The Three Most Common Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Issues and Solutions

As a phablet, Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is favored by those who love large screen smartphone. This device is very powerful and equipped with a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED capacitive display, four-core 1.6GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, 2GB RAM, and 16/32/64 GB storage. However, it doesn’t mean the Galaxy Note 2 is a perfect device. Here are several common Galaxy Note 2 problems followed related solutions. Hope these solutions could help you out.

•  Galaxy Note 2 Wi-Fi Connection Issues

It seems the Wi-Fi connection issues are commonly seen on many smartphones, like the Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One, etc. Therefore, the solutions to these problems are similar. If you realize your Note 2 cannot connect to Wi-Fi, the network speed is very low, the Wi-Fi randomly disconnects, or no Internet access on the device after the Wi-Fi turned on, you can apply these tips.

1. Turn Wi-Fi off and on again, or restart your Note 2 and the router.

2. Go to Settings => Wi-Fi, then tap the Menu button again and select Advanced, and make sure Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep is set to Always.

3. Or dial the *#0011# => Menu => Wi-Fi to turn off Wi-Fi power save mode on your Note.

4. If the above tips , you can try a Factory reset. Some people have reported this does help, but you have to reinstall the apps that you need after a Factory reset.

•  Galaxy Note 2 Charging Troubles

Some people have reported that it takes longer time to charge instead of two or three hours. What's worse, the device even cannot be in charge at all or there is a buzzing sound while the device is charging. If you are experiencing these troubles, you can follow these steps to overcome them.

1. About the long charging time or sound issues, you can try another new 2A charger (Note 2 comes with a 2A battery charger) to check whether your old charger is the culprit.

2. If the device won’t charge, make sure the Micro USB port on Galaxy Note 2 is not covered by the dust and dirt. And you can also restart the device, but this cannot solve this issue permanently.

3. If everything you try is fine, it comes to check the Note 2 battery.

•  Galaxy Note 2 Screen Cracked Problems

In many forums, quite a few owners posted that their Note 2 screen cracked. Some people smashed the front glass, or some crashed the inside LCD screen. As we all know the Note 2 display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 2, which should be tough enough. However, cracked cases just happened. The solution to this issue is to insure your phone or get a case for it before the tragedy happens. But if your Note 2 screen has already been cracked or smashed, you can send your device to Samsung to get repaired. But if you reluctant to spend too much, you could get a new Note 2 glass lens and do it yourself. If you are not sure you’re able to replace the fragile glass alone, maybe you can try an easier solution - change the entire Note 2 LCD assembly instead of glass lens, but changing the entire LCD assembly will cost more.

•  Other Issues

As to other issues on the Galaxy Note 2, some users reported they are unable to send or receive emails on the Note 2. If so, you should check whether the Network is connected, whether the email address and password are correct. If both are OK, you’d better power off your device and remove the battery. After 30 seconds, reinstall the battery and turn the Note 2 on to test whether the issue is resolved. Other people complain the internal storage is not enough and the battery capacity is a little bit low. The respective approaches are to uninstall the apps you don’t need and close the apps you're not using.

Although Galaxy Note 2 has the above mentioned problems, it doesn’t mean this device is not deserved to buy. But if you want a more advanced phablet, you can wait for the Galaxy Note 3, which should be more powerful than the Note 2. And we hope most of the issues will not happen on Note 3. Welcome to share your experiences with your Galaxy Note 2 issues and solutions.

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