I got my note 3 a few months ago and rooted out of the box and stayed on jelly bean because people said kit kat had very bad battery life and a few bugs just want to know your thoughts on if I I should take the 4.4.2 update or stay on 4.3?
Thanks!
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I would not take the update. Kitkat killed my phone. Not really but my signal has been terrible since.
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I agree the kitkat update got issues with reception
I think it depends on the manufacture date. KK borked my reception, but I'm planning on getting warranty replacement. I had a Note 3 from a month after release, so it is definitely an early version.
xdadevnube said:
I think it depends on the manufacture date. KK borked my reception, but I'm planning on getting warranty replacement. I had a Note 3 from a month after release, so it is definitely an early version.
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Even some of the later ones have problems. I bought a new one in August and it was exactly the same signal-wise as the one I bought last November.
Thanks guys I think I'll just stick with JB till we see 5.0L
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xdadevnube said:
I think it depends on the manufacture date. KK borked my reception, but I'm planning on getting warranty replacement. I had a Note 3 from a month after release, so it is definitely an early version.
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I did a warranty exchange and there is a significant difference in reception. I couldn't make calls from work indoors in some of my buildings, now I have no problem. Driving through canyons I would also have dropped calls, but since replacement I can actually stay on a call through the same place
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MACHEK said:
I did a warranty exchange and there is a significant difference in reception. I couldn't make calls from work indoors in some of my buildings, now I have no problem. Driving through canyons I would also have dropped calls, but since replacement I can actually stay on a call through the same place
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Trying flashing your modem back to an older version using Odin. Its really simple and can be done quickly. This seems to have helped my issues. I am trying MI9 today to see how much better.
Runz84 said:
Trying flashing your modem back to an older version using Odin. Its really simple and can be done quickly. This seems to have helped my issues. I am trying MI9 today to see how much better.
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I don't have any problems anymore. I got a replacement phone and it's perfect. That's what I'm trying to say, on kit kat with replacement phone and awesome reception
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When do you think we will receive the new ota and do you think all carriers will get it at the same time?
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August when international gets jelly bean. If that is when they get pushed that update
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When do you think we will receive the new ota and do you think all carriers will get it at the same time?
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Not Jelly Bean yet but we can start with this one - Samsung Galaxy S III OTA update adds brightness widget to drop-down menu
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/06/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-ota-update-adds-brightness-widget-to-drop-d/
looks to be released today.
EDIT: Looks like this is only for Global phones
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Not Jelly Bean yet but we can start with this one - Samsung Galaxy S III OTA update adds brightness widget to drop-down menu
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/06/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-ota-update-adds-brightness-widget-to-drop-d/
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I was talking about that one I know jellybean ain't coming for at least October .
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From my experience with my Galaxy Nexus on Verizon, VZW users will get an update about 6-8 weeks after everyone else.
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From my experience with my Galaxy Nexus on Verizon, VZW users will get an update about 6-8 weeks after everyone else.
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Lmao, well if Samsung was able to get all devices in US carriers hopefully they got the change to mention updates too
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Even though this is for International version, would devs be able to take anything from it and implement things for us?
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The ota is for the intl version not for the usa version. The devices r completely different.
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The ota is for the intl version not for the usa version. The devices r completely different.
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We know that, but we hope Samsung delivers the update too
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We know that, but we hope Samsung delivers the update too
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What makes u think there is the need for an ota? What bugs ur phone has? Or it is just a new trend to get otas every week
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Well that brightness slider would be a GREAT addition in my opinion. I also wouldn't mind if the fixed the standby battery draw reporting glitch. Also, they could ACTUALLY fix the standby battery draw so the phone doesn't suck it self dry through the day from standby.
Oh yeah, the desktop background doesn't scroll when you flip screens. Don't know if that's a glitch, but it's just stupid and should be changed.
Another thing, the phone seems to just drop reception randomly even though it's in a fully covered area. This constant drop and pick up is suuuuuper annoying when you're surfing the web or using some messenger app. Also is a battery killer as well.
Improvements can always be made. It's nice to get the updates and nice to know samsung/att cares about our experience. (For sure ATT doesn't give two ****s so I hope Samsung can persuade)
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What makes u think there is the need for an ota? What bugs ur phone has? Or it is just a new trend to get otas every week
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Not sure if serious...
This phone's wireless/data radio are a complete pos. WiFi drops constantly, and it's just weak. I can't even believe how weak the signal is. You guys are worried about brightness...lol .
I've personally have had an issue where callers from my contacts list show up as Unknown. My Dad, with the same GS3, called me and asked if I was having this issue as he had been noticing it as well. Also, some others on xda have reported the same or similar issues.
I called and talked to a rep at tmo and was told that it was a known issue being worked on by tmo and sammy. Not sure when (or if) this will be fixed, but I'm hopeful.
Are they already coming flashed with MF3? I called in to get a replacment today hoping I would get lucky and get the previous build. I guess I'll find out tomorrow when it gets here.
I've seen a lot of people report that their replacements were MF3. I wish you the best of luck!
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Its hit or miss...a lot are getting mf3 but there still seems to be a few MDL floating around that people are lucky enough to get
Good luck on the bright side at least safestrap is making some progress
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Thank's for the info guys, and yea its nice that safestrap is making progress. I'll post back tomorrow sometime with the build that I get, hopefully I'm one of the lucky ones.
First of, nice user name. Im a fredrick (or frederick). Half the family spells one way, and half the other. Ok, back on topic.
My S4 came in 10 days ago, sadly with MF3 preloaded. So, it is definitely a possibility.
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Its hit or miss...a lot are getting mf3 but there still seems to be a few MDL floating around that people are lucky enough to get
Good luck on the bright side at least safestrap is making some progress
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HiTideBlastoise said:
I've seen a lot of people report that their replacements were MF3. I wish you the best of luck!
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First of, nice user name. Im a fredrick (or frederick). Half the family spells one way, and half the other. Ok, back on topic.
My S4 came in 10 days ago, sadly with MF3 preloaded. So, it is definitely a possibility.
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2 Fredericks in the same state on the same board in the same thread, freaky.
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2 Fredericks in the same state on the same board in the same thread, freaky.
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Right? Since I got into genaeology, I watch for other fredricks. Made it all the way back to 1692. K, I'll stay on topic now.
I got a replacement a couple weeks ago and it came with MF3 as well.
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I got a replacement 2 weeks ago, and it was MDL
I've got a replacement coming tomorrow as well. I won't know what's on it until Wednesday though. Can I ask what you issues you guys had that led to a replacement?
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I've got a replacement coming tomorrow as well. I won't know what's on it until Wednesday though. Can I ask what you issues you guys had that led to a replacement?
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Mine was because i got some dust in the camera sensor
My phone came with mf3 so I want to see if I can get lucky enough to get one without it.
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My phone came with mf3 so I want to see if I can get lucky enough to get one without it.
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In hoping for the same. Mine won't work when I plug external speakers in. Plus the music volume will spike when it's playing. I'm gonna check mine really fast when I get it for mf3. If it isn't there, I'm pulling the battery and downloading everything I need to make sure I never get it.
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In hoping for the same. Mine won't work when I plug external speakers in. Plus the music volume will spike when it's playing. I'm gonna check mine really fast when I get it for mf3. If it isn't there, I'm pulling the battery and downloading everything I need to make sure I never get it.
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You don't have to do all that. If it is brand new, just don't put the SIM in. The device has to be verified on AT&T's cellular network before it pulls the update.
If it is refurbished, it may pull the update if it has previously been verified, but you will have 3 days to stop the OTA apps before it auto updates.
Rule of thumb, never turn the unit on with the SIM inserted before you know what's on it. If it has MDL and is a brand new unit, you can connect to Wi-Fi and do all your normal stuff. If it is a refurbished phone, connect to wife and see if it pulls the update. Again, you still have 3 days before it automatically updates.
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You don't have to do all that. If it is brand new, just don't put the SIM in. The device has to be verified on AT&T's cellular network before it pulls the update.
If it is refurbished, it may pull the update if it has previously been verified, but you will have 3 days to stop the OTA apps before it auto updates.
Rule of thumb, never turn the unit on with the SIM inserted before you know what's on it. If it has MDL and is a brand new unit, you can connect to Wi-Fi and do all your normal stuff. If it is a refurbished phone, connect to wife and see if it pulls the update. Again, you still have 3 days before it automatically updates.
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Thanks for the tip. I'll do just that.
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Came with MF3
Mine too. Oh well. Safe strap will be the saving grace.
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Does anyone know when Verizon going to push the new kit katt 4.4 update out for the galaxy note 3??
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Does anyone know when Verizon going to push the new kit katt 4.4 update out??
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Nope. Anytime between now and christmas. More times than not, we don't know what's happening until it's actually happening. Occasionally we will know if a leak happens to get out, but that is happening less and less frequently.
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kk: no real changes
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Does anyone know when Verizon going to push the new kit katt 4.4 update out for the galaxy note 3??
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i've used kk on my other phone and frankly it is nothing really different
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Nope. Anytime between now and christmas. More times than not, we don't know what's happening until it's actually happening. Occasionally we will know if a leak happens to get out, but that is happening less and less frequently.
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It's not?
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Yeah the differences are minor. It's out for some note 3s already check it out on YouTube
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I think Google has focused mainly on performance and stability in the Kitkat and i have read the Kitkat users comments and they said...Performance is improved on kitkat, more RAM availability, better battery backup and the ROM is significantly faster than Jelly Bean...
A friend of mine who's brothers sisters nephew works at Verizon said it will be on on January 27th......
We will know when we get it
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We get a new note every year so I would not hold your breath on getting an update before you get your new note
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Cm11 kit kat was a huge improvement on my original droid razr. Ram management was awesome compared to stock. I hope samsung gets it right and it's not bogged down like 4.3. I've seen my note using 2.2 out of the 2.4 gb or ram available for no reason other than samsung apps running in the background. I know I shouldn't be too picky about it but thats also why I bought a phone with 3gb of ram so it would be a non issue.
KitKat has started release in Poland via Kies and official source code available now for developers. May be just around the corner. But we will just have to wait and see as usual.
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I got my Note 3 the day it came out and initially the signal was bad but usable. Now after the most recent update the signal is horrible. I am always getting 1-2 bars and LTE always switches to 3g or cannot find data at all. Making calls, sending texts and mms are all a huge pain now. On all of my other devices I usually got full signal. After reading online it seems it may have been an issue with the initial batch of note 3's. Some people are getting new Note 3's so if you're facing this problem don't be afraid to call about it
I have the same problem. I have the development edition and cant keep lte to save my life.
Really disappointed with this update. Completely DESTROYED reception. I don't get 4g anywhere I used to. This is ridiculous.
I had the stock note 3 and my signal was horrible. So I exchange it , gave it to my wife and bought the developer addition. I'm run stock dev and my signal is awesome. I was so disappointed at first . Now I'm happy.
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I had the stock note 3 and my signal was horrible. So I exchange it , gave it to my wife and bought the developer addition. I'm run stock dev and my signal is awesome. I was so disappointed at first . Now I'm happy.
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What is the baseband version on yours?
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What is the baseband version on yours?
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My baseband is N900VVRUBMJE and I have LTE everywhere. Very few places it drops, like inside buildings.
The last update I received was on Nov 11th, by your screenshot it looks like your last OTA was in October (MJ3)
May go and check for updates, the MJE update fixed all my LTE issues.
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My baseband is N900VVRUBMJE and I have LTE everywhere. Very few places it drops, like inside buildings.
The last update I received was on Nov 11th, by your screenshot it looks like your last OTA was in October (MJ3)
May go and check for updates, the MJE update fixed all my LTE issues.
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Sounds like I need to restore to factory so I can get the ota. Mine has been rooted from day 1.
I was on the nov. 11 update and was dropping calls in great areas. Got a replacement . Hoping they don't find evidence of root on the one I sent back . Odin ed to mje and did factory reset... so far so good on new one
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http://www.ecumenicalnews.com/artic...s-devices-to-get-their-hands-on-it-soon-28574
Just thought I would post that as this site claims that AT&T is rolling out the update soon. I haven't heard of this site though so I don't know if its credible. Just something I came across today that gives us some hope
Ive read from numerous sources over the past few months. The update always seems to be 'coming soon'. At some point, I think there was an official release from ATT saying early 2015 (But i don't have a source). Anyways, ill have to see it to believe it. Spring is rollin gout 5.1 Today on the Nexus 6...We just need 5.0 lol.
http://support.sprint.com/support/a..._Google_Nexus_6/WServiceAdvisory_542_GKB80765
i verify the sammobile site for the update and the page of the model sm-n900a are missing soo couldbe the update roll out soon
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I just hope we get this soon! I'm tired of our Note 3 variant always being the worst out of the bunch especially with things like a locked bootloader.
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I just hope we get this soon! I'm tired of our Note 3 variant always being the worst out of the bunch especially with things like a locked bootloader.
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It's not the worst. Even their latest flagship S series (since S6 isn't OFFICIALLY out yet) hasn't gotten it. Even the M8 hasn't gotten it.
Sam Mobile
It is odd that the site no longer has any firmware for our device. Just last week they still showed 4.3 as our stock firmware.
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http://www.ecumenicalnews.com/artic...s-devices-to-get-their-hands-on-it-soon-28574
Just thought I would post that as this site claims that AT&T is rolling out the update soon. I haven't heard of this site though so I don't know if its credible. Just something I came across today that gives us some hope
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"with the Galaxy Note 3 likely to receive the update ahead of the current Note 4 and Note Edge."
Translation:
Maybe they'll start rolling 5.0 out before the end of the summer. 5.1? Probably not in 2015. And by then a real bug-fixed newer version will be out. (That big pile out behind AT&T is the pile of "go backwards fast" pills they each take every morning.)
But for me? I hate Material Disgust, my phone works just fine with 4.4.2, Towel Root and SafeStrap, and I'm in no hurry to maybe update to 5 with no way to get back to 4 if I don't like 5. I'd rather someone fix the Note 4 port - that's a nice ROM.
I didn't say it was the worst against other devices, it's the worst out of all Note 3 variants.
AT&T Note 3 Lollipop Update OTA Today
I just finished downloading and installing the update;
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I just finished downloading and installing the update;
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Let us know what you think
just got the update myself downloading now.
Got the update this afternoon. Takes a while to download it but so far like the new update. Phone running smooth, no hiccups. Waiting to see what the battery life looks like.
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Got the update this afternoon. Takes a while to download it but so far like the new update. Phone running smooth, no hiccups. Waiting to see what the battery life looks like.
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Lollipop?
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Lollipop?
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Yes
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hope someone makes odin files
I hope some wonderful person makes odin files sililar to this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/general/n900aucucnc2-odin-files-t2838117
This is the neatest thing. I've been able to factory restore my note 3 anytime I want.
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Yes
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any new additions?
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any new additions?
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Nothing major. You can go on YouTube and see the changes. Most of them are just design changes. Looks a little lighter if that makes sense? The way the active apps show up is new. More like a carousel. My battery drain seems to have gotten a little worse. Trying to determine if I have a rogue app or its the update. Like it overall.
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