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[Galaxy Note 4 General] gaganmohal:
You dont have to unlock any bands if you have canadian note 4 N910W8. It will work out 9f box with wind network
[Galaxy Note 4 General] athris:
hi i have friend recently got a note 4 from wind and use it on bell. It is unlock and i helped him to root it, however there's an issue, no matter what setting i set, it never get the LTE connection, it always stuck on HSPA. i am not familiar samsung device. Anyone has idea how to enable it? ( i tried to change the apn, flash an bell firmware which suppose to be the same, and change CSC but none of them work )
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Brava27:
Are you sure the sim card is lte enabled?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] athris:
yes, it has been using from his old htc one with LTE on
[Galaxy Note 4 General] mrnovanova:
Wind doesn't have lte. Did you try going in the hidden phone menu to activate lte?

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Do Yo have the right apn?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] athris:
I belive it has the right apn. I copy exact same apn from his old phone, i try it activate lte from hidden menu but it keep getting emergency phone call only.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] divinestyler:
I already have the n910u, having already purchased overseas. Pardon my Is ignorance, is there a way to unlock the aws band? Thanks!

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Sorry, just realized the link to the entire thread on enabling aws. Please ignore.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] mikoal:
In the canadian guide to root and install recovery/ rom (http://xdaforums.com/note-4/general/ref-stock-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2920452)

It talks about NSOC and CSC. Can anyone elaborate a bit on what these are about?

I Tried searching NSOC and no system or cache in xda/google and couldnt find much.

I was told that NSOC is used for updating Kernels and modems without wiping the system partition.

So then if I were to install T-mo's CM, which would require me to change my kernel, then NSOC would be required? But during new ROM install, I usually do full wipe, so would NSOC be used in that case?

In my S3, i would flash modems but never had to use NSOC, is there something different here?

As for CSC, when would i need to change the CSC? Rom change?

Unlocking the sim?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note 4 General] shaggyskunk:
Are you rooted? Have you flashed TWRP recovery?

If yes - You can flash pretty much any Tmo AOSP Rom - without doing anything else

Sent from my SM-N910W8
[Galaxy Note 4 General] mikoal:
haven't yet, but will soon. Those should be straight foward, but i was more wondering what NSOC and CSC was for.

when i rooted and flashed twrp and installed AOKP (and different modems) never required any of those 2. So I was trying to get more information on it
[Galaxy Note 4 General] shaggyskunk:
If you're planning on staying stock - but want to root your device - You have to use Cf auto root - But if you're planning on flashing a custom rom - You can skip CF Auto Root - Just use Odin to flash TWRP - Boot into Recovery and make a nandroid of your stock Rom - Download the Rom and Gapps (if you want AOSP - Just the Rom if you want a TW Based Rom ) that you want - Boot into Recovery - Factory Reset - Wipe System and Caches - Flash Rom and Gapps - Flash SuperSU zip (although most roms don't require this) Reboot - Set up your device - Go to System Settings - About Phone - Click on Build Number 7 times to enable Developer Options (if Dev Options isn't there already) In Developer Options - Scroll up to Root Access - And enable Apps and ADB - Reboot and have fun

Sent from my SM-N910W8
[Galaxy Note 4 General] mikoal:
hey shaggy, thanks for the post. Yep I understand all those already since its straight forward and similar to rooting and installing custom roms on the S3.

But i was more wondering what

NSOC and CSC

was for. When and why do you need NSOC and change CSC? It was included in the guide.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] shaggyskunk:
I've never bothered with either - I'm with Rogers and everything on my device is as it should be - I think that CSC and the NSOC were in the OP initially - But I don't think that they serve any purpose now.

I'm running a Tmo Rom and As you can see from the screen shot - The device model number and the baseband are correct (Roms don't change the baseband in any event).

Sent from my SM-N910W8
[Galaxy Note 4 General] mikoal:
Hmm, thats what I thought which is why I was confused on why CSC and NSOC was in the OP. Fritolays mentioned NSOC was used for flashing kernels and modems wihtout wiping system partitions, but i flashed modems before and wasnt aware of this step. As for CSC....thats new to me as well..... I got a Note 4 locked to Koodo, I'm going to unlock it fairly soon, then root, then wait for stable CM to jump to Tmos CM.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] shaggyskunk:
There's a few quite stable AOSP Roms as well as CM - As far as flashing a kernel - just boot into recovery - Wipe cache and dalvik - Flash kernel - I wipe cache and dalvik after flashing the kernel as well - Reboot - done

At this point I haven't seen any flashable Modem zips - You have to use to flash the modem.bin.

Sent from my SM-N910W8
[Galaxy Note 4 General] punk4596:
Best aosp rom

I'm looking into flashing a custom rom and I was wandering what's the best aosp based rom currently available on the note 4? Any suggestions or links would be appreciated greatly. Thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 General] L1qu1d:
Yeah Same here, preferably something that gives more battery and makes the whole User experience much smoother...I mean games lag on the note 4 I don't understand why...and these are games like Rayman fiesta and stuff not hardcore 3D games.

I'm mostly looking for the vanilla experience...I've been holding off because I wanted to wait for Lollipop but I heard it literally doesn't change much in terms of battery or performance...infact it's been adding problems.

Any suggestions are welcome...I love CM
[Galaxy Note 4 General] PieOfJustice:
Just wanted to add that you don't need to flash a different kernel when you use the Official CM12. Its merged together.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] L1qu1d:
In terms of CM12 is it officially out for Note 4? Also can I flash ANY snapdragon variant rom on my note 4 Canadian Rogers?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] PieOfJustice:
You can't really flash any SD ROM you want. You need a kernel that supports your device AND the current OS that your device is running. The trltetmo branch of CM12 works with our devices at the moment because they are pretty similar. The CM12 branch of the trltetmo also detects which device you are using and makes the correct changes upon install. So N910W8 can use it. I posted the code somewhere on here.

I don't think we need our own branch but i'm still testing cm12 in it's current state.

Here is an example. I can't install an AOSP Lollipop rom then flash the StarKissed kernel and expect things to work.

So as far as I know you can only use tmo roms but for most of them you will need a kernel.

Oh and yes it is in official status.

Here is the link to the roms.

https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=trltetmo

Here is a link to the change logs for each nightly build.

http://www.cmxlog.com/12/trltetmo/
[Galaxy Note 4 General] L1qu1d:
Thank You sir, I'm hoping to actually help the community as well with this when I get more time:). How stable have you seen it be? I remember back when I had the S3 I had a lot of problems with reboots (frankly even with the S4 but the S4 had way less support than S3 back then...especially since i had the iNternational version of S3)

Edit:

Are the steps still the same for flashing?

-Factory Reset

-Flash

-Factory Rest + clear cache and Dalvik

Reboot and enjoy? :) I'm downloading CM 12 now Nightly:P
[Galaxy Note 4 General] PieOfJustice:
Your welcome! It's not really that stable in some areas. The menu in the last few builds however is really buggy. If you depend on the system menu in your list of things qualifying this to be a daily driver then wait. It's not there yet. Otherwise give it a spin. Multitasking seems instant. The theme engine has been working great. Looks awesome. Apps work. MMS, SMS, calling, email, etc, work. S-pen works.

No reboot problems yet.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] L1qu1d:
If you mean the menu button then no I don't really use it anyways:P Are the Nightlies Dirty flashable (as in going from nightly to nightly)?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] PieOfJustice:
If your flashing CM12 you can wipe everything you want. The install was based from aosp and we don't have an official lollipop rom to base it from.

If you want to be safe then use an advanced recovery like TWRP.

From there it's;

Wipe

Advanced Wipe

Check the following

Dalvik Cache

Data

Cache

If something doesn't work when flashing the try checking off "System" as well.

Have a backup through ODIN just in case. In fact always have a backup.

Then just Swipe to Wipe.

It will do it's thing and will let you know when it's done.

Back out to the main menu

Install

Select rom.zip you want to flash

Double check your flashing the right one

Swipe to Confirm Flash

Reboot

It will once again do it's thing and your almost good to go.

Go back to Recovery.

Install

Select the GAPP you want to use. If you downloaded it. Now would be a good time ;)

Double check your flashing the one you want

Swipe to Confirm Flash

Reboot

No I mean the menu to select Account, Dev Options and such. Sometimes it works. Other times it crashes.

They are dirty flash-able.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] L1qu1d:
Thanks, Great post!

I'm currently browsing through T mobile Roms as we speak. Do most roms come with their own kernels? I remember back on my HTC m8 and S4 I would use 1 rom and then find a kernel I preferred and used that.

I feel like such a noobie...honestly I haven't flashed a phone in 6+ months and I already forgot everything haha.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] PieOfJustice:
I forgot everything too! I was in Apple land for awhile. Most roms will come with a kernel. If you flash a different one make sure its for your device and OS version.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] L1qu1d:
Ok perfect Thank you, any roms you suggest? I miss how snappy my old HTC m8 was haha...even the Battery was way better but after several charges the battery became dead in the water...not being able to keep me going more than 16ish hours with semi heavy use (which before lasted 32 hours at least).....but it's still better than this phone lol
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gennadiy008:
At least its coming, .. http://www.telus.com/en/on/mobility/devices/samsung-galaxy-note-4/?INTCMP=BetaCatalogCardNote4
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Squirrel_Master:
Yes it will as it supports Band 4. It may not show up as LTE in the taskbar but you will be getting LTE speeds.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] EP2008:
I just got an LTE Sim card from virgin mobile (bell Canada) and LTE now works on my N910U !

Sent from my SM-N910U

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It will show up as 4G on this phone.

Sent from my SM-N910U
[Galaxy Note 4 General] surbringer:
Got a black SM-N910U with LTE connection on Fido network. Works flawlessly. Benchmarks are similar to this: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/compare/750158?baseline=745794

Ill report on battery life later.

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For those thinking about importing a SM-N910U in Canada.

This is a LTE test on Fido. Fully working LTE in Montreal, QC.

Only 1 bar is normal connection at my house, my Nexus 5 was the same.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ekjl:
That's awesome.

Can you enter *#0011# in the dialer and post a screenshot?

Just want to see what band it's using.

PS. Oh and I sent you an PM.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] surbringer:
This is it.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ekjl:
Thanks, but could you turn off Wifi and do that again?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] EP2008:
I've had to turn LTE off as I also noticed the low signal strength was killing my battery. Also got 1 bar vs full with HSPA+.

Sent from my SM-N910U
[Galaxy Note 4 General] surbringer:
Here you go.

http://cl.ly/image/003K45052z0n
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ekjl:
Thanks, so what I take from that is, it uses Band 4 (1700 MHz). I was thrown off with the HOME in that first row.

I think SM-910U is also compatible with Band 7 (2600 MHz).
[Galaxy Note 4 General] surbringer:
It's supposed to be

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600

according to seller.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dbzgod:
A lot of sellers just assume its going to be the standard bands for the region that the phone is made for so they often just list the typical ones, your always better off just going to Samsung direct (use the website for the region too IE China, Australia, NZ etc rather then just .com) and looking up the model number to find out exactly what bands, just as EP2008 did by looking at New Zealands listing:

http://www.samsung.com/nz/consumer/mobile-phone/smartphone/smartphone/SM-N910UZWENZC

Another band habbit is listing everything in MHz rather then the Band # as there are multiple different bands that use the same MHz.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 30Seconds:
Where are you guys getting your N910U phones and what is the best price? I am considering one for use on Rogers.

One of the reasons I would buy this phone despite it being the international version is that I assume it uses the Wolfson DAC. Have any of you done any listening to music via earphones?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dbzgod:
They said PDA Plaza from Montreal is selling them, and it seems they have the best price better then expansys that's for sure.

http://www.pdaplaza.ca/products/Samsung--Galaxy-Note-4-SM%252dN910U%2C-32GB%2C-White%2C-Factory-Unlocked.html

But they currently only have the white one available Black not in stock till the 27th.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Squirrel_Master:
That's what I was finding so confusing the listing of MHz and not bands. I still can't find the band info on the Canadian version and comparing to the spectrum auction from earlier this year it's hard to make everything line up.

Also I'm sure I read this but without sifting back through this thread when running another launcher like Nova you do retain all Spen functionality correct?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gennadiy008:
I guess, I'll just wait few more days to get 100% Canada official release. No hassle, no rush - local warranty, local frequencies, AT&T roms supported. Later then India, UK, US - well, welcome to Canada, extra week or two .. can swallow.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ToyMusha:
I too am waiting for a Canadian version

Seeing how cheap it is to unlock android phones online, I think I'll just get one from a Samsung Store and then unlock it
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dbzgod:
That's because Samsung Canada has yet to post a product page on their website listing everything yet. They still only have the generic splash page that all Samsung regions got.

Bell has listed Band's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17 http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Products/Galaxy-Note-4 but I believe there will be more then that , they just only see fit to list those.

As far as I know, the S Pen functionality is built into TouchWiz as are the many other features which is why if you use a custom rom's S Pen usage goes out the window. I believe its the same thing, if you don't use TW launcher no S Pen, but I could be wrong, doesn't hurt to install Nova and give it a try, if not then mystery solved lol.

Because of this I always stay on stock rom, but I often look into custom themes to change the pictures and colours around to the way I like it.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mwinggg:
on my note 2 and 3, nova didnt stop s pen function, except some s note widgets cant be put on home screen
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Squirrel_Master:
Pricing for on contract at Best Buy and Future.

$299.99 Bell (which we already knew)

$299.99 Telus

$329.99 Rogers

$999.99 Tbaytel (I have no idea what this is and it says under a 2 year agreement so it must be an error)

Still no no-term pricing for Telus and Rogers but I imagine it will be the same as Bell.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/Search/Search...A&icmp=showcase_rc9585_SamasungGalaxyNote4_en
[Galaxy Note 4 General] PieOfJustice:
For Lollipop I have really only been testing cm12 and LiquidSmooth. I like cm12 because of the theme engine.

http://i.imgur.com/VWaHBhk.png
[Galaxy Note 4 General] L1qu1d:
Ok i'll give it a shot a ocuple days then I wanted to try this one after looks really good:

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-tmobile/development/firekatn4v1-4-4-4-tw-anj7-extremely-t2916463

I'll give liquidsmooth a shot after too thanks!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] cknewdeal:
Anyone know if any of the recent European Lollipop releases will work on our version?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tahahawa:
Nope. It won't. It's for exynos chipsets. We have the snapdragon.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] electech13:
It'll be interesting to see how the stock Lollipop from Samsung works and when it will actually release. Unfortunately it will be severely hampered and altered by TouchWiz but curious how stable and fast it might be..

Hopefully CM12 will get more of the bugs figured out and release a stable version soon. And when the official 5.0.x firmware release for these variants we should finally see more viable rom options which will be nice. CM is decent but have never been a huge fan.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] electech13:
Just gotta post a couple screenies of some speed tests as Rogers network has still been rocking on LTE. There are a few towers I am frequently around my commute, work and home that just constantly give incredible speeds.

133mb couple months back and regular 120+...pretty good
[Galaxy Note 4 General] cknewdeal:
But isn't the release from Germany for the snapdragon? Maybe I misread that.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] adsadsadsads:
Does anyone know where the 4.4.4 MTS stock firmware can be downloaded from? Sammobile doesn't show it as an option. I heard MTS sources phones from Bell so the firmwares are probably identical, but I want to be sure I Odin flash the right firmware to unroot so I'm ready for the 5.0.1 update when it comes along.

I'm on stock rooted now, I just want to confirm that flashing the firmware through Odin to unroot won't erase my apps, pictures, settings etc? Not a big deal if it does, I just want to be prepared.

BTW, is there any advantage to me doing this? I've been reading up and after flashing via Odin I seemingly will need to wipe to remove root. Should I just wait for the 910W8 5.0.1 firmware to appear on Sammobile, and flash that directly via Odin?

Yup, snapdragon is now out.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] PieOfJustice:
If your running a W8 then just flash the W8 firmware. It's all the same you just have to change the CSC code. You can learn to change it in this link.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56323335&postcount=2

It shouldn't but backup just to be sure.

It's up to you. I'm waiting for Official Lollipop before going back to stock. Hopefully it will be soon.

Where? As far as I know only exynos chipsets have been rolling out. SD is a no show.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] force70:
yes it is...the F version is snapdragon.

we will need a custom kernel to boot any F based 5.0 roms...i dont know if turilos data fix from KK will work on 5.0 either. I will find out soon enough though but we will need that also.

if you flash an F based rom with the proper kernel right now everything works except cell service.

sent from Canada via my Note 4, 3, 2 or S3

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germany got it...they are SD

sent from Canada via my Note 4, 3, 2 or S3
[Galaxy Note 4 General] cknewdeal:
Thanks for the info. I'm super excited but looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer to get a taste of lollipop.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] adsadsadsads:
Thanks for the info. I went into CSC on my phone and see that MTS is "MTA" code, which means sammobile does have the firmwares uploaded online (though they are shown as "unknown: MTA"). I'll hold off until I can flash Lollipop directly over 4.4.4, and save myself the OTA trouble.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] golfinggino:
I am running the tw lollipop rom on my phone but it is on my note 3 not my note 4 - hopefully is comes soon to our note 4's
[Galaxy Note 4 General] force70:
yeah we have had LP on the N3 for awhile....nothing for note 4 yet.... very backwards to me...leak or not.

sent from Canada via my Note 4, 3, 2 or S3
[Galaxy Note 4 General] electech13:
Yes.. Strange that Note 3 got LP first..

I still doubt Feb release and March more likely.. Especially for W8 varients

BTW has anyone noticed decrease in performance from the last OTA update OA1? My wifes phone and one of friends seems to lag more during scrolling actions.. Very noticeable.

Specifically every time you start to scroll.. Nice pause every time. If you hold the scroll on screen and continuously move it up down its ok but every time you lift your finger or stylus and start again there is quite the pause.. All since the update. Odd.. I've heard typically good things from this update..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] force70:
Well its out for the F version of SD variant so we should see some intl n4 5.0 roms soon. We then need a custom 5.0 kernel which wont be far behind the roms and the csc fix turilo made..which may or not work on 5.0

sent from Canada via my Note 4, 3 or 2
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Brava27:
Yes, I tried FireKat and notice much more fluid progress using that ROM instead of stock A010
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dbzgod:
Mine has been faster with the latest update and all around better, however I've noticed an increase battery drain and I'm using the same apps as I was before the update.

Feels like my phone is draining 15-20% quicker then previous update.

Definitely want the Lollipop update ASAP.

However I notice that while we wait a bit more with our carriers taking longer to test the builds. It results in us having newer builds with more bug fixes and less issues then the international models that get theirs pushed out quicker.

Quality over quantity I suppose, it's just the wait thats killing us lol.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gennadiy008:
Take a look @ FireKat ROM at Tmobile forum - works great (optimized stock)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Canuckle81:
Weather app which came stock with the note 4

Can anyone tell me how to get it to work. Every time I try to enter my City, I always get connection failed.

Has anyone else had this issue?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] force70:
Do you have location services running? If not it wont work

sent from Canada via my Note 4, 3 or 2
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Canuckle81:
Yes I have location on.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gennadiy008:
Did you tried to turn GPS on?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Canuckle81:
Isn't location the GPS? It's set to high accuracy.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] force70:
Yeah more or less

sent from Canada via my Note 4, 3 or 2
[Galaxy Note 4 General] kojobaafi:
Do you have unified daemon disabled? Check to make sure it's enabled
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Canuckle81:
Yes, it was disabled. Thanks. I disabled it because it a data hog. I didn't think it used for weather.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] kojobaafi:
No problem, glad to help. I had that same issue before and enabled my apps one by one to figure it out. The issue with the data is probably because it's set to refresh very frequently, go into the settings for the weather widget and unchecked auto refresh on opening and increase your refresh time, should help.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Canuckle81:
Done!

I've been stuck with a Galaxy S1 for 3 years+, I am blown away how the Note 4 eats up Data. Am I doing anything wrong here? LOL
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sefrcoko:
Same here! Went over my data cap last month with my regular setup. Just going on tapatalk for a while and checking emails, and syncing calendar and suddenly i'm at 60megs/day or more. Any suggestions? I can freeze a ton of things of course but then have little functionality lol. Didnt have this issue with a similar setup on my S2...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] force70:
your S1 is a Honda civic the note 4 is a gt500 mustang. much much faster but alot worse gas mileage lol.

sent from Canada via my Note 4, 3, 2 or S3