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Has anyone found the Note 3 so bad that they have gone back to their old phone?

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marcjohnson

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Hi all, just interested in opinions.

My Note 3 is so annoying with regards to missing calls and poor signal that I'm considering going back to my Note 2 which is clearly better in that department.

Anyone else done this or are you hanging in there knowing your old phone was more reliable?
 
I am taking it back to the Carphone Warehouse today, enough is enough, I've even called myself with my landline, heard it ring in my ear than go to voicemail.

Has to be faulty.
 
I presume you've compared phones by using your SIM in another device, at the same location?

Stupid question I know, but it is worth asking. I suspect you have a dodgy device.
 
I bought mine out right, so I am stuck with it for that amount (and I sold the Note 2)....but if I had it to do over again, I would keep my Note 2. I know opinions vary, but personally I liked my Note 2 much better.
 
It would be interesting to break this survey down into two groups: one that left their N3 alone and use it pretty much stock from the carrier, and the other that rooted it, and fiddled with the TW and carrier software a bit. I'm in the pretty much stock group, and I couldn't be happier. Seems to me that carrier performance, and user-generated glitches, may have as much to do with problems as anything else --- and no, I don't work for Samsung.
 
2 weeks ago i sent my note 3 to samsung service centre day to get repaired the montherboard on my note 3 got replaced cause some times it restarted by it's self some times wen i was on the mobile it sounded like the person was far away from the mobile wen day was not it keeped getting hot now the wifi wont work some times it says password is wrong wen it is not if i put the wifi password in more then 6 times it disableds the wifi it is starting to restart again but not as much as before i wish i keeped my galaxy s3 it was a better mobile then the note 3
 
sammiller said:
2 weeks ago i sent my note 3 to samsung service centre day to get repaired the montherboard on my note 3 got replaced cause some times it restarted by it's self some times wen i was on the mobile it sounded like the person was far away from the mobile wen day was not it keeped getting hot now the wifi wont work some times it says password is wrong wen it is not if i put the wifi password in more then 6 times it disableds the wifi it is starting to restart again but not as much as before i wish i keeped my galaxy s3 it was a better mobile then the note 3
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separate sentences would help read and understand your post.

sounds like you have a bad phone.. and it was NOT fixed correctly.
send it back.. ask for a replacement.

good luck


I had a S3 before.. great phone.
Note3 is better in every way.
 
dan330 said:
separate sentences would help read and understand your post.

sounds like you have a bad phone.. and it was NOT fixed correctly.
send it back.. ask for a replacement.

good luck


I had a S3 before.. great phone.
Note3 is better in every way.
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i did go back to samsung service centre i told them 2 weeks ago i bring my note 3 to get repaired use change the montherboard but it did not fix my restart problem on the mobile it has a wifi problem now i want a replacement note 3 the girl told me we are not apple to replace the mobile if you want you can leave the mobile and we will look at the note 3 again
 
dynomot said:
I presume you've compared phones by using your SIM in another device, at the same location?

Stupid question I know, but it is worth asking. I suspect you have a dodgy device.
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Yeah, did that in 3 rooms with that LTE Discovery App.

Took it back today, it's been sent off for repair so fingers crossed it was just a dodgy one.

The difference in capturing signals was too extreme to leave it, the N2 switches between 4G, H+ and 3G effortlessly and doesn't lose signal, the N3 gets a weak 4G signal than goes straight to G and than loses signal, I have called myself and heard it ring than go straight to voicemail without the handset ringing, just seemed too poor quality for a top of the range handset.
 
RickSchlegel said:
It would be interesting to break this survey down into two groups: one that left their N3 alone and use it pretty much stock from the carrier, and the other that rooted it, and fiddled with the TW and carrier software a bit.
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Rooted, Safestrap, currently testing X-Note. (Wish it was a 64GB device so I could have a few more slots.)

I can't think of another phone that actually exists that I'd rather have. I can think of features I'd like to have, but I'd like my car to be able to fly over traffic jams too.

This is the 3rd Note 3. OTA bricked the first one. Storage went on the second one. This one works, update is frozen (at least until 4.4's been out and stable for a while, there's a way to root it, and there's a Safestrap for it).

It's a bit large for a shirt pocket, and dangerous for a pants pocket (I bend, it doesn't), but with my cataracts (soon to be corrected, I both dread and hope), I need the large screen.

Coverage is great where I am, wifi and BT work, there's just no way to get it to wirelessly mirror to a Vizio TV without adding something.

So - one muchly modified N3 and I love it. Oh, Nova launcher. Hate TW, always have.
 
My Note 3 is stock and I'm happy with it. No real issues.
I sort of did regret getting it at first as there were a couple of software things that I liked better on the Note 2 - I preferred S-Note, both the app and widget on the N2 to the N3 and there's a couple of software things which I preferred but, apart from that I am happy with the Note 3 and not had any real issues. Had a slight issue with charging the other week but, it hasnt been an issue since.
 
The only reason I'm even contemplating turning in My Note 3 is for a slightly slimmer device. My hand doesn't quite wrap around this behemoth properly. I read on the phone al ot so that's important to me. Nothing at all to do with the quality of the phone though, just the width.
 
I had a Note 2 for a couple of months before my Note 3. My wife still has the Note 2 for which I am the tech support. I love the 3 and would not go back. I hope they can find the physical problem with your unit. A working 3 should not give you the issues you describe.
 
marcjohnson said:
Hi all, just interested in opinions.

My Note 3 is so annoying with regards to missing calls and poor signal that I'm considering going back to my Note 2 which is clearly better in that department.

Anyone else done this or are you hanging in there knowing your old phone was more reliable?
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Maybe that's just your provider. I have NO problem with mine. Once upon a time I had a Galaxy S3 when it came out (US Cellular). Service was incredibly bad so I dumped them. The S3 was a good phone but doesn't mean anything if the service is crappy.
 
donas said:
I bought mine out right, so I am stuck with it for that amount (and I sold the Note 2)....but if I had it to do over again, I would keep my Note 2. I know opinions vary, but personally I liked my Note 2 much better.
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In your case maybe but I can tell you that all things being equal, the Note 3 runs circles around the 2.
 
Nope, in fact, one of the few phones I consider actually keeping for the duration of the contract (rather than selling / buy new one off-contract).
 
donas said:
I bought mine out right, so I am stuck with it for that amount (and I sold the Note 2)....but if I had it to do over again, I would keep my Note 2. I know opinions vary, but personally I liked my Note 2 much better.
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I'm in exactly the same situation as you. I don't use the S-Pen or multi-windows anyway, and didn't really notice much of a difference between the Note 2 and 3.

Now that 4.4.2 KitKat has been pushed onto my phone, I can't even use my external SD card without rooting and tripping the Knox flag. I'll be watching the other brands and will get away from Samsung altogether as soon as I can.
 
I had a original Note and got the Note3 on the day it was released and I am not sorry one bit. Best phone I have ever owned and I love Samsung devices. Many friends went to Samsung after seeing mine over the years. Many friends have had HTC, Motorola, and Apple and in comparison I would never swithc.
 
The only problem most will have with the Note 3 is the size. Its a phablet, not a phone and sometimes people forget that.
 
after 2 weeks.. it does not seem large any more... it look just right.

only time is when i am trying to text 1 handed.
i normally text with 2 hands.
 
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