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[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] SladeZero:
My tethering and Hotspots have been working since day one AND I do not have the 10GB family share plan. I have the 2GB plan.

I think this patch fixed some lag issues I was having and some performance issues. That was about all.

I am interested to know if the Sview works for none official samsung covers. I want to buy a Spigen Sview or a Siedo Sview.

EDIT: I forgot the wifi signal every where has been super increased. My wifi has always been 17% in the living room of my house... now we are at 80%. AND it is consistant like that on every wifi I use.... work, parents store, home, church and Starbucks. One thing I notice is that ATT hotspots connect with no issue.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TechSilver13:
I just came from a 1520 and the only way I would go back would be if there were OFFICIAL Google apps (YouTube and play music mainly) the 3rd party apps sucks and if Google updates the code apple and android get the update but it breaks the 3rd party windows phone apps for literally weeks until the dev updates the app. I love windows phone but can't deal with that.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Darth_Munkee:
So far things are ok, I like the transparent notification bar and the icons that go along with that. The tweaks to the font look clean. I no longer have problems with the GPS signal, which is a good thing as I use it daily with Waze. I haven't noticed the issues with the TTS as I have been using the Samsung HD voice, I think it sounds pretty good for a synthetic voice.

I'm not a fan of how they have taken away the ongoing notifications section of the notification shade. I liked the differentiation between the ongoing and the dismissable ones. The biggest drawback is the loss of the ability to write anything to the external SD card. I guess they have adopted Google's standard as it pertains to external storage. So I basically have 32 GB of storage that I can't easily use now, it wouldn't be a big deal but I keep a lot of music on there to avoid stream my data plan away.

I'm thinking that it may be time to root once there is a solution for root available.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tonyo123:
Issues with Update

On my stock but heavily loaded Note 3, it is now less responsive. The boot takes a bit longer and if I don't put in my passcode it can go blank and cannot revive it. Also, some of my widgets like the Steps widget don't always update. Because I do have to have security enabled I am not able to benefit from the lock screen widget functionality nor any of the after-market lock screens (cannot disable the main lock screen). Lastly, what happened to ART as was not that the way to use less RAM? I don't see the option to enable it and I do see there is one for download and run as an apk in one of the other Note 3 Forums (but no one has tried it yet). Finally, with the prior incremental update the lock on saving to an SD card on my 32 Gb Note 3 is really very annoying and upsetting. Now, simple things take multiple steps. Cannot save from browser downloads or pictures directly to SD Card.

So far, have not seen any benefit except for the GPS fix which I seemed to be able to deal with (even though I use Strava, MapMyRide) and some other fitness apps.

If I had my vote, I would go back to the prior update and stop there. Just me?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] sharkattack99:
I can still move apps and what not to my note 3 and I have 4.4.2 KK.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] hp79:
Browser Bar is no longer part of the Settings menu. I always disable that crap and in MJ5 and NB2 it was still in the settings menu, so if you click it it just force closed.

I'm not sure if I just feel that way, but turning on the screen from standby takes longer than before. Sometimes almost 2 seconds.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TheDriller:
Lol... Kit Kat is so awesome!!

Said no one ever!

I'll stick to 4.3, I got way more feature anyway.

And a completely customizeable status bar to suit my mood :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] eortizr:
I know the Rom is alliance but, what theme and icon pack?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] TheDriller:
There's no theme per say. Its one I did in the ROM control. Nothing was flashed. I'm still building the update, but v5 should be out in a few days. Its gonna have Alliance Manager. Think TMobile Theme Chooser, but you make your own.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] WIZARDfan:
My screen rotation appear to be lagging by 4-5 seconds. Anyone else have this issue?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] raduque:
The audio output is louder and cleaner. The pure white status icons are boring. I haven't run into any problems with the sdcard - poweramp still plays music off it just fine.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Jim Dead:
Always have been stock not rooted.I don't know if I did something in the settings but with KK, 2 slow clicks on the home button no longer brings up the annoying Magazine app. No matter what I tried before in the Jellybean, I couldn't get rid of the Magazine when I did 2 slow clicks.

I have the "Home2 Shortcut" installed for both Jellybean & kk
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] littlewierdo:
I had the same exact issue, factory reset fixed it.

My phone, which is primarily used for podcasts streamed over bluetooth and phone calls, would initially boot and be responsive, 30 seconds after the boot, the screen would turn off and be completely unresponsive for several minutes, then over the course of the day / night have occasional spouts of unresponsiveness. In addition, I experienced heavy bouts of stuttering audio via the bluetooth.

Did a factory reset and everything has been hunky dory.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Kamiex:
I've noticed, after getting the OTA, that my SD card is acting strange when I try to manipulate files and folders in Windows. I haven't tried anything in Ubuntu yet, but since updating, I'm having to take my card out, put it in a card reader and connect it to my computer, when I do it this way, I can manipulate everything just fine, but when the SD card is in my phone and connected to my PC, the simple act of renaming a folder causes windows explorer to lock up.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] tonyo123:
Did you reload everything as you had it before the wipe? As you know, the factory wipe is a lot of rework to get everything set up again. In my case about a day's work with the 255 apps and 7 Nova Prime screens.

Did you do anything aside from factory reset? I assume that wipes the cache etc (been a while and I don't remember).

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There is so much focus on three issues: 1) the GPS fix, 2) the frenzy on stuck download update (27%), and 3) the loss of root, that there is little focus on the functionality issues and true improvements or downsides to this update. I found that the prior update 3-4 weeks ago was really good (outside of the GPS issue which seemed to not kill me).

As I mentioned in prior post, my Note seems to be more unresponsive with boots, or when I pull my face away from a call the keypad can take 30 seconds to come back-frustrating, sometimes I cannot get screen response. Also, texting with standard app can become slow and unresponsive. Have to end all the apps (RAM mem cleaner) and clean caches, etc to get the responsiveness back. But, frustrating when you are just trying to get a text out.

With security changes on the lockscreen I have little flexibility with it or even an alternate one.

The SD card issue which actually showed up in the prior update is frustrating because while browsing I would save downloads and pictures, etc to the Ext-SD card. Now it is a two step process: save to Int-SD card, then use ES File Explorer to move to Ext-SD Card. Just don't understand why such a security fix would be pushed on us that limits our usage so much. The benefit is not worth the implementation. Surely there could have been other ways to deal with this.

PS....I run Nova Prime Launcher but that is supposed to be more responsive (may have to try the factory reset as mentioned above) :(

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Some apps work fine with the EXT-SD Card. Others like Dolphin Browser won't access it (maybe in a future release that will change). Do your work with internal card then use ES File Explorer to move the files to the EXT card. Of course using the cloud (Google Drive, Dropbox) also works.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] rsfinsrq:
I used Explorer (The non - root version of Root Explorer) and ran into the same issue with it not being able to write to the external sd card. I couldn't copy download files, pictures, etc. to external storage. I would get the error Android 4.4 KitKat does not allow 3rd party apps to write to external storage. So I enabled the My Files app which is a system app and was able to write to external storage. Never used the app in the past as I became accustomed to my preferred 3rd party file explorer, but now I have to use it and honestly it's not bad. Especially since it is not restricted from writing to external storage.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] nviz22:
Is it me or the battery life slips? Is it from this drain bug for 4.4.2?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] apallohadas:
My battery drain is much faster.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] nviz22:
Time for another 4.4.3 patch, Samsung and AT&T?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] apallohadas:
Just for clarity, I'm stock not rooted on AT&T.

I don't have any other launchers installed and I do have a 128GB microSD card installed.

I have no problems creating or deleting folders.

Now and then after making a call there is a delay in the screen shutting off. Possibly a lag in the proximity sensor. Then again, I'm wondering if my tempered glass SP may becoming into play there.

Overall device response is a bit snappier. Then again, I'm quick to uninstall apps that like to stay awake (WordHero and Dungeon Keeper 4).

GPS response is very good.

Boot speed is faster.

No noticeable change in wifi/cell quality.

The download time for the update was ridiculously long and slow. Took an hour and a half for it to DL on my home network.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] MMcCraryNJ:
Things I've noticed, coming from stock NB4 to NC4:

- The little bit of jank that the phone shipped with is now gone. Unlocking the device from the lock-screen, re-locking it, the random swipe jank, are all gone. Overall, the phone feels snappier and leaner.

- Multi-tasking also runs smoother/faster

- Slightly re-tooled fonts, especially in the notification panel. Looks a bit cleaner.

- Battery life seems to have improved slightly for me. Less draining going on when the phone is sitting idle.

Overall, I'm very happy with the update.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] serpent2005:
Yep, the security in KitKat was changed to not allow 3rd party apps to write wherever they want. I think these 3rd party apps only need to be updated to request permission to write to certain locations.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] slimslim:
Interesting, mine is actually better, no more android os process killing my battery...

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] mutantblack:
I don't know about that. I love Kitkat but of Cuz on either Knoxraid or xnote12 lol. Stock sucks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Intub8:
The update fixed alot of issues I was having. No more extremely bright flash when waking the phone. Much more responsive. Battery life has been great. Gps actually works like it should. Over all I'm happy with the update.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] digitalnrg:
what a mistake updating my N3 to kitkat. Now i can't write on my external SD card anymore which is the most important feature that i use.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Gary02468:
Several others have had that problem. It's been widely discussed here already. Have you tried any of the suggested solutions?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] digitalnrg:
yea i noticed the alternative solutions but it wouldn't help me since i mostly use 3rd party apps to access the external SD card.:mad:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] brett_day:
Hey Guys

Hope all is well

I just picked up a note 3 today from ATT, love the phone, got it home and hit update. The phone found an update and it done its thing, I was fully expecting to see KK but alas my phone is still on 4.3 :( when I go to check for updates again it tells me I have to wait 24 hours to check again. Has the KK update been pulled? Just trying to figure out why my phone has not updated to 4.4. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

All the best,

Brett
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
I read doing a factory reset will trigger update again, ( settings,general,backup and reset)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] brett_day:
ahh man that sucks...after I have spent the last few hours downloading my apps and stuff. lol. oh well if that's what it takes I guess
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
it backs up your settings to your google account I think,
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] brett_day:
well that's a win, I guess I will take the plunge to see if it works. Thanks for the info.

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Looks like that done the trick. 541mb update downloading. Thanks for your help :) :good:
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] AlwaysNoob:
Ongoing notifications are merged

Before kitkat, there were separate notification area for Ongoing Notifications and Actual Notifications. It was good when they were separated because Ongoing Notifications always appeared on top.

With this update, both of these types are merged and they are not sorted. So you will have Ongoing notification that you can't dismiss in the middle of actual notification. So the wifi connected ongoing notification appears in between text message and email. Very annoying to see when you have multiple ongoing notifications.

I always have wifi connected, tasker and data usage ongoing notifications and with the new sorting, it looks really ugly.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Face_Plant:
Does anyone know how to enable the immersive mode I read about? Having full screen in Tapatalk and stuff would be nice.

Edit- one change I noticed after installing the official OTA update is the back light for the capacitive buttons seems brighter and more white. Before they were dim and had sort of a brownish tinge to them.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Suleeto:
Ok so my problem also involves file access, but it's when I connect it to the computer with the cable. First thing, when connecting the USB3 supplied cable to a USB 3 port, it tells me on the on the phone:

"Unable to find software on your computer that can recognize your device..."

I have KIES installed, latest version I believe.

When I switch ON "media Device (USB 3.0)" it says "unable to find software on your computer that can recognize your device..." and suggests I go to the link provided and download Kies. I DID THAT already :(

When I switch to regular "media device (MTP)" the GN3 shows up as a Camera and not as a drive in Windows Explorer.

It does not give me an option to browse files. It used to on Jelly Bean, but ever since KK it doesn't work. It worked briefly after KK update but folders were showing as duplicated (as in two of everything) and going inside a folder they all looked empty. Now it doesn't even do that.

SO... is anyone else having problems using Windows to connect and browse files on phone? This isn't even letting me see the internal SD.

:(
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
try installing Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones 1.5.27.0
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Suleeto:
Moderator removed the link :/

Seems to work fine on my Windows 8 Pro tablet PC. Just not on my XP SP3 PC (well, not anymore... it did before KK).
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
Moderator removed the link :/ ? link still works
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] earhog:
You can always just change the date on your phone to 2 days ahead...
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Techlvr:
With the KK update we lost the ability to record phone calls. That has been blocked. All recording apps are now useless.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] legionz:
go to best buy if u can they can do it for free there at samsung kiosk

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if u use the stock samsung file explorer you can move pictures and stuff like that i'll try moving apps around haven't done that yet will update
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Hockey37:
After the update, coming from stock unrooted, battery life is absolutely abysmal. End of the work day before the update I was sitting around 65-70% battery. Now, 45-50%. No other major changes. Sucks.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Expydude:
Did u factory reset
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] smokestack76:
Batt has been better for me. Like the post above me. Factory reset after?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Hockey37:
No, I was hoping to avoid that. Just a pain in the butt to go through and manually redo everything with no guarantee it will fix it.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] smokestack76:
Nothing worth having is ever easy. I never eat with dirty hands. And flash the same ?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Gary02468:
That point has been raised many times in this thread and others. It's almost always followed by an explanation of how you can factory reset yet avoid having to manually redo anything. (Use Samsung's Kies 3.)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] brett_day:
My battery life has tanked too. I am running completely stock. Woke this morning to find my battery had dropped 25% overnight....android system was the biggest culprit. Very frustrating.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] txoid:
I had the same problem with batt life after KK update. I let the batt drain to 10% and then charged it. After I did a restart and the battery life started to improve. Now it's really good. I wouldn't say it's better than 4.3.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] carl1961:
try going into [setup][general][aplicationsmanager][all] and turn off everything you can that you don't need ( some you cannot turn off)

also if your using facebook, go into that app and turn off sync( if you can live with that)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] brett_day:
I let my phone completely die yesterday, charged it overnight and will see what it does today :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] keeska:
How to disable update notification?

After going through an awful upgrade to KK on my Nexus 10 and seeing/reading about the features taken away in KK I do not want my Note 3 to "upgrade". Is it possible on a stock, unrooted device to disable the Update notifications?
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jerrycoffman45:
nope you need root
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] apallohadas:
Just go ahead and update. After the initial battery drain issues my phone has stabilized and isn't experiencing crazy drain anymore.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] keeska:
I'll wait for the fixes

I'll wait for the functionality broken in 4.4.2 to be fixed. While I am glad to learn the battery drain problem can be fixed I have not found a fix for the inability to write to SD cards or the removal of the ability for the user to set per app permissions. I have not read about any benefits which even come close to balancing these two problem so for me the "update" is actually a downgrade.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] brennanportz:
Is anyone else getting a can't connect to server error when trying to use default mail app With Yahoo mail
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] deeznuts:
Search online. For Yahoo it has bad settings on phone. For Yahoo you need to manually add it so use the Other option when adding account. I'll see if i can find the link for you as i had the same issue as anyone would,

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mobile/SLN3696.html?impressions=true
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] csstamatin:
It puts it in as pop even though it says imap. Need to change the pop.mail.yahoo.com to pop.mail.yahoo.com. worked for me.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 061189ji:
Hi I recently changed the screen on my G2, however I'm a bit paranoid because i feel as if my phone signal is not as good as it should be, perhaps due to incorrectly putting the phone back together. I am however on a new network (three uk) so I'm not sure how it was before (i bought the phone broken off ebay). That being said three do tend to have bad signal in my house. I wanna know if it may be due to a bad connection in the 3G attenna from bad repair or if the network is bad, normally get 0 or 1 bar 2 if if im lucky. Three if i go outside or near a window.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thenetvines:
So I just got a new Nexus 5, and I was able to easily swap phones on Metro PCS by myself, just switching the Micro SIM card to another compatible CDMA/GSM phone, dialing *228, and have the operator do it free of charge (they scam you 10 to 15 bucks at the stores).

But for whatever reason, I can't do that with the Nexus 5. The SIM is recognized, but there is no modile network to call *228.

I read one vague post by somebody saying older Micro SIM cards don't work on Nexus 5, but it didn't specify much...

Anyone know any info on this?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdrc45:
I was told that metro was getting rid of *228 and using *611 instead... I haven't tried *611 yet personally but worth a shot.

You can do it yourself on the metro pcs website also.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroneDoom:
I don't know if this could help http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/app-sim-changer-change-registered-sim-t2106490 however it does seem to detect the number store on my SIM.

Edit: you need xposed to run it. I wouldve tried this if I knew about it before trying to get my imei to register through countless metropcs representatives cause I couldn't register it online.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheRealDgk:
My problem:

I recently put a new ROM onto my phone and everything is going well besides sending and receiving MMS messages. I have tried several different apps but still no luck, also, I have changed around my APN settings for my phone and within apps that have the options. I've read a few other threads and forums and have tried everything. Any ideas?

Specs:

Model #SCH-R530C

Android Version 4.4.2

CyanFox version 2.0.2

Service Provider Cricket

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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Hydrogen:
Is there any way to lock a storage cards functionality to a specific device?

I am looking at giving my company as much functionality as I can but to do that I need to make sure nothing could be pulled from the memory card in the event of a lost or stolen device.

Any ideas?

Thanks

-H
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreavolturnio:
F

irst of all, thanks to anyone can help, i ve searched but i didn t find an answer to my questions.

[*]wanna update on a stock firmware, unlocked bootloader,no root,xperia 6903 z1, via flashtool on a mac osx running os 10.7.5.

[*]i was able to use flashtool on a previous xpseria s, unlocked and root smartphone, but i reinstall os system too, so im not sure what i really need to make flashtool work.

[*]on my mac flashtool neither start just bounces a couple of time and shut down, no xperia z1 attached.

[*]well that s all, what do i need step by step ti update my xperia z1 before is rolled out in my country ( italia)? why flashtool doesnt start.

[*]hope some kind guy can help, hope too this is not a duplicate o an answer yet done.

[*]thanx all in advance

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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eclyptos:
Maronna bucaiola, just use a PC with Win7 and update to latest version. :D (I don't use Mac)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elsmithy:
Hi,

I ran DoomLord's software on my Xperia T and now the phone won't boot up, can anyone help?

I can't post in the original thread as I've only just joined the forum

Regards,

Elliot

elliotksmith@hotmail.co.uk
[Galaxy Note 3 General] whats up:
samsung note 3 SM n99005 with kitkat,down load TWRP from andriod store installed it.but when i put note 3 into recovery mode no sign of the TWRP recovery what iam i doing wrong, supersu loaded also