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KITKAT Update

Hey guys,
I wanted to share my experience with my note 3( from India )
Its amazing phone. After using for about a month, Note 2 seems bulky and FAT
Note 3 looks stylish
Now about Kitkat update. I got it yesterday it was OTA update.
The battery backup has gone amazingly wild.
It used 50% battery overnight with wifi on, BUT now it spends on 20% WOOooooowwwwwww!
And in my normal usage battery went to about 15% till the evening, when after the update it is still about 60% left
I love the KITKAT, Overall Speed seems to have doubled in response.
Apps open in almost half the time.
Thats it.
Share your experience too

How come that you missed any of already active kitkat threads?

Kildemol said:
How come that you missed any of already active kitkat threads?
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Will that be helpful to anyone, what you have posted.

lsdhillon said:
Will that be helpful to anyone, what you have posted.
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I thought so
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

imagine what would happen if you would try a custom rom (xnote) and a custom kernel (civz)

Sounds cool! Note 3 is LTE, right?

Samantha022 said:
Sounds cool! Note 3 is LTE, right?
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Yes and no...
There are the 4G/LTE versions but there are also the 3G versions too...

Firmware Europe Netherlands N9005XXUEND3

Firmware update N9005XXUEND3, scource http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=28429. Released today.
Not realy noticed many changes, wifi is faster and more stable it seems to me.
Region: Europe.
Fast download link: http://fs2.filegir.com/nitrox2/N9005XXUEND3_N9005PHNEND1_PHN.zip, thanks @NitrogenX2
Mega downloadlink: https://mega.co.nz/#!udBEAagB!AaqeNtbsRM1uGbStEnqVWkS872NtHOHSy8kZruVdbnU, thanks @henklbr.
Happy easter to you all

From me, Sammobile is still down
Enviado desde mi iPad con Tapatalk

borimol said:
From me, Sammobile is still down
Enviado desde mi iPad con Tapatalk
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I`am downloading the rom now

gee2012 said:
Firmware update N9005XXUEND3, scource http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=28429. Released today.
Not realy noticed many changes, wifi is faster and more stable it seems to me.
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can you tell me about about battery and android os and android system battery usage?

persiansoftware said:
can you tell me about about battery and android os and android system battery usage?
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Have the update installed for half an hour now , can`t tell in such short time.

can you tell me what region this for. i saw yesterday there was one for UAE, so didn't donload.
sammobile site is down at the moment.
here is a mega link put on the other thread by HENKLBR
https://mega.co.nz/#!udBEAagB!AaqeNtbsRM1uGbStEnqVWkS872NtHOHSy8kZruVdbnU

alom5 said:
can you tell me what region this for. i saw yesterday there was one for UAE, so didn't donload.
sammobile site is down at the moment.
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Europe Netherlands PHN code.

Upgrade in progress

gee2012 said:
Firmware update N9005XXUEND3, scource http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=28429. Released today.
Not realy noticed many changes, wifi is faster and more stable it seems to me.
Region: Europe.
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There's already a thread about this:
Official kitkat for N9005
From message #1987

henklbr said:
There's already a thread about this:
Official kitkat for N9005
From message #1987
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Oke, missed that. Aah well, better two times then none Thanks Dutchie

gee2012 said:
Have the update installed for half an hour now , can`t tell in such short time.
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yes
if you test it, please tell me about changes and battery usage... many thanks

persiansoftware said:
yes
if you test it, please tell me about changes and battery usage... many thanks
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You can assume that upgrades are supposed to make things better so i`d upgrade if i we`re you, its mostly user settings and apps that destroy batterylife

hi dude...
direct link for 7 days
http://fs2.filegir.com/nitrox2/N9005XXUEND3_N9005PHNEND1_PHN.zip

NitrogenX2 said:
hi dude...
direct link for 7 days
http://fs2.filegir.com/nitrox2/N9005XXUEND3_N9005PHNEND1_PHN.zip
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Thanks, added to OP

gee2012 said:
Thanks, added to OP
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I think, this link, MegaNZ, is more "reliable"...:
https://mega.co.nz/#!udBEAagB!AaqeNtbsRM1uGbStEnqVWkS872NtHOHSy8kZruVdbnU

[Installed over UK BTU . All is good so far.
Another Link :
https://my.pcloud.com/#page=publink&code=XZWUEZ2J0A0JwK5RfSbFcC4RTaI4hVuXX7

Call recorder ok?
Tapatalk-kal küldve az én SM-N9005-el

gee2012 said:
You can assume that upgrades are supposed to make things better so i`d upgrade if i we`re you, its mostly user settings and apps that destroy batterylife
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That's what they said about KitKat, yet it introduced the Android OS, Android Kernel and Mediaserver battery drains... And the new SD permissions that is a nightmare for anyone without Root.... And a bootloader that made it impossible to roll back.
That's what they said about the S3 update last year that caused te device to freeze over 50 times a day (the SDSfix caused it).
That's what they said about several updates that were recalled because of fatal errors...
So pardon our reluctance to trust in that principle.

ShadowLea said:
That's what they said about KitKat, yet it introduced the Android OS, Android Kernel and Mediaserver battery drains... And the new SD permissions that is a nightmare for anyone without Root.... And a bootloader that made it impossible to roll back.
That's what they said about the S3 update last year that caused te device to freeze over 50 times a day (the SDSfix caused it).
That's what they said about several updates that were recalled because of fatal errors...
So pardon our reluctance to trust in that principle.
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Strange: I've NO battery-drains at all, even with Gear 2 connected and 25 notifications active! My battery-usage is between 0,5-1,5%/hr!
SD-permissions is NOT the fault of Samsung: you'll have to blame Google about that!
Developers of apps were in-time informed about this change, but if they don't update their apps!

henklbr said:
Strange: I've NO battery-drains at all, even with Gear 2 connected and 25 notifications active! My battery-usage is between 0,5-1,5%/hr!
SD-permissions is NOT the fault of Samsung: you'll have to blame Google about that!
Developers of apps were in-time informed about this change, but if they don't update their apps!
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That wasn't the point. They were introduced with the updates, regardless of who caused them.
I don't have the drain issues either, but there are more than enough people here who do to warrant it an issue. Idle mine drains 1% in 10 hours. (Also, what is the point of 25 notifications? You can't see past 8 without scrolling a massive way down... And they don't fit in the small bar, either... )
I know it was Google's doing. I have about 35 posts telling people exactly that. I never said it was Samsung's fault.
Most app devs are simply too lazy. (Particularly the ones in this country.. Have you seen the RTLnieuws app? Good grief... And the Skyradio app is a direct iOS port that can't even run in the background..) Take OfficeSuite. one of the largest, most popular and most expensive Office apps... And still no updates permission. They're blatantly ignoring it!

Battery drain on shield tablet 2015

I was experiencing a huge battery drain and some overheat with normal use with all the update,and also with the last.So i decided to do restore to factory data.Now,it seems that the problem persist.I don't now what to do...

Simonex16 said:
I was experiencing a huge battery drain and some overheat with normal use with all the update,and also with the last.So i decided to do restore to factory data.Now,it seems that the problem persist.I don't now what to do...
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They recall some tablets because they had wrong battery check for update in stting update and you will probably see instructions how to get new one for free

petal219 said:
They recall some tablets because they had wrong battery check for update in stting update and you will probably see instructions how to get new one for free
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The battery has B and not Y,so when i tap it the recall instruction doesn't appears.

This afternoon i leaved the tablet in standby with no connection and 80%.At 23 pm the tablet was a little warm and at 28%.In battery history appear a 4.30h of google usage.I think that "ok google" was the problem.Now i disabled it,lets see if something change...

Google app and assistant are heavy spyware! They listen and record 24/7.

Any update?

Simonex16 said:
I was experiencing a huge battery drain and some overheat with normal use with all the update,and also with the last.So i decided to do restore to factory data.Now,it seems that the problem persist.I don't now what to do...
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5.3 update is the culprit. Rollback to 5.2 update or wait for new release. Nvidia said new 5.4 with battery and other security fix will be released by the end of this month.

NGowtham said:
5.3 update is the culprit. Rollback to 5.2 update or wait for new release. Nvidia said new 5.4 with battery and other security fix will be released by the end of this month.
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Do you know when it exactly will be released?
Because I got the same problem and it is really frustrating, also trading security for battery life...
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crazyracer98 said:
Do you know when it exactly will be released?
Because I got the same problem and it is really frustrating, also trading security for battery life...
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Probably Mid February.
Read here:- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answ...d-tablet-security-updates-for-cpu-speculative

crazyracer98 said:
Do you know when it exactly will be released?
Because I got the same problem and it is really frustrating, also trading security for battery life...
Sent from my LG-H870 using Tapatalk
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NGowtham said:
Probably Mid February.
Read here:- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answ...d-tablet-security-updates-for-cpu-speculative
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5.4 is already relased as developer preview, no battery or heat fixes. Only security update

Has anyone else got the January update? Nobody's been talking about any changes...

I got this a couple of days ago but have seen no mention of it on this forum. It only seems like a security patch though.
EDIT: This was received in the UK

This too has been suspended.. Hope they'll b able to release a bug free os when they finally do..

neojith said:
This too has been suspended.. Hope they'll b able to release a bug free os when they finally do..
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So there will be no update in January?
Sent from my Mi A1 using Tapatalk

Even I was not getting the update then I used the opera VPN and selected my location as Germany and did a force update and got the Jan update

neojith said:
This too has been suspended.. Hope they'll b able to release a bug free os when they finally do..
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you mean the 89mb January update?

neojith said:
This too has been suspended.. Hope they'll b able to release a bug free os when they finally do..
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It hasn't been suspended.

NITRO_100 said:
It hasn't been suspended.
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But I didn't get the update. I'm still wondering what's the issue? [emoji849]
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xivay said:
But I didn't get the update. I'm still wondering what's the issue? [emoji849]
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I didn't either, but there are people that have got it today, so it's matter of patience.

NITRO_100 said:
I didn't either, but there are people that have got it today, so it's matter of patience.
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Are you from India?
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There is a thread about this update. Why do you people need to open 100 same threads over and over?

ГАСООП said:
There is a thread about this update. Why do you people need to open 100 same threads over and over?
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what moderators are doing? this gets too annoying. no one use search option.

spaha-bih said:
what moderators are doing? this gets too annoying. no one use search option.
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I have been saying that same thing for a long time.

If you are going to be snarky about an existing thread, you could at least post a link to it! This one came up on the search when I started to post a new topic suggesting it was similar to my question.
Here's the question I was going to post, but will post it here instead so there is "not open 100 same threads over and over". (since there was no link to the original post that was about this update and it didn't show up on the suggestions)
I received the first Oreo update on 03-Jan-18: Oreo 8.0.0, Security Patch level December 1, 2017
My understanding is that Xiaomi has started rolling out the second Oreo update that fixes a number of problems in the first release, but I have yet to get it. We own two A1's, and my wife's A1 has yet to get either Oreo update and mine has not received a January security patch or the latest Oreo update.
I'm just wondering if any of you who got the original Oreo update has received the latest one?
Regards,
--KB

Just received it, in India

Fingerprint is faster than before.

Androidman720 said:
Just received it, in India
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Thanks Androidman720. Does it show as a January security level? Maybe it will make its way to Thailand before the end of the month. I'm hoping so.
Regards,
--KB
EDIT: Right after I posted this, it arrived on my phone! Now I just have to decide if I really want to apply it. With all the issues reported, I am not sure. The first update seems to work well for me: no camera lag to speak of (1 sec), notifications work properly as far as I can tell, etc. The only downside is a 'quieter' audio output, so not sure about rolling the dice and applying the upgrade. Will wait a few days to see what others experience.
EDIT 2:
I went ahead and did the update. Sound seems to have changed again. I went into my music app and changed the EQ to Flat and the sound was much better. I did not hear any hissing, even with classical music, but old ears may be the issue there. I don't use BT unless needed, so cannot address that issue. So far, notifications and icons all seem to work as they should. Camera app is unchanged at ~1 second from press of camera icon to ready. Fingerprint reader seems to have gotten faster, though it was no slouch (compared to my iPad) before. So far, battery usage is what I consider normal, but I don't use the phone for a lot of high drain things like watching videos or playing games. My battery easily lasts 2 to 3 days and is what I consider normal. If this changes with the new update, I will update this post.

Received Global Update 8.12.0

Just received it. The only major changes are the October security patch and a supposed fix for whatsapp notifications (I hope it works for all notifications).

Same here receive yesterday patch and curious about notification delay... Everytime I switch network I receive 1000 notifications in one shoot, it's.boring....

My notifications issue got resolved after the update.
PD1805F_EX_A_8.70.5

PD1805F_EX_A_8.70.5 ????
Where u got this update ???? We are in this version globally : PD1805F_EX_A_8.12.0
International version ?

Yeah! international version
Indian, to be specific.

Maybe I need to wait... U upgrade when ??

Maybe 14th or 15th of November.

iamkkr said:
Maybe 14th or 15th of November.
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Ok i i will wait and see... Thx for your feedback anyway !

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Notifications issue got resolved but battery drain issue is back.
Sometimes it is behaving normally but sometimes it is draining very fast.
Yesterday my phone went from 15% to 1% within 2mins, while i was just using whatsapp with no background apps running.
Battery is draining faster than before.

No update here actually PD1805F_EX_A_8.12.0 is last update available for my NEX...
But when u loose 14% in 2 minutes... howto say... i'm not excited...
Did u full charge cycle 3/5 times after update, u don't activate extra feature like visual notifications eye candy feature who drain battery for nothing ?

lesscro said:
No update here actually PD1805F_EX_A_8.12.0 is last update available for my NEX...
But when u loose 14% in 2 minutes... howto say... i'm not excited...
Did u full charge cycle 3/5 times after update, u don't activate extra feature like visual notifications eye candy feature who drain battery for nothing ?
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Yes, i did that full charge cycle.....its been more than a month now....
I don't use any eye candy features.... I use my phone as plain as possible....

Very strange... U try to reinstall firmware update ? Sometimes it can help or like all the time, we need to wait update !

iamkkr said:
Yes, i did that full charge cycle.....its been more than a month now....
I don't use any eye candy features.... I use my phone as plain as possible....
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No, i haven't done that.....
This sudden battery drop is a random phenomenon..... Doesn't happen ever time.... But yes, overall battery backup has reduced markably.

lesscro said:
Very strange... U try to reinstall firmware update ? Sometimes it can help or like all the time, we need to wait update !
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No, i haven't done that.....
This sudden battery drop is a random phenomenon..... Doesn't happen ever time.... But yes, overall battery backup has reduced markably.

Ok i receive 8.12.1 today...
I will give some feedback after some test.

lesscro said:
Ok i receive 8.12.1 today...
I will give some feedback after some test.
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I received 8.70.7 today....
Will give feedback soon....

I have trouble with GPS but notification is ok. Battery life is less day friendly here, i confirm this.

lesscro said:
I have trouble with GPS but notification is ok. Battery life is less day friendly here, i confirm this.
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I've been using 8.12.1 for the past few days and battery life seems ok for me.

I received 8.70.8 update two days ago and my network connection keeps failing, sometimes several times in a minute. Almost unusable at this point.