Verizon Galaxy Note 2 - What have you noticed about 4.3?

[sillyrabbitt123]

OMG wtF this is the biggest garbage update for me on 2 phones i just did. so sorry i didnt read up on it first. the phone is so laggy its not even funny. and i utterly cannot stand the notification bar at the top when on the home screen [the border is gone] it just blends in now and looks terrible. i seriously want my money back.

 

[1812dave]

at the top of my wallpaper the background is a medium blue. the notifications look fine over that. No lag here since 4.3 (and that's on TWO phones). I did the OTA, after first clearing the cache, on both phones. I did NOT do a factory reset.

 

[1812dave]

Re: What have you noticed about 4.3?

Just went 4,3 and checked foxfi.... Working fine on mine. Noticed Blocking Mode has been added in settings. Before update I had to use Quickshortcutmaker to access it.

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foxfi works on mine too, after accepting the certificate.

blocking mode enabled on 4.1.2 using quickshortcutmaker never worked properly. The issue was that you couldn't set up any custom callers...

 

[tony bag o donuts]

Anyone use nova and notice sometimes it defaults back to the stock launcher

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[808TBolt]

i'll go over this thread in detail this weekend before deciding to do the update to 4.3. i already postponed it twice...

 

[808TBolt]

Re: What have you noticed about 4.3?

I use Apex Launcher Pro and maybe that could explain my pleasure with 4.3.
My battery life is at least as good as 4.1.2 and I believe my battery lasts substantially longer.
No lags whatsoever.
I didn't do a factory reset but I do hold down my home button and close all apps before putting my phone away or back into my pocket.
No complaints with 4.3 from me.

as far as good battery life with your Apex launcher, are you using the "Power Saving" mode at all? or leaving that unchecked all day?

 

[stevenkisor1]

Re: What have you noticed about 4.3?

Have you done a factory reset?

I just did a factory reset, and it's like an entirely new device!

I was having multiple issues, from extremely laggy performance, wi-fi dropouts, sync issues with Google calendar (all my data would just randomly disappear), extreme delay when pressing power button, mostly everything that's been mentioned.
So I backed up as much data as I could, and took the plunge. And a refreshing plunge it was!
The phone now operates so much better and so much smoother! No lags whatsoever. I am still in the process of re-installing some apps, but from what I've got done so far it was worth it.

So bottom line, if you're unhappy with your Note II after the 4.3 upgrade, go ahead and bite the bullet, and do a factory reset. Make sure you back up your data first, 'cause it won't be there waiting for you.

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[craftEcowgirl]

Re: What have you noticed about 4.3?

I just did a factory reset, and it's like an entirely new device!

I was having multiple issues, from extremely laggy performance, wi-fi dropouts, sync issues with Google calendar (all my data would just randomly disappear), extreme delay when pressing power button, mostly everything that's been mentioned.
So I backed up as much data as I could, and took the plunge. And a refreshing plunge it was!
The phone now operates so much better and so much smoother! No lags whatsoever. I am still in the process of re-installing some apps, but from what I've got done so far it was worth it.

So bottom line, if you're unhappy with your Note II after the 4.3 upgrade, go ahead and bite the bullet, and do a factory reset. Make sure you back up your data first, 'cause it won't be there waiting for you.

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Thinking of doing this, but what is best method of backing up? And do I take out SD card before I perform backup, and just replace when phone starts back up again?

 

[stevenkisor1]

I did not remove the SD card, although while it was resetting I thought that I probably should have, just to be safe. But it doesn't read/write to the card when resetting, just flashes the internal ram, so my data was still there.
I moved all my pix to computer via USB, then went into app manager and moved what I could to the sd card (i.e. data from apps, such as Waze's addresses). Much of my data is cloud-based anyway, such as Contacts, calendar data, Mobisle Notes data, etc. So when you re-install the app ( and in the case of any Google app, it reinstalls itself anyway) your data will flow back into app.
What I did lose was my messaging (texting) conversations. Under settings, there is the option to back up your conversations, which I did. But after the reset, I went to "restore" conversations, but none could be found. It wasn't a big loss tho.

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[craftEcowgirl]

I read kies doesnt work woth verizon phones. And my computer will not copy the phone files for some reason. Just keeps saying configuring how long it will take to copy....

Will I get my apps back through google play?

 

[craftEcowgirl]

So I downloaded backup pro and after 1 min it quits and says backup pro has stopped working ?? Huh????

 

[craftEcowgirl]

So I downloaded backup pro and after 1 min it quits and says backup pro has stopped working ?? Huh????

Update, so data worked, but apps and media wont finish

 

[tony bag o donuts]

What about using helium backup? I lost some game data because this is the first device I refuse to root.

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[underdonk]

Not sure if this has been covered, but it's worth mentioning. I updated to 4.3 OTA and did NOT do a factory reset. I had no issues during the upgrade or after the upgrade. I then proceeded to move many apps to the SD card. Almost immediately, I started have the random freezes and lockups that I've seen others mention on various forums. I moved the apps back to internal storage and after a reboot the phone has gone back to working perfectly. Again, not sure if this has been addressed, but moving apps back to internal storage from the SD card seemed to resolve the lockups and freezes for me.

Hope this helps.

 

[Mamaluka]

I upgraded as well, kept my apps in internal memory and so far it's been great performance. Been at least two weeks.

 

[jlost]

Not sure if this has been covered, but it's worth mentioning. I updated to 4.3 OTA and did NOT do a factory reset. I had no issues during the upgrade or after the upgrade. I then proceeded to move many apps to the SD card. Almost immediately, I started have the random freezes and lockups that I've seen others mention on various forums. I moved the apps back to internal storage and after a reboot the phone has gone back to working perfectly. Again, not sure if this has been addressed, but moving apps back to internal storage from the SD card seemed to resolve the lockups and freezes for me.

Hope this helps.

I don't know what's going on with moving apps from internal to SD but for me that has not been an issue. I may just be lucky and have a top notch device. Did you restart the phone after you moved apps to SD card and cleared the cache for the entire phone? That's what I did just to be safe. So far, same as before I did the update, nearly flawless. (Knocks of wood)

 

[N2myN2]

Re: What have you noticed about 4.3?

as far as good battery life with your Apex launcher, are you using the "Power Saving" mode at all? or leaving that unchecked all day?

No, just the default settings.
Rob

 

[underdonk]

I don't know what's going on with moving apps from internal to SD but for me that has not been an issue. I may just be lucky and have a top notch device. Did you restart the phone after you moved apps to SD card and cleared the cache for the entire phone? That's what I did just to be safe. So far, same as before I did the update, nearly flawless. (Knocks of wood)

I did do a restart but didn't clear the cache. I did reseat the SD card and am using a high-quality and fast card, so no problems in that regard. I store all of my media on the SD card and have no trouble/slowness accessing it, so I don't think there's anything wrong with the card itself. Honestly, it's not that big of a deal for me as I'm not short on internal storage, just thought I'd give the new feature a try - figured the lesson learned in that regard may help someone else out.

 

[craftEcowgirl]

Ok, I finally got it to save backup. I did reboot and its tons better. Crisp and fast like it was before the 4.3 update.

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[jlost]

Ok, I finally got it to save backup. I did reboot and its tons better. Crisp and fast like it was before the 4.3 update.

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Nice. Glad your back on par.