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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nigeldg:
Read the post above yours. The 48px comes from the 1280, not the width which is 768. I think a mod should really delete all of the other posts except the one from [MENTION=4370966]Mister_Mxyzptlk[/MENTION] and close this thread because all it seems to be doing is causing confusion.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4r0v3r:
really who gives a ****, does your screen not look awesome?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zulkiflee10:
Hi..

when i want to open my contacts.. it just blank n i need to wait like 5sec or more to complete load of my contacts.. any 1 have this problem or just me??... or this problem is because i got too many contacts?? but its ok for my Htc One X... (i sync with Facebook)... and can some 1 tell me hw the smart stay really work ><"... i cant get it right ><"... (orady tick at smart stay setting).. sorry for my bad english ><"... Thx... *Not Rooted*
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msindher:
same problem with my phone also, somebody help plz.........
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zulkiflee10:
><".. any 1? ><"
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pakure:
Once Your screen on time is over..eg:30 seconds. ...You will get an eye symbol on the status bar indicating sensor time to check your eyes when smart stay is on... If you are watching the screen. .It keeps the screen on. . If you are watching else where. ..screen goes to sleep

sent from my galaxy note 2 (7100)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zulkiflee10:
thx... any idea about the lag?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pakure:
i dont think you will have lag while in regular use...you might have the lag when you check contacts immediately open waking your phone from deep sleep..this is due to the 4 cores getting revved up from deep sleep, takes 1- 1.5 sec..

try this , play a graphic intensive game and then open contacts- does it still lag?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ian1:
I inquired why the new need for speed game wasn't compatible with prime and was told this was why. I thought JB solved this issue but I guess not.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ASharpEdge:
My wife has a T-Mobile Prism phone and I do not see any mention of it in the forum. I myself have the GS3 which rocks!

Am I missing something? I think the phone has the 2.3 gingerbread or honeycomb...I am not sure (she is not home so I cannot look at the phone right now) about the specs of the phone and operating system.

Anyway if anyone could point me in the right direction as to what I can do with this phone to make it faster for her would be apprecited. If I could root the phone I would like to set her up with tethering so she can use her laptop wherever she is. Also if the phone could handle ICS or a Jelly Bean ROM that would be awesome!

Thanks in advace for any help! This forum rocks! :laugh:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shimp208:
Check out this guide, it will tell you what you need to do to root the phone, install CWM, and then CM 7.2 (Its gingerbread based but a very solid ROM at that). This should speed up the performance of your wife's phone, and allow for wireless/wired tethering if she wants to use it Wireless Tether. As a side note the phone would be running gingerbread (2.3-2.3.7), honeycomb (3.0-3.2) was meant for tablets ;). Hope this helps :).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ASharpEdge:
Thanks a bunch Shimp! May be a while until I tackle it but at least I have the info I need now. (need to convince the wife it is a good thing she will like!)

Android power for all! :o
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shimp208:
Glad I could help man :), if you want a guide that might be able to help convince your wife check out this guide. If she's more of the visual learning type of person the official CM 7.2 introduction video might be helpful as well as this video, which even though it's for the Samsung Epic 4g touch it does a good job of showcasing the features of CM 7.2 on a basic and easy to understand level.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] razball:
Wondering what everyone's opinion is on which one to get or which one is better, price included etc...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SFBPro:
I can imagine that the screen on that thing will be beautiful. Though the small battery concerns me. I have never had good luck with HTC's customization and battery life. How important is the S Pen to you?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] razball:
I'd have to mess with it but I've had smart phones for years with out a problem but the s pen would probably come in handy
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SFBPro:
For me, the S Pen and the multi-window feature is the entire reason I am purchasing the phone (It isn't time for my "upgrade" yet). Spec wise it is really kind of a wait and see. I personally like the black and red, but I am not a fan of the glossy black. I prefer the look of the brushed "metal" of the galaxy series.

Has HTC cooked up any compelling software features?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] clemson91:
I'm almost positive I'm getting the Note 2, but the HTC DNA is definitely intriguing. I sorta made this pros and cons for myself, it may be helpful to you or others though.

HTC DNA

Pros

Nice build quality from HTC

Very sharp screen with around 440ppi

Aesthetically pleasing (personal opinion of course)

SD Slot (possibly)

S4 Pro

Great camera normally by HTC

Cons

First generation of 1080p screen may have unexpected problems

Battery is on the small side

No multi-window or S-Pen (my 2 main reasons for going for the Note 2)

Non-removable battery (personally I like just having the option to have a spare on hand)

Galaxy Note 2

Pros

Larger screen

S-Pen

Multi-window

Allshare (not sure if HTC has something like this or not)

Removable Battery and SD Card Slot

Exynos 4412

Light weight for such a large phone

Home Button (definitely personal preference, but I like it)

Cons

Home button Verizon branding (can fix however with these,http://www.ebay.com/itm/Metal-ALUMINUM-HOME-Button-Keyboard-Sticker-f-Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-II-N7100-Slv-/121002308301?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1c2c4cb2cd

My brain won't let me think of any other since I've already bought 3 cases and the Allshare Cast Dongle for the Note 2.

I will be going to check out the HTC DNA for sure when it arrives in store either way though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adgj533:
i would def choose note 2 over dlx anyway bc bigger screen size s pen although i could care less and removable battery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SFBPro:
On the list of Cons for Galaxy Note 2 (Verizon)

Locked bootloader (unless someone can crack it or another leak happens)

The Logo on the home button (it may not bother some, but due to the volume of posts I figured it should be mentioned)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] clemson91:
Oh well I had thought of the locked bootloader, but then thought the HTC DNA's would be locked as well so they sorta cancelled each other out. The home button is a good point since those who don't like would need to get those cover up stickers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] SFBPro:
While the bootloader may be shipped locked on the DNA, at least you could "unlock" it via HTC Dev. I for one am going to try the sugar water method to get rid of the logo.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] razball:
Thanks that definitely helps I've definitely called Verizon twice to pre-order then I just hung up lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] blipsqueak:
Both seem like great devices. I personally don't really care about the s pen, I probably won't use it much. But I do like the multi-window and large battery of the Note 2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] IvanNCase:
It's the battery that did it for me. I was really excited when I heard rumors that HTC was going to make a note competitor but then when I saw that the battery was only around 2000mah and non-removable that ruined it for me. Plus I kind of see the lower resolution as a plus, I've always gone with the highest resolution I could for computers but when the pixels are as small as they are on this I don't know how much better 1080p can really be but I do know it will be a lot more taxing on the GPU so the note 2 should have better graphics performance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] razball:
That makes a lot of sense lol has anyone messed with the Note 2 yet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] mypantsaretorn:
I had the t mobile note 2 for a couple days and the only con I have is the physical home button. I really wish it was capacitive. It's kind of a pain to actually click the button when you're holding the phone with one hand because it messes up the balance of the phone in your hand making it feel like it's about to fall.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] r0n0c:
I love the phones HTC makes. However reading the 12 page review of the N2 on GSMArena the other really dived into all the extra bits samsung and put into the Galaxy phones and then the note widgets as well. I can see them being very useful.

I like using Google Voice actions in the car, but never in a crowded area, with the S Pen a few swipes and boom a text is sent.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] razball:
Good point
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
And chances are that someone may stumble upon an unlocked bootloader for the Note 2, so how is it any different? There is also no confirmation that it can be unlocked via HTC Dev.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ronaldheld:
The lack of SD card and too small nonremovable battery leaves out the DNA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] clemson91:
Oh I just thought of probably the biggest reason I'm going for the Note 2 now, and I'll wait for another 1080p device later, nothing will really take advantage of all those pixels, everything is just now starting to work well a 720p. Hopefully more 1080p phones come out over the next year, and then the Note 3 comes with a 1080p screen, so by then more apps will be taking advantage of all those pixels.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
If it is true that the DNA/DLX only has a 2000mAh battery (or thereabouts) then that would be a huge con IMO. People complain about battery life all the time, even when they're getting better than average battery life. You're taking a device with a larger screen than a SGS3, plus has twice the CPU cores, and putting the same sized battery in it. For battery life comparisons, I would guess that the DNA will have worse battery life than the SGS3.

While the Note 2 has a HUGE screen and quad core, it also has a huge battery to go with it, and from what I've read, it gets battery life comparable to the SGS3, maybe slightly better, depending on usage. Add in the S-Pen, and you have two major selling points IMO. But, there are always going to be fans of HTC, and Samsung haters. One thing to note is that if both are unlocked, the DNA/DLX is more likely to get AOSP going due to the Snapdragon processor, at least at this point. If Samsung lives up to their word and releases the Exynos sources as requested, that could change.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Rblacula:
As per Anandtech and The Verge, the Note 2 has a lot longer battery life, usually somewhere around 2 full days. However, neither of these take into account LTE, which isn't really that big of a battery drain anymore so any loss will be negligible at worst. However, the Droid DNA is rumored to have a 2500mAh battery, which is around the size of the Razr HD rather than the almost Razr Maxx HD-sized battery in the Note 2. The DNA also has a more efficient Snapdragon S4 Pro quad core rather than a quad core A9 like the Note 2. Also, Sharp's S-LCD 3 technology used for the DNA's screen is supposedly 20% more efficient than the S-LCD 2 in the One X. Hopefully, all of this means there won't be too huge of a difference in battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
Both the S4 Pro and Exynos 4412 are Cortex A9 chips, but the S4 is a 28 nm chip where the 4412 is 32 nm. The smaller manufacturing tech gives the S4 the battery life, and changes by Qualcomm give it the performance. However, I haven't heard of anyone complaining about the performance or battery life of the Exynos quad-core chips either.

Also, there is no use comparing screen power draw, as that is very dependent upon what you're using the device for. If your screen is mostly dark all the time, then the SAMOLED panel on the Note 2 will be better for battery life. If you have bright stuff up on the screen most of the time, the LCD panel will be better. Even if the SLCD panel is the most efficient one yet, it still doesn't mean that you're going to have great battery life.

As for network connectivity, I agree that LTE isn't the issue really, and IMO, it hasn't been since the first generation HTC, Samsung, LG, and Moto LTE phones came out. The issue is switching back and forth between CDMA and LTE, like if you're in a fringe area. This isn't an issue for GSM only devices, but is more of an issue for the CDMA/LTE combo. Even on my Nexus, I tend to get fairly decent battery life if I'm in a 3G only or good 4G service area, but if it is an area with low 3G service, or poor 4G with any type of 3G, it is terrible.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Rblacula:
The S4 Pro is NOT an A9. It is closer to an A15 but isn't quite that either. It is a Snapdragon S4 Pro, something of Qualcomm's own invention. Yes, the die is smaller and thus also easier on the battery. IIRC, the LTE radio isn't integrated into the Exynos 4412, which may also drain some extra battery.

I agree with this, but considering most people use their phone for things involving a bright screen (browser, Twitter, Facebook, etc.), I'd venture to say the S-LCD 3 will save more. It's also less of a risk than AMOLED because the SAMOLED on my Nexus S 4G has a blue stripe where the status bar is whenever I use full-screen browsing or anything that shows up over the status bar. The S-LCD 2 is commonly accepted as a better screen than AMOLED (The Verge, Gizmodo, Engadget, my own personal use, other users on these forums, etc.) due to its realistic color reproduction. I can't WAIT to see how awesome a screen just like that but with a PPI of 440 will look!

Yeah, places with low signal always cause battery drain... It has something to do with your phone trying to keep the signal active so it works harder IIRC. Samsung up until now has had horrible radios (i.e. my Nexus S 4G ALWAYS roaming when my other friends with Motorola or HTC phones have 2 bars), and HTC used to until the Thunderbolt brought them such heavy criticism that they improved it with their Rezound. My friend is the only one who gets a signal in my English class and he has a Rezound. I don't have much experience with a Galaxy S3, but my friend has one and thinks the signal is fine. I highly doubt that the Galaxy Note 2 will get dramatically better battery life. It's like dual core vs quad core; the Snapdragon S4 dual can hold its own pretty well against even most current quad cores. Then there's the iPhone that only has a 1440mAh battery, and my friend can get a day and a half out of hers! No matter what, both of these phones will be awesome and you can't really go wrong with either!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] clemson91:
When it comes to the S-LCD 3 screen, they say it is 20% more efficient than S-LCD 2 screen.

Basically I can see how a 720p S-LCD 3 screen would be more power efficient than a 720p S-LCD 2, but a 1080p S-LCD 3 screen would still use more power than a 720p S-LCD 2 screen wouldn't it?

Or I'm just crazy either way I agree both phones are awesome, if they got together and f#%ked it be awesome(think Saul from Pineapple Express.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Rblacula:
Exactly the point! Everyone is freaking out over how it's got to power 440 pixels per inch, blah di blah di blah, but it's really the equivalent of 80% of the power it would take were it S-LCD 2. Hence, 80% of 440 is 352 so it really isn't *that* much more than the HTC One X (which is 312 ppi). Someone else on DroidLife said it was 25% more efficient, which would put it closer than an equivalent S-LCD 2 ppi of 330 (even closer to the HOX). Obviously this is a rough guess that is probably pretty wrong and is completely speculation that may or may not prove false, but it gets the point across that you can have way more pixels at a more or less equal consumption rate.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] razball:
Anyone have any idea if the DNA will have wireless charging ? Cause I know Verizon has a back plate for the gs3 and will probably for the note 2 I wonder if the DNA does with about 15 mins of googling I couldn't find anything hmm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Rblacula:
I haven't seen anything about this but I'd doubt it. I'd say it may have pogo pins, but Idk. It hasn't been announced yet so even if you do here something it's always subject to change... It's not a make or break factor for me, but I'd go with the Note 2 if I was after that. There's also accessory makers to take into consideration because the GN2 will be released on all 4 major carriers so there's a better chance of a 3rd party solution with the N2 whereas the DNA will most likely be Verizon-only.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] razball:
Good point I know Verizon does back plate replacement for wireless charging
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ben7337:
Why do screens draw power? They draw power to change the pixels color and the backlight the screen. The biggest power draw is backlighting, which is where the SLCD3 saves power over the SLCD2. In my experience, even with a black background, amoled on a Galaxy nexus just draws way too much power, I was lucky on the stock battery to see 1-1.5hrs of screen on time. The blacks were amazing, borders disappeared. However I think a good LCD will be significantly better for power use when used by the average user.

As for more pixels meaning more power, I think the number of pixels probably doesn't add much more consumption. yes you are changing more pixels, but those pixels are smaller, the amount of energy used to change the same area's color is relevant, whether it is one big pixel, or 4 smaller ones over the same area.

More pixels will tax the gpu more, but as we all know, looking at android's power consumption, the screen is the biggest power draw, not the apps that push the gpu to render more pixels. In the end I expect the SLCD3 to be more power efficient than the AMOLED screen in the Note 2.

Plus I'm not sure I trust the Note 2 to have stable LTE, as it is using a separate chipset for LTE once again, just as the Galaxy Nexus did, and it was terrible. Now if Samsung was smart, they stopped cheaping out and got a good chipset again. my samsung stratosphere had a chipset one model older than the Galaxy nexus, but it was 2x the cost, and it was amazing with reception, though not quite as good as the current stuff built into the qualcomm s4. If samsung stayed cheap though, LTE could be horrible on the Note 2, and we all should to wait and see before jumping on the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] yearn2burn:
Multi-window and memory

Regarding multi-window, you probably know by now it's not on US models, unless you got an unlocked version. Anyone know if it will come as an update later? Also, why would Samsung not give us that? I can't imagine a reason, unless it has something to do with a slightly different chipset, etc.

Also, at least Verizon only is selling a 16 GB version at least for now. Anyone know why? Will that change in the future?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] clemson91:
Multi-window is in the Verizon version, it was found in the system dump and it's advertised on Verizon's Galaxy Note 2 page while no other carrier are advertising it.

I hope they get the 64gb version, but I've only seen that out in Japan, so its weird that so many sites say that it comes in 16,32, and 64. I've already got a 64gb sd card so it would be really nice to have 128gb on it, but 80gb will do as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] flipclean:
BOTH
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] useruser111:
Too bad it's HTC... The Thunderbolt ruined HTC for me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
Any phone that can do simultaneous voice and data in 4G areas uses two chips for the radio. Your Stratosphere can do it, so does the Nexus. The only phone that I know of that VZW offers that can't is the iPhone 5. And I'm not sure how you're getting that using two chips is being cheap, as this causes you to have more space dedicated on the board for the radio chips, plus you need more antennaes then too, plus more circuitry and programming to get the two chips to talk to one another. But, I'm guessing, judging by your response, that you didn't know that all Android phones on VZW had two separate radios for CDMA and LTE (minus the iPhone 5), so it doesn't really matter. It is likely more about antennae positioning and size than anything else.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Rblacula:
LTE is built onto the Snapdragon S4 SoC, so the GS3, HTC DInc 4G, Moto Razr HD and Maxx HD, some LG phones, etc. all have 1 modem on the SoC. The Droid DNA will probably have 1 modem, albeit not on the SoC, i.e. how the Optimus G does whilst using the same processor. The Note 2 has 1 modem, and the 4G LTE modem will be the same as the DNA's, be super efficient, and may even cause BETTER battery life than 3G. As per Anandtech

and

I originally thought that the Pro still had LTE built-in, but that's no longer the case. Either way, it seems that even if the DNA has shorter battery life, it won't be *that* horrible and people are just freaking out over a number. Zomgz! 3100mAh is bigger than 2500mAh! I'm going to wait and see how this thing fares in the battery benchmarks before jumping on either one or critiquing their battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
It may be on the chip, but I'm guessing that there are still two modems on that one chip. Look at the iPhone 5, it has CDMA/LTE, but only one modem (from what I've read), so it can't connect on both LTE & CDMA at the same time. It offers much faster switching between the two, but you can't use CDMA & LTE at the same time.

All current Android handsets though allow for calling (CDMA) and data (LTE) if you're in a 4G area, which would tell me they still have two modems, regardless of one chip or not, unless they figured out a way to have one modem that supports CDMA and LTE at the same time. I doubt that the latter is the case, cause if Apple couldn't figure it out and put it in the iPhone 5, how did someone else do it before the iPhone 5? You may say that Apple is dumb, but the people they have working on their chips are still really good at what they do, although some of the other stuff that goes into the iPhone I wonder about.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wooddale:
I have an S3 now still trying to decide on DNA or Note 2. I could give up the .5 screen and get the DNA because I know the radios are going to be good but the battery scares me. I have had both TB and Rezound neither of which have been very battery friendly the answer was buy more batteries problem solved. That is not an option here. The radios (modems) on the S3 are getting better with updates but still not up to Moto or HTC. If some would tell me the Radios on the Note were as good as HTC or Moto would be no decision but I doubt they are any better than the S3. It is true when you dont have a solid 3G or 4G battery life sucks also it tends to switch back to 3G a lot. So someone wave the magic wond and make the call lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] imnuts:
I've had Samsung phones with radio reception as good or better than some HTC phones. HTC tends to be better on average, but they still have issues. Motorola on the other hand does radios really well, and it is rarely an issue for them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] wooddale:
The only other Samsung phone phone I had was the Nexus and the radios sucked on it and I had one of the good ones. The S3 is great in places with strong signals but in places where you have a strong 3G signal it will go to it instead of the 4G. Where as Moto or HTC will hold on to that 4G better. It also may haver to do with Vzw also. The Note for sure has got a lot more going for it then the DNA besides just the bigger screen.