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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] burrzoo:
Loving the G-Note 2, a little bored with iPhone 5 at the mo'

And this is why I truly LOVE XDA! Tips and tricks and answers for just about everything!!!

I have an iphone 5 and was getting a little bored since no JB is out yet BUT I had been eying the G-Note 2 for a long time. Even though I knew it was gigantic, now that I have it I can't believe how utterly fantastic it is! It is not heavy and Nothing beats the screen real estate. I can't put it down. SmoothSync for Cloud Calendars works perfectly. I haven't tried their version for Contacts since I didn't need it. Both contacts and calendars were important to me.

The iPhone is good for the masses - for people like my husband who are just not that tech-saavy. Simplicity makes it intuitive for him and that really helps. A jail broken phone for him was a waste. All that being said I've shown him some great features on the Note 2 and I think he'll be wanting to switch next year when his contract is up! I guess what I'm saying that the Android OS is intuitive too.

I haven't done enough research yet but looking for a comparable app = Messages+ [JB app] where I can answer an SMS while in any app window. I'll look into ChompSMS and others. I also miss another JB app called Remove All (missing it on iPhone 5 and G-Note 2) where you set up a gesture to kill all open apps. Call me lazy but I found that very useful. Drag and Drop to MicroSD card solved any iTunes issues for me.

Maybe it's just too soon but I am not yet missing my iPhone. It's there when I want to use it though... Just having too much fun with this G-Note 2.

It's rooted and at the moment, I don't need much more...yet! ;O)

I still have so much research to do on my quest for the best G-Note 2 tips and tricks but enjoy doing that so, so much. :D

I do highly recommend this phone and I always recommend XDA to everyone for most all the answers....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] halfman21:
For reply in any app definitely check out chomp or handscent they both have that feature. I dont use s voice so I have my home button double tap mapped to chomp sms quick compose. Easily compose and reply to a text in any app. And to be able to kill all apps u need a task manager, but with that being said android is optimized so that you dont need to kill apps. And I would recommend installing adaway since you are rooted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] malinois16:
Or to kill apps long press home button than hit the delete icon at the bottom!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Johncrist1988:
Useful Thread

In response to this thread needing to be closed and not serving a purpose, as many have said already, there are tons of die hard iPhone users that troll forums spouting off how the iPhone is better than Android. This isn't one of them. Quite the contrary, this is a comparative thread that allows people who have ALREADY made the move to describe and elaborate on what they miss about their iPhone, any workarounds they've found to those missing bits that they miss, as well as express any concerns they've had while in the Android camp. This thread helped me make the move myself, which I'm grateful for. Without this thread I don't think I'd have made my best mobile buying decision yet.

There are plenty of people looking to make the move secretly and not wanting to admit it. In my store alone, three iPhone users almost secretly approached me about it to use it. In the break room. With nobody around. These are die-hard Apple fans. There is interest out there and the overall internet pressure and persona they carry when talking about Android seems to keep them from jumping ship. This is an outlet to relieve that pressure and help those making the jump settle in.

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Context Relevant Part:

Day 2 with the Note has been excellent. I've really enjoyed it. I've enjoyed it so much so that I'm firing up my old Gentoo dev box and looking at getting back in the ROM scene again. It's been some time (I was the dude that baked the Darexius roms for the Eken001 on slatedroid.com), and I know the landscape has changed quite a bit, but it's definitely something I want to do again :) And I have a few app ideas that I want to bring to the Android camp that I'm taking away from the iPhone camp that either seem missing or could be done better than what's out there for Android now.

Specifically I'm looking at productivity. Things like iWork just work so well, where when using Polaris or Kingsoft, they just feel... 'lacking'. In several ways. I want to improve upon that. I want to bring better video editing like iMovie over. These things will take time, but I feel like with a more uniform and 'complete' feature-rich application set in those two areas, the equivalence factor will definitely grow thinner. That's my contribution, anyway...

It's a darn shame that we can't just be opensource devs contributing to AOSP as a whole. At least back in the day it wasn't that way. Maybe that's changed, I don't know. I haven't spent time looking into it. Hopefully I can help someone, hopefully this thread helps someone, and all that.

That's really all I'm missing so far :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] sabre31:
Is there any good ide you recommend for android app development? I am surprised nobody that I know off sells a nice dev software for building android apps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SINGAPOREAN:
The only thing that I miss is iMessage.

With Mountain Lion, I could access, answer and reply SMS that were sent via iMessage right from my desktop.

Typing messages, for me, is easier on a REAL KEYBOARD..

And just a little sidetrack, I really wonder why we cannot have a desktop client for Whatsapp. The ability to send and receive messages from the desktop is so useful and convenient. I mean, other chat apps, ie. Nimbuzz can do it too, BUT none of these apps are as popular as Whatsapp or rather most of my contacts are on Whatsapp, so I cant convert everyone to Nimbuzz .. or Google Chat ...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] halfman21:
Take a look into mysms, you dont even have to use it as your default sms app. I use chrome and have the extention installed and sending sms from a pc is a breeze. You dont need a new # or anything it just syncs your sms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] intenseone:
dude that exist on this phone check ur settings
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] luciddreamin92:
Coming from an iphone 4 I can say I've been waiting for the gnote2 for some time now and im very pleased with this big ass boss. Especially since after buying an android tablet like the transformer prime drew me into liking android more and more. The note 2 definitely is a big game changer and way better than how I used to use my old iphone.

games didn't matter much because i'm more interested in emulators and android already has them, and as for customizability it's just a dream with this device compared to having to jailbreak my iphone for each new ios update that comes out. the jailbreaking part is what made me dislike using the iphone because I wanted more customization and it was more of a hassle than on android imo.

I will say i really miss imessages, the iphone is excellent at handling txt i'll give apple that one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bodoct:
I miss the app store, they definitely had more games and apps pumped out. Also miss the jailbreak apps like installous which also connected to the app store so you know when updates came out, cydia with the many on the go tweaks with more user made customizations. I miss the spell checker and suggestions the iphone had through all its apps, reminded me of Microsoft word which was nice.

Don't get me wrong I love this phone and the os I just miss a few things.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dr. Evo:
I guess this is another area where Android is superior to Apple and iOS. This does exist. The steps are:

1. Long-press home button.

2. Three icons show up at the very bottom of the screen

3. The icon on the far right which is a TRASH CAN... tap that. VIOLA! All currently running apps are killed!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] bfinch:
I returned my iphone 5 because I didnt like it. I went back to my galaxy nexus while I waited for the GN2 or the nexus 4. I was set on the nexus until I held the note 2.

Only thing I miss is the music player. I havent found a music player for android that can compare to apple yet.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] malinois16:
Try Poweramp.......they give a 30 day free trial to see if you like it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Techweed:
It doesn't work for everything that's the problem. I would think the most common usage of this feature would be to double tap to the top of a long webpage. This feature does not work for the stock browser.

How do we kill services running in the background after we've cleared the multitasking view you mentioned? After I clear everything there's still a couple apps running despite my closing of them. I know I can force stop them but that seems to be a hassle and the warning written when force stopping isn't pleasant to read either. There has to be a better way.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Bodoct:
Try advanced task killer in the app store. Of course there is also a pro paid version that's better too
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] UCLAKoolman:
Yeah with advanced task killer you can make a widget on your home screen that kills everything running in the background when pressed. Many people find this unessesary in Android though, and I haven't found a need for it on the Note 2 yet. I did find myself needing it to improve lag on my HP Touchpad though...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rsalan:
Task killers are bad for your phone though.. I don't think there's a need for it. The built in App manager/killer works great for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] AEiX:
+1 for iMessage. I have to iMessage with my iPod touch but only with Apple ID

Other than that, SGN2 is a pretty boss phone. No regrets switching
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ThomasLM:
I was a long time iPhone user(3G, 4, 4s) that recently made the switch the first day AT&T sold the GN 2. I wasn't impressed with the iPhone 5 so I thought this would be a great phone to try.

I can't even begin to explain how much I like the size of the display. I really can't find a single complaint that an app can't fix and even find some things more intuitive on this device. I was so pleased with my GN 2, I sold my iPad and bought a Note 10.1.

AllCast is awesome and some of the apps like Locale and Tasker are fantastic. The battery life on the GN 2 is ridiculous compared to my iPhone 4S. I had to buy a Mophie Juice Pack Pro to make it through the day and still had difficulty doing that.

I really can't find a regret yet, other than AT&T dragging their feet on the software update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] funnycreature:
Sounds familiar! How happy are you with the Note 10.1? I love the idea of having S-pen on a tab but I personally would love to wait until Samsung uses their (ridiculous) HD screen in their Note tablets :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ThomasLM:
I've only had the Note 10.1 for a few days but I think I will really enjoy it. I was going to get the Nexus 10 but I like the S Pen and the micro SD slot on the 10.1. I'm not one that would place a higher resolution screen over function so I'll use this and wait until the next series of samsung tablets come along.

I had an iPad mini for a few days and I'll just say that the GN 2's size made having both too much of an overlap. The Mini felt sluggish compared to either, as the specs would suggest.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Corvette Dave:
On the note you can tap the top of the phone and it will do the same.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] burrzoo:
It doesn't seem to work in the stock browser, Dolphin, Opera browsers either. I think it might only be working Samsung apps like Contacts. It would be nice if it worked with the browsers or Google RSS reader, etc...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] luciddreamin92:
The gnote2 can task kill eveything by simply clearing its RAM, just hold the home button, tap the circle icon on the left, and then clear the RAM memory, same thing a task killer will do.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] 722ish:
Kies air will allow you to do that from any device on the same wifi network. Sometimes I connect a note 10.1 when I had my note 1 to conserve phone battery because that was nowhere near as good. I have had success from the browser on the note as well as IE and firefox as well. It is a separate messages tab.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jaskil1975:
I also miss bite sms as others have pointed out. I will try chomp sms. I am a phone/tech junkie and have had pleasant experiences with both iphone/ios as well as many android phones. I currently have and use iphone 5, note 2, and galaxy s 3. I really do like both operating systems for different reasons. Like others I think this topic is valid and useful. Arguing against android because it is android and you have an iphone is just as pointless as arguing against apple simply because you have an android device. People have different tastes, let them be happy with what they choose and you be happy with what you choose. Why argue over it....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SINGAPOREAN:
Hi, do you mean mysms.com? I tried accessing the page, the website is down. But I did see mysms in Google playstore though
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] walie:
use desk2sms
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] x2h:
not an iphone user but my daughter has an iphone 4. the only thing i miss is the design. nothing beats the design of iphone. if only any phone maker can learn to do that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] eelnoraa:
I am an iPhone4 user for 2 years, then switch to iPhone5 since it came out, now switch to company phone which is AT&T Note II two weeks ago. Here is what I have to say at this point.

1. I definitely miss the smoothness of IP5. IP5 still have edge on smoothness, not necessary faster, just smoother.

2. I also think Apple apps store is better organized in general.

3. I found quite a few apps are written primary with iOS in mind, then added Andriod support. Such as Whatsapp, Tango . The option and setting in these makes more sense in iOS. I am sure there are apps that is the oppsite tho.

4. I actually like the iOS notification better. So far, I haven't been make my stock Note II to the same satifatory level.

5. IP5 has a more efficient standby mode. Despite NoteII's larger batter, IP5 can match it if both useage is minimal. But under moderate to heavy usage, NoteII is much better. That tell me IP5's standby mode consume less power.

6. IP5 or for matter, iPhone in general, the superior build quality.

7. IP5 screen quality, espeically when you use both under direct sun light. Noticeably better on IP5, or even IP4.

However, having the above said, I am will to deal with the small difference in the above items for a much larger screen size. Not having to deal with iTune, widgets are also pluses for me at this moment. If IP5 is the size of GS3, then I think I will have tough time choosing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] devoureddreams:
i was an iphone user for 4 yrs even have the iphone 5 as a backup lol. i agree with everyone else who has said they miss the tap status bar to go to top of page, other than that i dodnt miss anything else. the themeing on the iphone was great once you were jailbroken, but as my daily driver my galaxy note 2 is much more in my favor of amazing. ios is like blackberry you got the same outdated things for every update. im sure once apple integrates nfc itll be innovation (sarcasm) tho. im a converted "fanboy" the note 2 is where its at. dont have to play cat and mouse with a jailbreak or anything.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] sabre31:
I miss when somebody texts you a contact card (vcf) I simply click and imports it as new or existing contact. Anything like that on Android?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] AppReviewBros:
Yes, you can import/export vcf files on Android too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikdugal1:
I miss flawless group messaging
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] proplayer44:
I use swift key

I want some sort of a spell check, the one that works best for me is the one with the three word options at the top. But if you type something and it's not one of the three and you hit the spacebar after choosing your word, it will auto force you to enter one of those three words without an option to stop it. I want " See you in DEC, Not See you in decendant, decent. Or what about typing in web addresses.

m.google.com, hit space and it comes out "my google". It takes like 5 minutes to manually correct and fidgit to stop it from auto correcting.

It drives me batty. How do I stop this and keep some sort of auto correct. The one where it just automatically types things it thinks you want without the "Three Words" is worse.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Techweed:
I love the look of the stock SMS app that comes with the Note 2 but I wish it had the message appear in a window on the screen and quick reply features as well. Is there any way I can get the best of both worlds?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] proplayer44:
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I did not know that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] NAB4:
Wow, lol. Very informative thread. Considering buying my wife the gn2 and she would be an iphone convert.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] eelnoraa:
For the smoothness issue I have with NoteII. I did a few things and seems to improve it noticeably. Let me know what your expert think:

1. disable power saving mode seems to make a difference

2. disable all junk AT&T apps and Samung apps that I don't think I will ever use

3. under "developer option" in setting, I disable transition animation effect

4. disable s-voice activated by double click home buttom

The phone seems to be more responsive and smoother than when it came from AT&T. Does this make sense?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jbeef86:
it continues to amaze me that neither Android or iOS has this feature already built in and requires a 3rd party or a jailbreak. A popup window option from the lockscreen or within an app, quick message, and quick reply....its been a few years now since many 3rd party apps or tweaks have been doing this.

I am using handcent right now and its good. Every text that comes in pops a box open from there I can quick reply or just close. I have setup a quick compose shortcut on my lockscreen which works nice. Pretty much all I need...not sure about the stock look of the built in SMS never really used the stock messaging app.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Johncrist1988:
I've updated the OP with the major points from this thread as well as a microreview of my time with the Note 2 so far. Right now I'm flashing the stock international ROM located here which apparently doesn't have any ATT garbage and performs better, gives you Multiview, etc. I'm hoping that the wallet issue may be resolved or easier to deal with in the international ROM, too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrwoofus:
I'm right there with ya on that...finally just quit using SwiftKey.

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And all this time I've been long-pressing, going into task manager and doing it there. Had no idea what the trash can was for! ;)

I guess you CAN teach an old dog new tricks! :)

Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] alberto562:
Not a dam thing. I had a iphone 4s before I got my note 2... itunes sux for windows, it seemed like it asked to update every other time I opened the program. Mp3, mp4, m4a, m4v playback only. No drag and drop. No expandable memory. U can't replace the battery yourself. The back and front is made of of extremely fragile glass. (I dropped my 4s a day after I bought it, it landed facedown on the concrete I said to myself "dam it now I scratched the screen" I picked d it up and the screen was cracked, shattered. I went to an apple store and made a quick sob story and the dude exchanged it for me)... the list goes on but ill stop :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mr mystery:
But imessage is ios devices only. Not a real life saver to me to be able to text an ios user only from my pc. Its like bbm, useless to me. Try the sms app mightytext for android that allows you to sms any phone from your phones account from a web browser. Thats useful.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cortland1998:
Tweetbot and the Mail app! Those are 2 apps I miss big time.

Sent from my Note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] techten:
No Regrets

i have been an I phone user forever! i got my note2 6 days ago and couldn't be happier!!!! Apple wants to dictate what you do to your phone and what content you put on it. was so tired of having to jailbreak just to get a drop down menu or weather on my home screen. i have a brand new I phone 5 unopened in the box and have no desire to open it at all. just going to sell it on ebay. i definitely prefer the jelly bean over the sour apple.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] a_ok2me:
Polaris is Useless

I can attest that Polaris on the GN2 is a joke. I only use the spreadsheet.

You can't save your changes under the same file name.

Copy and paste will replace the entire spread with similar values being replaced with the new one. ie, if you replace "the" with "that", it will essentially do a find and replace the entire spreadsheet for "the" with "that"

Formulas don't work. You can't copy and paste formulas, only values and format.

Support is non-existent. There is no email or online form to submit bugs.

Sorry I had to vent.

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Theoretically, "Double tap to tap" under the Motion setting is suppose to do this, but it doesn't. It only seems to work for email.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] the1dynasty:
Go SMS Pro from the Play Store allows for you to group chat with iPhone users as well as use emoji (separate emoji plugin required)... It doesn't have iMessage but that's not a must have feature anyways... It also has popup with quick reply... Tons of free and paid themes, including an iPhone theme, Windows phone, various android SMS skins, seasonal themes, etc... Also has an option to send images up to 5mb (essentially any photo you can take) without rescaling... Not sure about video but my auto upload for Dropbox is turned on so I have the link once its uploaded anyways...

Handscent offers the same if I'm not mistaken... I use Go SMS personally...

Both of these apps are are free to download and a great replacement to stock messenger...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] testerdennis:
Chomp SMS has the Swoosh sound after you send a message.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] outkast22:
I miss the build quality, sleekness, and how quick the battery would charge/how slow it would drain.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] kromosto:
I miss.... err i never used an iphone but i can answer with another point of view what i wanted most from iphone? I wont say the build quality as i think it is not better but the choosen material maybe a want.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] borijess:
Really battery. I know people that have the I installed I phone 5 and there battery drains within a day. They say battery life is similar to iphone 4. My wife has the 5 and she is constantly using the charger. Note 2 on the other hand can last almost 2 days for me with heavy use.

Sent from the TermiNOTEr 2! ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mikdugal1:
2 days? I'm lucky if I get 5 hours on my note 2 on heavy use.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rsalan:
Your phone gotz probz.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] cortland1998:
Edit. Gmail updated their app yesterday which now shows email as a mobile view. So now I only miss the Tweetbot app :)

Sent from my Note 2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] smokeadrians:
I miss the email app that re-sized attachments to screen size.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ZarathustraXX:
iMessage is pretty much it. But I could never go back. Mr. Cook, tear down this Walled Garden!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] rotule:
I miss the rocker switch to change from vribrate to ring

only thing i miss!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Techweed:
I miss having firmware updates installed when the company actually releases them. Where the hell is my multi view ATT!