Forum: Competitors
2014-07-07, 22:02
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
wow! I stumbled back to the maemo forum for the 1st time in ages (looking to see if there was an openvpn server for n900) only to see my old SGN thread still going strong :-)
I still have my note...
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Forum: Competitors
2012-07-03, 22:53
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
1st thing to do is get cpu spy free from google play and better battery stats (small fee from google play or a free d/l from xda forum). They may well reveal that there is some process preventing...
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Forum: Competitors
2012-06-14, 20:46
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
sorry, saw this too late. I downloaded my firmware from www.sammobile.com (you need to register but its free).
BTW - root will stop OTA update from running. I managed to hide my root for the...
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Forum: Competitors
2012-06-13, 21:14
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
I got similar - hid my GB root with voodoo rootkeeper before doing OTA. The update d/l was fine but failed to apply correctly (crapped out midway leaving my GB install OK). Don't know why but I tried...
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Forum: Competitors
2012-04-03, 21:45
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
the native sound through speakers is very flat and lacking bass. Throuh supplied headphones it is the same. It is not unlistenable but it badly needs the help of a graphic equaliser to bring up the...
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Forum: Competitors
2012-04-01, 21:39
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
oh and also agree with E de B re. XDA - I've yet to receive any usefuk answer to anything I post there - have always ended up having to research and solve my own problems due to complete lack of...
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Forum: Competitors
2012-04-01, 21:34
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
for me, the 3 major weaknesses (leaving aside the o/s and focusing solely on day to day usage) are:
1) video out - the HDMI should be way better than the n900 but in practice just isn't - for me...
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Forum: Competitors
2012-03-07, 18:07
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
@mscion - great find on the overskreen browser! just installed it (my 1st paid app!!) & I'm loving it ... haven't found out how to make it launch in landscape and it won't seem to auto-rotate but...
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Forum: Competitors
2012-03-07, 12:13
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
I've posted a partial reply for you over at XDA-developers forum, but as I said there, I think this is probably a better place for you to get comparative views from others who have used the app's you...
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Forum: Competitors
2012-03-01, 08:21
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
I hadn't used GS for a while. Just tried and it doesn't give access to the full desktop site any more, it forces you down the mobile app route. However if you go to http://www.html5.grooveshark.com...
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Forum: Nokia N900
2011-12-13, 11:13
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,745
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Forum: Competitors
2011-12-11, 16:48
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
no idea (I am no expert, this is my 1st android phone!). Your best bet is to register with an android forum - I went to http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1346, their note sub-forum...
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Forum: Competitors
2011-12-10, 00:02
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
it has no LED's - jsut the 2 capacitive buttons either side of the physical home key. anything else you see that looks like a LED will be the front cam, proximity sensor etc.
I'm also missing my...
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Forum: Competitors
2011-12-09, 21:59
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
try opera or one of the other browsers like dolphin. The stock browser doesn't reflow well.
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Forum: Competitors
2011-12-07, 14:51
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
I dont have an 8x0 but I can say its possible to make reasonably clear/detailed notes and illustrations (see http://db.tt/OhkTLkxD) but if you plan to take copious notes on a 1 hour lecture it would...
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Forum: Competitors
2011-12-06, 14:34
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
have to agree that task switching with the note is slower than with Maemo, but it's as nothing compared to task LOSING :-(
I have a habit of leaving a browser session open for a while (often...
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Forum: Nokia N900
2011-12-01, 10:25
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,500
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Forum: Competitors
2011-11-28, 09:21
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
in the interests of fairness I must admit that an OTA upgrade at the weekend to 2.3.6 fixed the stock player. Somewhat quicker than N900 which IIRC didn't fix replay order until PR1.2.
EDIT #1 -...
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Forum: Competitors
2011-11-25, 10:54
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
from that linked review:
"The Samsung Galaxy Note uses the standard TouchWiz music player, which is pretty good news as we cannot think of a feature that it lacks."
err, except for the ability...
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Forum: Competitors
2011-11-25, 09:46
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
can't comment re. SGS2 comparison 'cos I've never used that phone. The sound from the note on speaker is mediocre (similar in max volume to n900, possibly slightly louder but not much, and feels...
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Forum: Nokia N900
2011-11-23, 15:18
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Replies: 43
Views: 23,366
Re: N900- No Sim Inserted Issue, again??????
FWIW, I've had the sim icon dissapear a couple of times on my phone, it started after I'd dissasembled the phone to fit a new LCD - I never comlpeted that because I stripped one of the P00 screws...
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Forum: Competitors
2011-11-18, 16:31
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
I got an MHL adaptor today: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005R5DCVW.
Video out over HDMI (through my AV receiver) to my flat screen looks really nice, but the test video I played (a rip of...
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Forum: Nokia N900
2011-11-17, 11:39
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,745
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Forum: Competitors
2011-11-16, 11:03
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
Skype performance (video call over my home LAN to a win7 laptop with video quality set to high) was really excellent. used about 15% CPU on the note for the video chat, so it was still very...
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Forum: Competitors
2011-11-15, 22:18
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Replies: 977
Views: 449,063
Re: Samsung Galaxy Note
No, I don't have a sip account. I have Skype but I haven't tried it yet other than for a quick call to the echo test service. Planning to try Skype video tomorrow.
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