Flashing Samsung firmwares (Galaxy Note Pro, naff colours, missing settings,...Help!)

6 months? But it's a 12" tablet targeted at Suits (comes with a load of business software and subscriptions), so it's not really mainsteam. Most people would be happier with the 10" version, or a cheaper tablet without the pen which is really for handwriting and drawing. I just love the screen space. It's a better tablet for artwork and ideas IMO. When I got my original 10" Note, I said it'd be a perfect tablet with higher res and nearly A4 page size, so the Note Pro is almost the perfect tablet for me (OLED version would be perfect )

As I link to above, the Hong Kong manual doesn't list Screen Mode setting. Very weird, but according to the manual, my unit's exactly as it should be.

 

I did flash the FW to UK spec. It worked and presented the Screen Mode setting. This didn't solve the crap yellows and I now have the joy of a return and refund to try and get. Flashed back to HK FW and that removed the Screen Settings option.

I also found a Note 10.1 in a local shop, and it too had lousy yellows. I'd say not as bad as the Note Pro, but they weren't anything like true yellow in perception. I'm thinking RGBW is crap. I'm thinking the screen uses R+G to create a dingy yellow, then pumps in some white to amp it, producing a low intensity, lower saturation yellow that looks greenish in comparison.

 

The problem is enforcing international sellers. At the end of the day, they can not refund or make some excuse like blame me and I can't realistically fight them through the courts. So I just have to hope they're reasonable. It would seem that positive reviews for the retailer are based on when the product is delivered just fine. Such reviews are fairly useless. Review sites should split reviews into successful sales and what happens when things go wrong.

 

As a conclusion, I received a full refund yesterday. Kudos to ValueBasket, they kept their word and didn't mess around. The were a bit dodgy in the description of the product (they open up the Chinese tablets and set them up to sell internationally, which means a factory reset boots them in Chinese), but I guess that's kinda what buying from China is.

Now I can wait for Samsung to release a real pro tablet with an OLED screen. Or someone else using K1.