[Galaxy Note 3 Android Development] costasparisis:
Dear [MENTION=6439785]tazzysingh1731[/MENTION]

Please accept ALL MY RESPECT AND THANKS and allow me to share my views on your ROM and on owr beloved phone.

I have tried all 6.0.1 TW ROMs for Note 3 and almost all TW and more than a dozen of CM based older ROMs and so I am in a position to say that (IMHO)

your 6.0.1 Note 3 FULL N5 port M3.0 is BY FAR the best ROM EVER made -and I repeat- EVER made for the Note 3 !

The N3 remains an ALMOST UNPARALLELED device in terms of hardware capabilities, even after three years (and two "successors") from its initial release, offering Quad Core Snapdragon AND 3 GIGs of RAM AND microSD slot AND removable battery AND USB 3 port AND, last but not least (in fact probably the most important of all) a stylus.

I believe that the stylus ( => HANDWRITING) is the N3's most distinct characteristic and the main reason most people chose N3 over other phones.

Of course it isn't the stylus itself that makes the phone stand out (you can buy a stylus for a penny in every electronics store or even make one yourself if you like) but all the additional functionality that comes bundled with it, hardware and software ways, which has mostly to do with handwriting and (secondarily) drawing, since these are the only two things that are easier done on a phone with a stylus than with your finger.

Handwriting recognition - including S Note and Action Memo - was perfect in 5.0 ROMs, usually partially broken in 5.1.1 ports and mostly non functioning at all in all 6.0.1 ports EXCEPT for your MAGNIFICENT 6.0.1 Tazzy-Aurora Note 3 Full N5 Port M3 (23-05-2016).

Hadn't it been for your ROM (the M3.0 version - I'll tell you about the M3.1 in a minute) all us people, who enjoy taking as full advantage as possible of a phone's hardware capabilities, would have either been stuck with (slow & laggy & very soon becoming obsolete in terms of new apks and features) TW 5.0 or 5.1.1 and enjoying the use of the stylus and handwriting recognition (and USB 3) at the same time OR would have been enjoying the smoothness and innovation of TW 6.0.1 but lacking the most distinctive feature of the Note 3, the stylus and handwriting recognition that comes awith.

In this latter case I don't see why one would NOT choose to go for CM 13 ROMs and basically I don't see a reason in having bought a "Note" phone in the first place, especially since there seems to be NO 3rd party application out there offering handwriting recognition capability anywhere near to those of the fully functioning actual built-in Samsung one (including the S Note and Action Memo handwriting recognition component).

I should also mention that credits for this work (of art) shouldn't really go to Samsung but rather to the MyScript team since, AFAIK, this was created by them and incorporated by Samsung in its Note ROMs. Sadly the "MyScript Note" standalone application offering fantastic functionality (in theory) has stopped being actively developed for Android for some time now and the actual apk installs but appears broken and non functional in 5.0 ROMs and above that I've tried. (the SDK is available for development at the team's site - hope it catches some apk developer's eye)

Therefore your M 3.0 ROM combines the BEST OF BOTH WORLDS which is TW 6.0.1 (without the lags) AND fully functioning, multilingual Handwriting Recognition.

Unfortunately this isn't the case with M 3.1 I'm afraid.

I flashed and tested 6.0.1 N5 port M 3.1 last night.

I had flashed and tested your 6.0.1 S7edge port the night before.

I imediately had to go back and restore my M 3.0 backups both times, since in both ROMs Handwriting Recognition didn't work.

To be more specific in S7 edge port it was completely absent, (as one could expect in a non - Note ROM) where in M 3.1 it was present but stuck to US English only. Action Memo was crashing with handwriting recognition error in both cases.

Another thing I noticed was that in both N5 M 3.1 and S7 edge ports the "Android Security Patch Level" (in settings > about device > software info >) was 1 April 2016 where in M 3.0 it is 2 April 2016.

Another (much less important) issue in ALL above ROMs is that the keyboard CLIPBOARD BUTTON is not working (clipboard works fine through long pressing on cursor).

As I hope I have made quite clear from the start I am not in any way complaining. On the contrary I am utterly delighted to have M 3.0 and and I could very happily stay with THIS version for years, til everything (ROM and Phone) becomes completely obsolete (or if my phone broke I would most probably go for a 2nd hand one in good nick and flash M 3.0 ! ! -LOL-). I was only wondering, since you are interested in taking Note 3's development further, if there is a chance that you could use the Note 5 port as a base for further development rather than the S7 edge one, for people like me to be able to benefit from the fully functioning handwriting recognition while staying at the cutting edge of the Android OS.

Many thanks again for all your efforts so far and even more in advance for your future ones. Hope this (long) post is useful to some.

Sincerely