Samsung Galaxy Note 2

[afazel]

Orly? Exynos that much better than the Snapdragon 600?

 

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[khammondnm]

Orly? Exynos that much better than the Snapdragon 600?

 

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screen size is awesome and I'm sure digi is referring to the superb rf performance of the note 2 over the one (besides 800 ) as well.

 

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[digiblur]

Orly? Exynos that much better than the Snapdragon 600?

 

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I don't run SETI or Protein folding apps on my phone so I wouldn't know.  Just browser, tapatalk, email, sensorly, and few games.  Works fine.

 

screen size is awesome and I'm sure digi is referring to the superb rf performance of the note 2 over the one (besides 800 ) as well.

 

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Guess it depends on the Note2 as 800 is fine here.

[afazel]

Hmm... I'll think about it a little more then. I may have the option to trade for an S4 well, or a Note 3 with some cash on my end

 

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[jreuschl]

Before they shut it off here in my market it worked. I did many tests from active loopback calls to 1X data sessions with pings while traveling. You could watch the 1X debug screens and clearly see it was on channel 476 and doing it's thing.

Can you give a quick how-to on doing an 800 test/and or forcing the phone to use 800?

 

Interestingly, I will be in a Shentel Sprint area in a couple of weeks. Guess I should keep PRL 200x handy. Would be interesting to run a few tests there though!

[JohnHovah]

Orly? Exynos that much better than the Snapdragon 600?

 

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I believe it is more of a QC issue of the new memory and chipset.  I can personally attest that my Note 2 suffers from severe lag issues that sometimes make it frustrating to use.  I've pared down applications and cleared app caches and other storage hogs with about 5GB free device space, but it certainly hasn't improved by much so signs point to internals not being up to par.  YMMV, but why would someone buy a note 2 with so many other (faster) devices available at the moment?

[afazel]

I believe it is more of a QC issue of the new memory and chipset.  I can personally attest that my Note 2 suffers from severe lag issues that sometimes make it frustrating to use.  I've pared down applications and cleared app caches and other storage hogs with about 5GB free device space, but it certainly hasn't improved by much so signs point to internals not being up to par.  YMMV, but why would someone buy a note 2 with so many other (faster) devices available at the moment?

 

It's not really a matter of buying a new phone, but trading like phones. I like my HTC One just fine (although I wish LTE performance was a little better), but I get bored with phones and want a new one occasionally. Even better if I don't have to pay much out of pocket.

 

Usually I go through Swappa and buy used phones, but I don't have a backup Sprint phone to use between the time mine sells and the new one arrives.

[jefbal99]

I used to be a big RDF watcher for leaks, but not as much any longer.  However, I decided to take a look for the L900 today and got all kinds of crazy errors.  Looks like the recent RDFs are encrypted, so I ventured to the XDA thread and speculation is 4.3 coming very soon to the Note 2 on Sprint. 

 

MJ5 is that last build RDF that is readable.  MJ6 and MJ7 are encrypted.

 

http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L900/MJ5.rdf

 

The XDA thread is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2114049

Posts since 10/16 have what people have found.

 

Edit in: SamMobile says 11/20

 

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/10/25/leaked-documents-reveal-u-s-android-4-3-update-schedule-for-galaxy-s-iii-note-ii-s4-and-s4-active/

[GiantJay]

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/10/25/leak-samsungs-american-android-4-3-and-galaxy-gear-update-release-schedule-for-the-galaxy-s4-s4-active-s-iii-and-note-ii/

[jreuschl]

Wonder if it would have been out sooner without having to support the Galaxy Gear?

 

Better have a new radio firmware..

 

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[jefbal99]

It better have a radio fix for the supposed SMR issues.

 

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[jreuschl]

At least in brief testing, no issues in Shentel market in PA. 800 seemed to be NA most of the day though. Maybe tinkering going on?

 

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[khammondnm]

At least in brief testing, no issues in Shentel market in PA. 800 seemed to be NA most of the day though. Maybe tinkering going on?

 

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Man I sure hope so! Have you been able to place a call or send an sms?

 

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[khammondnm]

I just grabbed the 503 prl again, connected to smr, and made a call and connected immediately. Sent a text and it was received immediately. I will play with it some more tomorrow, but maybe there has been some changes. Can any others with a note two experiment as well?

 

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[S4GRU]

I just grabbed the 503 prl again, connected to smr, and made a call and connected immediately. Sent a text and it was received immediately. I will play with it some more tomorrow, but maybe there has been some changes. Can any others with a note two experiment as well?

 

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Too bad I'm now 4 hours from the nearest Sprint 800MHz site in Sterling, Colorado.

 

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[digiblur]

I just grabbed the 503 prl again, connected to smr, and made a call and connected immediately. Sent a text and it was received immediately. I will play with it some more tomorrow, but maybe there has been some changes. Can any others with a note two experiment as well?

 

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800 is still blocked here.  I can see it transmitting but no one is home to answer the door...

[jefbal99]

Reading positive comments from the S4 thread with the MJA build/modem for 3G, 4G, and WiFi connectivity in the update that was released today.  Looks like MJ7 is still the latest encrypted rdf for the Note 2, hope we see a similar, positive build in a couple weeks

[hescominsoon]

i like the note2 honestly but that prl 800 lockout has been the reason i haven't considered it...i hope this is truly the fix...

[DaQue]

I'm not asking if it would be any time soon but now that the Nexus 5 and 4.4 android has been announced does anyone think the note 2 will get it eventually?

 

 

 

[khammondnm]

I'm not asking if it would be any time soon but now that the Nexus 5 and 4.4 android has been announced does anyone think the note 2 will get it eventually?

 

I'm betting we will have a build on xda within a month, an official build...who knows.

 

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[kg4icg]

We will have 4.3 in 19 days.

[Redx]

Dont get annoyed at me for posting this but Best Buy has a tradein value of $200-210 the best I found and for the 503 prl where can I find that

[JohnHovah]

Dont get annoyed at me for posting this but Best Buy has a tradein value of $200-210 the best I found and for the 503 prl where can I find that

$200 trade-in value for the note 2?  that is better than sprint's 90 bucks.

[jreuschl]

Someone on XDA noticed that the 4.3 update firmware version will likely be MK1:

 

http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SPH-L900/latest

[owensri2]

I have never had a problem on 1x800 with my Note 2.  I have never updated the firmware on it since I got it.  It still has the October 31, 2012 L900VPALJC.  Could this be why I don't have a problem?  Just curious, as I am currently using the 512 PRL.