With all the hype surrounding Samsung’s Galaxy Note II, it’s sometimes easy to forget the original. Samsung hasn’t given up on the device yet, as a new build of the official Jelly Bean 4.1.2 test firmware for the original phablet has leaked. There is a caveat however, as this update is only for the international variant of the Galaxy Note. Flashing… Read more
The International Galaxy Note N7000 needs a different kernel for TouchWiz and AOSP ROMs. Meaning if you’re going to switch between the two, you’ll need to keep around two different versions of your favorite kernel (if the developer supports two different versions). Not a big inconvenience, but it could be easier. Now it is. The developer g.lewarne… Read more
It looks like they’ve found another thing that could be triggering the infamous eMMC brick bug. Apparently temporary CWM.zip contains the code necessary to cause a brick. These temporary zips are used to root the Note, when there is no custom kernel present. They should not be used for any reason, they can brick your phone. The recoveries in most… Read more
There has been a brick bug going around some Samsung phones that you should be aware of. Many Exynos-based Samsung phones (international I9100, Sprint D710, AT&T I777, Note N7000) were shipped with a vulnerable flash storage controller firmware. If improperly called on, some partitions of the storage chip would lock up and will be unable to be used…. Read more
The international Galaxy Note is on a big sale on eBay Daily Deals today. The massive phone is only $459 with free shipping. Considering the (LTE model) phone launched on AT&T for $300 on contract, this is a very cheap off contract price. You also get the benefits of having the infinitely better 1.4 GHz Exynos processor (over the LTE versions… Read more
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