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[Galaxy Note II General] gaurav2009:
well you might be master in english...but for me I invested my money on my phone for atleast 2 years or more and it is disheartening when the price drops such drastically so soon...everybody can't afford a new phone after few months or days atleast me..
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
Either phone or car, it's well known fact, hardly you get more than 50% resale value of price you have purchased for (new) after warranty is over.

If you expect more, it will be disappointing always.
[Galaxy Note II General] gaurav2009:
u r right I was wrong..
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
Dr., as said in my PM I am attaching here the screenshots for your verification.

Also to mention that the link for BusyBox can not accessed. It says 'GONE'.
[Galaxy Note II General] shethsa:
Lag gone after I removed booster app!
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
i have Note 2 and plan to have it with me for the next 3 years hopefully , had galaxy s with me and i kept it for 2 years and then gave it to my wife after ruining it by rooting and flashing just 2-3 times .it does work on her though but it has issues like random rebooting and some others but it works (not flawlessly )

whoever says rooting and customizing doesnt ruin the phone is either lucky or lying , i was never a heavy flasher and still my phone got issues , i dont have weeks to read what is the best rom for my phone and keep changing it , so its not my fault if customisation did something wrong

so i am never gonna root or flash my phone in atleast 1st 1 or 1.5 years(maybe even never ) i couldnt sell my sgs because i had a fear that the seller would soon know issues with it and will demand money back . so you see unless you think your phone as complete junk and waste of money , stop customizing. and then atleast you can sell it for even 33% of original value , but atleast you get something , by customising you will probably get 0 value ,because buyer will hunt you down that you sold a bad phone
[Galaxy Note II General] shhbz:
well rooting and flashing does no bad to your phone ppl over here might flash 5 rom on a single day on frequent updates weekly or in 15 days and nothing wrong happens maybe you must consider yourself unlucky that your other phone did not acted as it should but trust me it does no bad I have been flashing diffrent rom from my hd2,desire hd,lg optimus 2x,s2 days and till now faced no problems and now the note 2 yes sometimes you may land up with issues but it can be sorted out and when you wish to sell ur device just stock and no one knows anything as ppl believe that custom rom flashing does harm but it brings new life to your phone fast and fluid.

and as far as the buyer is concerned he does check your phone before buying and agrees to accept the phone on verification so it becomes his responsibility thereafter if anything goes wrong with the phone as he even knows the risk of buying a second hand phone orelse he could have opted to go and buy a new device but he dont as he gets the device at a considerable price as per his budget keeping the warranty in mind.

just need to choose the right rom :good:
[Galaxy Note II General] greenguggu:
Well you're certainly wrong at this...rooting ot flashing does no bad to ur phone unless you do it right...i have a note 2 . i have flashed roms on it 100s of times..i have bricked it sometimes but uf you really know well about android there is always a way to unbrick...i currently have two roms installed on my phone... a 4.2.2 and a 4.1.2....dual boot and im facing no problems at all!!
[Galaxy Note II General] dcpathak:
I understand your concern. It really hurts when you see the price of such an expensive item falls after sometime of your purchase. I bought it after almost 6 months of release and still paid through nose. And yes, had I waited a bit more, I could have got it much cheaper.

Earlier it was a pattern that mobile were launched at highly inflated prices and witness drastic reduction after a few months. You may say it was a premium that one pays to have the latest and the greatest (!). Now this pattern has changed: Samsung reduces prices drastically when the newer sibling is about to come. What concerns me that if they can sell the same mobile even at a significantly cheaper price and still make handsome profit, just imagine the profit margin they have when they launch a set! And they are in so much hurry to launch a new device every year that they hardly take any care to polish the product. So many flaws remain because of insufficient lab testing and later they are so shameless that they even don't acknowledge the flaws. So the point of concern is that they sell you half-baked products at exorbitant price. I don't bother how much my note 2 did cost me but am seriously concerned how long it would last! No body knows for sure if sds is cured finally. It is quite possible that the so called software patches just delay the onset of sds rather than curing it! I believe that 2 year warranty must be made mandatory for all mobile manufactures across the world.
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
My first android was SGS1 - rooted after 3-4 month and used 1 yr(flashed 7-8 times), still my wife using it (still rooted and now almost 3yr) no issue at all

Had Note1 - rooted in first half an hour

Flashed >100 times, exchanged with Note2 without any issue after using 1 yr)

Now Note2 - rooted in half hr of purchase

Flashed > 50 time ROM

flashing > 10 files daiy now a days

Total flashing may be 250 or more

No issue at all

Why does flashing and rooting do bad with your device? Rooting/Flashing is not physical process, as far as you know what to do and what not to then there shouldn't be any issue.
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
my sgs on slimbean 3 started loosing tower signals after using for without problems a many months, it even used to loose signals in specific areas , even with new different roms things were bad , then i tried stock rom and it worked , but now its slow , laggy , and random reboots happen , only maximum 10 times flashed it
[Galaxy Note II General] Manjunath324:
Can anybody post latest Indian stock kernel flashable zip?

I am getting md5 mismatch error while restoring from recovery.

Presently I'm on perseus kernel.

Plzzzz.
[Galaxy Note II General] kachrukamble:
It looks like 4.2.2 update for Note 2 not coming on time Samsung twitted about

1.

Samsung Galaxy Note S3 & Note 2 Android 4.2.2 Update Not Before Fall

?

2.

Expertview.co.uk also guessing update has been delayed
[Galaxy Note II General] virani_joush:
I guess update is delayed may be because Samsung is integrating newly given security fixes from Google. May be...

Sent from my Galaxy Note II
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Guys is there any mod with which I can use different wallpapers in different sections, like in Notification bar, Settings menu, App drawer etc?
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
Xposed module - x background

For setting and some applications like Dialer using holo background (application have this optiin)

Drawer using home screen bg

Notification bg option there in application
[Galaxy Note II General] dcpathak:
I tested using Bluebox Security Scanner and the result is attached. Our devices are already safe so this should not be the cause of delay in update.
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Thanks. Installed, working fine on Notification bar, settings and dialer as you said. But App drawer has no effect. There is nothing could be done right?
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
I think on stock launcher may not.

I am using next 3d having option for that.
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Are you using Next 3D Lite or Premium? I just installed lite and I don't see any option like that. Could you tell me what's the option called?
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
I have premium

Preferences - app drawer setting - application drawer background.
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Thanks. Got it now.

One last question, how do you change icons in this launcher to a custom pack? There is no such option to change the icons! I mean I can change one by one but that'll take forever.

PS: Never mind, the icon pack I had installed isn't supported for Next!
[Galaxy Note II General] deohrishikesh7:
Hi guys

I am currently on dxmb2 stock rom with root.

Seeing my device status as normal instead of usually modified i teied downloading ota updates. I managed to download it but when tried to install it could not.

Kindly advise next latest stock rom and link to download same.

I am using cf auto root method

Thanks in advance

Accidently Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 using Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note II General] Ram121:
How much we can believe this app
[Galaxy Note II General] dpockets:
Guys pls help me with my battery stats I m not getting proper deep sleep I dont know why otherwise battery is nice and just bcz of that battery is draining fast......the phone is awake much more than screen on time I m attaching some screenshots....is there anything to do with samsung apps and all..i am on stock march update.....pls pls help me guys...
[Galaxy Note II General] dcpathak:
Quote:

Originally Posted by dcpathak

I tested using Bluebox Security Scanner and the result is attached. Our devices are already safe so this should not be the cause of delay in update.

How much we can believe this app

Individual preferences but just to remind you that it is by the same security company that detected the 'flaw'!
[Galaxy Note II General] arunsankar:
During your sleep time, the WiFi is switched ON which might be causing the wakelock? Also try using Wakelock detector. It gives a more "App" specific wakelock statistics than BBS.
[Galaxy Note II General] dpockets:
My friend is getting better deep sleep even with 3g I think wifi is better than that 3g all time.... and I will post a result of next drain with 3g in night and wakelock detector.....
[Galaxy Note II General] emze:
If this was the reason Samsung was not updating the device, it is very wrong.
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
SDS with 4.1.2!!!

To the serious attention of my fellow Note 2 owners.....

On Sunday my Note(purchased on Oct,12 with 4.1.1 FW and later rooted and updated with PreRooted 4.1.2 FW) finally succumbed to SDS! It was showing some symptoms 2 or 3 weeks earlier itself like not responding to power button immediately after a shut down,not flashing zips with M Odin,not going to recovery etc.The delay in time for response to power button gradually increased from 5 minutes to 30 minutes and it was not able to go to download mode also finally succumbing to death on Sunday.Yesterday I gave it to Samsung service and they are replacing the mother board.I was however somewhat lucky that this happened before the expiry of my warranty.So my fellow users ,I warn you all to please keep your phone in tact with correct counter and status at least within the time of warranty irrespective of the fact that you are in 4.1.2.It can come to 4.1.2 too!
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
Just replied to pm

Actually sds is caused by cumulative effects, if you have used 4.1.1 longer time chance to damage is high and can be precipitate later.

Another thing is version of Mobile odin. You shouldn't use older version. As new version released (after sds patched by samsung kernel patch) is sds patched mob odin version.

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Another good news is

In case of sds flash counter becomes non readable :p

I have not seen any sds case showing counter raised. Only one case it was but I was very doubtful about sds, user have not updated later.

Half of cases there is no download mode, and if there then flash counter shows - no

And status become modified irrespective of status of device, even though it is completely stock and never rooted, and there is no case I found where warranty rejected by status.
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
Thank you dr,. for the information.
[Galaxy Note II General] joe.sebin:
hi doc,

i am using ur pre-rooted indian latest version 4.1.2

sometimes my device status in settings shows as "modified"

but after a power cycle it shows "normal"

Why it is so?? any advise pls..

Thanks in advance...
[Galaxy Note II General] :
Another bad news :(

Samsung may skip Android 4.2.2 on Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III for Android 4.3

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/07/16...-galaxy-note-ii-galaxy-s-iii-for-android-4-3/
[Galaxy Note II General] TheQuarterMile:
Is it to late to get a Note2? my Galaxy Nexus got liquid damage and used Nexus4 but didn't stick with cause of the Camera and lack of USB OTG.

Is 24k a good price for a 5month old Note2?
[Galaxy Note II General] :
24k is a good price for a 5 month old note 2..

but if you are able to increase your purse then do check out LG optimus G pro :)

or else better wait for note 3..
[Galaxy Note II General] TheQuarterMile:
Don't wana spend more cause I'm just waiting for the Nexus 5 or Moto X-phone :D
[Galaxy Note II General] gaurav2009:
24k ???you can get a brand new for about 28k so why to get old one...
[Galaxy Note II General] kmysore:
Are you referring to the 10k exchange offer? I checked a few shops in Bangalore yesterday. They all quoted 37k for the Note 2 without the exchange offer. Any pointers to shops that are selling it for 28k without any exchange offer?
[Galaxy Note II General] shhbz:
well get in touch with a good dealer and you get it at 30k for sure without exchange offer i know a dealer in delhi but not in bangalore

call them up and get the rates atleast you will know how less you can get the phone at

Bhagwati Electronics 9810931217

(011) 25801299, 25805100

Vaishno Electronics Pvt Ltd

9810956020, 9811259563

(011) 25801768

just keep calling if thy dont as the store is always in rush and get the rates you will know the latest price
[Galaxy Note II General] taran181:
Check on flipkart its available for 31k without any exchnge offr..but try near by shops u get it for 29-30k..
[Galaxy Note II General] shhbz:
well flipkart is selling for 36275 without xchange and 27500 with xchange but yes a price of 30k can be expected from a good dealer

edited ; yes flipkart has arnd 15 sellers and thy are offering at 30k around so that can be an option 2
[Galaxy Note II General] taran181:
Ya .. was talking about those sellers on flipkart..
[Galaxy Note II General] TheQuarterMile:
Any links?
[Galaxy Note II General] gaurav2009:
i asked from my local retailer he quoted 28k...
[Galaxy Note II General] Trijunction:
I have just come across a site that sells manufacturer refurbished goods at very low prices. Try there

Its www.gobol.in
[Galaxy Note II General] sagar2801:
i bought from here last friday... received phone on monday by DTDC... seller is from delhi...

http://www.shopclues.com/samsung-galaxy-note-2-n7100-153181.html
[Galaxy Note II General] Pat123:
I know a few dealers here in Mumbai selling the Note II for 29k. Essentially they are doing a jugaad wherein they sell the phone to the customers under the buyback scheme but instead of customers giving them their old smartphone for exchange, they take a random crap smartphone from their stock and mark it as received in exchange. Win-win for both the parties?
[Galaxy Note II General] ankitjain*:
[MENTION=3928957]samki[/MENTION]esUpdates: India GALAXY Note Ⅱ (GT-N7100) update N7100XXDMG1/N7100ODDDMG1 http://t.co/fXsj5o1nnX"

New Firmware is out. Did anyone try it?

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] AlanDS:
Downloading... This will just be a stability update which will change your EFS...

So whoever is updating, its better to keep a EFS backup..
[Galaxy Note II General] akshay1008896rana:
Size of Update

Whats the size of Update files.
[Galaxy Note II General] AlanDS:
I don't know about OTA. I am downloading the full firmware which is around 1.1gb...
[Galaxy Note II General] akshay1008896rana:
Thanks for the Info...
[Galaxy Note II General] cyrax2013:
My rooted note 2 running on stock odexed XXDMC3 ROM, is it possible to install a custom TW Launcher with wallpaper scrolling enabled ??

Thanxx
[Galaxy Note II General] AlanDS:
You may install Simplistic Framework and try... It does offers the features you need on the rooted stock rom.

I haven't tried Xposed framework..
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
N7100XXDMG1_N7100ODDDMG1_INU - PREROOTED ready

will update here later evening (non hotfile host)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2230250
[Galaxy Note II General] taran181:
As i have updated my phone today.. n do i have to backup efs again.. or it will be efs as old one?? Everytime i update i have to make new backup of efs?

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88 mb
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
N7100XXDMG1_N7100ODDDMG1_INU - PREROOTED updated [Non Hotfile ]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2230250

Stock Kernel/Recovery/Modem for same ROM

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31986738&postcount=6
[Galaxy Note II General] dcpathak:
Hi Ketan!

I have a query: I'm on stock, unrooted ROM. Do I need to taake backup of the EFS before applying the update released today and more importantly, is it possible to take EFS backup without root access?
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
yes, before flashing new ROM backup EFS so you can easily downgrade in future if you wish.

You need root to backup EFS
[Galaxy Note II General] dcpathak:
Thanks Ketan. But since I'm stock, I cannot take EFS backup. Anyway, just updated the device and it seems faster, could see more ram free. Would keep posted if notice any further differences.
[Galaxy Note II General] Ram121:
Anyone got ota in India?
[Galaxy Note II General] dcpathak:
Yes, updated around 2 hours ago. Device has now more RAM free and is faster now :good:
[Galaxy Note II General] deohrishikesh7:
Dr ketan

I am on dxmb2 stock rom with root

Is it ok to download and update to this rom directly.

Or do i have to go to rom which was released in march.

I use cf auto root method

Thanks in advance

Accidently Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 using Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
You can directly update, but i recommend to make EFS backup brfore updating.

This time it may not cause any issue, but in case you need to downgrade anytime you will need that. EFS backup is always savior when you messed up with IMEI.

You can make it on device itself

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2269318
[Galaxy Note II General] saurabh88:
Where is the update 4.2? S3 already recieve it. Where we are?

sent from the heaven of earth
[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
What's this about we not getting the 4.2 update?
[Galaxy Note II General] akshay1008896rana:
Thanks folk but i updated mine via KIES and bloody it downloaded 1.1 gigs and took 1 Hour to get complete.

Dont see much changes accept Play Movie got added and few changes in pop up boxes.

If any thing else is their kindly revert back
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
New MG1 battery management

I don't believe much in battery statastic, as it has lots effect on how individual using it. here just to compare it with myself with old version.

1.Usually Older MC3(INU)/ME6/MF2 i was getting battery draing 3-4 % while sleeping time (6 hrs) with all radio off.

Today it was just 2 %, i am expecting even less because today titanium have back up all new system application and i am sure it must have drained reasonable juice (I have schedule backup on TS to backup new app during my sleeping hrs)

2. Since Radio ON (either wifi/Mobile Data) its about 3 hrs. I usually marked it drains nearly 4 % on previous ROM

3. Screen ON time is 20 min - so on my previous ROM, it remains 3 % if i use screen 20min

So if i was on older ROM drain should be

3 % (sleeping time 6hr) + 4 % (While radio ON wifi 2hr + Data 1hr ) + 3 % screen ON for 20 % = 10%

But in spite of Titanium have drained juice still it is 7% SO on first impression there is something better management. ( I found ME1 quite good with same statistic)

PS : I am on Complete Stock prerooted ROM + My MultiMod, no additional tweaks (yeah + 180 user applications :p )
[Galaxy Note II General] emze:
I am unable to update ota I'm supposedly in line with others waiting for the upgrade to reach me. Bah! Samsung is getting worse as it ages.

One question. Once I update, ota or kies, should I do a factory reset? Or can I just go ahead and use the phone as is.
[Galaxy Note II General] azeter:
Updtd mine.
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
No need of Factory Reset, why would you do that!
[Galaxy Note II General] emze:
I was once told by a Samsung service center guy that when you update, you need to factory reset. !
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
Samsung guys are ....

You know Samsung provides (uploading on server)them just three files rom and flashing that wiping device.

They may even don't know we can use Odin without wiping.
[Galaxy Note II General] dcpathak:
After buying my note 2, one day I called the customer support at Samsung and the guy told me that the customers are not supposed to update their devices OTA! We need to visit some Smart cafe or service center for that. That was a real shocker for me and I politely told him to tell me something else and not about the update policy :(
[Galaxy Note II General] zavenfoizon:
www.gsmarena.com/galaxy_note_ii_to_skip_android_422_and_go_straight_for_43-news-6418.php

I am glad I moved to S4:D
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
Sorry for you.We are going to 4.3.See this link.

http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/07/19/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-android-4-3/

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No 4.2.We are moving to 4.3.See this link.

http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/07/19/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-android-4-3/
[Galaxy Note II General] shethsa:
Basic qs on default ringtone setting: whenever I change my profile (using quick profiles) it doesn't change the ringtone despite the profile setting but reverts to the default one. Any clue on how to correct this?
[Galaxy Note II General] zavenfoizon:
Thats what I said I guess. Dont know after how many months note 2 will see 4.3. All know it will come and even I said that 4.3 will come to note 2 but god knows when :p
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
Light manager (just use setting for note2 from advance setting in application, if you have grey note,)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koo.lightmanager

No led is using screen isn't? Heavy juice drainer. Best for device doesn't have led.

Light flow have some bug (used some time ago)

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[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
Thank you dr for remembering my question and for the valuable advice.Accordingly I shall back up the new EFS also.And for rooting I prefer your PreRooted ROM because I feel it more safe and easy.

BTW the mother board for my note is not yet reached the service centre here.it has been a week since I have given the for service!What aprompt service!!

Thanking you once again....
[Galaxy Note II General] kuberchib:
call recording

which call recording mod will work with the new update?

will this mod work?
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Yeah, I was told the same. Phone was dead (kept running benchmark), went to SC, they said as I did a software upgrade via Kies it was dead. And suggested me each time in case of an update go to them and do it.

Well if you recruit some persons who can just sign their names this is normal.
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
Yes both will work mc3/mf2

Will update for mg1 shortly mrantime use it.
[Galaxy Note II General] jdomadia:
Your Question is for Dr.Ketan but just small update for you,you should not post your IMEI no here,Samsung update your Old IMEI in new motherboard,so you will be having same IMEI no.
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
0xf1 is insane so you should still have to be careful.

Just stay on latest ROM that only needed. and if you use any recovery/kernel make syre that is SDS patched

Mobile odin also need to have latest vesion

PS : Remove IMEI from public forum
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
Thank you Dr.I am moving to your MG1 PreRooted.Before that whether I need to backup this EFS again as I have already backed up the EFS of the same version of ROM previously and stored in ext SD Card and also in PC?