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[Galaxy Note II General] AcostaJA:
I'll wait for the Galaxy S5 or the Successor for HTC ONE/ SONY XPERIA Z1, my reasons:

1- I want 24bit/196 Khz DAC as on the Note 3 (no Nexus have or will have soon)

2- Because High Bit Rate Flac are so Huge an micro SD slot is mandatory.

3- I want an IR blaster. NFC. Qi. 5"screen

4- 64 Bit CPU, not mandatory but welcome.

5- AirView w/o Stylus.

Why not a Note3, I dont want it Huge as the Note 3
[Galaxy Note II General] Haplok:
Sounds good. Can you connect an external flash/SD drive via USB to that? Would say that's a pretty important functionality for a tablet... and a major differentiating point for Android when compared with iOS and even Win8.
[Galaxy Note II General] bahtsiz_bedevi:
Definitely Nexus 5 (I'm a long term Samsung user, see my signature)
[Galaxy Note II General] gub:
Do you want a race car or a truck ? These phones don't even compare.

Nexus 5 :

- cheaper

- better performance

- pure Google (leaner, less features, more frequent updates)

- smaller IPS 1080p screen

Note 2 :

- more expensive (unless you buy it used)

- S-Pen

- removable battery

- microSD slot

- Touchwiz based (bloated, but some features are actually useful)

- larger AMOLED 720p screen

- outdated (now that the Note 3 is out, the Note 2 will get less support)
[Galaxy Note II General] Miqueas111:
Nexus 5, I'm guess we, Note II users, will be getting 4.4 in December 2014. That's just so sad, so sad :(
[Galaxy Note II General] nidhish91:
U made me laugh lol

Posted from Macbook running on Windows 98
[Galaxy Note II General] Fleonar:
I have had a Note 2 for almost a year now. I like it a lot. It's really fun having so much screen "real estate". BUT I find myself unable to carry it in my pocket. Especially when I'm out cycling, which I do very often. Even when I put it in the side pockets on my shorts, it's just too big... If I'm wearing jeans, I can't sit down without taking it out of my pocket, and if I do, I need to get up to get it out.

Turns out, even thought I like sketching and doodling, I don't get the the S Pen out of the sockets for weeks... It's a nice idea, but in reality, I find it quicker to just use my fingers.

The multi-window feature is great on paper, but the only real use i've found for it is watching something on youtube, while going about my web browsing or facebook chat. And then comes the problem with typing while using the multi-window, the keyboard completely covers one of the screens. Not useful.

Really, most of the samsung's features are.. well they're not bad at all, but I just don't find any real use for them. I've played around with the slow-motion video camera a lot, but nothing I've actually needed to do.

A lot of other features are just way too gimmicky, or only work in "perfect conditions" that I end up turning them off permanently.

I was on cyanogenmod for about a month, trying to get some pure android thing going on. But battery life was so poor, I switched back to stock. Although I loved all the customization options there.

I still love the idea of the Galaxy Note 2, but it just doesn't work for me. I've been considering "downgrading" to an s3, but not that the nexus 5 is out, I've already posted an ad trying to sell my note... It had to be done.
[Galaxy Note II General] Ddys6x:
IMO, If you dont use SPen much and if Nexus 5 have just enough storage for you, Nexus 5 it is. ;)
[Galaxy Note II General] saske87:
Note 2 forever... up to 64 gb of storage..
[Galaxy Note II General] victorator:
Advantages of the N5

-full hd screen

-fastest cpu and gpu available (and will be for a while)

-faster android updates

-camera with optical image stabilization (although the camera itself is worse than Note2)

Disavantages

-no sdcard slot (no nexus for me, I need external storage)

-weak battery (2300 mah with a 5 inch full hd screen, go figure, s4 has 2600 in comparison plus a multitude of bigger options)

-no physical buttons (hate onscreen buttons, waste of screen space and you press them by mistake all the time)

-not an amoled screen (don't care about brightness that much, once you go amoled you don't want anything else, i prefer a 720p amoled to any other nonamoled 1080p)

-non removable battery (I dont care for it personally but still it's a downside)
[Galaxy Note II General] Minerael:
I would definitely get Nexus. Now I'm having note 2 and, you know, it's not like I'm disappointed but since I'm a power user, also I hate touchwiz I'm sad because of the poor support for aosp roms and aosp kernels for my note. I don't use spen at all, its a waste of time for me.

In general, yeah, Note is great, I love battery life and a screen size... But if I could change my mobile, would take nexus 5, mostly because of vanilla android, actualizations.

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[Galaxy Note II General] Vladonexxx:
Nexus 5 > Note 2 except for:

Stylus

Larger screen

Battery life

Software does not count except for the fact that you might want to stick to the stock TouchWiz if you want the full SPen experience.
[Galaxy Note II General] iamiupa:
I think that's not very important: first of all because the LTE version comes with 32 GB of memory. Also Micro SD cards always happened to get broken to me. And by the way I think there isn't the possibility to expand the memory.

All I wanted to say is that Nexus 7 2013 seems to be the best Nexus device to me.
[Galaxy Note II General] Mashed_Potatoes:
In my opinion, Nexus 5 is a no-go. If someone told me to choose between a free Nx4 and a Nx5, I would take the Nx4.

The KitKat and the new launcher look ridiculous, they remind me of iOS7. Like they were designed for children.

The design is ugly, especially the back.

I don't think the performance on Nexus 5 is much better than Nexus 4 and Note 2. Maybe at heavy load? But for normal usage.....install CM10.2 and tell me is it noticeable.

Anyways, Note 2 > Nexus 4 > Nexus 5

:)
[Galaxy Note II General] luciferps:
Bad audio bad camera = nexus 5

Price nexus 5 is top notch
[Galaxy Note II General] AcostaJA:
Actually the Nexus 5 has the same DAC the Note 3 LTE, and is 24bit/96Khz Capable for Hi Def Audio, It's camera also has Optical image stabilization may not have 13Mpx but is very capable and sensitive far better than the one on note 2/SIII, and with better Optical Resolution than any Samsung or Apple device due OIS (not the same as sensor resolution, and actually is far less than those megapixel only DSLR with high end opticals can match their optical resolution with the sensor resolution). (only Sony's Xperia are superior than every thing regarding camera)
[Galaxy Note II General] srvricky:
Note 2

This is for sure Nexus will perform better with the new processor & screen might be sharper enough, But in my personal opinion Note 2 does perform nice with the exinos Chipset & screen might be better but in daily use people are not gonna find that much of a difference,What really matters is the battery life + Storage + replaceable battery + S-pen + larger screen & a way better Camera than Nexus 5 !!!! anyone having other opinion plz share with decent reasons.
[Galaxy Note II General] pakure:
Guys.. just watch mkbhd review on Nexus 5 in youtube ...

The speaker ...battery and camera are bad..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dg2UIzIt4s&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy Note II General] jamjr74:
Nexus 5. I have it. Great device. Buttery smooth and fast!
[Galaxy Note II General] woodyngo11051:
Nexus 5

Nexus 5 for the new trend :D

note 2 : i think it very useful for multitasking with multiwindow and S Pen that is great
[Galaxy Note II General] kudadai:
note

stay note 2 or go note 3...awesome sdcard and replaceble battery
[Galaxy Note II General] sumondhk1:
note 2 is very useful for multitasking with multiwindow
[Galaxy Note II General] 4kki94:
Note 2 is an old device but The best phone in my opinion. .. for battery multitasking and with features of note 3 is perfectly
[Galaxy Note II General] anhaussner:
Stay with Note 2 and wait for Note 4... battery life, storage and actually no real improvements seem to not justify investing more than 300 bugs!!!
[Galaxy Note II General] duskdiyebiri:
I don't think that we will get 4.4 update until July 2014
[Galaxy Note II General] colsecomb:
Do not wait for Samsung to bring 4.4 to note 2! Get the note 2, install a one of the great custom 'vanilla' 4.4 roms that are being developed (some possibly with multi screen) and love the big screen.

Sent from my 4.4 OmniRom GT-N7100
[Galaxy Note II General] rraaka:
screen quality speaks big

ive been in love with 1080 for some time now.
[Galaxy Note II General] calvinturbo:
I wish there was a device like the Nexus 5 with a bigger screen, SD support, removable battery support, infrared for TVs support etc..

Note II / III are nice, but I rather have something like Omnirom on my device, because Touchwiz is slower, less smooth and has a lot of bloatware..
[Galaxy Note II General] ewwick:
what's really giving me a hard time switching from an n7100 -- would be the menu and back buttons.

i'm just so used to them.
[Galaxy Note II General] davis9491:
I just upgraded from a Nexus 4 to a 5. My wife wanted the 4 so she could ditch the iPhone. I also have a Note 2 for work. The Note 2 is a great device that can do some really neat things. Signature capturing makes the Note 2 a must for my job. Touchwiz, however, is bloated. My only real complaint about the phone. I had a gs3 when they came out and ended up flashing CyanogenMod to it. Would do that to the Note 2 if it weren't a company phone.
[Galaxy Note II General] GLINGOO:
Nexus 5 has a too small battery
[Galaxy Note II General] Franan81:
Note II
[Galaxy Note II General] sam5154:
This is liking to ask toyota prius or a humvee?They are of completely classes.

never liked Nexus series (except N4 for the design only). They are great, usually they all had weak battery,not so good camera, no SD support ,... and even though OEM like to bloat their phones, but they some really nice fatures too.for example stock android launcher sucks, even GEL has no decent appdrawer.

You can always use AOSP roms, and enjoy great hardware of OEM devices.

btw, seems that "not-updated to official 4.3 Note II", is the last great device. this knox thing really ruined Samsung devices.
[Galaxy Note II General] Telorast:
I'd prefer Note 2. The nexus isn't a big enough upgrade to bother. If anything they are pretty even.
[Galaxy Note II General] val580:
i get two nights and two days (48hrs of battery life with my note 2 , its my first sammy phone , and its great

i run stock ROM

no recovery and custom bull****

no bugs

i got used to amoled after few weeks , before i hated it

next phone : note 3
[Galaxy Note II General] ScottArten:
The courage to cut the Samsung bloat-ware with its S-pen niceties and then install LiquidSmooth ROM, was a revelation for me. Samsung's S-pen features are nice but it takes losing them to realize that all this note, task and memo taking business is a bloody convoluted way of doing things.

I love my note 2, but now and again along comes a new shiny model and it makes you wonder?.... I sometimes think that way when it comes to the wife :D
[Galaxy Note II General] shapk:
I was also want to change my note 2 to other phone (no note 3) but battery life and multiple function of note 2 make me stand by for few monts and wait the new flagship of other producer.
[Galaxy Note II General] ytgbg:
Note 2 if I were you. With AOSP 4.4 my N7100 is a beast with CM11 (to be fair it's a beast with any AOSP rom), you can still use the S-pen with 3rd party apps and have all the features of Nexus but with better battery and S-pen.
[Galaxy Note II General] klee2000:
Bro go with the Nexus 5, you wont have to worry about Samsung bull**** incremental updates. My phone feels and look the same damn way from when I first purchased this phone!! Samsung Sucks!!!!!! :silly:
[Galaxy Note II General] almaalma74:
Maybe now it worths to buy note 3, its price went down now in EU; the 32 gb model is less than 530 euro (with taxes)

sorry I'm now reading note 3 is not option for you...
[Galaxy Note II General] raidy:
So we still waiting for your feedback how is the battery life compared with note 2? how is the feeling changing to s smaller screen? How is the photos of nexus5 compare de to note 2? Do u think is worth replacing your note 2 to nexus 5?
[Galaxy Note II General] Mquinteiro:
Ups, true, I forgot.

The only thing that I miss is the battery live. It is worst but not extremely worst, I my normal day with Note 2, I use to finished the day at 18% +- and with Nexus 5 arround 12%. For example, today 9 hours after charge it, with screen on for 1:30 hours, calls 20 minutes, and half hour of GPS navigation (screen off) I'm at 50%

Screen size... not a problem, is smaller but enough, I don't miss it (and I love big screens) you get a little bit better Image quality in a little bit less space.

weight and size: To much better Nexus.

Feel in hand: To much better Nexus.

Sometimes I miss S-Pen but not a lot.

Software, I love Nexus line, much better than Samsung, damn touchwiz. But I think 4.4 need a quick upgrade, sometimes freezes for a second.

Camara, I can't help I didn't use it too much, I'm happy with both.

I still having both, but I don't use Note 2, I feel better with Nexus, but not sure if it worth.
[Galaxy Note II General] raidy:
Thanks a lot for the fast replying, my note 2 has some hardware issue and now Im not very sure if i will get nexus 5 or just fix my note 2 and continue using it.

Anyway we need more feedbacks for those already changed from note 2 to nexus 5
[Galaxy Note II General] hosgor45:
Note 2 is very reliable in my opinion. I had it for a year now and usually changed phones every 6 to 8 months but this one I will not. I hope nothing happens to it so I will have it many more years. I get over 2 days with the battery sometimes 3 full days. I just decided to root and running on Ditto Note 3 V3 and I got almost all the Note 3 features :)
[Galaxy Note II General] zkyevolved:
I'm in the same boat. I used to change devices every 6-10 months, at most 1 year. The only phone I had had over 12 months is my BlackBerry 8300 because it was a fine piece of machinery way back when! My Note 2 is now 13 months old and I don't see a need to change to the Note 3 ATM. It's a fantastic device! :) Well worth the money for the Note 2! Note 3 is also great! But I don't see myself buying it right now.
[Galaxy Note II General] bharatgoyal:
I'd never go for a samsung device again .
[Galaxy Note II General] loks07:
I'm one of those who shifted from Note 2 to Nexus 5. Overall I'm very happy because just like you my Note 2 had started giving me both hardware and software problems. The display is truely awesome on Nexus 5 and overall everything buttery smooth. I already customized a few things which I was missing from my Touchwiz, like notification toggles and other shortcuts.

Only thing I regret not taking into account is on-screen buttons taking up half inch of display to reduce it to like 4.5 inch. After using Note 2, the least I wanted was a 5 inch phone and Nexus 5 seemed perfect except that precious half inch is lost on buttons. And the worst part is they do have more than half inch space below the screen where they could have put those soft buttons like Note 2.
[Galaxy Note II General] Tombias:
The Nexus 5 has really bad audio and the camera is very far away from good quallity pictures. So I would go for the Note 2.
[Galaxy Note II General] sbetatester:
Nexus is a phone

While note 2 a phablet.

Battery: Note 2 is better

Processing : Nexus 5

Storage : N5 limited while Note 2 unlimited

Features + Bloatware : Note 2

Google updates : Faster in N5 (note 2 still on Jb)

Resolution & PPI : Nexus 5

My choice :rolleyes: Nexus 5

Hit THANKS if i helped :)

Sent from A2 running

System 1 : Jb leak 4.1.2

System 2 : Useless (Almost)

System 3 : Slimbean

System 4 : Slimkat (latest)
[Galaxy Note II General] s14barnes:
Go for the note 3 :good:
[Galaxy Note II General] Irwenzhao:
Don't go for Samsung phones till they remove Knox.

Smack that thanks button if I helped.

N7105 Note 2 LTE International powered by Illusion ROM 2.6

Plasma Kernel 2.02

Sent from a small country named Singapore
[Galaxy Note II General] Elvecio:
It's a shame that nexus 5 hasn't a very good battery life. The SD card lack and the poor audio quality suggest me to stick with the note. Sure, stock android is definitely better than crapwiz, but this isn't enough for choosing the n5.

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[Galaxy Note II General] siralex93:
you can get pure android on the note 2, or as close to it as possible, but you cannot get the battery life of the note 2 on the nexus 5

so yeah, i would stick with the note 2
[Galaxy Note II General] Elvecio:
What about the stability and battery life in AOSP roms? Note 2 "Google experience" roms have some problems related to the fact that Samsung doesn't want to support modding. AOSP vs AOSP I think that Nexus 5 can win even on battery life.

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[Galaxy Note II General] siralex93:
i have cm 10.2 last nightly

as for battery life i've achieved up to 2 and a half days with about 4h of screen on

normal battery life is about 1 and a half day with 6h of screen on or so...

(stock battery both and in cm 10.2)

with this i dont want to say that the AOSP on the note 2 is better, its not, but as for hardware, for me at least the note 2 wins, specially when we talk about battery life

PS: i would put screenshots with batttery life, but i cant since i'm a new user :D
[Galaxy Note II General] Elvecio:
Glad to hear that. I went in the cm 10.2 thread just a few hours ago with some questions about stability and battery life in these new nightlies. I used cm 10.2 one month or two ago and it was good but I concluded that battery life and stability aren't ever going to reach the nexus perfection.

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[Galaxy Note II General] KRISTIJANJE:
Tough choice. Samsung baterry life and s pen, versus fastest updates and killer hardware from N5. Not sure what I would choose.
[Galaxy Note II General] vagsvag:
Nexus, Samsung needs punishment from all of us, sds knox cheap plastic material etc etc.
[Galaxy Note II General] Sidneymac:
What's the great advantage from moving to 4.4 from 4.3 (which the note2 is currently on? )

I don't think I'm going to update until note 4 because the note 2 is that great. Especially since I have air view/command from the note 3.. Then I use pie for spen control.
[Galaxy Note II General] Irwenzhao:
Nexus 5 is pure stock android. Note 2 had touchwiz. Nexus 5 has ART. Note 2 doesn't. Nexus 5 is smaller, which means it can fit more comfortably in your hands.

Smack that thanks button if I helped.

N7105 Note 2 LTE International powered by Illusion ROM 2.6

Plasma Kernel 2.02

Sent from a small country named Singapore
[Galaxy Note II General] Sidneymac:
I'm talking about OS upgrade from Jelly Bean to Kitkat... I don't think there is much to be said on improvements. There are alot of google upgrades but in generally these upgrades are irrelevant to the overall performance of the phone...
[Galaxy Note II General] Irwenzhao:
Agree. (Note 2 has all that bloatware though...) The Nexus 5 has some pretty cool features that it can pull off though... the camera's pretty good after the 4.4.1 update. (U could get a Note 2 and pack 4.4 in it, I read about a ROM somewhere...)

Smack that thanks button if I helped.

N7105 Note 2 LTE International powered by Illusion ROM 2.6

Plasma Kernel 2.02

Sent from a small country named Singapore
[Galaxy Note II General] valessio:
I'm not going to update... The only thing that you would miss is the lack of updates... I'm hating Samsung because of their update policy

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[Galaxy Note II General] zoddfrank:
If money is no Object and you love contracts and Samsung phones so much get a Note 3. Why settle for a note 2 ?

If you don't wanna be on contract and get the best performance per dollar get the Nexus 5 and save money with no contract vs. If you buy a note 2 or 3 off contract.
[Galaxy Note II General] john.r.raynor:
GN5

I find whichever device I get, I'm always trying to get that stock Google experience in any case. SGNII being as popular as it is does at least have a lot of ROMs developed which are pretty much stock, but to have a proper Stock Google ROM and regular updates would be amazing. So i would say go with Nexus 5 (unless there is a play store version of the GNII, but i think that only started around the S4 time.
[Galaxy Note II General] Irwenzhao:
U could try a ROM without touchwiz...

Smack that thanks button If I helped!

Always make a nandroid backup before trying anything risky!

Sent from my fabulous N7105 powered by Illusion ROM and Plasma Kernel.

Sent from dat small country called Singapore.

P.S. Quote my post for replies ASAP.
[Galaxy Note II General] vijras:
better to go to note3 rather than nxs 5

to feel nxs feel, CM11 is always there :eek:
[Galaxy Note II General] tuxonhtc:
Pure android, get CM11, meh.

You can even dual boot with Devil. Idk what's the big deal though, 4.3 is smooth+ superb battery perfo on mine.
[Galaxy Note II General] goodhanrry:
nexus5，because ……newer
[Galaxy Note II General] Irwenzhao:
Note 2, because more features and cheaper. (Considerably cheap for a boatload of good features)

Smack that thanks button If I helped!

Always make a nandroid backup before trying anything risky!

Sent from my fabulous N7105 powered by Illusion ROM and Plasma Kernel.

Sent from dat small country called Singapore.

P.S. Quote my post for replies ASAP.
[Galaxy Note II General] ijsiregar:
Nexus 5 choosen if you only think about get the newest device ..

Note 2 is last year technology but still the be(a)st phone ,, using custom rom and u will get the newest samsung device feature :laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy Note II General] xylene:
I love how Google is influencing the US smartphone market with off contract powerhouses like the Nexus (and new Motos) but for my style of usage (I need battery life+battery swapping+big screen) a Mint used Note 2 is the best bang for buck currently at less than 350 if you look on swappa.
[General Questions and Answers] conde07:
Hi to all,

I have a problem with a phone MEIZU X2:

4.0.2 os

CPU ARMv7 Processor (VFPv3, Neon)

cores 1

When did call with the caller hears very well initially, after 5 seconds, the volume decline and no longer hear all the words pronounced.

I changed the microphone, IMEI, Rom .. Nothing has changed ..

If someone has an idea, it will be welcome because there is not a single phone ..
[G2 General] kidza66:
ok is there any mod out there to make use of the full screen and make the home - back - menu buttons which are on the bottome of the screen to make them the buttons on the back of the phone. ??

that would be really cool . and just control the volume through the phone etc.....

sorry if im using wrong thread to post this ..... :)
[G2 General] barondebxl:
No they arent any. And that would be a huge pain in the butt.
[G2 General] sockets api:
I haven't tried it myself but [APP] ButtomRemapper - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=850464

This advertises exactly what you asked for. I've also wanted to figure out a way to save screen space so I tested out a few options, check them out if you're interested.

1) pick a method to replace your navigation buttons:

[XPOSED] GravityBox (tested, working) - has the ability to add CyanogenMod PIE navigation menu to the stock rom.

LMT Launcher (tested, working) - had the ability to add a customizable PIE like navigation menu to the stock rom.

[XPOSED/APP] Ultimate Dynamic Navbar (tested, working) - what I'm currently using, customizable nav bar (lets you adjust height, change the icons, change the nav items / order, color, transparency etc.), best of all it has options to automatically hide the nav bar while it isn't needed, it shows the bar when you swipe up from the bottom of the screen and disappears again if it's not being used.

2) remove the default navigation bar after (warning: MAKE SURE one of the replacements works before doing this!)

edit your build.prop and add this line to the bottom of the file, or use Build Prop Editor (market).

qemu.hw.mainkeys=1