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.
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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:
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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.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is up for pre-order in various countries and many are unable to decide whether to go for white color or the new Titanium Grey (nope, no black color this time). So, here are my thoughts on it (they might help you decide).
1) If you have owned a white phone (I own a white Galaxy Note and S3) before, I really suggest you to go for the new grey as it stands out from the crowd.
2) If you want to look professional at work place, grey is the color to go.
3) My white Galaxy Note with flip got dirty quick and believe me, I am not a messy person. The dirt stands out big time.
4) White is the one to go if you are into show off. You will catch a lot of attention by girls with your white Note 2 in ear while drinking Red Bull.
5) My friend, who owns a blue Galaxy S3 often associates white phones with women.
6) My other friend, on the contrary, finds the white more elegant as it does not shows fingerprints easily.
Want to use SIM of some other carrier or travelling around and want to use the foreign country SIM to save cost? Then you will have to SIM unlock your Galaxy Note. Fortunately, performing SIM unlock operation this Samsung phone is fairly simple.
Zenus makes some pretty amazing cases for Samsung phones and once you take a quick glance at the Vintage case for Galaxy Note, you will immediately fall in love with it. The case is made from Vintage Nubuck leather.
From the pictures, you might think that it will add a lot of weight to the phone but it does not. It is a very high quality case and I feel that it look even better upon usage.
A note to those waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 to arrive on US Cellular – rejoice as the network provider has made some announcements of the next ‘really’ big thing. The phablet is on pre-order for 299 dollars (after instant rebate) and if you buy it now, you will be shipped with the phone by the end of October (2012).
Samsung has not messed with the Bluetooth HID profile in the Galaxy Note firmware. This means you can connect common Bluetooth peripherals like Bluetooth mouse and keyboard. This could be useful for some. So I tried various mouse and keyboard with it.
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