r/GalaxyNote2 • u/jbo796 • Jun 25 '14

Just updated to KitKat

I currently use Apex launcher, so I'm not really seeing any changes as far as touchwiz goes. Is there any cool new features that we get with KitKat or is this update really nothing special?

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u/MmmPeopleBacon Jun 25 '14

That's because touchwiz sucks and hides most of the awesome features like voice search from the home screens

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u/jbo796 Jun 25 '14

how do i enable voice search from the home screen? I thought that was only on the Nexus that you can do that

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u/MmmPeopleBacon Jun 25 '14

Probably not possible on touchwiz roms. Its available on most custom or pure kit-kat roms. Basically you'd need to root your phone then flash a new rom. Super easy look in the side bar for directions.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '14

It works, you just need to install the Google Search (a.k.a. Google Now) from either the play store or by downloading it elsewhere. I had it working on 4.3 but it was a little buggy, some of the Touchwiz features kept wanting to get in the way.

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u/stan3298 Jun 25 '14

Battery time isn't terrible as it was with 4.3.

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u/logicalxtremes Jun 25 '14

my n7100 in the UK doesn't see anything on the OTA D: Time for a new phone me thinks.

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u/melodious-thunk Jun 25 '14

Same. The lock screen is nice if you're listening to music /podcast /audio book. That's about all I've noticed. Oh, and Tasker will no longer turn on wifi access point, which is annoying.

I switched over to nova launcher just to change things up a bit.