Common Problems with Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and How to Fix It

After previously I've written about the most common problems experienced by the Samsung Galaxy SIII, now I want to write about the most common problems experienced by second generation of Samsung's phablet, Galaxy Note II.

See also:  Common Problems with Samsung Galaxy SIII and How to Fix It Part I and Part II

Yes, even in this generation has gained refinement and improvement of the hardware, software and features when compared to its previous generation, but it does not mean the device is free of flaws. Nothing is perfect. Well, taken from digitaltrends.com, here is a list of problems that are often experienced by this phablet, let's check them out:

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1. Cracked or broken screen
This phablet comes with a big screen 5.5-inch and protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 2, which is tough stuff. But some users reported that the device had scratched or cracked after suddenly fall. In the previous drop test, this device can get through it well. And this problem could be the proves to us that larger screen means more difficult to handle.

If you are concerned about having this problem on your phablet, for preventive measures you can start insuring your device or you can buy a case of this device which is available in a variety of choices on the market. And of course you also have to be more careful when putting or carry the device.

But if you have experienced this problem, there are several options you can do:

• Send your phablet to Samsung for repairs.
• Order replacement glass on a local repair shop and replace it by yourself. But before you replace it make sure that this source are reputable.

2. Wi-Fi is not connected, very slow and disconnected
Some users also report that they find it difficult to connect with Wi-Fi, had a very slow pace and disconnecting at random. In some cases, users can not access the internet though Wi-Fi in this phablet is ON. The cause of this problem vary from individual routers to setting in phablet itself.

Well, if you are experiencing this problem, try to do some of the options below:

• Restart Wi-Fi on your phablet, but this is only a temporary solution.
• Rebooting the device and the router.
• Make sure the settings are correct by going to Settings-> Wi-Fi then press the Menu button again and select Advanced and make sure the option Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep is set to Always. Here you can also check whether Wi-Fi timer ON and check the your IP address.
• Check the Smart Wi-Fi app if you use AT & T version.
• Perform Factory reset, but it means that you have to reinstall the app and re-setting your device if you want to use it again.

3. Wi-Fi can not be turned off
This problem occurs on a Sprint customer who can not turn off Wi-Fi on their devices. Usually the cause of this problem is the Connection Optimizer.

If you want to turn off Wi-Fi on your device and experience this problem, then all you have to do is disabling connections optimizer by go to Settings-> More Settings-> Mobile Network -> Disable Connection Optimizer. But it will ON again after you reboot your device.


4. The device can not be in charge
Some reported their Galaxy Note II can not be in charge when they plug it in to the AC adapter or USB port.

Well, if you are experiencing this problem there are several things you can do to overcome them:

• Ensure that the Micro USB port are not covered by the dust and dirt by compressed air to clean it out.
• Reboot your device.
• If you continue to experience this problem even if your USB ports are clean and you also have to do a reboot, then the best solution is to send it to Samsung for repair.

5. The device takes a long time to charge
Some users reported that their device takes longer to charge. Typically these devices take between 2 to 3 hours to charge fully.

If you experience this problem on your device, here's what you can try to do to fix it:

• Make sure you use the correct 2A rated charger.
• Try using another 2A charger if you know this is the cause.
• If both the above solutions give you nothing, then the last step is to contact Samsung for repairs.

6. Sound while charging
Some people complained they found a hissing sound when the Galaxy Note II in charge. cause of this problem is the charger and it is normal. Maybe the sound is there because these devices suck more power.

If you are bothered by the noise, you could try to charge your devices through the USB port on your PC but this will take longer. In addition, you can also try a different charger or try to lower-rated charger that will charge your device more slower, but it will also cause noise, but not as hard as a regular charger. If you still feel disturbed by the sound of it, it might be better if you charge your devices in another room so that it will no longer bother you.


Six problem I wrote above is a common problem reported by Galaxy Note II's users. May be out there many other issues going on and have not been reported yet. So if you experience another problem that not listed here yet, so I'm very happy if you are willing to share it through the comments below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Insert or Remove Battery

Many powerful components and cool features that owned by Samsung Galaxy SIII sometimes force you to pay for it with more battery consumption. This may lead to poor battery life. Due to this reason, managing battery consumption are things that need to be done to keep your battery has a better battery life.

See also: 3 Things to Do to Get Better Battery Life on Samsung Galaxy S3

But if you have done managing your battery and the battery is getting worse, then the solution can be taken is to replace it with a new one. Well, one of the advantages possessed by the Samsung Galaxy SIII is that this phone comes with a removable battery that will allow you to replace existing battery if it having problems or broken.

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How to Insert Battery?
As written on bell.ca, here are the steps you need to do to insert your new battery on the Galaxy SIII:

1. Lift the back cover up with your thumb or finger using small notch located at the top of the phone.
2. Place the gold contacts on the battery line up with the contacts on the phone.
3. Insert the bottom of the battery first, then push the battery into its place.
4. Close the back cover by line its hinge up with holes provided in the bottom of the phone, then push the cover until you hear it click into its place.

How to remove battery?
From the same source, for any reason you may want to remove your existing battery, then kindly following the steps below:

1. Lift the back cover up with your thumb or finger using small notch located at the top of the phone.
2. Pick the battery from its place with your finger from the top first uses provided holes.
3. Lift the battery to remove the battery from its place.
4. Now, you can insert the new one by following the steps above.
5. Close the back cover by line its hinge up with holes provided in the bottom of the phone, then push the cover until you hear it click into its place.

Well, by knowing on how to insert and remove the battery correctly, now you can do replacement battery by yourself when your existing battery is damaged or have a problem and put the extended battery so you can keep using your phone. So, If you want to insert or remove your battery, kindly following these two methods and share your experience here through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Set Limit and Auto Delete Old Text or Multimedia Messages

By using the Samsung Galaxy SIII you can easily compose new message then send to the contact you want by using easy text features. By turn this feature on you just need to swipe the contact from the right to the left to create new message then send it to him.

See also: How to Use Easy Text Features on Samsung Galaxy S3

Easiness on create and send the message sometimes make your thread full of incoming and outgoing messages. Due to this reason, you may want to set message limit and delete some old messages. Fortunately, the Galaxy SIII lets you automatically delete old messages when they reached the limit you specified before.

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How to set limit of SMS or MMS messages?
As written on forum xda-developer, to be able do to it, kindly following the step below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Scroll to Messaging, then tap on it.
3. Tap on the menu button.
4. On the pop-up menu that appear select Settings.
5. Tap on Text message limit option.
6. Determine your limit by scrolling to the required text message limit.
7. Tap on the OK button.
8. Tap on Multimedia message limit option.
9. Determine your limit by scrolling to the required multimedia message limit.
10. Tap on the OK button.
11. Finish. Now your messages limit has been changed.

How to auto delete old SMS or MMS messages?
From the same source, to be able to auto delete old messages on your Galaxy S3, then following the easy steps below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Scroll to Messaging, then tap on it.
3. Tap on the menu button.
4. On the pop-up menu that appear select Settings.
5. Tick the checkbox next to Delete old message option to auto delete old message when the maximum number of messages reached.
6. Finish. Now the old messages will be deleted when the thread reaches the maximum limit.

Well, by limiting the number of messages and auto delete the old messages you can free up some space on your phone. More space means your phone will be able to run faster. So, try this useful tips then share your experience here through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Adjust the Screen Brightness

Samsung Galaxy S3 is a great smartphone that comes with a set of powerful components, advanced technology and useful features inside. However, the use of components such as the huge screen, wireless features, LTE data connections, etc.. sometimes be paid with more battery consumption which can lead to poor battery life. To keep your battery has a better battery life you can do several things, such as turning off unused features, turn off LTE when not in use or adjust the display settings.

See also: 3 Things to Do to Get Better Battery Life on Samsung Galaxy S3

To get better battery life, set the screen brightness setting is an attempt to get it. Set your screen brightness as your needs and conditions, so you can avoid wasting your battery consumption by your phone's screen.

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How to increase or reduce the screen brightness?
As written on bell.ca, you can adjust the screen brightness of your phone by following the simple steps below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Scroll down until you find Settings, then tap on it.
3. Tap on Display.
4. Tap on Brightness.
5. Set your screen brightness by sliding the slide to the right to increase the brightness and slide to the left to reduce the brightness.
6. Tap on the OK button.
7. Finish. Your screen brightness has been successfully changed.

Well, it's so easy to do. This simple thing will help you to save more battery consumption. More saving battery consumption means more better battery life. So, try this useful tips then share your experience here through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Make a Conference Call

As we learned before, you can use several ways to make a call with the Samsung Galaxy SIII, either using advanced features like easy call or direct call or use a regular way as many people usually do on their phones.

See also: How to make a call with the Samsung Galaxy S3

With a 1.4 GHz quad-core Exynos processor inside the Galaxy SIII, you can do multitasking smoothly using this phone, including to make a call more than one person at the same times or commonly referred as a conference call.

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How to make a conference call?
Before doing this you must first make sure that your network allow you to do it. As written on videotron.tmtx.ca, to be able to make conference call on your Galaxy SIII, kindly following the easy steps below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Scroll to Phone, then tap on it.
3. Enter the number you want to call.
4. Tap the call icon.
5. Once the first person has answerred your call, you can add second person by tap on Add call icon.
6. Enter the phone number of the second person you want to call.
7. Tap on the call icon.
8. Once the second person has answerred your call, now you can merge these two call by tap on the Merge icon.
9. You can add the number of callers as many as allowed by your network. You should know that each carrier may have a different limit. To add more person, repeat from the #5.
10. Tap on End call to end all call.

Well, that's all the steps you need to do to the make a conference call on your Galaxy SIII. By knowing the steps, now you can discuss over the phone or report a big news on some people just in one go. So, try this useful feature then share your experience here through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Make and End a Call

Nowadays people are required to do everything quickly and precisely. Due to this reason efficiency is an important thing that is always taken into consideration in any case, including when you choose a smartphone. Samsung Galaxy SIII is a smartphone that will be able to simplify your day-to-day activities with useful features inside it, so that you can do many things quickly and save you more time. One of such feature is a direct call. By turn this feature on you can make a call to the contact that is being displayed on the screen with just pick your phone near your ear.

See also: How to Enable and Use Direct Call on Samsung Galaxy S3

You can also make a call by using the easy call feature that is owned by this phone by swiping the contact you want to call from the left to the right.

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How to Make a Call?
Although, both handy features mentioned above can simplify and accelerate you to make a call with this phone, you can still make a call in a regular way. There are 3 ways that you can use to make a call. As written on vodafone.co.uk, they are:

1. By entering the number
• Go to Apps through Home screen.
• Scroll to Phone, then tap on it.
• Tap on the Keypad tab.
• Type the required number then press the call icon.
2. By finding a contact in the phone book
• Go to Apps through Home screen.
• Scroll to Contact, then tap on it.
• Tap on the Contact tab.
• Find and select the required contact you want to call.
• Once the contacts are displayed then press the call icon.
3. By finding number on the call list
• Go to Apps through Home screen.
• Scroll to Phone, then tap on it.
• Tap on the Logs tab.
• Find and select the required number on the list.
• Once you find one then press the call icon.

How to End a Call?
You can end a call you have made before by pressing the end call icon to end your call.


Well, these methods Mentioned above is easy and simple to do. This is the basic capabilities of a mobile phone. By knowing several ways to make a call and end a call, now you can stay keep in touch with anothers with your own way. So, try this useful methods then share your experience here through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Turn On or Off Your Caller Identification

The nice thing when you have the Samsung Galaxy SIII as your device is that you can set almost everything inside it to suit your need with ease. One of them is that you can block unknown or unwanted incoming call by adding them on your rejection list.

See also: How to Block Unknown or Unwanted Calls on Samsung Galaxy S3

In addition to reject a certain number that you do not want to call you, you can also hide your own caller identification. By turn this feature on, your caller id will be hidden, so the person that you call can not know your id. For example, when you want to ask about a discount at a store without wanting they know your telephone number to prevent their marketing re-contact you to promotions or offers goods.

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How to hide your caller id?
As written on vodafone.co.uk, to turn on this feature on your Galaxy SIII, kindly following the easy steps below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Scroll to Phone, then tap on it.
3. Press the Menu Key.
4. On the pop-up menu that appear, select Call Settings.
5. Select Additional settings.
6. At the setting that displayed, tap on the Caller ID.
7. Select Hide number to turn on this features.
8. Finish. Now your caller id will be hidden when you make a call.

How to show your caller id?
From the same source, to unhide your hidden caller id again, here are the steps you need to do:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Scroll to Phone, then tap on it.
3. Press the Menu Key.
4. On the pop-up menu that appear, select Call Settings.
5. Select Additional settings.
6. At the setting that displayed, tap on the Caller ID.
7. Select Show number to turn off this features.
8. Finish. Now your caller id will be displayed again when you make a call.

Well, it's easy and simple to do, right? By knowing on how to setup your own caller identification, now you can set it as your wish and need. So, try this useful feature and share your experience here through the comment below :)