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[Galaxy Note II General] jerverg:
Hello fellow Pinoys. Anybody here got a Magnet Link for the latest PH official firmware so I can download it as a Torrent? I tried downloading it from sammobile.com but failed a lot of times as it's too big (1GB) to be handled by my browser's download manager. Mine came with a French firmware. I wanna change it to Ph so I can receive the nenext update through Kies.

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Try kimstore.multiply.com

I have bought 4 units from them already. HTC OneX they sold to me was made in Taiwan. Sony Xperia T was made in Japan. SIII was made in Korea. NoteII is made in Korea as well. I ensure you that the units they sell have good quality. And they have 3-days return policy for factory defects unlike the Samsung Store in malls which don't accept returns which sucks because they should be the one to actually offer exchange for defective units. Couple that with Samsung store's overpricing of 32,990. Kimstore sells the unit at 24,600 at the moment. You can even use credit card with 0% interest. And for warranty, you just call them and they will meet up with you. Or ig you're not from Manila, they ship units as well, for a little additional shipping price.

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Samsung's warranty is crap. They will still charge you for the broken parts. It's for nothing.
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
That's not true. I've owned many Samsung devices before and if you buy them with official local warranty they don't charge for parts and service. Unless the damage is your fault. It's unfair that you claim otherwise without giving all the facts of your case and circumstances attending.

Kimstore gives a 3 day exchange because they only have service warranty.
[Galaxy Note II General] elms327:
+1

In addition, samsung stores offer a 7 day replacement warranty in case your unit is defective.

I brought my s2 to a samsung service center and they replaced the motherboard for free because it is still under warranty. Cost of the motherboard is 8.5k btw ang i havan't paid a single cent.
[Galaxy Note II General] Papapau:
26 pages. Not bad.. Just subscribing to this thread at sa fb group..

GS Note 2

N7100 (Globe Telecom)

Android Revolution HD

Perseus Kernel
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
What's the relevance of 26 pages?
[Galaxy Note II General] kinsenas:
Maybe he's thinking about the reliability of this thread hahaha!
[Galaxy Note II General] Papapau:
Exactly.
[Galaxy Note II General] kinsenas:
Hey guys I think I'be going with the globe plan. I've computed the costs and I learned that it will be much cheaper even with a slow data connection. Waiting for my SGNote II next week! I'm excited na! :)
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
Best phone ever! You won't regret it!
[Galaxy Note II General] Operative:
I agree!
[Galaxy Note II General] badbadtz.carlo:
my only Samsung phone before SGN2 was the L700 i got from Globe's retention back in 2008(with Rihanna/CB concert tix :p) and it had minor needle point size imperfection on its metal keypads. took it to them on the 6th day from release and unit was exchanged outright.

fastforward to its 11th month, i had it serviced for malfunctioning lcd. though it took time to ship the part, i was not charged for anything. they even replaced my semi-malfunctioning power keys. serviced me for a good 2 years until it died diving in a swimming pool!

so, for the note2, i personally feel that the premium for Samsung warranty is definitely worth the peace of mind. had they offered extended warranty, i'd grab it still.
[Galaxy Note II General] Blacklighter11:
To those who have had the note 2 for quite a time, do you notice any fading? I asjked because i have sweaty hands. All phones that i owned seemed to fade except for the iphones.
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
I have sweaty hands too. What do you mean by fading? Fading where?
[Galaxy Note II General] Papapau:
+1 sweaty hands.. +1 fading how?
[Galaxy Note II General] Blacklighter11:
Since it is made of plastic and possibly painted (?) does the plastic fade over time due to sweaty hands?
[Galaxy Note II General] mlecruz:
I've had GNII for over a month now and I haven't noticed any fading. Oh and +1 super sweaty hands
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
No it doesn't fade. Besides, you can always buy a replacement back cover.
[Galaxy Note II General] loonylupin:
Introduction and first post

Hello, kabayans!

I stumbled upon this thread after lurking for a lot of time in the thread discussing the upgrade of SGT-P1000 to AOKP ICS builds. I then browsed the Galaxy Note 2 forums upon getting my spanking brand new device.

I got my SGN2 three weeks ago through Smart Data Plan 2000 instead of Globe's Plan 1699. IMHO, Smart has a better data connection than Globe. I just had to cash out P2500 to get a 24-month contract instead of 30 months. This really is an amazing device! I was planning on getting the SGS3 some months ago. Thankfully I was able to wait a bit more and got this instead. I've tried most of the features including Best faces, photo note, multi-screen, Quick Command, and of course the S Note.

I was able to backup the apps installed in my Tab via Titanium Backup Pro app. I transferred the apps to my Note 2 and still get to continue playing my games from where I left off and also retain the high scores. Hehe. My accessories so far include a cheap cover from St. Francis Square for P350, and an OEM battery kit+stand for P1800 from a SGN2 promo kiosk in Glorietta two weeks ago.

That's it for now, folks. Hoping for a lively exchange of ideas and tips and tricks from you guys.

Cheers!
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
Welcome to the forums! Careful about restoring settings with titanium. Sometimes it might cause the launcher and other apps to crash. Hehe.
[Galaxy Note II General] gtizon:
Restore the apps but do not include data. That causes issues most of the time.
[Galaxy Note II General] loonylupin:
I restored only the data for most of the games I play. I crashed my Tab a lot of times in the past due to careless data restore whenever I flashed it with ICS build upgrades. I guess I learned now from my errors. Hehe.

I'll check out today the 64 GB Class 10 micro SD card in Game Xtreme. Thanks for the tip!
[Galaxy Note II General] triadwarfare:
I've owned the note 2 since oct 14. I love on how it improves compared on my sister's note 1.

-unified memory - no more dealing with partitions

-exfat support - can't live with only 4gb file size limit.

-led - although functionality's limited, it's nice to know that led notifications are returning to cell phones to let us know we have a message w/o turning the screen on.

-Battery - it can last a day of heavy use and 2 days for moderate use. Huge improvement over the note 1.

-multitasking - although supported apps are limited, I love this feature. Won't trade this feature for the stock ui. I can say that TouchWiz is getting better.

Things I don't like

-16gb only??? What the f* samsung was thinking? Usable memory's much less than that. (10GB). What makes matter's worse is that you can't put apps in the SD card. It's google's fault for dropping mainstream support for external storage but samsung should have given the consumers more options to go to a higher storage device rather than make us suffer until 32gb becomes the next storage minimum. Games are getting larger as the potential of the smartphone is being tapped. Don't be too conservative on storage options.

-4G. Dividing the markets made 4G support almost nonexistent here. Samsung has already developed a chipset to make quad cores work with Lte and I'm pretty disappointed that Sammy won't make LTE a standard in all Note 2 releases, unlike the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5 had made a lot of bad press, but it did something right - introduce LTE regardless of country or carrier.
[Galaxy Note II General] jermitano:
if you'll stick to stock these would be the differences but they can all be easily remedied by going custom
[Galaxy Note II General] anoneemooz:
Hello friends :)

Finally, after a month or so of lurking around the Note 2 forums (deciding between it and the Nexus 4), I jumped the gun and ordered the Note 2! It probably helped that the Nexus 4 is pretty much sold out still and my current phone (SGS1) has been choking on more recent games.

Got it from Ensogo (Living Social) which has a deal for it now for 25,499 with 1 year warranty and 7 days exchange so it seems like a great deal I think. :) Didn't check if it was Samsung warranty though. It gives me a little bit more peace of mind vs getting it from the grey market. You can choose whichever color.

Gonna be picking it up this coming Wednesday! The deal is still on until Monday I think so those who have been wanting it at a lower price...now's your chance! :D

Have you guys been able to find some good quality cases here locally? I've ordered a Seidio Active case but I won't be getting it until my relatives come visit this February. I need a temporary case until then. I would order online but I've had bad experiences with my orders getting stuck at customs here for like forever.

Anyways, I've rarely communicated with Filipino XDA-ers since I became a member here like 2 or 3 years ago but I guess now's as good a time as any to say hi :p
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
You made the right choice with the note 2! There are many decent cases locally. Where do you live near? I can recommend some places depending on your location.
[Galaxy Note II General] redlinux:
Well well well...what do you know..N7100 for noypis..magandang araw mga kabayan!

Edit: anybody know where to buy premium N7100 cases? As u know I'm from the queen city of the south so any contact numbers or websites referencing these shops in Metro Manila is greatly appreciated. Currently, I get all my accessories from the US as it's very hard to find vendors here in my city.
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
Is there a particular case you're looking for? I can buy it for you in Makati and ship it to you via lbc. The ones I've seen are original flip covers (white, gray) and original protective case + (white, black, pink). Also, when the sgp cases come in end of the month I can get from applewerkz and send it to you (www.spigen.com)
[Galaxy Note II General] redlinux:
Hey..thanks for the reply. I don't have a brand in mind at the moment. I just wanna look for anything that might get my attention. I'm scouring eBay.com and I can see some pretty attractive ones. I'm more inclined to snap on cases like my SGP TPU with the N7000. I have a cheapo black TPU case right now but I hate the holes on the power and volume rocker.

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[Galaxy Note II General] anoneemooz:
I live in San Juan near Greenhills. A lot of the big metro manila malls are pretty accessible to me..I'm interested in wallet type/folio cases for now. I see a lot of good ones on ebay (international) however on ebay.ph the choices aren't all too great.
[Galaxy Note II General] NullDividere:
I bought my accessories at Lucky Chinatown. They have the official flip cover for only 1040. :thumbup:
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
That's the "official" flip cover from china not the official samsung one. There are imitation ones floating around.
[Galaxy Note II General] NullDividere:
Obviously you haven't gone to the mall yet. Visit first before telling people which is an original product or not.

Edit: I see. So you're doing business here. Sorry I didn't mean to ruin someone's business. Don't worry, I would NEVER again tell anyone where to buy cheap OFFICIAL Samsung accessories..
[Galaxy Note II General] Papapau:
prinzhernan really knows how to make an impression to new comers here.. read some of his welcome responses on the previous pages..

NullDividire, try joining sa FB page. Showcase ng covers for n7100 there, lots of choices..
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
No no, not doing business here. I just help people out when accessories are not available to them, I help order abroad or ship etc. I don't gain anything from recommending shops or even buying and shipping from some members.

I believe that that's the China version because I encountered it a few times looking for the official flip cover. The imitation ones are usually 1k and the official ones are around 1.5k to 2k. You can usually tell based on price because I've been everywhere around the metro looking for the cheapest price even in binondo, the cheapest official samsung version is 1.5k. I'd like to see a picture though of the one you said is original. Of course if it's genuine and cheap then everyone should know about it. It's just that the imitation and original look very similar, even packaging, and shops tell you it's genuine even if it isn't. If you compare the one from the official shops and the imitation ones you won't notice the difference immediately. The logo and the way it's printed is different. Even the finish of the back cover replacement looks different from the imitation and original.

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What are you implying? This is a forum it's not against the rules to question and ask people details about information they are disseminating. Just like the time when people were getting supposedly cheap official flip covers from widget city. They were the selling imitation/china version for 1.2k and people thought it was the real thing.
[Galaxy Note II General] NullDividere:
Alright. I apologize for misunderstanding your intentions. Anyway, I'll post the pic when I got home. Currently, I'm using a tpu case which I bought for only 650 from the same mall.

May I know which part, specifically, of the packaging/product would you like me to take a shot of for you to determine if they are legit Sammy products?
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
No worries. I want to clarify because lately there has been over pricing on the note 2 cover. If everyone can find a cheap source then win win for us all.

Please take a pic of the back of the packaging/box. Also the back cover of the flip cover. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note II General] NullDividere:
Ayt. Will do once I got home.

Hope more Note II accessories would arrive here on Dec. I rarely see sgsnii items when I checked the malls 2 weeks back.
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
Yeah there wasn't any. I'm eagerly awaiting the stock of applewerkz to come in. They said end of November. Love the cases they carry!
[Galaxy Note II General] Operative:
FYI Prinz is not doing business he is just being nice and helpful to everyone he comes from a decent family and doesn't need to even work. I stop judging people because they're being nice. He HELPED me get all of my original cases and never earned a single centavo. MORE POWER PRINZ!

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[Galaxy Note II General] badbadtz.carlo:
there are a lot of china-version "originals" which are too hard for the untrained eye (like mine). Capdase China versions are now starting to sprout at malls, which cost about 780-800 pesos while the original ones range from 1000 - 1200. While some will not mind, some do.

good to know what you'll be paying for is what you should be getting. ;)

anyway, prinzhernan, are the Gamextreme 64GB Sandisks which you got for 2650 originals? I'm down to my last available GB on my note2 and the prices of 64GBs in malls are way higher ranging from 3800 to as high as 5800 for 64GBs! they claim though that the premium is for the 5year warranty, no questions asked when your SDs conk out.
[Galaxy Note II General] NullDividere:
Thanks for the info. I'll check them on the net later.

By the way, here are the photos of the case I bought from Lucky Chinatown. :)

That's why I apologized. I admit that I misjudged his STATEMENT but not his being helpful ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] Operative:
It's authentic. I got mine for 2895 at Gamextreme ATC. It comes with 1 year warranty.

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[Galaxy Note II General] jermitano:
join our fb page as well... there are sellers and source point buyer resellers for cases and accessories
[Galaxy Note II General] Operative:
It's the original one. =)

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[Galaxy Note II General] badbadtz.carlo:
great! i'll personally inspect it this week. got my PS3 and other electronics from Gamextreme before but never SD cards. They only offer service warranty from and not manufacturers' for my other purchases.

is the 1 year warranty on the Sandisk also service warranty? stores who offered the higher priced ones said I can register it on Sandisk's website while in their store to prove authenticity unlike others daw. Not bad a challenge, di ba? :)
[Galaxy Note II General] Operative:
They will replace it. =)

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[Galaxy Note II General] redlinux:
Can you post the FB Group link?

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I would think the P2650 64GB is original. I got mine from the US and the price is about the same.

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[Galaxy Note II General] jermitano:
fb group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/samsunggalaxynote2phil/
[Galaxy Note II General] NullDividere:
Are those 64gb class 10 uhs-1 memories?
[Galaxy Note II General] prinzhernan:
Wow! It's the original! That's a really cheap price! Any directions for that shop?

Regarding sd cards, gamextreme sells all original stuff. If you decide to get from any other seller, just be careful of the price, anything below 2500 might be an imitation so keep on asking the seller questions. It's very easy to copy the look and even the retail packaging.

Also, when getting a microsd test it and test it, fill it up, transfer files etc. You'll never know if you'd get a bad one so just make sure it works well. Usually sellers have a 24 to 3 day replacement period. Good luck! :)
[Galaxy Note II General] rockysiccion:
Guys! just want to ask. do you think that the galaxy note dual sim will work on phil?

And the case im using is zenus.

Best case if you want wallet or diary.

Im using it from note 1 to s3 now note 2
[Galaxy Note II General] rockysiccion:
Sorry for the double picture.
[Galaxy Note II General] pongster:
Looking to get a case and a 64GB sdxc... Are there any tough cases available locally or abroad?

BTW, if you guys have any meet ups and events do let me know if you want some tips on tweaking, modding and even building your own kernel. Its easier to discuss these and teach it 'live' while you're on you're laptops and connected to a fast data service. :)
[Galaxy Note II General] badbadtz.carlo:
Dropped by Glo3 earlier and got a 32GB Sandisk from Gamextreme. Originally wanted a 64GB but didn't really want to spend that much for something i won't maximize. Uhs-1 32 gb sandisk is 1450 while 64gb variant costs 2850. The 2650 is for the full sized sandisk sd. Ü
[Galaxy Note II General] NullDividere:
It's near 168 Mall and Tutuban. I also didn't expect to find such mall at that area :p. It was developed by Megaworld (Resorts World and Eastwood Mall developer). The shop is located at the ground flr, near Bread Talk
[Galaxy Note II General] powermac143:
wow grand eyeball

like the idea of pongster, to get together and tweak the device, and learning new stuff about our device..... hopefully it will push through.. any recommendation for cases and screen protection in my area. Angeles City pampanga.. using my note for more than a month. bared naked. so far no scratches and accidents.... i have notice, i dont know if my analogy is correct based on cases and my experience using cases both hard and soft: " since my previous phone and psp device, i use cases soft and hard cases,i notice small scratches from the side of the phone and my psp has small scratches in its back cover and even the metal circle around. the mere fact the hard cases don't touches it. Is it true dust causes abrasions in between the cases and the phone itself...... still base on my previous experience i will still want to find a hard and soft case to protect my phone... any suggestion in my area.. thanks.
[Galaxy Note II General] Operative:
Count me in! Would love to meet fellow NOTE users! =)

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It's true that dust can scratch our phones. So far the only case that really protected my device without scratching my phone is Lifeproof. Wish they consider making cases for Samsung products too. Would love to have a waterproof Note! =)

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[Galaxy Note II General] kinsenas:
Just got my beast this afternoon! I'm just so happy! :)) Any recommendations guys for games or apps?
[Galaxy Note II General] BratPAQ:
search for free games on samsung apps, some of the apps are free on samsung apps but not free on google play.
[Galaxy Note II General] NullDividere:
Stock or Custom ROM?

May I know who's using which ROM here?
[Galaxy Note II General] redlinux:
I've always used Rooted stock. When i say stock, i mean pure stock. It' just that i root it during flashing. No need to use unsecure kernel and all.

Just last week I finally tried ARHD 5.0 with Perseus Kernel custom ROM and kernel. I'd say I'm pretty impressed as far as performance and battery life are concern.

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[Galaxy Note II General] pauch_19@yahoo.com:
im planning to root my phone but maybe when im able to buy a microsd card. atm im still pure stock. any suggestions on a good kernel to use that can also backup efs? or all kernels with root can do that already? thanks in advance:)
[Galaxy Note II General] NullDividere:
I like ARHD for its stock look. Just hate their file host! Terrible network throughput (considering i'm downloading from my office with 10MBps (not mbps) DL speed)! :thumbdown: I've been using Omega 7.1 + Perseus for a week now. Will test NEAK kernel later. Seems to be promising. What do you think? Perseus or NEAK?
[Galaxy Note II General] redlinux:
An increasing number of people are liking NEAK. I'm a bit skeptical though. I like my current setup and I have no issues with Perseus. Also, I don't mind the file host because I only get to download it once. My trick is to sometimes wait for someone to finish downloading it and then ping him to upload it to his dropbox. From there, the ROM is copied instantly to my dropbox and I can download it with much faster speed. :p

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[Galaxy Note II General] NullDividere:
Haha! Nice idea! Then would you mind sharing me your dropbox link to arhd? :D
[Galaxy Note II General] redlinux:
I'll probably just ping it to you. I can setup one if you like.

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[Galaxy Note II General] NullDividere:
Alright. Please. Just PM me the link for ARHD 5. I'll downloaf it tomorrow. Thank you!
[Galaxy Note II General] j3yps:
Been using the phone for almost a week now...quick question, if you're downloading an app and there's a tablet version of the app (e.g.: Tapatalk/Tapatalk HD) should i get the tablet version or the phone version?
[Galaxy Note II General] redlinux:
Just get the phone version.

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