Making the leap...

[mumfoau]

Good morning! After work today I'm slated to swap a guy my iPhone 5 for a note II. I just have a couple questions for the community.

1. Are group messages fixed in the stock messaging app?

2. Can you view emoji without using a messaging app that's not the stock app?

 

[Haalcyon]

I'm not sure if Samsung has fixed those things in TouchWiz but I believe a contemporary ROM could resolve them. CM or Slim will also bring your device up to 4.3.

 

[mumfoau]

Loving this Note II thus far! Saw an iPhone commercial this evening and didn't even flinch!

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[Haalcyon]

Loving this Note II thus far! Saw an iPhone commercial this evening and didn't even flinch!

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Its a very nice and solid phone. You should be happy with it.

Optimus G Pro

 

[mumfoau]

Its a very nice and solid phone. You should be happy with it.

Optimus G Pro

It's definitely solid! Thing weighs a ton! Lol

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[Robin Hebert]

I really like it. Glad I didn't get the 5s.

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[Haalcyon]

I really like it. Glad I didn't get the 5s.

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I bet you are. Nice usable screen vs. very small with seriously limited relative customization options (yet easily wieldable).

g2 cm10.2

 

[mumfoau]

I bet you are. Nice usable screen vs. very small with seriously limited relative customization options (yet easily wieldable).

g2 cm10.2

Are you using cm10.2 on the note 2? if so, how do you like it?

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[sMt73]

A good group messaging app, one I have installed on ALL my devices is Textra. Fast, Lightweight, clean and simple. I had issues with the stock messaging app, so I switched to Textra.

 

[Haalcyon]

No...I'm using it on the G2 and Optimus G Pro. I like it a lot on both.

g2 cm10.2

 

[mumfoau]

Is it safe to say that if when you're viewing your battery status, if your awake bar pretty much matches your screen on bar then the life you get is gonna be based solely on YOUR usage and nothing operating in the background i.e. a wakelock situation?

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[Trees]

Good morning! After work today I'm slated to swap a guy my iPhone 5 for a note II. I just have a couple questions for the community.

1. Are group messages fixed in the stock messaging app?

2. Can you view emoji without using a messaging app that's not the stock app?

For #1, group messages works well for me in the stock messages app. Can carry on a group conversation with family members on Android and iPhone.

For #2, yes the stock default messaging app has "Insert Smiley" feature that's accessed from the apps menu button.

Verizon has a decent Messaging app that also supports group messaging. Used it on my S3 before the stock TouchWiz messaging app was updated for proper group messaging support.

 

[Trees]

For MUMFOAU, just wanted to add on a few observations to your other questions in case this is new information for you

If you go the CM ROM route, then the S-Pen and other TouchWiz features like Multi-Window won't be there. From my S3 days, believe that some of the ASOP based ROMs didn't support functional group messaging. Can be solved with an app, but something to note.

For battery usage details, the stock Battery app does provide a good depth of info for which app or process(es) are consuming resources. You can drill down to some degree in the stock app, or go with a more advanced battery management app to dig into wake lock level details.

 

[mumfoau]

For MUMFOAU, just wanted to add on a few observations to your other questions in case this is new information for you

If you go the CM ROM route, then the S-Pen and other TouchWiz features like Multi-Window won't be there. From my S3 days, believe that some of the ASOP based ROMs didn't support functional group messaging. Can be solved with an app, but something to note.

For battery usage details, the stock Battery app does provide a good depth of info for which app or process(es) are consuming resources. You can drill down to some degree in the stock app, or go with a more advanced battery management app to dig into wake lock level details.

Thanks for the info! I'm thinking the stock battery app will suffice for my needs! Was concerned yesterday as I unplugged at around 9am and by noon I was at 49%. I charged up to 100% before leaving work and from that charge till this morning I was at about 18 hours of on time and about 3.5 hours of screen time!

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[mumfoau]

Each time I leave Android and return I come back more informed. This time around I'm now understanding that there are enough tools on board, without root or downloaded app, that will give you a PRETTY GOOD idea of what may be the culprit in bad battery life. For example....in Settings > Data Usage I see that Play Store is using about half of the data I've used since getting this device on Thursday. Of what it's used, 80% of that has been in the background. So, I've now restricted Play Store background data to Wi-Fi. All this determined using on-board tools.

 

[suav257]

Stock messaging works just fine I have a note 2 coming from years of iPhone I have not 1 regret. I'm running a custom rom with note 3 features so my note 2 is now a note 3

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[mumfoau]

Stock messaging works just fine I have a note 2 coming from years of iPhone I have not 1 regret. I'm running a custom rom with note 3 features so my note 2 is now a note 3

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Still not able to get any consistency out of the stock messaging app for group messaging...

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