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I think it's quite conclusive that my Galaxy Note causes a serious power drain simply when wifi is turned on. I have collected many graphs like this: From my observation, this has nothing to do with power consumed in actual data transmission. If it is it will even be more shocking. It...

David Pogue of the NYT says about CES 2012: "But the most heavily advertised tablet, if that

I don't know whether this is a generic 2.3.5 problem or a Note problem. When I create a POP account and set it to not delete mails from the server, it still deletes. And not only that, at the next sync, it finds the mail missing on the server and then proceed to delete the copy in the Note...

Every now and then, my Back and Menu keys would stop functioning. Everything else still functions normally. The only way to restore them is to power off and power on again. I am unable to pin point which applications I was using just before this happens. But it has happened even if I don't...

On the Galaxy S, there is an X when the list of words pop up and if none of the words are what I want or if I have swiped wrongly, pressing the X lets me start all over again in one key press. I can't find this on the Galaxy Note. If I have swiped wrongly I have to erased every letter. This...

In the course of using a Galaxy S for a year, I have dropped it about five times, from as high as waist height, to concrete floor. But the fall was usually broken by parts of my leg as I tried to deflect it to decrease its vertical velocity. The S was tough, and nothing bad happened to my...

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/heres-why-lenovos-new-android-5-incher-is-a-tablet/16492 ZDNet says the Lenovo's 5-inch phone is a tablet not a phone because it cannot be operated in one hand. I have tried using the Note with one hand on the occassions when my left hand is not free. I can...

I bought the Galaxy Note for its 1280x800 display. However, I am a bit disappointed that some apps have hardcoded font sizes and graphics and are not making proper use of the display. If an app just blows up its fonts and graphics accordingly to show the same quantity of information as a 800x480...

Brand new Note. Charged it fully for the first time. Played with it for 20 minutes. Installed only one app, Jewels. Unit was hot, thought it was the charging. Went to bed. Woke up six hours later, phone was hot! Battery has only 40% left. Checked and found Android OS used 92% of it. What could...

What are the real differences between the Galaxy R and the SII? My operator suddenly drops the price of the R by $100 without similarly reducing the price of the SII. The price difference used to be $50 so now it's $150. I see the different camera. And 8GB for R vs 16GB for SII. Anything...

One day, my Exchange mail account on my original Galaxy S 2.1 just disappeared. And I couldn't set it up again. So I upgraded to Froyo and tried setting up my mail account again. At the Checking incoming server settings... stage, it kept returning with "Setup could not finish" "Unable to...

After some hits and misses, I managed to get my Galaxy S connected to Kies and stay connected. It is shown as GT-I9000. Then under Firmware information, it says "Please update Samsung Kies to the latest version and then upgrade firmware. Current firmware version: PDA:JG4 / Phone:JG4 /...

Galaxy S 2.1-update1 2.6.29 root@SE0S604#2 ECLAIR.DXJG4 I connect my Windows PC to my Galaxy S. In My Computer, I could see my phone (just one folder and not one for each SD card), When I click it, it seems to be browsing through the internal SD card. I can see all the folders and...

Is there a way to mute the ring tone of an incoming call while I am deciding what to do with the call? This morning some idiot rang me at 0150h. I was fumbling to mute the tone before it woke up the whole house. But I could not find any option. In meetings, it is a nuisance if the ringing...

The Samsung Galaxy S/Android is a very nice phone. However, some basic features which are are used to have on basic cell phones for the last decade are missing from the original manufacturer: a. Alarm waking up, even if the phone is switched off. b. A stronger vibrator. c. A separate ring...