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[Galaxy Note II General] bleclair:
My thoughts and notes after a little over a day. I'm in the US, but couldn't wait and got a German version.

Day 1

Build quality seems very good.

It's way fast. Really, really fast. A bit because of the memory, the processor and Jelly Bean I imagine.

Glad to have Google Now back. Enjoyed playing with it before I sold my Nexus 7.

It's a little bigger and heavier but doesn't feel like it.

The back is shiny and gaudy (got the silver.) Liked the subdued back on the Note 1 better. It's also a little smooth and slippery.

While I usually preferred my wife's iPhone 4s pictures over the Note, the camera appears to be better on the Note 2. Not awesome, but not bad.

Now the biggest thing for me.. I don't like 1280x720. I tried it on a few phones, and I really prefer 1280x800. However, it appears everyone is going to 720 so I'd better get used to it.

(Edit: It seems like 1280x800 just works so much better for widgets, web pages, some games, etc.)

Now on the other side of that coin, I feel the phone is much easier to use one handed now that it isn't as wide. It's also easier to hold when taking pictures.

The screen is better. Not much, but it looks a little better than the original Note.

Day 2

Man, the back is slippery! I want to replace it ASAP.

Early adopters never have cases! I have it in my old Galaxy Note pouch and it's a little loose which I don't like and the top is poking out a bit. (EDIT: It kinda fits in my old Samsung Note dock, but not great. Guess that's another accessory I'll have to replace.)

I am liking the screen more and more. (Still would like 1280x800, but the screen is gorgeous.)

Holy crap, is this thing responsive. I'm installing apps, surfing the web, playing music in the background without a hiccup.

Books through the Kindle app look great!

The pen is a little nicer. Still plasticky, but more comfortable to use and more substantial.

Did I mention the screen is gorgeous? I think it's the best on phone or tablet I've seen barring the Retina iPad.

Put it in my phone holder in the car and GPS looks awesome.

Wish you could do landscape when navigating the OS without using a different launcher.

You can't have scrolling wallpaper??
[Galaxy Note II General] ChodTheWacko:
Try 'ultimate rotation control'. You can use it to rotate anything.
[Galaxy Note II General] race_keitai:
All I had hoped for

I had actually switched back to an old nokia e72 because of my dissatisfaction with all android models. Then picked up a 7" tablet... Loved the large screen size, loved the functionality of the e72. This in my mind combines them both. I've installed all my apps, rooted, removed the crapware, and it fits nicely in my hand and it does everything I always thought smart phone should be able to do. I have no complains. I'm currently sitting at 19 hours on the battery with 67% left.

No complaints.
[Galaxy Note II General] barondebxl:
Well it's always a personal preference, I love the 16:9 aspect ration on the note 2. As great as the note 1 was, it had this kind of "goofy" design with its wider screen. It looked great but I prefer much the note 2, it's more like an HD tv experience when watching vids but there's also the subpixel arrangement that comes into play. All that makes me prefer the note 2 over 1. Peace!
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
Im starting to find the note 2 screen too narrow and feels like its smaller than the note 1.

The large lcd density is also starting to annoy me
[Galaxy Note II General] bleclair:
I go back and forth thinking the same...

Loving most of the improvements but the screen has so much wasted space, like when reading a magazine. Instead of filling the screen, you have the wasted black bars below it.

Also in portrait mode, web pages looked a little better I think. The Note 1 is more like a little computer screen in your pocket.

EDIT: Why is there so much wasted space between the bottom row of icons and the next available area to put icons? Those little dots to indicate which screen you are on take up WAY too much room.
[Galaxy Note II General] Magnus3D:
I just got mine, about an hour ago so i'm very fresh with this device. But holy cow what a device it is! i have barely touched it yet and i'm impressed by it's raw speed and power, the clarity of the display and supersmoothness of the whole system and applications in itself. The total experience feels fantastic in so many ways. Samsung appears to have done a great job on this device. :)

/ Magnus
[Galaxy Note II General] uchosen:
Yeah, the stock layout is dumb. So, so much wasted space. I wasn't planning to right away, but ended up downloading a launcher so I could customize the layout better and at least put some more freakin icons on the screen.

I finding I miss a lot of the aspects of the Note I, but gotta move on.
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
Which launcher did you use? Does it lag at all?
[Galaxy Note II General] bleclair:
That's what I keep telling myself! :laugh:

However, having my books, magazines, web pages and ScummVM games squashed or seeing a wasted black border is really not making me happy.

Wish there was a newer Android phone with 1280x800...
[Galaxy Note II General] uchosen:
I'm using Launcher Pro, though I admit I have not tried any other launchers. Seems pretty damn smooth to me.

I'm liking 5 icons across and 7 down. Reminds me of the Note I :crying:
[Galaxy Note II General] Ariozo:
Pure love..:)

Note1 was my true follower, did use it as my main device for a long time and new phones that came out was more off a toy on the side. Gs3 I have use from the day it came out, and from the 28:e i have been using ip5 to test it out.

But now when i got my note2 i am satisfied, now i can put my other phones to rest again and get a new follower. :)

Second day with the Note2 and for my use it is damn nice, really have miss the big screen. Will for sure be my main device again till something really interesting hit the market... :)

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[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
Thanks. I will give go launcher ex a go tonight. :)
[Galaxy Note II General] sohebq:
any galaxy s3 users here, i would like to know what differnce they felt on note 2 from s3, is it a great update? also did they feel any noticeable difference from screen size?

sent from: designed for humans :)
[Galaxy Note II General] vijayvasa:
I had s3 before but recently-sold it.For me even s3 was difficult to use with one-hand. I still bought note 2 thinking that I would use in potrait mode, but due to its length its slips out of your hand if you use it with one hand in potrait mode. I generally use the phone on bed and I find its difficult to handle with one hand.

If you look at size wise note 2 is not that bigger but you can still feel it. I would suggest to play with both these devices before you make a decision.

Vj
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
My note 2 is much bigger than s3 and it is an awesome phone....I love it more and more each day. :p
[Galaxy Note II General] 30Seconds:
Mine arrived yesterday and after a few hours of use I feel pretty good about it. Prior to this I had used the S3, GNex and the IPhone 4.

The size seems a bit better and less ridiculous than the Note 1. It seems more like a large phone than a small tablet and I don't feel uncomfortable carrying it.

I've found the sound and music playback to be quite good. Better than the S3 and IP4, although not as loud as the latter. And yes it's a very fast device indeed and the user experience and other features such as GPS are the best I have seen in a phone. Camera is good, maybe a touch better than the S3.

If I had to complain about anything it would be that I don't find the screen to be quite as good as the S3, but I suppose it's due to the pixel density. The S3 display almost looked like glazed porcelain it was so good, and on the Note 2 there is a bit of grain. The color on the Note 2 is a bit better, we bumped some photos taken on the Note 2 to both devices and compared and the S3 certainly has a greenish cast.

I guess we have to wait until the Note 3 to get 1080 resolution.

Anyways pretty happy with the Note 2.
[Galaxy Note II General] DMax99:
I also find the S3 screen quality slightly better than our note 2. S3 has better colour and is also sharper. If you compare the label of same icon on the screen, the note 2 looks a bit more fuzzy. That's kinda to be expected in a larger screen though and is not really fair to compare it to a smaller phone. Overall, the note 2 screen is still quite awesome and is definitely better than the note 1.
[Droid 2 Global General] the-light:
ive made a USSD EXPLOIT TEST and it seems my d2g is vulnerable. any solution for this?
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
Replace your phone with some newer model that isn't vulnerable.

I don't think the other solutions will work for you because you didn't bother reading about them and I doubt you'll ever will.
[Droid 2 Global General] the-light:
newer models has the same issue.

will appreciate link for other solutions, and i will read'em.
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
http://dylanreeve.posterous.com/
[Droid 2 Global General] the-light:
thank u.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nolep28:
when i finish charging my phone i unplug the charger and turn on 3g and then the batery start's droping really fast (70 - 60 percent in 2 or 3 minutes) but on deep sleep or wifi this is not happening i tried with battery calibration app from the market but nothing really change , i'm on CM7 official and firekernel , any suggestions?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
Battery calibration app does nothing.Its useless...you should get a better battery or move to a stock rom

POTATO!!!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nolep28:
so that it's the only thing that i can do? im gona try a diferent rom to check if it is aproblem with the ROM
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noobdroid_90:
Toggling the 3g causes more of a drain than continuously keeping it on and using

i also get the 10% drop in a few minutes, but thats only if i just switched it on

If i keep the 3g on for some time and then use it, it doesnt drain as fast
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrChaosDesire:
Turning it off saves battery when your phone is awake. It is just that when you switch on your phone or wake it, it haven't update the battery status or your battery has been overcharged way too many times, the rapid drop for thay few minutes happen, but after thay it will stay more stable.

Austin 3:16 says "I just whooped your ass". Sent from my Cooper running Gingerbread MIUI.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noobdroid_90:
I tried leaving it on and then i compared it with toggling every time i needed to use the data

it definitely consumes more power when i toggle the data
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swaroop_p1988:
i am using 3g for the past few months.. i tried almost many roms and with 3g always ON cyanogenmod based roms like official CM7.2 and others drains quickly.. out of them apocolypse has a god battery.. using stocklite rom is marvelous.. awesome battery backup..
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tsmt971@yahoo:
I have fellow this method and it was failed at step 16 in my case because of the permission issue but I managed to make it move and regained the root. The details of the issue as below.

Step 16 failed because step 13, 14 which will copy busybox to /system/bin and /system/xbin with a wrong executive permission.

To correct in my case: after step 13, 14 follow those steps below:

- chmod 755 /system/bin/busybox

- chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox

- skip step 15

- continue steps 16, 17, 18

- chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk

- continue step 19, 20, 21, 22

Then you will get your root back, it worked in my case. Good luck guys.

To the OP, please verify and update those steps if necessary.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
Thanks! Confirmed...it was late
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kl_arnet:
It helped me. THX!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Restorer:
Can anyone help me get ADB back. It worked fine before the update but now I can't get it to recognise the device at all - just get the blank list and device not found when I am connected. The drivers look fine like before in Device Manager when I plug in (Asus Android Composite ADB Interface). I have switched USB Debugging on and do not have Asus Sync installed. Everything on the ADB side works with my phone OK.

I used Rootkeeper to restore root after upgrade though it now seems that was only partial. I did a factory reset to clear out a few gremlins. Now Rootkeeper has the Root permission granted box unchecked but the rest checked but I guess since it doesn't have root access anymore it won't do anything. I have tried uninstall and reinstall Superuser but it fails at updating the binary.

Any suggestions to get ADB back much appreciated .
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mdpgc:
I accessed my device through adb, and invoked a root prompt using the su command at the $ prompt. Using ES file explorer, I saw su in /system/bin/ but no su-backup or superuser.apk in /system/app/. Followed the steps. After completing the steps, and rebooting, I have Superuser.apk in system/app, however with root checker, root not found!

Install busybox installer says that my device is rooted, but install failed.

No root for me

Edit: I got it. I am now rooted. Thanks for everyone's assistance!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] computerdan:
RootKeeper says that I have:

- Superuser app installed (yes)

- Device rooted (no)

- Root permission granted (no)

- /system supports root protection (yes)

- Protected su copy available (yes)

However, I can't get true SU and the # prompt. When I enter shell and type 'su' I get:

1|shell@android:/

So, I'm stuck at instruction #11 when I attempt to mount /system as rw.

Any ideas if I'm still eligible to root this baby?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mushin Monkey:
work beautifully for me!! :good::good:

now have root after a wipe.

thanks for sharing mdpgc.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tontorus:
Failed Step

I fail on step 11... (mount: Operation not permitted). Any suggestions?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hx4700 Killer:
If your prompt isnt turning to the # symbol after SU you don't actually have root =/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mdpgc:
Try the steps again. I know I had to do it several times before it was successful for me

I used these steps exactly

1. adb shell

2. su

(# - you should see this now! This will not work without this specific prompt!)

3. type 'exit' press enter, and then 'exit' again. You will now be back at the regular command prompt.

4. adb push C:\(location of attached files)\superuser.apk /data/local/tmp

5. adb push C:\(location of attached files)\su /data/local/tmp

6. adb push C:\(location of attached files)\busybox /data/local/tmp

7. Access the adb shell again, and type su

8. chmod 644 /data/local/tmp/superuser.apk

9. chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox

10. chmod 6755 /data/local/tmp/su

11. mount -o remount,rw /system

12. dd if=/data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk of=/system/app/Superuser.apk

13. dd if=/data/local/tmp/busybox of=/system/bin/busybox

14. dd if=/data/local/tmp/busybox of=/system/xbin/busybox

15. chmod 755 /system/bin/busybox

16. chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox

17. busybox rm /system/bin/su

18. busybox cp /data/local/tmp/su /system/bin

Type su once again to assure you still have access to the # prompt

19. chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk

20. type exit, and exit again, returning to the regular windows command prompt.

21. type 'adb reboot' (without quotes)

NOTE - you will not need to install the superuser.apk app in the normal sense. It will be installed upon the reboot as a system app automatically!

22. Once your prime has rebooted, go download root checker basic or the like from the play store. Open it, and wait for your superuser prompt!

23. Get the busybox installer from the play store as well, and use that to get the newest version of busybox.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hx4700 Killer:
Are you suggesting that if I do a system wipe on my stock rom JB and run your commands I will eventually get root?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
Hx4700, i got stuck doing a wipe after the update, and this worked for me. The wipe does not seem to remove su from /system/bin/ meaning we have a way back in through adb.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Anakin_SW:
But, what if Voodoo didn't work before and you are unable to get su through adb in the first place? Are you suggesting that a wipe will resolve the blocked root access or did you have different circumstances?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
If you cannot access a root prompt, then i do not believe it will work. Using a file explorer like es, does a su file exist in /system/bin? I had to wipe as i was bootlooping, and cant comment on how it pertains to how i was able to get root back!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Anakin_SW:
Yes, one does. Also su-backup in /system... Any feelings?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
Hm, weird you cant get a root prompt through adb. From my experience, if su exists there, adb should be able to invoke a root prompt. Do you have any issue using adb push?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Anakin_SW:
Nope adb push works fine. But I can't mount /system rw, which is causing me the headache. Really wish I had known the voodoo update switched around things. I feel so foolish haha.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tontorus:
I figured that would be the problem... Should I root my device using the ICS method first or that wouldn't work any more?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hx4700 Killer:
Nothing is for me and many others.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tontorus:
Wait, let me get this straight. You're saying right now there's no way for many of us to get a root access to our devices if the abovementioned method is not working, right?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hx4700 Killer:
As far as I know, unless someone is keeping a HUGE secret.

I should mention the unlocker from ASUS but i don't know if anyone has tried it on JellyBean
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Scumbag Inc.:
jamesh1979 confirmed his success with the unlocker on JB. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32189475&postcount=19

BTW is it possible to root with the unlock tool? If so how?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hx4700 Killer:
It is more insidious than a straight unlock. You have to be unlocked to actually flash back to 4.0.3 stock asus firmware, then root. The people I read who kept root with OTA rootkeeper were using SuperSU after JB update.

So unlock, downgrade, root and use SuperSU, use OTA RootKeeper and then re-upgrade. This however isnt a guarantee. =/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mdpgc:
My tablet was not unlocked and I had just stock with root. I wasn't using SuperSU before the JB updates. I used Superuser and restored root with OTA Rootkeeper after the update. Once I shut down the tablet (on Thursday night) it forced me to do a full restore after bootlooping when I turned it back on at work Friday.

Once thenrz posted his thread, I noticed I had a partial root, I had Superuser.apk in system/app and I could see su in /system/bin/ but no su-backup. I used the FileManager not ES Explorer to look for these. Once I saw I had both of those, I went ahead with adb to push the files with the commands and I gained root access again.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hx4700 Killer:
The thing that puzzles me the most is that I was using superuser elite not SuperSU when I used OTA Rootkeeper. Rootkeeper didnt offer a root restore after OTA update.

Even now though in ADB Shell if I type SU I can see in the superuser log it instantly shows SHELL Allowed. The prompt doesnt change to # though and I can't remount as RW etc... so I am stuch there.

If I open terminal on the device and type SU the log showed denied so WTF?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mdpgc:
If you have the files in there (Superuser.apk in system/app and su in system/bin) it should work for you...are those file there?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hx4700 Killer:
Nope.

I'm just puzzled at the "Allowed" in the log?!

In /data/local/tmp I do see a file _su what is that? If I try to execute the _su I get permission denied.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mdpgc:
That is puzzling. You just might have to unlock, downgrade, root and use SuperSU, use OTA RootKeeper and then re-upgrade. but i thought if your tablet had a unlocked bootloader then you could not get the update.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hx4700 Killer:
Hrm, found SU in the /system/xbin folder

and I kept the original dlpkgfile from the OTA update. I just don't want to void the warranty, the thing is a week old =/ Rather annoying.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
_su is a file used by one of the root methods out there. (bin4ry's i think) I think that's the su that is restored to /system by the exploit? Anyway, _su can't get us anywhere in this case. The lid on JB seems pretty tight.

ALSO! Make sure to keep a backup root with voodoo or super su after completing this guide! I have lost root after about 24 hours (VERY WELL may have been my own fault... too much poking around maybe?) Anyway, better safe than sorry!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ogg1e:
I'm in the exact same boat as you. I had root before the JB update. I also had voodoo rootkeeper installed and backed up. But now when I go into root keeper, I don't even get the option to restore.

I can't get the # at the prompt, can't mount /system as rw, and only have su in the xbin directory. Grrr....

I don't want to unlock/downgrade/root/upgrade/reroot only to be in the same position I'm in now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
In adb shell, copy and paste your output from $ ls -l /system/xbin

I am curious to the permissions in your case
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ogg1e:
shell@android:/system/xbin $ ls -l

-rwxr-xr-x root shell 59760 2012-09-28 07:19 dexdump

-rwx------ root root 5380 2012-09-28 07:19 ps3bttest

-rwxr-xr-x root shell 23592 2012-09-28 07:19 rfcomm

-rwxr-xr-x root shell 91980 2012-09-05 22:29 su
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
Can you do the same to /system/bin? Are you getting permission denied when you type su?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hx4700 Killer:
Same Boat:

shell@android:/system/xbin $ ls -l

ls -l

-rwxr-xr-x root shell 497964 2012-09-26 21:25 busybox

-rwxr-xr-x root shell 59760 2012-09-27 11:18 dexdump

-rwx------ root root 5380 2012-09-27 11:18 ps3bttest

-rwxr-xr-x root shell 23592 2012-09-27 11:18 rfcomm

-rwxr-xr-x root shell 380532 2012-09-26 21:04 su

This is my output when I type SU

shell@android:/system/xbin $ su

su

1|shell@android:/system/xbin $
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
Can anyone comment on the ownership of su and busybox by shell and not root? If you use a busy command, do you get output? ( busybox mount will show a bunch of info)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thenrz:
Thank you for posting all that! I find it really interesting that our root setups are totally different (I assume different root method, choice of maker where to put things?) yet both of us lost root (but I still had # after wipe). Good info for the future in terms of protecting root from OTAs.

Heres my xbin:

u0_a84@android:/ $ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
u0_a84@android:/ $ ls -l /system/xbin
-rwsr-xr-x root root 497964 2012-09-29 04:16 busybox
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 59760 2012-09-28 00:24 dexdump
-rwx------ root root 5380 2012-09-28 00:24 ps3bttest
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 23592 2012-09-28 00:24 rfcomm
u0_a84@android:/ $
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BlueHawk:
I thought I had lost root and could not use the methods described here. I could not get the root prompt as per the instructions. However, I had SuperSU installed and found that if I disabled Superuser in the settings for SuperSU (it was enabled from before the OTA update), and then enabled it again (unticking and ticking that box in the settings for SuperSU), I had root restored. Lucky too since I found that Voodoo OTA rootkeeper did bugger all. :D