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Buying a barely used Note.

Hello everyone,
One of my friends is looking to sell his barely used Note which he bought last month for a very good price. I may get for as low as $270. I checked the phone and I loved the screen but not the plastic-y feeling.
My question is: do you guys think it's still worth buying a Note(am not willing to pay for a note 2)? My other question is that I am a Gnex user running jelly bean and I wanted to know if there are any good jb roms available for the note ?
I also heard that Samsung said it would update the note to the official 4.1.1!
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For that price, get it
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How's the battery life on the note? Is there any official extended battery or any extended that doesn't make the phone bulky?
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ya you should get it as note 1 will be getting JB update's soon

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Okay thanks mod. How's the battery life? Screen time on the note? Is there multiple builds of the gsm note?
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check if codes intacts
see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1851513
Just so you know imei and stuff. should dif then 0000etc or *49etc,
You can always bargain lower price, and update via pc odin should codes be gone. But with missing emei dont do it.
Also check download mode binary counter
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Its a bargain and great phone!
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If I had some different build, could I change it and flash the new 4.0.4 since the phone has 4.0.3?
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crazyalaa said:
If I had some different build, could I change it and flash the new 4.0.4 since the phone has 4.0.3?
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you can outrightly flash stock 4.0.4 to the Gnote. You can either go flashing it via PC KIES or PC Odin. If you want custom Rom's then there's plenty around this forum as well... Just do a search on the 'Android Development' thread and check out some custom Roms that might suit to your liking.

Off topic but why do people consider the Note cheap plastic feeling? I've always had HTC before this and this phone doesn't feel cheap at all to me

probably because of the compactness. When you take battery cover off you might think cheap. I don't, It's practical so thin. So far it works great, wasn't expecting that lol
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Is it worthed to change from n7000 to n7100

Is it worthed to upgrade galaxy note to galaxy note II ? Give me the reason?
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Simply no. But if u are a spec geek or a developer then only you may need it. For general purpose no need. Most people use the phone camera but in note 2 there is no camera update. For me my original note is fulfilling all my task and is still keeping me away from my laptop. I am happy with it. But thats just my opinion.
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lot of comparisons in the WEB.. what do u prefer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeDxWmPzWxc&feature=plcp

(offtopic)s3-note 2?

i planing to buy a new phone..any suggestion? prefer note 2 or s3...but dun noe which 1 more better..
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http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4238&idPhone2=4854 you should probably go into a store and check note 2 to see if it's size suits you.

destrife said:
i planing to buy a new phone..any suggestion? prefer note 2 or s3...but dun noe which 1 more better..
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I think you should take S3 if you don't need 5.5 inch screen. The hardware is pretty same as in Note II, same gpu, processor(in Note II 1,6Ghz), chipset. Note II has better battery, but with this hardware it can last for max 2 days w/o charging. IMHO if I would change my phone I will probably take S3, I don't need big screens

but note 2 got 2gb ram n s3 jz 1gb ram...tat is what im thinking
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Personal opinion id take the S3 without hesitation.
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Note2 for 2GB
For smooth i suggest Note2.

Thinking of buying a galaxy note but have a few questions

I'm getting a really good deal on a note. I wanted to know wether the features from note2 have been ported to the orignal note, specially multiscreen. Does the note have enough processing power to run it smoothly?
My friend is on stock ICS and his phone is quite laggy even without too many apps. I did hear the ICS upgrade sucked but I didn't expect this. I wanted to know wether the installing custom ROMs would make the s pen useless?
M considering either note or galaxy nexus... plz help me make this choice!
Thanks
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samajid said:
I'm getting a really good deal on a note. I wanted to know wether the features from note2 have been ported to the orignal note, specially multiscreen. Does the note have enough processing power to run it smoothly?
My friend is on stock ICS and his phone is quite laggy even without too many apps. I did hear the ICS upgrade sucked but I didn't expect this. I wanted to know wether the installing custom ROMs would make the s pen useless?
M considering either note or galaxy nexus... plz help me make this choice!
Thanks
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1) Multiscreen is not yet ported from Note 2 to the original Note..
2) I have 100+ apps installed on my Note & I wouldn't say its laggy..
3) ICS upgrade wasn't a flop..it came with lot of features, improved performance, battery life etc etc etc..anyways, within a month or 2, our Notes wl taste official JB..there are already couple of ROMs which were cooked from leaked samsung official kernel & seems to work as expected..
4) Installing custom roms need not to make the S-pen useless..but there r very few custom roms which does not support s pen..

Check out this thread it got some promising stuff about new note 1 JB rom 98% of things work properly
Cheers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953847
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Thanks for the replies ... so I should totally prefer it over the galaxy nexus?
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If you are thinking on buying the note , go for the second one .
We had no option back when we bought note , but now you can just go for note 2

248 Google play installed apps and a few more from XDA.
Still smooth on stock ICS ROM with hydracore kernel.
But like the other posters, better to just get the new note since you have yet to invest.
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teroare said:
If you are thinking on buying the note , go for the second one .
We had no option back when we bought note , but now you can just go for note 2
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I wish! Don't hav the cash right now... I'm buying this one from a friend, so m getting it cheap
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Galaxy note prooved to be a success. Initially it was expected to fail hut if u see it as a device released in 2011. It was designed futuristic. It got 3 updates on gingerbread , 2 updates for ics and now will get jelly beans soon and some are saying it will receive key lime pie. Even if the key lime pie update is not official the note gave a good outcome to those of us who owned it from the initial days. I am still ao much in love with my device and i love the s pen. It took out the artist from within me.
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qazibasit said:
Galaxy note prooved to be a success. Initially it was expected to fail hut if u see it as a device released in 2011. It was designed futuristic. It got 3 updates on gingerbread , 2 updates for ics and now will get jelly beans soon and some are saying it will receive key lime pie. Even if the key lime pie update is not official the note gave a good outcome to those of us who owned it from the initial days. I am still ao much in love with my device and i love the s pen. It took out the artist from within me.
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I know it was a good choice when it was launched but is buying it now when note2 is already out... is that a good choice... its not like a play too many games...all that matters to me is battery life and UI smoothness...
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samajid said:
I wish! Don't hav the cash right now... I'm buying this one from a friend, so m getting it cheap
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If its a good deal , I have no bad things to say about note 1 , so buy it

I've been watching reviews (again) n the note is definitely awesome! Thanks a lot for ur suggestions
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Galaxy note is more like a mini tab, note 2 more like a maxi phone as they have different aspect ratio. 16/10 vs 16/9. For multiscreen ot will be ported on Note1 also, I guess, by xda developers. Don't know if it will arrive officially by Sammy

francanna said:
Galaxy note is more like a mini tab, note 2 more like a maxi phone as they have different aspect ratio. 16/10 vs 16/9. For multiscreen ot will be ported on Note1 also, I guess, by xda developers. Don't know if it will arrive officially by Sammy
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yeah ... but do u think the dual core processor can handle it ?
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its not important if you just use it for playing games.

For the features and specs, note is really neat if you use a custom rom.. custom roms could boost the speed..
And yes, i have a note.. but its quite laggy when i bought it
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kokzhanjia said:
For the features and specs, note is really neat if you use a custom rom.. custom roms could boost the speed..
And yes, i have a note.. but its quite laggy when i bought it
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Thnks for the honesty bro! Nice to see u here as well
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[Q] Which one's better? Note 1 or Grand?

Hi, I searched the internet to find that there are two phones I can buy which are in my range: Galaxy grand and galaxy note. I have to choose one of them. Please tell me which one I should buy and why.. some points like larger screen, s pen, 1.4 GHz processor are making me want to buy the note. The websites on first page of google also tell that note is better, but I want to know what you guys think?
I will buy used phone, as prices of new ones are almost double.
What is the average battery life of these mobiles? Not the standby time which they say on the features list, but the average usage time as experienced by the users. Are there any hardware related problems which many users generally face? Should the fact that note is one year older bother me?
If anyone is reading from Pakistan, I would love to take a look if you suggest me another phone with second-hand price around 23,000 to 29,000 PKR, having more than 4.3 inch screen, at least 8 mp camera, jelly bean and at least 1.2 GHz processor?
I currently have HTC sensation so I don't want to switch to an HTC device.
Thanks.

Note 1 is way better
Note has better gpu than grand
Grand has poor diaplay compared to note..
Spen is unique abt note..
Camera too also is better of note..
I compared both devices in real lifre I feel note better
So I bought note = better..
Both devices will get 4.2.2 as last update (thogh not officially confirmed)
Battery back of note is good..
Its good in playing games..
Note has way better development than grand..
All roms exists for note..
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happy3777 said:
Note 1 is way better
Note has better gpu than grand
Grand has poor diaplay compared to note..
Spen is unique abt note..
Camera too also is better of note..
I compared both devices in real lifre I feel note better
So I bought note = better..
Both devices will get 4.2.2 as last update (thogh not officially confirmed)
Battery back of note is good..
Its good in playing games..
Note has way better development than grand..
All roms exists for note..
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Thanks, what's the battery life in hours? Sensation's life is around 6 hours with normal use and games and heavy browsers drain whole battery in maximum one hour. I will be highly inclined towards one phone if it has much more battery life in comparison.
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Note has 2500mAh battery
Even if u browse whith full brighteness it will not drain in an hour..
It if run even 3hrs approx if u use continuosly on browsing..
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But on full brighteness note becomes hot due to brighteness if used for too long..
Its not an issue..
But sum feels hot as odd..
Its on u what u think
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happy3777 said:
Note has 2500mAh battery
Even if u browse whith full brighteness it will not drain in an hour..
It if run even 3hrs approx if u use continuosly on browsing..
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But on full brighteness note becomes hot due to brighteness if used for too long..
Its not an issue..
But sum feels hot as odd..
Its on u what u think
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Thanks a lot! This is very valuable for me
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Remember Thanx if I really helped. ?
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Just a little update:
Thanks again for all your help, I have purchased Note 1 as suggested by all
Last question is, Is it true that Note does not have blinking LED lights for notifications?

Yes its true. But you can use NoLed.. Search for it..
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