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http://www.sammobile.com/2013/11/19/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-gt-n7100-receives-official-android-4-3-jelly-bean-update/

 

Note II update is rolling out for the international version.  Apparently has a nice speed increase!

I was very surprised to see that on Twitter this morning.  After the GS3 debacle, I didn't think we'd see an update for quite awhile.

CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN ANDROID 4.3 UPDATE

- GALAXY GEAR Support

- TRIM Support (Makes the device much faster)

- Samsung KNOX

- Samsung Wallet (Pre-loaded)

- Better RAM management

- Core UI elements updated to the ones on the Galaxy S4 (Galaxy S4′s theme all over)

- New Samsung Keyboard

- GPU drivers have been updated (Higher GPU benchmark scores)

- New Lockscreen: Multiple Widgets, improved ripple effect than Android 4.1.2, ability to change clock size and set a personal message

- New screen modes (From S4): Adapt Display and Professional Photo

- Daydream

- Driving mode

- Actionable notifications

- Move-to-SD-card feature

- New Camera mode : Sound and Shot

- New Additions in Notification Centre

- Completely revamped Settings UI (Tabbed interface – Exactly like the Galaxy S4)

- Implementation of Voice controls (Let’s you control various parts of the phone using voice commands – Galaxy S4 feature)

- New Samsung Apps: Calculator, Clock, Contacts, Gallery, Music

- Full screen Samsung apps

- New S-Voice (from Galaxy S4)

Crazy rain and wind in west michigan.  We lost power about 45 minutes ago

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A sub contractor is back downtown Lansing working on the Lugnut. Can't tell if they are working with the new antennas/rrus or removing the legacy equipment. I'm still on 1x for that site.

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I just looked at the Sprint coverage map real briefly but how is the yellow coverage any different than the orange coverage?

Chicago is different

This does nothing...  one of those long time myths of supposedly making your phone faster.

I thought back in the EVO days, there was a streaming media issue that Sprint resolved by zeroing out this setting.  Something with routing the traffic through the proxy was causing the issue.

I used DDWRT when I had HSI and it was wonderful.

And then Samsung locks down the leaks of the software before release.  Maybe they need a Motorola soak program.

Samsung locked down their leaks a long time ago after the Galaxy S2/Super brick fiasco.  I'd love a soak program that users could sign up for, but that is highly unlikely.

May I ask a question?  I looked all over these threads, but could nor find the answer, unless I overlooked something.

 

What frequency is eHRPD on?  Is it 1900 MHz or 800 MHz? 

 

That's all I am receiving with my new Tri Band LG G2 until the fallback issue is rectified.  I'm just curious. 

 

Thanks!

eHRPD runs on PCS/1900Mhz, it is just a software overlay for EvDO Rev A to allow "seamless" communication between CDMA and LTE

The FCC has launched their own speed test app.  It will run a few tests in the background each month to not exceed 100MB, hopefully they will use this data to hold carriers accountable for their advertising and projected coverage areas.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samknows.fcc

I'm wondering if there is some sort of a Modem update that changes the priority or the LTE to B41/B25/B26?  From the couple of reports of connections to B41 it has been at non-colocated Clear/Sprint sites where the B41 was stronger than the B25 signal.

Looking like the 4.3 update is going to be delayed...

http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/11/12/galaxy-s3-android-4-3-update-pulled-note-2-delayed/

Galaxy S3 update to 4.3 has been pulled, speculation is that this will delay the Note 2 upgrade as well.

http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/11/12/galaxy-s3-android-4-3-update-pulled-note-2-delayed/

Crap like this pushes me back to CM/AOSP ROMs to stay up to date.  Can't wait for my financial situation to even out (just built a house) so I can jump to a Nexus 5.

At work my phone switches between 3g and 1x frequently. When all the towers in this area are completed with 800 LTE I should just have LTE correct?

 

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LTE from SMR/800 hasn't been spotted in the wild yet.  If you are in an area caught by the CSFB upgrade, you'll not see B25/PCS LTE until your sites are 3G upgraded.  You phone can't get CDMA data from the LTE side of the network, so it parks on 3G.  See the article on the wall.

Any updates on when the Lugnut cell tower will go live with LTE?

Nothing

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There were a few articles this summer about sprint picking up M2M from at&t who was shutting down some of their legacy stuff.  I think it will be 10-15 years before Sprint has the site density and coverage to match their 1xA footprint with VoLTE

While the added capacity would have been nice, it's not really worth all the time and money it would take to get it up and running.

Depending on if existing antennas/radios/etc could be recertified or if a new antenna would have to be hung for just an additional 5Mhz FDD with power restrictions, along with another custom band class and customized hardware, I can understand them skipping it completely.

You're in Alabama too, aren't you?

 

I'm thinking that will be the bell-ringer for me...Note 3 isn't tri-band...

Even though it may be a while before Tri-band hits bama, I'd rather be future-proof in a way.

 

I bought the GS3 when it first came out...and I have a problem now with the phone and I'm looking to upgrade so I don't have any down-time...

That Nexus looks nice too...my wife may get the G2 and I might wind up with the Nexus..

Nope, I'm in Michigan and a Note 2 user.  I'm very happy with my SvLTE device right now because of the CSFB issue on the Tri-band devices.  Lansing is a sea of Purple and I'm sure many issues for the new devices (however, most sites have new antennas/RRUs/cabinets/etc).  Hopefully Samsung can get their heads out of their backsides and at least get 3G (and SMR) running on all the local sites, then do LTE as backhaul allows.

I'm really stuck between LG G2 and the new Galaxy Note..but I'm leaning on the LG side of things....

I was thinking about going in today, but I'm not sure yet.

Note 3 is single band LTE, I'd avoid and get an N5/G2

Any Nexus 5 or LG G2 users in the Lansing area hit by the CSFB bug and not able to connect to LTE?  Lansing is a bay or purple pins in an ocean of yellow/green/red/aqua.

I don't think it is a Shentel issue. Yesterday while on smr (confirmed via engineering screens) I was talking with my wife with a strong -85 to -89 signal strength. After about a minute, I started getting odd audio. She could hear me fine, but I couldn't hear her. Half of every third word from her would come out, but she heard everything I said.

I don't get into SMR areas to test too often, but I had to airplane mode then picked up a regular PCS carrier and called my wife fine.

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Ugh....you are one of those guys who wants the longest E-penis.

But she said length didn't matter...

AJ being really f'n smart

 

AJ

That post needs to be added to the FAQ

Thanks, didn't notice that. It seems unlikely, though. How would the phone know a call is coming in if the phone radio is not on?

Qualcomm magic?

OctOS and TouchWiz didn't give me any problems. I did go back in and edit it on the Nexus 5 and it didn't improve.

When I was bouncing between TW and AOSP, I had to use "p" and "w" in TW, but in AOSP, I had to hit menu and insert pause or insert wait and that put in a "," or a ";"

TW heavily modifies Android from Google's vision.  Take one of those and remove your pauses and waits, recreate them from the AOSP dialer and see if it works and the difference in the entries.