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[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wooddale:
For what it's worth if anyone is worried about taking an ota and locking bootloader. I know being on twrp shouldn't let it flash but I found in TIBU an app or something called Samsung update and I froze it. I tried freezing Google services and kept getting errors. So far no errors freezing Samsung updates.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
You might try to get into TWRP recovery, or Maintenance Boot Menu, and just reboot.

If it does reboot OK, go into settings, Security, then uncheck Reactivation Lock. It will probably boot OK normally after that.

Go into download mode press: vol down, power, and home. then volume up, then hold the same three buttons down again until screen blanks. Maintenance Mode opens, then pres Home. When it reboots, try to turn off Reactivation lock again.

Good Luck,

Radionerd
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] bjtcars:
Thanks just tried that and it didn't work. The phone boots up fine I just cannot get into TWRP and I cant' uncheck Reactivation lock cause my security settings force closes. I think my only way out is to odin a stock image if anybody could help me there.

I was wondering if the Factory Reset in Maintenance Mode would bypass the security settings unlike the Factory Reset in settings which do not?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] manbat:
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There is no "complete" stock image for the DE....be very careful...several have turned their DE'S into Consumer Editions...by flashing factory tar...it will lock the bootloader.

Sent from my SM-N910V / VZW Note 4 DE / Factory Bootloader Unlocked / Rooted / TWRP 2.8.1.1 trltevzw
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
I know of several people who had Reactivation Lock selected when they ODIN TWRP and tried to flash SuperSU on their S5 Developer Editions. It resulted in the same problem you are having. Fortunately someone had posted a recovery file that would get them back to a functioning DE again and the process they had to use to make it work. I have a copy of that file but I'm sure it won't work on the Note 4. Maybe someone with a lot more knowledge than me can take a look at it and put together one for the Note 4. I can also point to the thread that outlines the process: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2747156&page=9
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Did you try factory reset in maintenance mode?

I would have tried safe mode 1st, then try reset. That should wipe it back to default DE.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] bjtcars:
Is safe mode with in maintenance mode? I will try the factory reset in maintenance mode later on today just to see but I do not think it will override the security settings.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
From experiencing what the S5 DE owners went through who had the same issue of flashing TWRP and root while Reactivation Lock setting was enabled, nothing they did to include factory reset etc would clear the Reactivation security lock. They had to ODIN a specific recovery file that included recovery.img, boot.img and system.img.ext4.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] azumandias:
Thanks for updating your OP with this important warning. Could you also add another step to your OP for backing up the aboot partition. I think if you simply add a final step.

12. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Backup your aboot partition using radionerd's method posted here: http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/help/note-4-developer-edition-verizon-t2881708/post57080306

I think this would be a good thing for any new DE owner to do and the need for it can get buried in forum posts if it's not in a go-to post like yours.

Thanks!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
Thanks,

I have started working on another guide to backup boot and aboot using EFS Professional, for the folks that don't want to learn ADB. Might have it ready for posting tonight. :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] azumandias:
Great! Thanks for all your work making our DE's safer to play with.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Your welcome. And, thanks for the suggestion....it's done. OP updated as you recommended.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Hey thanks radionerd, this would be great!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Wingnuts:
no root access

After flashing UPDATE SuperSU 2.16, root access is still denied. Did I forget to do something?

Edit: Ok, I do have root, but it takes 2 or 3 attempts be fore an app is granted root access (I've only tried Greenify and Titanium Backup so far). Is this a symptom of another problem I need to address?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] radionerd:
OK, I started a ruff aboot backup guide, link below. It's late so I will clean it up, and update soon.

http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon...-developer-t2962911/post57266915#post57266915

Thanks guys! :)
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
I don't recall ever hearing of this issue before. If I experienced this I would clear cache, clear delvek and flash SuperSU again. I would power off the phone, remove battery and then reboot from a power off state. I can't promise this would help, but it won't hurt.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jam2315:
I'm just gonna toss this out there and see wut all I get back lol....for some reason when tethering with this baby on full 4G to a brand new laptop is WAY slower than my note 2 was with only like 2 bars 4G. Videos have to buffer and some pages take longer to load. It's very noticeable. I notice it on my iPad also. Any thoughts??
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] Wingnuts:
root access denied issue

Thanks, the issue seems to have resolved, a third app was granted permission on it's first request, the other two haven't been denied access again (well, greenify requests often, was denied once, I didn't notice it, just saw it in the SU logs). This is actually my wife's phone and she has a ton of apps that all auto downloaded when we set up the phone (playstore setting), don't know if that might have something to do with it.

I will definitely keep those suggestions handy in case the issue re-appears, thanks for your help.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
I'd like to help you out but I've never had a need to tether so I don't use any of the tethering apps/options. However, do you think it could be a network issue and not a hardware or software issue. What I mean by that is it possible that Verzion can now identify "tethering" on their network and consequently "throttles" the speed down. The Note 2 and the Note 4 have different/updated system apps that may now allow the carrier to identify a "tether" and depending on your data plan, will "throttle" speeds down when tethering is not a paid option in your plan. I'm just guessing here, I have no confirmed information that would support my "guess" so don't take it to seriously.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jam2315:
I did think ab this too that maybe verizon is throttling the unlimited data users but they decided against doing that so they say but something is definitely up
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] urmcgwy:
Anybody have a handle on that new update for our phones? I ordered a Gear VR and it would be nice if I could use it once it gets here...

I bugged the online chat support about it, but they referred me to voice support, which has higher technician levels at work (I was asking for phone images)

Sent from my unlocked and rooted Verizon Galaxy Note 4 DE!
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
That's a good question. I won't take that update until someone (a guru) has looked at it and determined that it is safe for a DE to take.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] newuser134:
Thanks for your detailed post on how to install custom recovery and root!

I would like to keep a copy of EVERYTHING that comes stock on the phone once I get a dev ed, because it seems like Samsung never puts out the stock files for the dev ed, at least for the Note 3 dev ed they didn't. It's good to make an initial nand backup of all the partitions with twrp once that is installed, but is there any way to make a backup of the stock recovery (not twrp, but stock samsung recovery) using the dd command BEFORE installing twrp or rooting? Obviously using the dd command requires root, and rooting requires twrp, so this seems to be a circular problem. Is there a way to install the SU app using Odin instead, root first, backup stock recovery using dd, then unroot, install twrp, make backup of unrooted stock firmware, then go from there? Could the dd be done from adb on a pc to backup stock recovery before rooting? Just trying to figure out a way to backup both unrooted system partition and stock recovery partition before they are in any way modified.

Thank you
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
If I understand your question correctly, you can go here to get the "stock recovery" file: http://xdaforums.com/note-4-verizon/development/firmware-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2942937. I have to study the process you've outlined a little bit more to see if it will accomplish your goal.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] newuser134:
Great, thank you for clarifying and for the link :)

I assume the stock recovery file for the same build version is the exact same between the retail and dev edition? That is something I've always wondered about, but this answers my question.

I will try to simplify my question from the previous post: Short of getting the stock recovery file from inside a tar provided by Samsung, how would this developer have pulled the original recovery.img off the phone without having rooted the phone first? I mean if you want to get the EXACT recovery partition as it is on that exact phone, assuming it may be different on other phones of the same kind, but retail version? Doing so in terminal emulator or from adb would require using the "dd if=.... of=recovery.img", the dd command would require having su permission (being root), and as you described in your OP of this thread, getting root requires installing twrp (custom recovery) first, so by the time you have root permission to pull the image of the stock recovery partition, the stock recovery will have been removed and replaced by a custom one already by yourself. My question was about using an alternate method to get su or root permission WITHOUT installing a custom recovery first.

My suggested solution was to possibly inject an already rooted system image from Odin, or by using a file-based root method, such as root-de-la-Vega or towel root for the Note 3, so that it can be done from inside the operating system without modifying the stock recovery first. Root can always be undone and the phone returned to stock so a stock system image backup can be made later, but the stock recovery can't be easily recovered (sorry, no pun intended) later unless someone has the original recovery file from another source. Hope this makes it a little easier to understand, hope I didn't make it even more complicated.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Q-"Short of getting the stock recovery file from inside a tar provided by Samsung, how would this developer have pulled the original recovery.img off the phone without having rooted the phone first? "

A - I don't know, LOL

I understand the question and the kinda Catch22 of the situation. I'm not sure how the stock recovery file was obtained. There are a lot sources for these type files that developers and the like have access to that us "users" don't know anything about. I do know that the DE and the Retail phone are exactly the same right down to the bloatware with one exception, the unlocked bootloader. I would think (and I haven't tried this) that one could flash the initial (first) backup made after TWRP install (stock system with TWRP recovery, no root). To return the phone to fully stock with stock recovery and no root all you would have to do then is flash in TWRP the initial backup, power off and enter Download mode and then ODIN the stock recovery file provided earlier. Why would that not give you a completely stock DE, just like it came from Samsung?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Thank you for the info...makes perfect sense. Regarding backing up aboot. The link provided in the OP, at the bottom, provides info on how to do that.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] skillzo1:
Ok guys need some help, After installing SuperSU i'm getting a message that says Samsung KNOX has been detected. This might limit root capabilities and cause annoying popups. Try to disable KNOX? Cancel or Ok..........don't know what to hit or do here.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] wooddale:
I can't remember I think, I got it to ignored it and froze Knox in TIBU you got two an root right?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] ifly4vamerica:
Just hit OK it will do its thing and be good to go.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] skillzo1:
thanks guys
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
If you have Titanium Backup then just freeze it and anything else that has Knox in the title. You can also uninstall it with Titanium or by using a file manager and deleting the apk and associated files out of your systems folder. Either method will not effect the phones operations. Most users like to just freeze it.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] skillzo1:
Im going to install titanium backup and freeze it. I had to flash back to my stock backup. After i installed xposed framework, it wouldnt allow me to do several things. Im stuck on a certain part now. I clicked install super iser through google instead of twrp and the saved super user file that i jad used. Now when i click on super user i get a message that says there is no supersu binary installed and supersu cant install it. Im thinking that i should just flash it from the saved file in twrp but im nervous i may brick the phone.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
Not sure what modules you're trying to run in exposed, but I have exposed installed and running the Wanam module with no problem. You cannot flash SuperSU from/through Google Play Store. I would, if you haven't already, flash your stock backup using TWRP. After rebooting, power off phone and boot into TWRP recovery, then flash the SuperSU.zip file you have in your internal storage or external sdcard. After rooting then use Titanium Backup to freeze Knox. You won't brick your phone.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] skillzo1:
Jp thank you very much for your help.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
No problem, always glad to help.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] llcameron:
Will this wipe my device of apps and settings?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
No it will not. If all you are doing is installing a custom recovery with ODIN (TWRP) and flashing SuperSU in TWRP then it will not remove your data/apps unless you do a factory reset or wipe cache, data, etc in TWRP.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] llcameron:
Thats good news. Just for my own education, is there any reason that would want to do a factory reset or wipe cache in TWRP? Any advantages of doing so?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] jpcalhoun:
No not at this point. If you are flashing a different ROM or reflashing the ROM you are currently using you should always wipe cache and delvek at a minimum. I personally always wipe cache, delvek, system, data and do a factory reset when flashing a different ROM. The disadvantage is that it will wipe your apps and settings. However, if you have Titanium Backup (root version) you can make a app backup zip that can be flashed in TWRP after you have flashed the ROM and that will replace all your apps.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 General] chumboy:
This is the first time I've thought about getting a Developers Edition.

I'm worried that there will be no ROM's created for this device.

Do you all think there will be rom's created?
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phupton:
All

Just purchased a UK unlocked Nokia Lumia 530 to play with. Ive noted that Cortana does not seem to be installed even though I am running Cyan which I thought was the latest version of 8.1?

Ive made sure my regional settings and keyboard are set to UK as I had read that this could cause issues if set incorrectly.

Any pointers would be appreciated
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceesheim:
normally it must be there.

location = UK ?

language = UK ?

speech = UK ?

keyboard can be any language
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phupton:
Yep, all of the above settings are set. I did note that when setting up the phone and often after a restart it defaults the date to 1st July 2014 so I've had to manually set the date. The sim, phone and account are all new.

Im assuming that I should see an application called Cortana listed. The particular feature I'm after is the quiet hours feature of Cortana.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceesheim:
did you look under settings ?

is there Cortana or quiet hours ?

because if i remember you need to turn on Cortana first.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phupton:
Ive been right through the settings and cannot see anything about Cortana or quiet hours anywhere.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ceesheim:
test it by setting everything to USA , and look if it then works
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phupton:
Set the phone to US. It restarted a couple of times and downloaded various language packs but no Cortana.

I cannot see Cortana in the app list or anywhere to enable it in settings.

Im well versed with IOS and Android including rooting and fiddling with Cyanogenmod so am not a total numpty when it comes to Mobile devices but due to being a Windows Phone newbie I could be getting something basic wrong...

Thanks for your help so far.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phupton:
Woohoo.. Got Cortana working by fiddling with the regional settings. I've now got the phone set as A US phone and it's now working. The language for the keyboard can stay as a UK keyboard so the £ appears correctly when typing. Weather reports in Cortana show as Fahrenheit and not centigrade but I can live with that for now.

I guess this means that Cortana is not fully supported on my phone in the UK yet?
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sp8y:
Cortana for UK comes with WP 8.1 Update 1 which is only available on some of the new devices & on Preview for Developers users.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonydiaZ:
Can anyone tell me is there is any heating up due to signal reception problem in lumia 530
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phupton:
Ive only had my 530 for a week and have not made/received many calls as yet BUT I have noted that the top of the phone does seem to get hot when on a phone call.

Ive signed my device up to the developer program which allowed me to download an update to the phone and hey presto, Cortana works when phone is set to the UK. Problem solved...
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] latino147:
I guess Cortana doesn't speak the King's English ?
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dominating:
Any news on windows phone 10 for the Nokia Lumia 530?

If i buy the windows dev license will i be able to update to 10?

Thanks
[Fire TV General] jdtimothy:
Under settings in the display menu it is now possible to mirror any device that supports Miracast to your fire tv. It works amazingly, i was able to mirror movies and games from my nexus 5 to my Firetv without hardly any lag. Its a lot better than Chromecast.

I ran into one problem. I could not get my surface pro 3 to connect to the FireTV. It sees the fire Tv and installs a driver when trying to connect but then never connects.

Can anyone get there Microsoft Surface to mirror to their FireTV, or any other Windows laptop?

List devices that you get to connect to the fire TV and which ones wont connect.
[Fire TV General] Skater4599:
My Galaxy Note 3, SIII and Nexus 7 (2013) all connected great. I've been looking for this feature since I got the FTV, never found an app that mirrored the screen fully, its awesome!

On a downside note I had to roll back firmware until netflix gets fixed.
[Fire TV General] rotor00ter:
Great news, now just waiting for a working pre-rooted version of the newest firmware.
[Fire TV General] mag13:
Sadly it doesnt work with my LG G2
[Fire TV General] stony2k:
Is your FTV rooted and does it work without root? Mine is unrooted, how can I mirror my N5's display?
[Fire TV General] soulstorm:
My FTV is unrooted and it works with my rooted S4

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[Fire TV General] stony2k:
On which firmware are you running? Can you post any further details how to connect your phones screen?
[Fire TV General] AFTVnews.com:
This feature was added in with the latest update, version 51.1.4.0_user_514006420. You can see a screenshot in my update overview.
[Fire TV General] jdtimothy:
Yes it works without root. Go to the settings page, click on display, then on screen mirror.

On your nexus 5 go to settings, then display, cast screen, then click the 3 dots to open aditional options at the top of the screen, click enable wireless display. Now the FireTV should show up in the list.
[Fire TV General] ssauger:
Seems to bee buggy for me. I only was able to connect my N7 once.
[Fire TV General] rotor00ter:
Just tested this feature when I updated to the pre-rooted 51.4.0 firmware. Working great on my One+ One phone. Watching something off plex app right now with no lag at all.
[Fire TV General] adop40:
I can't mirror my screen from my rooted Xperia Z1 to my unrooted fireTV. Anybody else having trouble?

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[Fire TV General] jarayn:
I would say that in almost every way its a lot worse than chromecast.

Its laggy, its low quality in both video and audio, it requires that you remain on the app you want to stream.

It also requires that you put the FTV in receiver mode which is a pain too.

In contrast chromecast offers HD/SuperHD video with DD+ sound with 100% perfect sync (because it is not syncing at all its direct) and has no requirement for the phone to be on the same app .. or even on at all after the video has been started.

If you want laggy horrible screen mirroring then chromecast supports that as well, in exactly the same manner and quality as miracast.

...

Its nice to see some things being added to the FTV but this is not one that I will be ever using again now that I tested it once.
[Fire TV General] stony2k:
T

hanks guys, found the option in FTV and my Nexus shows it as a wireless display. If I try to connect to the FTW if asks meif I would allow the connection. Selection yes or accept (can't remember now ^^) will not bring my mirror my phones screen. The phone seems trying to connect to the FTV and cancels the connection. Then my FTV disappears from the screenmirroring list in my Nexus 5 and reappears after some seconds. But it seems to be impossible to establish a connection. Runng Nexus 5 with 4.4.4 stock Android (rooted) FTV unrooted. Restarted both devices, still no luck with screen casting. :(
[Fire TV General] adop40:
I called the Amazon service and the first solution which they told me was to reset the fireTV. That solved this issue. Yet I can mirror my screen from my rooted Xperia Z1 and I can tell you that Miracast is only good for pictures. If you want to play high definition audio and video, use Allcast. It's much better! What I'm only missing is a mirror function in the Allcast APP.

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[Fire TV General] ssauger:
I tried this, reset the fire TV. But still no luck with my N5 and N7. :( only one time i connected my N7 successfull. Maybe its a firmware fault and they can fix it.
[Fire TV General] Y314K:
Just a reminder... Both the FireTV & Device need to be on the same network for best results... Although not required.
[Fire TV General] ssauger:
I don't think so. I turned of my WiFi so the aftv and Nexus5 were both without WiFi. I could see the firetv for sharing display and the firetv shows that a device would connect. But not successful. Miracast opens his own WiFi I think. I got an netgear PTV 3000 miracast reciver and all my devices can connect fine, without being on the same WiFi.

sent from Nexus5
[Fire TV General] stony2k:
Same here. My phone and Fire TV are in the same network (everything else would be silly) and restored my FTV to default settings. Still no luck with Miracast and my Nexus 5 :(