New ICS leak

hajimeabc · May 9, 2012

th3goob said:
the note doesnt have these issues. Get the note and do the upgrade urself

Thanks. So, there is no difference between buying it now (and upgrade it myself later) or wait until the Galaxy Note + ICS is available in retail store?

When I was in a Samsung showroom last week, the guy told me that when ICS becomes available, I just take it to the showroom and they will take care of the update. Wonder if it is a simple process.

th3goob · May 9, 2012

TheGeek said:
How do I upgrade?

I'm not familiar with these leaked roms.

you have the galaxy note, correct? if so just follow the steps on briefmobile and download and install =D

th3goob · May 9, 2012

hajimeabc said:
Thanks. So, there is no difference between buying it now (and upgrade it myself later) or wait until the Galaxy Note + ICS is available in retail store?

When I was in a Samsung showroom last week, the guy told me that when ICS becomes available, I just take it to the showroom and they will take care of the update. Wonder if it is a simple process.

Yup, there is absolutely no difference, and you could do what the samsung guy told you, or you could download it from kies(yet to be determined whether its OTA) and install it.

hajimeabc · May 9, 2012

How come Samsung does not release one ICS for all the users worldwide? I heard that Samsung Canada released the ICS few days ago. Users in Taiwan can also get the ICS. As for users in Hong Kong, they are still waiting. Samsung HK said that they are debugging. Why different countries have different release dates? Is there anything to do with the carrier? If I buy the Galaxy Note in one country and upgrade the ICS by myself, will I encounter compatibility problems using the device in other countries? As I live in different countries, I wonder if I should get the iPhone 4S (a world phone) instead.

esj1940 · May 9, 2012

With this upgrade is the Note still unrooted or will I have to root it to have a rooted ICS Note?

aggie87 · May 9, 2012

esj1940 said:
With this upgrade is the Note still unrooted or will I have to root it to have a rooted ICS Note?

You have to flash CWM and Superuser with Odin after to be rooted.

th3goob · May 9, 2012

hajimeabc said:
How come Samsung does not release one ICS for all the users worldwide? I heard that Samsung Canada released the ICS few days ago. Users in Taiwan can also get the ICS. As for users in Hong Kong, they are still waiting. Samsung HK said that they are debugging. Why different countries have different release dates? Is there anything to do with the carrier? If I buy the Galaxy Note in one country and upgrade the ICS by myself, will I encounter compatibility problems using the device in other countries? As I live in different countries, I wonder if I should get the iPhone 4S (a world phone) instead.

Different hardware is a little bit of a problem, but its most ATT added so many bloatware onto the phone that it bogs it down, and going from one country to another isnt a problem, the note can be activated on multiple networks as long as its the same frequency as the one you want to put it on, just make sure its unlocked and your GTG.

mntbighker · May 9, 2012

Has anyone who installed ICS on the AT&T Note tried to see if they get NFC capability? I checked, and the battery definitely does not have the antenna embedded like my Nexus did. But the phone is probably big enough to have the antenna someplace else. I thought I read the other versions of the Note have NFC in the battery like the Nexus so the AT&T folks probably get screwed out of NFC stuff like Google Wallet :-(

aggie87 · May 9, 2012

mntbighker said:
Has anyone who installed ICS on the AT&T Note tried to see if they get NFC capability? I checked, and the battery definitely does not have the antenna embedded like my Nexus did. But the phone is probably big enough to have the antenna someplace else. I thought I read the other versions of the Note have NFC in the battery like the Nexus so the AT&T folks probably get screwed out of NFC stuff like Google Wallet :-(

The NFC antenna is on the back of the Note. It's a silverish rectangle that you'll see if you take off the backing.

ndfan4u · May 9, 2012

ndfan4u said:
My TMobile 4G is no longer working and I have flashed the Telus, Blaze, and TMo modems.............anybody having this problem????

Never mind, I found the solution on my own. My AT&T Note is running on TMobile 4G speeds. Whooohoooo....:thumbup:

mntbighker · May 9, 2012

aggie87 said:
The NFC antenna is on the back of the Note. It's a silverish rectangle that you'll see if you take off the backing.

So back to original question.. has anyone tried NFC after going to ICS? I don't think you get NFC until you go to ICS.

Talderon · May 10, 2012

mntbighker said:
So back to original question.. has anyone tried NFC after going to ICS? I don't think you get NFC until you go to ICS.

You can get NFC on GB, just need to do tweaks to the build.prop to activate. Now, to use Google Wallet, you have to set you device to a Galaxy Nexus which, I think, causes other issues along the way, best to check out XDA for this one.

TheGeek · May 10, 2012

I'm doing this -- god I hope this works.

I am basically following the instructions on that link from the OP.

I'm assuming I don't need to root/flash/or whatever; just follow the instructions and it does it's thing.

th3goob · May 10, 2012

TheGeek said:
I'm doing this -- god I hope this works.

I am basically following the instructions on that link from the OP.

I'm assuming I don't need to root/flash/or whatever; just follow the instructions and it does it's thing.

If you need any help let me know.

th3goob · May 10, 2012

mntbighker said:
So back to original question.. has anyone tried NFC after going to ICS? I don't think you get NFC until you go to ICS.

NFC does in fact work.

TheGeek · May 10, 2012

th3goob said:
If you need any help let me know.

Thanks--it worked but it doesn't work.

http://androidforums.com/note-lte-all-things-root/546789-let-ics-fun-begin.html

I'm trying to flash back now.

My exchange was crashing; VVM for ICS was crashing; it was sluggy--can't say I'm disappointed or anything, just bummed. I really like ICS and was hoping to use it now.

TheGeek · May 10, 2012

I take that back!

I found the latest APK; I was running the old version that was on my Gingerbread--I now have visual voicemail.

The only issue I can see is a bit of hesitation and really my exchange.

In regards to my exchange; if I click the little down arrow next to the sender which typically will show you who else it was address to and your address--it locks and crashes.

Once, it wouldn't load my emails when I clicked on it. It was as if it was downloading it from the server--I did a reboot and it hasn't happened again.

TheGeek · May 10, 2012

I couldn't take it -- I flashed back to Gingerbread.

Exchange is my life line -- it's what I need the most and it just kept crashing on me LOL.

mntbighker · May 10, 2012

TheGeek said:
I couldn't take it -- I flashed back to Gingerbread.

Exchange is my life line -- it's what I need the most and it just kept crashing on me LOL.

Yep, I depend heavily on Exchange mail too.

TheGeek · May 10, 2012

mntbighker said:
Yep, I depend heavily on Exchange mail too.

Yep.

Hopefully it will work in the official release--the new mail app is freaking awesome.

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