Yes, the KitKat update did sort-of break your Galaxy Note 3

[Wireless News]

http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q._D0aQ7QMsmv91M_UULpw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/galaxy-note-3-s-view-case.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/yes-kitkat-did-sort-break-galaxy-note-3-204211889.html)After initially denying that the Android 4.4 KitKat update recently released for the Galaxy Note 3 caused any issues with third-party accessories for the device, Samsung has come clean to ArsTechnica and admitted that the software is to blame for the broken functionality of those accessories.-Specifically, unofficial Note 3 cases similar to Samsung’s S-View Flip Cover do not work after updating the smartphone to KitKat, users have discovered. It turns out that Samsung’s cases contain a special chip that-has been suddenly enabled via KitKat — the S-View feature allows users to access a portion of the display and interact with it without removing the cover. Samsung has provided a statement to German website AllAbout Samsung a few days ago, in



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