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[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tgamer:
Compared my N3 to my N2, an S4, and 10 S4 minis last week and found the N3 to have the worst home key of them all. Most of the time requires a forceful click where the others don't. It's annoying because it's never consistent. Sometimes it's how it sure be, but most of the time is rough feeling. Really debating a replacement solely for this reason.

Holding out on root until I decide on the swap. All in all though pretty happy without root with Nova and FoxFi. Seems the camera really doesn't like shadows behind you taking pics outside either. Half the picture is black and the other side looks fine. Just angling the phone different send to help but never noticed this on my N2

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Me too, never had Sprint 4g in my area so data speeds were never over about 100 Kb. Now I'm getting 3.5 Mb! This is my favorite feature so far, also the fact work pays the entire bill persuaded me to spend the $ for the fone
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Gvaz:
I was also coming from the S3 and now looking at the old s3 i dont know how I ever was satisfied with that. Everything about the N3 is fantastic I love it.

Battery Life is fantastic, screen is gorgeous, fast as ****, snappy, huge amounts of space to work with.

dpi is a touch too high but that's an easy fix.

only other complaint is that USA versions don't get the 64gb internal one, we only get the 32 for some stupid reason.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] takemo:
Coming from the gnex, I'm so happy with the note 3 battery life but how do you get 5 hours at 43%?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Samzebian:
you can expand email notifications with two-finger slide on the notification tray (at least with gmail, I don't know about the stock email app tho)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] virx14:
Thanks for the tip, it helps some. I would still prefer an option to display separate notification for each message up to a configurable maximum, will keep looking for a mod.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] :
I find myself having to press harder on the s pen to get it to select. Havent played with the glove settings for the capacitive screen but it may be a fix.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] changt34x:
Two things I have complained about are the battery performance and heat, both of which I have found more information about (in my case).

For battery performance, mine is poor because I am on a school network authenticated with EAP-TTLS (needs 3 CA Certificates and another security key). In networks like these, multicast packet filtering is always on (you always see download activity occurring), and this bug has been noted quite a few times on the internet. Seems to only affect Samsung devices though. If I keep Wifi on, my awake time jumps to about 30-40% while with it off it is closer to 5%. Not a fix, but I just force 1X now if I am in a poor signal location.

The heat is still a major problem. This phone is even hotter than the GNex (from my senses, as I can't find a CPU temp monitor), and I got the GNex often over 90C (CPU diode) while gaming. If I am even just web browsing, it will get hot in a couple of minutes. In extreme cases with network activity and gaming, I have gotten my battery to over 120F, which is just too high. Using it as a phone then is very uncomfortable and the entire top portion feels like it will burn you with extended contact. I think this is mostly GPU related as I have locked my CPU to about 1.5GHz only (still benches much higher than Note 2) but the heat level has not really changed while using gaming. I then ran a GPU bench and it heated up much faster than Antutu's CPU bench.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] :
What games are you playing? I haven't gotten anything over 45c yet
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dalink:
to those having problem using the cam flash as a flashlight, I use TeslaLED & its 1000 x's brighter than the assistive light app
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Southern_mind:
You can do that in Gmail it's in the settings.

Sent from my VZW Galaxy Note 3
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] changt34x:
Just Pvz 2, it shouldn't be that bad. It also gets bad when I watch YouTube with VPN on (since Verizon throttles the connection without VPN). I was going to trade mine in but this is the first amoled screen I have ever gotten without black marks so i really want to keep it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] virx14:
Unfortunately email client for exchange servers does not have anything like that, unless I am blind.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] marcosamoreno:
After much research decided against the S View Cases.

Just got Jelly Beans ROM and my UI is beautiful now AOSP.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] MBRedline:
S view case

I have the s view case and I am very pleased with it as far as protection and quality of the case itself. My only complaint with it is I cannot send a text or make a call directly from the s view window :( that really annoys me. Maybe some devs could get together and find a way around this in some rom releases.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] radionerd:
I'm happy with most everything with my SM--900V DE.

One annoyance on the stock ROM was My Magazine. It was tied to the home button, with no way to disable. I've since flash a few ROM's CM-11 and Beanstown106 v6. It's all good!

I love the note 3 Dev support!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] b00mb00mchuck:
All you had to do was open my magazine... Go into settings... And disable home button
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] radionerd:
Thanks,

You are a plethora of good information :) I wish I had known that back when I was on stock ROM.

10th post, yippy!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] charge1:
Love everything but when making a call my ear triggers all these functions- world clock, timer etc- all these things i don't want then. Any way to lock this?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] platinumrims:
Screen lock in call settings?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] 10amla:
There is a xposed module in the works that will do some of that.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2368665&page=20

I'm really happy with the S-View case.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Mattv111:
I hate my magazine
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] MBRedline:
Thanks for pointing me over there, that is exactly what I'm looking for!

I agree, I haven't even found its purpose yet. Tho I didn't try very hard. Baja ROM replaces swipe up with Google Now :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] kvnhmmd:
Like how pretty the phone is. Hate that I have to cover it up with a TPU case
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] hapster:
Coming from an S2, I have been totally blown away by this phone. I love everything. Resolution, battery life, speed, memory ... It's all great.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] sublimaze:
Samsung modems suck. Period. You would think after 4 generations of Galaxy S phones, 3 generations of Notes, and countless other devices, Samsung would figure out how to make a solid modem. They cram so much fluff into Touchwiz, but they can't make a modem that holds onto a signal in my house. I am on my second Note 3 and reception is just as bad as the first. My Note 2 was no signal champion, but at least it let me talk in my house. Thankfully my job no longer requires me to be accessible all the time, or else I would have a Moto X in my hand.

Edit: As if to prove my point (or perhaps rub it in), when I submitted this post, I stared at the processing circle for about a minute before it finally timed out...while driving on the inner loop of Houston with 3-5 bars of LTE :mad: :banghead:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] MBRedline:
So don't lol I had the razr maxx for two years with no case droped it multiple times, barely could tell it tho. But I do have the s view case on my note 3, but more for ascetics then for actual protection of the phone.

These phone are tougher then we give them credit for.

Just my 2 cents
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] QLR1:
Having upgraded from the Note 2 over the weekend, I have to day that the screen on the Note 3 blows the 2 away! The camera is better IMO. Also, I am impressed by the battery. I usually have around 60% around 1pm. On the Note 2, it would be at 50 or 40% by that time.

The downside so far is the signal. My N2 is better pulling a signal. Luckily, I'm not really in any Verizon black holes.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Sportster1:
The longer I've owned this phone, the less happy I am with it. The volume playing Google Music varies quite a lot, it's really very annoying. The camera app I don't like. The 'processing' nonsense causes alot of blurry photos and is very annoying. The modem sucks. I could get signal much better on my old Razr Maxx. The screen dims on its own during the day. I even have it on 'stay on when plugged in' and the sucker still dims. Had to get a app to stop it from doing that, but that's just another thing I've got to mess with. Thing I've learned my lesson with Sammy phones....don't buy another......
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] MBRedline:
Most of the stuff you have described is adjustable if you make yourself familiar with the settings. Screen is probably due to power save mode. I would suggest using Samsungs music player, but I believe there is a setting in play Music player to even out the volumes of your songs, try changing the setting in that option. I actually came from a razr maxx as well and am very pleased, tho signal quality could be better. Sorry to hear your disappointment tho.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Sportster1:
Nope. Power Save mode is off. I can't use Samsungs player for Google play music. And believe me, I am very familiar with the settings. Been all over em looking for the fix....
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] sublimaze:
1. For volume, try Viper4Android mod and disable Samsung's Music effects DSP (Settings > Sound)

2. Open camera settings and disable smart stabilization, that should minimize "processing"

3. I agree the modem is junk, but not much you can do about that.

4. My screen brightness fluctuates a lot on Auto brightness. Disable that and you will be much happier. It is incomprehensible that a brand new top-tier smartphone can't adjust brightness properly, but that's the way it is.

I am starting to think this will be my last Samsung phone as well. If VZW takes away unlimited data this year, I will probably switch to T-mobile and a Nexus 5 or LG G2/G3.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] recDNA:
Compass doesn't work right in google maps compass mode

Beamed from my Galaxy Note 3
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] openwheelracing:
This phone has the best reception I have ever experienced on Verizon. What "modem problems" are you guys referring to? I tried iPhone 5, LG G2, S4 and RAZR M recently. Note 3 by far the best reception and speed.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] sublimaze:
I am genuinely glad someone gets good reception on their Note 3. I can't count the number of times I have struggled to get ONE bar of 2G/3G service while my girlfriend has 1-2 bars of 4G on her Verizon iphone.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] platinumrims:
I haven't noticed any real life reception issues at all on this phone compared to any other phone I've used (rezound, iPhone 5, razer max DNA) This one seems to upload and download much faster though. Maybe it's where I live Idk..
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Xerrus:
I, too, have had the best reception I've ever experienced with Verizon on my Note 3. Sorry to those of you having problems ?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] recDNA:
I'm still pissed about the compass

Beamed from my Galaxy Note 3
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] shiftr182:
My pen doesn't have any ink in it. :p
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] cubarican84:
Dont like locked bootloader. Sick of waiting for 4.4
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] NeoMorpheus1337:
Hate the fact that Samsung is so deep in bed with vericrooks, that they won't release a proper recovery image, at least for DE devices.

I will never buy another Samsung device after this one.

Since my contract ends this month, who knows what excuse they will use to take my unlimited data. But I won't leave until kicked out. ;)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Hulk0069:
No mines pulled up quick I'm stock also
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] platinumrims:
What's compass mode? How do I do it
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] blame8008:
Agreed. It's a pretty phone. AND it makes me laugh every time I watch a current korean drama (TV series) and Samsung rules in product placement (seriously, EVERY PHONE for each and every character has the Samsung Note 3 right now, no joke).

BUT

I'm scared to death I'll drop it and it'll shatter into a gazillion pieces and I will cry my eyes out (yeah, waiting for my cases to arrive seriously sucks) therefore, case it is.

So... great phone so far. Will be better when I'm done customizing it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] tw1n5nak35:
I pre ordered my Juggernaut3 back in september and 1 month before it was released. I remember counting the weeks and days till it arrived at my doorstep. On Thursday October 9, I recieved an email notification that it was delivered @ my doorstep, and on my dinnerbreak, I drove home, picked up the package and drove back all within 1 hour of my dinner break.

Since, that day I have not looked back. I opened the box, charged it up, called customer service stat to de activate my drioid bionic and activate my juggernaut3. Coming from Droid Bionic, it was a night and day difference between the phones, I had the Bionic for over 2 years and wanted to try a new phone. What do I like and dislike about the phone?

+BluRay

+ Fast Cpu, 3GB ram, 4K video recording, 3200MAH battery

+ Excellent LTE signal and Good LTE-AWS band 4 enabled, thanks Chicago :D

+ No Wifi issues or Tethering problems

+ Fantastic Dev support, Root access, Recovery and flashable rom slots available

-DVD

- Locked bootoader

- I should have waited for the Dev Edition

- Finding Something negative to say about the Juggernaut3

:D
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dwertz:
I like the USB 3.0 for fast charging and the ability to use USB 2.0 still.

Dislike......the crappola my magazine that pops up on swipe up and not having the ability to uninstall it without getting FCs on other apps or on swipe up application not found and goes to the market.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mwebb34:
Im starting to dislike my note 3 and iv only had it since October 2013. This makes my 2nd Verizon note 3 due to Wifi unstable problems and the 2nd note isnt any better does the same **** my 1st note 3 done. And i hate the fact that the bootlader cant be unlocked. People keep saying that its gonna be unlocked but i dont see it anytime soon.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] shiftr182:
[MENTION=580395]dwertz[/MENTION] - check this out. He has a version without my magazine http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=50345707
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] KuNiT:
Can someone please help me out? I just upgraded to a Note 3 and I'm having second thoughts. I would be coming from a Note 2 Rooted/Romed and typically get 2+ days from my Note 2. I keep reading about people's experiences in reference to battery life and quite frankly it seems nobody is getting even close to a rooted/rom Note 2 battery life. Coupled with a rather unclean/sloppy (no disrespect to the developer who created safestrap) way of installing ROMs because of a locked bootloader does not appeal to me either. I am really 2nd guessing my decision and I'm wondering if I should either send it back to amazon, or plan on holding onto my Note 2 for 2 more years and sell it on craigslist for some serious coin. Someone convince me I'm making a big mistake keeping my Note 2. Thanks.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] gerg004:
Suffice to say there is nothing unclean or sloppy about SS. Now that's out of the way.

I'm rooted and running Beans b6 and have been for almost 2 months. Fast, efficient and great battery life. As we all know battery life will differ per user. I love my N3 and don't regret for second upgrading from the N2. I have loved everything from astethics to comfort to performance about the 3 since the day I bought it.

Only you can decide what's best for you. There's a ton of comparisons on the Web between the 2 & 3. If you're a crack flasher your options will be limited on the 3. And while the 3 is not as amazing in battery life (what phone is) as the 2, it's well above average.

Also, Safe Strap... is about as far from sloppy or unclean as you can get, and Hash really gave us something special considering the locked down nature of what is currently Samsung. We CAN flash ROMs on a retail edition Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Easily and safely. This was not supposed to even be possible. I'm not sure what else you would need, or why that would not appeal to you, or anyone who wants to flash.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dwertz:
Thanks. I saw that version and was waiting for the 5x6 version. I am using the 5x6 version but they dont have the no magazines.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2591326
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dohturdima:
Quality control problems; my proximity sensor went kaput, have to swap out for a refurb. Otherwise, other dislikes are the same-old Samsung crap radio and the expected lack of 4.4 and true bootloader unlock
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] whitehawk66:
I've had it for 2 weeks...Rooted immediately and modified what I like to have modified/deleted.

This is a great device...almost too much phone/computer.

Other than wishing it were better made and more stylin', I have no regrets and feel it will serve me very well for a couple of years.

It's fairly future proof at the moment

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I'm often willing to fiddle and modify to a certain extent but until the bootloader is unlocked and the need for Safestrap made easier or obsolete, I'm historically less interested in running flavor of the month ROMS.

If I have root and can modify and delete things at will, I'm a pretty happy camper.

Took me a while to get rid of the Samsung and Google garbage!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] e30bimmer89:
I just upgraded from an S3 about a week ago and have been loving every minute of it. Well, almost. I had it rooted with Vroot, but didn't really trust it because 1. I couldn't understand a word on the app except ROOT, and 2- It never seemed to keep root. I miss some aspects of my S3, like an unlocked bootloader, being able to ROM it and also change the DPI and maybe a few other things. Outside of that, I absolutely LOVE my N3. I have been wanting this phone since I saw it a while back and this was a late "deployment gift" to myself. Glad I made the move. :cyclops:
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] gerg004:
Just keep in mind, you can always revert. Safestrap is very solid and easy to use, and created by a very reputable Dev in Hashcode. There is plenty of info and directions around these parts that will help guide the way.

Ive never had a device that used SS and always had an unlocked BL. OG Droid- Thunderbolt - GNex -Note 2- Note 3. So I was a little nervous at first. But don't take my word for it, there are tons of people in the thread who will vouch for it. It may as well be CWM/TWRP with its own interface, minus the locked bootloader.

I'm not the crack flasher I used to be so the flavor of the month doesn't fit me either. However the roms for the 3 are about quality, not quantity. Beans and HyperDrive being the 2 that have been around from day 1(excuse me for not mentioning the others). Anyway outside of themeing which can easily be customized, Beans and HD do a wonderful job of optimizing and removing all the bs verizon/sammy junk for you.

To each their own and I'm most certainly not knocking or judging ones opinion to rom or not. I just could never imagine not running a custom rom on my Android device, hence am very thankful to Hash, Beans, Sbreen and all our other wonderful developers who make our devices more enjoyable. The end.

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Awesome man. It is an amazing device. And with root you can change your DPI overall or per app. Just need to edit the build.prop file using root explorer or another file manager app.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] e30bimmer89:
Yea, I actually Odin'd back to stock because I guess I lowered the DPI waaaaay too much and instantly caused nothing by FC's across the board on everything. I was still thinking like I had my S3 and set it to 190. It was rooted and running great until I changed it. And now that I have Odin'd back, I can't get Kingo to work again. And I don't really trust VRoot much for reasons stated above. I was actually going to skim the root thread and see if I can find a work around for it. I'm willing to try damn near anything lol
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] shiftr182:
Safe strap is great. It gives you the ability to wipe everything but the kernel. You can do a complete system/data/cache wipe and install any rom, so long as is for your phone/kernel. The other cool thing is that you can dual boot. I usualy have my daily driver on the stock rom slot, and one Im testing on rom slot 1. The stock rom slot can be whatever rom you choose. It doesn't have to be stock.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] e30bimmer89:
Yea, I've read about SS, my problem is, I can't get Kingo to root again. Not sure why. I'm on the MJE firmware, and I know it can be rooted, I've already done it once. Once I figure out whats going on, gonna get to flashing.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] mlin:
It is a sweet device.

BTW, just sold my e36 M3. Would love to get an e30 M3 one of these days. They're getting harder and harder to find.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] e30bimmer89:
I would kill for an e30 M3. I'd even take a rust bucket. But back on the subject, finally found out that there was a problem with kingo 1.2 with the scripts. 1.8 worked like a charm.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] universexda:
I have a Note 2 and I read horror stories about them shattering from drops less than waist high. I've been carrying mine in a Cruzerlite gel tpu with and with a naked screen for over a year and last week I finally dropped it from waist high twice. Nary a crack or scratch to the screen.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] AtariDroid:
Second note 3 here.. New in box replacement in hand from Asurion.

These things are very delicate. Mine slipped from my hand, Incipio Dual PRO case and all, onto a wooden floor.. Bye bye AmoLed screen.

I have this one in an Otterbox Defender.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Hulk0069:
I have a defender case also but got a spigen slim armor and a iloome tempered glass screen protector loving the new look.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] suzook:
This times a thousand! WTF????? No fullscreen with quick controls either
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] carlz28:
I know exactly what you're referring to. My gallery is working very fast and fluid. Reading from internal and external no issues
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] suzook:
You can have either. Tabs, or one list.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] BA0714:
Exactly. When I call in and tell them about the promotion. They have idea what I am talking about and when the type it in, nothing happens. I don't know how these other people got that promotion working... Hmmm
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Alwayzbored1085:
When you are in the app, hit menu and select settings. It will allow you to turn off "Open using home key"
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] dukins:
I have another dislike, for some reason when I install apps, it says my internal storage is getting low. Wth I just got the phone literally a few hours ago. I checked the internal sd available space 20.48 - external space 18.19. Im not sure what this is about.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] keynith:
I don't like how hard the s pen is to get out

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy Note 3
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] sleepy3103:
Sweet!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 General] Diceroll:
No e911 location icon. Nice. Auto correct I could do without. Time to change that setting.

Hit thanks if I helped you out.

Sent from my stock Galaxy Note 3

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