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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bizkitlimped:
Ok...thanks...i dont use fb app on the phone..just the messenger...looks like thats coming to an end too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] nolimit06:
My battery life... Not to shabby.

Froze apps I never use via ROM Toolbox Pro and I'm using Greenify. Otherwise I'm completely stock. :thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Mansevolver:
So far it's been fantastic. Much more responsive through and through. Its faster too.

Battery life is better noticeable so.

Only issues I have is screen will dim for no particular reason.. Even though auto brightness is off.

Other then that, this is likely the best OTA Samsung ever pulled off.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
That dimness dimentia with auto brightness deselected is quickly fixed with one more tap of the brightness slider. Odd, yet completely tolerable.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] skippyg:
Besides the dreaded sd card issues. Everything is quick except when using the recent apps screen. The delay is longer for me to switch between apps now than it was on jelly bean.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JFay22:
Have you tried changing your three animation scales to .5 in developer options? That helped make mine quicker transitioning.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Most definitely the fix. Mine is swift at grabbing recent apps.

And...a solid reminder of why we should be thankful for the dev community at large. Many rom devs build these sorts of fixes into the rom, so once you've flashed it and have a daily driver, you'll notice that as normal behavior. On this build, we are on our own. So please be mindful of this when roms come on the grid, thank and donate.

Final thought on this while I'm posting, I urge everyone in these forums to hit the AT&T and T-Mobile forums, as they both have fairly mature TouchWiz roms, at least when assayed to ours. Look at the changelog, and especially the fixes. Most of what folks are noticing are systemic, and good development is blocking and tackling these issues (external SD card issue for one).

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sniperkill:
So I have a quick question. If you have software version 4.4 and you have the engineered bootloader, can you downgrade to a older build like MJ4?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JimSmith94:
I have the opposite problem with both 4.3 and now 4.4. Even though I have auto brightness selected, sometimes when my phone is in the desk dock it will go to maximum brightness. I have to deselect and reselect auto brightness for it to dim again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JFay22:
I have also noticed increased speed by checking force gpu rendering. I know opinions are mixed about keeping this checked, and it could impact battery life, but with it checked I notice smoother scrolling in most apps, especially in Tapatalk.

I will say, however, even though I am an experienced android user, in developer options I typically only change usb debugging to on, lower the animation values, and force gpu rendering. I would not recommend tweaking your background processes or checking do not keep activities on our phone. With the available ram we have and the quad core high speed processor, the N3 should not need these tweaks and 4.4 is designed to handle it automatically. The only thing that usually causes lag is manufacturer and carrier bloatware. That's why you root and use Titanium to freeze or uninstall apps that you don't wish to use and that take up copious amounts of RAM. That's why I love android, you have so much control over your device...but the caveat can be that you tweak a setting that ultimately harms the performance of your phone! Anyway, my two cents. I just got my N3 in December coming from a Galaxy Nexus so I am loving this phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] abjc89:
About to do the update

About to do the update now that my company is letting us. Also going to root right after a couple of cycles to begin debloating and all that other fun stuff. This method is the one for a noob to do, right? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2656334
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Moi aussi.

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---------- Post added at 06:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:26 PM ----------

Man is that an upgrade! I came from an Epic 4G Touch, and the upgrade was epic, as was the act of leaving behind that which I'd been using. I never saw anything about that phone as epic.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
Aww, why you gotta hurt my feelings like that? :p;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JonSCSL:
Lol at least E4GT didn't have knox.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
You're right. For all of the insanity that was that phone (WiMax radio not working on AOSP roms, low signal causing phantom keypresses, symlinked partitions and apps), you just couldn't kill it.

Further, my love of this community started there with that device, and the combination of terrific devs and kind folks made for an amazing experience.

I think that phone brought out the best in all of us. So yeah, I take it back.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
Yeah, that device was nearly unbrickable. I couldn't begin to tell you how many times I got it in a state it never should have recovered from LOL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjs2011:
I sometimes miss flashing el29 before wiping.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
So true, so insane, yet so true...

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] RayTrue04:
Lmao at the e4gt memory talk! I think we all miss that device. I for one never had an issue with it. GPS, WiMAX and everything everyone else complained about worked great on mine. Only problem I had was when my batt went bad but after buying a new one phone never rebooted again.I believe we had the best dev support till this day on that forum. You definitely can't mention the E4GT and not think of sextape, Garwynn, rwilco and sfhub, I miss it! Maybe we'll get an E4GT2 in the future :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] abjc89:
updated

Just updated, download server seemed pretty slow to me, took 37min to get the 500MB update. Install took a quick 6 min or so. So far battery is going good and I like the subtle changes i can see:

1) icons for signal strength, battery, clock are all matching now

2) screen fades out for screen off now

3) phone feels faster

4) hangouts can be set as the default texting service now, also has a more advanced attachment selection during texts

5) Google Wallet now allows Tap and Pay without modification!

6) RAM usage seems to be higher so far

7) Device Status in About menu now says Official even when booted up with a large external card (used to say modified)

8) Camera shortcut for lockscreen option (although i don't see why not do custom shortcuts and have the camera as one)

9) Settings, Connections, More Networks now contains: Default Messaging App (for selecting) and Printing (can disable HP and Samsung plugins if you don't use this)

If i see anymore I'll come back and update this post
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
You can set custom shortcuts...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] abjc89:
yupyup, that's why i said that the option was redundant with the custom shortcut option. It'd be nice if they replicated the iPhone camera shortcut where you can use it without unlocking if you have lock enabled, but nope.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] pongoface:
The only thing for me that I consider a bug is...... With locations set to power saving using just wifi my Internet is cut in half. I hate having gps on to use full speed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Or TDunham, bilgerryan, etc, etc. Go visit, there's some magic still going on over there.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] RayTrue04:
Definitely! I just went with the ones I could remember the most and who I had the most communication with. That's the only forum that felt like a family to me. Everywhere else it's mostly bickering and fighting and no helping. If I had my E4GT I would go visit but I sold it for $200 about a year ago lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kstephens98:
I had the og epic 4G up until about a month ago. It was an awesome phone and virtually unbrickable. That community was truly a family as well. I must say that from the Sprint note 3 community is pretty cool too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] djjosh:
Ha ha,my e4gt is now a dedicated bedside alarm clock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JonSCSL:
Does anyone know what app I can restore from Titanium Backup that controls the multi window side bar settings? I have lots of apps setup on the side bar and every time I flash a new rom I have to manually add them all back but I have backups via TB and nandroid just can't find the file. I know it's not flashbar I have already tried that file.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
Restore with data didn't work? I'd guess it is in /data/app look there for something.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JonSCSL:
I don't understand what you mean by that. But if it's not flashbar and it's data is there another app or data file I can restore that would bring back my user settings? There should be because every rom I flash or restore the multi window app looks the same and all setting are reset to a default of exactly the same way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
TiBU should give you the option to restore the data associated with the apps you're restoring. Otherwise you can use a root explorer to find the files.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JonSCSL:
I will try just data on the flashbar but just wasn't sure if flashbar is the only apk associated with the multi windows
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Flash bar is now called multi window.

I'd caution about restoring anything system related with TiBu set up on Jellybean on KitKat beyond the basics (xml format call logs, mms, &c).

The different file structure of the two operating systems could yield unexpected outcomes.

Stryke has provided (as always) sound advice when it comes to this topic.

Restored system apps or dependencies can wreak havoc on your system.

Once you've flashed a KitKat rom and migrate to another, caution is still warranted. One app at a time is a good approach. Data apps are always a safer play, but even here, you may not like the outcome (apps stored on your SD card about which you'd forgotten may have since been updated on the play store, and your phone may not like the restore you did).

As one whom uses a ton of inverted apps even after installing a rom, I know the pain it can be to restore your phone to what it was. Every clean flash I make is a 4 hour endeavor, once I've factored in all of the inverted apps, logs, Nova, widgets, alarms, email accounts...insanity.

To dig a bit deeper on the topic, I suggest a Google search of the terms Titanium Backup, Gunthermic, xda.

You'll find Stryke-like advice from the DarkHorse master on that app and his inverts (it'll be blunt and accurate).

Good luck!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JonSCSL:
Ok guys I feel like an idiot lol I just did exactly what [MENTION=3053298]Stryke_the_Orc[/MENTION] said and it worked. Was restoring both app and data and it must reset the app to default. Thanks [MENTION=479688]stryke[/MENTION]
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] kennyla:
Lucky..... I haven't seen it yet. Especially with Mardi Gras going on, signal got so weak. But I'm patient on waiting for this update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sniperkill:
So I have a quick question. If you have software version 4.4 and you have the engineered bootloader, can you downgrade to a older build like MJ4? I heard that once you flash 4.4 you cannot downgrade, but I was wondering if the engineered bootloader would make this downgrade possible?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] caesar_:
Maybe.. But not possible yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JonSCSL:
A few have reported that they did downgrade by backwards flashing NABD >NAB> NA4 leak then MJ4. If you want to try it you need to PM [MENTION=5244502]micmars[/MENTION] for the link to NA4 leak.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
File sent, but please note that I have never tried to do this, and never intend to. I am reticent to flip a link to a file that is dated, was never owned by me, but was entrusted to me and my own judgment.

The gentleman that requested indicated a need, so I provided a link to an unknown maybe to perchance fulfill that need. But now that we have an official release, that build, bugs and all, are part of the living history of these forums.

If you wish to experiment, that may be fine, but inasmuch as I am still entrusted with a file that is not mine and for which I have no knowledge of its certain ability to help, and may very well do either nothing or possibly harm, I'm reticent to send it without a strong warning and a bit of hope.

In a word, it is difficult for me and my nature to pass on something that I neither am equipped to support, nor have a stake in its success.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JimSmith94:
I would like to hear how this was accomplished from anyone that has done it. I tried to Odin the NA4 leak on NAB and it failed. Someone else reported that they tried it with the NAB engineering bootloader and it failed for them as well.

I'm tempted to visit my Sprint store to see if they can put my phone back to factory stock NA4 so I can start over.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JonSCSL:
All I know is the one's that said they did it said it took 3 to 4 flashes before it worked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JimSmith94:
Okay, I'll try it a few more times. Will someone that this worked for please chime in with more details, pretty pretty please! :silly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Lukaslukasm:
I finally upgraded and rooted to 4.4.2 but I don't seem to find anything that I wanted from the 4.4 features (immersive mode or translucent notification bar) is it just me or is everyone else the same?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
I wouldn't go back to Jellybean. No interest in it. You posted 4.4, but I'm assuming you meant 4.3.

The footprint is smaller, it's faster, more stable, better performance under the hood, love the full screen album art on the lockscreen, just an overall better user experience...for me.

To each his or her own.

Non sequitur, you can really tell the difference when Sprint gets a 4G area set up properly; it's usually a day or two of weird speeds, followed by a consistent speed that's sort of awesome. This is typical for the last 36 hours. I have no idea if the NABD modem has anything to do with it, as this could be coincidence...

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Lukaslukasm:
I agree that the ui feels much snappier and I don't use the TW lock screen so I wouldn't know about the full screen album artwork but I did mean 4.4 because the changes I said (immersive mode and translucent notification bars) were introduced for 4.4 even though they're little things I would've loved seeing translucent bars. I couldn't agree more about not going back to jellybean though!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Gotcha, but this device never received an iterative interim stop at 4.4, as we went directly from 4.3 to 4.4.2. There may have been some AOSP variants based on the earlier KitKat build, but I am unaware of any.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Lukaslukasm:
By 4.4, I was speaking overall in Android not just the Samsung updates
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] insane209:
Dislike of the new updates:

1.New dafault text app needed to properly work, cant use multiple ones

2. Cant use MX player or any external video players for browsers or facebook..they all use the crappy built in ones.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] rbeavers:
I am using MX player no problem. Asks me which one I want to use.

Note 3 kit kat.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] schlepprock:
Hi all. My brother in law and his wife took the OTA update. For three days both phones were behaving well great battery life too. Suddenly they both started random freeze ups with no pattern. Anyone else experiencing this??.. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] insane209:
Foreal? I cant when i use dolphin or facebook or boat browser...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micmars:
Boat Browser user here (my backup when Chrome irritates, like lack of tabs), and though I love MX player a lot, I can't get it to play with boat, just as you've noted.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] insane209:
Yea and i like mx...and when watching it with a build in browser it dims out by itself!...having me to tap the screen all the time so it wont shut off...fail
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
Has anyone been able to use screencast or a similar app?

It keeps telling me something is preventing it from working.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] phyba:
Mx player works fine for me on Chrome.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JFay22:
Hey guys, I posted this in [MENTION=4693652]optimummind[/MENTION] 's thread, but thought I would see if anyone here has an answer:

I'm having an issue and wanted to see if you could help. I'm rooted, NAB, engineering bootloader. For the first time since I upgraded from MJ4, I tried a screen write via spen air command, and in settings I have it going to editor after screen shot, so I tried writing on the screen write and hit save, and I get Unfortunately Screen Write has stopped and force close. When I screen shot without edit it saves fine. Any ideas? I recorded a logcat with Catlog. Let me know if you can think of a reason. Thanks. Here is logcat: https://copy.com/JX2iSO7dXOnYUtA<br />

Here is a link to the logcat with just errors so easier to look at https://copy.com/yrSIUzTfqZys8ok<br />

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I also just uninstalled Xposed and disabled mods and still have the issue. Outside of Xposed I have no other mods installed. Also, I get fc on action memo upon open. I tried wiping cache and data on flashannotate apk, even uninstalled and reinstalled without data with Titanium and no help. Just fyi. <br />
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
Works fine for me, have you tried rebooting to recovery and wiping caches?

I'm rooted NAB with xposed installed and operating.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JFay22:
Thanks man. I will try wiping in recovery. By the way, are you using the engineering bootloader? I may ask about this in the bootloader thread, but I just don't think it's the boot. Appreciate the reply.

Wiped in recovery and still get Unfortunately Screen Write has stopped when I edit and same when I open action memo. Thanks anyway I welcome anyone's suggestions. I hate losing these features.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
Yes I have the engineering bootloader running. Its odd that it's force closing like that, I'll take a look at your logs and see if anything jumps out at me.

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Edit- have you deleted or flashed anything?

I see these that may cause issues:

W/ContextImpl( 3422): Calling a method in the system process without a qualified user: android.app.ContextImpl.sendBroadcast:1454 android.content.ContextWrapper.sendBroadcast:376 android.inputmethodservice.InputMethodService.sendInputViewShownState:542 android.inputmethodservice.InputMethodService.showWindow:2186 android.inputmethodservice.InputMethodService$InputMethodImpl.showSoftInput:710
E/AndroidRuntime(10974): cannot open customer xml file
03-06 08:57:28.787 E/memtrack(10974): Couldn't load memtrack module (No such file or directory)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JFay22:
No, nothing deleted or flashed. I run xposed with Wanam, but I uninstalled framework mod and still had the issues. Only thing I've done that may be of issue is frozen some system apps in Tibu. Here's a screen shot of the frozen apps...I checked in several threads for safe list to freeze and these were on it, but you never know. Thanks for your help and for reviewing the logs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
Just for the sake of argument, unfreeze Samsung push service and see if that helps.

And anytime.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JFay22:
I defrosted all of them just in case, rebooted and still fc. Man, it's frustrating. Just can't seem to determine what is causing it. Only thing I know is the last time I used the features I was on 4.3 MJ4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] caesar_:
I'm having an issue writing to internal memory.. It worked fine before then I flashed cm11. When i nanded back to stock is when the issue began.

Can create directories just fine but can't transfer or download to them. Downloading to SD works fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JonSCSL:
Try this go to the playstore and get Terminal Emulator. In Terminal type:

(su)

then grant supersu. Next line type:

(restorecon -Rv /data/media)

It should do the trick it worked for me. And of course type in without brackets.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] caesar_:
Thanks buddy.. Worked perfect.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] oldjackbob:
One thing I find extremely disturbing about 4.4.2 is that the Android file management procedures/rules have changed, and now ES File Explorer (or any other Android file manager I've tried) can't rename any file (or any folder) on the extSdCard, and I can't seem to find any fix to that issue.

I can rename files on the extSdCard by using a computer via the USB cable, but not by using any Android file manager.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
Just tried it, root explorer worked for me.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
I'll dig deeper when I get home

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JFay22:
I think this is CSC related. My csc is inactive and when I go to csc folder I have feature.xml but not customer.xml and that is a consistent error in my log. Cannot open customer.xml. now I have to determine if I can flash csc tar without taking my phone back to unrooted stock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
Why not just pull it from a zip? Use root explorer or similar, push it, set permissions and reboot.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JFay22:
Everything I read online about csc involves factory reset...but most are about international users switching csc to other countries. Do you know how I can fix my csc exactly and where I can get the right file? Thanks man.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
Using Root explorer or similar, extract and paste the attached file into /system/csc and set permissions rw-r--r-- (0644) and reboot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JFay22:
Thanks man. It added the file just right and now my csc info shows US not just SPR but still says not activated and I still get force close. Here's a screen shot in phone info of my csc status
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
OK, I'll get the rest of the csc files and pm them to you.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] JFay22:
Man you are the best. I owe you one for all the help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Stryke_the_Orc:
Pm sent, in that file only pull what you need or you will lose any mods you have that changed the csc

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