[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] InsaneCloaks:
Quick heads-up. This is definitely not supposed to be a release candidate. There are a lot of times when apps crash, you can't change lock-screen background due to system crashes etc etc.

I know there are plenty of other topics all about this OTA. Here I present to you, a feature summary.

Please keep in mind that this most likely IS NOT the final 4.1.1 release that Samsung will put out.

Nevertheless, I hope you guys like it!

Feature-list:

S Note upgrades

S Note Widget

Improved calendar colours

Blocking mode

Text-message backgrounds

new multi-tasking features

Screenshot improvements

Improved text selection

S Note

Ah.. The note taking app from Samsung. I think this app was already pretty decent in 4.0.4, so let's see what some of the changes are.

The first thing that you should notice is that Samsung added a scrolling bar on the side. Sweet! Navigation through the standard navigation icon is still available.

When you active the Pen Only mode, the screen still responds to touch for navigation purposes. Touching the scrollbar to scroll works fine.

Want to know what also works fine? Pinch zooming! And boy oh boy, with this update, you WILL be pinch zooming with your palm while using the S Pen. Hate it..

This pretty much beats the purpose of the pen-only mode for me. Great I can't write with my finger any more.. but my palm keeps zooming in etc. It can't be that bad I hear you say? Well, it wouldn't be if it happened once every 15 minutes or so.. but I get it SO FREQUENTLY.. it annoys the hell out of me.

(Lucky for me, I'm getting a Smudge Guard (sort of a Wacom Cintiq 'glove') which will allow my palm to rest on the screen without any hassle. Was already getting it for drawing purposes :) )

Something that bothers me a bit, is the fact that with the update, landscape mode is zoomed in past 100% making the text and background blurry by default. Rotating your device to portrait mode ofcourse 'fixes' this, but I like working with my tab in landscape mode. On top of this, it is annoying to manually zoom to 100% because there is NO snapping. Leaving you twitching somewhere between 94~106%.

I don't have OCD, but man o man would I like this baby to snap to 100%

Folder lay-out

I wanted to add this quick tip in here. This was already a feature in 4.0.4 but I don't think many people know of it. You can adjust the width of the 'folder-bar' by selecting the dividing line and dragging it to the left or right. Dragging it all the way to the left, hides the folder lay-out.

Portrait page, covers and backgrounds

First off, you get to choose a new page preset named Landscape note.

Also, some new covers and backgrounds are present in this update. Nothing too fancy, but I think that the music sheet is pretty sweet for those who know how to use it.

New S Note widget

I'm pretty sure that this wasn't included in 4.0.4. Correct me if I'm wrong :)

New sync options?

Nope! The sync options are still limited to Google Drive and Evernote. No dropbox yet..

Settings

I don't believe anything has changed here, but a screenshot anyway :)

A nice new 'feature' is the fact that the colours in the agenda have been updated. They are brighter than before and reflect the colours I use in my Google Calender better! Yay!

Blocking mode

In the settings tab you can find an interesting new feature called blocking mode. Allowing you to block notifications, incoming calls etc. It's like an upgraded 'Airplane mode' with nice features like time settings and white-listing contacts.

Background text-messaging

Now you can also add a custom background to your textmessage overview :) yay!

Multi-tasking upgrade bonanza

At first it didn't seem to me that the multi-tasking was incorporated just yet. I had to search for that son of a gun. Turns out, they've given the 'up' - arrow at the bottom of the screen a pretty big make-over.

Where at first you just had some pop-ups like the S Note, Calculator, World time, etc. You now have a world of 'new' possibilities. I haven't played with this a lot yet, but it seems promising. Although there doesn't seem to be any support for third party apps.

When you press the arrow, you get to select which app you want to open. Also you can arrange the open apps in various lay-outs. Free-floating, and a few grid options (see images). Dragging a free floating app to one side of the screen, has a Windows 7 - like feature, making it expand to that side of the screen.

Now I hear people think, "why isn't there a multi-task button in the apps anymore?". Well, you can easily make a (samsung) app free floating, by dragging downwards from the outside, at the top of your screen. (Just like opening notifications on android smartphones!)

To me all these multi-task features feel a bit 'buggy', but I might have a change of heart when I get used to using it :)

Improved screenshots

Now you can hold the pen button and DRAG! to immediately marquee an area that you want to cut out and take a snapshot of.

Haven't gotten to testing this a lot, so bear with me on the 2 shots :)

Improved text selection

When selecting text in 4.1.1 you first get an Apple-like magnifier, which is stylized in a pixel-art-like style. It's pretty small though. The selection markers are a bit smaller and seem to have improved performance. In 4.0.4 I found it rather annoying to use them.. In 4.1.1 it feels much better :)

If you know how to take a screenshot of the notifications, please let me know. The pen method and the on-screen short-cut don't work.

You miss anything? Request something!

Thank if you like!