It was back in May when AT&T announced the it would be taking the older, Galaxy Note up a notch with the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update. That update was on the list of those that really care for a few months at that time and when it finally arrived, AT&T customers were ecstatic and lined up in virtual lines to download the software over-the-air. AT&T is usually very quick to release an update for devices and also is one of the companies that will make sure older devices get updated should the software become available at some point.
Almost right after the subscribers downloaded the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update, they started to complain that it was causing issues on the first phablet device to arrive on the market. Fast forward to this week and users are still complaining about issues that the software is causing with the aging device, software that did bring some good features along with it at the time. Unfortunately for those that downloaded it, the software brought plenty of bad things along with it. One of the bad things was the popular Multi-Window View that came on the Galaxy Note 2, was not coming to the older device.
Just missing the popular feature for the Galaxy Note was one thing that customers could deal with, but the battery and lag issues were another story. Some of the issues are likely making consumers think about upgrading to the Galaxy Note 2 or even the third generation device that was recently announced by Samsung. Since May, the issues with battery life and lagging have been plaguing the users of the first Galaxy Note, but in recent weeks the complaints seemed to slow down until this week.
It could be that users are getting used to the issues, but according to one user, after he downloaded the update he had short battery life and lag almost immediately. The user claims that when he left “the phone idle, connected to Wi-Fi, with Power Saving ON, Bluetooth OFF, GPS OFF and cellular data on with a strong signal” he watched his battery life slip from 100 percent to under 50 percent in less than 7 hours. That is typically the best possible scenario for battery saving options and the Galaxy Note should have lasted more than a day in those conditions.
