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[Galaxy Note 3 General] SdkDel:
Is anyone else getting the "Searching for GPS" message after updating to Kit Kat? I'm running a sim-free Note 3 purchased from Tesco Mobile that was already factory unlocked.

This is making me crazy, it never locks onto a GPS satellite and I really need it for a trip in a week to the USA...

Any thoughts?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] alom5:
Yea it's pretty shiet, first time I turned it on after kk... It didn't find a fix for 15 mins whilst I was driving.

Never had it so shiey with any phone before. ...Only way to sorry it at the moment is to enable location services. .. It seems to find it a bit better then. ...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Buckster76:
I'm on a Simfree N9005 Note 3 bought from Asda - updated to KitKat and not had that message once - it seems to lock on to GPS very quickly
[Galaxy Note 3 General] alom5:
More than likely you've got location services switched on.

If it's gps alone. .. Then it struggles to find a fix
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Buckster76:
ah sorry - yes you are quite right

will try it without it on
[Galaxy Note 3 General] markyboy81:
Why would you not just enable location services all the time, unless you don't have a data allowance?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] alom5:
I got 12gb data sothat's nota problem... But it Eats battery... and I need battery.

I've just tried and can't get a fix at all with just gps on.

What a load of shiet
[Galaxy Note 3 General] markyboy81:
I thought it ate battery but I've recently downgraded (upgraded) from an s4 with shocking battery life with everything switched off, to a Note 2 that has twice the battery life with everything on. Weird.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] alom5:
Hmmm.. When I had my note 1 I could get instant fix with just gps inside the house as well.

This things been searching for 25 mins and still nothing. ..
[Galaxy Note 3 General] soundping:
So far for me everything is working great except the card write security issue. :)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Tomo1971:
EE branded Note3 downloading Kk now ota. Been trying every day for a week so assume it's released today.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xsiv74:
Hello to all. I have a strange problem on 4.4.2 btu stock rom. Album art isn't showing up on lockscreen.When music is playing and the screen is turned off when I push home or power to light up the screen the lockscreen is not showing the new blue music menu but it shows the typical lock screen which is flashing above. Anyone else has this? This happens only when music is played. And my installation was a clean one with wipe cache and factory reset...and suggestions?

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] Sandy_samuel:
Ditto! On EE aswell, battery indicators have changed colour etc
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xsiv74:
Changed colours of indicators on 4.4.2 is normal. Album art and media controls not showing up on lockscreen while music is playing is a problem...

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] third_degreee:
Upgraded my EE locked phone yesterday and it looks to be fine except for one bizarre occurrence. Made a call and the ear piece speaker was working and then put it on loudspeaker which worked, then turned off loudspeaker and the ear piece speaker stopped working. When I tried a call moments later there was no sound from the ear piece speaker but the loudspeaker worked though.

In a mild panic I thought my ear piece speaker had gone but I simply switched the phone off and back on again and everything back to normal.

Anyone else had this yet??!?!?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xsiv74:
I had it today....

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarneyL:
I also got the EE upgrade last night.

The biggest thing I've noticed so far is that Deezer now stops between every single track and won't start again until you manually skip to the next.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] markyboy81:
Deezer is a nightmare all round. Loads of bugs, plus now you can't save to SD card..
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sweeney_uk:
Deezer works fine for me apart from the sd card issue, only difference is I'm on BTU firmware not EVR...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] markyboy81:
The issues I had were listening via Bluetooth where when i walk away from my car and it disconnects, the music blasts out of the phone speakers.

Plus, there's no 'resume',option, so when android inevitably closes it down, you have to manually find whatever you were listening to before.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sweeney_uk:
The resume function was missing from Spotify until they wrote it in...All we can do is request it from the dev. But the bluetooth issue happens with all music apps for me when disconnecting.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] markyboy81:
Really? Because I've used both Spotify and blinkbox and both pause the music when Bluetooth disconnects.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sweeney_uk:
Well I've only used Google play music and deezer using bluetooth and im pretty sure both did the same.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] pifsworld:
I've updated ota to kit Kat and I'm having big problems with WiFi not connecting even with router in next room plus it was never like this before kitkat !! Anyone else having WiFi issues.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ckneller:
No not here
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Alex Atkin UK:
I find WiFi much less reliable on KitKat, I had hoped it would fix the 5Ghz WiFi problem of randomly killing all data transfer and saying "Internet connection is unstable", but I actually have it happen on 2.4Ghz networks now too instead.

I don't recall any problems actually connecting though, it usually works brilliant when you first connect just fails at random later.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ixon2001:
Well S5 officially launched today, so wondering now will Samsung bring the new touchwiz and some of it's features over to the Note 3, or will they leave us in the dark like they did with Note 2 user's regarding updates ect. :/
[Galaxy Note 3 General] @home:
Not sure I'm all that bothered, Since I got the HTC One M8, I find the Note 3 oversized, unconformable & TW ****e.

It's a shame cause I used to like it a lot.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] maverick1103:
Enjoy your new phone, bye.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] @home:
Cheers - I am :good:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] maverick1103:
I was thinking of getting the m8 or Z2, but after owning both the m7 and Z1 they dont seem a massive improvement, plus I thought to myself why get rid of the Note 3 as it's still technical one of the best phones out, I will probably just root it as I'm getting bored of the UI.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] @home:
I'd thought about rooting as well but I couldn't be bothered.

The M8 is a massive improvement over the m7.

I did like the N3 but was finding too big for me for general use.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] maverick1103:
Well I normally root my devices, the N3 is the first device I haven't and don't see the need for it either, however I'm a bit bored of the UI now so may as well do it....I was hoping the new TW UI would come to the N3 with Kitkat but it could still be some time.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ixon2001:
I personally think none of the 2014 major market smartphones offer anything much over the Note 3.

Had alook at both the S5 & the M8 yesterday, didn't like the M8 to slippery and to long, size isn't that far off the Note 3.

S5 I kinda like tbh, screen is superb best I've seen on a Samsung smartphone so far, design looks much better in person than on either pictures or video's plus it feels good in the hand aswell, also the camera is a improvement aswell.

One thing i did notice on the S5 is that the new touchwiz lagged abit, don't know if this was because it was a demo version and hadn't been updated.

But overall while i did like the S5, I wouldn't sell my Note 3 and buy one because what it slightly gains in both screen and camera quality, it looses out on screen size, internal storage & memory.

So I'll wait till the Note 4 is released in Oct and probably buy one around Christmas time when the price comes down some.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] shayind4:
Hi

Does anyone know how to access 'Service mode' and 'debug mode'? I keyed in *#0011# for service mode but unable to do anything else.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] big_b0sss:
Can we remap hardware keys on note3 . Like mulitask by pressing the menu key?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sweeney_uk:
*#0*# gets me into it
[Galaxy Note 3 General] shayind4:
Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dodgebizkit:
I hope the next official update changes that

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] ixon2001:
Lol looks like the BTU version of the Note 3 has been forgotten again by Samsung, some of the networks ie Three & Vodafone has received updates to 4.4.2, & the Netherlands have just got another update, but as usual UK simfree users have to sit it out and wait again.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] descb600f:
BTU user here have had 4.4.2 for weeks have you checked for updates manually?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gee2012:
The latest 4.4.2 BTU firmware is N9005XXUENB7 atm. Download from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=26476 if you don`t have it and flash it with Odin.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ixon2001:
Lol not on about NB7 that old news, on about the newer updates ie NC2 which both Three & Vodafone in the UK have or ND3 which the Netherlands got a few days ago.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gee2012:
LOL, Sammobile showed this rom as the latest BTU available :o
[Galaxy Note 3 General] androidflea:
Great news guys!

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Germany always got it a few days before us!

Could be tomorrow,,,,,
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xuggs:
My CSC is N9005OJVDMJ4

Where is that from? :S I bought it locally here in Dubai, UAE from a seller who imports them from UK apparently.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Phusion:
For all the hype and waiting for kk, when we do get it I bet it's a "what's all the fuss about"
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
you are right it is "what is all the fuss about"

the only thing different is better battery life and it run's faster that's all

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DBT is out today

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=25831

so where is kit kat for the uk?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nookcoloruser:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47165158&postcount=3

You have the Middle East version.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ronak47:
TBH isn't better battery life and speed reason enough to want the upgrade?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Phusion:
Yes but how people go on its like the new tw is included
[Galaxy Note 3 General] eddlum25:
I'm new to android. Can someone please explain what is BTU and XEO?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
Regional coding - BTU = UK and XEO = Poland - The Polish version has multiple CSC (regions) on it and it works perfect with BTU devices.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
there is no change to the tw
[Galaxy Note 3 General] eddlum25:
I flashed mine with Poland XEO firmware. Everything seems to work fine except scrapbook just saving a copy of an image without the website address.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uvaman:
I just got security update....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
Security update is just for certificates etc and HTTPS additions on the device. Like VeriSign on secure websites.

Sent from my CM11 Kitkat powered N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uvaman:
I just checked our closed uk thread and can you tell me why some guys received security update 14 before me? They got same 021 update on 11.2 and me now. And all of them were BTU like me...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
Carriers push the security update not Samsung I believe. Hasn't got anything to do with potential firmware upgrades that I can assure you of.

Sent from my CM11 Kitkat powered N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uvaman:
I understand that part, but why I got 14 days later that update when I am on btu... mah nevermind thx for answer :)

We'll see if tomorrow is our day.

Btw. S5 didn't fulfilled my expectations.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ixon2001:
Well woke up expecting to see the Kitkat update, and guess what......nothing.:crying:

Why Samsung why!!!!! do you continue to punish UK simfree users, with regards to updates.

Also what's worrying is that there nothing for the UK networks neither, usually one or two networks have released it before BTU see's it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] radicalisto:
It'll roll around 1pm if it comes.

EE have already pushed a Kitkat build from what I am aware..

Sent from my CM11 Kitkat powered N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sweatingmytittsoff:
I have a feeling the btu will be exactly the same as the latest poland fw
[Galaxy Note 3 General] uvaman:
Ofc it will be same :) What do you expect some improvements? Don't think so...

Samsung isn't the company who is going to surprise their customers.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jonstatt:
Three only has NB4. Only Vodafone has NC2 I think
[Galaxy Note 3 General] descb600f:
NC2 is that maybe an update to put right everything that Vodafone f***** up in the previous update.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] markad1:
BTU just got a 27MB update to ND3.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JCM800:
Me too..very small, Any idea what it did?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] markad1:
stability improvements lol :rolleyes: :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JCM800:
Lol we'll see...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] markad1:
A new app called "My Galaxy" was in the update.

"a new application from Samsung designed to help you get the most out of your Samsung Galaxy"

update: its a download.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] andrewilley:
I'd get a lot more from it if they stopped with the bloody useless bloatware and let me install useful stuff (which needs root). Grrr....

Andre
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
where did you get this update from as i am on BTU and i have just checked on samobile and there

is nothing on there also kies says i have the latest NB7 even tried the update on my phone and nothing?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JCM800:
Personally I just checked for updates...and got it ota.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] basdaniel:
Just got it too....
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gingerdude:
Got the update, this puppy flew b4 the update and still flies now. This has to be the only phone I never felt the need to root, best phone on the planet.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JCM800:
I hear ya..I was rooted, and regret it.went back stock and still happy with it...my rooting days are over.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] markad1:
Got it OTA didn't go looking for it
[Galaxy Note 3 General] soundping:
Just received N9005XXUENC2 :)

It was a 24MB download.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Barneyabz:
Does it fix the sd card issues? (Still on android 4.3 currently as I need full access to my sd card)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JohnZS:
I'm on BTU and performed an update check, I got a message saying "Software update service unavailable, maximum update slots have been used, please try again later or update over Kies"

I have tried updating over Kies, but this claims that NB7 is the latest version, has the update been pulled?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Buckster76:
I get the same "maximum number of roll-out updates" message too

UK Note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 General] eastonfr:
Also got same software exceeded downloads limit message. Kies showing i have latest firmware nb7.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
i get the same thing.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jakethesnakeuk:
Same here, rubbish
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
it on samobile now 1.2 gb

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=28946
[Galaxy Note 3 General] soundping:
That's from the 24 MB ota download.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
the file that i downloaded from samobile is 1.24gb in size.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] crash_194:
I have NB1 on 3 UK and I don't have any updates available. Totally stock phone. In all honesty though I don't have any issues I'm just always intrigued by what gets updated.

sent from my Galaxy Note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 General] soundping:
Here's the samobile 1.24gb btu file.

https://mega.co.nz/#!yI8lTBAa!Xgq0cC7hXhAappNAIEakeT5Jd9NUIXmzHvLGNnADfr0
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JCM800:
Since updating, my phone is slow to awaken from sleep. With either home button or power.

Is this a coincidence? Anyone else noticing this?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] andrewilley:
I found an OTA update of 27.66Mb which is now installing.

Andre
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Buckster76:
not sure if co-incidence of not - but since upgrading to ND3 my reception seems slightly improved

getting slightly higher data rates at my work place than I've had before

and data reception in areas I've not had data available before

might just be co-incidence though
[Galaxy Note 3 General] alom5:
Is still the same modem NC2 so I would put it down as co - incidence
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Buckster76:
ah ok fair enough - cheers
[Galaxy Note 3 General] gingerdude:
Since the 24mb update my gps refuses to lock, stock note 3 unrooted. Any ideas?

EDIT fixed it by using gps test from play store and clearing agps data in settings. I now get fix even indoors. I read it on a forum, was sceptical but seemed to do the trick.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zipper3:
Why don't some people get the updates? (including me). I really don't want to manually check samupdates every week - just want to receive it OTA.

Any ideas?

UPD: Kies shows that updates exist and this is strange. Does Kies and OTA use different sources?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dodgebizkit:
I got my service (giffgaff) updated to 4g :D however 4g service is not yet available in Essex :(

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] qucharski:
Hi can anyone tell me what is the latest firmware (full number) here in the UK for unbranded Note 3 please as mine is branded to 3 UK and I would like to flash it to unbranded stock one. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
i live in Essex and get vodafone 4g without any problem.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] st3chn0:
He's on third party network that might be the issue
[Galaxy Note 3 General] celderic:
In Hertfordshire 4g is working fine with giffgaff, only activated my 4g goodybag yesterday.. seems very speedy, signal is okay at my house but not strong enough yet to maintain 4g, usually falls back to 3g as i am far away from the signal tower.

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
PDA: N9005XXUEND3

CSC: N9005OXAEND1

MODEM: N9005XXUENC2

is for unbranded note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Dahdoul:
flash

Hi guys,

I have question regarding flash unbranded UK firmware (BTU) on branded UK (Vodafone).

It's my friend phone got it from UAE but it's running branded UK (Vodafone) firmware ,it's already unlocked and unrooted knox 0*0.

So is it possible to flash it without any problems.

thanks in advance.:laugh:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
yes you can and it will remove all the vodafone c**p
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cybernet707:
sim unlock

Hi im trying to sim unlock my uk note 3 n9005 i uzwd towelroot n then checked it with root checker and it sed it was rooted now wen i put my new sim in it still asks me for unlock code so.how do i unlock this to take my new sim or wud it be easier to take it to a shop for them to unlock and pay for it thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Alex Atkin UK:
You take it to a shop, do it online or ask the network it is locked to if they will unlock it for you.

Generally its a good idea to check the network first as it can be cheaper than a store. In the case of my Note 3 on contract from O2, they unlocked it for free when I had only had it a few days.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] cybernet707:
Thanku for ur reply appreciate it i rang my network they wont give me a code n they wont tell me y i was looking for a tutorial may root it then try to unlock it or something like that i went online and tried an unlocking service but they emailed me back saying they didnt have code in their database and give me a refund its a uk vodafone note 3 n9005 and it seems like this fone cant be unlocked thats the impression im getting
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Alex Atkin UK:
That's weird as Vodafone say it should be unlocked already and if not they SHOULD unlock it for you.

http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Unlocking-NUC/Urgent-Galaxy-Note-3-Unlock-Code/td-p/1718094/page/2

Did you get it on contract or buy outright?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dodgebizkit:
Sweet! I can't wait til giffgaff bring 4g to Colchester. Vodafone three and ee have 4G here bit O2 don't and giffgaff relies on O2. I already have the goody bag just not the service coverage :(

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[Galaxy Note 3 General] celderic:
Went on a long train journey last week, about 5 hours... i did enjoy the full 4g signal in london though. Haha

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] inconfundible:
I'm updating(OTA) my BTU Note 3 as im writing this...??
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
i updated mine this morning (OTA)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JCM800:
Any benefits?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
the gps icon has changed to location

you have download booster that uses both wifi and lte networks to download quicker

kids mode great for letting your 18 month old grandson play with your phone without changing anything

seems a bit running quicker

thats about it
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tWoBrO:
Now to turn GPS on i have to go to Definitions -> Locations and change the way i have the phone handle location searches.

Donwnload Booster only works on HTTP and with some apps.

Camara app has new features, backup with Samsung account has new options too and now we can use our Google account to login.

This it what i have notice. The GPS/Locations thing is a pain in the ass, what the hell were they thinking. Just terrible.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
to turn on location just go to the top of the of the home page slide down the navigation bar and turn the location on.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] tWoBrO:
Well, I know. But that's not the problem.

I have location to use only wifi and mobile networks to search for my location. GPS OFF by default.

Before, turning GPS ON I would just click the GPS button on the notification bar and that was it, but now it's not possible anymore. The GPS icon is gone, now we only have location. If we have the location to search only with wifi and mobile networks the GPS will not turn ON by clicking the location button. Now, with this settings, we have to go to the location definitions and then change to GPS mode.

Before I could have the location settings to search using wifi and mobile networks, and I could just click the GPS shortcut to tuned it ON or OFF without affecting the locations settings. That's not possible anymore. At least not the same way as before.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] carols:
this is what i get when going to download booster
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Buckster76:
has GPS or Compass been improved

actual showing direction you are facing seems to be working in google maps now - whereas I'm sure on my phone it didn't before - it was one of my criticisms over my Iphone 4
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jenacadabra:
This update also tightens up the extSD card permissions even further.

Now even ES file explorer cannot rename, copy/paste or move files on rhe external SD card.

This update means that I am going to have to spend today learning how to root my Note3. :mad:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] soundping:
Here's the samobile BTU download.

BTU-N9005XXUFNF4-20140703160151.zip

https://mega.co.nz/#!TcUxRLgT!AvHOsV92itQL8l3daG_GuF_LC10erdOlNuCN4D408YQ
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Marinus4444:
I've updated but the only real improvement I've noticed is battery life is a little bit better.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] joebongo:
I'm starting to think battery life is worse.

Might be the poker game I installed, not sure yet. 8am-1pm and I'm down to 66%. 20 mins of online poker, a fair bit of surfing (maybe an hour), 20 mins of TuneIn radio (over Wifi) and 5 mins of TomTom.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] mrjmac84:
Not to much to shout about this update, battery life is amazing for me since the update, really good