[Galaxy Note II Android Development] ph03n!x:
Thank you, E-Team!

So here's a not-so-short review of DN3 v3.1.1 - ([mention=5184669]methoddon1[/mention] - brace yourself)

I have been using stock MK4 since it leaked (with the jinxed boot-loader, and a tripped Knox counter - but no, I ain't bothered!) since it leaked. After a few days of running stock with nothing but root, I deodexed it and started modding it a bit - but then gave up on modding and installed DN3 v3.0 :)

Installation:

- Full backup in Titanium Backup

- SMS and Call logs backup with SMS Backup+

- Full backup in recovery (TWRP 2.6.3.1 is my fav)

- Full wipe - /system, /data (including internal SD Card), /cache

- Remove a few apps from the DN3 installation (mostly apps that can be installed from Play Store, and maybe Polaris Office coz I don't need it). Also skipped on the modem as I already have the latest modem when I flashed MK4 stock.

- Installation was smooth, so was the ROM

- Restored all my user apps from Titanium Backup, and the data of a few apps I need (games, team viewer, XDA, etc.)

Result: Awesome, amazing, smooth, battery friendly ROM :)

Updated to v3.1 without wiping anything - anything at all. But I modified the install zip to do without Aroma, and included the equivalent of what I installed in v3.0, the updates (of course all the Note 3 goodies ;) ), and the OTA in my modified install zip itself. Updated soon enough to 3.1.1 - it flashed just fine in TWRP.

Result: Awesome, amazing, smooth, battery friendly ROM :D

Issues faced:

- Got the only numbers show, the saved contacts' names do not prob, and a remove/ re-add/ reboot of my Google Account fixed (all my contacts/ calendar / whatever is in Google-we-may-or-may-not-trust)

- Got the Email app FC'ing after v3.1.1 update - this was when I did not have a single account and was about add one. Just followed instructions - Cleared it's data in Settings > Apps and all was good

- The common symbols in the right side of the keyboard (like , which is long-press 'n', or ) which is a long-press on l) are aligned to select the accented letter and not the symbol when you long-press - this is but a minor irritant, and a little getting used to does wonders

- Getting to change the notification tone for Emails gives a FC, but it is a no biggie - I read somewhere that some folks are fixing it with the Email apk from earlier versions, but I didn't bother trying that

- The Air View toggle does not turn off the feature in settings

- Haven't been able to turn on the Air Jump feature

These are about the only issues I noticed - I have read about a few more cosmetic and otherwise, but I haven't noticed them/ tried to replicate them. Even these three do not bother me a bit ;) I will see if I can get something out of logcat that might help fix these.

Modifications:

- Xposed Framework with Wanam Xposed, App settings (per app DPI), SMS delivered notification to toast, Disable Clear Defaults, Lock Screen multiple widgets with pattern lock enabled, Samsung Keyboard Short Delay, Master key Dual Fix

- Fast Dormancy toggled to Disabled

- a few init.d scripts - one to make a few changes in the PegasusQ Governor to suit me, and one for mattiadj's Internal SD to External Swap (which works pretty fine)

- Disabled a bunch of apps from starting up (I use LBE Security Master 5.1.4722)

Typical Usage and Battery Life:

- WhatsApp, Hangouts & BBM for messaging/ chat

- Vonage Mobile, CSipSimple for VoIP

- About 1.5 to 2 hours of voice calls, less than 3 SMS per day on average

- Not much of a WiFi Use, hardly an hour or two

- Eight mail/ calendar/ gallery sync accounts (Facebook/ SNS, 2 x Google accounts, Samsung account, 4 x Email accounts)

- Greenify (Donate version) with a bunch of stuff (including system apps) 'greenified'

- Other apps that run always - LBE, BetterBatteryStats, Google Search, Keep Screen On, ClockSync (scheduled sync'ing of the phone's clock), Titanium Backup (Scheduled backup once a day), SMS Backup+ (scheduled backup of SMS and Call Logs), Chronus widget, Orbot (not always connected, but runs in the background)

With all these, I get at least 20 - 24 hours on a full charge, with 4 - 5 hours of screen on time - which includes about 30 to 45 minutes of videos that my kiddo loves to watch. Have attached some screenshots of the second charge cycle with v3.1.1... This is the same as what I used to get off late in 4.1.2 DMG1 (after that I switched to 4.3 ROMs). I will be trying Devil kernel now, and maybe help fix the lags issue.

Overall - IT CAN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS! To be honest, I haven't tried other 'Note 3 included' ROMs, in fact this is the only Sammy TW based custom ROM I have ever installed, and I don't see a reason why I should try something else :)

Smaller things -

- Love the four-way reboot, which actually reboots with a proper shutdown, and not abruptly like the Xposed module does

- Stock look and feel, with a Ton of Goodies - should I even mention a perfectly ported N3 experience?!!

Thanks a lot E-Team ([mention=5077020]ravijani[/mention], [MENTION=3001941]titooo7[/MENTION], [MENTION=612358]slink_59[/MENTION], [MENTION=501951]funky81[/MENTION], [MENTION=3417326]Arsaw[/MENTION], [MENTION=2391029]sotmax[/MENTION], [MENTION=4912763]GigilinE_RevengeDevTeam[/MENTION]) and everyone who has contributed to this awesome experience - an experience that even Samsung should fight to beat if they ever decide to port the N3 features officially!