Galaxy Note 3 Indian Thread [Pricing, Availability, Reviews, Support and More] - Galaxy Note 3 Neo General

Hi Fellow Indians!
Welcome to the Indian Discussion Thread for Galaxy Note 3 Neo
PRICING COMAPRE: http://www.mysmartprice.com/single.php?mspid=3705&category=mobile
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SPECS: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note_3_neo-5961.php
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REVIEWS:
http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/samsung-galaxy-note-3-neo-hands-on-review-218590.html
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note_3_neo-review-1038.php
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IN NEWS:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/The-...ice-of-the-original-Note-3-in-Germany_id52907
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Note: Thread will be updated frequently for new OTA updates, root methods, et cetra.

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Awesome phone!!!
Just upgraded from Galaxy S2 to Note 3 Neo.....What an amazing phone!! Really hope we get some developer love soon ....hopefully someday one of the geniuses from XDA would be able to port the Note 3 Camera App for Note 3 Neo as well (no night, golf, surround, animation modes available in Note 3 Neo camera app)!
PS: I am not able to find the setting for changing the Screen Mode on Note 3 Neo. I tried searching for this setting, but when I click on the search result for Screen Mode, it takes me to the display settings, however the option is not available there, Did Samsung remove this??

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I just upgraded from Htc One to note 3 neo.I think with 2 days i am satisfied .but I hope for support and the new kit kat update.
regards

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root thanks chainfire
http://download.chainfire.eu/399/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hllte-hlltexx-smn7505.zip
regards

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Hi, does anyone know or can someone share info which countries will this device be released. Is it exclusive to India only like the Note 3 Duos (N9002)?
Thank you,

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eg6racer said:
Hi, does anyone know or can someone share info which countries will this device be released. Is it exclusive to India only like the Note 3 Duos (N9002)?
Thank you,
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m8 go to sammobile and you will see wich firmware are released .
We have poor support no custom recovery and rom.
regards

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lulisat said:
m8 go to sammobile and you will see wich firmware are released .
We have poor support no custom recovery and rom.
regards
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sorry what i meant was if this device was released in specific countries i.e. Singapore, HongKong.
the reason i asked is some samsung models are only released on some countries.
thank you

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eg6racer said:
sorry what i meant was if this device was released in specific countries i.e. Singapore, HongKong.
the reason i asked is some samsung models are only released on some countries.
thank you
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no m8 i think is global but not in us as i know
regards

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Hey guys. Today I read about the Note 3 Neo and how it has the same resolution screen as the Note II. Is the screen PenTile or does it have the same RGB layout as the Note II?
Thanks guys.

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I love this phone !
My note 3 neo satisfied my requirements, this is the best phone I ever had.
But there is one issue when tethering via wifi my phone gets too hot. Any one else got this issue.

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I'm using Note 3 and Note 3 Neo, the batteri life is better (20% more) with Neo and colors of the screen also, not the speed, but the price difference is a feature to evaluate the Neo.
Completely satisfied.
I suggest the Spigen Neo Hybrid cover, fantastic!

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fcasoli said:
I'm using Note 3 and Note 3 Neo, the batteri life is better (20% more) with Neo and colors of the screen also, not the speed, but the price difference is a feature to evaluate the Neo.
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I am pretty sure color gamut of Note 3 > Neo. Also battery is better because:
1) Neo has slower CPU
2) Neo handles lesser number of pixels
If money is an issue, I would rather get second-hand Note 3 because of developer support and better performance.

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In Italy the price difference is 70 euro, online you can buy the Neo with 340 €, not bad, less more than Note 2.
I love my Neo, I think in May Kit Kat will arrive and more developers support.
Galaxy Note 3

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angynagpal said:
Just upgraded from Galaxy S2 to Note 3 Neo.....What an amazing phone!! Really hope we get some developer love soon ....hopefully someday one of the geniuses from XDA would be able to port the Note 3 Camera App for Note 3 Neo as well (no night, golf, surround, animation modes available in Note 3 Neo camera app)!
PS: I am not able to find the setting for changing the Screen Mode on Note 3 Neo. I tried searching for this setting, but when I click on the search result for Screen Mode, it takes me to the display settings, however the option is not available there, Did Samsung remove this??
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Currently a Galaxy S2 user and placed an order for Note 3 Neo on TheMobilestore
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Any call rec app working in neo!
Hi , am using note 3 sm900 , want to get a new note 3 neo , can anyone here please confirm if any call recorder app working with neo , call recorder app is broken in original note 3 sm 900 after kitkat update , please help me and let me know if any call rec app supports neo sm 750
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kdskamal said:
I am pretty sure color gamut of Note 3 > Neo. Also battery is better because:
1) Neo has slower CPU
2) Neo handles lesser number of pixels
If money is an issue, I would rather get second-hand Note 3 because of developer support and better performance.
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I agree that there is a lot of support for note 3 exynos sm900 than the neo , but would like to ask is the speed difference really too much , after all hexa core has hmp using all 6 cores together , want to buy a new neo can any one confirm any call recording app working in neo, as far as rate is concerned , now there is a difference of about 10 k in neo and note 3 octa , I just feel neo makes a better choice of purchase cause samsung has included most of the features in neo

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Call recording
Pd1985 said:
Hi , am using note 3 sm900 , want to get a new note 3 neo , can anyone here please confirm if any call recorder app working with neo , call recorder app is broken in original note 3 sm 900 after kitkat update , please help me and let me know if any call rec app supports neo sm 750
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I agree that there is a lot of support for note 3 exynos sm900 than the neo , but would like to ask is the speed difference really too much , after all hexa core has hmp using all 6 cores together , want to buy a new neo can any one confirm any call recording app working in neo, as far as rate is concerned , now there is a difference of about 10 k in neo and note 3 octa , I just feel neo makes a better choice of purchase cause samsung has included most of the features in neo
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Call recording,
hi, i have N7505 (Exynos hexa) and first i rooted, debloated and installed Xposed and Wanam xposed module to make some tweaks to stock rom. My surprise that call recording feature was not available in Wanam Xposed module - probably due to some incompatibility or something.
But i had Titanium Backup of my apps from previous S4 (S600 version) - Wanam Xposed included. So on top of my normal instalation of Xposed, i tried to restore my Titanium backup and now call recording works just like that - but i still can not see the "enable call recording" feature available in W-Xposed - it is unticked and greyed out. But it works fine.
Exy-hexa has today 0 support (but thank you guys for root and recovery). I wanted to bring up call recording feature as a first step but when it worked for me this way.... I do not know if it will work on 4.4. which is not available yet for N7505 - but i am so happy with the device that i will probably not upgrade to 4.4. - anyway it wont get any extra super duper features.
So far i am happy with the speed+battery life+camera, i d say that S600 on my S4 that is still laying next to me is "creeping like a snail" and batt life is more than double of my S4-S600. I thing that Samsung can really make a good SoC and Snapdragons are just "benchmark hunters".
Only feature that i miss is "screen mode" - i like to set all my amoled devices to some not so oversaturated screen mode - but NEO misses this feature - but after some days i am also fine with it. CPU looks to be super fine with all of i throw in. Even my daily usage app (RDP app) is a bit snappier.
Display - yes 720p but everything looks sharp and it has nice whites, better whites than S4 and is brighter also on direct sunlight - brighter than S4.
Only concern is that CPU on stock kernel runs in "userspace" - 4xA7 constantly maxed out at 1,3ghz and 2xA15 stays on its min 800mhz - all 6 together, all the time when device idle. I saw some custom kernels from N3 where they replaced "userpace" with "ondemand" and gained some extra batt life with no power loss...but i dont know if ondemand can handle hmp this way as there is no hmp exynos device yet except this. If we had some experienced kernel builder here...I only tried to lower max frequencies from 1,3 to 1,1 and 1,0ghz - device still usable. I also tried to switch off 1 or 2 A7 cores and device really became sluggish. Only reason i wanted to try if i can get some extra juice out of it to keep reasonable speed of device. I thing there is no real need to run all 6 cores when i browse dialer, call or just read something on the screen - if device could park efectively some of its cores, batt life might be even better - but switching them off completely is not good.
Also NEO fits to my hands better than N3 - so at the end, it is good device and you might not to regret buing it. I got mine for 299EUR which is totally fair price. But i wouldnt pay 400 or more for it when initially released.

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Call rec note 3 neo
ianbbaa said:
Call recording,
hi, i have N7505 (Exynos hexa) and first i rooted, debloated and installed Xposed and Wanam xposed module to make some tweaks to stock rom. My surprise that call recording feature was not available in Wanam Xposed module - probably due to some incompatibility or something.
But i had Titanium Backup of my apps from previous S4 (S600 version) - Wanam Xposed included. So on top of my normal instalation of Xposed, i tried to restore my Titanium backup and now call recording works just like that - but i still can not see the "enable call recording" feature available in W-Xposed - it is unticked and greyed out. But it works fine.
Exy-hexa has today 0 support (but thank you guys for root and recovery). I wanted to bring up call recording feature as a first step but when it worked for me this way.... I do not know if it will work on 4.4. which is not available yet for N7505 - but i am so happy with the device that i will probably not upgrade to 4.4. - anyway it wont get any extra super duper features.
So far i am happy with the speed+battery life+camera, i d say that S600 on my S4 that is still laying next to me is "creeping like a snail" and batt life is more than double of my S4-S600. I thing that Samsung can really make a good SoC and Snapdragons are just "benchmark hunters".
Only feature that i miss is "screen mode" - i like to set all my amoled devices to some not so oversaturated screen mode - but NEO misses this feature - but after some days i am also fine with it. CPU looks to be super fine with all of i throw in. Even my daily usage app (RDP app) is a bit snappier.
Display - yes 720p but everything looks sharp and it has nice whites, better whites than S4 and is brighter also on direct sunlight - brighter than S4.
Only concern is that CPU on stock kernel runs in "userspace" - 4xA7 constantly maxed out at 1,3ghz and 2xA15 stays on its min 800mhz - all 6 together, all the time when device idle. I saw some custom kernels from N3 where they replaced "userpace" with "ondemand" and gained some extra batt life with no power loss...but i dont know if ondemand can handle hmp this way as there is no hmp exynos device yet except this. If we had some experienced kernel builder here...I only tried to lower max frequencies from 1,3 to 1,1 and 1,0ghz - device still usable. I also tried to switch off 1 or 2 A7 cores and device really became sluggish. Only reason i wanted to try if i can get some extra juice out of it to keep reasonable speed of device. I thing there is no real need to run all 6 cores when i browse dialer, call or just read something on the screen - if device could park efectively some of its cores, batt life might be even better - but switching them off completely is not good.
Also NEO fits to my hands better than N3 - so at the end, it is good device and you might not to regret buing it. I got mine for 299EUR which is totally fair price. But i wouldnt pay 400 or more for it when initially released.
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I do agree to all u say but I was looking for a way to use call recording app without rooting , so is there any app that would be able to record a call recording without root , in india only n750 3G model is available , and not 7505 model
It seems auto record does work with the note 3 octacore without rooting , just wanted to know if it works with note 3 neo too

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Pd1985 said:
I do agree to all u say but I was looking for a way to use call recording app without rooting , so is there any app that would be able to record a call recording without root , in india only n750 3G model is available , and not 7505 model
It seems auto record does work with the note 3 octacore without rooting , just wanted to know if it works with note 3 neo too
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OK, you didnt mentioned without root before...so can not comment on this.

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Just got my Note 3 Neo yesterday and it's amazing.As I've used a lot of Samsung devices a few things I miss is Color profiles for Display & FM radio ?

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Prize down in mumbai market... its Rs 29600/- now :laugh:
Any update when we get kk??