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[Galaxy Note 3 General] Loneh:
Just updated my Three branded note 3 tonight.

Must say, I'm not impressed so far.

Automatic brightness does not work, at all.

When enabled, moving the slider doesn't change the brightness one bit.

The phone has froze about 5 times tonight so far. Didn't respond for around a minute at one point. When using Whats-app tonight, I go to reply and the keyboard doesn't respond for 10 or so seconds. That happened at least 3 times.

Lastly, my cheapo S cover case from eBay doesn't work any more, but I think that was to be expected, I read its only select after-market cases that Samsung allowed.

Anything else I find, I'll post here.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gavinfabl:
You might find you need a factory reset to resolve some of those issues.

I'm not sure I want to update to this kitkat yet. All my apps work and all that will happen is that kit kat will break some of them.

Anyway, has every UK network now provided the kit kat update? If so but must be next. If not the wait will continue.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gingerdude:
I'm just wondering why you care and needed to post this? If the UK thread bothers you isn't the simple answer just not to read it?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ixon2001:
O2 & EE haven't released it yet, and going off O2's record of releasing updates it probably be sometime in 2015.

Usually when a couple of networks have released their version of Android, BTU isn't far behind well at least i hope not.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tarny:
I couldn't wait no longer for the update . don't usually flash ROMs but I decided to flash my unbranded note 3 with the Poland ROM.

Really easy and no problems. Backed up my phone just in case I've not had to reset anything .

Feels smoother and a little quicker. I connected it to my PC and lies came up and said I had the latest firmware and at the end had BTU ..don't wait for it..get it flashed.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jonstatt:
I am noticing a lot more Keep Awake since the Three KitKat update. This is hurting my battery life. The trouble is due to security constraints in KitKat a lot of the usual tools no longer do anything useful without rooting :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Keyze:
I agree! Flash! Flash! Flash! I flashed the latest German update as the 3UK update is very old so users should expect many bugs and problems... I couldn't wait on BTU/3UK any longer
[Galaxy Note 3 General] descb600f:
If I root what apps will not work is it just Sky Go or does iPlayer not work either?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] st3chn0:
Download the xposed package there's a module in their that hides root in there. Can't really remember what the module is called

I'm a UK user. If another member comes across a problem and I can help a UK user I try contribute.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] poplectic:
That's strange I'm not having any of the issues people are talking about after the 3 update. Definetly is a little faster now. I like that. Now if Samsung would just update my Note 10.1. Its WiFi only for goodness sake!

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] EyeTech:
Iplayer is fine. Nothing I use has any problems with root. Saying that, I've chosen not to have my work based email on my device as airwatch (the corporate solution they use) will not allow rooted devices. I think some of the barclays bank apps don't like root, but I'm not with them any more.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] descb600f:
Hmm have a barclay card app, nationwide and rbs.

I'm more wanting to add apps to pen window
[Galaxy Note 3 General] EyeTech:
The RBS app works fine rooted (as does NatWest). Never tried nationwide. If you want to describe the specific apps (the full title or a play store link) I'll happily install and see if they load up OK.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zomig:
Nationwide works as i use this as does Barclays 1.7.1 with "Barcposed", currently the 1.8 of barclays doesnt work.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jonstatt:
It really depends on what other apps you have and how they interact. At the moment my observations with the Three build are

1) Smoother - yes

2) More battery usage - yes. Unfortunately the usual tools to track down what is causing the partial wake-locks don't work on Kitkat without root. With light usage I could get 3 days on Jellybean.....its about half that on KitKat unless I can figure out whats causing it.

3) White icons are horrible and because they are just white you cannot tell as much about what is going on! (like the coloured arrows indicating data transfer)

4) Sometimes the wave-hands icon gets stuck on at the top of the screen if you use air gestures

5) Difficulty in set-up with Samsung's allshare cast hub. It can be made to work but the hub forces the output to 1080p/30 which is an unusual mode that not all TVs support (in which case you just get a black screen!)

6) Mail client does not remember what emails it already said were new previously. Upon restart it informs you of the same new emails again

I am sure some of this is fixed in NB4 so I cannot begin to understand why they rolled out NA6!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] poplectic:
I haven't experienced a change in battery life either way and I quite like the White icons.

I like the fact that it's cleared up some of the bugs that I was experiencing in 4.3. For instance i could not get Facebook or Instagram to work with my magazine. That seems fixed now

All in all it seems like its the usual Samsung story when it comes updates just swap some bugs for some different ones.

I've been holding off rooting until I got kit kat. The itch to flash will start soon I reckon.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] third_degreee:
I'm on EE and it's locked to EE sim cards, it's on the MJ7 official ROM.

Am I right in saying that flashing the latest Polish firmware will require me to get the phone unlocked first? Had conflicting information so far.

Thanks in advance to any replies!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ringtoneGEE:
EE

I put the Polish Rom on in early Feb and it worked easily without doing any more than following the simply instructions found on many sites and did it via Odin 3.9, very easy and had no issues with cashtap or EE app etc.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Mulletmeister:
Yes, get it sim unlocked! It can cause all sorts of problems if you don't. Networks vary in their responses to requests to unlock. I'm long standing 02 and they did it for free straight away. I recall reading somewhere on these mighty boards that if requested UK networks had to comply. I could be wrong about that though.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uvaman:
In next 10 days we are getting KK unbranded...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] @home:
Are you asking or telling us?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Mulletmeister:
someone said the same back in February! Where did you garner that little nugget from? I've searched all over the net and only come across a whistling wind and tumbleweeds....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uvaman:
I am telling you... I have my sources
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ThePanama:
I have just the same today, on ee and upgraded to kk successful using Polish rom .
[Galaxy Note 3 General] androidflea:
In the next ten days, honestly mehh, such a let down, just change ten days to another month.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Segamalaga:
:laugh:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
if you really want to cover your ass you should have said this month not

within the next ten days,

i know someone that know's someone that someone and he said we are

getting kk this year.:laugh::laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uvaman:
Goood one :D:D:D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dodgebizkit:
Samsung delaying kitkat updates will lead to wars you know... This Ukraine thing is just the start.

Hitler is rare compared to angered note 3 users stuck on 4.3 after paying full price while those 3UK customers no longer have to wait 8 seconds to show the lockscreen after the last install package...

It's the apocalypse kid.

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] mitko76:
Hi,

I have the generic note 3 UK 9005 version unlocked i.e. btu version. After waiting for sooo long I finally today updated by flashing the France XEF NB4 firmware. I did not reset the phone after the flash (as I am not rooted and do not want to setup everything again). So far everything is working fine. I have a few questions for someone more knowledgeable here:

1.	From my experience with note 2 and s3 I remember that if I just flash a firmware with a different csc I can expect some things to not working properly i.e. the keyboard. To fix that I had to reset the phone and so to force the new csc to apply.

Is this still the case? Should I expect some issues?

2.	How can I check my current csc and eventually change it?

By the way I wonder why there is no a sticky thread with all available firmware and instructions how to flash? This was the case with all my previous Samsung phones. I am a bit lost here.

and yeah… shame on you Samsung.. The firmware for the top end phones like ‘S’ and ‘Note’ series should be released in 3 months (MAX) after google release them. At least for the first 2 years after the model is introduced. I think this will be my last Samsung phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mouhammadreza:
tnxx

tnxxx
[Galaxy Note 3 General] androidflea:
Just curious, can anyone let me know exactly how long it's been since Google released this kit Kat update for the nexus?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ixon2001:
End of October last year when it officially launched with the Nexus 5.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] @home:
Maybe we shouldn't be in such a rush for the KK update with the battery draining problem that's in KK.

http://www.zdnet.com/kitkat-giving-...-says-google-as-it-prepares-a-fix-7000027051/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] androidflea:
Basically nearly six months.....nexus 6 please be a 6 inch, and great battery, because Samsung this totally sucks!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ixon2001:
Don't have Skype installed so won't be a problem for me at least.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bginders:
Got the update on UK BTU
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lax_22:
Got it as well (btu ota)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] KnightUK:
383.78mb package downloading here too, kitkat has finally arrived
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ixon2001:
Same here happy days, checked about half hour ago on kies, and nothing was there. :confused:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Segamalaga:
Same here. Nothing on Kies but OTA... Could this be BTU KK?. :confused:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jah:
And here as well :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ixon2001:
Should be........bloody better be.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cz.marcin:
50% left... come on samsung:))
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ixon2001:
gutted have go dentist at 8.50 so not gonna get time have a mess about with it until i come back later.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cz.marcin:
Skip the dentist there are more important things now !!!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] 10pinto:
is s-view working with this update of kit kat.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cz.marcin:
Sammobile is saying it's NB7
[Galaxy Note 3 General] alandd86:
oh i seee :D am waiting to download it right away frim sammobile :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] markad1:
It's downloading now in SamMobile too
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Segamalaga:
Link please? Can't find it in SamMobile...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] markad1:
Now in SamMoblie

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26476

Model: SM-N9005

Model name: Galaxy Note 3

Country: United Kingdom

Version: Android 4.4.2

Changelist: 636608

Build date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 11:05:04 +0000

Product Code: BTU

PDA: N9005XXUENB7

CSC: N9005OXAENB1

MODEM: N9005XXUENB1
[Galaxy Note 3 General] 10pinto:
can any one confirm if s view is working. don't want to upgrade unless it is working
[Galaxy Note 3 General] winwiz:
Finally!

Can this be flashed straight over the German kitkit rom (NB4)?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zomig:
Downloading now, be good to know the safest procedure to get this flashed over the Poland ROM. I know people have had issues with the carrier versions. Not worried about knox as already tripped.

If there is anyone upgrading from the Poland Firmware to this new BTU please post up how you did it and any issues ?

Thanks

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It has been working in the previous 4.4.2 roms so no reason why they are going to break it in the official release. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] 10pinto:
i only ask as i am using a spigen slim amour case and reports are that third party cases do not work
[Galaxy Note 3 General] saquib:
Currently have the Three UK Rom 4.4.2 ROM flashed. Can I flash straight over the top, or will I require a PIT file as well ? Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] androidflea:
All is forgiven, lol
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ValenteL:
If You have already flashed the Pit file to a biggest hidden partition to not have after Hidden, FAIL! (Size), not need more. You are prepared to all Rom's in future, I think.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] markad1:
from the update screen
[Galaxy Note 3 General] PlutoDelic:
Neat, seems like Sammy gathered everything changelog wise before it loaded it for UK.

Mega Mirrors anyone? and whats the partition scheme in this one, does it contain that strange German-like one?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] StuBFrost:
Just upgraded and working fine with my Spigen case except for the home button no longer turning sview on.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Mulletmeister:
Even on Premium, Sammy download is slooooooooowww. Must be lots of people d\ling it. Imagine their disappointment when they get to grips with it! Jelly Bean on Redbull is how i'd describe it. I'm having a look because on one of my 3's the screen is very slow to wake up sometimes on XEO.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tarny:
Had installed the poland rom last week and I didnt have to install pit file and Ive downloaded the BTU rom and installed no problem over the poland rom. Seems a little better..happy days..im using original S-view cover as I got it free with phone ,
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ILS_SuperNova:
Uk unbranded user here got OTA update just now after checking!

Taking a while to download even on my 60mb internet!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zomig:
Couple of questions

did you wipe cache etc after flashing ?

did you use flash using the normal procedure in odin ?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] martytarty:
Typical, I root my phone on Friday 7th, 3 days later kitkat finally comes to uk.

I assume i'll simply be able to flash kitkat over jellybean, then just re-root?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] 10pinto:
i guess Samsung got pissed off that they did not think of the home button on their s-view cover so the just took it out of kit kat
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dodgebizkit:
Downloading :D

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] gavinfabl:
Apart from the official change log s pen handwriting keyboard layout has changed for the better.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] @home:
If we flash via Odin do we need ant PIT files?

I'm on Unrooted Stock BTU JB.

Ta
[Galaxy Note 3 General] winwiz:
why dont you update OTA?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jesper10:
I thought this update was supposed to give us the camera shortcut on the lockscreen (with pattern/pin)?

Hasn't happened - does appear when you use swipe to unlock, but not with any "proper" security.

Bit of a joke for me so far tbh, that was the only reason I updated and that functionality hasn't come, and it has broken other stuff like Agenda Widget.

Pointless and infuriating update for me :(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Mulletmeister:
Sammobile stopped at 592mb! Arrrggghhh. Will have to try again, although there is no resume available on the download:(
[Galaxy Note 3 General] @home:
I have DL the file now, save time.

So my question remains....Do we need a Pit file to flash with Odin?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zomig:
There was a previous post from someone saying they updated from the poland rom without PIT file. if unsure i would hold off till it has been out a while and more people can flash it. Most will be at work now so wont be trying till this evening like myself :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ixon2001:
Ok so now we finally have Kitkat, what else can we moan about now :P
[Galaxy Note 3 General] winwiz:
About to flash over my German KitKit ROM

Wish me luck....lol
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tarny:
Hi I didn't wipe cache etc. Didn't have to do anything. .it restarted itself and updated all good. Once it did everything I do restart the phone.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] soundping:
The moment I get BTU downloaded I'll upload it to Mega and post a link. :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jakethesnakeuk:
Yes, BTU out, got it as well
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zomig:
Does this mean that your CSC is still poland rather than BTU as i think i read something that you have to do a full wipe to change the CSC. Not that it matters as if all working then no need to change, :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] @home:
Never getting any updates ever again for the Note 3? :silly:

That's a good place to start?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uvaman:
What I said???

I repeat, what did I said?

That we are going to get KK in the next 10 days :) And I was right bitc*** hahah :P
[Galaxy Note 3 General] winwiz:
This has flashed fine over the German ROM without the need of a PIT file!

Flash away people!

Having checked my CSC, I am on the polish CSC - XEO

How do I change this to BTU?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zomig:
Factory reset....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uvaman:
I'v told you that I have my sources...... Now hit the thanks button :victory:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] winwiz:
factory reset done and still on XEO!

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are you still on the XEO CSC?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uvaman:
You can't change that by factory reset.

Don't know if there is Chain tool for this or you have to flash it...

But my proposal would be, buy a new Note 3 again hahaha, just kidding :P
[Galaxy Note 3 General] winwiz:
lol thanks!

any tips on how to change this are appreciated :cowboy:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tarny:
I'm not sure if the CSC is still poland or BTU .How do I check? I will find out and let you know..Samsung Kies is telling me PDA:NB7 / PHONE:NB1 / CSC:NB1 (BTU)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] denski101:
EDIT: Requires root

Haven't tried this app myself, but considering you've already done a factory reset you've got nothing to lose(but knox?).

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manniakk.cscselector
[Galaxy Note 3 General] orly_mihai:
denski101 That only work if you have root.

tarny If say (BTU) than is good that one is UK CSC.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] denski101:
Right, overlooked that.

Cheers
[Galaxy Note 3 General] winwiz:
correct

it doesnt work on non rooted phones
[Galaxy Note 3 General] orly_mihai:
For me CSC is DBT.I came from DBT Germany
[Galaxy Note 3 General] st3chn0:
Well updated by ota and I'm already having problems.... Phones froze a few times.... went to sod that required a restart.... It may be kitkat but it's still not all that great if an update.... maybe a few more updates that will get rid of these bugs... which I doubt will come anytime soon
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Mulletmeister:
When I flashed XEO, my csc remained O2U on Kies, even though I was unlocked!:confused:

Wonder if next year I will get the O2 branded update!!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dodgebizkit:
Surely we'll get the magazine ux after a while? :p

Or at least the menu button becoming the multitasking button...

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] winwiz:
I notice in Odin 3.09 there is an option to flash CSC only

Can these files be downloaded?

Ive searched and cannot find anything
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dodgebizkit:
Ignore that, it's an older post that didn't send before

Just updated, noticing a significant boost to the speed, not that it wasn't always fast but... Damn :D

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] sbcdk:
The critics of android talk about fragmentation. Well, this is the worst example of fragmentation I have ever seen and it is just one single device!

Samsung have made things so hard on itself and the users with the gazillions of csc's, that a roll out takes forever, whereas "the competition" can do it in a single day. Here in the Nordic countries we are still on a november build...

Add this to the knox thing where you have to choose between being able to write on the sd card on kk/rooting/custom firmware OR keeping your warranty, and samsung has to come up with something special, if I should buy their devices again. Right now I don't see it happen.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] basdaniel:
For those that Flashed the Polish XEO b3...

If you are on the XEO official rom you don't need to reset or flash any pit file.

Just go ahead. .. I had the Polish B3 and now am happily back to btu B7...

Did not factory reset. ..

All is smooth and 100% fine.

Hit the Thanks If I helped in any way...

Basil
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zomig:
You may be on BTU but your CSC i doubt is, this has been discussed before on another thread. There is a way to get it to change to the new CSC. I thought it was factory reset but someone already tested this and it didnt change.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] orly_mihai:
I tested with factory reset and in my case i was having DBT Germany and after flash BTU and factory reset,wipe... CSC remain DBT.I see other people that have CSC XEO and after flash BTU, CSC remain alsou XEO.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] basdaniel:
Thank you for your comment.

CSc does not change with odin flashing.

My phone was a uk unbranded btu phone. I Flashed the Polish rom as kit kat took forever to arrive on the UK model. Now I Flashed back to btu...

My csc was always btu.

This can be seen when connecting to kies or through sammobile software update checker. ..

Basil
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zomig:
Sorry didnt realise you were on BTU before flashing the poland rom, i think you will need root to change CSC, may be an expert can respond to clear this up !
[Galaxy Note 3 General] winwiz:
I was on BTU and then flashed the Polish ROM and the CSC changed to XEO

Then I flashed the German ROM, expecting my CSC to change to DBT but it remained at XEO

and then flashed the UK ROM, and it stayed at XEO.

So it looks like only some ROMS include the CSC file.

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It does mate.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JohnZS:
I'm surprised it has taken Samsung so long to push this release out to the UK.

I can only assume that there are some UK specific LTE / carrier issues which were still being tested.

For those who may claim that the grass is greener on the otherside, I recall HTC had similar release schedules whereby UK firmware releases would come 3-4 weeks after the European roll out.

It is just a shame that Samsung UK do not even comment on probable release dates like Samsung USA

J
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nookcoloruser:
A little prone to over exaggeration aren't we...

BTU is not totally different, it simply doesn't have carrier bloat / boot screens.

Other than that the BTU version is the same Touchwiz and Android as any other UK/European firmware.

It seems like you are desperately trying to justify a need for a separate thread. Surely you could put all that energy and frustration into something more productive and useful than belittling posters by referring to people as Morons.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jonstatt:
Something interesting is happening, maybe . For the HTC release schedule, the UK was always exactly 2 weeks behind other European countries (note: UK used to be the first for HTC until the HTC One X debacle where firmware after firmware was hosed). But for the KitKat release on the HTC One has been delayed well beyond any previous schedule. Now a similar thing is happening with the Samsung Note 3 release. Is this just a coincidence? Theorists speculate that the UK carriers have put pressure on manufacturers to not release updates on SIM Free (e.g. BTU) before the operator specific versions as a longheld complaint is that branded versions don't get the same quality of support and update as the SIM free versions. It certainly seems to have some truth that the gap between branded and unbranded firmware releases has narrowed considerably in recent times.