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I figured this needs a new thread since the others have been derailed by people trying to update!
1) Speed, finally a speedup! The lockscreen is faster, switching apps is faster, the browser is faster (scrolling/zooming/flash video/scrolling with flash video open) , the launcher is faster... I could go on and on about how fast it is now.
2) Smooth 720p flash video playback
3) Mouse support, tried it out and it works great!
4) Joystick support is cool but no apps seem to support it yet, it doesn't show up as a general input device as I had hoped, you have to specifically program for the joystick api I believe.
5) Resizable widgets! Even this operation is silky smooth
6) Scrollable app switching
does it address the wifi driver leak? better yet, documentation or release notes on this update?
Nice post. Thanks for the information. I speak for nearly everyone who at this time hasn't received the update when I say I can't wait to get my hands on 3.1 on my rooted Xoom!
I, for one, am most excited about the following: resizable widgets, mouse support (btw - what kind of mouse are you using? bluetooth or usb/wired?), and most importantly the overall speed-up and bug fixes (such as smoother 720p video playback) across the entire Android Honeycomb OS.
Kudos to Google for knocking it out of the park with this one. Maybe nothing absolutely groundbreaking or super innovative, but all we really wanted anyway was a quality level of polish added to the amazing base OS we already had. That's what we're getting with 3.1. Yay.
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does it address the wifi driver leak? better yet, documentation or release notes on this update?
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There's documentation/changelog posted on the Android developer blog. Look it up. It lists every change in paragraph, essay form (instead of the usuall bullet point list associated with most changelogs).
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how do you resize the Widgets? I've been trying this for an hour.
The quick launch controls for the browser have been updated as well. Very cool. You can scroll pages using the controls without having to scroll up the page.
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how do you resize the Widgets? I've been trying this for an hour.
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It only works on list widgets, like the email and bookmark widgets. Hold down on the widget like you're going to move it and then set it back down.
For those who had tested 3.1 in their Xoom's, there is a improvement in 720p & 1080p video files?
I have the Asus Transformer and wondering about that stuff, since the Xoom owners are the first receiving 3.1
Any video hardware acceleration?
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For those who had tested 3.1 in their Xoom's, there is a improvement in 720p & 1080p video files?
I have the Asus Transformer and wondering about that stuff, since the Xoom owners are the first receiving 3.1
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I don't think that's any different, but I've only tried non high profile video. Still can't play .avi natively.
Thanks. Did anyone notice the Google stock movie app is no longer installed?
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Thanks. Did anyone notice the Google stock movie app is no longer installed?
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I've always only had the gallery app to play movies. The movie rental program is called 'videos'
Edit: Speaking of which, the Videos app has a 'Personal Videos' tab, which shows all of your videos in a nicer display than the gallery app... nice!
sorry, meant the stock movie studio app. To edit videos. Wonder if this was changed for Google movies?
I noticed the broken shortcut for movie studio on the desktop but then opened the apps drawer and the icon there opened it right up. Take a look see if it works for you.
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sorry, meant the stock movie studio app. To edit videos. Wonder if this was changed for Google movies?
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I still have that app
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sorry, meant the stock movie studio app. To edit videos. Wonder if this was changed for Google movies?
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I still have that app
is portrait mode slow or is there a speed increase?
also has the auto rotate sped up?
If 720p YouTube videos are this smooth in the browser, I can't wait to get an overclock kernel on this thing!
Is there italian language in the 3.1 us rom?
uk release?
When is this hitting the uk? Mine isn't available yet.
>Is there italian language in the 3.1 us rom?
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.1.html (scroll to bottom)
Now that 3.1 is finally out is everyone pretty satisfied with it? I know I am. Seems like a very smooth tablet experience now. Feel sorry for the guys who traded in there Iconia's and couldn't wait for the update.
It's pretty good, although my A500 was already pretty responsive with 3.0. Still, I do notice a slight improvement.
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Labby Road said:
It's pretty good, although my A500 was already pretty responsive with 3.0. Still, I do notice a slight improvement.
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One of the biggest improvements i noticed off the bat was youtube. Loads great now without stuttering.
I gotta say the mouse support is pretty spiffy. Overall it seems a lot smoother and snappier. I haven't tested it fully yet, but video support is definately better. It now seems to play all the videos that my Gtab plays. The one semi-disappointment is that while some widgets can be re-sized, I can't seem to make them smaller. They go bigger no problem, but smaller is a no-go on all the ones i've tried.
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Feel sorry for the guys who couldn't wait for the update.
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I'm kinda confused by this...
Why do you say that? If anything I feel sorry for you that it took you so long to experience 3.1.
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I'm kinda confused by this...
Why do you say that? If anything I feel sorry for you that it took you so long to experience 3.1.
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Im talking about the people who got rid of there Iconia and couldn't wait for an update to be released. I'm not hating on the Chinese version or the Asus version of 3.1
I love it know and my YouTube plays nice...
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anyone having problems with mouse support? my mouse at the office doesn't work but the one I have at home works perfectly!
don't notice any difference
To be honest I don't really notice a difference. After the first rebot I actually found the performance slower. Rebooted once more and it now runs much like it did before. I think I'm one of the fortunate ones who didn't experience any issues under 3.0.1.
No support for Xbox 360 controllers at this point, the ring just keeps blinking.
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It seems like it fixed cell stand by issue
Mine is rooted running Virtuous Asus w/Thor's latest. I have not seen, read, or experienced anything that has convinced me to jump on 3.1. I am very happy to keep my current rig and wait for a nice stable custom ROM.
I can now plug my digital camera into the A500 and with 1 click have all my pics download
it is a nice improvement from 3.0 . Then again this would be my first real update on any android software going back to the original mt3g days.
I have noticed that my wifi icon shows that I have horrible connection even when I'm next to the router. Snappier, nicer, better feel I am glad I forced my wife to buy this and the fact that xda talks all about this unit.
If it was not for y'all I would be lost.
*typed from Acer a500
Although my tablet does seem a bit smoother now, it refuses to play any of my videos i put on there (moboplayer, arcmediapro, act 1, rockplayer lite, none seem to work now?) gonna try moving the vids to "movies" folder and trying the stock player and see what happens.
Is it me or does it seem that the random shut downs are not happening anymore with 3.1?
Im monitoring for a while now, i havent had none yet.
It was the only thing i was bothered with a bit, but it would never occur to me, to trade the A500 for another tablet, im loving it since day one.
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Although my tablet does seem a bit smoother now, it refuses to play any of my videos i put on there (moboplayer, arcmediapro, act 1, rockplayer lite, none seem to work now?) gonna try moving the vids to "movies" folder and trying the stock player and see what happens.
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One thing I've noticed is video playback is a lot better. Rockplayer lite and moboplayer work fine on mine although mobo sometimes fcs. I'm sure rockplayer didn't let me play vids in hardware decoding mode before. It would always fail but now it works.
backudog said:
Although my tablet does seem a bit smoother now, it refuses to play any of my videos i put on there (moboplayer, arcmediapro, act 1, rockplayer lite, none seem to work now?) gonna try moving the vids to "movies" folder and trying the stock player and see what happens.
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I had the same issue in Moboplayer and change the settings to be "Soft decoding by default" This seems to have fixed the issue.
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Is it me or does it seem that the random shut downs are not happening anymore with 3.1?
Im monitoring for a while now, i havent had none yet.
It was the only thing i was bothered with a bit, but it would never occur to me, to trade the A500 for another tablet, im loving it since day one.
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Since 3.1 I seem to get randomly booted out of the browser, but not a proper force close. I do lose all open tabs.
Also the onscreen keyboard now seems a lot more laggy
3.1 wass not bad. Better than 3.01, but still a little sluggish compared to virtuous galaxy. I am headed back to that rom.
hey guys seems 3.2 is out... anyone tried it already ?
ok let me edit this post it seems 3.2 is out but not yet on transformer
should not be to long tough 3.1 update was only a couple of weeks after 3.1 released
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hey guys seems 3.2 is out... anyone tried it already ?
what is your experience
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On what basis do you say it is out?
i'm on custom Rom,but on Xoom is alredy implemented
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hey guys seems 3.2 is out... anyone tried it already ?
what is your experience
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I bet you got the OTA update, but it's not 3.2
evening2005 said:
On what basis do you say it is out?
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this basis
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.2.html
could be ofcourse that its not yet released for transformer....
but did get an update message today and im already running 3.1
That's the SDK, the update from Asus has not been released yet.
ahhh
if it comes as fast as the 3.1 update went then i expect it in a week or 2
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hey guys seems 3.2 is out... anyone tried it already ?
what is your experience
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you sure you are not talking about the recent 3.1 follow up update?
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what is your experience
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I have a Xoom running 3.2. Most of the changes are behind the curtain so you will not notice them in the UI. One change you will notice and use is the zoom feature for non-tablet apps that would appear small even in portrait mode. But when you stretch or fill screen, the sharpness goes away just as am image stretched would be. One thing it did do for my Xoom was enable the MicroSD card but read only. Even my Viewsonic GTab running 2.2 Froyo had read/write permissions on the MicroSD almost a year ago...
In a nutshell, the 3.2 update for the Xoom was about making the Xoom more stable and that it did, much like the 3.1 Build 8.4.4.11 follow-up update for the TF did. As far as new features we can see and play with, well I think we'll be waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0...
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I have a Xoom running 3.2. Most of the changes are behind the curtain so you will not notice them in the UI. One change you will notice and use is the zoom feature for non-tablet apps that would appear small even in portrait mode. But when you stretch or fill screen, the sharpness goes away just as am image stretched would be. One thing it did do for my Xoom was enable the MicroSD card but read only. Even my Viewsonic GTab running 2.2 Froyo had read/write permissions on the MicroSD almost a year ago...
In a nutshell, the 3.2 update for the Xoom was about making the Xoom more stable and that it did, much like the 3.1 Build 8.4.4.11 follow-up update for the TF did. As far as new features we can see and play with, well I think we'll be waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0...
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I believe that the 3.2 update brings some additional bugfixes that are very significant. Can you report on portrait scrolling between screens? The absolute worst flaw imho is the rendering when it portrait, its just damn ugly.
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I believe that the 3.2 update brings some additional bugfixes that are very significant. Can you report on portrait scrolling between screens? The absolute worst flaw imho is the rendering when it portrait, its just damn ugly.
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Smooth as butter on my Xoom swiping screens side to side in portrait mode. Checked it on my TF for you too and smooth as well. Some members have reported lag when turning the tab from landscape to portrait but that is the design not a bug. If it was instant, the screen would be changing every time you made any tilting movement. It has to be at a certain angle for 500ms or so...
Please could you report whether there is any 'judder' in pan shots using an H264 video in stock player?
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Please could you report whether there is any 'judder' in pan shots using an H264 video in stock player?
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Sure, just let me know what you need. Is there a specific H.264 video you want me to run? Provide the link and instructions and I'll let you know...
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Sure, just let me know what you need. Is there a specific H.264 video you want me to run? Provide the link and instructions and I'll let you know...
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Can you test the brave teaser? http://www.multiupload.com/I2X1ETXXB0
It has 24 fps and shows a lot of judder in the scene with a moving camera.
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Smooth as butter on my Xoom swiping screens side to side in portrait mode. Checked it on my TF for you too and smooth as well. Some members have reported lag when turning the tab from landscape to portrait but that is the design not a bug. If it was instant, the screen would be changing every time you made any tilting movement. It has to be at a certain angle for 500ms or so...
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Tegra 2 devices have to struggle with orientation changes because everything has to be rendered in software instead of hardware (wtf nvidia).
Toss a widget on the homescreen and watch that sucker lag.
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Can you test the brave teaser? http://www.multiupload.com/I2X1ETXXB0
It has 24 fps and shows a lot of judder in the scene with a moving camera.
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OK I have the trailer on my Xoom and TF. Which player do you want me to use? Landscape or portrait? BTW it looks awesome! Unbelievable sharpness!
asus already officially tweeted they are just finishing testing on 3.2 and will be updating soon
http://twitter.com/#!/ASUS/status/91252492712677376
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Tegra 2 devices have to struggle with orientation changes because everything has to be rendered in software instead of hardware (wtf nvidia).
Toss a widget on the homescreen and watch that sucker lag.
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Maybe I don't understand. My home page has only BobClock widget but the screen to the right has 4 widgets (YouTube, Market, Media widget and Google Buzz widget). I can scroll right through those pages to the right and back to the left, in landscape and portrait mode with no lag or delay... Should I be seeing something different? I can video it for you if you want to see it...
Use the google player in landscape. Thx for the testing.
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asus already officially tweeted they are just finishing testing on 3.2 and will be updating soon
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Woohoo!!! Thanks for the update!
I was reading this article on gottabemobile.com About XDA porting the Netflix HD app to the Galaxy Nexus..and I thought, umm why don't I try that on my Note....Installed the APK from their link...OMG BEAUTIFUL. I started up the New Star Trek Movie, awesome, the old Star Trek, awesome again...the interface is a bit small as its made for tablets I guess, but just pull your stylus out and there is no problem here!
On one small note. I used Chrome to Phone to send myself the APK link. After I got the APK link I also got bombarded with spam links via Chrome to Phone on my notification bar. I had to uninstall Chrome to Phone after 12 notifications about "Hot Girls" I'm guessing this is almost like uncontrolled. pop ups on the server that was serving the APK file. Hopefully I can re-install it with-out the spam, as I use Chrome to Phone a lot!
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Just connected it to my LCD...it does not look like 1080p when compared to running a youtube 1080p video
Well darn...
I actually can't stand the interface. Without the stylus it's very hard to navigate. Very hard. I wish I could switch it back but still keep the high res video.
The normal netflix app on the Note was also very small as I remember from the handful of times I used it before I installed this APK. Though the actually interface does seam just a tad different.
OP are you sure about that?
I was under the impression that Netflix HD only will stream 720p content to OMAP equipped phones at the moment.
I tried the APK on my Note and movies look exactly the same as the regular Netflix App, still looking standard definition to me.
I have no way to confirm that it is actually playing HD. They look great to me. Though I must admit, I only used it a handful of times previously. The APK works and it's functional. I'll try and use the HDMI Out Cable and see if there is any improvident....
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Just connected it to my LCD...it does not look like 1080p when compared to running a youtube 1080p video
Well darn...
don't discount this app just yet. It definitely plays video better than the app i installed it over. I watch a lot of space docs on netflix, and they have looked terrible because of the black "blockiness" problem with the note. This version of netflix looks amazing on the note compared to the one i had downloaded from the market. this fixes one of my only disappointments with my phone!
and it also gives me hope that the video issues can be fixed by software alone!
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don't discount this app just yet. It definitely plays video better than the app i installed it over. I watch a lot of space docs on netflix, and they have looked terrible because of the black "blockiness" problem with the note. This version of netflix looks amazing on the note compared to the one i had downloaded from the market. this fixes one of my only disappointments with my phone!
and it also gives me hope that the video issues can be fixed by software alone!
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Can you tell me which APK you are using? I am sure we are using the same one and the picture is not any different to me than the stock. This is definitely not 720P. am I the only one who feels this way? Also I keep seeing people refer to HD content on Netflix. How can we tell which it is? Thanks.
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OP are you sure about that?
I was under the impression that Netflix HD only will stream 720p content to OMAP equipped phones at the moment.
I tried the APK on my Note and movies look exactly the same as the regular Netflix App, still looking standard definition to me.
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I totally agree, no different to me unfortunately.
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After I got the APK link I also got bombarded with spam links via Chrome to Phone on my notification bar. I had to uninstall Chrome to Phone after 12 notifications about "Hot Girls" I'm guessing this is almost like uncontrolled.
Well darn...
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AdFree on market
I don't receive any ads from chrome 2 phone
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1rdGCdnF2c
This is an Quick Review of the Official Jelly Bean Update, which demonstrates some of the changes and features, which I thought would be useful for new people interested in this ROM and also those with the ROM to take a look at.
I plan on making an In-Depth review in a couple of days that will hopefully mention all aspects of the tablet, if you guys think you've found some great features feel free to leave a comment in the video or if you have any questions about the update so that I can mention/answer them in the In-Depth Video that should be ready in a couple days.
You can also post some changes you have found here in this thread and how your experience has been with the New Jelly Bean Update; Thanks for the help guys.
If you like the video don't forget to thumbs up the video and subscribe to my channel,
and you can always press the thank button on XDA.
UPDATE:
Part 1 of In-Depth Review now uploaded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FOmb-9bI6s
Part 2 of In-Depth Review now uploaded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr7HO3UuM_c
Extra: Video demonstrating Multi Windows App Mod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExG3YDZuL0g
Is this N8000XXBLJ9 in German?
You can set the language that you want in the set up. But it was released in Germany.
If the floors open to questions.........does the stock browser still have that slight lag when opening bookmarks?
Thanks for the vids, allthough any chance your camara has a zoom function?
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If the floors open to questions.........does the stock browser still have that slight lag when opening bookmarks?
Thanks for the vids, allthough any chance your camara has a zoom function?
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The browser works great, didn't experience any lag when opening bookmarks even those synced from my laptop.
Yes the camera has zoom, thought it had it before as well; you have to pinch zoom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTENGl56rvQ&list=UU2aVtEgFA_ZKN4dIbyVW5dQ&index=1&feature=plcp
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTENGl56rvQ&list=UU2aVtEgFA_ZKN4dIbyVW5dQ&index=1&feature=plcp
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Nice video, I like your convo with S Voice lol.
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The browser works great, didn't experience any lag when opening bookmarks even those synced from my laptop.
Yes the camera has zoom, thought it had it before as well; you have to pinch zoom.
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Cheers mate........... when i said camera, i meant the camera you use to make these videos
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Cheers mate........... when i said camera, i meant the camera you use to make these videos
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Ohh lol, yes does; you think it was too zoomed out?
Something I noticed...
Hey - great Video.
I noticed something on 4.1.1 (and did not see it in your video). It took me for a spin-loop the first time: When downloading something fom the web (deafult browser) it does not save the file anymore to the internal (/mnt/sdcard/Downloads) - but instead to the external SD-card (I assume when one is present. I have not tried it without my externalSD yet.
Thanks again for the features.....
LOVENOTE10.1
One disappointing thing I have noticed in s note.
If you wish to have a custom background based upon an image it does not save that image as a template background for future sessions. You must go through the entire process each time. I prefer to write with a white pen on black lined paper. It would be nice if the background gallery would retain this option for me between sessions.
Also I do not see any way for us to custom design our own templates. Am I missing something? I can think of a number of layouts I would like which they do not offer by default.
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Ohh lol, yes does; you think it was too zoomed out?
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Yeah, if its possibe, ideally enough so we can read the menu options, pause the video so we can see if anythings new or changed, generally a better view of everything, if its possible, i assume you do it this way because its easier, less fiddly not worrying about being out of camera, im assuming
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If you wish to have a custom background based upon an image it does not save that image as a template background for future sessions.
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If you save a blank note with the background you want, when you want to start a new note, open the orginal and "save as" before you start using it. The orginal "sort of" becomes a template. Kind of crude but faster than changing the background each time. I think the S-Note we have is going to be the S-Note we'll be living with for quite a while.
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If you save a blank note with the background you want, when you want to start a new note, open the orginal and "save as" before you start using it. The orginal "sort of" becomes a template. Kind of crude but faster than changing the background each time. I think the S-Note we have is going to be the S-Note we'll be living with for quite a while.
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Yeah that's kind of what I have been doing. Surprising Samsung thought no one would want to create their own templates. Looks like a good opening for a popular aftermarket add-on.
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Yeah that's kind of what I have been doing. Surprising Samsung thought no one would want to create their own templates. Looks like a good opening for a popular aftermarket add-on.
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Now that there's a Windows version of S-Note they'd be smart if they published a SDK like they have for the S-Pen in general. The fact that syncing S-Note's to a Samsung account has been added might mean something's planned for the future.
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Now that there's a Windows version of S-Note they'd be smart if they published a SDK like they have for the S-Pen in general. The fact that syncing S-Note's to a Samsung account has been added might mean something's planned for the future.
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Oh, that would be nice!
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Yeah that's kind of what I have been doing. Surprising Samsung thought no one would want to create their own templates. Looks like a good opening for a popular aftermarket add-on.
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Frustrating indeed. Custom template seems so basic...
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Now that there's a Windows version of S-Note they'd be smart if they published a SDK like they have for the S-Pen in general. The fact that syncing S-Note's to a Samsung account has been added might mean something's planned for the future.
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I agree guys, they should at least have a section in the settings or somewhere in the app to request features or leave feedback. Especially since its not in any of the app stores.
Also I just signed into Samsung Apps and they're giving $20 coupons for learning hub to all users, not that I've seen anything in learning hub that interests me :/
Why isnt youtube avaliable inn multi view? It is on the note 2. Was kind of hoping.
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Why isnt youtube avaliable inn multi view? It is on the note 2. Was kind of hoping.
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Yes the note 2's multi-window is compatible with Google apps like chrome, youtube, gmail and talk. Hopefully we will get those options soon. I think they also have some social apps working like facebook aswell.