Samsung Galaxy Note: 5.3", 1200x800 SuperAMOLED, S-PEN stylus, 2500mAh attery... *phew*

The brickbug is caused by performing a factory reset. Installing some custom ROMs or restoring nandroid backups performs a factory reset and thus may also brick the device. It should be said the probability of this happening is pretty low but the problem is real and you should be careful. There are quite a few workarounds now to make things pretty safe, such as modified kernels and recoveries.

If you want to move from a rooted stock firmware to a newer stock firmware and maintain root then mobile odin with 'everroot' ticked is the best option. This should be pretty safe as no factory reset is performed.
 
Grrrrr said:
If you want to move from a rooted stock firmware to a newer stock firmware and maintain root then mobile odin with 'everroot' ticked is the best option. This should be pretty safe as no factory reset is performed.
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Excellent. I remember I used mobile odin to update to ICS the first time with everroot ticked and it was plain sailing. Will try that method again. Is the rom I listed above the latest official ICS rom?
 
If you're feeling adventurous try installing the franco kernel after you've updated.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1491428

I've not used it personally but it seems to be the kernel of choice for Samsung based firmwares. I believe it has a patch that should avoid the brick bug. It will also have a number of other tweaks to speed up the device and you'll be able to overclock with it. This is an overclocking forum after all! :D

EDIT\\ I've just noticed this is for LPY based firmware, not LQ2. Might be best to give it a miss then
 
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Installed ICS last week on my Note (o2 but unbranded as far as I can tell). So far, battery life is shocking. If my phone's fully charged when I leave work at 5:30pm, the phone is totally dead by 5am the next morning, so a lot of the drain is while it's on standby.

Before ICS the screen was listed as by far the major battery drain, as expected. After, it's now showing "Android system" as the major drain and "Android core apps" as the second.

Must be something running in the background. I've uninstalled Delayed Lock as it's the only background-type app I can recall installing. Shame, as I hate the Android "you have to PIN/Pattern unlock every time you turn on" setup.
 
CGrieves said:
Installed ICS last week on my Note (o2 but unbranded as far as I can tell). So far, battery life is shocking. If my phone's fully charged when I leave work at 5:30pm, the phone is totally dead by 5am the next morning, so a lot of the drain is while it's on standby.

Before ICS the screen was listed as by far the major battery drain, as expected. After, it's now showing "Android system" as the major drain and "Android core apps" as the second.

Must be something running in the background. I've uninstalled Delayed Lock as it's the only background-type app I can recall installing. Shame, as I hate the Android "you have to PIN/Pattern unlock every time you turn on" setup.
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Get yourself betterbatterystats and post screen shots - It's highly likely your phone is not sleeping correctly.

betterbatterystats free here @ end of 2nd post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
 
kona786 said:
Get yourself betterbatterystats and post screen shots - It's highly likely your phone is not sleeping correctly.

betterbatterystats free here @ end of 2nd post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
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Superb, much appreciated, will give it a shot!

Early indications are that Delayed Lock was the culprit- so far six hours off charge and battery at 90%.

I do find it somewhat amusing that at 60% charge, the little green battery icon is nearly "full"!
 
Battery life on day 1 seems reasonable so far. Will continue testing over the next few days but CPUSpy was showing some cpu activity overnight, will post screenshots later.

LPT / LQ2 definitely seems to have slight improvements over the previous version I was on, it just seems to have ironed out some small niggles. Happy with the update so far.

I've also set the CPU @ 1.6ghz and GPU @ 400mhz, that should help battery life(!) :P
 
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This was the reading in CPUSpy this morning, after phone was in standby overnight. I would have expected more like ~95% in deep sleep.
 
Thanks to tvcatchup I'm watching both games, England on tv and France on my Note, image is perfect.

I wouldn't be able to do that with a carp low data deal yet Giffgaff gives me unlimited data with my tenner payg, why would anyone get a hd smart phone and not get unlimited data when 3 and Giffgaff are the cheapest providers anyway?????:confused::confused::confused:
 
simonholden said:
Will my note come with pre installed ics when I collect it on Friday?
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Most probably not. My cousin recently purchased a brand new Note which had installed an older version of android but as soon as he put his sim in and turned it on, it notified him that an update is available. It updates to the latest UK stock ICS rom (LQ2) which I just installed myself yesterday.
 
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