Reverting back to gingerbread

[ifb-online]

"but they are very minor " (the problems)

But they are not.

One of the reasons I upgraded from the S was that my sight had deteriorated to such an extent that I needed the bigger screen.

I now find that many of the screens, and the fonts used, have been reduced in size and are not affected by settings or pinch zoom, so I am back where I started.

What is the point of a larger screen if you can only use two thirds of it?

Can you provide some examples?

Ian

 

[Omar Days]

"but they are very minor " (the problems)

But they are not.

One of the reasons I upgraded from the S was that my sight had deteriorated to such an extent that I needed the bigger screen.

I now find that many of the screens, and the fonts used, have been reduced in size and are not affected by settings or pinch zoom, so I am back where I started.

What is the point of a larger screen if you can only use two thirds of it?

You can change the font size in settings

 

[laurie53]

Can you provide some examples?

Ian

Two off the top of my head

Reware "My Back Up Pro" now appears in a much smaller window

Pocket Informant menus appear in a smaller font (and smaller window).

 

[ifb-online]

Two off the top of my head

Reware "My Back Up Pro" now appears in a much smaller window

Pocket Informant menus appear in a smaller font (and smaller window).

I've not heard of these - are they apps? If so, it seems that developers need to modernise them.

None of the over 100 apps I have downloaded to my Note have display problems.

Ian

 

[ridgmont61]

Time for a bit of humble pie.

I initially tried the LPY German Version of ICS, but reverted back to GB as battery life was poor and many crashes.

I have followed the advice above and read comments by ifb-online. I have now gone back to ICS but prior to this did a reset in GB, then after installing ICS did another reset and a USB format.

It was a bit of a faff as all Apps needed to be reinstalled and then configured.

The phone is now far more stable (than previous ICS and as stable as GB) and now that I have also under settings>applications>all I have disabled apps that I was not going to use I have found that battery life is excellent.

As an example yesterday phone was taken off charge at 8am, used lightly all day on wi-fi and at 9pm battery was showing at 70%. Today from 8am to 1pm battery has dropped by just 8% to 92%.

So it is possible to get stable ICS and with excellent battery use.

Feel free to feel smug ifb-online - and thanks for the advice. Also thanks to t sport 1978

 

[ifb-online]

As said in the other thread - me smug? Never. I'm humbly pleased that my own pontifications have resulted in some good!

Ian

 

[GiggityGiggity]

ifb-online, it seems you and I are the only people to upgrade to ICS and actually be happy with the result!

 

[banko]

ifb-online, it seems you and I are the only people to upgrade to ICS and actually be happy with the result!

no your not
i upgraded last week and find most things working better than GB.
I don't use my note as heavy as some of you, so cannot comment on the battery usage yet,
currently on 37% after 2 days 15 hours, Haven't had that many charge cycles but usage seems similar to GB,
I'll comment on battery usage after more use. especially after the weekend

 

[ifb-online]

I still maintain that there is little incentive to let people know when something has worked as expected. But if it goes wrong, well that's a different matter. So I'm sure there are many more happy customers than us!

Ian

 

[anythinggoes78]

Well so far the update has caused me quite a few problems

Unit getting very very hot when browsing
will not connect to my bluetooth handsfree
battery useage is now awful
phone dialer keeps crashing, mainly when in samsung car dock
crashes at times when using camera
will randomly reset itself

i want to reset back to gingerbread, but seems so uch more compicated then on my dell streak where i could just download an apk and open it.

 

[ifb-online]

So none of the solutions others have successfully used worked for you?

Ian

 

[sportf190]

can anyone please help me i updated and I can't get odin for mac it doesn't work. What software can i use to go back to Gingerbread. I don't even get service, doesn't recognize my sim so I can't even use the phone as well as all the other areas and constant freezes..

 

[PJ147]

I had battery issues as after the update the phone would not enter deep sleep. Solved this by factory reset.

Be aware though of the eMMC brick bug as a factory reset could hard brick your note.

 

[anythinggoes78]

After a reset the battery issues are a lot better, but still having all the other issues with my phone, im jealous of my missus as she still has Gingerbread

 

[mbr]

My Note has been perfect since I bought it in November. Upgrading to ICS has been a disaster with so many problems. I just want my Note to be back like it was. As a newbie I do not know how to revert back to Gingerbread, i would be grateful if someone could post details instructions on how to do it.
Many thanks

 

[ifb-online]

Have you tried the various remedies documented here that have helped others?

Ian

 

[Icenote]

My Note has been perfect since I bought it in November. Upgrading to ICS has been a disaster with so many problems. I just want my Note to be back like it was. As a newbie I do not know how to revert back to Gingerbread, i would be grateful if someone could post details instructions on how to do it.
Many thanks

I used this and now my note is usable again ICS killed the battery life and was lagging now its back to gingerbread it brilliant again.

 

[Icenote]

It would not let me post link on my first post so here it is.

Update Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 to Android 2.3.6 Firmware Build XXLA6

 

[ilordvader]

Hi
All i did after updateing with Kies to ICS
I did factory reset
I also formated my Internal 16gb card

& it runs smother & no battery Issues

Only problem i have is in Contacts
when I open contacts it slugish
I dont have many contacts only 300

Hope it Helps

 

[soldier1969]

Well at least all of you have the option to update to ICS here in the US we cant get it yet and dont know when we will. Samsung is already mentioning the Note 2 this week due out this Fall. Sad to say the Note 2 will come out before they have ironed out the bugs with ICS and the US version gets it.

 

[t sport 1978]

Well at least all of you have the option to update to ICS here in the US we cant get it yet and dont know when we will. Samsung is already mentioning the Note 2 this week due out this Fall. Sad to say the Note 2 will come out before they have ironed out the bugs with ICS and the US version gets it.

:thumbup:

Android 4.0 update now rolling to AT&T Galaxy Note - GSMArena.com news

 

[captivate808]

Just upgraded to ICS today and still testing it out. So far the only problem I have is the OEM Mail app I use for my Exchange server now goes to a black screen for a few minutes then crashes. GMail works OK though.

 

[Pepee63]

wonderful, listened to you guys, did factory reset and now contacts missing, my wifi wont connect. i backed everything up on sd card before hand, now cant find the app. lost everything. Thanks guys. No wonder ifans laugh at us how stupid our phones are. I just want it to work and it just doesn't