yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musca76:
FireKat for my note4

Hi guys,

Just got my new Note4 and I was thinking to install FireKat on it.

I want to make it faster with no bloatware ans somebody sugested FireKat.

I need a rom/firmware (or whatever the name is) that can do the following:

1. Make it faster, remove the lags. If this implies getting rid of Touchwiz I have nothing against it.

2. Remove the bloatware

3. Keep all the other functions: s-pen, hart rate, fingerprint scanner, bluetooth, gps.. . .

4. Be rock solid. As you probable noticed I am no specialist in android. I need a solution that will not need daily tinkering, research, experimenting etc.

5. I don't need Knox. If it have to be removed, I'm ok with that.

Here are my Note4 details:

Model number: SM-N910F

Baseband Version: N910FXXU1ANK4

Android version: 4.4.4.

Do you think FireKat will work with my Note4? Which variant do you recommend?

Any guideline would be welcomed.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RiverCity.45:
You'll have to remove the bloatware yourself with Firekat. Mega has listed very detailed instructions in original post in the development section. There, you will find many ways to improve performance.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pick_A_Name:
From my experience this is exactly what you're looking for. It is rock solid, tops on battery efficiency. And as was said, his original post (OP) #1 & #2 give you all the info you could want to make it easy. It also has a great thread with a very knowledgeable and ultra helpful developer as well as many other experienced and helpful people if you have any questions (though I highly suggest you search the thread before asking). Good luck and have fun!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gforceroy:
I can't post in the other thread just yet.....I just came here to post this screenshot and say THANK YOU! Soooo happy! The battery life I am getting is INSANE!!
[MENTION=5451734]megalomanic14[/MENTION] :D
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dreamwarrior:
How can I get touchwiz 5x6 grid?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azblazer007:
firekatv9 questions?

Fairly new to all of this so I apologize if stupid questions. I was using version 7 of fire Kat and did not have same issues. With version 9 when I run antutu it says unverified when it completes. I just wonder if I did something to screw that up. Also notice everyone saying they get 1080 now on all videos on youtube but I have not noticed a change do I need a different version of youtube? Sorry for what I'm sure is dumb questions.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrnovanova:
Is 910F even compatible? I thought this rom was for 910T and 910w8.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pick_A_Name:
Ohhh I think my old man eyes saw that F as a T. Is the F an international model? I believe mega does do one for them, but you'll have to find the correct thread for it. Sorry about that.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pick_A_Name:
So FireKat just dropped a new version 9 for the 901F. Check the 3rd post of the 901T ROM for all the info on it.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onesteppcloser:
Can I flash v9 right away or do I have to flash v6-v9? sorry for the noob question.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azsgolf:
Each version is a stand alone version, no need to increment. Just clean wipe and flash v9 and you are good to go.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azblazer007:
updated build to 5.0

You tube working perfect after build change to 5.0 getting everything in 1080 now
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azblazer007:
antutu

When I run a test is says unconfirmed at the end any ideas?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basilb:
I'm also "unconfirmed "
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] basilb:
This is my test screen.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Losthenes:
wrong post really sorry.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philliman:
Quick question. I've been on this rom for about 3 days and I just noticed no VOLTE option in call settings. Is it not included or did I screw something up? Clean install from stock tmobile rom. Latest base.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oreo13:
Hey guys in wanam where is advance? I'm trying to turn off dvsf but don't see the advance tab? Any help would be great.

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Try doing a fresh install I have under my call options just make sure you clear cache, dalvic, system and data about three times before the install
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazer9:
I'm not finding the "Volte" setting/option either. Looked in both the phone/settings. and General Settings/Call area. Any particular place I might be missing or is it possible it doesn't show up if my area doesn't support "Volte"? :confused:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oreo13:
Let me see what you see. Did you install over the latest base? I know my phone was on the latest update before I rooted, and installed the rom. Mmmh. BTW are you on V9?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazer9:
Strange. I have no idea what I did but I can now see the "Volte" an selections come up.

How does one know when connecting via "Volte"? I see an occasional HD in the call screen. Is that the indicator?

I am also trying to do some troubleshooting now in regards to "WiFi calling". Something I either did on my stupid Ubee - Time Warner Modem/Router/Wireless combo settings has either mucked things up with my phone now OR I was also messing around in the "Call" settings a bit. Several reboots and now my issue is that once I make a call, the "Wifi Call" indicator disappears so I can't remember if this is normal when "in call" or not. Also, the app I use: Automatic Call Recorder... When I play back Wifi Calls, it is like distortion in the recording and fast forward speech playback. :confused:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oreo13:
Yeah the HD is the indicator. Go to setting - mobile networks - Wifi calling - check your connection preferences. Depending on your needs it should have Wifi calling preferred over network. Just keep in mind though that you have to switch it back to network preferred when not connected to Wifi to retrieve signal outside of Wifi. Let me know if that works. BTW more than likely the call recording probably doesn't play right with Wifi calling. Idk that might be an issue mega can figure out, because that's a little out of my knowledge. Lol.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazer9:
Thanks, I sort of have things straightened up. I did check those settings. Mine is set at "Wifi Preferred" so if I forget to toggle, it will presumably pick up the towers when off of wifi as seems the case.

Also found an alternate "Auto Record" app titled "Another Call Recorder" which is free and seems to have cleared up the recordings issue when on wifi calling: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nll.acr&hl=en :good:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philliman:
The indicator is when your signal stays 4g lte while in a call. Before it would drop to just 4g. HD calling been around for a while now. I saw volte in my settings and then it disappeared again. Weird.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazer9:
Odd. Now I'm totally confused. Why does it say "Calls will be made over Wi-Fi" in notifications and also show the phone icon at top left with the little signal indicator yet I make a call and it flips up the HD... :confused: *scratching my head*

I really think this stupid Ubee Time Warner Cable/Wireless/Router combo is messing with me. Half the time, my wifi doesn't turn on at all when I wake my phone and I have to toggle wifi off and on then manually press my Network Name and tell it to "connect"...

Anyone familiar with optimal or desired settings for this type of router?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philliman:
Figured out my issue. When using xposed framework and wanam call recording is automatically selected upon install. I disabled call recording and VoLTE settings came back! That's wifi calling that you're talking about. That has nothing to do with VoLTE.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar2o:
Hi Mega and everyone!

I would like to say thank you for this beautiful mod! I just bought my first android being the note 4, rooted it, and installed this mod and its fantastic! I have a few questions but I'll search for them before posting, dont want to sound silly :p Keep up the great work Mega! Cheers everyone!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RP12:
Changing the Boot animation and sound?

Hi everyone. Could anyone teach me how to change the boot animation and sound? I read some of the XDA threads but I'm getting conflicting information from them. Some clear instructions would be greatly appreciated.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ProgressOAC:
[ROM] FireKatN4k question

OK I'm very new too this but I have a question. I play a game on my tmobile note 4 called order and chaos. It lags a lot. I managed to update my phone through Samsung kies to the nk4 firmware. I also rooted my phone using chainfire cf auto root. I also changed my recovery to twrp. I'm basicly trying to get rid of the lag in my game, I'm not sure what is causing it so I was thinking about trying to do a custom ROM. From what I have read about firekat I should use v6. Basicly my question is am I doing the right thing? Is there anything else I can do to remove the lag in my game? If I can and do use firekat v6 how do I get v7 8 and 9 or can I only do v6. Like I said I'm very new too this and wanted to ask questions before I do anything. Maybe someone has a very simple solution to get rid of the lag. In my own opinion I think it has something to do with the note 4s display,screen size and DPI. Tell me what you think please.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar2o:
Thank You Mega & Everyone For Being Supportive

Hi Mega and everyone!

I would like to say thank you for this beautiful mod! I just bought my first android being the note 4, rooted it, and installed this mod and its fantastic! I am a newbie on this forum so I do appreciate everyone's patience with members like me and thank you all for being supportive! Hopefully I dont want to sound silly :p Mega, Keep up the great work! I'm beyond amazed! :)

Cheers everyone!

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According to Mega's OP 1, his ROM takes around 5 days to peak in performance and then stay consistent, well, I am already impressed after just the 1st full charge cycle! I have been testing the ROM after installation as per Mega's instructions, I got a whooping 44.5 hrs of battery usage + 5.5 hours of screen on time! I will testing for the remainder of the three days and post my results with details and screen shots! :)

Cheers to you Mega! :D
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar2o:
Hello. I believe Wanam Xposed can do quite a bit of the customizations you desire. You can definitely tinker with the sound on that app tho! I did however, notice a post about how to change boot animation to something else on this thread if you search in the discussion page.

Cheers! :)

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Everyone, quick question ( I apologize, I hope its not a silly one :confused:!)

After the ROM is flashed, I can safely remove the zip file that I used to flash off of my internal storage if I would like to free up space and it will not affect firekats performance what so ever, correct?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RiverCity.45:
Yes, it is safe to remove. I recommend keeping a copy somewhere in case a re-flash is needed in the future.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar2o:
Thank you very much for the reply and support RiverCity.45!

Cheers to you! :)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar2o:
Latest ODIN & TWRP or not necessary?

Hey Everyone!

Okay, I feel I have the answer to this question, BUT I really need to make sure because I want this ROM to run at its maximum potential! When I am flashing stockANK4, do i need to use the most up to date ODIN auto root program as well as the most up today TWRP or can I use the ODIN and TWRP posted in the general discussion page which is an older version? WIll it cause a difference in FireKats ROM performance? Thank you in advance!

:)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RiverCity.45:
Any TWRP and any Odin that works for you us fine. Some people report problems with newer Odin versions.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar2o:
Gratitude!

Thank you for your reply kind sir! Much appreciated! :)

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I believe I have encountered an error ... I have a microsoft exchange account with contacts synced to it. After flashing the ROM several times duuing testing, I noticed that from my gmail account, all contacts and calendars are synced but from the exchange account only the calendars sync and not the contacts. Has anyone encountered this dillema? Besides that small bug that 95% of us can live without, this is still an amazing ROM! Once again, thank you Mega for devoting so much time into this masterpiece! :)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pick_A_Name:
Did you go to your exchange settings to make sure all the items are ticked? Settings> accounts> exchange. Also check whatever app your using to make sure the settings are correct.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkeith1:
Ran a lollipop rom, for about a week. Can't stand not being not able to use any features of my gear 2 watch.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jrobinsky:
So I've been having an issue with this rom as well as another. My signal comes and goes as it pleases. When I try to make a call I lose my signal. It's almost impossible to get a call to go thru. Have tried clean install, dirty install, reflashed. I've ran out of ideas, someone help! ! Anyone else having this issue? ?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar2o:
Yup! I went through all the settings and nothing changed, it's okay to

Tho, I just re-inputted them into Gmail, took a while but I noticed a more constant sync using the Gmail! Either way, amazing ROM! Thanks again Mega and everyone#:)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar2o:
Are My Stats Standing Strong?

I have noticed that previously when I flashed this ROM (always Odin and clean flash to save myself any possible issues!) And I am curious if my general battery stats (cell standy/android system/android os/cell idle/ect) stand at where they should be (+/- 5%), here is a screen shot of my final clean flash+set up the phone using op2 instruction without the cpu controller stuff, (no need for it yet), thought maybe I would ask for some feedback/guidance, thanks all! :)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar2o:
ROM Peak Perfomance

Hey Guys,

So from the OP1 and OP2, where mega explains that his ROM takes ~5 days to peak in battery and overall performance and then stays consistent. Does that mean that my battery life should be getting better (~50% over stock as per OP) with each full cycle charge (according to Mega it takes ~3 full cycle charges) or is it just that the phone understands when it collects 5 days worth of dalvik cache? If it is the full cycle charge, does it have to be a full cycle charge in one go or can it be say 60% charge one day, 40% charge the next day= 1 full cycle charge?

Sorry if the question is silly, thank you in advance everybody :) I am really enjoying the ROM!!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar2o:
Battery Temperature

Hey Everyone!

I am curious to find out what everyone's (anyone's?) battery temperature is on average? Obviously it depends if your viewing on max brightness and such, but just curious :) Im alittle worried about mine hence I thought I would ask around.

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I think it might be the kernel, I read that Mega and the general population on this thread recommend stock kernal as everything is optimized close to perfection! Give the stock a go perhaps? :)

Cheers!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirranha:
what does my phone have?

So when I got my Note 4, I updated the firmware to N910TUVU1ANK4 via OTA. So from there I Odin Flashed Chain Fire to get root and Odin Flashed TWRP 2.8.3.0, used TWRP to do an Advanced wipe of every partition that you mentioned to do in the OP. So all, but miscroSD and internal storage. I wiped it twice for good measure and then flashed Firekat V8. The phone has been running great and I followed you directions for optimization as well by using Xposed Installer, Wanam Xposed, and Greenify. Thank you for your wonderful work on this ROM, btw! So I've noticed lately when I Speedtest the data, it's been pretty slow at between 7Mb/s to 1Mb/s So I have been verifying the APN settings and there are 5 hardcoded ones in there meaning, I can't delete them or edit them. The other thing I noticed that is really weird is that as I was looking at the Apps on the phone seeing if there were anymore I could safely Greenify, I came across Android System that says it's vers. 4.4.4-N910TUVU1ANJ7. So does that mean I am still on the ANJ7 baseband? Could that be why I'm having issues with the data speeds? So I want to do a complete wipe and install Firekat V9. Would I just obtain the ANK4 baseband and not worry about the while ANK4 firmware and Flash it through Odin, before doing a full wipe and flashing V9? Also, would there be any harm if I wiped everything including Internal storage? I'm wanting to check everything except the miscroSD for the wipe and have the V9 zip in the misroSD to flash from. Thank you for any guidance you can provide!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazer9:
Hrmm, Interesting. I have the same thing. I never Odin'd to ANK4 as the T-Mobile Note 4 I aquired off "Swappa" already had ANK4 presumably as base when I checked in "About Phone" section. I simply did a couple factory resets to be safe and proceeded to install FKN4 V9 as per instructions.

Anyone confirm that actually Odin'd to ANK4 vs. taking the OTA as now I assume previous owner probably did :silly:

Maybe this is a possible bug in taking the OTA vs.s straight Odin :confused:

PS: As per above user's screenshot of "Application - Android System" - Mine also ends in NJ7
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jojo0428:
how comes i get really low benchmark scores?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greyphoenix:
Does this rom keep the calls/texts over wifi that comes with tmo devices? I live out in the sticks and this is really necessary for me.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dvanzutphenkann:
Yes WiFi calling works great
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Five_Oh_One:
got a question about flashing firekat v10, and I am kinda new to flashing been using TWRP with no problems but a little confused with this firekat v10 instructions

What exactly is ANK4? and where do I get it?

and dose anyone have a link the insturctions on how to flash with Odin? I have used Odin to root but not flash..... Thanks for any help you guys can give!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazer9:
Correct. Wi-Fi calling working fine on FireKatN4 both V9 & V10 that I have been on thus far.

Note: No call recording app or enabling in "Wanam" Xposed module - call recording option will work with Wi-Fi calling. You will run into issues if trying any method to date to record calls if desiring to use the T-Mobile "Wi-Fi" calling.

Also: A handy and helpful work-around to enable MMS over Wi-Fi can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/note-4-tmobile/general/problem-mms-received-wifi-fix-t2930796
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vicariouscheese:
loving this rom... however it keeps changing my keyboard back to Samsung keyboard instead of Google keyboard. any suggestions on how to fix or otherwise diagnose this issue?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greyphoenix:
Another question, I have the Note 4 now, and I'm downloading the FirekatN4ANK4v10.zip file now, I've also downloaded Odin.

If I'm correct, I put the phone into download mode (how?) load up odin, and follow directions in original thread. Do I need to root first or anything? I found a website explaining how to use Odin, and it mentioned using a 1 click root program before I can put a custom rom on the note 4.

Thoughts?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazer9:
1st Step

: Verify you are on the ANK4 BaseBand - Check under "About phone" section.

You can either OTA to it if needed or I believe download it from sammy's site or Samobile (something like that....)

2nd Step

: http://xdaforums.com/note-4-tmobile/general/easy-steps-stock-odin-n910tuvu1anih-cf-t2903733 Will provide you with the complete instructions/walkthru/files to "root" and "Install of TWRP recovery" which you will NEED prior to flashing FirekatN4ANKv10.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lemataf:
Quote:

Originally Posted by southphillysean

Would cha happen to have one for the galaxy 10.1 2014 edition p607t?

No I'm not familiar with that one lol... I have fk for wifi n2014...what variant is the T? Tmo?...if you have a base deodex we can do a FK build for you if you want...just pm me about it

Mega

Mega, I'm a big fan of your work. I'm coming out of Downloader/lurker mode to give you props!

Custom Builds? Wow!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lemataf:
Mega's OP2 in FireKat main thread... Question

In OP2, in Mega's personal setup he recommends disabling several goggle apps.

Question is: how would I disable? Should I use TiBu or another method?

TIA,

lemataf
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar2o:
Mega recommends not to use TB at all on this build as it may most certain lead to issues, disable the 7 apps he suggested in OP2 (unless you use them of course) through the app manager upon follow the OP2 optimization guise.

Cheers !
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Colin Marr:
FireKatN4 Canadian A0A1 V10 and encryption

Installed v10 and it rocks! Really fast and nimble.

Used it for an hour or so before finally giving in to encryption forced by my work email, and device bootlooped as soon as it trys to start encrypting. multiple retrys, same result... reflashed to stock where encryption works after CF-AutoRoot using this process:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54679223&postcount=6

read lots of the threads, anyone else seen this and managed to overcome it?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryado:
step to install

I read several time but it is still unclear for me what route I should follow to flash this rom.

So right now i'm running on the latest cm12 official nighties. I have a canadian note 4, and baseband version is ANJ3. I just want to flash the latest FireKat rom, v10. What step I should follow?

I remember when the rom was new I flashed it, it was simple. Now there is a lot of version and vocabulary i'm not sure I understand.

what does that mean exactly ?: "Tmo ANJ7 Base V1 Thru V5 or ANK4 V7 and up on the choice is yours..."

Also where can I find the " new A0A1 base " I need to flash before flashing canadian build v10

thank you, sorry for the english