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[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] lagoboss:
S Note does seem to be laggy and semi-unstable. When I first powered my tablet on and got the two forced updates, my tablet was supper laggy and S Note would crash on conversions and imports. Based on that, I wrote a hideous review on Amazon and started the return process with Newegg.

I factory reset it and packed it back up. So then I started getting flamed on Amazon from die hard Samsung fans and decided that it was time for proof that S Note was slower on the new Note than the original. I was video taping the pdf import and noticed that S Note improved, as well as the rest of the tablet. I think the two updates cause the infamous "slow after update syndrome" despite being pushed for increased stability.

Anyhow, that was all to say that after the factory reset, the tablet is more responsive.

However, I do agree that S Note has taken a step down and that it is slow to turn pages. I converted all of my notes to pdfs from my old tablet; the process was actually quicker than I thought. I am transitioning over to Lecture Notes; the import and export speeds are nice.

I would only factory reset after a backup or if you have nothing to lose. I did notice that after I reset the tab, it automatically downloaded all of the apps that I previously installed on it; this saved some time after deciding to keep it.

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Do you know if the update would concern stability or the return of the great features S Note once had?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] earthtk:
Stability I guess.. They won't change features.. If they do it will be note 10.1 2015 edition.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] kevroc:
So I factory reset mine. Kind of a hassle having to redownload an reconfigure stuff, but oh well. The wake to lock screen is now much faster but S Note is still slow, maybe 20% faster in the page to page swipes, but still slow overall. I may have to just switch to LectureNotes or Note Anytime...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] lagoboss:
I'm glad it's a little faster. I've switched to Lecture notes. So far it's a good replacement if you don't depend on shape or formula match. S Note is still questionable on my tab as well, but the crashing at least decreased. Lecture Notes has a free trial I think so you would have nothing to lose
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] kevroc:
The problem I have with Lecture Notes is not syncing between devices. With Evernote (Skitch) or S-Note with Evernote sync or Samsung sync it works pretty good. Also, with Note Anytime it sync really well and also to my Windows 8 notebook and iPad. Lecture Notes is like an island unto itself and I have too many devices :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] lagoboss:
Note Anytime seems cool then, I'm going to give it a try. I would love to be able to sync notes between the 10.1 and note 3.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] kevroc:
I was going to give papyrus a try, something about the UI that just makes it easy to use and I find myself going back to it a lot. The Note 3 version works very well and they just updated the 10.1 version to get rid of an annoying lag it had. Unfortunately the "Cloud" capability it has is an add-on charge and I'm not sure it really would work as a "sync" between 2 devices. Ideally a note program would also send to Evernote as PNG so evernote could handwrite recognize and make the image searchable.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] lvautier:
I bought a 2014 and returned it in two days because of SNotes. It is not practical for me to fight with that new version when I have a Note 8 and Note 2 that work flawlessly. I also have too many notes created to waste my time starting a new app - Lecture Notes.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] mAndroh:
Samsung should learn from Microsot

Samsung should learn from Microsoft

Microsoft have office for ears and you can always open older docs in newer version.

And also they never remove old functionality

You can always do the same things and more.

Using since word 6.0 and in 2013 you can still do all the things.

Samsung don't think they are a software company but only a device company. so what works on one device would not work on a different device.

They have to understand fast how to support older versions, and how to support older features.

Another thing that bothers me is the handwriting keyboard, in note 2 you could write several lines at once, here you have space for 3-4 words then you need to wait, and after that drag back to make the corrections.

also there is no control about time for detection. so sometime in middel of writing the detections starts and messes up the text.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] jaja_mukhtar:
Hi, you can do this by selecting S Finder and and when the search box appears, hover your S Pen and an edit icon (pen icon) will come out and press there. After, just write our formula and search.

I found this out from watching a vid from this genius Korean guy who have figured out hidden tip and tricks with using GNote 3. However, since Note 10.1 2014 uses the same software, thus it applies as well.

You can refer search the Daily Note II/3 : Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Tips & Tricks Episode 9: S Note Improvements and Differences vs Note 2 S Note

Cheers :D
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Moh M Kash:
You are truely 100% correct about the hand writing recognition on the new note 3 it is truely annoying and TBH I miss my note 2. I only bought my note 3 because of the better screen and processor. S-note was better editing screen shots was better and better battery even

Sent From Moh's Note 3 LTE
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] docyoung:
I had some problems with converting my old S Notes and if fact S Note crashing during the conversion. Do you know a work around for this problems? These notes are fairly important. Who would guess this could be a problem? Is there a conversion software for this?

Thanks

Doc
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] lagoboss:
I don't know of any conversion software available. The only thing I can suggest is to convert them to pdf on a note 10.1 original, note 8 or note 2 phone.

As a last resort, you can unzip the snote file after making a copy. All of the note pages in the file are stored as images. If you only wrote on the template pages, this solution may work.

Although the note 10.1 2014 has an improved screen, the switch in S note hardly makes it worth it. With the new tablet, it's like they copied the note 3 and made it bigger. It works on note 3, but it's a productivity hit on the 10.1. I'm slowly getting use to lecture notes, but I miss shape match more and more.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] gloster2:
Another thumbs up for Papyrus from me. I started using it instead of SNote on my Note 2 and have continued using Papyrus on my Note 3.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] boltor:
Yes. a good app. just wish it could sync better with evernote.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] pepeto2001:
Have you tried "Note Anytime"??

It even syncs notes between devices....
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] omneity:
I also endorse Note Anytime, there was a bit of a glitch following the most recent update which was quick fixed by the developers and it works great now. I've tried loads of note taking apps for Android and this seems to be the only one that reliably syncs, there's also a client for Windows 8, so it's great to be able to view/edit notes on your Windows desktop PC. It's got some great features, but it does still lack expert to PDF.

I've also invested in Mazec handwriting keyboard which is way better than Samsung's effort, this integrates directly with Note Anytime and allows for notes to be handwritten and then converted to editable test later or will do handwriting to text conversion on-the-fly.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] pepeto2001:
Does the handwritting recognition work fine?????
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] omneity:
Yes it works very well indeed, the latest version (Mazec3) is really good, shame they don't offer a trial version because I can understand people shelling out for a relatively expensive app.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] philballance:
New S-Note App

I am new to Samsung and S-Note, just switched over from iPhone and iPad to a Galaxy Note 2 and a new Note 10.1 2014 edition. I like S-Note for taking meeting notes on the tablet so the new S-Note app, syncing with Evernote, works just great for me.

I have just upgraded my Note 2 to 4.3 but the S-Note app has not upgraded to the same one on the Note 10.1. What would be good is firstly to upgrade the S-Note app on my Note 2 to the latest one, anyone know how? And to then have the same notes on both devices syncing with Evernote.

I used to use Notability on the iPad and iPhone which worked really well and the notes synced with Dropbox as PDF files and could be edited on either device. It would be nice is S-Note worked in the same way.

Any thoughts / help with the S-Note upgrade?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] omneity:
I have (most) of the Note 3 apps running on my Note 2 including the new S-Note app, but you need to install a custom ROM. Have a look HERE for ROMS that have the S-Note 3 apps built-in. I'm using Tigra ROM which seems very stable & fast.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] blackheart2925:
somebody posted elsewhere that LectureNotes allows for adjusting the offset of non-device s-pens...does note anytime offer something similar?'

must admit both Note Anytime and LectureNotes seem impressive...is there a winner amongst these two? :fingers-crossed: would be great if these supported dropbox sync of files
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] pepeto2001:
Do Lecturenotes also syncs between several platforms as note anytime does?

Enviado desde mi GT-N7100 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Thatrainbowjunky:
Old Snote on 2014

Is it possible to get the Old snote (like the version on the previous 10. 1) on the 2014 edition?

What steps would I have to take to do it if it's at all possible?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] acadoid:
[MENTION=368261]pepeto2001[/MENTION]: Even though LectureNotes usage of many individual files to store notebook pages is ideal for syncing your notes, LectureNotes does not directly sync with cloud services. There are too many different cloud services and syncing is better done by the specialized app of your favorite cloud service (or general syncing apps such as FolderSync), as they keep up with interface and security updates. LectureNotes allows you to set its app directory (the place where it stores your notebooks) to any place on your SD card, so that you can set it to a place that gets automatically synced with your cloud account. If you do not yet use such automatic syncing, you can set it up specifically for the LectureNotes app directory. In this way, you can automatically sync different devices as well. A large fraction of LectureNotes users has in fact multiple devices and does syncing in this way.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] lagoboss:
I tried FolderSync and it is great! I never thought about using something like this. Now I can view my files during my commute on my phone with little effort and use LectureNotes. Much thanks :D
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Saga.ardox:
Well, I'm a new on this forum.

I've came here by this situation

I always believed that an Upgrade Was an Upgrade but on this case... I didn't understood.

Look that Samsung developers tried to develop S-note as a other application called Papyrus..

Weel everything that I just can support on this new app in'st the compatiblity another SNB but the ERASER

I put some screens from Sketch Book for galaxy that is an program that is a Sketch Book Pro with some enhacements...

An example

First and Secound Images Screen taken From Autodesk Sketchbook for galaxy (using an eraser a real bitmap eraser)

third Image using S-note 10.1 2014 version I just set the erase to range [1] and this make a Hole inside the drawing...

I thing that it must be repaired.

Because it's take the old s-note into a better drawing control... and menagement..

Sometimes I want my Ganalaxy Note 8" back...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Btoulidene:
Note taking is very laggy for me . ? Why would that be . Mj9 firmware . And my ram usage at 2.5 gb
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] rushless:
Still not seeing the lag mentioned here after over a weeks use. As far as ram, Android likes to fill it and unload as it sees needed. Not a Samsung issue, but Android app stack design. The only way to reduce ram use is if you have virtually few apps installed.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] Btoulidene:
What firmware you on
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] mimoawi:
Sorry to ask this question agian but has anyone found a way to install/flash the old S-Note app into Note 10.1 2014 editon?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] lagoboss:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2480921

Hello, some people in this thread may have figured it out.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] yolandanelson31:
I know this is an old thread but...

I want to know if anyone was able to find a way to erase small pieces of hand written/drawn anything in S-Note? On the old 10.1 I was able to write and erase as if on paper. Now even if I uncheck "Erase by Stroke" and set it to size 1 it still only erase in big chunks, so there is no way to get accurate in S-Note. In Papyrus I had to pay for the option to have a true eraser (I think this company just made that feature a cost premium because of the lack of the feature in S-Note)

I think I found a work around that may help until a real solution is found: There is a correction pen as one of the pen options, if you set the bottom slider to 100% it gives you a very accurate eraser, you can use the top slider to control stroke size.

I would love to get some of the functionality of the old version of S-Note included into the new version, because there are some new features that I wouldn't want to lose such as the backgrounds and new templates.

Yolanda
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] BclingergFJ:
I gave Papyrus another look not to long ago and was not impressed with is paid features. Include it all for a single charge makes more sense to me.

Via my Note 3
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] colint3:
New S Note

I hate the new S Note I really miss being able to just write and it converts to text WITHOUT having to use text boxes. Why oh why cant we have the choice of having a text box or not.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] lagoboss:
Its so that they can use that mandatory phone wide text searching feature that I suspect no one really uses- at least I don't. They have destroyed SNote and they don't really seem to care.

Samsung is becomming more like Apple with every new device and software update. Note 3 and I suspect S4 users can't even downgrade their phones any more :( Thats the main reason I don't have an iPhone anymore.

When my phone and tablet gets old or breaks, I'm buying other branded devices that are more open.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] BarryH_GEG:
It's gone. Time to move on. You now have to convert to text after-the-fact and you have to add new pages manually rather than having them automatically added when you move past the bottom of the page. Other than those two things that have changed the new S Note is better in every way; at least in my opinion and I'm a heavy user.

This thread reminds of when MS introduced "ribbons" in Office. You'd think life as we knew it had ended. People adjusted to the changes and life went on and even today MS is still selling more Office than they ever have.

P.S. - I've been using the newest S Note from the SGS5 that requires 4.4 on my N3 and other than seeming faster none of the lost features people are lamenting are back and there have been no changes to the features people hate.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] lagoboss:
On the fly shape match was one of the main selling points of S Note from my point of view; I suspect others feel the same way. On the old version, you could select shape mode and draw shapes on demand. It was quicker and more precise. If you make a mistake in the new version, it can become a hassle to keep redrawing the shape/text, selecting the shape or text and then transforming it into something; it leads to a loss in productivity if the shape or text that you are trying to transform isn't nearly perfect The old version would read a lot of bad handwriting and it would accurately guess the geometry and placement of the shape that I was trying to create.

If I had known that they changed the app that much, I would not have upgraded to the new tablet.

I use it as a notebook for school. A semester with the old version of S Note was heaven; my notes were so neat and I was able to write them out as quickly as I would on regular paper. I have moved on to LectureNotes to continue using the S Pen input feature.

LectureNotes may lack shape match, but at least it is still the basic pen and paper emulator that the old S Note use to be; you can actually erase small mistakes accurately without the entire line disappearing.

I keep commenting on this thread for two reasons:

1) In hopes that Samsung will one day see how backwards shape match has become.

2) To let veteran users captivated by the n8000 know that the new S Note may be useless to them if they wanted to continue using shape match as they knew it.

I wish I had read this thread before buying mine. I could have saved myself from a useless upgrade.

I encourage all veteran users to try out the new S Note or see it in action before buying the tablet instead of assuming all is the same and listening to people talk about how great the app is.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] BarryH_GEG:
I think some folks are idolizing the now departed old version. It was slow to respond; especially with larger files and when it was auto-saving. The navigation and UI looked like it was designed in the 80's and took up way too much of the writing canvas. And, at least for me, it would occasionally FC causing me to lose some of my work and miss chunks of what I was taking notes from while waiting for it to recover.

Recognition (shapes, formulas, handwriting) is a lot more accurate in the new version even though it has to be done after the fact which pisses some people off. Having the old version recognize those things, at least based on my handwriting, was a constant chore involving lots of "go back" corrections which greatly slowed my note taking down. And while I was "going back" whatever I was trying to take notes from moved on without me. Now I jot down what I need in handwriting at great speed and, at my leisure after the notes I want are safely captured, go back and convert them to whatever I want/need them to be correcting if necessary without any pressure. With S Finder's ability to search on handwriting I find myself leaving the majority of my notes in handwritten form and converting only subsets of my notes to text when I need to share specific content with others.

It's obvious some people are really missing the old version based on their particular usage style but that doesn't mean the new version is bad or that it deserves all the negativity its been receiving. There have been examples of 100+ page S Notes all in organized text with multiple header, paragraph and font styles applied. Sorry, that's not what S Note's designed for and for notes like that I'd use a keyboard and a word processor. Someone taking a Mini off-roading and complaining that it's awful in the mud shouldn't be taking a Mini off-road in the first place. S Note's great at some things but it's not great at others and there are often better tools available for those anyway.

S Note 2.0 haters and lovers aren't going to change each other's minds. But the debate at least provides some context for people looking at buying the N10.1-14 based on its handwriting capture and note taking capabilities. To each their own. :)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) General] lagoboss:
I couldn't agree more.

I wonder how Samsung actually gets feedback about their products and services; more than likely not from XDA LOL.

Seriously though, if the S Note is too provocative, LectureNotes has a great free trial to showcase the capabilities. I've been using it since mid fall semester of 2013; it is pretty good.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] kdskamal:
Yeah if u are able to copy apps like the improved word, excel and powerpoint(!) from a win 5 pda, then I think it will indeed be possible to run apps on our magicians.

atleast this would satify win 5 thingy in us for some time ??

help win 5 himalya guys !!

sunny
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Steven How:
Recently I found that my stock battery..could't last more than 2 hour with screen on, I set brightness at 30, usually it would last for maximum 3 hour,im just using wifi. I get this strange battery voltage reading from several apps. When my battery is around 30% the mv is around 3689mv instead of 3.7-3.8k. The pic below show its below 20%. Now is around 3.8k mv at 69%. Fully charge 100% is always 40xx mv.. There is once my battery produce some hisss sound and heated up pretty high, the phone didnt shut down. This happen which was like a few months back.. Any idea? Thanks in advance :o

Send from my NTT Docomo Xperia AX SO-01E
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monkeyjjk:
Here is screen shot about phone. I figure out how to root but the problem is unlocking the bootloader . Can you help anyone????the phone is a Droid RAZR Maxx HD
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeorgeHahn:
If that's the latest OTA, then unlocking your bootloader is currently impossible. Sorry.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bweN diorD:
it is the latest, and you are correct.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jonnyboiii:
Today I was using my phone like any other day, when all of a sudden the screen froze and then turned off. I'm on Carbon Rom (1.7 I believe), and have been on it for months, and it's gone and rebooted on me before for no reason, but this time it wouldn't boot back up, and got stuck on the boot logo. I was afraid I'd have to do a factory restore so I made a backup in TWRP and all was good... Then after I made my backup, I couldn't get back into TWRP, as it just sat on the blue logo screen not doing anything. Still not booting and unable to get into recovery, I assumed it was soft bricked. Then I did what I was dreading--doing a full factory reset and flashing to a stock rom, following Hero's guide on doing so. I followed his guide to the letter, and after flashing the VRALEC bootchain and getting a pass in Odin, my phone gave me a message "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone" and from there I was unable to get back into download mode, let alone have my computer see it when it's plugged in.

SO:

I can't get into download mode, and I need to. Badly.

Any suggestions?

At this point I've pretty much lost hope so it would make my week if someone could prove me otherwise.

Edit: Checked my battery in my sister's S3 and it's at 87% so my battery isn't why it's not booting up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] joekiv:
You could try a USB Jig to get into download mode. You can get one here for $6

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130724488168&ssPageName=ADME:L:eek:U:US:3160

I haven't done it, so consider this a uninformed suggestion.

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You could try a USB Jig to get into download mode. You can get one here for $6

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130724488168&ssPageName=ADME:L:eek:U:US:3160

I haven't done it, so consider this a uninformed suggestion.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jonnyboiii:
No I'm pretty sure it's hard bricked now... no button combinations will make the screen budge. Although when I plug it into my computer without the battery in, a red LED comes on. Other than that I got nothin.