Update: looks like Samsung fixed the Samsung hub. I have access to my movies again.
But still hate 4.3 in general.
But still hate 4.3 in general.
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Agreed... It also removed things too...If you like you phone as it is dont update, the 4.3 update adds a bunch of cool things but makes the UI butt arse ugly!!
If looking for stock ROMs, check out Sammobile. As well as XDA for ODIN to flash it.I had figured as much.
Do you know of a good thread with trusted links to restoring the Stock 4.2.2 ROM?
Im wondering how KITKAT will look now?
Smart move...Got the notification of an update this morning, I swiped that s*** to the right to clear and kept it moving!
That's interesting, I have Knox in my app drawer, but not installed (it's a 154MB file I have to download/install). I left it well alone. All the other stuff is already giving me a headache. Don't want to add another layer to it...I to am having the battery drain issues after the 4.3 update. I saw some users stated it could be a Knox issue. Know is showing in my application manager list but not in my app drawer so I believe it is not running. Two other suggestions were to format your sdcard with 4.3 and to do a factory reset. The phone is charging as we speak and I formatted the sdcard....and I am doing a factory reset soon too. I will report back. Thanks!
Within settings or Android Recovery Console? If done through settings, maybe try using the Android Recovery Console.I did a factory reset after updating but it's still lagging.
My mom updated her Note 2 to 4.3 but now every time she gets in her car and it connects to her bluetooth it tries to call her own number. Then she gets weird errors like not being able to play music because she is "in a call". It persists until she restarts her phone. Any idea what could be causing this??
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She tried unpairing her phone from her cars bluetooth to re-pair it and now it wont pair at all.
To boot into Android Recovery Console, completely power down the device. Then press and hold the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons down altogether. When the Note II splash screen appears, only release the Power button while still holding down the Volume Up and Home buttons.Where can I find the android recover console?
Also if a factory reset is required, make sure a proper backup is done first as this will wipe everything off the device.Moved your post here, since this is a 4.3 related question, you will get more help and results here, cheers
She might have to do a factory reset, once you take a large OTA update, it is always usually best to do a FR after the update, to clean out the system, she might need to do this, but wait and see what others say.
That's interesting.The battery drain problem is what I also am facing but it is because of the auto wake up of the display after 4.3 update... Couldn't figure out why
To boot into Android Recovery Console, completely power down the device. Then press and hold the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons down altogether. When the Note II splash screen appears, only release the Power button while still holding down the Volume Up and Home buttons.
When you see the green guy appear, you can release the buttons. You will boot into the Console. To navigate, use the Volume Up and Down buttons to move up and down the menu. Use the Power button to select the highlighted choice.
If you do a factory reset, clear the cache first. Then do 3 hard resets back to back. Then reboot. I'm hoping this might clear the lag issue and give the update a cleaner slate. Here's hoping this works for you.
I will be keeping 4.3 on my Note 2 and going to live with it's butt ugly UI, notifications and what not. Will forego the handwriting and go more with Swype. Also setup a row in the homescreen for the shortcuts that used to reside on the swipe lock screen as a work around. As for S Voice, I'll miss playing with the open S Voice command (especially with "My Precious"; it was fun and a good stress reliever).
Those that have battery drain, do you have any sensors turned on? I noticed my battery take a nose dive the moment I started using some motion features, smart stay and other things during my testing. At the moment, I've turned a few things of those off (that I don't really have a need for) and see how things settle.
I think I only got 3 hours screen time and was down to 20% after heavy usage with data (LTE about an hour) and Wi-Fi (doing massive downloads and installs). But overall runtime of about 15 hours. Good news for me is that the move to SD allows me to keep apps and not resort to uninstalling and reinstalling to constantly free up internal storage. I've practically doubled the amount of apps I can use and play with. That is the only reason I am keeping 4.3.
Well, trial run is over and I'll be doing another hard reset and fully configuring it.
And you can't turn it off (unlike some of us who can)...Um this update notification is relentless...
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