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[Q] Get SNOTE apk from GT-N7000 on the 2014 Note 10.1

So, I was torn with this issue:
I had a Note 10.1 and REALLY all I wanted was the S Note version from Note 8 (GT-N7000) on my note 10.1. I liked all the features but the one I liked most that was missing from my note 2 was how you can change the background and page ruling independently. I instead got a Note 10.1 2014 edition, but I still like the S Note suite from the GT-N7000 - which is still my favorite iteration of S Note. The new one is ok - but all I wanted was a common template with blue paper and wide ruling. The integrated internet search was nice as well! But it got me thinking...
Could I take the GT-N7000 S Note apk and put it on my Note 10.1 2014 edition? Where would I get it. I looked around and got a zip file -= but there was nothing fruitful resulting from my search. Can I rename that apk and have BOTH the 2014 S Note and the Note 8 versions? I could find uses for both.
I know the screen resolution is different, so I am guessing, it will act wonky, or is there something I can do about that. Can someone point me to resources to this, or how to do it. I have given my note 10.1 2014 a shot but I am missing some features and I want them back. Also PDFs in S Note seemed to work better before, so I would use this for pdfs. A lot of people are missing some of the basic s note features we have come to expect - and I have a note 2. Would the solution be putting a classic version of snote on the tablet we just bought?
As I am a fair novice at this, who wants to learn more - if this is a stupid idea, please tell me why. I am trying to understand. I have gotten other apks from resources that took them from the Note 8 and put them on my phone, and they work well.
Thank you, in kind, for your responses.

I have the 8.0 version running on a rooted Note 2 device
I am currently running the Note 8.0 version on my Note 2.0. It does have some screen resolution issues. My note 2.0 is rooted, and I expect you would need to root your note 10.1 2014 to be able to install an apk like S-note that is tightly integrated into the device. If rooting is something you want to pursue I may be able to the find the thread on xda that will walk you though the install of the note 8.0 version on a rooted device. I have a note 10.1 2014, but I have not yet rooted it out of concern that it may void my warranty.
I had to remove the Note 2 version of Snote from my phone to install the 8.0 version.
If you really just want a different background, I may be able to help you. I'm currently working on a little program that essentially creates a template file (fully customizable) and then injects it into the SNote flow as a standard note with a standard template and custom background. You could accomplish the same thing manually by creating a custom background from an image each time.

Ryan Feeley said:
If you really just want a different background, I may be able to help you. I'm currently working on a little program that essentially creates a template file (fully customizable) and then injects it into the SNote flow as a standard note with a standard template and custom background. You could accomplish the same thing manually by creating a custom background from an image each time.
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I would be interested in this, I can't understand why Samsung have omitted this, they could have even included it as a paid upgrade app.

Helium?
Not sure it will work in this instance
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&hl=en

Review on Tigra ROM for N7100

Hi,
I am new with this Android and Gadget stuff, so I am in the seniors guidance and advices. Anyway, this is my first thread and I am learning and entering the more adventurous domain in managing my Android devices. But the subject of exploration is so huge. For a start, I am testing on Rooting and Flashing a new ROM to my N7100. So, my first ROM is Tigra V2.4. Just had it done 2 days ago from this post.
Tested it, played with it, it work great on my device. Thank you to the team who work hard for it!
Refer: Tigra Rom Thread
Enuf introduction, Now, to the main part of of the this thread. I am a bit confuse on the version differences between Tigra ROM v2.4 and v4.
As what I have learned and read, I get more confuse about it. Thus, is there anyone able to differentiate the differences between the 2 ROM?
tested it and share the experiences?
My review on v2.4:
No problem during Flashing. Work fine. But the reboot take longer. I wonder why.
Interface work fine, as like Note 3. or 4.3 Jelly Bean.
Settings functionality work just as great as the original. no bugs found yet.
Screen or interaction work fine and smooth. but at time i do get a lagged. or frozen. sometimes even at the lock screen mode. but i can live with it. it not much of an issue, the phone work as normal less than 1 minutes.
Battery life? it last longer than my original N7100 stock ROM (4.1).
There few bloatwares that I wish i could uninstall it. Like Evernote. it annoying. I couldn't even disable it. i don't use Evernote. nothing against it. I have what i need.
No problem with my WIFI or HSDPA+ connection or modem. work fine.
The SNote app dont seem to sync with my Samsung Account. I have few SNOTE files, it not reflecting to my device currently, i have my Note 8 as a backup for some of my SNOTE files. Thus i have to redo again. or... export and import to the phone. Yet to try that.
Scrapbook app, i find it to be useless and annoying. could not uninstall it. SNote better.
Camera, nothing much. the same as Stock ROM for N7100. no extra features.
The Note 3, SPen touch menu, work great.
OTA app for ROM updates, doesn't work. try to update the v4 using it, but failed. Couldn't even get to see the error message to understand the reason for it. the prompt box was too fast.
That all i can think off at the moment.
Oh, I read and study all the seniors posts before I attempt of doing anything such as above. I mean the Rooting, the Flashing. Lots of great advices. But most are too advance for me, I couldn't understand a word they wrote. Hahaha! learning! will catch up soon enough.
So, back to my main questions, what the different with v4? I am curious. I read some of the thread, and seem there lots of issues with the v4. and some of the features is no longer available from v2.4. Learning the differences, able to make me evaluate the need for me to upgrade it. currently, the version 2.4 work fine. no complaint yet from me.
I also noticed, some users actually change ROM that frequents. Wow. I wonder how you (the seniors) manage it? I mean, it take so much time for me to actually test the ROM and reinstall all my other apps just to make sure it working fine.
Cheers! thank you.

Thanks for the review it was helpful

[Q] CM on Note 8 - stable?

Just curious if anyone is running Cyanogenmod (n5100) on their Note 8. couple quick questions....
1. Is it stable?
2. Anything not work? Any bugs?
3. People talk about the sPen stuff or whatever on the Note 8. Is it worth keeping the stock ROM for some of that Samsung stuff?

mannypants said:
Just curious if anyone is running Cyanogenmod (n5100) on their Note 8. couple quick questions....
1. Is it stable?
2. Anything not work? Any bugs?
3. People talk about the sPen stuff or whatever on the Note 8. Is it worth keeping the stock ROM for some of that Samsung stuff?
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Only for the sPen and the double window thing. I dont care about the bloatware that comes included. In fact I just bought it for the sPen feature.

MrMorrissey said:
Only for the sPen and the double window thing. I dont care about the bloatware that comes included. In fact I just bought it for the sPen feature.
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I donno what peeps here are calling bloat ware... Samsung apps are some the the finest available on Android. Google apps are just about needed for secondary apps and extras.
Out of the many apps I removed or disabled, I personally could not find much improvement with storage or RAM consumption.
The only issue that I found from an app is Googles Music Player, and 4.2.2 and earlier OS not able to fully categorize RAM used with over 45GB of MP3 files. I think it has to do with how many folders and mp3 files are stored. Any way Music Player will consume battery power not what peeps call bloat ware.
Too many developers and so called know it alls will point out bloat ware as an issue, when the issue is how things are configured and used.
I have tried custom ROMs and found nothing better than a properly setup Stock ROM. Sad to say for the Note 8.0.
If need be safe root and install TI backup pro and Xposed framework with plugins, to have the power of most custom ROMs and to remove all you want. If you need to send in for repair, just do a factory reset and be done with it. Simple and effective without need to jump though hoops in flashing and dealing with Triangle away and looking for proper OEM firmware. Plus you can always update through Kies or Settings as if nothing was touched. )
Sorry for the long rant, just tired of peeps pointing at bloatware being an issue with devices. The issue is proper implementation and usage. Take it from me, having an engineering degree in applied science in technology. I find it easier to pick at the problems people create than to deal with the limitations of pushing out new tech without proper testing. That is why I never applied for Google, MS, or many other big named companies. Samsung tablets seem to have less issues with what they load than many other competitors. Google may complain about customizations, but as long as they work that is all I care about. So many who do complain about bloatware are probably Google biased.

mannypants said:
Just curious if anyone is running Cyanogenmod (n5100) on their Note 8. couple quick questions....
1. Is it stable?
2. Anything not work? Any bugs?
3. People talk about the sPen stuff or whatever on the Note 8. Is it worth keeping the stock ROM for some of that Samsung stuff?
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I put CM 11 on my note 8.0 n5110 (not the n5100) as I love CM11 on my note 2. However, although the CM 11 on my note 2 seems like a polished final product with no issues whatsoever (although it's only a nightly), definitely CM11 on my note 8.0 seemed like it was still a work in progress.
1. Yes, it is stable for everyday things.
2. Often (about once every other day) an app would disappear from the homepage. I would then have to put them back. I could not remove unwanted preinstalled apps from my homepage (like the camera app for example). Usually you would grab the app and bring it to the top of the screen and it would be removed. For some reason there was no way to remove them. Usually there is a simple way to "close all" the opened apps by going to the pull-down menu. This was missing my nightly.
3. The pen works perfectly on CM11. Of course, there is no "air gestures" like on stock. For me, I just use the spen as a pen: for drawing, sketching, and taking notes (like using my favorite app LectureNotes). For such things, the pen works fine. In my opinion, it's well worth getting CM11 --- besides for the things mentioned in 2 (and other small things) the note 8.0 runs amazingly smooth, like the dream tablet I always wanted.
BTW, later I moved to Omnirom on my note 8.0 and I'm still using it and I am liking Omnirom even better than CM11 (which in my personal opinion is much better than the stock rom).

App Request - S Note from Note 4?

Any way of getting it? I have a rooted note 4 if that helps. Anyone that can help lemme know

+1 I've also been hunting for this. I heavily use S-Note on my Note 10.1 and would like to sync (using FolderSync) to my Note 4 for compatibility with Action Memo (which is now baked into the S-Note v4+ app).
*Edit: @moabizzi - Since you have a rooted Note 4 you should be able to back up the S-Note app using something like Titanium Backup and grab the .apk. Something like this... http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/263876-saving-apk-using-titanium-backup-file.html

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*Edit: @moabizzi - Since you have a rooted Note 4 you should be able to back up the S-Note app using something like Titanium Backup and grab the .apk. Something like this... http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/263876-saving-apk-using-titanium-backup-file.html
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Did this work ?
I've been wondering about this as well since Action Memo was merged into SNote on the Note 4. Having Action Memo be an entirely separate app and on the tablet is kind of an annoyance now.

Ill try it tomorrow and report back

@moabizzi Any luck?

I was reading into a bit and realized that it would need a bit more work than just uninstalling the current apk and reinstalling the one from the note 4. it needs SPen functionality which would need those files also deleted from the 10.1 and transfered over from the note 4. anyone on good terms with a dev that could look into it for us?

I took the apk from my note 4 and installed it on my note pro 12.2. No go

moabizzi said:
I was reading into a bit and realized that it would need a bit more work than just uninstalling the current apk and reinstalling the one from the note 4. it needs SPen functionality which would need those files also deleted from the 10.1 and transfered over from the note 4. anyone on good terms with a dev that could look into it for us?
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Thats what i figured, it needs some system files probably with a modded base to recognize it as a note 4

moabizzi said:
Thats what i figured, it needs some system files probably with a modded base to recognize it as a note 4
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It will need new S Note apks and some of the system/lib files.

moabizzi said:
Thats what i figured, it needs some system files probably with a modded base to recognize it as a note 4
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If someone can reference the right files and instructions ill give it a try and see if it works.
Other than that looks like were stuck unless we can get a devs help.

So i went through my system files using titanium back up and these are the five files which jumled out to me to be the ones specific for the SPen and functionality
DigitalPenSDK 4.4.4-N910TUVU1ANJ7*
Direct pen input 4.4.4-N910TUVU1ANJ7
S Note 4.0
Screen write 1.0
SPenKeeper 1.0.79814.158294
I made a backup of these, except SNote 4, if you need em

Impossible we need to wait for 4.4.4 or Lollipop

Hi, i am wondering if you can give a try to port the Mont blanc app from the note 4 to note 2014. I tried to install it, but it is not working.
I think it will be very nice pen style for the s note...

Hi. I'm also looking for new app. However in fact the only thing I need is to stick notes from Action Memo on my desktop. New (Note 4) edition has pin icon, which allows to create those widgets. If you know any other option to gain this functionality - let me know.

so i got some info back from a Developer and pretty much it has to be baked into a ROM. its NOT as easy as flashing the apks and working, the Sys UI has to be modified/adapated to integrate the new Snote/aircommand. I believe this is also the case for the Monte Blanc features in Snote.
Just curious which rom is everyone running? maybe we can ask the dev to take a look at it and donate to him for getting it done.

s5 snote
Hey i tried s5 snote & it worked:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2677686
let me know if that helped u

Tamer2hani said:
Hey i tried s5 snote & it worked:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2677686
let me know if that helped u
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I was looking for the newer spen drawer functionality more than the actual SNote. Thanks thou

Hi have you had any luck? I'm on the note 3 and haven 2 10.1's, a 2014 10.1, 2 samsung notebooks and a samsung win 7 tablet- I dont see an updated version available for windows, just the same as the note 3.

Not really. Kinda gave up looking. I contacted a dev and he said he would look into it..... But he said not to hold my breath. Ita tied into the 4.4.4 firmware and our devices would need a rom based on those. Is it possible, yes... But its gonna take work and know how. I for one dont have the know how.

I am on 4.4.4, if I have the app, I can give it a try

[Q] Stock browser, google chrome, mouseover, and spen

I originally posted this in the note edge Q&A, but that isn't exactly the most active part of the site and the issue pertains to Galaxy Note phones in general (I explicitly tested on an AT&T Note 2, a Sprint Note 3, and a Sprint Note Edge and someone else on the OP used a Verizon Note Edge).
Basically the issue is that mouseover features (not the air view options found in settings. I'm talking about hovering the pen over a menu coded with a mouseover event (dropping down the menu items) in a browser and getting the coded reaction (or a button turning darker as another example)) are not working consistently between browsers and phones. I'll summarize briefly here but full details can be found in the main post linked below. Also note, I'm NOT including mouseover activation via finger hovering. I haven't even tested that.
AT&T Note 2 - mouseover works in both Chrome and Stock
Sprint Note 3 - mouseover only works in stock
Sprint Note Edge - mouseover only worked in Stock (then I broke that too somehow at some point without noticing and don't have a recent enough backup to restore to -.-)
Verizon Note Edge - mouseover works in both chrome and stock.
NOTE: I (and one other for the Verizon) only tested on 1 of each model so there's no guarantee every model behaves as above
Basically I'm trying to figure out why the inconsistency, and more importantly how to add/restore the feature to a browser it's disabled in.
I hope the significantly higher traffic in the Note 4 forum might yield some results here.
Like I said, there's a few more details in the OP which, if you took the time to read I would very much appreciate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/help/google-chrome-note-edge-3-2-t3015891

New update to post linked above:
I just backed up and factory reset my phone. Mouseover now works in both Chrome and Stock, suggesting something I added is interfering or something I changed broke it. Any ideas what this could be?