iPhone 5 vs Note 2...help me keep the Note - Page 3

jeepik · Apr 22, 2013, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by bmac4

You should be having no issues with sending videos in a group message on the note 2. I have it and never had that issue. What version of android are you running? I send videos and pictures all the time to multiple people. Let me know if you need help.

Sure..my note had 4.1.2 when i had it.. I would like to use the camera app to take a good quality 1 minute video and send an mms via the stock sms app without the video looking like a pixelated piece of....

bmac4 · Apr 22, 2013, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jeepik

Sure..my note had 4.1.2 when i had it.. I would like to use the camera app to take a good quality 1 minute video and send an mms via the stock sms app without the video looking like a pixelated piece of....

Ok so are you having issues with the video looking like crap? Not that you can't send mms to multiple people?

jeepik · Apr 22, 2013, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by bmac4

Ok so are you having issues with the video looking like crap? Not that you can't send mms to multiple people?

Its a combined issue

Im not having it..its just how android is

Ask someone with an iphone to send you a group and see how it comes in on your phone and especially if everyone on that group replies

For instance my wife sends a group message from her iphone to myself and both of my parents who have iphones

Everyone on the iphone gets it as a group message...while i recieve 3 different threads with random replies..whoch one do i post a video to?? Who knows

bmac4 · Apr 22, 2013, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jeepik

Its a combined issue

Im not having it..its just how android is

Ask someone with an iphone to send you a group and see how it comes in on your phone and especially if everyone on that group replies

For instance my wife sends a group message from her iphone to myself and both of my parents who have iphones

Everyone on the iphone gets it as a group message...while i recieve 3 different threads with random replies..whoch one do i post a video to?? Who knows

What carrier are you on?

spinedoc77 · Apr 22, 2013, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jeepik

Its a combined issue

Im not having it..its just how android is

Ask someone with an iphone to send you a group and see how it comes in on your phone and especially if everyone on that group replies

For instance my wife sends a group message from her iphone to myself and both of my parents who have iphones

Everyone on the iphone gets it as a group message...while i recieve 3 different threads with random replies..whoch one do i post a video to?? Who knows

Group messaging on the note 2 sucks, in particular receiving them. 4.2 supposedly fixes this, but I have no experience with that and who knows how long until Samsung gets it. I've been using Handcent messaging with decent results, but Handcent is far from optimal and has its own annoying quirks.

Does anyone know if there is a messaging APK floating around from 4.2 which can be applied to a rooted note 2? I'm on ATT.

Tinmania · Apr 22, 2013, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sbddude

For email try touchdown app

For sharing videos, theres many ways: dropbox, email, Facebook messenger, etc.

Facebook messenger doesn't do video.

Michael

aerok · Apr 22, 2013, 05:51 PM

I'm not too fond of my Note II, the screen and the size kinda turns me off but there are no other equivalents when it comes to battery life and performance so I'm stuck with mine lol

My ideal device would a 4.3in phone (iOS or Android) with rounded edge (I really hate the sharp edges of the iPhone 4/4s/5) with an equal battery life of the one on the Note II. I don't really care if it's plastic or metal as right now, I find the HTC One X to have the best contruction ever followed by the original HTC Nexus One. The One X would have been perfect for me but the battery life really sucked.

mattopotamus · Apr 23, 2013, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by spinedoc77

Group messaging on the note 2 sucks, in particular receiving them. 4.2 supposedly fixes this, but I have no experience with that and who knows how long until Samsung gets it. I've been using Handcent messaging with decent results, but Handcent is far from optimal and has its own annoying quirks.

Does anyone know if there is a messaging APK floating around from 4.2 which can be applied to a rooted note 2? I'm on ATT.

4.2 does indeed fix the issue of group messaging.

Internaut · Apr 23, 2013, 08:39 AM

As I've noted before, Apple gets a lot of the grown up things just right. I connect my Samsung Galaxy S3 to my work account (Exchange 2010) and it is just about good enough for my needs, but has the occasional glitch compared to the previously flawless Apple experience.

gpat · Apr 24, 2013, 02:30 AM

If you have to think too hard about reasons to buy something, you probably shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

spinedoc77 · Apr 24, 2013, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by mattopotamus

4.2 does indeed fix the issue of group messaging.

Nice, I'll have to do a search if there is a messaging APK floating around that I can hack onto my Note 2.

aneftp · Apr 24, 2013, 03:52 PM

Just sold my Note 2. Just a little too big for me. It's fast. Does everything a phone needs to do.

Kept iPhone 5.

But I go through cell phones like water. Will check out the GS S4 when it comes out. Will try to pick on used after a month on Craigslist.

Markyboy81 · Apr 24, 2013, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jeepik

Sure..my note had 4.1.2 when i had it.. I would like to use the camera app to take a good quality 1 minute video and send an mms via the stock sms app without the video looking like a pixelated piece of....

How is a 1 minute video sent over mms (which AFAIK has a limit of 300kb) going to look anything but a pixilated piece of.....

jeepik · Apr 24, 2013, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Markyboy81

How is a 1 minute video sent over mms (which AFAIK has a limit of 300kb) going to look anything but a pixilated piece of.....

On the iphone it looks amazing..even when sent from an iphone to an android

Like i said apple did a great job of figuring this out

Google is totally ignoring this issue as of right now

Markyboy81 · Apr 24, 2013, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jeepik

On the iphone it looks amazing..even when sent from an iphone to an android

Like i said apple did a great job of figuring this out

Google is totally ignoring this issue as of right now

Fair enough, just didn't think it was possible that's all. There are apps on android that offer various levels of compression also.

Tinmania · Apr 24, 2013, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jeepik

On the iphone it looks amazing..even when sent from an iphone to an android

Like i said apple did a great job of figuring this out

Google is totally ignoring this issue as of right now

You have got to be kidding. No, Apple didn't figure out how to magically make a pixelated crap MMS video look "amazing" when sent to any device that doesn't have iMessage. It still looks like crap and there is not a thing Apple can do about that.

As far as Google "totally ignoring this issue" that is not true either. Google Babel.

Michael

jeepik · Apr 24, 2013, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Tinmania

You have got to be kidding. No, Apple didn't figure out how to magically make a pixelated crap MMS video look "amazing" when sent to any device that doesn't have iMessage. It still looks like crap and there is not a thing Apple can do about that.

As far as Google "totally ignoring this issue" that is not true either. Google Babel.

Michael

I just sent a video from my wife's iphone to my note 2 ..it looks great..what's next?

Tinmania · Apr 24, 2013, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jeepik

I just sent a video from my wife's iphone to my note 2 ..it looks great..what's next?

Um, have your eyes checked?

Apple. Cannot. Change. MMS.

All iMessage can do with a non-iMessage destination is revert to MMS, including its inherent limitations. No way around that.

Michael

jeepik · Apr 24, 2013, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Tinmania

Um, have your eyes checked?

Apple. Cannot. Change. MMS.

All iMessage can do with a non-iMessage destination is revert to MMS, including its inherent limitations. No way around that.

Michael

20/20 here brother..thanks for your concern

Tinmania · Apr 24, 2013, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jeepik

20/20 here brother..thanks for your concern

No concern for your eyes. Just don't like misinformation.

Michael

bmac4 · Apr 24, 2013, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tinmania

No concern for your eyes. Just don't like misinformation.

Michael

I am really not sure why he kept the note 2. I tried to help him out the other day, and all he wanted to do was complain about the MMS tell me how much better imessage and iPhone were at it. I just had to move along.

jeepik · Apr 24, 2013, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bmac4

I am really not sure why he kept the note 2. I tried to help him out the other day, and all he wanted to do was complain about the MMS tell me how much better imessage and iPhone were at it. I just had to move along.

I kept it because i can

I use it for some things and i use the iphone for others

bmac4 · Apr 24, 2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jeepik

I kept it because i can

I use it for some things and i use the iphone for others

You kept it because you can. OK well you just cleared every thing up for me.

taedouni · Apr 25, 2013, 01:30 AM

The Note 2 is a beast. It's one hell of a phone if you root and flash a great ROM. The best thing about it is that people are constantly tinkering with the device to their likings. It's a challenge to actually kill the battery life. The screen is perfect for watching videos and playing games.

The downfall is that the Android ecosystem (Apps etc) are inferior than iOS. That's the main reason why I went back to the iPhone 5. Plus having an android phone does more harm to me. I've never been diagnosed with ADD but I'm sure I am. And tinkering with the Note 2 sure does consume a lot of my time. Especially with all the clean flashes and optimizations.

I haven't messed with my iPhone 5 ever since I jailbroke and installed the tweaks that I wanted. Occasionally I'll see a new tweak but there's no flashing involved. Just a quick respring.

Apr 22, 2013, 05:51 PM	#57
aerok macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2011	I'm not too fond of my Note II, the screen and the size kinda turns me off but there are no other equivalents when it comes to battery life and performance so I'm stuck with mine lol My ideal device would a 4.3in phone (iOS or Android) with rounded edge (I really hate the sharp edges of the iPhone 4/4s/5) with an equal battery life of the one on the Note II. I don't really care if it's plastic or metal as right now, I find the HTC One X to have the best contruction ever followed by the original HTC Nexus One. The One X would have been perfect for me but the battery life really sucked. __________________ Kangmlee Photography Facebook Page Flickr #kangmlee
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gpat macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Italy	If you have to think too hard about reasons to buy something, you probably shouldn't be doing it in the first place. __________________ 13" MBP 2011, Galaxy Note 2 (oh noes i automatically become an apple hater) (Sorry for bad english, not my mother tongue!)
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Internaut macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: All over the place but mostly Somewhere in England	As I've noted before, Apple gets a lot of the grown up things just right. I connect my Samsung Galaxy S3 to my work account (Exchange 2010) and it is just about good enough for my needs, but has the occasional glitch compared to the previously flawless Apple experience.
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aneftp macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jul 2007	Just sold my Note 2. Just a little too big for me. It's fast. Does everything a phone needs to do. Kept iPhone 5. But I go through cell phones like water. Will check out the GS S4 when it comes out. Will try to pick on used after a month on Craigslist.
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Apr 25, 2013, 01:30 AM	#74
taedouni macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: California	The Note 2 is a beast. It's one hell of a phone if you root and flash a great ROM. The best thing about it is that people are constantly tinkering with the device to their likings. It's a challenge to actually kill the battery life. The screen is perfect for watching videos and playing games. The downfall is that the Android ecosystem (Apps etc) are inferior than iOS. That's the main reason why I went back to the iPhone 5. Plus having an android phone does more harm to me. I've never been diagnosed with ADD but I'm sure I am. And tinkering with the Note 2 sure does consume a lot of my time. Especially with all the clean flashes and optimizations. I haven't messed with my iPhone 5 ever since I jailbroke and installed the tweaks that I wanted. Occasionally I'll see a new tweak but there's no flashing involved. Just a quick respring.
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