Comments on: Software Image for Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Available for Download

By: NB2A

NB2A — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:35:00 +0000

This file comes up as invalid. is there a working one somewhere else please?

By: XxStUnTiN2422xX

XxStUnTiN2422xX — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:40:00 +0000

Ewww don’t like the logo on vzw galaxy note 2

By: rocketpod23

rocketpod23 — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 04:57:00 +0000

First World Problems

By: Nicholassss

Nicholassss — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:14:00 +0000

I get 2.5 hours heavy use out of a Droid razr.

P.S. Just sold my s3 last night and preordered my note 2 today )

By: richiemoe

richiemoe — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:11:00 +0000

this might sound dumb, but what do i do with the file? is it used to re-image the phone once it has been rooted? or an addon? how do i load it onto the phone? and lastly, was this file released by samsung, or is it something someone created?
i’ve never rooted my phones as i didn’t want to mess them up, but i just saw a sweet video of the things you can do with the note 2 and think i want to now! lol
thanks,
-Rich

By: billy routh

billy routh — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:54:00 +0000

My cable box does.

By: bleeew

bleeew — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:37:00 +0000

Yarrel you troll on many different tech sites, and bash Verizon, and praise T-Mobile(You praise what ever carrier you are on).

By: raitchison

raitchison — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:56:00 +0000

My dad is getting one of these as his first smartphone, he’s been holding off for one with a bigger screen and the stylus is a bonus since touch screens don’t respond well to his fingers.

Hopefully it will be unlockable at some point, not that my dad is going to care one bit about running custom ROMs but I’d like to be able to keep him up to date after VZW has decided it’s no longer worth updating (it’s unlikely it will be updated past 4.2)

I really wish I could get my parents off of VZW but they are really well entrenched. The bill they pay every month is redonkulous.

By: raitchison

raitchison — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:51:00 +0000

Even if you pay full price for the phone (what is it on this one? $750?) you still have the same restrictions.

By: jd whitey150

jd whitey150 — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:36:00 +0000

yes BUT u see when u sign there contract u agree to there subsidized pricing because they technically own the phone until the 2 yr mark n that is why they can do what microsoft couldn’t!

By: Immolate

Immolate — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:57:00 +0000

Or maybe they just made a stupid marketing decision. Anyway, I heard it’ll come right off with a sugar cube. I’d like confirmation of that, but I figure someone will come up with a cure one way or the other.

By: Tim242

Tim242 — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:18:00 +0000

I’m with you on spying services. But, harmless disabled apps are harmless. If you aren’t OK with that, don’t buy phones that have them. What is much worse, is Google cramming bloat in the Maps app. They force 4 apps in 1 on me. Google has its own bloat that nobody ever seems to worry about. It is simple. Disable and forget, or don’t buy.

By: Randroid

Randroid — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:32:00 +0000

It doesn’t matter. They should not be able to put applications on your device that you can’t uninstall. If you bought a computer with pre-installed apps that you can’t remove, would you not complain? What about if they also locked it down so you couldn’t load a new Operating System? Or if you didn’t have admin privileges on your Windows computer?

These devices aren’t just phones anymore. They’re literally miniature computers. They shouldn’t be able to tell me what I MUST have installed on it. Especially after things like CarrierIQ.

By: Brian Walker

Brian Walker — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:16:00 +0000

That’s what the warranty terms are for. If you’ve unlocked your bootloader, there goes your warranty. It’s not a difficult concept, every carrier does it. It’s not like we’re saying they need to full on allow it, just stop blocking it.

By: Michael Singer

Michael Singer — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:39:00 +0000

I thought the first letter of the build was its build type… I.e. i= ics and j=jelly. And isn’t the note 2 launching with jelly?