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[Galaxy Note 4 General] fz9999:
True, this is why I bought my unbranded Note 4 direct from Samsung UK website...and I'm still waiting for Lollipop :(
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
You can always flash the German ROM if you have the N910F or the Polish ROM for N910C
[Galaxy Note 4 General] fz9999:
Oh I know...and the longer it goes on the more tempted I am!

I am just surprised at how long it's taking Samsung to get Lollipop on their current 'flagship' phone :(
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
Give it a try, although I got the OTA from Germany, the ROM works really good.Won't hurt a try.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] themaximillian:
I flashed the German 5.01 on my NEE 910F. Best thing i've done since i got my Note 4. No real issues, perhaps slightly more battery drain but i'm willing to sacrifice some juice for the awsome flow and super fast phone i now got :) I love it!

Skickat från min SM-N910F via Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 4 General] crash_194:
I feel the same mate, I genuinely think it is a huge improvement over kitkat in terms of performance, features and general finish. Battery has settled down for me now since I reset all my apps and auto updates etc.

sent from my Galaxy Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 General] themaximillian:
I've been running L since Tuesday evening so today was my second full day on L, when i put it charge yesterday evening i was on 26% and a SOT of 4h25 min so for me thats acceptable, a bit lower SOT compared to KK.

Did a dirty flash though, maybe i'll do a reset during this weekend when i have some time.

I've read that FB app is sucking juice, but honestly can't confirm that, uninstalled the app and ran FB through the browser today and it felt like the drain was lower.... Could be placebo, don't know for sure....

Skickat från min SM-N910F via Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 4 General] crash_194:
I don't have a Facebook account so I've disabled the app. Only thing I notice is Google play services zapping some juice but that was the same on kitkat.

sent from my Galaxy Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 General] box_alex83:
Hi everyone I've been on lollipop for several days so far so good, I cant find however a changelog to know exactly what Samsung has implemented here for instance I cant find ambient display and headsup appear to be in there but with no customization allowed.

I saw air wake to wake Phone waving your hand over the proximity sensor and few other addition (in fact note4 was already awesome :) ) anyone can describe all the changes or point me to a source of information?

sent from my lollipoped Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
There is no AMBIENT display.They removed it...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Spitfire400:
I flashed this via ODIN as part of the process involved in trying out new ECHOE Rom. And on that, had the WiFi issue described. Contacts fc all the time, and of course no silent mode without flashing a zip file to add this to the Rom. These are perhaps minor, but they r reason I am now back on Stock KK.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Jonathan-H:
After trying out this ROM for a good few days I went back to KK too. This version of L is too slow and laggy, wifi and gps are worse and facebook regularly crashes on L on 910F. It's just too unstable.

Going back to KK it's actually quicker and smoother with a silent mode and wifi and a useable gps.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] macmobile:
Lol, everybody back on KitKat again!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Peteret:
Blimy, look like your right. Just checked the CSC and indeed it shows BTU (UK) for my UK phone.

Good find!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rj3005:
No everybody, I'm one of those that doesn't like google's material design but performance, stability and battery are great on lp for me so I keep lp on my note 4.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dmokiring:
Do you mean yourself implies everybody? I'm still on lollipop ? and so are many other people.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] macmobile:
Not to be meant too seriously! Just kidding because some of us went back to KitKat again.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ce:
I guess you "dirty" flashed it and didn't even try a factory reset?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] silicij:
In case of return to kitkat..is knox triggered?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Pierre118:
No, flash KK with odin to stay at 0x0
[Galaxy Note 4 General] bronx:
I've done 'dirty' flash on mine and have no problems at all. Better battery life and performance - all good in here.

... waiting for 5.0.2 or higher though, as I miss sound profiles and very rare force close on 'contacts' is kind of annoying.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Dean-xXx:
Hope they will start rolling out the updates to other countries soon... :D Hopefully 5.0.2 since they stopped with 5.0.1 DBT long time ago.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SniperJunkie:
I need help :( I downgraded back to my stock rom via odin and now my touchscreen is wrong. It registers finger presses too low. So I reflashed this after a factory reset and its still not working. Tried multiple roms via odin now and even a few custom roms including a nand backup and its still doing it. Is there anyway I can recalibrate the touchscreen?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SniperJunkie:
Anybody? I'm back on this rom and the problem is still here but the S-Pen works. Can I get some assistance please.

Sent from my SM-N910F
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tinker_tf:
Hi,

If you keep having problems even after re-flashing the rom is it worth taking it back to see if it needs repairing or replacing?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SniperJunkie:
I would if it wasn't previously rooted. Knox has been tripped since day 1. Don't think they'll replace it. Does anyone know if a NAND wipe via Odin would help? Or maybe if the touch screen could be calibrated via an .ini file with root. Maybe a .PIT flash or BL flash and if so where I could find these files.

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Right... I've fixed it. Apparently if you downgrade the firmware from this back to KitKat then there is a small chance it'll bypass updating the Touchscreen FW. This causes major problems. The fix is to enter *#2663# into the dialler with the S-Pen & then click "TSP FW Update (General)" Button. :)

Took me a while to figure out but hopefully will help others :)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Racinghart91:
So.. Is it stable? I finally got the time to flash this rom but I only do it if it's just as stable as kk else i can flash a custom rom to but i need a stable rom without bugs
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
I tried it for a week but had problems with Bluetooth audio & some other things I forget just now. Went back to KK, My Note 4 is a dream again
[Galaxy Note 4 General] henklbr:
Strange: I don't have any problems with BT-audio at all (perfect sound with my Gear Circle!)!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jutley:
Just flashed this on my uk simfree note 4 via odin and then done a hard reset i mean a proper factory reset like this below and all is working good very smoothe no problems battery looks better.

How to hard reset a Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Turn your phone off or make sure it’s turned off.

Press and hold the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons simultaneously.

When the phone vibrates, release the Home and Power buttons, but keep pressing Volume Up button.

This will launch the Android Recovery System. You can release all buttons when this happens.

From here, you can use the Volume buttons to navigate and the Power button to make a selection.

Select “wipe data / factory reset”.

Select “Yes — delete all user data”.

The process will take place. When done, just select “Reboot system now” to restart your device.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
I wanted my N4 to remain a BTU unit & not a DBT so I didn't reset.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Racinghart91:
okay so i finally installed lollipop.

looks fine at first sight.

have you guys rooted it yet ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jutley:
No root yet I think.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] willcor:
hi ,

root has been done from day one (when Lollipop was available for Note 4 )

i used cf auto root ( same version that i used in android 4.4.4 to root ........same with custom recovery used old vers of CWM )

No issues

Good luck
[Galaxy Note 4 General] amir84:
but what root will give me.....?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
Just don't root it if you don't know what you are doing....

You can have custom ROM's, xposed and so on...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nookcoloruser:
Why have samsung seemingly pulled/withdrawn the 5.0.1 update from Kies for users with DBT Note 4's ? :confused:

All I get when checking on Kies is 'you have the latest firmware' when quite evidently I do not despite having an unbranded German DBT model.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 2dorr:
As usually, when Samsung update their phones with a new Android version firmware, they launch it for one country and then fix what need to be fixed and then launch it in the rest of the world. So DBT was the test, and now we'll see a new build with all bugs fixed. From my point of view, the only thing that need to be fixed is the slow launch of multitasking menu.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] 2dorr:
http://www.droid-life.com/2015/03/05/sprints-galaxy-note-4-is-getting-lollipop-today/

And this might be the new build.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Geezay:
Lollipop is a bit of hit and miss, and the implementation on the Note 4 (910F) is no exception. The "Battery" menu in settings seems to have disappeared (or hidden) and now I can't track battery usage! Let's hope 5.0.2 for other countries is rolled out soon and fixes this. I won't even mention the whole saga with switching to silent (not vibrate!) via pressing the power button
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
There was no "Battery" menu in 4.4.4 too...it is now called Power Saving.You have all the info about the battery there...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jutley:
Battery life is much better on lollipop let it settle standby time much better I will be flashing back to btu uk when it finally decides to come.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] POLO_i780:
Yep same here, batt life on Lollipop is even better, I get around 8hours SOT now vs. the 6-7hours I got on KK, but when the BTU Lollipop arrives I'm going to that to, I found BTU ROMs to be much better, the phone runs cooler on them even with heavy usage.

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Yep same here, batt life on Lollipop is even better, I get around 8hours SOT now vs. the 6-7hours I got on KK, but when the BTU Lollipop arrives I'm going to that to, I found BTU ROMs to be much better, the phone runs cooler on them even with heavy usage.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] majkicimo:
BTU is rom for which country?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] apprentice:
United Kingdom

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[Galaxy Note 4 General] Shafqat:
Can I flash this on my O2 Note 4 and will it get rid of the O2 start up image. if i install this will it void my warranty.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Shouldn't void warranty, the software version is international so it won't have the o2 boot image (obv this is a German release). When the UK version comes out, you can check on sammobile for either the o2 version or btu which is the international variant for UK. If you install either via Odin, it won't mess or change warranty or Knox counter.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jetbruceli:
No Germany O2 doesnt have that at all. It only comes with a few O2 apps. I flashed over mine (o2-VIA) and works great. In fact my note 3 was from o2 germany but the CSC and Build was from DBT
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Tommolo:
When is it going to be released in the other countries? Note 3 has many more countries covered with the update...

I don't understand what they're waiting for
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Rsroms:
Just flashed it on my 910F which had VOD csc. Without any problems
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Geezay:
Thanks. I have found it! I was coming from Lollipop (5.0) on the Note 3 which had a Battery Menu hence the confusion.

After 2 cycles I can see the battery life improving already. Hope to get the 8 hours SOT being reported by some users, or very close to that!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] amir84:
anybody can help me? i want to rool back to original KitKat that my note 4 came with so i can sell it and be sure will have the warranty

where can i find the original kitkat version to be installed with odin ? i post the Kernal version and all the rest here.. thanks for the help

Kernal Version:

3.10.0-3311829

dpi@SWDD6114#1

Build number

KTU84P.N910FXXU1ANK4

this is the 910F Europe model (not germany)

please help me to find the kitkat i need to install..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Punkid:
I have a note 4 sm910f inernational variant, it was locked to vodaphone but i had it unlocked. If i flash this ROM, will my phone remain unlocked?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] amir84:
This is n910fxxu1ank4 that i need to do downgrade from lollipop 5.0 to originale kitkat 4.4.4

how do i do that? Where should i download the original version from?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 General] mitko76:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N910F/
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nookcoloruser:
If you have officially unlocked the phone then yes it will should remain unlocked.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] psycho46:
So it looks like O2 it didn't began testing...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Usually takes networks longer to issue updates directly from them but you can still install the version released in Germany and the BTU version when it's released. BTU is not tied to any network.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] psycho46:
Installing BTU, does it wipe everything?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
No, if you install via Odin then it'll just update the software. Have a look online for instructions on how to update. Please note that I'm not responsible for any damage or bricking of your device. Take care doing the update and follow instructions fully. Go to this site and scroll to where it says "how to install stock firmware" - http://www.droidviews.com/install-stock-firmware-on-samsung-galaxy-devices-using-odin/

DO NOT ROOT YOUR DEVICE IF YOU DO NOT WANT IT ROOTED AS THIS WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY. JUST FOLLOW STEPS TO UPDATE FIRMWARE ONLY.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Racinghart91:
is xposed compatible with lollipop ? and will it interfere with other stock apps ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Not yet. It seems that installing xposed causes a boot loop. The guy who built xposed is looking into it but might take some time as the lollipop firmware had a lot of changes.

Check this post for details

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Batfink33:
The new alpha version of Xposed is compatible with Lollipop but it does not work on Touchwiz.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] amir84:
how do i know which version exactly was my original one? mine is 910F Europe (not germany)

and then after that how do i do the downgrade from lollipop to kitkat?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] zouhaier1:
The guy is the valuable developper ROVO 89.

sent by my note 3 running AryaMod v4.1
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nookcoloruser:
Download https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo

It will tell you the exact region & csc of your device. There are more than just 2 csc's in Europe so you need to know this before you even think of flashing something on top of your current.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] amir84:
and what should i do next?

how do i install kitkat over lollipop ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nookcoloruser:
I don't know how to roll back as I have a German DBT Note 4, so updating to this firmware keeps me official warranty wise and future wise for OTA updates.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gaetanolip:
Please,

now that lollipop arrived, did samsung enable h 265 hardware decoding? Can anyone try to play http://www.libde265.org/downloads-videos/ with mx player in hw decoder mode?

thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 General] amir84:
can help me please? i want to rool back to original KitKat that my note 4 came with so i can sell it and be sure will have the warranty

where can i find the original kitkat version to be installed with odin ? i post the Kernal version and all the rest here.. thanks for the help

Kernal Version:

3.10.0-3311829

dpi@SWDD6114#1

Build number

KTU84P.N910FXXU1ANK4

this is the 910F Europe model (not germany)

please help me to find the kitkat i need to install..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
Just go to SamMobile and download a kitkat ROM, you won't lose your warranty if you have an official Samsung ROM on your phone lol...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] amir84:
i can't know which one is the original i need..

and if i have rom lollipop of germany i still get warranty ?

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can help me please? i want to rool back to original KitKat that my note 4 came with so i can sell it and be sure will have the warranty

where can i find the original kitkat version to be installed with odin ? i post the Kernal version and all the rest here.. thanks for the help

Kernal Version:

3.10.0-3311829

dpi@SWDD6114#1

Build number

KTU84P.N910FXXU1ANK4

this is the 910F Europe model (not germany)

please help me to find the kitkat i need to install..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nookcoloruser:
As I already posted use the app I linked to to find out your CSC.

Then go to Sammobile and look for firmwares 910f

Find the 4.4.4 version that matches the CSC you got from the app

Download the firmware.

You then use odin and flash (correct me if I'm wrong someone) exactly as you did with lollipop.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] amir84:
the CSC gives me that is germany but it is not.. maybe because i have lollipop of germany installed?

and i red somewhere that it is not possible to downgrade with odin..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] heatfire:
plays nicely hw encoding on mxplayer atleast. downloaded the highres version.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Braxos:
[MENTION=237546]amir[/MENTION]

Download the app said on last page and look at the page of csc

My phone is from Romania but with Poland lollipop geflashed. Csc on my is now XEO but the original is ROM
[Galaxy Note 4 General] amir84:
it shows me:

SM-N910FZDEAUT

can it be? can't find kitkat on the list here for that model

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N910F/

it's still looks like change everything when i installed the lollipop of germany...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Braxos:
AUT Swiss
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gaetanolip:
Thank you. Did you try 4k h265 videos with hw decode in mx player?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] heatfire:
yes, however im blind when it comes to stutters so cant tell you if there was any.

edit: hmm.. it stops every now and then for a bit so not sure it works 100%

edit2: bsplayer played it without the stutters in system decoder mode.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Rsroms:
Just flash the BTU

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/39930/N910FXXU1ANK4_N910FBTU1ANK2_BTU/

It will work fine in Pak.

Do at your own risk. I did flashed the same rom on DBT lolipop on 910F. I don't see a reason to downgrade, what issues are you having with it.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gaetanolip:
thank you,

but what is " system decoder mode" ? Maybe do you mean software decoder mode?

If samsung enabled hw h 265 decoder then mx player can decode h 265 using gpu , you can check if mx player have 'hw or hw+" in the upper right corner ( try to switch hw decoder mode ) while playing . if mx player , instead, shows only 'sw' ( in upper right corner') and you cannot switch to 'hw' , then samsung failed again...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] heatfire:
BS player had multiple options of decoders. i guess one is to use the OS standard decoder.

the only thing not playing in samsungs stock video player is ofcourse the AC3 sound.

it does indeed use the GPU, the sw decoder plays the file in like 1fps so that lag i do notice ;)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Braxos:
I had a drain issue and when sleeping it was minimum 1% drain per hour. I had wiped from OS so now I tried and wiped via recovery, shutdown phone then press volume up + home key + power key then wipe the phone. After that I can see on battery diagram so straight lines 8 hours at night with 2% battery use.

Maybe i was lucky with this I will report if something changes.

BTW I am on Poland Rom since I have a n910c, but guess it is the same.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] psycho46:
Flashed this rom last night, immediately contacts started FC, lag in general, so wipe was next, everything seemed fine but over night it drained about 30% battery, rebooted and it started lagging again, didn´t know what to do next so went back to KK, will wait for next 5.0 release.:rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] kylebeattie11:
I also had the issue with Contacts FC and just general lag, wiped cache and data still no luck so I went back to 4.4.4 BTU until they sort it out.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Batfink33:
I started having crazy battery drain all of a sudden about 50% overnight. I restored my backup (lollipop) and it went back to 2-3% overnight. Using the AEL kernel there's no lag for me at all. Contacts does FC sometimes but it's no big deal. KK was much buggier for me slowing to an almost crawl after about 5min of use.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
I've been having a few laggy periods with this version. No battery drain outside the norm of usual use. Can go a whole 24 hours before needing to charge again. I just did straight flash with Odin to this version from ank4.

I just wish Samsung brought the s6 version of lollipop over to the Note 4. A completely slimmed down version of tw would be ace. I hope they do. I've been looking into Samsung pay as well and not sure if it'll work outside of the s6 and future phones. Anyone else know anything about Samsung pay?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jutley:
Ok this is to anyone with a Samsung gear vr headset does it work with this lollipop update ? As I just ordered one on samsungs website should have it tommorow but I flashed the lollipop update I hope it works anyone has already tried this please let me know it works thanks.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] marleyb:
[MENTION=5178012]Racinghart91[/MENTION] Why wait? you can just flash the German version only difference is the country code (CSC) Probably better to stay on DBT german CSC as it looks like Samsung makes it a habit, to release updates first in Germany (Same happened with the S5) So if you make sure the CSC is set to germany you will prolly get the OTA's on 5.01 LP sooner in the future too. :good:

Kind regards
[Galaxy Note 4 General] megatooth:
Instructions:

Extract (unzip) the firmware file

Download Odin v3.09

Extract Odin zip-file

Open Odin v3.09

Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)

Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin

Add the firmware file to AP / PDA

Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked

Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes
[Galaxy Note 4 General] radiobicho:
Hi all... What about root? Any idea? Thanks in advance!!!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] megatooth:
You can use the same CF-Autoroot package in Odin that you used for KitKat.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] marleyb:
Read previous messages [MENTION=1258637]radiobicho[/MENTION], already answered a few times:(
[Galaxy Note 4 General] AMDPOWERFIST:
Tried to flash it using Odin - wont let me, keeps coming up with FAIL!

Super lame - looks like we need to wait for a G version or get someone to make a flashable zip
[Galaxy Note 4 General] bala_gamer:
you can give it a try,

have the following things prepared,

1. 910G modem tar file flashable via odin(you can try this if it bootloops)

2. stock odin rom

3. recovery odin flashable(to flash back any other rom)

my instinct says odin itself will throw up some error

EDIT:

just read your post, our wait continues then. When the NK3 update was released we got the update 2 weeks after 910F release. Hope it wot happen this time
[Galaxy Note 4 General] FatalTragedy:
Ok thanks a lot. Last questions:

-it's ok Odin version 3.10.6?

-I don't have to make backup of some files in case of emergency?

-because my smartphone is Italian if I flash this german rom I don't have to do any things in particular after the installation?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] johnfranz29:
OtaView attachment 3163416
[Galaxy Note 4 General] marshall39:
CF auto root works , just did it.