Thanks for the suggestion Joe. I gave getting a third part app a thought (and that's what I'll probably end up doing) but things like this tends to bother me to no end. Why in the world doesn't my phone work the way it's supposed to?
Posted this in Jan and no reply huh? I'm new to android and find this out too with my Note 3 and, suffice it to say, I have the exact same problem. Were you able to figure out this little hick up? (If you don't mind my asking of course)