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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jmorton10:
IOS most definitely has its place.

One of my best friends for years is a major factory rep for a bunch of electronic lines and is tech savvy.

He lives in a 3 million dollar house on CapeCod and has an awful lot more money than I do......

This guy could have any phone/OS etc that he wants for free but he uses an iphone. I asked him why once and he is one of those guys who says "i just want it to work, I could care less about any customization etc."

I looked at his iphone and he never even bothered to change the wallpaper and he absolutely loves the thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bgowland:
Oh ya, head shaking and blank stares when I start talkign about the excitement of the unlock process and loading a new rom. I love it. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] bgowland:
Exactly. It's hard to touch iOS from a "just pick it up and start using it" standpoint. I get a bit annoyed when people are so one sided they trash talk either Android or iOS. We are very fortunate to have 2 excellent choices (ok, 3 if you count Win8, which isn't too bad either)

But for me Android didn't become a player until ICS/JB. I started getting really curious in June of last year, then when I watched the Google IO keynote I was like 'Damn, project butter rocks".
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshw0000:
Seems like people start with one or the other and stay with it. They really only change to the other if:

Android to IOS

- Friend got an iPhone

- My really old phone is still on GB

- My really old phone is buggy and/slow

- I can't figure this thing out

IOS to Android

- I'm bored. Why can't I customize

- No Flash Player??? WTF

- When will I get JB for IOS 6?

- Apple Maps don't know where I am (it's really not that bad lol)

- I want NFC, big screens, expandable memory, changeable battery, ect!!!

- That's neat, can I flash Roms on my iPhone?

- This is getting expensive

- Wait, I can get free apps without jailbreaking??

There's probably more for each list lol.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dakota0206:
There, I fixed it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jmorton10:
So do I.

I coach my 12 year daughters soccer team and one of the Moms from the team was talking about upgrading her old droid phone (I'm not even sure which one she had) to an iphone. She told me her phone was very slow/laggy and buggy and she just wanted something simple that worked.

I had a spare ROMed and tweaked Rezound that I was not using and I offered it to her for free. She turned me down flat saying "I never want to see another android phone at this point" and two weeks ago she used an upgrade to buy an iphone 5.

I was talking to her last night and asked how she liked her new phone. She said "this is what I should have bought in the first place"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eraursls1984:
Until recently the og Droid was about the only android phone I'd heard of that non techy people loved. That's probably because it was the only one that wasn't buggy/slow out of the box. All the other phones had manufacturer/carrier skins and changes that slowed the phones down, unless you rooted and romed them. My co-worker bought my old Droid X with Liberty rom froyo and she tells me how her friends and family with newer phones are surprised how fast and smooth it is because they have great phones with crappy software. This past year finally brought us phones that, Imo, run fast and smooth despite the manufacturer (most have learned to scale back, or better code their UI) skins and carrier bloat, the average user can now have a good experience without rooting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshw0000:
OG Droid was and still is slow and buggy. The Nexus has no skin or overlay. If they'd have beefed the battery and put in a micro sd card slot, it would have been a way bigger deal than it was. Granted, I carried one for a long time and loved that phone. I only needed 3 batteries to get through a day.

On a side note, I'm in the market for a Nexus if anyone wants to sell their old one on the cheap. I'm going to flash Ubuntu to it when they release it.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eraursls1984:
I left out the Nexus line simply because I was talking about the average user, and I haven't seen any average users using Nexus phones (I'm sure some do but not many) I never had a OG Droid, but I have played with a few and they surprised me at how fast they were, granted that's not as fast as the latest batch of phones, but for a stock phone they beat all other stock mainstream android phones for a long time. The people I know who had Droids loved them, other newer phones I've heard more complaints than praises.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshw0000:
Compared to the Eris which released about the same time as the OG Droid, they were the sh*t since they had a better processor. If memory serves me correctly, the Eris had 256 and OG Droid had 512. I rocked the Eris for 2 years and HAD to hack it for daily use. My next phone, the Droid X was way faster and smoother than the Eris or Droid with a 1 ghz processor.

So for it's day, the OG was good because it and the Eris were literally the first Verizon Androids available. But compared to anything recent, the hardware just isn't there.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eraursls1984:
I loved my Droid X, but stock it was slow and buggy. Comparing the stock Droid X and stock Droid, the Droid was faster and less buggy. Rooted the Droid X was better because of its 512mb ram compared to the Droids 256mb ram. You had to get all of verizon's crap off of the X for it to shine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adrynalyne:
I'm afraid memory didn't serve you well.

Droid 1 = 256mb of ram.

Eris = 288mb of ram.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] joshw0000:
Sorry, I crossed my memory and processor stats. I've slept since 2009.

My whole point to this was the Droid had slightly better hardware. No overlay helped since storage and processor was limited. But using a stock droid compared to a stock (anything with a better processor) would be slow to me.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jmorton10:
i was thinking aout that recently. I owned a Nexus (biggest POS I've ever owned) but I've never seen another one except in a verizon store.

When I sold it, I practically had to give it away because nobody wanted it......(only phone I ever owned that got ZERO responses when I listed it on craigs list)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] Dakota0206:
I sold mine for $300 about a month ago to get the Note 2. I even got a call about it yesterday because I forgot to take the post down.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shojus:
I posted in another thread just yesterday but I just had a quick run with the iPhone 5 and I just can't believe that people would use that OS... I mean, it's a decent phone but IOS is just locked down so bad that it can't function as a proper smartphone without a jailbreak. Even if you jailbreak it you are still very limited and the OS seems buggy depending upon what you have added to your device from Cydia. I "USED" to be a die hard iPhone guy when they first came out but I finally smacked myself and I have never looked back... I honestly think that the iPhone is just for people that want to have a premium phone with VERY limited functionality as a smartphone. If you gotta be on wifi just to download an app over 50mb than why even have a smartphone? Why pay for something that has to be tethered to wifi to be usable? Apple needs to do something quick or else they will continue to lose their VERY loyal iPhone user base... Android has shown that it can now be just as smooth as any IOS device and that was the only reason that people seemed to trash talk Android so much... I respect everyone's opinion on the choices available but IOS in it's current form is ****!! Just my opinions of course...:D

Welcome to the BEST community around and have fun being able to get what you pay for! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] IamPro:
Jailbroken iDevice was for me was awesome except for the ridic slow 3G and no flash
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shojus:
I currently have a jailbroken iPad 3 but it's being handed down after I get the Nexus 10... As far as tablets go, I think Apple has that down but for phones I just couldn't do it...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cmraymond:
Thinking of getting a Note Ii when I am eligible to upgrade. Currently have a DROID RAZR Maxx and I love it, but have been drooling over this phone since it came out. What do you guys think of it so far? Will it still be worth it to upgrade to the note in November?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eraursls1984:
I came from a RAZR MAXX, and it's definitely worth it, but by November you'll be looking at the Note 3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cmraymond:
Or a super deal on the note2 lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ksizzle9:
Ive had several people respond to my GS3 that way, but in particular iPhone users sem to be very fond of the note. Im an Apple user in general, have had 2 iPads and the iPhone 4 & 4S, Along with my MacBook Pro, which is gteat and ill always use. As far as phones I always end up coming back to android.

However the Note 2 is just different. Ive had probably 1 out of every 2 high end androids that have been released since the OG Droid. They have always had more upside and overall usability than iPhone but it seemed like all of them would simply be lacking in one area or another and really ahead of the curve in other. Up until probably even the GS3, the iPhone was ultimately a better overall phone, albeit more locked down and restricted. Good camera, decent features, ok battery. However times have changed. Android has matured and OEMS are starting to mature. My wife up until 2 weeks ago wouldnt own or touch smartphone if it wasnt iPhone. Mainly due to battery by her account and the overall fluidity that is iOS. Im happy to say that upon the arrival of my Note 2, she couldnt believe how much better it was than her iPhone. Absolutely loves S Pen. Sammy has actually done a fantastic job with the Galaxy brand and are gaining an Apple like following. Im happy to say that the GN2 is finally the COMPLETE package in a phone. Love this thing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] acPIZZA:
This is true. This is the first uncompromising android device. Even the DNA falls short in a few key areas.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adrynalyne:
Eh, it still has compromises.

16gb internal storage limits how many apps can be installed, despite external storage. It takes a rooted device to get around it. Thats the big one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stkiswr:
I have honestly owned over 20 android devices across multiple carriers and an iphone 4s and before the note 2 I test drove an htc 8x. So I have really dabbled in the main relevant phones all back from the droid 1 and eris days. I almost bought the dna because I am a big htc fan but after owning the note 2 for a few days it is simply the best device I have bought. I feel like I future proofed myself for a little while. Battery is fantastic. Screen, spen, camera...did I mention battery? Blown away. I still havent rooted as I want a grest baseline before I do that but todsy the battery has been nothing short of stellar. Yeah it is large but im growing accostomed to it quickly. My wife has a gs3 so it works well for both of us with the buddy share. Signal has been solid for me even a 1 bar of 4g. I just cant get over how great samsung did on this device. With quad core I shoukdnt be looking for another device anytime soon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] cmraymond:
I am sold, can't wait until upgrade time. I gave heard nothing but good things about this device.!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] blackbass595:
Basically it boils down to 2 things aand those things coincide with the 2 types of people.

Leaders - android phones. These folks tell the phone what to do when its gonna do it and how its gonna do it.

Followers- apple products. These folks are the "please take my hand and show me what Im allowed and not allowed to do on the device" type of people.

And as a couple of side categories you could add "creative" to the first type and "lame/boring" to the second.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stkiswr:
I can agree to an extent. I hated ios for very simpl3 reasons the iphone is a fantastic device. It reallly is. Camera is great. Phone is grest. Battery is even bettery. The few flaws I find are bluetooth sharing. Major bummer. Free apps are weak.

All aside are simple, android IS more open and it will allow more freedom.

Get the note 2. Get used to the size. Im at over 6 hrs screen on time which rivals the iphone for screen time and all that it does it bigger, faster, stronger! Honestly its the best device you honestly the best device you c a n buy. I almost bought the iphone due to resale value thinking it would be worth more in 6 months if I wanted an htc device but damn its so good it will 100% be keeping it and really don't care what comes out next.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ksizzle9:
With an SD slot to save all of your media to, I dont see 16GB as any sort of problem. I know there are those are that claim they need 20, 000 songs, 200, 000 pix that are from 10 years ago and 4 different TV series with 7 seasons each. Yes its wonderful we have a phone that can do all of those things great, but at the end of the day its STILL JUST A PHONE. Who has enough time to consune all that media on a small (for watching shows/movies) and it still needs to be functional as a phone. We can still have 80GB of storage with SD. lastly im sorry, NOBODY can use 16GB worth of apps. Sure you can download them, but this falls into the same category of things that simply arent needed on a MOBILE device, that used to be called a Mobile Phone. With expandable storage, large screen, SPen, fantastic camera, and finally (also most importantly) great and satisfying software to finally utilize the awesome hardware....it is the best phone out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] adrynalyne:
Apps default their additional data to the 16GB. There is only 10.2-ish available, as the 16GB is for the entire NAND, not just for storage. A couple big games, and you are sitting at about 3.5GB free.

See the problem?

I am aware that root takes care of it through workarounds, but for those who don't, they are screwed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] blackbass595:
I actually have an iPod touch for music purposes during weight training and cardio only....dont know if anyone has tried to run with this monster in their pocket...well don't. The word ball smack will take on a new meaning. However playing sound through the headphone jack is so amazing not the note (far better than anythjng else I've ever heard) (also after a few tweaks) that when possible I listen to it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stkiswr:
Get some bluetooth headphones. This ish is badass. I just got the 64 gb card. No probs with memeory now. Set it down. Bt headphones and call it a day. If you ate on a treadmill of course. If you arectrailing it good luck. Duct tape it to your leg lmao
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] IamPro:
Yea these HD games are killing me when it comes to storage space :(

Luckily I prefer emulators :laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnchad14:
I run with my note in a back pocket...feels more comfy than my nexus did because it cant turn in the pocket heh. Still on the hefty side though...but I want credit for the miles on google now :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JasonGeiger:
Ive got an arm band for running and jaybird bluebuds wireless headphones for running. Ill put it in my front pocket for lifting or if I dont have pockets ill use the armband on my arm or calf depending on what I'm doing. It works well.

Sent from my Note2 running cleanrom 4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] blackbass595:
I don't want tthis to sound stuckup or conceited but unfortunately/fortunately I grew out of arm bands a while ago. None of em will wrap around anymore. :-\
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] JasonGeiger:
I had a hell of a time finding one when I had the thunderbolt that fit. The one I have now is huge. I had 18" arms over a year ago and Im bigger now. Theres plenty of material to spare to fit an ifbb pro. I don't like it when I lift upper body though.

Sent from my Note2 running cleanrom 4

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There it is.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] blackbass595:
Freaking sweet man...yeah I'm sitting at 18 now. Was at 18.5 but some time off changed that...you know how it is. I just kinda gave up on bands. Never even bothered to check for bigger ones. Nice find.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] iflip:
Man after this phone I might give the future Galaxy s variants a try. Lol the one handed operation works out for me but our tastes change with the trends. I dig the stylus and big battery and all but I like one handed operation and this phone barely fits comfortably in my one hand. But the size is not that much of an issue given that it is kind of a tablet. I'm hearing rumors that there is a note 3 in the works with an alleged 6.1 inch screen. If that is true then I will definitely not be owning any more Galaxy notes. Lol. I'd go back to 5"or slightly smaller. But the size of the note 2 is perfect. They do not need a bigger screen unless it takes up more of the bezel space which will probably happen with the flexible line of lcd panels they're working on. That would be pretty nice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dee32soon33:
U are so right. I was 2 a iphone person. But after I switched to android, I never looked back! ! !
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] stkiswr:
Just gaining root access so I could use lmt v1.7 helped tremendously. I font have to reach across thr phone to hit back now

And yes, a 5" version of the note 2 prob would be ideal for me but this is more than managable for the features and battery life
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] 1ManWolfePack:
I love this post, OP!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tb417:
Glad to see another reap the benefit of android. I see no point in iPhones, even if you wanted the simplistic OS, why not buy android and use one of the multiple iOS launchers Lol

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dopedig:
Ive been back and forth many times...3Gs, droidx, thunderbolt, charge, bionic, nexus, iph4. And now the NoteII. Im tellin you right now this is hands down the best thing to ever happen to me. This on Verizons LTE is sweeeet. BAM!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] eikast:
I'm not going to lie but that new jailbreak got me thinking about using my iPhone 5. When I picked it up I instantly knew that that there was no chance that I could ever use a 4" device again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] got556:
See my sig. I can appreciate both. Lately I've been finding myself wanting a Macbook Pro in the 15" range, but man that price for what you get....not so sure.

The g/f is the iOS lover and I am the Android lover. But like I said, we both appreciate them for what they are. I've been a crackflasher with Android for a long time but gotta say, with the S3 and Note 2 Sammy hit Touchwiz out of the park. I've found myself leaving them both stock rooted/bootloader unlocked. They're that good IMHO.

Now, if ParanoidAndroid could implement the S Pen as Sammy did, it would already be on my Note 2. Paranoid Android has been my go to rom for quite a while now, but I don't want to lose the S Pen features.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dkcalf:
Hey guys I dont know if this has been posted already in the skyrocket forums but I cant seem to get pattern lock on the rom to work. Vincom's rom switches the lock to swipe no matter what the heck I do. I even tried reinstalling the rom and believe me, i swiped and did everything he told me to.

So, are any of you guys experiencing this problem with your lockscreen too?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crashpsycho:
When I was on superlite I had no issues with pattern lock

You can try normal wipes again but try with formatting data cache system and see if it helps

Skyrocket Embryo 6
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dkcalf:
Thanks for trying...

No success...Well thanks for trying to help man but I'm probably just gonna have to move on to a different rom haha
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jd1639:
I never had a problem with vincom's rom either. Do full wipes and install.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dkcalf:
Yeah I tried the various wipes and all but they didnt work so i moved onto Embryo 6.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jd1639:
Embryo 6 is good too. I'm running it right now. Still didn't have the problems you did with vincom's
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
Smart move!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] dkcalf:
Oh God...

Yup so the madness continues! Did exactly what Mohan wrote and my lockscreen won't work! Never had this problem with CM10...

EDIT: It worked once. That was when I rebooted from after I restored back to Cyanogenmod. I restored to cm10 to make sure that rom's lockscreen worked. It did. So, after I checked, I restored back to Embryo. Surprisingly, the lockscreen was working. However, after I pressed the power button to turn the screen off, when I turned the screen back on to use my phone, the regular swipe unlock screen was back...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] levilib:
I'm sure this is discussed already but I can't seem to find it so if someone can help me or point me in the right direction.

I have a VZW GS3 that I have rooted, unlocked the boot loader and flashed CWM recovery. I then made a nandroid.

The main reason I did this was because I wanted Jelly Bean, and since Verizon is the slowest, I didn't want to wait so I installed custom ROMs.

Now that Verizon has released JB, I want to go back to my nandroid and then use the OTA firmware update service to upgrade.

Am I missing anything along the way that's essential for this to work?

Will the updated software re-root and/or relock my bootloader?

Will this automatically update the Baseband from my current VRLG7 to whatever the new one is?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] levilib:
One other thing, Will I still have CWM recovery after this happens? or will it revert back to stock recovery? or do I need to manually do anything to the recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
You're doing this to ultimately stay stock? Do you intend on flashing roms again or no? If you did a nandroid just after ONLY rooting and unlocking bootloader then restore it. Here's a step by step:

1) boot into CWM, restore your rooted, stock nandroid

2) Download EZ recovery, flash stock recovery

3) Wait for OTA

The OTA will relock your bootloader and unroot your phone. The JB OTA will also update your modem, and everything else, to VRBLK3.

No, you will lose CWM if you do what I detail above. The OTA will fail if you still have CWM installed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] levilib:
For the time being I intend on remaining stock, but I still want to root. Maybe once CM10.1 becomes stable, I'll go back to it, as of now I've had too many bugs with 10 nightlys and stable and 10.1 nightlys.

I don't recall, but it's possible I did it after flashing CWM recovery, would that make a difference?

Thanks for your help!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Nah I was just verifying to see if you modified any system settings or apps while on ICS TW. You should be in the clear as long as you reset CWM to stock recovery if all you did was root, unlock, then perform a nandroid.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] levilib:
before I restore the nandroid in CWM, do I need to do any wiping? cache, dalvik or full wipe?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jam.i.s0n:
Absolutely.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] levilib:
so which wipe(s) do I need to do?