Since I've started to use Xposed again, I'll share a few mods of mine (my other stuff is either too hacky or just novelties. Still the sources for all of them can be found in my GitHub repository). I only have a Galaxy S3, but its firmware is close enough with that of the Note II's, so odds are if they work for me on my S3 then they'll work for you, too. I'm actually not bothering to post in the Galaxy S3 section because Xposed doesn't really have much of a presence there
NFC LockScreenOff Enabler
Allows you to keep NFC enabled when the screen is turned off and/or a the lockscreen, in addition to, of course, when the screen is on and the phone unlocked.
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35988129&postcount=42
UsbStorageUnmountterBeGone
Only of use to those who use USB pendrives etc. with their phone, this will instantly release the UsbStorageUnmountter wakelock that comes into play when you unmount the USB device with the notification in your notification bar. Why? Well, it never actually gets released when the device is unmounted...
Source:
https://github.com/qwerty12/UsbStorageUnmountterBeGone
Received SMSes Sent Times in Details
NOTE: If you have no need at all to see the time when you received the message, then just set
CscFeature_Message_DisplaySmsTimeAs and be done with it. Otherwise...
This one appends the time when a received SMS was actually sent as opposed to when you got it to the message details box. It does not replace the time shown in the conversation view, however.
Source:
https://github.com/qwerty12/ReceivedSMSSentTimesInDetails