This amazing phone might be a couple years old now - but clearly, the fan base for this unit is widespread, experienced and very much alive & kicking.
So here it is - an open thread: The Note 3 in review.
Knowing what you know now about the Note 3 - What are your personal/fav
Insights
Tricks
Experiences
Apps Recommendations (stylus & otherwise)
Tweaks
Themes
Wallpapers
Lifehacks
would you be willing share with the forum.. Particularly for those just discovering Galaxy Note 3, today.
(Personally I don't want to root my unit for now - but would like to explore the experiences of fellow members - and discover new ideas/ insights into what this thing can really do!).
I'm just laughing...
Dejan Sathanas said:
I'm just laughing...
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? ? ?
Care to share?
Insights
>> It works and has a big screen .
Experiences
>> I just use it .
Apps Recommendations (stylus & otherwise)
>> Google Play
Tweaks
> Root Recovery Flash a Custom rom .
Themes
Wallpapers
>>Themes and Apps section .
Lifehacks
> Really lost here its a phone a tool not going to right a sonnet about the Note 3 ??
JJEgan said:
Insights
>> It works and has a big screen .
Experiences
>> I just use it .
Apps Recommendations (stylus & otherwise)
>> Google Play
Tweaks
> Root Recovery Flash a Custom rom .
Themes
Wallpapers
>>Themes and Apps section .
Lifehacks
> Really lost here its a phone a tool not going to right a sonnet about the Note 3 ??
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You actually went through the effort to type that. Impressive.
Yes its be kind to muppets week.
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My favorite feature is using "hi galaxy" while the screen is still off and changing it to Google now. I use autovoice and Tasker to get any voice command I want without ever having to touch the phone. I don't think this is possible in any other phone without doing some hacking or tweaking.
billford22 said:
My favorite feature is using "hi galaxy" while the screen is still off and changing it to Google now. I use autovoice and Tasker to get any voice command I want without ever having to touch the phone. I don't think this is possible in any other phone without doing some hacking or tweaking.
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Hi billford,
Thanks for your post. That's exactly the kind of tip this thread is about.
I'm trying to create a Galaxy Note 3 'Cheat sheet'.
A place where insights/tweaks/tips can be shared by those who have used/modded/played with the phone over a long time - instead of having to spend hours looking through a multitude of posts for the few nuggets/jems - that instead could be shared in a thread like this.
Even long term users might uncover something new, that they had missed in the past.
My thanks to all that chose to contribute, and build the thread.
Capt. M
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I think I might've posted this in the wrong thread, so I just copied and pasted it on to here
*#Rooting
Sheesh , I was scared to ask these questions. *but I just wanted to know a few things about this rooting stuff. As far as ADB and SDK I think it is. I know theres a guide for dummies, but I just want a quick summary and then theres is this clockmod recovery and then that cynogen thing. Just wanted to know if I should put that on my phone. I mean I really just rooted my phone for the themes and tweaks and all of that. I've been going through threads where people post there screenshots of their themes and that pretty much inspired me to root my phone. *- Its my first post , take it easy on me. Haha, but I would really like to get involved with this forum community. I am a graphic designer and pretty good at it but not at the moment cause I don't have my photoshop. I used to do blackberry themes as well. I don't know if that means anything...*
This looks more like a story than a question... but its straight...
Your asking for a quick summary of adb/sdk... sdk is the component that lets you run adb commands so sort anwser without it your computer wouldn't know what adb was... adb is the terminal command so you can make changes to your phone from your computer (add/delete/reboot/install/blah)
clockwork is a version of a recovery image... its well known because he made an app to go along with it...
Cryogen is a rom developer with a ridiculous following... he blew up back in the day when google sent him a cease in desist for using google apps in his roms (now they are dl'd separate)
I think that answers your 4 questions well in quick summery at least :/
Yeah, I know it was kind of long. Haha, sorry but should I put clockwork on my phone? Maybe if I needed to go back to factory settings or something and what program should I get to change my theme? I got launcher pro but I want to change the battery meter and all of that.
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Yeah, I know it was kind of long. Haha, sorry but should I put clockwork on my phone? Maybe if I needed to go back to factory settings or something and what program should I get to change my theme? I got launcher pro but I want to change the battery meter and all of that.
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Where do I get "launcher pro"... I searched in market but all I find is themes that "require launcher pro" or a launcher of some sort..
Jaskwith said:
Where do I get "launcher pro"... I searched in market but all I find is themes that "require launcher pro" or a launcher of some sort..
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Maybe this would work, you could goto apps and then scroll down on the categories. Click productivity and then click top free, scroll down a bit and it should be the 6th top free app. Thats a harder way though. Haha
Edit: You can also search up the developers name " Federico Carnales " without quotes.
iAdoreeDroid said:
Maybe this would work, you could goto apps and then scroll down on the categories. Click productivity and then click top free, scroll down a bit and it should be the 6th top free app. Thats a harder way though. Haha
Edit: You can also search up the developers name " Federico Carnales " without quotes.
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Ill look, thank you very much.
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I never heard of "Samsung Dive" before but someone pointed out a link:
http://v2.samsungdive.com/help/guideRemoteControlsClear.do
Features for our beloved SGSII (all via internet/remote):
1. Track (helps you find your phone)
2. Lock (lock your phone and show a message on the screen)
3. Ring (helps you finding your phone by making it - who could have expected this - ring)
4. Call logs (check the call log)
5. Wipe out (completeley deletes all files on your phone, obviously remote control then won't work anymore.)
I like those features !
is it because of me or just that samsung dive is not interesting to anyone?
either way i get ignored lol.
Don't worry. I asked about this on a different forum, but no one was interested. I don't know why. I was happy when I found out that a service like this is existent on the Galaxy S II.
Master05 said:
is it because of me or just that samsung dive is not interesting to anyone?
either way i get ignored lol.
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Very interesting. Certainly another bonus to what already seems like a great device!
Sent from my Nexus One
it's a very good service
Big fan of the remote sound on feature..I always forget to take it off vibrate when I come out of class.
Sounds god to me. I like the htcsense.com for HTC devices, I can only imagine this is similar
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I never heard of "Samsung Dive" before but someone pointed out a link:
http://v2.samsungdive.com/help/guideRemoteControlsClear.do
Features for our beloved SGSII (all via internet/remote):
1. Track (helps you find your phone)
2. Lock (lock your phone and show a message on the screen)
3. Ring (helps you finding your phone by making it - who could have expected this - ring)
4. Call logs (check the call log)
5. Wipe out (completeley deletes all files on your phone, obviously remote control then won't work anymore.)
I like those features !
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Nice find!
Now I just need my SGS2 to be delivered (ggrrrrr DHL!!)
Same feelings with me mate, eagerly waiting for it
And these features are very nice to see as we pay a premium price (for a premium phone of course )
wow - very impressed with this. I have my S2 - it's beautiful and will enable this when my sim unlock comes through tomorrow! thanks
seems quite useful, i pay £15 a year for that + sms, contacts and image backup with wavesecure!
I posted this in another thread already, but I'll ask again....
Everything works for me... except the ' ring my phone' feature. Anyone else got this problem?
mmm_ok said:
I posted this in another thread already, but I'll ask again....
Everything works for me... except the ' ring my phone' feature. Anyone else got this problem?
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Nothing works for me apart from editing my account details.
As soon as I try and click on my device on the web page I get taken to a big error page:
Code:
Your request is failed. Please retry it later.
subvertbeats said:
Nothing works for me apart from editing my account details.
As soon as I try and click on my device on the web page I get taken to a big error page:
Code:
Your request is failed. Please retry it later.
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exactly the same
^^^^^ This. Same for me
subvertbeats said:
Nothing works for me apart from editing my account details.
As soon as I try and click on my device on the web page I get taken to a big error page:
Code:
Your request is failed. Please retry it later.
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Same here!
Btw has anyone tried Kies air? Truly phenomenal. Allows you to download and upload files to/from your phone from your computer's browser. No need for USB cables. And since it's over the same LAN network it's around the same speed as USB.
The interface isn't rushed either...it's fantastic.
Yeah, I really like Kies Air. But... Samsung Dive simply does not work for me...
It now works for me, looks like the website was updated as well.
Yep. Wasn't working yesterday but it is now!
Original tread
Update diary
2016-06-14 Second Edition :
1 , repair some telecom cards can not be selected LTE / CDMA mode data can not only cause problems call
2 , repair telecommunications card can not choose apn problems
3 , double-click Add wake-up function in "Settings" - "Display & Indicators" , the default is on
4, open to prevent accidental wake
4 , the latest official source synchronous CM13
PS: There are user feedback wifi unstable , sometimes not properly connected , I have no experience , temporarily unable to resolve debugging
Has brushed the first edition of the user , the second edition of the brush do not need three clear / Four Clean operation , directly into the brush to
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1,2016-06-12 first edition , self-test functions are OK, welcome feedback !
download link
Mirror + screenshots
All credits belong to the original developer I'm just sharing it here
Everything seems to be working well but the connections (Wifi/Mobile network) seems to connect a little slow
Really good enough for a daily driver
On the side note there's like 4 chinese apps that i don't know what they do
Great to see some development happening, but I'm going to wait for a "clean" cm13 or some another ROM...
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Everything seems to be working well but the connections (Wifi/Mobile network) seems to connect a little slow
Really good enough for a daily driver
On the side note there's like 4 chinese apps that i don't know what they do
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These are the Chinese Market, Movie, Weather and Browser. They are save to remove. In recovery file manager browse to /system/priv-app and delete 4 folders Market, Movie, Weather and Webview. Clear dalvik and reboot. And...
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Great to see some development happening, but I'm going to wait for a "clean" cm13 or some another ROM...
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... it looks "clean" as official CM13 to me so far.
Battery life / screen on time has been a lot better for me on this. The only thing that doesn't work for me is filming with the google camera.
looks like the original thread got removed in the miui forums for some reason
scarletnokarasu said:
looks like the original thread got removed in the miui forums for some reason
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Don't like the competition maybe...?
Nope. It still there.
Baidu-Link is down ...
any one confirm about fingerprint is working ???
mrevilking said:
any one confirm about fingerprint is working ???
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Works nice and very fast recognition.
[email protected] said:
Baidu-Link is down ...
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use the mirror https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-W-PFSvgML0ZzVzQ3F4WlFZOVU&usp=sharing
cm-13.0-20160614-UNOFFICIAL-hydrogen
Dual SIM working?
Is the dual SIM on the device working on this ROM?
Any changelog for the 6/14 release? Fixes...?
Update diary
2016-06-14 Second Edition:
1, repair some telecom cards can not be selected LTE / CDMA mode data can not only cause problems call
2, repair telecommunications card can not choose apn problems
3, double-click Add wake-up function in "Settings" - "Display & Indicators", the default is on
4, open to prevent accidental wake
4, the latest official source synchronous CM13
PS: There are user feedback wifi unstable, sometimes not properly connected, I have no experience, temporarily unable to resolve debugging
Has brushed the first edition of the user, the second edition of the brush do not need three clear / Four Clean operation, directly into the brush to
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from miui forum
I thought the thread was closed. I should've check it before asking... Thanks for posting it.
I had that problem with WiFi not obtaining IP address in DHCP mode but after some time the problem went away btw
Hello
Any one can translate the post into English because i did not understand anything when i used google translate
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Hello
Any one can translate the post into English because i did not understand anything when i used google translate
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Once you get that key word "brush" = "install/flash" everything starts to make sense...
Hi all, how about battery life when comparing CM13 with stock rom? Thanks.
hi for the last year or so i've been working on designing a custom environment for android, i just released a custom navigationbar app called arc lighting navigationbar on the playstore allthough it has been used and tested on galaxy devices such as the note 9 it works on any other phone too, this app will let you customize the navigationbar extensively, which includes changing each button back,home,recent apps to various icons both presets and icons from any iconpack, you can also place colored layers behind the icons, each color can also follow your wallpaper or app, you can customize it so much that you can turn it into a taskbar for desktop use meaning you can use any phone as a pc without a seperate environment such as samsung dex, the app is called arc lighting navigationbar, i couldn't possibly describe everything it can do so you'd have to test it i don't think theres anything you can think of that you can't do with when it comes to customization, whats left is the dockmenu for true desktop and mobile environment but the developer i am working with does not want to finish the work until this app gets traffic as i owe him too much money for the work he did.
here you can see it on a s9+ https://www.facebook.com/symetium/videos/441167859757603/
and here you can see it on a xperia 1 including it's desktop ui
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKuIKY2fvH0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0BsPqgkDKc
zzcool said:
hi for the last year or so i've been working on designing a custom environment for android, i just released a custom navigationbar app called arc lighting navigationbar on the playstore allthough it has been used and tested on galaxy devices such as the note 9 it works on any other phone too, this app will let you customize the navigationbar extensively, which includes changing each button back,home,recent apps to various icons both presets and icons from any iconpack, you can also place colored layers behind the icons, each color can also follow your wallpaper or app, you can customize it so much that you can turn it into a taskbar for desktop use meaning you can use any phone as a pc without a seperate environment such as samsung dex, the app is called arc lighting navigationbar, i couldn't possibly describe everything it can do so you'd have to test it i don't think theres anything you can think of that you can't do with when it comes to customization, whats left is the dockmenu for true desktop and mobile environment but the developer i am working with does not want to finish the work until this app gets traffic as i owe him too much money for the work he did.
here you can see it on a s9+ https://www.facebook.com/symetium/videos/441167859757603/
and here you can see it on a xperia 1 including it's desktop ui
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in the beginning of the message you say you are developing the app and its in the play store and then at the end u speak about the actual dev is someone else and they dont want to finish the work for x reason.
sooo.. what are we to do with this?
is it available or not?
or is this just to monetize youtube links?
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in the beginning of the message you say you are developing the app and its in the play store and then at the end u speak about the actual dev is someone else and they dont want to finish the work for x reason.
sooo.. what are we to do with this?
is it available or not?
or is this just to monetize youtube links?
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i designed the app and he helped me develop it
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i designed the app and he helped me develop it
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oh ok thanks.
can you link to the app please?
bober10113 said:
oh ok thanks.
can you link to the app please?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.symetium.arclightingnavigationbar
remember that it's not perfect yet
This app is freaking cool. Very very hard to figure out. Having said that I'm good try cuz it's freaking cool.
lincolnsxda said:
This app is freaking cool. Very very hard to figure out. Having said that I'm good try cuz it's freaking cool.
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honestly it means a lot when someone truly appreciates my work i have to go through a lot of 1 star ratings for really weird reasons such as too complicated or uses too many permissions so it's nice when someone actually appreciates it thank you, and yes it is difficult to figure out as i wanted customization per button rather than all 3 at once, i could have made it simpler and had one light control for all buttons at once but each button has it's own full set of settings icon, color,light indicator,movement, layer etc i don't find it complicated as i designed it but i understand if other people do.
I'm impressed. To be able to do that without root is awesome since this thing is in root limbo. As soon as I have 6 bucks I'll donate. I'm on an N9... Can't get the advanced option to work... Any thoughts?
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I'm impressed. To be able to do that without root is awesome since this thing is in root limbo. As soon as I have 6 bucks I'll donate. I'm on an N9... Can't get the advanced option to work... Any thoughts?
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well i am really sorry to say but the advanced option does not work on galaxy phones for some reason so the app has been made to block the advanced option to function, we tried to get it to work but it crashes the phones ui theres something with oneui so you'd need to use the mode that requires no root or software, the difference between advanced and simple is simply no transparency theres no other difference so you get all the same features as advanced but instead of modifying the navigationbar it will place one ontop of the old one i recommend doing this with gesture navigation enabled as then you get a very thin navigationbar as well as the gesture navigation, but i am so sorry for this i should have been more clear on that, made me sad considering you liked the app.
Sounds great. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!
lincolnsxda said:
Sounds great. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!
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you're welcome let me know if you need any help, as mentioned i do recommend enabling gesture navigation first this makes the navigationbar much thinner than usual it also allows you to use gesture navigation or taps at the same time.
these are ugly navbars!
onlineemails said:
these are ugly navbars!
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personally i like it but thats a matter of taste
Can't seems to enable permission from pc. 1st step it asked to connect my phone, after I vonnected my phone and press the 2nd step (enable), it asked me to connect my phone while my phone was still connected and my oc can read my phone. [emoji24]
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Hi, My friend has the Note 7 Global Lavender version, like me, he is 82 years old and is having some trouble with answering calls because of the not-so-easy to use green phone slider. Even I sometimes have problem with this one.
So can someone help me with an alternative and a small guide on how to install it(if not like other Apps) and set it as default, so when call comes in that is the one he see? There is no need to change anything else.
Please don't refer me to google, the problem is not that there aren't any Apps but that there are too many of them, and I can't try them all until i find one without a slider but where you just push the green button to answer call - He is starting to regret he bought this phone, as it is not so friendly for old people.
I hope someone here can help.
Jan
May be u can use Truecaller
Ryamoz said:
May be u can use Truecaller
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Thank you, and yes it looks like what I wanted though it is a very sophisticated app with a lot more functions than I wanted, maybe too much - it is still for an elderly man. Also looks like there have been some complaints that you get more spam calls after you use Truecaller and that they upload your data to their servers for everyone to see - not for me!
I like to hear other options if there are some Preferebly close to the stock dialer, but without slide and only push or an option to set it yourself. And not one that takes advantage of people.
Thank you
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Thank you, and yes it looks like what I wanted though it is a very sophisticated app with a lot more functions than I wanted, maybe too much - it is still for an elderly man. Also looks like there have been some complaints that you get more spam calls after you use Truecaller and that they upload your data to their servers for everyone to see - not for me!
I like to hear other options if there are some Preferebly close to the stock dialer, but without slide and only push or an option to set it yourself. And not one that takes advantage of people.
Thank you
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You could try google dialer apk from apkmirror.com, it has a simple slide gesture to answer and end calls and isn't too bloated with useless features
Saad. Mk said:
You could try google dialer apk from apkmirror.com, it has a simple slide gesture to answer and end calls and isn't too bloated with useless features
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Thank you for your answer, I will look at it but would prefer to avoid slide since that is the problem. The Note 7 has slide, but its not easy to use not even for me and I have had many phones with "slide dialer".
Finding "push button" dialer has proven to be some of a challenge, also when you take in mind it should be one not stealing your data
Hope someone can come up with a solution for this
Guess not, but i found this one and it might do the trick, testing next week when my friend available: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.luckyme.dadapp2
Update: forget the app above - it works just after install but doesn't do anything when pushing the Answer button. After that it never pop up anymore . Uninstalled it!
If you can root the device and install google dialer framework , you can set the google phone app which has better slider : you just need to slide up, holding the phone icon isn't necessary. And custom roms can also be easier for him as compared to miui.
anyways, i wonder if you could find a feature in miui that makes the incoming calls screen always in 'heads up' mode. That way he just needs to touch the accept or reject. I m not sure if miui provides that
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If you can root the device and install google dialer framework , you can set the google phone app which has better slider : you just need to slide up, holding the phone icon isn't necessary. And custom roms can also be easier for him as compared to miui.
anyways, i wonder if you could find a feature in miui that makes the incoming calls screen always in 'heads up' mode. That way he just needs to touch the accept or reject. I m not sure if miui provides that
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I'm sorry and tank you for your input, but I'm not rooting his phone to solve this - too many things can go wrong because you have to unlock bootloader and then install TWRP first before you can root - or so the guide here on XDA states.
I hope for a different solution