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[Galaxy Note II General] torque321:
... no update for me yet......
[Galaxy Note II General] dcpathak:
Which bluetooth headset is good to use with note 2. Using phone directly puts my sweat on it in this hot summer.

Also where to find the temperature sensor on note 2 so that I can see what is the temperature of my phone?
[Galaxy Note II General] dcpathak:
Mine is also version 4.0.27. perhaps it is the latest one!
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
This seems to be issue on PC side, try installing java sdk as well if you can manage do on other PC, also try using different USB port, preferable one on back side of PC (direct on MoBo)

I already have explained you how to backup from device itself (other method)

1.http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=41038915&postcount=2920

This you can do without CWM recovery and without raising counter.

OR

2.Simply flash philz recovery and it have tool to backup, later you can restore stock recovery, just you have to reset flash counter
[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
Try clearing data of Play Store. And then open it again.

Sent from my Note II
[Galaxy Note II General] torque321:
yep.. it is the latest one... was just curious why i have not yet received the update..

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will clearing data delete the whole account details and related data ?
[Galaxy Note II General] Droiderr:
If u clear the data thru applications manager in settings it will just kind of reset your play store.. No data or apps on the phone will be deleted
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
does note 2 will get Air gestures ? i think its a software tweak of front camera ....
[Galaxy Note II General] SacGuru:
Those bubbles will go away in a couple of days. Don't worry. For me, i think it took them 48 hours or something. On my sister's nexus 10, it actually took around 10 days for every bubble to settle down. But after that the guard looks really good.

Sent from my GT-N7100 or the Nexus 10, heaven knows.

Those who help noobs go to heaven. True story.
[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
Does Gadgetshieldz have COD? I'd like to purchase one.

Sent from my Note II
[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
Well..i just went and saw the s4.kinda making a big fool out of myself (considering I've been anti-samsung these days) but i really really liked it =P i may just get it in a couple days.the screen looks amazing..pentile isn't relevant.the plastic feels better than that of the note 2 and overall its even more comfortable to use than the s3.even slightly lighter.what do you guys think?

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[Galaxy Note II General] manish21nov:
Someone truly said geniuses are never made ...they are born........nice wrk buddy ...creativity to its maxx
[Galaxy Note II General] D4rkShadow:
after a fail attempt at finding a guard and case in kolkata,am thinking of getting Molife M-SL-SMNOTE-2 Screen Protector and Amzer 94947 Shellster from flipkart. any opinion on them guys?
[Galaxy Note II General] watsinaname:
Try them for the protector

http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120997182861

Sent from Beauty & the Beast (GT-N7100)
[Galaxy Note II General] eyan2011:
I've already posted this tip. But what the heck ill post it again, lets face it no one uses svoice anymore after google now. If you wanna experience project butter deactivate the svoice use of home button.

How to:

Open svoice-settings- de select open via home key. Give it a shot you'll see the difference btw opening or closing an application. You can still use svoice by lockscreen or by app drawer.
[Galaxy Note II General] j89:
Interesting. It does speed up.

But, if you want to use Bluetooth, Google Now won't work, not unless you make a minor irritating change. Have you tried Robins, pretty interesting as well.
[Galaxy Note II General] eyan2011:
Yup Robin "the siri challenger" useful app but I really wish it had more support in indian grounds. The app has many functions than any other voice assistances out there i think. This is a warning do not under any circumstances install the leaked 4.2 keyboard. Im not sure if this effects anyone else device but it affected mine. After installing the app the battery started to drain and you might think im talking crazy but I couldn't charge the phone it gets stuck at 97 or 67 % at times it refused to charge I had to reboot several times to get it charged. Thanks to dr ketan who told me either I should reset the battery status or flash a new custome rom. Then it hit maybe an app is keeping up my status. So I looked back followed my traces and uninstalled 4.2 keyboard. After that no issues while charging my battery stays the same on standby.
[Galaxy Note II General] Shams Imam:
Help Needed

thanks for that.

I am experiencing an unusual problem since today morning. The Youtube app on my Note II is not able to sign in with my gmail account. It is working fine when I am not signed in. But when I try to sign in it shows " There was a problem with a network [500] " message.

I have already tried many things such as restarting the phone,disabling and enabling data, clearing the data of the Youtube app but nothing seems to work.

I really cannot understand this problem.

Please guys can you check and see if you all are also encountering this problem and what is the remedy to this ??

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Guys help needed !!

I am experiencing an unusual problem since today morning. The Youtube app on my Note II is not able to sign in with my gmail account. It is working fine when I am not signed in. But when I try to sign in it shows " There was a problem with a network [500] " message.

I have already tried many things such as restarting the phone,disabling and enabling data, clearing the data of the Youtube app but nothing seems to work.

I really cannot understand this problem.

Please guys can you check and see if you all are also encountering this problem and what is the remedy to this ??
[Galaxy Note II General] heartblasts:
I also facing the same problem
[Galaxy Note II General] snakkarike:
Even I am encountering the same problem right now
[Galaxy Note II General] Shams Imam:
Plus I have noticed one more thing.

I cannot use the S pen to interact in the SVoice app. Whereas Samsung and even other random videos on Youtube show this functionality !!

Guys you all facing the same issue ?? will it need a software upgrade to bring in the function ??
[Galaxy Note II General] antisp1n:
Add me to the list of people with the YouTube app issue
[Galaxy Note II General] Shams Imam:
just checked, its working fine now !!
[Galaxy Note II General] heartblasts:
That feature is available only for some languages, go to s voice settings then change language to English (United States) and try, it will work.
[Galaxy Note II General] manish21nov:
Nup in my case wrking fine ......youtube with gmail....
[Galaxy Note II General] sudeepm:
How about disabling s-voice totally from Applications > All. Unless of course one uses s-voice frequently. Google Now should be equally good or better..plus voice actions are still very limited I suppose.
[Galaxy Note II General] eyan2011:
YouTube server from Google mobile was under service for an hour. Speaking of youtube does anybody here own a playstation 3, If so and you don't have that fancy tv that uses Internet. Worry no more (This is old news) you can install an youtube app and watch it on the big screen. Still not good enough but there's more you can nagivate once you link your phone (YouTube app) to the ps3(YouTube only). It isn't available in india yet but there an alternate trick to get it earlier. All you need to do is create a north American account> from that account nagivate to ps3 apps> youtube. Also you don't need the American account to watch videos you can sign in from your Indian account and watch it in a que. Note this will increase the wifi usage 10×times be careful
[Galaxy Note II General] motoindia:
i'm also facing the same youtube issue.
[Galaxy Note II General] manish21nov:
Am having ps3 ...
[Galaxy Note II General] eyan2011:
Give it a shot, let me know how it went.
[Galaxy Note II General] kdskamal:
I got it in 1.5 days. Very very fast!

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[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
From Note II, not a worthy upgrade for me.

No S Pen, Less battery life. And it's probably me, but I don't really like these feather light phones to be perfectly honest. And this might be just me again, but I personally prefer the non Pentile SAMOLED screen, it's absolutely gorgeous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6-a_sQbRSo @ 1:51 check out the whites in both.
[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
I love the battery life but im never too far from a charger.i also love the spen...but im not depending on it either.sketchbook works well on my s3 and tab 10.1 (2011) too.most of the all the major reasons for me are the screen and the general comfortable aesthetic and camera.the camera is like holy s*** good :D tbh i couldn't care less about the processor..as long as the phone works smooth and games run fast im happy =P cm isn't a priority i find the new touchwiz better looking now.im not gonna root it for the next 2 months or at least till they haven't figured that unrootable kernel thing.and in a realistic pov..the plastic isn't all that bad.ive ordered a 16 gb micro sd its on the way but now il install it directly on my s4.when i do get it that is =P

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[Galaxy Note II General] torque321:
Tried it but dont work..

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Tried ..no luck...
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
Seriously, is camera is that big a deal? But fair enough, I don't use mobile cameras to take much pictures at all anyways. If you value aesthetics that much, go for the One? Has better speakers too - since you don't care much about batteries or processor.

Without S Pen, sketchbook is useless to be honest. It doesn't use the Wacom digitizer unlike Note II. Tab 10.1 should be fine though.
[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
Nah im just gonna get the s4.i use my mobile's camera to take alot of photos.mobile (not instagram) speaker doesn't matter that much cause i have an htc explorer for music (mainly in the gym) and i usually don't watch music videos on my mobiles.i do watch alot of movies/tv shows/youtube but i don't think i need really good speakers for that and i mostly use earphones anyways.and as i said,i love the s-pen on my phone but i don't need it.i respect your opinion and advice,but still at the end of the it's each to their own. :)

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[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
Oh absolutely, just wondering that's all. Whatever makes you happy! S4 is a great device.

Re: The S Pen, that comment was just for the "Sketchbook works on my S3" part - for me it's useless without a digitized/stylus. Not saying that S Pen has good utility for everyone, obviously.
[Galaxy Note II General] kachrukamble:
Ok Ok, Go for it...

but dont rush right now, wait for a month to cut down the price.

I strongly believe S4 is over priced at Launch..(its usual nowadays)

Eidt: another reason is, the first batch of S4 having lots of issues.
[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
Hmm..il see.thanks for the advice.the price isn't really a matter cause I'm getting it from a source where it wouldn't be a prob.

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Yeah the s-pen is a very great utility.ive made alot of projects in S-Note and they come out beautifully.people wander how the hell did i draw on it =P but I knew i won't be getting the note 3 so i never let myself be too accustomed to the spen.if i'd want a device with a s-pen for official work and stuff il buy the note 8.not right now cause it's wayyy to overpriced imo.

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[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
Have you checked the S4 forums? Maybe the S4's initial units have a problem like the Note 2's SDS and my HOX's dead pixels... I'd suggest waiting out till the first batch sells out. Shouldn't be more than a month for this phone...

Sent from my Note II
[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
What is this screen smearing issue? And did the sds issue occur on the initial batches?

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[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
Smearing?

I'm just saying that just check out the existing owners and their views before buying.

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[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
Well I've left a post there.hopefully would get a reply soon enough.thanks for the advice.

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Ive read through 30-40 pages in the s4 indian thread..most issues seem to be fixed by otas like overheating/screen problems.so what would be the final advice you guys would give? I can't really decide upon my own.im kind of an impatient person when it's about mobile phones but i don't wanna waste 42k worth of sweat and hardwork.

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[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
I suggest if your mind is set, go and buy it. And try to get the max internal storage version.

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[Galaxy Note II General] chaitanya87:
Wait for note 3. It's the best of 2013.
[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
How I reduced the notification lag everyone was talking about.

Removed all but 5 samsung notification shortcuts so that they stop dancing. Then used the most common toggles with the power toggles app. See here:

Observe that I have 3 TouchWiz based toggles and the GPS and sound toggles.

And I must say the lag is gone. Even with these many ongoing notifications.

Sent from my Note II
[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
Ok =) thanks alot man.appreciate the selfless help.sometimes im amazed at how helpful you guys here on xda are :laugh: and i did ask the samsung smartphone cafe guy i went to this morning and he just said that the 16 gig version is coming. =| well i ordered a 16 gb micro sd which should be delivered by now but the flipkart guys are kind of being in a pain in the ass..anyways thanks!
[Galaxy Note II General] dcpathak:
What is the battery widget? And how do you get the battery temperature? I bought it just 6 days back and then so busy with exams that cannot play much.
[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
That's is the ongoing notification of GSam Battery Monitor.

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[Galaxy Note II General] nidhish91:
My friend has purchased S4 and he didnt find any over heating or dead pixel issues. He is going crazy using it. lol
[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
Haha nice! =)

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[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
Thank you dear dr for your valuable advices and consistent help irrespective of your precious time.After 3 or 4 days' frantic search in xda I located an apk(Andromizer by J.Y.Daddy) which claims to backup and restore EFS of N7100, N7000, SIII, SII and a host of other devices.It is also available in Playstore and several users say it worked for them.So as a test case I installed it in my Note and tried the backup.It did do the Backup in 2 folders,one as an image file of size about 20MB and the other as a tar file of size about 57KB.These files are in a folder namely Andromizer in Sdcard0 of the phone.Is this worthwhile in case a restoration is needed and can it be used without any issues effectively?

Meanwhile I have bookmarked your thread in which Terminal use is mentioned .Whether this backup also is to be securely kept?
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
I have not used that application so can't give comment on that, but if other user have used that then it should be work.

Still if you don't mind, you can use terminal emulator and make one more backup as I said.(it won't take more than 5min)See what I have suggest you is very clean, tou can read command and it simply taking efs partition backup so worth to make it when you have doubt with other backup.
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
OK dr .Definitely I will do that Backup also.Of course it will be a buffer solution as you suggested.And thanks once again .

With regards....
[Galaxy Note II General] emze:
Hey guys, I picked up a Note II finally. And I'm done with my HOX. looking forward to a great time with you guys.
[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
Welcome to the family :thumbup:

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[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
Welcome :)

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[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Is there any coating over the main display? Someone has scratched my screen, so I was wondering.

'Swyped' from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] seltaeb:
Yes. Oleophobic coating, that can get scratches fairly easily but generally not very visible. But if you can feel the scratch with your nail then it's the glass that's scratched. That's not so easy but sand can do it due to quartz content.
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Thanks. I can feel the scratch with my nail, but very slightly. I will try to change that coating first, if it's still there then I'll change the main display.

What's the cost of that Oleophobic coating?

PS: I'm in Goa in my friends marriage ceremony, and the cell was moving from this to that person and I'm sure it's sand.

'Swyped' from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] seltaeb:
Oh, I meant the phone comes with the coating on the display. I dont think you can get it applied separately. I do remember a thread in either the S3 or Note forum about some way to fix scratches but I wouldn't put much faith in that (involved toothpaste I think!) Edit: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1185606

Incidentally my erstwhile Note II got scratched in Goa as well. If its only visible when light falls on it in a particular way, I'd let it go.
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Oh Damn! Toothpaste trick didn't work for me! Can't believe now I'll have to pay for a LCD, I hate this type of wastage :mad:

'Swyped' from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] seltaeb:
I'd live with it for a few months, sell it and get the Note III instead.
[Galaxy Note II General] kachrukamble:
Have you planned for Note III as well??
[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
*sigh*..cant get the s4 due to financial reasons.all the odds weren't in this month's favor anyways..il just get the htc one in august on my birthday.besides I'm feeling morally wrong to buy the s4 tbh.

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[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Lol, I wouldn't get a good selling price with that scratch. Besides I had plan to use it for another year. I've a dirty trick in mind, let's see if it works.

'Swyped' from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] emze:
Hey. Thank you. BTW, is there anything I must know, regarding this phone? The note 1 had some emmc issues and super bricks. And I've not found any such issues with II in my research.
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
Stay away from any ROM,recovery or kernel which released before 2013.

ROMs released initialy have brick bug and can brick your device spontaneously without any trigger, later samsung have patched (believed to be) with kernel (and so recovery too as recovery also using kernel source code).

All the latest ROMs 4.1.2 released in 2013 are safe.
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
OK Dr.Now I have backed up EFS with Terminal Emulator also as you advised and the file is in the Ext Sd Card. I have placed a copy of it in my PC also.Now I want to know how this file can be used to restore if need arises.When IMEI is lost whether the phone will have access to this file in Sd card or to the apks in the Sdcard?Please give me an step by step guidance so as to keep it in my PC.Waiting with thanks again....
[Galaxy Note II General] seltaeb:
Well, that's been my schedule for the last two years. But then there will be an iPhone in between, so I don't know -- right now wifey is p*ssed off at me because I am stuck with 3 phones at the moment (S4, Nexus 4 and iPhone 5) :-/

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The S4 has teething issues, might as well wait.
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
If you need to restore EFS

1.If you using application which you have used to backup, make sure backup is available in same folder as you got while on backup. then restore from application

2.In case you using terminal as per command i have said

Keep that backup on Ext SD card, which you have got by terminal

and at time to restore, issue this command from terminal and reboot

dd if=/storage/extSdCard/efs.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=4096

PS : Don't try to restore to test any of method, unless you really have messed up EFS
[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
what is this teething issue? and would you recommend getting the nexus 4 now?
[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
If you're gonna buy in august on your birthday then check if the Nexus 5 might get an official release in India. If it will, then I'd suggest a a Nexus over any other phone.

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[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
Damn so many choices =P

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[Galaxy Note II General] seltaeb:
S4 -- Some screen issues. Some complaints of over heating.

The Nexus 4 is great -- but unless you are into AOSP it has little to offer (price apart). The camera is especially bad.
[Galaxy Note II General] xpress7:
Yes, I don't consider Nexus 4 as an upgrade. Apart from stock android experience, and smoothness everything else is bad on Nexus 4. Camera is bad, battery backup is bad. And No microsd slot, and non removable battery. So I suggest S4. Nexus 4 is outdated now IMO. :)

Almost all newer flagship phones have Full HD display, 13mp cam and most of all good battery backup than Nexus 4 :D
[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
I guess it would be just better that i buy a s4 next month.i need a good camera,a decent battery (2-3 and a half hours onscreen time) and as for the plastic il just a case the first day.and if you think about touchwiz from a very open perspective,aosp android seems a little..featureless now.sure it looks beautiful but sense 5/new touchwiz look better imho.

Yeah it doesn't seem like an upgrade to my note 2. =/

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[Galaxy Note II General] seltaeb:
The S4 has great battery life (4-5 hrs easy-peasy). The camera is excellent for outdoors and semi-decent for indoors as well. So if that's your main criteria, go for it. The S-features are all gimmicks though and only work in a half-a**ed sort of way mostly.

But mostly I am quite happy with mine.

By next month hopefully you'll also have more bug fixes and most definitely lower prices.

PS: Also consider the HTC One -- been hearing good things about it. No micro sd or removable battery though.
[Galaxy Note II General] saintsinner25:
Ive considered the htc one.hell i even decided upon it..until i held the s4 in my hand =P but as much as i've read the music quality is amazing on the s4.on earphones that is.that's a bigger priority to me than boomsound.how low do you think the prices would go? a couple 1000 or 3000 maybe?
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
Very much helpful dr and thank you very much.....