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[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] LinS123:
I actually really like the Note 7. I'll be honest I had both the GS6 and S7e and both I didn't bother rooting. The locked BL is a bummer but I got over my flashing bug a couple years back.

I'll probably wait and see if the coral blue color is nice, if not I'll send it back and get black.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] PearsonDKA:
I swear it's a love/hate relationship with this phone. As much as I would love to sell it once something more "Root" friendly comes around, I really don't(like somewhere deep down inside meh)

This is my 3rd time using it after a full charge and the battery life.. is somewhat amazing. Got most of the bloatware frozen and the AoD turned off this time around.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pointro:
I've opted to keep the phone. I'm really enjoying it so far and am not experiencing any of the "embarrassing" performance issues being discussed. I used package disabler, removed all "bloatware" with it and cut down all the animations to .5. But I'm upgrading from the Nexus 4, so I probably won't be able to notice these issues. Battery is a tad disappointing. I haven't killed it yet, but it projects to 4-5 hours of SoT.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] meboy:
FWIW

Axon 7 kernel sources have been published and bootloader should be sorted soon.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] prox4ion:
Is package disabler worth it for carrier unlocked phones? Us carrier free owners don't have any carrier specific apps.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
Indeed they have been, I've already got it prepared on GitHub for users to develop their custom kernels for some time now.

https://github.com/jcadduono/android_kernel_zte_msm8996/commits/stock-6.0

Unfortunately for the Note users looking to escape Samsung, the Axon 7 will disappoint them in camera quality, no S-Pen, slightly smaller screen, no fancy iris scanning or heart rate monitor, no IP68, and a few other things...but yes the custom rom development will thrive for less than half the price of the Note 7 for those features. Not to mention the DAC and dual speakers are way above the Note's.

Still, I agree it's a great option.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] meboy:
Axon also has quick charge 3.0 vs note 2.0.

Doubt there is much difference in screen size from flat 5.5 vs curved 5.7

Axon Camera has been inconsistent but I think a firmware update or third party app could solve a lot of it.

Axon 7. Slightly bigger battery would have been nice.

Wireless charging is nice but not that big of a deal. Only use it when going to bed. Otherwise it's too slow.

It needs some development. N would be nice.

Water resistance would be a plus but it's more like insurance. We also know what that can do to speakers, weight, etc.

Spen isn't used by many. Even if they think they will. Google translate has the option to instantly translate any text on the screen you copy. No pen needed.

That's not much for downsides to me.

Even if it wasn't only $400 msrp it would be very compelling.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
thank you Samsung for waking me up at 5 am to tell me the Note 7 sources are up, grrrr Korean time zone L: Time to git r done!

Unfortunately even though I'll have git repos up for the qualcomm Note 7, it still means nothing since no matter what's built from it cannot be flashed. At least Exynos fun will start today.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] millicent:
How do I check whether the bootloader is unlockable on my costco model?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mxt86:
Can I not root my Bell Sm-930W8? The guides I found said not to do it on this model or it will brick it. I already bought the phone. Am I screwed?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
All Canadian models are locked. There is no rooting. That's why I've got rid of the note. Back to the S7 edge lol

Sent from my Motorola Star-Tac

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If the note 7 exynos is rooted and twrp I might consider going to the exynos version.

Sent from my Motorola Star-Tac
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] millicent:
It seems this is a bit different than say, htc, nexus and sony. Usually they would ship their devices with locked bootloader, which is normal, in order to prevent mitm unauthorized os intrusions. Then, if your bootloader is in fact unlockable, you could unlock it to flash other os via a token exchange with manufacturer. Is that different with samsung? Also, usually the service code in dialer would bring a service menu where you can see if that bootloader can be unlocked. The code I tried doesn't seem to do anything
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mxt86:
This is very disappointing. Is this 100% for sure for the lifespan of the phone? I just want to get rid of Bell bloatware and block ads mostly. Custom roms in the future would have been fun to play around with too.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
You can tell by the t-mobile locked down bootloaders what to expect.

Sent from my Motorola Star-Tac
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] AllGamer:
well according to the Tmobile Note7 forum is only the Tmobile version that is locked, the Canadian W8 version might be unlocked.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
I'll believe that when I see it.

Sent from my Motorola Star-Tac
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] spex714:
Wasn't it already tested and confirmed that the bootloader is locked a few pages back? Feels like people are clinging to false hope now...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
Yes.

And yes they are.

sent from my Note 7 or S6
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
I agree with you. It's the second time out of three that I've had to buy a walk in after being in the top ten for reservations. #1 for SD edge an #7 for silver note 7. If makes no freaking send that our request would be fulfilled after walk ins. Then they have the nerve to tell us we will miss out on the gifts. Smh...

Sent from my note 7, my pixel C or my oneplus 3 depending on how I'm feeling!

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I'm sure that if they were to survey the amount of defective units for every 100, apple's would be higher then any Android device but the customer service is so good no one notices. Food for thought tho. No shade. I ain't no iPhone hater.

Sent from my note 7, my pixel C or my oneplus 3 depending on how I'm feeling!

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Rogers Wifi calling working fine for me. I'm in Greece making calls from my hotel and it's working just fine. The way to know if VoLTE is working is when you see LTE while making a call. That means you're good.

Sent from my note 7, my pixel C or my oneplus 3 depending on how I'm feeling!
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] turilo:
Does anyone know what the FAP lock in download mode is for?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mrnovanova:
Don't know about the Axon 7 but I love the fact that I can pull out the note 7 out of my pocket and get a kick ass picture or video every time. Totally worth the extra cash imo. But I'm a sammy fanboy at heart.

Sent from my note 7, my pixel C or my oneplus 3 depending on how I'm feeling!
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] PearsonDKA:
I feel like dropping to like the S7 or Edge or something. I hate the whole locked down thing.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gaganmohal:
Its "FRP" Factory reset protection.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
Thanks. I'll blame it on the new account glitches (today it's been fine so far, and I finally was able to set things up in MyRogers).
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] turilo:
Well I finally received my note 7, so nothing to test as it has already been done for possible unlocked BL. I'll keep the phone until i get my Gearfit2 and if still no progress even just for root I will sell it for possibly the N930FD note 7
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] imatts:
Just got the Note 7 (Canadian W8 version) yesterday and I have to say it is a BEAUTY. Apart from the whole locked down / no root fiasco, it seems to be running really great. At first there was a random reboot as soon as I popped my sim and tried continuing on through the initial set up wizard, but then after I finished up I noticed a LOT of lag. Ater a few hours of actually setting everything up, removing all of the crapware with Package Disabler Pro (support this guy, hes freakin' amazing!), and then disabling all of the random sensor crap, it ran like a BEAUT.

Battery life is pretty good so far too. Heres are some battery stats:

Straight out of the box (52-0%): 4hrs on the DOT

- Initial set up

- Configuring the loads of settings

- Downloading my standard 72 apps / games

- Trying out the camera for photos / videos

- Configuring all of the apps / stock apps

- Disabling the bloatware with Package Disabler Pro (SUPPORT THIS GUY)

- Finishing off with some max brightness video to kill the phone.

2nd go (100-8%): 6hrs 26mins

- Played Pokemon Go for 3hrs at 80% brightness

- Watched a movie

- Browsed (inc. facebook web) for a ton

- 9GAG

- Listened to music for an hour

- Took a dozen max res photos, a few videos

- Used SketchBook for maybe 30 or so mins

- Used screen off memo outside Tim Hortons for an hour to play hangman with my girlfriend (lol)

Special mention, I enabled MID battery saver with res set to full, brightness max set to 80% and performance decreased (but did not enable prevent background network usage).

I expect the battery life to get a tad bit better after the next charge cycle or two, doing the same stuff I normally do, but even better when NOT playing Pokemon Go. THAT is the game that destroys batteries.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
You're an ex-nexus 6p user with root and custom roms, etc. How do you survive with that locked note? I couldn't.

Sent from my Motorola Star-Tac
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys:
It's about time you woke up! :laugh:;)
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
Aaaand for those of you waiting for more on Exynos before giving up the Canadian Snapdragon, I did manage to successfully get TWRP up and running for the Exynos models... :) Thread is open in the ROMs subforum.

Exhausted and going to sleep again now lol.

Still waiting for my refund so I can pay this eBay seller for FD model. ><
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] imatts:
Honestly, I'm on the fence wanting to sell it in order to buy the EU N930F/FD version. because:

- TouchWiz 7 is pretty damn impressive, I have no reason to use a custom rom so far.

- With root, comes voiding warrant, and I have never dropped $1,200 on a phone.. I'm kinda scared to lose the warranty.

- I know I will have to pay a decent premium to bring in a EU phone to Canada, which I dont think I'm prepared to do right now.

The only things I really utilized with root were very few things as well, so I cant say I miss them too much. Things like:

- Xposed to use App Settings, to fix the Camera app/others when setting custom LCD density (which I cant do besides global)

- Lucky Patcher, because I'm a horrible person

- Minimum Brightness to drop the min brightness right down (but Note 7's min is already super low now)

- And then custom abilities like holding Power for torch, volume buttons to change tracks, simple little things like that.

Like I mentioned, they are super small things, but thats the exact beauty of having root. Still though, I have no idea what to do lol. I'll just be using the Note 7 while I wait for more info to become available.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Turbojugend:
So to hopefully save reading 100 pages. The Canadian models are Exynos with locked boot loaders correct? Haven't used Android much lately and wanted to pick this device up, is there a chance down the road to use custom roms or anything?

Thanks.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] imatts:
Where are you ordering yours from? I would rather order from where you are, than get scammed -_-
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] LinS123:
It's a Snapdragon CPU with a locked bootloader.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
Me also nexus 6 and 6P lol...kinda regret selling the 6P now lol

i can live with it for awhile but if a month or so goes by and no progress i will sell it and buy an 930F.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] imatts:
Agreed. I will wait it out as well. I did put an ad up on Kijiji though for a ridiculous price, so if someone is dumb enough to spend the money on a contract-free note 7, then by all means I'll sell it and then order the F variant lol.

So far though, all of the F variants I've found on ebay are sold out -_-

Anyone know a good place to order them?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
eBay has a lot of N930FD sellers, one was $789 US which effectively made it about $10 cheaper than Canadian version with import taxes but unfortunately that seller upped it to $884 today. Go with any seller than has 20K+ feedback and 98.8%+ rating. Most folks I know buy from never-msrp seller and they include a car charger and 120V wall charger with it.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rx8Driver:
So why can't we Edit the Signature in the Signature checker that it refers back to, to match the Signature of the file we're Flashing? I mean we have access to the Bootloader Files that we're Flashing, why not go it that way? Am i being clear enough what i mean? I'm struggling to explain it lol
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] pro_b:
^ That's who I got mine from (never-msrp). I ordered the F model and can't wait for it to start shipping. I'm in the US so should be here quickly once it ship out.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rx8Driver:
So why can't we Flash the engineer boot.img and spoof the dm-verity somehow? I mean there has to be a way to duplicate the checksums or at least attack it from that angle?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] spex714:
There's a reason why checksums are used for verification...so they are not duplicated..
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] turilo:
I want to get the FD note 7 variant also but not sure my carrier Telus bands will work on it fully. They dont explain much on their site, calling them is like asking a sheep a question
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] MaestroSeven:
I am trying to buy the phone on London Ontario. No bell store in the city has any stock as of yet....
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Frequencycheck.com. I am with bell and Telus share towers. It's fine. You're good.

Sent from my Motorola Star-Tac
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
Yeah It will. Doesnt Telus use the same bands as rogers/bell etc?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Sent from my Motorola Star-Tac
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] beleak1:
Upgraded to the note 7 on my Telus corporate (EPP) plan through work and only had to pay $160 instead of $560. They subsidized $1000 of the $1160 device amount.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
we don't have access to primary bootloader which signature+checksum checks sbl and aboot, and flashing primary bootloader requires sig+checksum check by sbl as well

there's a whole chain of signature+checksum checking
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] turilo:
Well i posted my Note 7 sealed on Kijiji and got lucky, sold it for 1175, i lost 20 bucks no biggie lol
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] funkydude101:
I'm sure some brilliant person will figure out what the difference is with the engineering image and a way to exploit it with a root command to open up the device for full root.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Daaaaamn. I only got $1100

Sent from my Motorola Star-Tac
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] turilo:
LOL well still good, now to find a N930FD! this will be tough with import charges
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Yeah. Good luck. I'm waiting for a bit it seems. Till the n930F craze dies down. Although I bought my Note 7 from bell I can buy the gear vr for $49 at the store. Going to see if it's still available.

Sent from my Motorola Star-Tac
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
Is there a good source to know what's safe to disable? Also, how did you disable certain sensors?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] turilo:
Well just ordered me the Gold N930FD, hopefully will not take a century to receive
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] meboy:
FAP lock...

In PRN download mode.

:cool:

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Samsung cameras are good but not great.

A lot more to improve.

I think now and through the next year we'll see many other android OEM's with practically equal cameras. Especially when third party apps like Snap are used.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pointro:
I'm truly enjoying the phone despite it being locked down. I know that I could import an international version, but running stock hasn't been bothering me nearly as much as I imagined it would. Though root + xposed would give it that extra little bit 10% to make it perfect.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DLG187:
agreed. Definitely enjoying this phone
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] meboy:
For those considering Exynos.

The battery life difference alone would be enough for me.

See the difference at the bottom.

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note7-review-1478p3.php
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] radrcanada:
Where did you end up ordering from? I'm not sure which of these places is reliable?

Where is everyone ordering their 930FD from? Anyone here know someone in Singapore or Thailand, wish we could import them ourselves.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] imatts:
Packagr Disabler Pro has a built in list of the 87 or so bloatware apps / services that you dont need, and from there you can disable your own as well. For sensors, I was talking about the smart stay, heartrate in camera, palm detection, wave hand over sensor to accept calls etc. All can be found throughout settings.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
Same seller as JC got his from?

I see they have twrp now thanks to him but no root yet. Cant imagine thats very far behind though.

I was thinking just to order an international one also lol, why not hehe.

I think Id for for the regular F version, on the note 5 it seemed to get more love development wise than the dual sim.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] turilo:
Yep same seller as Jc, I believe the FD and FD use the same fw anyway so all is good lol

Yea man if you can grab the international go for it, my order from Samsung came and sold within the hr haha
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
Yeah i saw....fast sale!

My note 5 and 6P sold fast also...it kinda shocked me lol

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[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DLG187:
How much you get for the Note5? I'm about to put mine up for sale (today or tomorrow)
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
$600!
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yassinef:
Hey i was wondering if the 930fd would work with wind properly. . The one i received from them works great with their negwork getting 7 to 12 mb download speeds
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
Not 100% i dont think no...wind has some extra bands similar to Tmobile. Someone correct me if I am mistaken please.

Its totally compatible with bell,rogers etc though

And 12mb is terrible, that's slow as heck...how is that great?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yassinef:
Im happy with those speeds. Other wind users have it worse
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
We don't know. Historically, Samsung hasn't locked the bootloader on phones sold in Canada, but that doesn't mean they won't.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] skyeking69:
Sorry Force

already left the store by the time I posted. i think the demo's are a different version than the N930w8 for Canada

I think it said N930F ??
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pointro:
Nobody knows. I would guess that the bootloader would be unlocked for us, but wouldn't count on it.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
Wind Mobile has updated the tech specs to indicate a Qualcomm processor.

https://www.windmobile.ca/plans-and...vice-details/samsung-galaxy-note-7#tech-specs
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] _Jax_:
God no! Nooooooo!!!!! I wonder if I can just buy an exynos version from Samsung.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
Probably not - they'll just sell the same SM-N930W8 model here.

Looks like importing one from Europe may be the only way for us to get an Exynos one (and I don't know how the LTE bands would stack up).
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] _Jax_:
One rep told me via live chat t said Quad-core 2.3 GHz Mongoose + quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 (copied and pasted). Anyone know which chip that is? Google didn't help.

Edit: Looks like exynos. Yeah yeah I know we're beating this topic to the ground now but what else are we going to do until it releases? :)
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
Thats the international version

sent from my Note 5, Nexus 6P or S6

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For bell and rogers no problem although the baseband will be different but i know a few guys who have euro S6s and an s7 and they work just fine

sent from my Note 5, Nexus 6P or S6
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pointro:
Oddly enough, importing it from the UK will be cheaper than buying it outright.

https://www.unlocked-mobiles.com/sim-free-mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-note-7-sim-free-p-87064.html

Buying it from the above link will cost $1050 including shipping, tariffs & taxes according to dutycalculator.com. With taxes in Ontario, it'll cost around $1200 to buy outright from a Canadian Canadian store.

The difference in battery life might just solely be to the Android system bug, though. The important thing is whether it'll be unlocked or not.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] prox4ion:
"International Customers: We've got you Covered If you place an order for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 for shipping outside of the EU, we will perform a free 5 minute active call prior to shipment. This will fully unlock your device to enable use locally on a carrier of your choice."

This is interesting if the duties and taxes are accurate. Frequencies might be a disadvantage?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] msavic6:
Just to keep in mind there are other differences between the 8890 and 820 with respect to the S7E.

The 8890 does not have a software inposed limit in 4k video recording while the 820 is software capped at 5 minutes.

Battery life is also noticeably better with the 8890 and the UI has also been shown to run smoother on the 8890 compared to the 820.

The 820 is not inherently a bad choice but it is the "worse" chip when compared between the two especially when thermals are compared
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Devhux:
I've started tweeting [MENTION=6913631]samsungcan[/MENTION]ada about this - perhaps we need others to do so too.

(my Twitter is the same as my username here if you want to RT).
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
They never reply to tweets lol
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ekjl:
For all that's doubting it, here's a bit of logic of why it's very likely to be true.

It's common knowledge to everyone here and to everyone who follow tech blogs and websites that they ALL have review units. However, they cannot divulge any information. They are under an embargo. You will see that on a certain day next week, that every major site will post reviews on the same exact day; that is when the embargo is lifted.

Now Mobilesyrup having a 'review unit' cannot divulge any information. They know what's inside the Canadian variant BUT cannot in anyway mention it directly. A way around it would be to contact Samsung and Samsung has to tell them that it's in fact 820 and they can publish that Samsung has said it not them. Mobilesyrup will not contradict their information published yesterday to their review that will be out sometime next week.