First delivery of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 has already started and some developers have already received their phones. Somebody has already released a ROM that is Rooted, Deodexed and Zipaligned. The firmware does not increases the binary counter so you will not have to use Triangle Away to reset the custom firmware counter.
Continue reading Galaxy Note 2 Rooted Deodexed Zipaligned Firmware
Putting the Galaxy Note 2 in download mode is similar to Note 1. 
Just press the vol down + power button + home button simultaneously. A warning screen will come up. Just press the Volume Up key to continue booting your Note 2 in download mode.
The mode is used to flash custom firmwares, clock work mod recoveries, radios and so on. Make sure you know what you are doing as you can easily screw things up in download mode by flashing a wrong ROM.
Hyundai India has announced that every Sonata Fluidic sedan owner will be given a free Samsung Galaxy Note. This D-segment car is not finding a lot of takers as there is no diesel engine option.
Samsung Electronics has released Galaxy Note 2 in India. It will be made available in the stores starting next (first week of October) in both Marble White and Titanium Grey colors. Samsung India sent us a press release.
Canadian users, rejoice as Samsung has finally made the much awaited Note 10.1 tablet available in 
Canada. It is on sale at Best Buy, Future Shop and many others and price starts at 500 dollars for the 32GB model. Folks that want the 3G version will have to wait tiny bit more as the carrier branded model will be made available later this year (2012).
For 500 dollars, you get quad core processor, 2GB RAM, 5 mega pixel camera and Android 4.0. It will be given Jelly Bean treatment (Android 4.1) very soon too. Full specs:
Continue reading Galaxy Note 10.1 Canada Price, 3G Version Release Date
An xda user has released a firmware based on the official stock firmware (N8000DDALH1) that is both Deodexed and Zipaligned. This firmware also disables the increasing ring. Here is the full list of features of this ROM.
FULL RTL ARABIC SUPPORT+SAMSUNG ARABIC KEYBOARD
Based off Stock Indian N8000DDALH1
Custom Boot animation support
Google Now
Deodexed / Zipaligned
Extended Power Menu
Disable the increasing ring
remove SMS from call log
Add Dsp manager and audio Hack
SMS, Recipient limit, Receiving time, Conversion=200
Joining Unlimited Contacts in Single one
Add CRT Off
Add xbmc , netflix and hulu
To install it, make sure you have custom recovery for N8000 installed on your Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. Then, download the firmware from here and copy it to the root directory of your SD card.
After that, boot into recovery (vol up + power button) and install the firmware from there.
