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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bholwell:
Amazing

Amazing amazing, and did I mention AMAZING!?

After previously being owned by an iPhone (the worlds best phone!.......or so I used to think!lol) I cant believe how much better the Note II is and Android!

Did you know you can remove the back cover of the phone and put a microSD card inside and double, treble or even quadruple the storage on it!! Amazing!

Get this! I even transferred 6000 mp3 music tracks to said SD card in seconds with no special software, conversions, arguments or errors!!!! Even more Amazing!!

I have even put some HD movies onto it AND THEY WORK!!! yes WORK!

But even more amazing than that is I went to my pals house for the weekend to show off my Note II, it was a bit of a lads weekend so it got some hammer! when I went to bed it still had 43% battery left! the next night it sadly went flat and I had forgot my charger but no problem, my mate just got out his HTC charger (or something like that) plugged it in and charged it up! unbelievable!

A little sarcasm here yes, but seriously, Its a breath of fresh air to have a phone that's FAST with a great screen and usefulness of the s-pen, and it doesn't come with all the constraints than what I was used to!. after the isheeps, i bought my wife the S3 and she loves it! the second my icontract was up, I got the NOTE II, I will never, EVER look back!

If you can cope with the size you will not be disappointed, and yes at first it was scarily big! but after a day or so you wont want anything smaller! even my wifes S3 looks tiny to me now!

There is only 1 concern I have about the Note II............ how in gods name can Sammy improve on it for the Note 3 in a years time!!lol
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] concreteman:
Had mine for week and half. Most of the time it replaces my laptop and tablet. I used to read xda ect on my tablet, now I read it all on the note2, only use laptop for flashing stuff to other phones.

With S pen I can do the things i bought a tablet to do like quickly edit pictures and upload to evernote.

I thought it may be to big, but it fits in my pocket ok and is easy to hold. only notice how big it is when next to a standard phone
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoezay:
honestly the more i use it the more i love it. ( the note 2 i.e. )
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
Sony allegedly rumoured 6" 1080p!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wooddale:
4G

Was wondering if any oy you guys are on 4G if so doez it hold on to it? I curently have a S3 my only complaint is sometimes it will show 3G when I know I am in a 4G area.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vindikleuk:
I'm really wondering though... How does it fit into your average jeans' pocket? Especially when sitting down, and your pants are being more tight where the pockets are.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChodTheWacko:
No need to wonder - make a cardboard mockup and find out.

That's what I did prior to buying the Note 1. I test drove it for a week and decided it fit in all my pockets (front jeans 90% of the time) just fine.

- Frank
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vindikleuk:
Hahaha, I was actually going to do that eventually! I'm still curious about experiences of other people, but thanks for the tip!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesangels:
It is the best phone i've ever had ;). Worth every penny
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
True, by far the greatest phone ever.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbounours:
I wish we could add software keys to use the pen as a relevant navigation tool. The back command is so gimmicky =/

The button on the pen is misplaced too, a bit too close from the tip. OG had centered button but pen too short =)

Great device and good upgrade upon OG Note. I think what I like the best is battery life I didn't expect such a jump.

PS: the ****ty USB port :o
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fraser_arms:
Hi,

I ordered the Note 2 the first day it was launched in the UK. A really great phone, great battery life, I can easily get 1 and a half days if not more out of it. The only 2 issues I have is the lack of USB mass storage support when connected to the PC (I know this is something that Google have remnoved from Android 4 upwards but HTC still have it on their new phones) and the volume is not very loud when watching videos with headphones on.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slap-Yourself :):
No Mass Storage?

I have it on my NS4G with JellyBean.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jghidalgo307:
I CANT WAIT FOR THE TMOBILE ONE!!!!!! one more week :banghead:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jobiza:
By far the smoothest phone i've had. I even visited a mobilephone store yesterday and i tested iphone 5, it wasn't as smooth as my gn2. Even if it was, i still got bored to that boring iOS with only playing with it 2mins.

Only i heard people saying to sellers: "I would like to upgrade my phone to iPhone 5". -.- If they only would known gn2 can offer billions of things more and better than that ip5.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prinzhernan:
I know it's repetitive given all the replies but it's the best phone I've ever owned coming from so many android phones for the past 3 years. The last phone I've owned was the s3 and although the difference might not seem like a lot it's like night and day. It's so smooth and doesn't stutter even if I'm a multi task whore. Nothing reloads unlike the s3 where apps are forced to shut down. Here, they're all just kept in memory.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vindikleuk:
About the launcher: how does it arrange your apps? On my galaxy S, touchwiz just wouldn't arrange them alphabetically automatically, which really annoyed me. I haven't used any updated versions of TouchWiz though, is it any better now?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackon:
Love it. So many software features added on top of jelly bean.. Coming from Xperia S.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raymun:
the saturation annoys me. Apart from that I'm loving the phablet
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sumpfhuhn:
It's possible to arrange them alphabetically automatically.

Gesendet von meinem GT-N7100 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amerikian:
lol that's exactly what I'm doing on eBay.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damitch300:
I got a bad note2 i quess.

The charging cable keeps plopping out. Its barely in there.

The back cover doesnt fit well. Theres a open section on the upper left corner.

The grey line around the phone is loose. It also has open sections where you can put anything the size of a bankcard in.

The home button is half out and half in the phone. Looks odd.

The power and volume buttons are loose. If i shake the phone a little you hear them moving.

In overall i think this phone is cheaper made then the original note.

Im not happy with these facts!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fraser_arms:
Yes that's correct. Apparently on any Samsung device running Android 4.0 or higher you do not have USB mass storage support, instead you have MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) and PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol). The MTP is not compatible with every PC and even worse on a MAC, now even my car stereo can't play mp3's from my device.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mad383Max:
That is not typical. Sounds like your phone was damaged somehow.

from a galaxy far far away....
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarionCast:
Have to agree with the first one. Add to the fact that the USB/charging cable is so short, it makes it impossible for me to use the phone properly while charging! (I just charge it while I'm asleep.)

For the second issue, I think you just need to pop in the cover tightly. Yes, it's a really big phone and that back cover is kinda hard to put into place firmly. But mine is a good fit, just have to put it in properly.

For the third complaint, I can't really see it. But the "grey line" (i.e., gap between the faux chrome and the front of the phone) on the left side of my phone feels a tiny tiny bit bigger than on the right side.

I don't get the fourth issue.

For the last one, I can't actually hear them shake, but I agree with their "looseness". More like, they're too mushy/soft. They don't feel very premium, which is a shame. Could've made the physical buttons a bit harder to press, or just a bit firmer.

[If it's of any importance, my SGN II says it's Made in Vietnam...]
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prinzhernan:
That's odd. I agree that his unit must have been damaged somehow. Mine is well made and everything fits tightly. My note was made in Vietnam too.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AviatorBobo:
New Galaxy note 2 owner on the way...

You guys... Guess what im getting in a cauple of days? :)

- The Galaxy Note 2...!!! I already have the Note 1, and i love it.. and judgning by what you guys are saying about the Note 2, im in for a treat..?! :)

Really looking forward to playing with it the first time :)

- Happy Bobo
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damitch300:
Well i quess i should be returning this phone for a good one?

And i will modify my charger cable. This is really bad.

As soon as i pick it up it falls out :$

Ofcourse. The rest of this phone is 10 times better then the Note 1 or any other phone.

Im just a person who screams the entire earth to a collapse when i get 1 scratch on my phone!!!

Imagine what i do now...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geovas77:
l am really enjoying my new note. Best productivity, best content consumption device you can carry in your pocket and the stylus takes it to a whole different level.

I don't think I'll ever be able to go back to a smaller screen or a no stylus device, looks like Samsung has grabbed me by the balls; )
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swejuggalo:
At http://www.facebook.com/groups/galaxynote2/ I posted 2 ways of modify the original cable, and ways to test it... When connecting to the computer the original cable suck (and I wont use it there). After the mods it will do nicely for charging though.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sz1a:
I had it for just about 1 week and the initial constant playing-with-the-phone frenzy has worn off.

When I need it for something, I love the big screen and the ability to multitask with two windows. It's really handy! The battery is mind-blowing. The size can get in the way when in the pocket but its worth it.

I am generally really impressed and its helpful to have S Note at hand for various tasks like taking screen shots and putting memos down.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AviatorBobo:
Can you explain a bit more here please? :) Im not sure i understand what you mean... But i think its a good thing to know? :)

Bobo
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zero.fx:
I had note 2 since launch, coming from iphone 4. And like the pervious poster, after playing with it constantly for the first week the novelty has warn off. What I can say from a very non bias opinion is that, this is a great phone and exceptional battery life too. Generally it is very fast in terms of loading apps and multi-tasking. Will get occasional lags while in S-note if I had other apps in the background, but generally very fast.

It doesn't load web pages as fast as the iphone 5 but less than half a second so it is barely noticeable anyway.

What I do miss on the iPhone over this is the iphone keyboard and one hand usability. But generally I am very happy with the note 2, it is truly a productivity device as well as a content consumption.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urbangear:
i'm enjoying my Note 2, what i don't like on iOS keyboard is it doesn't know how to display small letters...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naimmkassim:
I did not face any problem u mention. Better return urs back for warranty claim :confused::confused:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdgaBimbam:
i love my note 2 but some software glitches annoys me.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Madarox:
How comfortable is it to use with one hand ? Yes I know the screen is big and it's very hard for almost everyone to reach the 4 corners of it but I'm talking about some basic stuff like making a phone call,typing,scrolling through homepages etc.Also does it feel like as if it's gonna slip off your hand for being too big and somewhat heavy ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikzDHD:
It's not that bad one handed I mean I can use it to do everything you mentioned its a bit difficult but you can do the basics.

Also I think because of the glossy plastic it doesn't feel that safe in the hands would need a matte type cover or like the rock cases to give it better grip. The included glossy cover is not that grippy.

Weight is fine, doesn't feel too heavy in the hand sort of nice having the weight behind it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Madarox:
I see...thanks for the info:)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lauchon:
Disapointed

Don't get me wrong, this is the best phone I ever held but the thing that I love from my SGN was that I was able to put so much more on my laaaarge screen, I mean more widgets, more Icons or so. Today with jelybean the icons and widgets has streched so the layout is similar to the SGS3. Everything else is perfect, but if I want a big screen is because I need to put a lot more than I did on my old SGS3...
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gnarfsan:
Well, I have had this phone for exactly 2 weeks now and it is really really good.

Good:

The battery life is amazing for a smartphone (It kan easily last 2 days with moderate usage). When I say "for a smartphone", I have had phones in the past that easily lasted 2 weeks. But I didn't have as much screen time on them and they didn't sync mails etc.

The screen is beautiful and eventhough the pixel density is smaller than some devices, I don't really notice the pixels.

The S-Pen works really well and I use it a lot.

I like the software and the launcher is beautiful.

TouchWiz adds a lot of useful functionality.

It's nice to hold. It feels great in the hand due to the curved design.

Fits nicely in my jeans (I use regular fit jeans.)

Call quality is good.

The finish is good.

The notification LED is incredibly useful.

And ofcourse the screen size is perfect (And the reason I bought it ;).

Edit:

The built-in keyboard is really good. It has swype-like functionality and predictions based on previous input. Sonewhat similar to Swiftkey

Bad:

The phone is mind blowingly powerful but it still has lag when scrolling various lists and panels. I used to get slightly better UI performance with my overclocked SGS II with Checkrom Revolution HD v4 and the void.echo kernel, but it's ok.

I have pulled it out of my pocket two times where it asked me for the SIM pin code. I don't know the cause (could be the button that got pressed or could be software crash) but in any case, it is due to bad soft or hardware design. I didn't have anything else in the pocket and it's not really that tight. But since the latest software update (last tuesday), I haven't experienced this.

The black is not completely uniform. There are wariations when I watch the screen at night. Could be a faulty screen.

The native keyboard still does not have comma next to the spacebar and that's vital for sentences in my language (danish). This means that the keyboard is useless to me and I cannot use new features like hand writing recognition.

Edit: It is possible to change this. Thanks, saldawop for posting #78.

I definitely recommend it.

Have you guys noticed that every other phone feels ridiculously tiny after you got this one?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] concreteman:
Was a concern for me to. I usually use a belt case but they were not available at release so pocket it was. I can report it is not a problem. Only one is that it is hard to get it out when cramped into car seat but not impossible.

Just put keys in different pocket.

This is the best phone ever. Hardly use my tablet any more
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prinzhernan:
Great rundown list.

Yeah all other phones now seem tiny. Haha!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roybenz:
The Grey frame around the phone is loose on every note 2 if u push something down in the gap around the screen it pops out.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saldawop:
Just for info, the button to the left of the space bar is customisable. Mine has been set as comma.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slap-Yourself :):
Dafuq?:confused:
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gnarfsan:
D'oh, I didn't notice that :eek:

Thanks for sharing :)

Edit: I have missed out. The keyboard is really great :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tonio78370:
I re-installed Swiftkey 3. The original Samsung keyboard is nice but doesn't allow multiple languages (unless I missed something)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AviatorBobo:
Haven't tried Jellybean yet :) but i doubt that it can match the mighty SwiftKey also... :)

- Also goLauncher is a must have for me... :)

"I am so much looking forward to getting my phone, that you would not believe!" :D Haha

Bobo
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] airbusecam:
re

its a great phone, was an apple iphone owner, for 3 years 3gs, 4 and 4s, but these new generation sammy phones beat the ithing in my mind hands down, for a start not locked into apples itunes and app store, its criminal, you only really rent apple products.

cheers pj
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gnarfsan:
It does actually. Just go into settings and add all the languages that you want and change the input language by swiping left and right on the space bar :)

I prefer it to Swiftkey because it doesn't mix the languages.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vindikleuk:
How are its photo taking capabilities? And is there any chance that the s-pen eventually falls out (especially on evenings you're not paying attention to it dropping out of the phone, such as in bars) after it's been pulled out every time you use it, doesn't the fit get looser?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhuewes:
Try changing "Settings>Display>Screen Mode" to "Natural" or "Movie".

This will reduce the saturation considerably.

BTW, my experience with SGN2 (5 days now), coming from the original Note, could not be better!

Highlights:

Speed - everything happens super fast and smooth

Multitasking (2GB RAM)

S-Pen with LOTSSSSS of really creative and usefull features

Fantastic Battery

Amazing and huge 5.55" display

Sound quality

Multi-window for some apps - how incredible and useful

Android JellyBean 4.1.1 - with all flexibility and powerful features that this OS offers - nothing else in the market can compete with it!

What else could I expect from a smartphone???
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyphoneboy:
I was a devoted iphone user since day one, I have an ipad and apple tv but ditched my 64gb iphone 5 for gn2 and I am amazed. Totally blown away. I've always hated Samsung touch wiz but is absolutely great on gn2. Will have to replace ipad with note 10.1 and Apple tv with Google tv.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myv6mustang:
Awesome device my only problem is the lack of google wallet and accessories. Other than that no complaints...its not funny how damn bad it smokes both my nexus 7 and prime. Battery is insane also. I think unless u draw a lot spen is a gimmick. Also that screen on when ur looking at the device doesnt work too well
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harvin Dhillon:
Actually this is the first phone that I would keep stock for the foreseeable future. TW is very usable here and I think adding another launcher will reduce the functionality slightly and changing ROMS would be a big downgrade since most of the Samsung features will most likely be gone.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prinzhernan:
Totally agree with you. I loved vanilla Android on my gnex but with the note I think I'm sticking to stock. Samsung did really well with touch wiz on this one.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommo123:
i've been testing mine tonight with video playback. has been playing back 720 vids for hours on max brightness and going strong. it's meant to do 10 hours no?

this might actually be good enough for flight entertainment next time i go on holiday :o
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tonio78370:
Found it! Thanks for the tip and I'll give the Samsung keyboard a try.

You're right about the mixing, it's a pity though that the Samsung keyboard doesn't insert a "space" automatically; a matter of getting used to it probably.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malikons:
Here is the list of phones I have used in the past 3- 4 years: (in no particular order - only listing smartphones)

Iphone

Iphone 3gs

Iphone 4

Galaxy s

Htc desire hd

Htc desire s

Galaxy nexus

Nokia n9

Motorola razr droid

Htc one x

Iphone 4s

Galaxy s3

Galaxy note 2

And I am sure I must have missed quite a few phones. I havent used a better phone than note 2. I do have some complaints like no spell check or auto correct and I dont particularly like the way you accept or reject an incoming call but I am still more happy than what I was with any of the previous devices. This phone is a keeper!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NasSh:
Great phone. Love the big screen.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android_Monsters:
Ok. I bought one earlier today. Why does it have a pen?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melcali:
So you don't look like a kid that is finger painting on mommy's phone.

:)

Some things are easier to do with a stylus that is paired with a wacom digitizer.. taking notes, marking up webpages or documents, drawings.

Doing that stuff in my tablet with my finger was just dumb

Sent from the Galaxy NOTE
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twistedchild420:
Still very happy! This phone gets things DONE!
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damitch300:
Well my Note 2 just got worse.

Battery went on for 2.5 days.

Now after a hours or 5 its empty... Not even using it to.

My screen has thousands of tiny ieny mieny scratches, it annoys the F* out of me when i watch the screen.

The cable only stays in now when i lay it down and not touching it, otherwise its out.

Now the whole silver ring around my Note 2 wants to come lose, and the back cover sometimes pops out in the left middle side (I quess thats because the top corner is loose since the start).

My battery cover has some weird look. It shows a few colours when you look, like if somebody thrown some special fluid on it or something?

The battery cover also has thousands of iny mieny tiny scratches on it.

In overall. The hardware and software is good.

The thing around that, is just bad...

I think when i come back from my trip of 2 weeks, i will return it to Samsung to get it fixed.

Not good for Samsung, since my WB850F camera was broken from the start to.

They replaced the Main PCB and the Lens control PCB, and the lens itself!

Hmmm...

Seems like they are going to do the Sony tour?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrufokid:
I love my note .... best phone ever.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wooddale:
Dont you think you may have got a bad phone? Maybe you got a demo domething sing right.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AviatorBobo:
I have used my Galaxy Note II for 10 days now - and I absolutely love it...!

- Bobo
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wooddale:
Im in US on Verizon cant get one till end of month and I like it already lol
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kkhull:
I've just finished the first 24 hours of use and it was a charm.

No problems whatsoever. Beleive i will have some in the summer wearing shorts with small pockets! :D