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Android 4.1.2 Review (for my Korean Galaxy Note 2)

Android 4.1.2 New Features for Samsung Galaxy Note 2
1. Camera feature: Hold Volume to focus, release to take photo
2. Video feature: Press Volume to start recording, press again to toggle flash.
3. 480p Flash Video Works (if you have latest Flash Player 11.1.115.34 Installed)
4. New Samsung Keyboard Feature: Cursor Control, Continuous Input (If you didn't already have it)
5. Customized Notification Toggle Icons
6. New Notification Toggles: AllShare Cast, Smart Stay, S Bean, Driving Mode, Blocking Mode
7. Brightness slider can now be disabled, but who would do this?
8. Browser rendering improvements (3 examples, please confirm with 4.1.1)
9. Ink Effect with S Pen on Swipe lockscreen, and customizable ink colors.
10. Some devices may experience maximum brightness boost (Up to 400% of previous level)
Video Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qyijcTeHcU

Still not rooted yet Mike ? (Subscriber Daily note II youtube channel )
I know thats off topic xD but im upgrading to stock 4.1.2 right now so thanks !

Austin3161337 said:
Still not rooted yet Mike ? (Subscriber Daily note II youtube channel )
I know thats off topic xD but im upgrading to stock 4.1.2 right now so thanks !
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I am hoping Samsung starts selling higher capacity models, so that people start selling used 16GB for cheap and I'll root that for some research, and game playing. Really, the only feature I kinda want is to to run sixaxis with an untethered PS3 controller.
Can't risk bricking my 64GB. It's like a unicorn.

Lucidmike said:
I am hoping Samsung starts selling higher capacity models, so that people start selling used 16GB for cheap and I'll root that for some research, and game playing. Really, the only feature I kinda want is to to run sixaxis with an untethered PS3 controller.
Can't risk bricking my 64GB. It's like a unicorn.
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AFAIK is nearly impossible to brick devices like note 2 (that can flash kernels via recovery)
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i Just got the 4.1.2 update and right off the bat the boot animation has changed. but i heard the status bar goes black mine hasnt changed its a bit lighter grey but no near to black and how do you re arrange the toggles?

Austin3161337 said:
i Just got the 4.1.2 update and right off the bat the boot animation has changed. but i heard the status bar goes black mine hasnt changed its a bit lighter grey but no near to black and how do you re arrange the toggles?
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My status bar still isn't pitch black. Not sure if it was any more gray.
As for notification toggles it is in settings -> Display -> notification panel

You can easily turn status bar black with xposed framework. You don't even have to flash anything, just have root access.

I still didn't get any update. Its restrictive to certain builds?

Got my Note II today. It did an update, but says it's on 4.1.1. Did I get some older update and for some reason still can't get the current one?
I have an unlocked GT-N7100.

el_roy1985 said:
Got my Note II today. It did an update, but says it's on 4.1.1. Did I get some older update and for some reason still can't get the current one?
I have an unlocked GT-N7100.
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It depends on the origin of your phone. The 4.1.2 update hasn't been released to everyone yet. Patience.

Guess I'm not sure of the origin of the phone. I'm thinking it is the international version (not sure how to tell), so was hoping that would mean I would be one of the first to get the update. Apparently that is not the case.
I had 4.1.2 flashed on my Infuse 4G, so right now I'm really missing the features 4.1.1 is missing. Hope it drops soon.

(Req) flare locked screen

Not sure the real name but hoping to get the flare unlock screen like the s4 had.
If it's posted please refer me please.
Thanks to all for helping.
sent from my iPhone 6s 64gb 5.7inch Super Oled screen and spen

Quick question would anyone else like it too??
sent from my iPhone 6s 64gb 5.7inch Super Oled screen and spen

jetbruceli said:
Quick question would anyone else like it too??
sent from my iPhone 6s 64gb 5.7inch Super Oled screen and spen
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Yeah I would I actually created a thread like yours a while back and several requests to rom devs but no luck I think it is just a matter of weeks till we see it again also if you like the water lockscreen try Xnote rom as far as I know it is the only rom which has ink with finger effect.

+1
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taz44410 said:
+1
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sephkateno said:
Yeah I would I actually created a thread like yours a while back and several requests to rom devs but no luck I think it is just a matter of weeks till we see it again also if you like the water lockscreen try Xnote rom as far as I know it is the only rom which has ink with finger effect.
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jetbruceli said:
Not sure the real name but hoping to get the flare unlock screen like the s4 had.
If it's posted please refer me please.
Thanks to all for helping.
sent from my iPhone 6s 64gb 5.7inch Super Oled screen and spen
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U guys can use this one till some one ports it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lockscreen.galaxy

HS™ said:
U guys can use this one till some one ports it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lockscreen.galaxy
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Man I am not installing an app to do what should and also was on this device.
I know when I first got my note 3 in Oct last year if you selected none for the lock screen it would give you the flare and it left after like the 3rd update
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jetbruceli
If You'll use live wallpapers on lockscreen You'll get flare effect. ))

Oh snap really?? Well what a bummer how can or what do we do to make it work with all??
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Edit not working on mine it won't even let me choose a lock screen unlock swipe

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I would like to see the Lens Flare effect lockscreen on my Note 3 as well.
I had it on my Galaxy S3 and these effects are available for it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579302
I hope a dev can port this to the Note 3 and the various effects would be awesome

zedman169 said:
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I would like to see the Lens Flare effect lockscreen on my Note 3 as well.
I had it on my Galaxy S3 and these effects are available for it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579302
I hope a dev can port this to the Note 3 and the various effects would be awesome
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Maybe but damn it has to be built in somewhere no??
sent from my iPhone 6s 64gb 5.7inch Super Oled screen and spen

I don't know if it is already on our system but I cant see it in my lock screen options so I assume it is not available for the Note 3.
The mod for the S3 on 4.3 is in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2243407
You can see the screenshot of the lock screen selection and it shows "Light Effect".
Maybe someone can shed some light on this matter for us

zedman169 said:
I don't know if it is already on our system but I cant see it in my lock screen options so I assume it is not available for the Note 3.
The mod for the S3 on 4.3 is in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2243407
You can see the screenshot of the lock screen selection and it shows "Light Effect".
Maybe someone can shed some light on this matter for us
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Actually on our device on android 4.3 it was present but on kitkat they must have taken the effect off also about the app somebody suggested.... the app does work BUT you cannot see the small light when you hover your finger over the screen actually you can but if you keep both your lockscreens active which is a bit uncomfortable so it is a dead feature for me at least and the app is not convertable to system which means you cannot push it to system which also means the app could fc at the lack of ram or a another third app closes it to save ram etc etc....and the worst thing of all was after I found out that kit kat didn't have lights effect/flare effect it was too late to go back to 4.3

Weird.
I am still on 4.3, I am running Omega ROM v6 and I cant see it available in my lockscreen settings.
I hope someone can work on a mod for 4.3/4.4 then for us

zedman169 said:
Weird.
I am still on 4.3, I am running Omega ROM v6 and I cant see it available in my lockscreen settings.
I hope someone can work on a mod for 4.3/4.4 then for us
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Choose water cooler then choose a live wallpaper. Then it will used in the lock screen
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I tried that, sadly it did not work

What really good about lollipop [Not talking about appearance] ?

I flashed official lollipop i didn't any new feature

Lollipop is all about the appearance.
I'm using TW Lollipop about a month and I don't see much difference in functions. But the battery lifetime is much better also much smoother and faster.
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dollar7 said:
Lollipop is all about the appearance.
I'm using TW Lollipop about a month and I don't see much difference in functions. But the battery lifetime is much better also much smoother and faster.
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False.
Lollipop comes with a whole bunch of improvements to the system overall.
What I liked the most is the new ART system. It's blazing fast and stability is incredible. I would say that the new way of handeling software overall seems to be a lot better on L rather than on KK. You have a whole new system for the notification system as well, you have complete control of what apps are allowed to give you notifications or not. Security is improved as well. There's tons of changes under the hood, less experienced users may not notice these but it's a huge improvement of Android.

With TW rom no multi dpi...custom kernel.....

The whole point of Lollipop is the Material Design.
Which, if you hate white, is not an improvement. And with Xposed not working on ART, there's not a bloody thing I can do about solving that, quite literal, cause of migraines.
But it's fast, lighter and easy on the battery life.
You also get more control over your lockscreen notifications (turn then off individually), but you sacrifice lockscreen widgets completely as a result. You can, however, use the controls in the notifications (like LUX) from the lockscreen without swiping down the bar.
(I own an S5 running on official PHN 5.0)
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As said above, the runtime change from Dalvik to ART is the biggest advantage of Lollipop over KitKat. Apps should consume less RAM, should be smoother (I have no idea whether that will be placebo or not), so less micro stuttering shall we say?
And appearance is there as usual, which I simply favour, I mean white vs black, all the gaga, personal choice, and you are not interested to know that anyway.
PS: I think Xposed just became compatible for Lollipop. Don't take my word for that though, just saw a tweet from Wanam, well he can't be wrong, but have no time to check in the matter further, but if that's true then I am simply flashing L as soon as its officially released. Incompatibility of Xposed was the biggest gripe of mine to not use L, and with its gone, well all is gooooooooooooooooood

devilsdouble said:
but have no time to check in the matter further...
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LOL
You could just open the link that wanam posted in his tweet, and there you would see that rovo said that it's working and it will be available soon. Nothing more. That's it. 25 seconds max.
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Wallpaper on both home and lock screen
What i’ve noticed with this official Russian lollipop firmware on Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is that when i want to set a specific wallpaper (i mean when i go to gallery then choose a picture) both on lock screen and home screen then why are there two same options “Home and lock screens”? With the option first i can set wallpaper when there’s only a person on picture but when there are two people then it won’t let me to tap to face and save it. Option two is working fine, no problem at all. Thanks in advance for those who’ll answer me!
P.s.: If i wrote to wrong thread then i'm sorry but still hope there'll be someone who can answer me

Dejan Sathanas said:
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You could just open the link that wanam posted in his tweet, and there you would see that rovo said that it's working and it will be available soon. Nothing more. That's it. 25 seconds max.
Sent from my N9005
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That's excellent news!
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ShadowLea said:
That's excellent news!
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He wrote it here. If you want to follow...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3007229
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2 questions about roms

hello!
i have galaxy note 3 sm-n900 and i have 2 questions which i want to ask.
1. my device have been brought to me with 4.3 stock rom. when i have got it, it has had a preview movement in the lock screen with the s-pen (when i have floated the pen above it it rippled) and a preview with the s-pen on folders in the homes screens and in the applictions drawer (when i have floated the s-pen above them they have showed me the apps that was in the folders). few days ago, i have updated my device to 5.0 stock rom. since then, both of what i decribed above do not work anymore (beside that the s-pen works.). is there any way to make it work like that again?
2. any custom rom ? (important stuff in the rom: up-to-date and s-pen fully works.)
please help, thanks!!

2. any custom rom ? (important stuff in the rom: up-to-date and s-pen fully works.)
Fully discussed in each roms thread .

up!!
please help with question 1!
thanks!

PLEASE!
ANY help?

i don't know, I never used my Note 3 with Tourchwiz based on Lollipop. Try this search.
http://www.google.com/search?q=note 3 lollipop s-pen features missing&rct=j
As for up to date, cm12.1 with s-pen helpers, it works really great. I'm not sure about the preview thing, never cared for the pen much. Also cm13 is only a couple of months away to be a viable daily driver.

Here is the solution:
1 throw your Phone outside the Window
2 DONE

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can someone post a serious reply for my first question? please?
it it important to me.
thanks...

I really have no clue, about s-pen gimmicks in Lollipop, the only Lollipop I had on my Note 3 was cm12, I didn't wan to wait more than half a year for it. But maybe here you can find some info:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=note+3+lollipop+s-pen+preview

Help me please.

Please check the attachment. This is about a Note 3 special feature where we can downsize app windows somewhere from the corner. Please help me how to do this.
Thanks

ipreetmalhotra said:
Please check the attachment. This is about a Note 3 special feature where we can downsize app windows somewhere from the corner. Please help me how to do this.
Thanks
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This seems to be a feature of some Xposed module, like "Gravity Box", "Halo Floating Window", "Floating Android" or so...
You must have Root access.

aftnoon2 said:
This seems to be a feature of some Xposed module, like "Gravity Box", "Halo Floating Window", "Floating Android" or so...
You must have Root access.
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Thanks for replying, but, bro, have you used Note 3 with 5.0 update? This is my phone and what you seeing is a stock feature.
All I want to know is the proper way of enabling this. This is called Pop-up window. This can be enabled by a flick from corner, but 98% of the time, I end up opening Notifications. So wanted any Note 3 user to help me learning this.

ipreetmalhotra said:
Thanks for replying, but, bro, have you used Note 3 with 5.0 update? This is my phone and what you seeing is a stock feature.
All I want to know is the proper way of enabling this. This is called Pop-up window. This can be enabled by a flick from corner, but 98% of the time, I end up opening Notifications. So wanted any Note 3 user to help me learning this.
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Oh, sorry, I'm still on KK...
Maybe you must go to a Display settings or so. Or go to Ssung site and download the latest version of the manual...

I have Dark Lord Note 5 port instead of official Note 3 Lollipop ROM. So I am not sure if this works in official Note 3 ROM but at least in Note 5 port you can also long press title bar of app in recent apps list to open it as popup window. Also if you have two apps in split screen view you can long press circle in border of split view and drag currently used app to popup view.

kuitsu said:
I have Dark Lord Note 5 port instead of official Note 3 Lollipop ROM. So I am not sure if this works in official Note 3 ROM but at least in Note 5 port you can also long press title bar of app in recent apps list to open it as popup window. Also if you have two apps in split screen view you can long press circle in border of split view and drag currently used app to popup view.
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Hoe much stable are these note5 ports compared to Official 5.0 lollipop for note3?

ipreetmalhotra said:
Hoe much stable are these note5 ports compared to Official 5.0 lollipop for note3?
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Interest to know this too.

ipreetmalhotra said:
Please check the attachment. This is about a Note 3 special feature where we can downsize app windows somewhere from the corner. Please help me how to do this.
Thanks
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When in an app, slide in diagonally from top right corner to around bottom left area. You may have to try a few times to get used to it.

brunocarvalh0 said:
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First of all there are multiple Note 5 port ROMs in this forum. Some of them might be more stable & bugfree than others. Personally I haven't tried any other Note 5 port ROM than Dark Lord. Also I have never had official Note 3 Lollipop ROM in my phone so it makes comparision bit difficult too.
Based on my own experience Dard Lord ROM has been stable enough to stay in my daily use. I have noticed however occasional lagging for example in recent apps list. It has happened for me only after waking up phone from standby mode. Other than that I haven't experienced any issues. Also I don't know if lagging is caused by porting ROM from Note 5 or some of many customizations I have done like Xposed modules or if it is just common to all Samsumg Touchwiz Lollipop ROMs.
In conclusion I think Note 5 ports are quite stable and bugfree. If you decide to try one I would probably recommend to try some other than Dard Lord since Dard Lord development has stopped for now. Also it is highly recommended to read all the installation instruction carefully and read about known issue and fixes to them from thread of your choice Note 5 port ROM beforehands.

kuitsu said:
First of all there are multiple Note 5 port ROMs in this forum. Some of them might be more stable & bugfree than others. Personally I haven't tried any other Note 5 port ROM than Dark Lord. Also I have never had official Note 3 Lollipop ROM in my phone so it makes comparision bit difficult too.
Based on my own experience Dard Lord ROM has been stable enough to stay in my daily use. I have noticed however occasional lagging for example in recent apps list. It has happened for me only after waking up phone from standby mode. Other than that I haven't experienced any issues. Also I don't know if lagging is caused by porting ROM from Note 5 or some of many customizations I have done like Xposed modules or if it is just common to all Samsumg Touchwiz Lollipop ROMs.
In conclusion I think Note 5 ports are quite stable and bugfree. If you decide to try one I would probably recommend to try some other than Dard Lord since Dard Lord development has stopped for now. Also it is highly recommended to read all the installation instruction carefully and read about known issue and fixes to them from thread of your choice Note 5 port ROM beforehands.
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Most of the Note 5 ports are based on DarkLord's Note 3. Most of the ports simply add more custom features or fix bugs that were valid in DarkLord's port.

ipreetmalhotra said:
Hoe much stable are these note5 ports compared to Official 5.0 lollipop for note3?
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I would say about 95% .
Requires user to read the instructions and browse the thread for any problems .
Original DL rom is for me near enough perfect .