[Q] Getting my Bad boy today...

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Hey Guys and Gals,

Just bought a Note, will be arriving in the next couple of hours.

Just a couple of questions -

Im coming from a GSII that has been running a custom ICS rom and really really love the features ICS brings and how it looks. I would like to run ICS on my Note from the word go as I feel going back to GB would taint my experience.

(Q) Am I correct in assuming that if I flash a custom ICS rom on my Note that I wont be able to use the S Pen features???

If im correct with the first question, then I will not flash a ICS rom immediately as I want to experience the S Pen and all its features to see if its for me. But I will want to Root it.

(Q) If I root my device will I still be able to update to the official ICS (When released) via a Update Notification or will I have to flash in a differant way???


Thanks in advance, and I look forward to becoming a part of the XDA Galaxy Note Community....


Martin

Read this before you do anything!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1633938

Sent from my Beautiful, White GT-N7000 using xda premium

Originally Posted by extrememonkey

Hey Guys and Gals,

Just bought a Note, will be arriving in the next couple of hours.

Just a couple of questions -

Im coming from a GSII that has been running a custom ICS rom and really really love the features ICS brings and how it looks. I would like to run ICS on my Note from the word go as I feel going back to GB would taint my experience.

(Q) Am I correct in assuming that if I flash a custom ICS rom on my Note that I wont be able to use the S Pen features???

If im correct with the first question, then I will not flash a ICS rom immediately as I want to experience the S Pen and all its features to see if its for me. But I will want to Root it.

(Q) If I root my device will I still be able to update to the official ICS (When released) via a Update Notification or will I have to flash in a differant way???


Thanks in advance, and I look forward to becoming a part of the XDA Galaxy Note Community....


Martin

Lucky you Im selling my gs2 to buy the note hope its gunna be worth it, make sure you read the post above mine as there is a lot of people who have bricked there notes with ics leaks. if i was you i would stick with Gingerbread untill you have had it a while.

Enjoy your note

Originally Posted by GEX THE GECKO

Lucky you Im selling my gs2 to buy the note hope its gunna be worth it, make sure you read the post above mine as there is a lot of people who have bricked there notes with ics leaks. if i was you i would stick with Gingerbread untill you have had it a while.

Enjoy your note

you are quite right my friend, the GB on note for now is perfectly fine if wanna try out the new features.. even i recently upgraded from s2 running ics and to be honestly the first day i was missing ICS badly but gb on note is different than when i first got s2 year back.. i am just waiting for the premium suite from samsung with specific new features for note and havent really been keen to try the cooked ics roms since i am more than satisfied having the note for over 2 weeks.. but eventually its what you want to do with your device that is the freedom of android but do give the forums a read as upgrading to ics has given many new users problems.. otherwise just root your LC1 ++ 2.3.6 rom and fall in love with note all over again.. enjoy your new phone and dont forget to get screen protector and some sexy cases cheers

You wont be able to use the s-pen's features on an AOSP/AOPK build. The only safe ICS roms at the moment are the CM9 based ones so you won't get any of the Samsung specific functions of the s-pen if you flash those.

You could flash an ICS rom based on the leaked firmwares and then use the DAFUQ kernel which to my knowledge doesn't have the flaws that could mess up your eMMC chip but that kernel is in alpha or beta status so some (minor) problems are to be expected when using it.

My advice, stay on GB for the moment. If you want to root, look for the thread in the Developer's section with the pre-rooted kernels. Just flash one of those with PC Odin and you're rooted without the chance of triggering the triangle and binary counter so you still have warranty. If you choose the same pre-rooted kernel as the one you are running now you should be able to OTA/Kies update your phone to the official ICS firmware when it's released but you'll lose root obviously.

There are some very good custom firmwares and great alternative kernels for GB in the Dev section as well if you still wanna tweak your Note.

Originally Posted by krazman325

Read this before you do anything!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1633938

Sent from my Beautiful, White GT-N7000 using xda premium

i am agreeing with this person because it is very true do not flash ICS yet. not worth the hassel. GB with custom roms are fine...

i have had my note since november and i run checkrom v6 HD . works fine and flawless. no need to mess with leaked crap

Sorry abit new to all of this.

what is ICS and GB?

i just got my note today but of course i would love to root it but im told the new update will come soon so i might as well wait. i have been using the different launchers etc in the mean time. i just want to be able to get good icons and stuff, i cant remember how to do it all. lol

Originally Posted by islandmixed

Sorry abit new to all of this.

what is ICS and GB?

i just got my note today but of course i would love to root it but im told the new update will come soon so i might as well wait. i have been using the different launchers etc in the mean time. i just want to be able to get good icons and stuff, i cant remember how to do it all. lol

GB is Gingerbread, the current version of Android OS on the Note. ICS is Ice Cream Sandwich, the updated version that will be released by Samsung in the near future.

Most alternative launchers can be themed, look for themes for your launcher in the Play Store.

NO USE MID TEAM ROM...it supports s-pen features

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Originally Posted by anupambbatra

NO USE MID TEAM ROM...it supports s-pen features

Sent from my beautiful white SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE using xda premium

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1633938

Some people can wipe with affected kernels as often as they want without problems. Just because you didn't brick, DO NOT advise other users that they will be OK.