*** The Official Samsung Galaxy Note II Thread ***

[NVP]

They all seem to be between 32/34,000 rupees which is around £400 - but if I can haggle them down a bit I thought why not

Not sure if the Indian one will work in the UK though, any idea?

 

[mug2k]

They all seem to be between 32/34,000 rupees which is around £400 - but if I can haggle them down a bit I thought why not

Not sure if the Indian one will work in the UK though, any idea?

Should work fine aslong as it has GSM 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands.

 

[kona786]

They all seem to be between 32/34,000 rupees which is around £400 - but if I can haggle them down a bit I thought why not

Not sure if the Indian one will work in the UK though, any idea?

Just make sure the version is N7100/N7105 and you'll be fine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_II

variants
The Galaxy Note II is available in titanium gray and marble white. Other features, which vary as customized by carrier, include FM/TV tuner, charging pins, and dual-SIM card support.

[edit]Communication processor

The baseband chipset of GT-N7100 is Intel Wireless PMB9811X Gold Baseband processor.[19] The baseband chipset of SGH-T889, SHV-E250K, and SHV-E250S is Qualcomm Gobi MDM9215.[16][20][21] SHV-E250L has Qualcomm Gobi MDM9615M for the EVDO revision B connectivity.[22]
[
edit]Network connectivity
Most of the variants support GSM/GPRS/EDGE in the 850 Mhz, 900 Mhz, 1.9 Ghz, and 2.1 Ghz bands; and UMTS/HSPA+21 in 850 Mhz, 900 Mhz, 1.9 Ghz, and 2.1 Ghz.

[edit]AWS phones
SGH-T889 and SGH-T889V are AWS devices capable of transferring data over Advanced Wireless Services band (uplink 1.7 Ghz, downlink 2.1 Ghz) of the network carriers such as T-Mobile USA, Wind Mobile, Mobilicity and Vidéotron.

[edit]CDMA/EV-DO phones
SCH-R950, SHV-E250L, SCH-i605, and SCH-N719 are to connect to cdmaOne, CDMA 1xRTT, and EV-DO rev 0/A/B. these variants except SCH-R950, can connect to the GSM network as well.

[edit]TD-SCDMA phone
GT-N7108 is to support TD-SCDMA networks in the 1.9 Ghz and 2.0 Ghz bands, and connect to the GSM/GPRS/EDGE 1.9 Ghz band.[23]

[edit]Dual-cell HSPA phone
SGH-T889 is known to support dual-cell HSPA+ up to 42.2 Mbps.[16]

[edit]LTE phones
GT-N7105 is a LTE phone of the international version, that can connect to LTE band 3, 7, and 20 and has 42.2 Mbit/s DC-HSPA+.
SCH-i605 can connect to the LTE band 13, Verizon Wireless operates.
SCH-R950, SGH-i317[M], SGH-T889[V], SPH-L900, SC-02E(SGH-N025), and SHV-E250[K,L,S] can connect to the LTE bands of each locked carrier as well as the LTE bands of the other network operators as a roaming service.

 

[NVP]

Ah, sorted Cheers fella. Will let you know how "cheap" I can get it

 

[Kanpai]

Should be fine, got an S3 from Kenya last August for about £350 and it's been working just fine here in UK

 

[trentlad]

Anyway to lock the screen and allow a YouTube video to play just audio?

 

[trentlad]

Also, out of curiosity, is there much difference between the write speeds to the micro SD via phone vs card reader?

Wondering if it's worth ripping out my SD card every time I'm transferring large files.

 

[kona786]

Also, out of curiosity, is there much difference between the write speeds to the micro SD via phone vs card reader?

Wondering if it's worth ripping out my SD card every time I'm transferring large files.

You should get the Max 10MB/s via the phone which is what I get with a class 10 on my S3. You could always try and see if there were a difference.

 

[mug2k]

You should get the Max 10MB/s via the phone which is what I get with a class 10 on my S3. You could always try and see if there were a difference.

Can you use a USB otg ?, I have a 64GB usb3 stick and I think I'd just use that instead of getting a micro sd.

 

[kona786]

USB OTG is supported out the box yes.

 

[trentlad]

Thank you very much Kona! Great idea too mug2k.

I was using esFile explorer to play a 4.5GB movie from my PC but it wouldn't stream without pausing to buffer.

Very odd considering I own a fancy dual band Cisco E4500, I've even tried the 5 GHz channel.

 

[djcj]

Downloaded an ota update of about 110mb a few days ago. My phone has frozen/crashed about 10 times since. Never had a single problem before

 

[e36Adz]

Downloaded an ota update of about 110mb a few days ago. My phone has frozen/crashed about 10 times since. Never had a single problem before

When mine started to freeze/crash randomly, it ended up completely dying a few weeks later.

 

[mug2k]

Is the bad battery life on 4.1.2 affecting you guys ?, I just read about it on xda. I haven't got the phone yet so just wondering if I should stay on 4.1.1 ?.

 

[jamief]

Not affecting me. I do (and have always occasionally) get problems with the GPSD service staying active. A reboot solves it though, and it is no more prevalent under 4.1.2 than it was in previous versions.

 

[mug2k]

Is the stock browser on the note (4.1.2) basically the AOSP one with the quick controls and chrome bookmarks sync ?.

 

[Kanpai]

Are there any roms that have the same GUI as the cyanogenmod roms? I tried looking for CM10 for note II but can't find any?

 

[Robzere31]

Is the bad battery life on 4.1.2 affecting you guys ?, I just read about it on xda. I haven't got the phone yet so just wondering if I should stay on 4.1.1 ?.

I've noticed a large drop in battery life since installing 4.1.2
Something in the region of 6 - 10 hours.

Hopefully there will be a further release to sort this. Failing that, I'll be going back to 4.1.1

 

[Bradmax57]

I tired lots of different 4.1.2's before the UK BTU one was release, some wouldnt last a day with moderate use so I kept going back to 4.1.1 using odin. However since getting 4.1.2 via kies all seems good and I now get about 2 days out of my phone or at least a full day of heavy use.

 

[RedMogg]

Still after a recommendation for an in-car holder - ideally not windscreen mounted as my Galaxy's dash is very deep!