[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fire3element:
To an extent I can agree with you. However, 4gb out of a 64gb card is not much. For me it is a slight issue, but not a deal breaker.

The thing you need to ask yourself is... What other options are there? It seems that we will not be getting any more updates to Safestrap for a while.

If you have not been keeping up with the news in Android:

- HashCode, the creator of SS has moved on to a new career in Project Ara.

- Google has been restricting access to more and more system files, making root nearly impossible to obtain. We are almost at a year since the last known (proven) root method was available.

- Samsung has made increasingly stronger moves to lock down their devices. Blacklisting all previous versions of bootloaders to keep people from being able to Odin/flash back to older system images.

- As result of Samsung locking down the bootloaders further, newer baseband versions have killed off the usability of Safestrap.

As android moves on, new loop holes to obtain root and installation of custom recoveries (like SS) close with every new release. I truly think that the best days of android are now over. We had our fun, and that fun was openness. Google continues to close off openings and make android more secure, for the sake of "Security". And that is not going to get any better. Android continues to grow, adopted by more manufactures as the OS of choice in their products.

After asking many questions from Hsbader about the MultiSystem design and allowances, I feel that this is about the closest we will get to Safestrap and custom recovery for a long time into the future.

You can thank Verizon and AT&T for that one. They are the ones requiring locked bootloaders on all Samsung devices (and others) they sell.

Big red does not want you to be able to uninstall that BLOATware. It makes them money to install that crap like Blockbuster and all the other junk apps. Then come the Verizon apps that spy on your usage details and patterns. They may not get specific details about what you just searched in Google for, but it makes you wonder.

For what Hsbadr has accomplished with this MultiSystem, I am truly amazed. I do not know if he is solely working on this by himself, but I must give props.

AND, he has been on top of answering most questions here in the threads on XDA. Also... he put up with me asking too? many questions? LoL

I was honestly curious myself about some specific details, but also wanted others to know what to expect. Once you upgrade past baseband NC4 on the Note3, there is no going back.

There may not be any more options for our VZW Note 3's in the future. This may be "IT".

And for future Samsung devices. It only gets harder to modify with every new device and software revision. That is why I hate the way Samsung is moving with the Galaxy S6. No more sdcard slot. That seriously limits future options. And being that Samsung and the Galaxy line are the largest name brand competitor to the likes of Apple, this may continue trends for other manufactures to follow.

If Samsung and the biggest selling smartphone can omit extSD cards while maintaining high sales numbers, why wouldn't HTC, Motorola, and LG to save a buck or two? I really hate the direction the Android world is moving.

I am very sorry for such a long post. Maybe if others read this they will feel more at ease with moving on to LP and using MultiSystem.

I honestly feel this is the best we will have for now on our Verizon devices.

Thank you Hsbadr for your work