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[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
Can we update to NB2 without downloading the whole firmware? Bcz my device is rooted and no OTA updates are availabe...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mayank shekhar:
well as far as I know it is not possible, but you can download any Custom ROM based on NB2 Firmware but that still won't make much of a difference coz still the size won't be 26MB :P
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nitinmits:
Size Doesn't Matter Dear :p
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
Maybe size doesn't matter for u... but for many people it matters... We have to keep in mind our bandwidth and data volume...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sakthus:
mine is not rooted

if i update this firmware will it trip knox
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mayank shekhar:
no it won't, this update is pushed by Samsung!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sakthus:
i just updated the 26mb

wat's new with this update?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] fulcrum1971:
Seems to be smoother
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sakthus:
Any idea whether the unofficial s View Covers will Work after this update ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cellfrens:
can you please give me some links from where i can buy some good/cheap 3rd party s-view covers..not the fake ones..
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sakthus:
Yes pls

for me too

But before that we have to confirm whether 3rd party Covers are working now

So if anyone already had a issue with the 3rd party Cover which got resolved with this update please do let us know
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MrH672:
S-view covers working now..?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] deohrishikesh7:
what about sd card access to third party apps? are they working and random reboot issue? those who have updated please post..

sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 General] denski101:
I haven't got the random reboot issue(doesn't mean it's not there), if you dirty flashed maybe consider a Factory Reset.

That's in the hands of app devs now. Neither Samsung nor Google( although nothings certain, highly unlikely though) will be changing that.

Non root way to fix: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2674450
[Galaxy Note 3 General] deohrishikesh7:
thanks for your reply..

will try out

but cant understand who is messing around Samsung or google?both seems to going apple way.. sad thing is it still haven't addressed yet

sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sharang:
After this 26 mb OTA update sd card is not working :( Earlier this never happened !! I am non rooted ! Any way to fix ?? Should I factory reset ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mayank shekhar:
weird that should not happen!

Yes please try a factory reset!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MrH672:
Mine too?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AeonXS:
Updated the device, Random reboot still there for me after I use the camera & switch to the front one, the screen hangs & phone reboots. Gonna try a factory reset as a last resort.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dr.ketan:
Sammy have badly mess up directory structure of kk causing ext sd card read issue

Only way for non rooted user is wipe data from stock recovery. Remember this will erase data from int sd too . make backup first.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AeonXS:
And still the phone reboots after a full hard reset.

I am lost here I dunno what to do, wanna cry soo much :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
latest battery stats.. best till date..
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mayank shekhar:
very very impressive!:good:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sharang:
Yes ! I had to factory reset it 2 times for sd card to work :( Now its working though ! Still this update has some bug :crying:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AeonXS:
It's this new kitkat update, it ruined my phone & my android experience. Even that new costly band-aid can't heal this wound :/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mayank shekhar:
Does this case/item looks legit?

coz i really want something like that. Slim armor view!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
no... this a fake copy of Spigen Slim Armour s view cover... they have used the original pictures but the original price of spigen s view case is over Rs. 3500
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mayank shekhar:
any idea from where i can order that case!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
Buy it directly from spigen.com
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mayank shekhar:
international shipping charge + taxes = no go! :crying:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] alok_dhawal:
Try mobilefun.com

Again they too are international shipping. .. Spigen doesn't sell in India directly so finally you need to import

Sent from my SM-N900
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mayank shekhar:
i see amazon.in listing some of spigen cases!maybe they bring that one too!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
I prefer spigen neo hybrid case over the s view... I m using it and very impressed with the neo hybrid...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sakthus:
where'd u get it?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
I got it last week when I went to the US... but u can get it on amazon.. chk if it z available...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] anilkumarpt12:
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[Galaxy Note 3 General] pxdx:
Those are also fake ones like eBay.in
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
ebay and amazon dont ship fake items saying that it is original...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nicesoni_ash:
Lol, then you don't know about these sites, they do.

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Sent from my GT-I9300 powered by Temasek Rom & Kernel

Fueled by 7000mAh ZeroLemon Battery
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
I have purchased stuffs worth Rs. 10 lakhs since last 5 yrs from these sites... the thing is that u must know what to buy and what not 2 buy... lol...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] vinaymonu25:
new update

new update
[Galaxy Note 3 General] coolrameez16:
Which widget up in nofication bar?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] alok_dhawal:
These sites have various sellers... Some can be fake sellers as well. Only thing is people should buy from good rated sellers

Sent from my SM-N900
[Galaxy Note 3 General] vinaymonu25:
thats cool tool app
[Galaxy Note 3 General] coolrameez16:
I monitored cpu frequency while playing asphalt 8 using cool tool app .. It never stuck at 1.9ghz it was fluctuating from 650 mhz - 15000mhz which was not smooth .. why this ? I hate this
[Galaxy Note 3 General] pxdx:
You need to check again. Or probably you don't understand the difference between fake and original.

eBay and Amazon doesn't ship the materials, they are sent by various sellers and these companies have no idea what is being sent. At most the site can do is provide you a refund if you report that the product sent is fake and not original as advertised.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
Dude... I have spent a million rs in last five yrs on electronic items... at present i have got 10 different cases for my Note 3 and iPhone 5s as well from spigen... bouce case, neo hybrid, sview armour and all stuffs from spigen .. not a single one was a fake... got that... I know how to purchase goods...

So first of all learn to differentiate between fake and genuine...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nicesoni_ash:
Chill out, don't shout. No one said it's all fake, of course there is original too but lots of buyers sell fake products too, doesn't matter u spent millions or whatever.

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Sent from my GT-I9300 powered by Temasek Rom & Kernel

Fueled by 7000mAh ZeroLemon Battery
[Galaxy Note 3 General] eyan15:
Chill

You keep throwing 10L and 5 years around. I just checked my amazon orders and probably it totals to $15K in 2.5 years

I'm wondering it took you till Jan 2014 to find XDA? I got my first HTC SP in 2007 and found XDA in a few days.

Also people can spend more than 10L and still be stupid. Money is no indication of intellect.

So chill! if you know yours is good then, who cares
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
Yes I started using XDA in January '14 but that doesn't mean that I did not know what android is and what is XDA... Note 3 is my first Android phone... I was always with apple since its inception till the iphone 5s and Macbook retina which I purchased thru eBay...

So XDA and all was not in picture for me since last couple of months... And I never said tht money is an indication of intellect... I just said tht everything is not fake on amazon and eBay... An intellectual person can very well differentiate between fake and genuine... And I talked abt money bcz someone commented that I don't know what is fake and what is original...

So plz read the previous posts before commenting on someone...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] alok_dhawal:
Guys just got new app from Samsung "Club Samsung"... Rounded icons... May be future update we get the UI of S5 too

Sent from my SM-N900
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tiru.adi13:
So you imply that by spending a certain amount of money you're assured that you've got an original product? You do realize that if a person can sell a fake for rs500 he can easily sell it for 700-800 too? Ponder over it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
dude i hv bought spigen products frm eBay, spigen.com and also when I went to New York I purchased iPhone 5s spigen armor shell. So I can very well differentiate between original and fake.. and yes spigen cases do not cost 500-700.. the person who expect 500 rs. case to be original case are idiots.. and original spigen ships with a authentication certificate which one can verify on spigen site by entering the product code..
[Galaxy Note 3 General] rajat_delhi:
CTC. Cut the crap.

The best case you can get is uag. Free India shipping. Genuine product. Spigen sold in India by eBay or Amazon is purely fake if it is less than 2.5k. Also neo hybrid does not offer protection. The other one with the flip cover has a glossy back plastic. So look really cheap. Head to mobilefun. They are genuine imports but then expensive as well. And yes 10L cannot buy you wisdom.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
Ya right... All the cases from spigen which I bought was above 2.5K...thats what I am telling... And I m very much happy with the Neo Hybrid from Spigen...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] thelostlegend:
lol funny conversation about 10L and wisdom :D.. anyways.. does anyone have problem with typing in SwiftKey in multi and pen window? it just doesn't seem to work... stock keyboard works fine

and PS even I have a UAG.. it's probably the best case ever :P

Sent from my SM-N900
[Galaxy Note 3 General] deohrishikesh7:
Yes noticed this problem...

unable to use in multiwindow although you can use it i only one app in multi Window.

sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 General] fatekills:
phone looses all its beauty with a case on it :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tiru.adi13:
I wanted to buy UAG but it looks quite bulky? Is it really? Ideally I'd prefer bulk akin to neo hybrid, but the UAG does look unique...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] maniacscorpio:
i am going to download stock rom for my n3 but i am confused which one i download there are 2 stock rom available in sammobile website..

i want to download N900XXUDNB2- India ??? but confused about region which one i download INU or INS ?? if both are same than why India version shows two regions INU or INS ??

Please help
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
Check the box in which the phone came... There is a sticker on the side. Look for the first line. It contains your mobile model code- SM-N900ZWEINU or INS. Download accordingly.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] maniacscorpio:
thanks got it, mine is INU ..Is there any torrent available for download ??
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
I don't know about the torrent. But you can download frm sammobile. It offers good speed.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dr.ketan:
INU is unbranded.

some cell operators provides device, INS for them.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mayank shekhar:
What's wrong with kit kat...It is behaving strangely 28% are you kidding me.!!!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
Ya strange....i have never seen android os usage reaching 10% even on my Note 3...

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Look at mine...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MrH672:
18% ?

Why?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mayank shekhar:
That 18% is... I was on a flight for most of the time so no network no wifi!! Still !
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sandsm:
Got Mine for 25.5K interest free EMI , No processing charges , no 2% swiping charges.

Actually the dealer swiped it for 27K sating they are not allowed to sell below 27 and refunded 1500 by cash.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kmysore:
Congratulations! Do you mean 45.5 K?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sandsm:
Yep 45.5K . Thanks.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] htc6500uk:
Please note that the unlocked sim free European model will only accept sim cards from EU mobile operators.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] rkkaranrk:
Note

Paid 45k.

One thing why the model #is N900 and not N9000 ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] max.android:
Mumbai

Anyone purchased it from Mumbai, yet?

Store and price please!!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cellfrens:
bought it @47k from kolkata! awesome device..
[Galaxy Note 3 General] my969:
I asked in alpha 2, vile Parle today afternoon. He said it will come tomorrow, priced probably@ 45 k.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] kmysore:
Any place in Bangalore that is selling Note 3 for 45 K? Samsung Smart Cafes are selling it for 49900, not giving any discount.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sharp-Razr:
Just sold off my Note 2 and got the Note 3. It's definitely smoother, and has a better display. I had fun with the N2, hope it extends to my user experience with the N3.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ipsuvedi:
Hope Alfa will sell on around 47k at starting, and below 46 k after 1 week....

Usually Alfa sells lil bit cheaper then other seller.

Visiting this saturday...its hard to wait and watch:D:p

......

Guys who bought eiyher octa or quad please share real festures, specs and perfomances
[Galaxy Note 3 General] StylishMafia:
I went to many places today...and smartcafes selling for 47900...go near jp nagar central...but no place i went have stock...all are only pre booking...stock tomorrow :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] :
bought the white one.... 45900 ... in delhi
[Galaxy Note 3 General] amankapoor4:
Tried Galaxy Note 3 pretty neat phone, it feels and looks much better then Note 2.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] StylishMafia:
I'm gonna be having school next two days so I gotta buy on Saturday now...I cheked out demo today...what I really liked was how light it was...its unbelievable...but the leather back is hard..feels the same as plastic

I really liked pen window...althogh the s pen is kinda small...no lag is there at all...camera opens perfectly...no blurring fringing...no smearing also...seems to be completely fine :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Manojas:
From where in Delhi - Ghaffar or Kamla Nagar ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] adikath:
yes please tell us from where in delhi ???
[Galaxy Note 3 General] NaveenKumarXDA:
Octa or quad ? What is Samsung selling here ? Anyone confirmed or not?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Bezbozny:
Of course and our does since its plastic and not leather.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Manojas:
Octa .
[Galaxy Note 3 General] thelostlegend:
it is slightly bulky compared to bare phone but u'll get used to it and its the protection it offers that is really good

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i have a history of dropping and damaging stuff :p :D so want to keep this safe atleast
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sharp-Razr:
Oh dear. Sorry pal..my 1st GN3 handset (purchased on launch day in Sept 13) had the same problem. I think it is related to a hardware defect. Could not get it repaired under warranty because it was rooted. So I sold it off and went in for a new one.

Doc, my phone runs KK DNB2. I reset it and restored from backup via Kies. But some apps for e.g. My Backup Pro cannot access the card. Any work around or solution?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AeonXS:
So i went to samsung, they say the motherboard of my phone is faulty so that's why my phone keep rebooting, I am annoyed that they are not replacing the phone.

When they give the phone back should i keep using it or sell it, i am worried because a similar problem may occur after a while & i may not have warranty to cover the cost of these repairs.Did anyone of you ever get your motherboard replaced of a samsung phone & is it working properly till now ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sharp-Razr:
They will not replace the phone if it is more than a few days old and will only change the motherboard or faulty part. Samsung's repair centre did a very good job on my bro's Note 1..replaced the mobo and it worked perfectly after that for months. He had enough of the Sammy, sold the Note and went in for an IP 5S :)

A new mobo should solve your problem. To sell or not is a decision you need to make. I did it because that was the only option available to me. Rooting had triggered the Warranty bit e-fuse. My new handset now runs the stock ROM without rooting.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jdomadia:
If samsung official repair center replacing your MB its as good as replacement of phone, my note 2 MB replaced & working fine even after 9months now.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] AeonXS:
Yes i went to the samsung india website to find a service center near me, the guy there said MoBo usually cost 8-9k, is it true ?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] krishnamoorthy:
My story pf the Galaxy Note that bought mid Dec 2013:

In Note 3, the S-Pen related apps are really useful and cool. Yes, they done some sincere efforts on making that work.

But, unlike my previous Galaxy S2, the Note 3 N900 gives lot of issues. It is just 3 months old.

1) Few weeks back I found the phone took >15hours for full charge. Found that the issue was with the micro USB 3.0 cable supplied. Yet to get an replacement cable. I use a regular USB 2.0 cable for charging. Suddenly I am finding the that also taking more time to charge sometimes.

2) With Android 4.3 stock image the performance was good and there were not noticeable lags in UI(except when we install apps - there is fraction second UI lag when the installation finalizes - probably when it does the final IO cleanup). After the 4.4.2, fining the phone lagging for no reasons at all. behaves as it the CPU is clocked [MENTION=1601421]600[/MENTION]MHz in a single Core. Thsi comes and goes

3) With 4.4.2 update, the external SD card has problem writing to it using apps like ES File-explorer. Looks like it is due the android changes by Google in Kitkat

Samsung Galaxy S4, Note 3 Android 4.4 Problem hits Micro SD Card

Very annoying. Looks like there is solution only by rooting. I don't want to do that yet and lose warranty by tripping Knox(when I have other problems)

4) Regular annoyances like- Google plus has unfortunately stopped.When it says com.sec.**.SView cover has stopped and there is no way to fix that without rebooting. I have done that at least 3 times after the Kitkat upgrade.

Finally went to Samsung service center for mobile phones in Anna Nagar, Chennai.

Same queue for 1000Rs to 50000 rs phone :P

They got the phone & charger & I waited for about 45 minutes. After that they called me & informed both the Micro usb 3.0 cable as well as the phone port needs to be replaced. But, they didn't have the spares and asked me come after a week after confirming with them.

This service center is in prominent location & note 3 is their costly phone yet. But they dont have spares for components which is more prone to failures.

I have to wait.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jdomadia:
Very Sad Story & after reading this I was about to cry, now u suggest how u want Queue in Samsung Stores? Rs.1000/- Rs.5000/- Rs.10,000/- & so on? did u ever thought person using Rs.1000/- phone is also valuable for him? Now suggest also if someone sending his Driver to service center with his Rs.50,000/- phone has to stand where? Now come to your problems r u using original S view cover? Everyone here talking about Sd card problems, can u explain what problem u r facing with Ext.SD Card & how its affecting your use of mobile? your usb port is damage can u search here in this forum where around the world people reporting, how many people has this problems? Please explain me SIR.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] krishnamoorthy:
First thanks for the reply.

1) About separate queue for 1000 rs to 5000rs phone: We are paying premium price. Don't think there is nothing wrong in expecting premium service. For e.g Banks have privileged banking service.

BTW, in the service center I saw a token vending machine(which does not work now) which had a separate button for premium phones. Probably, they had such differentiation earlier.

I am no way degrading anyone with Rs1000 phone. Just saying, I have paid more money and would be good to have priority service.

2)SView error: I bought the original Sview cover.Not using it as t was very inconvenient for one handed use. Use regular back cover. Since the sview cover services are still running, it sometimes crashes and won't go away till I reboot. Week back, I updates the second 4.4 image. . In this one week, I have not seen such error.Let me hope that solved the problem.

3) Ext. SD problem: Yes I read about this other threads. Specifically had the problem, when I transfer wireless data from PC using ES-File explorer. It won't allow to copy to ext SD. Looks like, the app developers needs to do the right impl for the Ext SD to work properly. Now I have removed SD card itself from the phone as I felt I could manage with inbuilt memory of 32G.

4) Charging issue: Samsung itself confirmed that the US port is damaged.

From what I read in forums, the only suggestion that worked for me to charge at high speed is to srop the phone from 2 feet in the bed . Do you believe it :D - unfortunately that is the only option that I use for charging within 3hours- otherwise it takes>12 hours

I keep doing it till the charging current shows above 1000mA ( by default it stucks at 300mA)

Another suggestion was to tighten the screws at the back - didn't help me. Don't want to go any step further as I may end up losing my warrant itself.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
Yeah you are right... Even Rs. 5000 is valuable for someone...

Anyways I was wondering how people manage to write such long sad stories on a forum like XDA which should be brief and highly technical...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] krishnamoorthy:
Except the queue part , was there any information non-technical? There were several problems and I am reporting it. For some it may be useful.

Even, with the separate queue part I put a :P at the end. It was sort of making fun of myself for expecting such things.

And we start nitpicking that, than providing feedback on the actual problems :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] abhinavmn:
Cut the crap...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jdomadia:
Please read again what u wrote here, u r not asking any1 here to help u to sort out your problems, but u r try to show u r using extra ordinary highly expensive device which required privileged treatments,REMEMBER Respect comes just because of Money its not Real Respect, your attitude..........I think u r a Gentleman & u understand what I mean.

P.S. SORRY IF I HURT U IN ANY WAY.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sharp-Razr:
Yes, that's right. A Mobo will cost that much depending on the phone model. My brother was quoted the same amount for a Note 1 mobo. If the N3 board is the same price it's a pleasant surprise.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] chriz7388:
Display split up issue

In the past few days, i have been noticing something strange with the display. While the display is on and i am working on my phone, it gets split up into multiple smaller screens. Since yesterday, i have faced this issue about 3 times while playing Asphalt 8. One thing to note is that once I turn off the screen by locking it, it immidiately gets normal after wakeup. Is anybody else facing this issue?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] krishnamoorthy:
It happened to me about a week back. But, this was on the lock screen and I accidentally touched the emergency dial. There was about 9 to 12 tiles of shrunk "emergency dial screens". It was gone once I locked it.Never happened again.

This happened after the second update of Kitkat official patch.Not sure if you have updated the latest update that started rolling in two/three weeks back.