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[Galaxy Note 4 General] Tom540:
Did you do a full wipe and then flash using Odin 3.09? If not, that is why you are having problems. Wipe data, cache, dalvik cache and system and then boot straight in to download mode and install the update
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Alessiomagliozzi:
Yes i flash with Odin 3.09 and 3.10. I wipe data, data cache, before flash, then i flash with nand erase all and then removing the battery, restart in recovery mode and wipe data and data cache. Did this for 10 times before downgrade to kitkat.

I had problems with battery drain , unfortunately Contacts has stopped Repeatedly and keyboard errors samsung . I work in a service center of phones so I often have to update or restore samsung phones . I must say that I am following the discussion is on the Facebook page of Samsung Mobile Germany , which on the German forum and detect all these problems . So I'm not alone . The procedure usually use to flash the firmware for me and the customers is the one I have described . Thank You. Hello everyone
[Galaxy Note 4 General] alex9898:
CPU-Z says that the OB4 firmware still use Dalvik 2.1.0

Is this normal ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SleemLDJ:
Can someone please tell me how to revert from lollipop back to Kitkat for BTU UK?

The battery drain on lollipop is mind ****ing me.

Sent from my unrivaled Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910F)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Lakota:
I had epic battery drain on this ROM. After some head scratching I stumbled on a setting under the Wi-Fi Advanced settings that allows the phone to search for networks even when Wi-Fi is off. Turned that off and it seems OK now. Don't really see the point of that setting anyway!

If you're having battery drain, try switching that off.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jdomadia:
+1
[Galaxy Note 4 General] yogihoy:
german firmware

Can i use this on my uk note 4???
[Galaxy Note 4 General] krohme:
I cannot activate the always listening feature either, seems to be a Samsung lollipop bug :eek:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Aineias:
Upgrade complete

Well now I updated my SM-N910F with the german firmware without problems! Can't see anything unusual, except for the two german apps, everything works fine at the moment. I'll charge my battery to 100% now and see if there is any (negative) difference. Just finished AnTuTu benchmark with 49320, 1st place, and with 4.4.4. KitKat i was on third so thats an improvement. Everything went smoother then I expected! ^^ So if anyone with the SM-N910F Note 4 in Sweden wants to upgrade to Lollipop before it's released in Sweden, feel free to do so! Just don't forget to FACTORY RESET DEVICE and CLEAR CASHE before AND after the update. Maybe you don't have to but do it just in case! ^^ Enjoy Android 5.0.1 Lollipop on your SM-N910F Galaxy NOTE 4 !
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sandeepsb:
Flashed perfectly on my 910F UK Unlocked - I've been running it for a couple of days now and there's no lag whatsoever apart from the recent apps screen which is complete rubbish. There was extreme lag on the first hour or two of flashing the ROM but I brought that down to me installing apps and the system sort of initialising itself.

I didn't factory reset the device or clear cache, but I had to work with the Google Play Services issues which helped by clearing the cache of the app.

One thing I noticed was on the first day that my battery was depleting very fast and after looking at my usage settings the culprit was Unified Daemon. Unified Daemon is a Samsung app that connects to location services to provide you with updated Yahoo Stocks and Weather on your phone. I wasn't using any of that info so I disabled the app and my battery life it back to normal just as it was on KitKat.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] marleyb:
For fixing the recent apps button check http://xdaforums.com/note-4/help/fix-recent-apps-button-lag-touchwiz-lp-t3033000

regards
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sandeepsb:
Perfect, thanks for that - mines opening very quickly now.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jetbruceli:
Had bad battery performance too after install but then I wiped all and sure enough battery is excellent.

When you flash there might have been left over dalvik and others behind the scene services that lollipop is trying to handle. So, try factory reset and leave the WiFi settings alone.

Cheers
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tlc76:
Is it possible to revert to official KitKat 4.4.4 once you've passed to Lollipop, of course without tripping the knox warranty? I have an Orange Romania branded Note 4 SM-N910F.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] marleyb:
Yes it is, not sure why you would want it though
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tlc76:
In case I would need to call off the warranty, so the phone should be put in it's original operator branded state

thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 General] marleyb:
Okay, in that case. yes you can bring it back in original operator branded state. Np
[Galaxy Note 4 General] academic:
Thx for the info.

Questions:

I've a SM-N910F in Switzerland. Is is possible to flash the German ROM on my device which currently run with a 4.4.4 (Switzerland - AUT) official ROM ?

If yes, would it be possible to go back to the official Lolipop ROM (Switzerland - AUT) when she will be available ?

Thanks for your answer !
[Galaxy Note 4 General] marleyb:
Both yes, no problem [emoji6]
[Galaxy Note 4 General] academic:
Thx mate !
[Galaxy Note 4 General] patriotaki:
ι My Note is from Germany but I didnt get any updates yet . How can I get it Without flashing ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Maybe like me, some people are getting a lot more stuttering when opening apps & lots of delays when waking the phone locked.

I've been running this rom for almost a week & I have to say it's not as good as I anticipated it would be.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] marleyb:
I have to agree, but lets not forget this is a major and not a minor version update. There are definitely some wrinkles to iron out by Google as well on Samsung's part :)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Kev600:
I thought that I'd been lucky... But now my Contacts have intermittent ANR/FC.

No, I didn't wipe before installing.. But then that wouldn't happen with OTA.

Software is just ****. In general! Always being fixed/patched/improved/broken/repeat.

Even an MS Windows upgrade wouldn't be 'as good' as a clean install.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] macmobile:
Just a little question: Will the OTA update offered only once? I myself downgraded from Lolliflop to KitKat again. When checking for new updates now, it says that they're already installed.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] iridaki:
Funny you should say that, I had this sort of debate last night with my boyfriend. He was saying he is convinced that upgrading the software (any software, Windows or Android) without a factory reset is basically "asking for trouble". However, Android since ICS I think, is meant to be built is such a way that it is immediately upgradable, aka no need to wipe your data. That is supposedly the case at least. A factory reset never hurt anyone, but my opinion is that any benefit you may see from it stems from the fact that you inevitably do a "spring cleaning" as well. Most people do not reinstall every single app they had on their phone prior to the reset, because they have the chance to think "Hey, I was never using that really". So I'm not 100% that factory reset is the only viable option. I personally did not reset when I upgraded to Lollipop, but that's partly because I try to keep a "clean" phone anyway. Any app that doesn't get used gets uninstalled, any app that causes issues goes, even if it's useful otherwise, no root, no fiddling. Any problems I have after update, I look them up here and it turns out people who did factory reset also face them. So up to now I haven't been convinced I need to go through the hassle.

Now, Windows... is a very different story. ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Did you do a rest when you flashed back to KK or did you a dirty flash?

Is it OK to do a dirty flash back to KK?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] macmobile:
In my case it wouldn't even have booted correctly without doing a factory reset.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] marleyb:
:laugh::laugh::laugh::good:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jdomadia:
Try through kies.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] joeb690:
Does it have branding? Built in Vodafone apps or so? Then you will have to wait for an update after the carrier updates. I have a Vodafone branded phone but updated using Odin.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Anyone having big problems with Bluetooth>

I'm trying to play music with Poweramp via bluetooth & all i'm getting is stuttring on the playback & then the music freezes & i have close powramp down. This also happen with the stock music player.

All is ok if I plug the headphones directly in to the device.

I starting to thing Lollipop just isn't ready enough.

My Note 4 was flawless with KK.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] henklbr:
No problems with BT on my device: listening regularly Podcasts via BeyondPod on my Samsung Gear Circle!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tlc76:
I've upgraded to Lollipop this morning. Without factory reset. It works very well. Just a minor bug: swipe lock screen does not work after reboot (must set another lock screen security type, such as PIN, and then return to Swipe -> problem solved).

Two apps were updated after the ROM upgrade: Google Play Services and Facebook.

Knox warranty void: 0x0, ROM status: official

Thanks for providing the ROM file and also for the support!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] trivjednom:
xpossed

xpossed don't work :confused:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] frankieGom:
Need help downgrading to KK

Hi all,

after flashing 5.0.1 to my Note 4, I found out the lack of Xposed was a deal breaker for me since I was using it to bypass company policy in Exchange email but found it not as easy as I expected...

This is what I did on a French SM-N910F, stock, rooted (CF_autoroot), xposed with TWRP 2.8.4.0 recovery installed:

- make a nandroid backup of 4.4.4 setup

- dirty flash LL file on top of existing setup

- everything comes up as expected, except no root ann no xposed framework (because no root)

- flash TWRP 2.8.4.0 back on (that's an error, should have rooted first)

- flash latest CF_autoroot, then TWRP

- check and confirm xposed won't work, spend a litlle time deciding what I want to do, decide to go back for the moment (easy enough, I have a nandroid, right?)

- make a nandroid backup of 5.0.1 rooted setup just in case

- restore 4.4.4 nandroid

This is where things go ugly, my Note 4 immediately goes into a bootloop. I get the Samsung logo, then 2 short beeps/vibrates and it starts over again.

I thought there must be an incompatibility between my backup and some LL files, so I downloaded the latest ROM for France from Sammobile (N910FXXU1ANK4_N910FOXX1ANK2_XEF) and Odin flashed this (dirty). This time no boot loop, but I get the animation boot image going on seemingly forever (waited at least 35' before breaking down).

Took me a while to get back to working LL, restoring my nandroid produced the exact same bootloop, and I had to Odin flash the ROM twice to get back up and running.

At the moment, I'm exporting my Nandroids to the PC and will probably try a full factory reset/oding flash KK/restore Nandroid.

Unless there are any better ideas, I'm a bit shy with what may happen after I do that if it fails...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Pierre118:
The same happened to me. Restoring a 4.4.4 Nandroid did not work after a Lollipop install. Same bootloop as you just described. A Odin flash of a original 4.4.4 factory rom did the trick. That works fine.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] frankieGom:
Thanks, this is good to know.

Do you remember how long it took to boot into the 4.4.4 factory ROM, until it was usable? And did you perform a full wipe beforehand or dirty flash like me?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Back On KK & the N4 is back to running like a dream.

Hopefully when the BTU Lollipop comes it'll be in better fetal than this rom.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] RandyKaoss:
BBC iPlayer/BBC Media Player issue with 5.0.1

Since upgrading to 5.0.1, I can't seem to play anything that requires the BBC Media Player, like BBC iPlayer, for example. Any UK users confirm?

I can Chromecast using the apps, but the video won't play on my phone. I don't get an error message, the video looks like it has loaded, but then the screen goes off. You Tube etc all fine and I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the BBC Media Player, but still no joy.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] TraumaTiger:
In UK, on GiffGaff and confirm iPlayer doesnt work on Lollipop. Seems to think it's playing, ie timer running but get blank screen. Haven't tried it via chromecast.

Sky Go actually works though which is a miracle in itself.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] joeb690:
An update is in the works as far as I know.

Edit;

http://www.xda-developers.com/xposed-framework-for-android-lollipop-is-here/

Its already available.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] :
Does your back up include a custom kernel? If not restore backup flash custom kernel before rebooting. It's probably a selinux issue as bootloader doesn't match the rom base on your backup
[Galaxy Note 4 General] RandyKaoss:
Thanks for confirming, least I know it's not just my phone! I get the same thing, the video thinks it is playing, but there's no picture or audio.

I assume some Nexus devices in the UK already have Lollipop, so surely iPlayer has been updated to work. Don't have Sky Go, but all other streaming/video apps are working fine.

Probably have to wait until the UK firmware is released before a fix is available.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] willcor:
hi,

well i have Plantronic Bluetooth headset i have been using nearly every day and i use Poweramp/And or also. I also connect to my Gear watch, or Tunein Internet via Bluetooth

I have no problems at all.

Lollipop overall (to me) very stable smooth, battery use very acceptable etc. Had Lollipop on device over week plus !
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Pierre118:
The first boot is not so long as the Lollipop one. I cannot remember how long. Yes, I did a full wipe in TWRP before the ODIN flash.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] frankieGom:
After copying my LL and KK nandroids to the PC, I tried a second time to Odin flash stock 4.4.4 over my LL install. After waiting another half hour for it to come up, I finally decided to factory reset in stock recovery and the ROM cam up right away.

Next I Odin flashed CF_autoroot, but that does not work anymore, it boots to recovery and goes into the same boot loop I have when restoring my 4.4.4 nandroid! :(

So I Odin flashed TWRP 2.8.4.0 again, copied the KK nandroid back to the device and tried to restore it: no go!!! :(

Tried to Odin flash the KK ROMs over it again, and this times it only plays the boot animation a couple minutes before going into the Android upgrade screen (optimizing applications). And it finally starts up, but no root (the thing with CF_autorootseems to be that the included stock recovery won't boot on this device once LL has been flashed on it).
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
I was using Stereo Bluetooth® Headset SBH50. All fine with KK. An absolute mess with Lollipop on the N4.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Vozie_Stockholm:
I have done the same but I lost Bluetooth tethering with Telia. Wifi tethering works fine. Can you tether over bluetooth?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] crash_194:
Has anyone else observed that you can no longer remove the auto brightness slider from the notification panel on this build?

sent from my Galaxy Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
Yup,.They should have added the option to remove S Finder and Quick Connect though...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] crash_194:
It's strange because on my mrs's S5 lollipop built she can remove the auto brightness slider and she also has additional options in the notification panel settings. I'd have thought this would be common across the different phone builds with it essentially being a Samsung thing.

sent from my Galaxy Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 General] m4gg0t:
They are taking so long to release lollipop for n919g. Grrrrrrr. :mad:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] crash_194:
It's worth the wait mate if that is any consolation. I think it is a great build and very well finished.

sent from my Galaxy Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 General] m4gg0t:
I hope it comes soon. Really can't wait any longer.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Fatherboard:
Waiting for an official OTA might take months from now. There are stock s5 owners who still wait.

Sent from my Note 4 (SM-N910F)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tlc76:
Bug: auto brightness does not work, I always have constant brightness on Auto. According to AndroSensor app, the light sensor sends good information (variations between 4 and 83 lux in artificial light).

The +/- adjustment in Auto mode does not change the brightness level, whether the light condition changes or not.

Anyone experiencing this too?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
Works fine here, depending on the situation.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] crash_194:
Yes, if I am understanding what you are experiencing, my phone doesn't appear to behave in the same way. In fact mine behaves exactly how I would expect it to.

I believe the auto brightness behaviour has changed slightly in lollipop and is now called adaptive brightness, it is worth a read up on if you aren't aware of it as this might explain some of what you are seeing maybe?

sent from my Galaxy Note 4
[Galaxy Note 4 General] frankieGom:
Update: flashing supersu from recovery did the trick, I now have my Note 4 back to KK, with root and haven't lost too much in the process.

One last thing remain: my micro 64Gb SD card is encrypted per my company's exchange policy (could not find a way to avoid that on the external card) and when inserted it will be checked for error and encrypted. Except this step does not seem to end (left it going for more than 10 hours and the card remains unabailable).

The weird thing is that the notification that it is encrypting the card goes away as soon as I select it, whereas before it would stick until encryption was complete.

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No, I don't think so as it is a back up from a stock ROM that was only rooted using CF_autoroot.

I wondered whether the issue could have been caused by the different bootloader in LL, though
[Galaxy Note 4 General] henklbr:
Nope: Autobright works OK on my device!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mquinteiro:
Heartbeat monitor issue

Hi,

I have an issue with heartbeat monitor, when the display is on it is working all time. Every time I put something close to the sensor the red light turns on.

I have to wait few time after turn off the screen to stop the issue.

When I use S-Health heartbeat monitor it returns to normality for a small time period.

Some other have this issue? Some solution? It's stock lollipop without root on N910F model

BR.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] borimol:
Uninstall Google Fit app.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mquinteiro:
I can't believe! I will try. (alucino)

It's just uninstall and install or I have to remove for ever?

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] borimol:
At the moment, you have to uninstall it, because if you reinstall the app, it will happen again.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] :
That's the exact issue. Because your bootloader is bob (lolipop ) and d I didn't match your rom selinux stopped it booting. Flashing a permissive kernel stops it and allows the rom to boot. I've gone from about 20 lolipop roms back to my kk backup while testing
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
Does anyone have a problem with their brightness slider?When I manually set the brightness and after some time unlock my device the slider shows as if the brightness level is at max while the brightness remains the same as i set it?I did a factory reset.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] frankieGom:
I haven't followed the action closely enough, obviously!

Flashing a different kernel is the only way around, then and you can go back and forth between KK and LL without any problem as long as it's a permissive kernel?

What do you reckon is the best place to look for one?

I'm mulling going back to LL to check my micro SD card encryption, and possibly back up the files before going back to KK. But I do not fancy going through the crap I had to endure sunday night if I can avoid it.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Mquinteiro:
You are right. Thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 General] :
If you flash ael or nadia kernel before you boot you can flash /restore any kk rom you want. Personally I use ael and my backup includes ael so it just restores fine
[Galaxy Note 4 General] borelis:
Can you please post your steps for downgrading?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] frankieGom:
And you only need that kernel in the KK backups, right?

Additionally, how do I make a backup of the stock kernel?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] :
You can use philz or twrp to backup your stock kernel using advanced backup. I can easily make a flashable zip of the stock kernel if you can link me your base.

Nadia/ael wlll only work with kk so you can either include one of them in your backup or just flash one of them after you restore your kk backup but before you reboot
[Galaxy Note 4 General] frankieGom:
The stock KK ROM I flashed is N910FXXU1ANK4_N910FOXX1ANK2_N910FXXU1ANK4_HOME.tar, if that's what you mean.

I'm interested in finding out how to make a kernel backupo from TWRP (running 2.8.4.0, I looked at the backup and advanced menus but I'm not quite sure what option corresponds to kernel backup there), but I'll gladly take a zip for safety as well, if you can easily make one.

thanks

François
[Galaxy Note 4 General] a_ya7ya:
Hi

I got N910F UK free sim when it's gets 5.0.1?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] henklbr:
When it's released/ready...

Nobody knows here, only Samsung Korea!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] :
If you select boot in twrp recovery that's the kernel. Just back that up on its own then you can restore it anytime you want. If I've still got that firmware on my pc I'll zip the kernel now if not I'll download the tar and make it
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
KK is fine for now. Lollipop isn't all that yet
[Galaxy Note 4 General] frankieGom:
Well, that's simple enough then. I never realized boot stood for the kernel!

I'll make my own backup, no need to waste your time on that.

thanks,

François
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
Anyone?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] RandyKaoss:
There was an update for the BBC Media Player issued yesterday. Doesn't seem to have fixed the problem though :(
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SGN4SD:
When you install odin on your pc and flash this. Than you get it.:p

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??? Gingerbread was fine. All my exes where fine. No way going back to them. It's new so grasp it. Don't stay behind.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] a_ya7ya:
Nooooo... I'll wait ?

Sent from my SM-N910F
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
I get where your coming from but When my note 4 runs better on kk than lolly, I'll stick with the ex;)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] SGN4SD:
Haha They s.x with your ex is the best.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] adyp1988:
I have an note 4 N910F locked on Vodafone Romania (with Vodafone Romania branded rom of course) and i want to flash this one . I want to know if it triggers something . Or is it safe to flash it ? thanks in advance :D
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Dean-xXx:
You can flash it through Odin and it won't trigger the Knox flag.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] adyp1988:
thanks :D . But why is it taking them so long to release Lollipop for other countries beside Germany... I mean there are 3 weeks since Germany release and no sign of another official rom ... it is kind of strange isn`t it ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
They have many variants to update, carriers need to add their bloat to their ROM's and so on...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] carlhook:
Some problems.

Hey, thanks OP for the update.

Much smoother, less lag - beauty.

But I have few problems.

First - happened around 80% of the time - when some one calls me , I cannot pick up the phone....by this, I mean, when I slide to pick up...it just does not work....had the same with the drop the call button - WAT?

Second - some serious wakelock issues - phone is awake ALL the time.

Have some apps, and SHealth enabled - did disable S-Health but no changes what so ever.

Any ideas?