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I just got my first Samsung... a Note 3 N900W8 (hltecan).

So far so good... rooted and TWRP is installed. But this is quite a learning curve having come from a house full of Nexus devices. To say nothing of the dirty looks I've been getting, I also just realized that I've been totally ruined (and frankly made plain lazy) by the ease with which I've been able to tinker these last few years.

Couple of questions that I've been struggling with...

1. The role of Odin: Now that I have TWRP installed and familiarity with using adb and fastboot, do I need Odin / access to a windows system again? Can I give this laptop back to the old woman I took it from on the bus?

2. ROMs. I see a variety of stuff there... CM, AOSP, TW (Touchwhiz?). Are the ROMs that are not based off Samsung's works likely to avail of some of the unique features of the device? Ex. The temperature sensor. S-pen. Increased sensitivity "glove mode".

That's it for now. Apparently I have a lot of reading / learning to do.