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[Galaxy Note II General] grk007:
After 4.3 update...battery needs atleast 5 to 8 cycles to bak normal..ill advice for factory reset

.. for me its normal...as same as 4.1...bit better ill say..

Sent From my beast Samsung Galaxy Note ll
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
you mean to say i have to do factory reset after updated to 4.3 ?
[Galaxy Note II General] BlushMaq:
I'm looking for a white secphone apk with manual call record for 4.1.2 XXDMG1. Can anybody quote the link?? I searched the forum couldn't find it..

sent from SG NOTE II
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
Thread seems dead now.
[Galaxy Note II General] cooljay5:
Hi All,

I'm planning to sell my 6 month's old LG optimus G and buy new note 2. Is it worth replacing optimus G with note 2?? I'm a big fan of touchwiz and super amoled screen.. I sold off my s advance and regretting it now....:( I surf a lot and watch movies a lot.. but only occasional gaming.. so pls let me know, if its worth replacing optimus g with note 2...
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
The service of LG is horrible.Their technicians do not know any thing.Their usual advice is to discard the damaged and buy a new one.They wonn't even look into the phone especially if it is rooted.One will not buy an LG if he experienced this.
[Galaxy Note II General] shethsa:
See you folks. I've moved on to the note 3. Thx for all the advice
[Galaxy Note II General] faisaldeus:
Did anyone tried dittos note 3 v3.1 guys its awesomest:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
[Galaxy Note II General] qingwen:
dont really need the extra processing power on the note 3..
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
Official KiKat for Note2

Samsung schedules official release of KitKat for Note 2 in March 2014.Please see the thread below.

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s4_and_note_3_to_get_kitkat_in_january-news-7237.php
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
All the 4.3 official update guys please tell us here about the battery standby time improvement if any because I have heard that initially after update battery takes 5-6 recharge cycle to be good, and some people now are claiming even better battery life after a week of the update.

Is it true or not?
[Galaxy Note II General] virani_joush:
Hi guys.. I know this topic must have been discussed many times. But if anyone have found any answer then please share.

Question is how to buy applications from google play store?

I have a titanium international debit card from axis bank but I am not able to buy any application. My payments always gets declined.

Is there any way?
[Galaxy Note II General] paarkhi:
I use HDFC Visa Credit Card for purchasing apps from Playstore.
[Galaxy Note II General] virani_joush:
Then HDFC works. But not the axis bank cards??
[Galaxy Note II General] assist4tech:
Please purchase using Virtual credit card. I use gold card from AxIs and hace created a virtual card using net banking .

Also if you have ICiCI bank account use the virtual card under it. Very nice and better service.
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
If you don't want to take burden then simply use ICICI BANK debit card no need of virtual cards. Will work fine on playstore.
[Galaxy Note II General] virani_joush:
How to create virtual cards..? Using axis bank cards of course....

Can you help me please?
[Galaxy Note II General] virani_joush:
I made axis bank e wallet virtual card. But it also doesn't works. When I try it in google play it says invalid credit card. Lols...
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
I did fully charged my phone on 8 am and around 8 pm it exust completely with not so heavy usage of phone I am on stock 4.3 how can i track battery life and improve its really frustrating when go outdoor and phone goes off :banghead:
[Galaxy Note II General] kousik:
Aren't these virtual cards for 1 time use? At least my HDFC generated cards are. Can I use them multiple times on google playstore? Or for every purchase I need to create one, register in google wallet and then use it?
[Galaxy Note II General] rkkaranrk:
As u said, VCC are for single use u have to create a new one every time u want to buy something.
[Galaxy Note II General] rana_kirti:
Hey guys,

I'm on 4.3

Is there a way to backup my phone, then factory reset my phone and then put back all the data like contacts messages apps etc from backup to the phone ?

Can anyone kindly provide a step by step guide to do this ?

Will this make my note 2 more responsive and the battery last longer ?

Thanks.
[Galaxy Note II General] Scotty83:
For sms and call log backup use sms+ app from playstore and yes normaly factory rest makes ur device more responsive.
[Galaxy Note II General] shethsa:
Just use helium. It backs up all your data related to the app as well. Simple, sasta, tikau
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
If you are rooted you can use Titanium Backup to backup before factory reset and restore afterwards.

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Now Official MK9 for Note2

Samsung has officially released Mk9 for Note2 now and they say that it will be the last version update before the release of KitKat.And they also say that this has eliminated all the bugs and glitches in the previous versions.Did any one got the chance to know what are the essential differences between MK4 and MK9?
[Galaxy Note II General] kousik:
Did you receive an OTA? I just checked with no luck.
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
which are best headphones for note 2 ?
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
You can download it manually from Sammobile or Android Advices.
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
Its a 4.3 with bug fixed ?
[Galaxy Note II General] assist4tech:
The best one available is Helium. I was able to retain my game play from Iron Man and real racing
[Galaxy Note II General] pnsdhrn:
It says so.I have not checked it.
[Galaxy Note II General] Scotty83:
Can u guys suggest me a decent arm band for note 2
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
why the new update is not available ota in India ? what is the size of it please?
[Galaxy Note II General] RONAKGUNE:
helium

helium is pretty good

titanium sometimes dosnt work in other roms:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
It's not ready yet to release on OTA
[Galaxy Note II General] Ram121:
Can anyone confirm changes in MKD build

माझ्या नोट 2 मधील टपाटाॅक प्रो मधुन पाठविला
[Galaxy Note II General] rana_kirti:
Can we get MKD via kies?
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
Yes available on kies for sure, but wait for ota, kies will download full rom of 1.5 gb or something

If you still want it, go to sammobile, and get Indian mkd firmware, and install via Odin, kies failed me twice after almost 1gb download both the times
[Galaxy Note II General] rana_kirti:
I m just a novice & have no idea what odin is and my not very savvy with these kind of things. Don't want to spoil my phone.

When I try to OTA I get this message. Is this an official update by Samsung ? Will it be eventually available via OTA ? Should I just wait ?
[Galaxy Note II General] shethsa:
Yes. Just wait and eventually you will get an alert in your notification bar
[Galaxy Note II General] akashsgpgi:
i found nothing new in mkd till now

ota was about 15mb
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
When did you get ota?

It's not available for atleast 24 hours now
[Galaxy Note II General] akashsgpgi:
Got the ota in the morning today

I was also getting the waiting status the whole night yesterday
[Galaxy Note II General] rana_kirti:
How's the battery life with mkd ? Any improvements ?
[Galaxy Note II General] akashsgpgi:
Battery life is same as before(good for me)

The tw launcher does not crash at startup now(it crashed for me on previous 4.3 rom)
[Galaxy Note II General] rana_kirti:
Can someone kindly help me.... I have updated to 4.3

why am I losing about 20% battery in about 4 hrs after removing my phone fully charged ?

I had 100% and then went to sleep for a few hrs. When I got up I saw 20% battery gone in 4 hrs.

Is this normal ? Or will it be solved with updating to MKD ?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
Updated note 2 to android 4.3 latest build (MKD) via KIES its feel quite smooth now as compare to previous build.
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
How much data it downloaded via kies? Full size rom?

Anyone updated via sammobile available rom through Odin? Is it exactly same as official kies rom?
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
its about 1.2 GB via kies OTA will get approx 20 MB.
[Galaxy Note II General] rana_kirti:
Which kies version u using?
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
i updated to 4.3 mk4 via odin , the firmware was taken from sammobile .com

now i got neweset mkd firmware from sammobile but now odin 3 doesnt recognize my phone in download mode .

but it recognizes when phone is switched on , the com port is blue when phone is on , but not blue when phone is download mode.

is it because of samsung did something to secure not use odin by users???

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i updated to 4.3 mk4 via odin , the firmware was taken from sammobile .com

now i got neweset mkd firmware from sammobile but now odin 3 doesnt recognize my phone in download mode .

but it recognizes when phone is switched on , the com port is blue when phone is on , but not blue when phone is download mode.

is it because of samsung did something to secure not use odin by users???
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
ok done now , usb port was not recognizing , usb 3 was behind pc and it did work.

but i swear , i used same usb before and it worked

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ok done now , usb port was not recognizing , usb 3 was behind pc and it did work.

but i swear , i used same usb before and it worked

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Same case was with me

Go to recovery and factory reset and wipe cache and you will be good again

Better update to mkd mp4 and then mkd and then reset via recovery
[Galaxy Note II General] dcpathak:
Any new feature in MKD?

Hi,

Can someone confirm if the latest update (mkd) has any new features (borrowed from note 3) or the same as MK4 version?
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
I updated my phone to MKD latest build of android 4.3 via kies the problem is come up is not able to make outgoing calls such a wired issues but able to get incoming call i was though it was mobile operator problem and might be solve after some time but it seems its due to fireware update :confused:
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
Go to recovery and hard reset
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
That's what i am doing now but if it will not work then i have to flash rom via odin that would be help me out.
[Galaxy Note II General] takerhbk:
Even I got the update. Wondering what changes it bring.
[Galaxy Note II General] ankitjain*:
Has anyone installed GTA San Andreas? It says incompatible with your device.

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] vaishnavashok:
not starting

i have a new samsung note2 rooted wwith orignal rom but when i did fectory rest it is not restarting
[Galaxy Note II General] sixth.insomniac:
Well, I don't suppose there's any new feature that's been added. Battery life seems to have slightly improved.

Have you rooted?
[Galaxy Note II General] rana_kirti:
your device's current firmware version is not supported to update firmware via kies

why is my note 2 saying this ? i have bought it from india. it is stock. i have only ever updated from OTA ?

kindly help.
[Galaxy Note II General] dr.ketan:
Dial *#1234#

And post result here.

Also attach screenshot of kies msg
[Galaxy Note II General] rana_kirti:
As requested above...
[Galaxy Note II General] sheerveer:
How to Remove Bootloader

I have the same details as above. Downloaded from Sammobile on 24th December and flashed via PC Odin.

Now I want to try either Dr. Ketan's ROM or DN 3 but both haven't happneed

[MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION] I tried to use the older remove bootloader procedure you have suggested for the previous release. All of them failed and resulted in bricking, which I could restore by flashing the same MKD via PC Odin again. Is there any workaround as of now?

I found a link for rooting. I am trying it now

Apart from this I am going to try the the note 3 mod pack by Tamirda/Dr. Ketan again. Will update on that soon.

The battery feels better though I don't have any metrics yet to prove it.

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There are not Gapps in this update. Not even playstore. Such a pain in the ass. :crying::crying:
[Galaxy Note II General] krazy_about_technology:
[MENTION=597876]ketan[/MENTION] bhai or anybody who has experience with same, I am currently on CM 10.2 nightlies right now and might switch to original Samsung ROM for a change. I switched to CM after getting the 4.3 update so for obvious reasons, my KNOX status is void.

Now my question is, if I do triangle away on my phone and get all the other status to official and flash the Samsung ROM, will I get the OTAs? Has anybody tried it?
[Galaxy Note II General] lifehijack:
Hi there, yes once you install stock ROM, root it and install Triangle Away to reset the flash counter. Once done, flash the stock firmware again to change your phone's status from custom to official. This will allow you to get OTA updates.

However, the knox counter will still remain as is.

Regards,

Dinesh
[Galaxy Note II General] rkkaranrk:
Se
[Galaxy Note II General] krazy_about_technology:
OK, just for everybody's knowledge, If you are in similar situation like mine i.e. flashed a custom rom post 4.3 udpate and now want to revert back to Stock, please note that it is not necessary to do Triangle Away after reverting back.

Your System Status will become official, your knox status will be tripped and your custom binary count will increase. But this will not stop you from receiving updates from Samsung (OTA). That will only happen if you root your phone or make any changes in the ROM in any other way, if possible at all.

The OTA just requires your file system to be intact. Both binary counter and knox counter are for warranty purposes only. Triangle away can only reset binary counter but that is of no use as you already have your knox switch tripped. Dont try to root and install Triangle away, it doesn't work. SuperSU is killed by KNOX system the moment it starts. I am not sure whether that can be overridden without flashing a custom recovery.

Flashing a custom recovery for triangle away also doesn't make any sense as it will again trip the status the moment you boot.
[Galaxy Note II General] krazy_about_technology:
****Double Post****
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
I am on latest 4.3 mkd version official stock

How to root my note 2? And what are the advantages please? :)

Is there any chance of binary or any counter to trip?
[Galaxy Note II General] ronak_143:
Got a OTA 14.18MB.
[Galaxy Note II General] krazy_about_technology:
Just got a new OTA of 64 mb with no description. Didnt notice any changes till now. Build no is N7100DDUEML4. Baseand is N7100DDEMK1. Anybody else got it?
[Galaxy Note II General] kishore2908:
Yes, I too got the same.
[Galaxy Note II General] lifehijack:
Seems the new update is freeing up more RAM as seen in the task manager.
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
Just got notification via kies about note 2 another android 4.3 update its ML4 build :angel:
[Galaxy Note II General] ronak_143:
2nd update in under a week. Minimum used ram has decreased a lot. Seems smooth as of now. Battery life seems little less now :)
[Galaxy Note II General] mietens:
you must have to visit service centre if you wanna get out of this trouble...no other way out there
[Galaxy Note II General] Harsha Raj:
Guys Note 2 is available for 27,550 in flipkart as part of exchange offer of Rs. 4000! http://www.flipkart.com/samsung-gal...r_X.&ref=5f353acf-6094-4833-a7a1-29754bf9082e

Do anybody else know the more cheapest option? (especially in Bangalore). Thanks!
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
I got without exchange Harsha at 26k
[Galaxy Note II General] Harsha Raj:
Yes still searching for an offer like this. :p
[Galaxy Note II General] rana_kirti:
I have a few questions. ..

1. In what way is the above situation trouble ? Is it harmful to the phone in anyway ?

2. Why did it happen in the first place ? I always stayed with stock software. Always updated from official OTA. Then how come it's happened ?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note II General] mietens:
1 it will not let you update via kies....its no otherway harmful....as you can always have OTA but you know OTA sometimes comes late than kies update (no problem at all if you can wait 2 to 3 days more for OTA)

2 I have searched everything including asking samsung service man but till date no ans

may be our product code which is present in EFS Partition..... like INU or whatever your country code....gets corrupted while updating via OTA or by removing back cover with nfc (really I m not sure if its culprit)

this condition can only corrected via samsung service station as they have tool for same to apply product code via samsung official korean servers only
[Galaxy Note II General] rana_kirti:
Thanks,

So as long as I keep updating from OTA, my software will be up to date and same as someone who is updating via Kies ?

Or will I be losing out on some features ?

Will my note 2 be identical to someone who has been updating via Kies ?
[Galaxy Note II General] lifehijack:
Yes it will be identical...
[Galaxy Note II General] rana_kirti:
thanks I have another query.... :p

My phone is stock. updated my note 2 to 4.3 and I really liked the new samsung 4.3 keyboard.

yesterday I did a hard reset. and my phone is now smoother with good battery life. however the new 4.3 Samsung Keyboard is not there anymore and I have the old keyboard.

how can I get the new Samsung 4.3 Keyboard back ?
[Galaxy Note II General] rakesh_485:
Hi guys

Will this phone ever get official kit kat from Samsung? Got an offer of 22k including 32gb sd card but no bill and the phone is uae version Is it worth buying or should I buy a new one ?
[Galaxy Note II General] paarkhi:
Official Kitkat can be in late March or early April (as per samsung schedule list leak) and the offer is 2K more, bring it to 20K and you are good else buy a new one...
[Galaxy Note II General] semantsen:
Stock 4.3 browser for Note 3 app roms

Stock 4.3 browser always sinks with Google. The new browser which comes with Note 3 app roms only sinks with Samsung account.

I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER BROWSER TOO,:)

What I want to ask here is has somebody successfully pushed the stock 4.3 browser to these (Note3 app) roms.

If yes which apk's should be pushed?

Thanks and regards,
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
Ok i did something stupid

I was to install latest Ml4 rom from sammobile and it was being downloaded on the pc in the meantime I don't know why I factory reset my note 2 and wiped cache too and when it restarted it started all updates from play store and all and probably new play store update too, but I stopped it all and restarted the mobile. After this I updated ml4 via Odin and all went well phone started but play store started giving error "unfortunately play store has stopped" even Gmail started giving same errors "unfortunately Gmail has stopped"

I have another latest stock updated note 2 as well, and it's play store and Gmail app version are more newer than my problematic note 2, and even after installing new version of update of play store, same "unfortunately play store has stopped" is coming.

Please help me, my note 2 has got no warranty now, what to do to cure the play store errors?

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Even factory reset is not helping now same error message, all other functions of phone are ok except play store and Gmail
[Galaxy Note II General] haxor:
Clear cache of both app then uninstall it then reinstall it if you will face problem yet then flash via odin.
[Galaxy Note II General] goyalp:
New firmware of N 7100 ML4 ,now has the Indian languages input and google drive built in. Enjoy the stock rom with better ram management.
[Galaxy Note II General] semantsen:
Indian languages are there since first leaked 4.3. Nothing new.

Google drive seems to be addition
[Galaxy Note II General] rakesh_485:
Ya I will try to bargain :p:p let's see.

Thanks for the help man :cool:
[Galaxy Note II General] toocool7610:
Indian ML4 update doesn't have tiny screen (one hand operation) option, like note 3?

The new 4.3 update of other countries has small screen option activated in note 2, but only Indian update does not have it, why Samsung why?
[Galaxy Note II General] assist4tech:
Guys 2 weeks ago the phone received an update of 14.28 MB. Today another update of 62.48 MB has been received.

I tried looking for an update history but didnt find it anywhere. Anyone has idea what these updates add ?

Thank you :thumbup:
[Galaxy Note II General] takerhbk:
I got it too..
[Galaxy Note II General] nicholes:
has anyone purchased 32 gb in India from samsung store?

someone is giving me 32gb note 2 with bill of Samsung showroom

i think this 32gb phone has not been launched in india

is that true?
[Galaxy Note II General] kkapoorr:
I think so. I have the 16 GB version, bought in Delhi from a retailer.

Check the CSC of that model he's offering you.
[Galaxy Note II General] praviin:
After upgrading to 4.3, I'm facing some problems with the hd live wallpapers and hd games like temple run , subway surfers etc. ,they didn't work smoothly. Screen lags .any one who has same problem?
[Galaxy Note II General] vaishnavashok:
semi bricked

I rooted my note2 for some reason i had to do factory reset but my phone stopped at second Samsung logo please help me what to do
[Galaxy Note II General] shhbz:
do some test *#0*# and check if all sensore are present as note2 , download z- device test from playstore and find other details to match so you will know if it is the real one and for more satisfaction call up samsung customer care and provide them the s/n no and imei asking them that u purchased this phone and not sure if it org they will tell u the details
[Galaxy Note II General] vaishnavashok:
Please help me
[Galaxy Note II General] jujuburi:
Of course it is right.

Note had 800x1280 resolution on it's 5.3" screen.

Note 2 has 720x1280 resolution on 5.5" screen. So lesser resolution and bigger screen, costs 18 dpi.
[Galaxy Note II General] VR.gtmini:
Actually note 2's screen is much much better than note & s3

Head over to Wikipedia Galaxy Note 2 for proofs and screen technology
[Galaxy Note II General] amg009:
j would suggest you to buy Note 2, because of sheer batterylife...

I'm loving it....

I was an s3 user...

but if size is a big problem, then you should go for S3...

but a power user would be comfy with note 2, wont regret the size bcoz performance compensates...

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] VR.gtmini:
Yes I mean your experience, BUT I only ask is that is it comfortable to use it

Eg. Removing from pockets now and then, single finger usage (any strain),

I'm college student (mech. ER). As I had - 2 months b4 - lost an SXS LT26i (30k), used it only 5 days and someone stole from my room :(

So all this question are important to me.

Guys Please advice me :)
[Galaxy Note II General] manish21nov:
Without any doubt go for note 2.......first feww days will feel a bit big but later u will get use to...now today when i take other phonea in hand i feel proud to be the owner of note 2
[Galaxy Note II General] chaitanya87:
Regarding theft you have to be careful on your own . So think about it. Its the costliest phone and easily attracts thieves. So think :D
[Galaxy Note II General] amg009:
All that was my concerns too when purchasing note 2, so I went to a Samsung cafe and had my hands on and I was satisfied...

I suggest you to do the same...

@ Manish21nov

+1

Sent from GT-N7100 Note II
[Galaxy Note II General] VR.gtmini:
Now, I will Happily get a SGN3 :)

Thankya all of u guyz,

you all made my day ;)

Wwaaaait, Which memory card should I opt for > 16 OR 32 GB

Please mentioned APPROX FREE memory instead of advertised for both 16/32 GB :)

THANKS AGAIN.