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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] greydelta38:
I have both of them, and neither of them are stock; however, I can't really say which I like better at this point. I love them both.

First off, the Note 3. On the one hand, Safestrap sucks. Having a locked bootloader sucks.

But that phone is simply amazing. It's vibrate, huge, feels good in your hand, and is incredibly stable on the roms that are available. The power is absolutely never ending, and 3 gigs of RAM really shines when the phone is loaded down.

I loaded a rom, and boom, done. No extra work to get it the way I want it to run. Battery is relatively good but not as good as the G2, not surprisingly, for how much bigger the screen is. The build quality is stellar for a Galaxy device, which generally feel cheap. Games run smooth, the interface is flawless and lag free. Keep in mind I'm on a rom, and stock will not be as good. I don't plan on ever getting rid of this phone, it blows everything else away... except the G2.

Now, the LG. It's so much fun to use. I'm using the GE launcher on Carbon Rom. The whole development ecosystem is very simple for a casual user like me, however the phone does have a slight learning curve to get it running at in an optimized fashion, to me at least.

The bezels are almost non existant on this phone, it's almost like holding just a screen. The G2 doesn't feel as good in your hand as the Note, though. It's kinda slippery, and a fingerprint magnet. But the beautiful screen and blazing speed makes up for it. The available kernels allow it to run at a maximum of 2.9 ghz, and clocking it up all the way makes games run so smooth you'd think it was a console running them. As for the roms themselves, they're all based on 4.3 but modded to resemble 4.4 at this point. It allows for tons of power usage, however some of the roms are... less than stable. Force closes aren't an issue, but I've tried a majority of the roms and alot of them have SOD and freezes every once in a while. The Verizon 4.4 base was released recently so they should be fixed soon, and when it does I'm sure I'll be using it daily again.

Currently, I'm on the Note, the G2 is sitting on my desk at home. I like to switch off a lot, but whenever I switch to the G2, however much I love it, there seems to be something missing. Maybe it's the SPen feature. Maybe the screen feels small, or the fact that there aren't any physical buttons on the front. I enjoy the g2 quite a lot, but now that I have a Note 3, it seems like more of a software testing phone and less of a daily driver. I've grown accustomed to carrying my Note around all day and then when it runs out of battery I switch to the G2. There's really nothing spectacularly better about the Note; but for some reason, the G2 does feel a little underwhelming compared to it.

If you read of all that, congrats. If not, here's the short story; they're both incredible devices and I strongly recommend both of them.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] shiftr182:
I have a G2 now, after having the Note 3 for 5 months. I have used Samsung since its introduction to android. I tried HTC a few times, but always went back to Samsung. I switched from a Note 2 with Sprint to the Note 3 with Verizon. I was overall pleased with the Note 3 performance wise, but got bored, especially being locked to Samsung Roms.

I decided to venture out and get the G2 a few weeks ago. It was smaller, yes, but fits the hands well. It doesn't feel as bulky as the Note 3 did. The sound quality is awesome on the G2. I give the stock camera to the Note 3, but one of the developers on the G2 has completely modified the camera to make it what it should be. The brightness sucked on the G2 until I installed Lux. I like Lg's UI more than Touchwiz. There are a lot of customizable features about it, which keeps it exciting. The G2 was super easy to root, and right now I have an AOSP Rom and an LG Rom that I go back and forth between. The battery life is better on the G2. Oh, and its got 4.4.2 on it.....

My wife even liked the G2, so I got her one. Considering you can get a G2 for about half the price of the Note 3......

I am sick of Samsung locking down phones and making things a pain in the ass for consumers like us. They should make things easier so that people are more apt to purchase them.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kschmidty17:
Wow. Just switched from a note 3 to a one m8. While I am not too crazy about the lack of OLED screen and lower resolution camera, the one m8 is crushing my note 3 in battery life. Even though bajarom and greenify had helped, the power save features on this phone really work. Not to mention sense 6 is actually a positive addition to android unlike TouchWiz. Honestly the unlocked bootloader is what sold me though.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] greydelta38:
Another note on the LG G2; the vibration motors on Verizon G2s love to give out. I have had 2 G2s, and my friend has 1, and all of them have had bad vibration motors.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Dan76:
I'm starting to get tired of how big this beast is. Thinking about getting the second generation of the Moto X when it comes out the summer.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fletch33:
umm it is called the Note for a reason. cant understand buying a big phone and then complaining about having a big phone :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] airmaxx23:
There are some pretty nice devices out or coming out but I can't go back to a smaller screen now.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Dan76:
I've had the note 2 and the note 3 now since its release date for Verizon. I love Note line, the big screen is great just stating that I may be ready to leave this party and get a smaller device.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] forstir9:
I just came from the LG G2 after having the Galaxy S3 before it...Glad to be back with Samsung and this Note 3 is a beast...love it so far.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] aldouse:
Had the note 2. went to ip5. went to moto x. now on the note 3. i love the screen size and spen.... but i wish i can get the voice recognition/interaction of the moto x integrated in here. if so, that would be the perfect phone ever...
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Michael R.:
Has anyone ever been able to trade a Locked note 3 for a Dev Edition?

Or was that the dumbest question I've ever and will ever ask?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] scy1192:
Is it possible to get a new subsidized Note 3 with JB on it from Amazon?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] platinumrims:
What's next for Android? If they really do make a bigger iPhone (and iOS 8 is much better) I might have to jump ship momentarily at least lol.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
Is anyone thinking about upgrading to the N4 post September?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Dan76:
I've heard it may have some nice new features, like waterproof and rugged... but after two years with Notes... 2 & 3, I'm thinking I may downsize next time. I'm particularly interested in the Moto X active listening capability... if the N4 has that, then I may stick around.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
I find it hard to think of downsizing after a N2 and N3.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] platinumrims:
Depending on how good the new iPhone is I may or may not get the note 4. But if it's got all the stuff I like about the S5 in it and then some I probably will.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Red reign:
Pretty of topic. Just wanted to get closer to my required 10 posts and take a moment to thank beanstown for all his hard work. Love my KK rooted N3.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Improvidus:
I got my Note 3 through Verizon EDGE. Once the Note 4 comes out I may upgrade to it, but it depends on what else is available at the time.

If the boot loader is locked again, I'll likely be looking for something with an unlocked boot loader. I miss AOSP from my HTC Rezound.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] IamPro:
Note 3 or S5? I know since this is the N3 forum that it will be a little biased but plz give me some reasons why I should pick a N3 over S5 esp since the S5 is the more current.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
Would you upgrade to the N4 if it did not have the curved screen?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] IamPro:
Personally I am not gonna upgrade to N4 bc it will be so locked down that I doubt they'll be able to get root
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
I thought that I read the Verizon S5 was just was rooted. Shouldn't that be an indicator that the N4 can be rooted?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] IamPro:
Samsung/Carriers will probably patch the exploit by Sept/Oct so probably not unless they get lazy
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Michael R.:
Think they might release a dev edition?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
I suppose there will be a N4 developer edition some months later. Has anyone heard of it? Is anyone thinking of ditching Sammie for LG or HTC?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] closurez:
I had planned on the n4 since I bought the n3 a couple maybe 3 months ago. Have not rooted scared of knox and im on the vz edge thing. I have had too many issues with this device to convince me of getting n4 in sept or oct. If theyre not fixed by new charger (also havent updated to kitkat since it wasnt rootable and still doesnt seem like you can do much with the the geohot method.) I may just ditch it in a couple months once im able to trade it. Htc max was my other choice and the s5 but my nexus had similar charging issues so im not thrilled about trying a 3rd samsung device. I have always run cm on all my android devices. There not being one available for retail is also quite obnoxious. Im not a dev but it seems like you should be able to unlock the whole damn phone like a dev version. Do love the size of screen and in general the phone over all but not pleased with Verizon or samsung at the moment.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Digital Controller:
There will probably be a Developer version, there usually always is.

I have always been thinking of the LG G3, but I can't get my head around those back buttons, and knock on is a cool feature, but I have seen it in use and can just be a hassle sometimes.

My friend always ends up accidentally hitting those back buttons too.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] IamPro:
They are slightly weird at first but you get use to them. Knock-On is down right amazing, its the one feature I use constantly.. hell I don't even use the back buttons except for volume up/down.

As long as Verizon doesn't change up the design this time, I think the back buttons will be really good (MKBHD liked them alot). I have a Incipio Feather on my G2 and I never hit the buttons by mistake, if u rocked the case naked then I maybe but still not highly.

The real reason I am switching to the G3 is the mSD and removable battery; the battery is solid on the G2 but being able to swap out on a power hungry day is awesome plus moving media almost a most in this day and age (last thing I want to do is go search for the usb cable).
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tlipitli:
note 3 vs vsLG g2 vs s5 vs iphone 5c

i placed the note 3 first for a reason...

we is root.. . check it out !!!! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53525612

we is rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2760380&goto=newpost

we is s5 ported http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53586326 (soon, very, very soon)

we is happy !
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
Is the N4 expected to be running L versus KK?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] joey_p1979:
Who would ditch Sammie over LG? I've had both and Sammie is my fav by far!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
Any truth to the rumor that the N4 will be running Tizen?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] rushless:
If they want sales to be cut by at least 90% they can go ahead and do it ;) That would be sell-in BTW, and not actual sales to customers. If Samsung does that, they would truly be operating in a bubble of Yes-men/women- ie, a bunch of kiss butts.

I could see such a decision knock another product off the Epic Fail top ten list.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fletch33:
+1

if they want to make an option for Tizen to help it grow then im all for options but the N3 would be my last N if that happens now
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Dan76:
I could see Sammy two devices... A second Tizen Note. A fail it would be for sure.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
If the N4 only ran Tizen than I would have to go to someone else.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] rushless:
That could happen. 100% Tizen would suggest Apple is mind controlling Samsung leadership ;)

The industry does not need ANOTHER app ecosystem, so such an OS would seem more applicable to prepaid devices and non data phones.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Dan76:
I agree 100%. They're doing it though. They already have an app store... Samsung Hub, or Galaxy Apps or something... And I just read on Droid-Life they just announce a developers' conference... they're all in, it's just a matter of time before we see more Tizen and less Android on Samsung...

To their own demise of course. ;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] rushless:
Must be some kind of tax write-off they are setting up for ;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
I do not get it. Are They trying to lose market share in a futile attempt to maintain control over more apps?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Dan76:
Seriously. I don't know what their problem is... they've already converted the first two Gear watches to Tizen... the second two are Tizen out of the box. They do have the one Android Wear Gear watch still. They clearly appear to be moving to Tizen to try and start their own non-Google ecosystem.

It really turns me off... The Android N4 looks to be awesome, but I'm not sure I want another Samsung phone... really looking to the Moto X+1 release now, personally.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
That is an excellent question as to what to get if the N4 does not meet your expectations or you are #/$#ed off at Samsung. Maybe the G3 or M8 or an upcoming phablet?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Dan76:
Great question indeed. The Moto X+1 is supposed to be 5.2" with micro SD this time... and active listening, active screen. This is my next.. after two Notes, I hope it won't feel like too much of a downsize.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
I do not want to downsize the screen much and the SD card is a must. I could lose the S-pen and prefer removable battery for emergency rebooting. What other phablets are due from September to the end of the year?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Dan76:
What do you guys think about the 5.9" Motorola Nexus rumors? http://www.droid-life.com/2014/07/28/motorola-nexus-shamu-google/
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
Besides the screen size what are its specs? SD card? removbale battery? Who's SoC?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Dan76:
I think it's too early to know... being a Nexus though, it's likely to Not have SD or removable battery. I would guess the Snapdragon 801 as that's pretty standard lately at least in the US, but could be anything.

BTW, I read yesterday that Samsung publicly stated they are delaying the release of Tizen on a phone because it's not ready.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
No SD card is a deal breaker. Tizen not ready for prime time is better news.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ABOOD KENWAY:
S2 VS Plus ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] alhadee12:
Note 3 or S5?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
Why S5 versus N4?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dsnider42:
How do you feel the note 3 holds up against the other samsung devices? Im up for an ulgrade soon looking for recommendations. I currently have a note 2. Ive also heard the note 4 is rumored to be released in a few months. Anyone hear this?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fletch33:
it is coming most likely next month. Sammy already said it will be announced at their event Sept 3rd. here are some pics that are probably the real deal.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dsnider42:
Is there anything you would recommend over the note or other galaxy devices?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fletch33:
nope! to each his own but for me the Note series with screen size, battery, features, pen, etc.. its exactly what i wanted and keeps getting better.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dsnider42:
I dont know if I like the way it looks. Id have to get my hands on one to be sure. Thanks for the info though! I have loved my note 2. I broke my screen like 2 months after I got it though. Its just so damn expensive for the parts for galaxy phones. I do cell phone repairs and hacking myself. Its embarassing to see the cellphone repair guy carrying a broken phone. I cant wait to get my hands on a working copy ubuntu for it though! It looks like porting has stalled though.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Dan76:
I went from a Note2 to the Note3 (still my current phone). I absolutely Loved my Note2... I really think it's the best phone I've ever had. I feel like the N3 just isn't as good, completely my opinion, but it feels less sturdy and well built. I've also noticed considerable less battery life on the N3 compared to the N2, which I imagine is because of the high quality screen.

If I were you, I'd wait less than a month to see what the Note4 has in store for us.

Others? I've heard tons of love for the LG G3. It's big and fast, but no stylus.

Good luck to you.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fletch33:
good phone. poor design. i have had several people i know including my local Verizon rep really want to keep using it but the buttons on the back although cool to separate them from the pack seemed to be a FAIL. not dissing their hardware but before even considering that phone you should use it first.

if i had to pick something other than a Note i would probably get the Oppo N1
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jasonh128:
So whats the best and most stable rom out there for our phone?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] fletch33:
that is a taste factor really but for me its 110% JasmineROM with all the stuff from the latest S5 release mixed with the pen features etc.. of the Note 3. it was truly like getting a brand new phone.

he just released 2.2 and it had just a few remaining bugs but nearly perfect and those have been fixed and will release 2.2.1 shortly and i would wait for that.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] jasonh128:
thanks i will give that rom a try.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dsnider42:
I am personally a fan of the CleanRom ACE 5.0 release. CM seems to be slow and cluncky. The features are cool but the phone suffers for them. Clean Rom is crazy fast and improves battery life by leaps and bounds compared to stock and even CM.

---------- Post added at 12:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:05 PM ----------

Im talking hours more battery life. With CM10 my phone would die in less than 8 hours on standby. With clean rom it will get through an entire day with fairly moderate to heavy usage. Plus it eliminates all the bloatware as well as gives customizable installation options such as your splash screen animations and status bar icons as well as keyboard options and stock app installations
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] doeboy711:
I am looking to upgrade to the N4 because I want the 805 processor and the 3GB of ram. I currently have the M8 and I like it, but I think that the bigger screen and stylus will help me out with my Beachbody business better than the M8. I think the specs on the N4 will help it live out it's 2 year life cycle for me.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
The N4 may have 4 GB of RAM.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] J3ff:
Very excited for the note 4 over here..

I've had all the recent phones.. note 2, note 3, s4, s4mini, M8, s5, LG G3, LG vista... I went back to the note 3 after all of it. No side volume keys on the G3 was a deal breaker. I use my phone for 100% of my music needs, in the car, on the boat at work and being able to just push the volume up and down on the Samsung line is what I want.

Yes, I waste money on phones, but ebay makes it pretty close to break even as long as I keep them mint!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] ronaldheld:
I am now wondering if it is worth upgrading to the N4 or wait for a 64 bit phone(N5)?
[Acer Iconia A700 and A510] shorley86:
OK basically I am new to tablets and laptops and all that stuff so be patient.

I bought a second hand a700 and I believe its benn rooted to run jellybean. I'm not a big fan of having it rooted and wondering can an official update be done? If so how do I go about it? I'm In Ireland if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance for any help
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] brn2prgrm:
Ok guys, I believe I've found the regkey to fix all the dropping wifi issues within WM2005. This has been tried and tested on my Blue Angel SX66 Cingular with the hack listed in the wiki to get up to WM2005. Anyways, to the patch, unfortunately I don't know how to make cab's so follow along. Get yourself a registry editor (i.e. TRE) and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\"Your Adapter Name. Mine had 2 keys, tiacxwln and tiacxwln1, tiacxwln1 was the ticket for me" Within the Parms folder you'll find a DWORD value named ResetOnResume which should be set to '1' change that value to '0' and hit ok in the bottom left corner. Give your BA a soft reset and all should be good. I haven't tested this for side effects, but it now reconnects to wifi on resume without a hitch. Please post results back here, I hope I am not jumping the gun!

TIP: To find your adapter name go into Settings>Connections>Network Cards>Network Adapters and look for "xxxxxxx Compatible Wireless Ethernet" again, mine was called 'tiacxwln Compatible Wireless Ethernet'.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Mastiff:
Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

This has been my number one gripe with WM5, everything else as just been small annoyances. But this one... I use WiFi a lot, actually almost every time I turn he thing on. I even got WiFi in my car! So thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!

Oh, do I have to say that it really works? :lol: Qtek 9090 btw.

You who try this, don't forget to turn off the unit for 15 seconds before you do the soft reset, this flushes the registry.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] 3waygeek:
This also appears to work on WM2003, at least with my SX66 running the current revs from the SX66 Standardization Project.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] indra9110:
WOW ... its perfect ..... you're realy MAN !!! thx thx thx.....
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] mamaich:
I've updated BA_WM5_FIX.CAB so that it sets this registry value:

ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Blueangel/wm5_test/BA_WM5_FIX.CAB
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] efjay:
with this registry setting wifi on my BA will not stay off. anyone else getting this?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Mastiff:
Yes, I see the same thing. Now suspending the unit will turn on wifi on resume. So is that a problem for those who worry about battery life? Probably. Do I care? Nope! But then I'm in my own home around 90 % of the time, within reach of the charger. No, I'm not a slacker, I actually run a business and work 8-10 hour days, but I have my office at home! :D
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] brn2prgrm:
Sorry guys I don't understand what's happening. What's going on with the wifi?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] z_rudy:
brn2prgrm: On WM5, if you turn Wifi on, switch the device off, then back on, Wifi does not resume. This action was default on WM2003SE. The registry key that makes Wifi resume by itself when you turn the device back on was found, and then integrated in the WM5 patches CAB. That's basically all :)