[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChodTheWacko:
Hey Everyone,

So I've basically decided to take the plunge and get the grey international note.

I preordered pretty early so I hope to have one within two weeks.

I already made a long video regarding the galaxy note and my thoughts on it after 3 months,

and I'm thinking to do another one for the Note 2.

The overall theme is 'should I get the Note 2 if I have the Note 1?'.

I own the international note 1.

The focus is either to demo new features in a 'real world' style,

and demo improved stuff side by side - note 1 vs note 2 so you can judge the difference.

I'm posting this thread to ask for suggestions on what you would like to see tried/demoed.

It's important to note that I WILL NOT do anything that will be done 1000 times in other videos.

That means:

1) No unboxing

2) No standard benchmarks (aka quadrant/atutu/speednet/etc)

3) No readings of specifications

4) No scratch test, sorry! :)

5) Probably no camera tests, unless someone comes up with something pretty original.

Nothing wrong with any of that - I don't just don't see the point in regurgitating that stuff yet again.

My video will be long enough - trust me. I want a video that complements, not repeats, standard reviews.

So for example, I'm thinking of doing the following:

(1 v 2) means note 1 vs note 2 comparison.

1) I have a few games that are choppy. Video record the same gameplay (1 v 2)

2) Battery comparison [size/contacts/etc] - (1 v 2)

3) S-pen size comparison - (1 v 2)

4) Demo the 'get an alert when you walk away from the stylus'. (how far away? does it go off if you play a game?)

5) pocketability demos

6) LED notification tests - showing the LED blinking in different ways/colors.

7) s-pen offset/'accuracy' tests - whether note 2 is more accurate.

8) Screen comparisons: (1 v 2). Brightest/darkest settings. Tint of 'white'. Black Crush. Grey smudges.

9) Run various apps (1 v 2). Purpose of this test is to demonstrate the effect of the aspect ratio change.

10) Loudspeaker volume comparison (1 v 2)

11) Be kind of nice to compare sound chips somehow. Perhaps redirect earphone output to something and record a clip? (can't be something that'll get my video blocked though)

12) How quickly the Note heats up if you grind cpu, with or without simultaneous charging.

13) Show new motion/spen gestures

14) Added - split screen, and how it plays with the keyboard

15) Camera - test for purple spot by shooting a flat colored surface.

16) Daylight visibility

Things that aren't necessarily new to the Note 2 but I never/rarely see demonstrated in a video:

1) How palm rejection works with the stylus

2) How stylus angle/etc affects offset, including handedness.

3) video showing how quickly the Note acquires GPS lock.

4) how the s-pen works i.e. pushing in the tip to 'press' against the screen.

I also plan to do timing tests of things I think may run much faster on the Note 2:

Probably won't show comparisons on video. Depends on the difference.

1) Timing test: haxsync - sync all facebook contact pictures, full replace.

2) Timing test: How long to do a titanium backup and restore of all apps. (whenever I get root)

3) Timing test: Time to run 'diskusage' on internal memory, and external sd card.

4) Timing test: Time to install a new ROM/kernels, including the bootup/'updating application X of Y' stuff.

5) Timing test: app folders - the rescan whenever I change resolution.

Other requested tests:

1) See if GPS/glonass works without a GSM card inserted.

That's all I can think of offhand.

If you have any ideas for specific things or tests you'd like to see, please comment below.

Thanks!

- Frank