your device

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] JolyonS:
You are worried about the amount of control manufacturers have so you'd switch from Android to Apple?

The rest of this post has been edited to remove all insulting words.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
All the source code is out there, write your own!! OR come to an independent like me, and I'll write it for you. My fees are reasonable considering my aspiration to acquire one of these from your deposit. The code will be as buggy as hell, if indeed it works in the first place, but rest assured you will have my complete attention, sometimes. :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sonkameja:
I don't care about os. The jailbreak tools are enough that it would level the playing field to a degree. But it is so dam annoying that we have to depend on Samsung to deliver us yesterdays technology.

I came from a iPhone 3g to the note only for the great size and convenience of flash while browsing

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] bigstarrynight:
Yup, its called "swings and roundabouts" :-)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] JolyonS:
Well as you still have both those things you won't be too bothered about any updates then. Good for you.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] tfragkos:
How much different is the gnote hardware from galaxy s2? The only difference here should be the mere implementation of s pen premium suite.

ICS is already been written by google, touchwiz remains UNCHANGED from gingerbread, so yeah, what the hell are they doing there at Samsung? Are they so incompetent in terms of writing a few bits of code into an already 6 months old full featured OS? Those "issues" should not even be there in the first place.

Edit:

We're not talking about a brand new OS here.

ICS is last year's news already. It is essential to promote galaxy s3 but what about customers who have already paid? Shouldn't we get the update sooner and bug-free?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] hsuehying89:
Sucksssss

Just done ICS upgrade on my note! Nth different, mostly remain unchange! TouchWiZ????!!!!! OMFG! Samsung no any new idea?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] sonkameja:
I think its time to make an official f^k you Samsung thread and make it go viral

Sent from my GT-N7000
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] JolyonS:
How would it be any different from this thread? In what way would it be 'official'?

You going to get the Pope, Obama, the Queen and Steve Jobs to sign it?

Honestly rather someone did an 'official' stop-whining-you-dreadful-little-bee-hatches thread.