Owners of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 are the luckiest Samsung customers of this week as the South Korean company has finally started rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat update for the international version of Note 2.
The Note 2 owners across the globe were waiting desperately for the KitKat update as many of them were of the view that Samsung will seed the update for their device pretty late.
The update for GT-N7100 began from France and is expected to reach other countries in some days. However, delay can also be expected as service providers release the firmware updates after checking and modifying it.
The Android 4.4 KitKat update build number N7100XXUFND3 comes with some exciting features like option to bring camera shortcut to lockscreen, full screen album art, wireless printing, near field communication (NFC) support and transparent status bar.
The new firmware also makes the second generation Note phablet quick and snappier in performance.
Apart from the above mentioned features the Android 4.4 KitKat update brings the new TouchWiz features like Samsung KNOX and Samsung Wallet.
If you are hoping to get Samsung Galaxy S5-like icons and the user interface then the new firmware update is going to disappoint you, the features the Android 4.4 KitKat comes with for Note 2 are going to make you phablet device all new.
Here are the firmware details of Android 4.4 KitKat for Samsung Galaxy Note 2:
- Model name: Galaxy Note 2
- Model: GT-N7100
- Country: France
- Version: Android 4.4.2 KitKat
- Changelist: 1280411
- Build date: 8 April
- Product Code: XEF
- PDA: N7100XXUFND3
- CSC: N7100OXAFND3
- MODEM: N7100XXUFND3
If you are looking for complete changelog of the new firmware, here it is for you:
- Smoother interface
- Faster performance
- White status bar icons
- Full-screen album art and a camera shortcurt on the lock screen
- Wireless printing and NFC tap-to-pay support
- Options to set default messaging and launcher apps
- Transparent status bar
- Better stability
The update is being seeded over the air (OTA) so you will have to keep a close eye on your device’s Settings>> About phone>> Software update menu.
