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[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Just to clarify, I was already aware of the oculus delay but was merely trying to point out that since the firmware has had a partial experimental release of lollipop, this would suggest the oculus issues have been resolved, but that Samsung might possibly be working to bring the Note 4 in line with the s6 I.e. on 5.1 lollipop.

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[MENTION=1586120]henklbr[/MENTION] Yes, I realised that after posting but was having errors trying to edit the original post. I did read it properly, just human error. Please try not to assume things like I hadn't read it properly.

And yes, although still unconfirmed, it's a harmless thing to hope that there is some truth in this news. I know we don't have a stable release yet and I'm not confirming anything or trying to suggest I know Samsung's next step. As I said it was merely for info! Chill out and stop the attacks. If you read on my posts I said "likely" and "hopefully" - I never confirmed anything. And as for chasing ghosts [MENTION=773211]ionut cyprian[/MENTION], isn't that what we're doing already in the hope of a stable release soon?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ionut Ciprian:
Don't you think we are wasting too much time chasing ghosts? The fact is as simple as this: we do not have a stable 5.0.1 yet.

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Chill out man, this is a friendly talk not a war.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] henklbr:
I'm not attacking you, sorry if you assumed that...

But, just be realistic: Samsung never has updated their Touchwiz (TW of N4 never came to N3, N3 -> N2 etc)...

There's one more thing:

Touchwiz on S6 is based on the 64bit processor of the S6; our Note 4 doesn't have a 64bit processor, but a 32bit based!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
I am also aware of the difference in processor. Who knows what will happen. Hardly a crime to hope but yes realistically, take the news with a pinch of salt. Sadly yes, Samsung have previously forgotten earlier flagships and as I mentioned in another forum, the difference between processor, exynos on s6 vs snapdragon on Note 4, is the main issue with bringing anything like the s6 TouchWiz to the Note 4 along with the difference of 64bit against 32bit processor.

Anyway, moving on ...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Alessiomagliozzi:
Vodafone Italy update Note 4 - Official Forum

Hello everyone! : - D

here is the updated situation of the update software of smartphones and tablets! : thumbup :

update software Samsung.

: ! : Please note that the date of the conclusion of the test , the date of issue , there may be a gap of 1/2 weeks .

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Samsung

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Galaxy Note 4 ► MR for introduction Lollipop ► TA exceeded , FOTA expected in 2 weeks
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jdomadia:
Can you explain more to understand.

Thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Weird thing happened today. Full charge from about 9am then snowball battery drain. I could see the percentage drop just by using my Note 4. Went down to 6%, restarted and now 22%! Any ideas guys? Still getting drain even after reboot.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ionut Ciprian:
Lollipop wonders
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Ha yeah very likely. Never happened since I updated to bob4 and boc3. I think it's either Chromecast or Amazon app store that did it.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ionut Ciprian:
I cannot give you any opinion on this. Since first boot i always disable all google crap. I do not use Chrome, but it might be.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] higgers:
Well, this is a bit embarrassing. I'd been holding down power, home and volume down instead of volume up. Holding down volume down gives you the option for download mode or reboot as I'm sure you all know. Hey ho, you live and learn. :)

I had a bit of a stressful time when the flash failed near the end as Odin was trying to flash hidden.img.ext. The error was "FAIL! (Size)". I tried flashing twice but got the same error both times. I tried rebooting but got an error to say that the previous flash had failed. My bum was twitching like a rabbit's nose. A bit of googling led me to install Total Commander which let me remove hidden.img and cache.img from the tar file. Once I'd removed the .MD5 extension from the firmware file and reflashed it worked OK. The CSC isn't aligned though but I'm not that bothered about that. Samsung Phone Info says the original CSC is BTU and the current CSC is listed as blank. No big deal.

Battery life seems much improved. I put the phone down last night with 43% battery life remaining. I picked it up ten hours later this morning and it still had 43% battery remaining. Pretty good! There's much less lag navigating around apps and I've noticed that scrolling through articles on the Financial Times app is far smoother than on my Note 4. I'm impressed!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nookcoloruser:
Ok weird. So I followed the align CSC instructions and it didn't appear to work. However today connected my phone to Kies and it reported it as TPD instead of DBT and so I rebooted into recovery and TPD has been applied as CSC. Phone Info reports same. Previously it reported TPD/DBT

So connecting to Kies or rebooting seemingly fixed my unaligned CSC.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ionut Ciprian:
Bad news: http://www.sammobile.com/2015/03/30...he-galaxy-note-4-or-any-other-samsung-device/
[Galaxy Note 4 General] macmobile:
So KitKat is the way to go! ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] hAmpzter:
Yes. You should downgrade immediately without blinking first.. ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] macmobile:
I've downgraded already. So, no problem on my side! ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] hAmpzter:
Phew! Close call there.. ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Yeah I was just reading it. Ah well.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
We will probably see an update to the note 4 in the near future...and hopefully get the new UI, if not I am definitely switching to another company or even Apple...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ionut Ciprian:
This is bull****. You do not buy such a high end device for a few extra buttons, but for its performance. Good luck with Apple retina display and 8Mp camera.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] henklbr:
What I did mention already yesterday ;)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Anyone wanting s6 version of TouchWiz should take a look at this thread about s6 system dump. The OP is trying to get the apps and launcher to work for other Samsung phones.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3041330
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
The note 4 performs good, but the iPhone performs better....Although I really dislike Aple, Samsung is going the wrong way not updating their devices properly...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ionut Ciprian:
We live in a free world, you have the right to choose.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] dhd1802:
had that issue, on a note 8 and tab 3 8.0, after updating to kitkat. i sent mine back for servicing and they replaced the battery, all good :D

those not wishing to do that pulled their battery for half an hour, and reported that the issue disappeared
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
I found this rom which looks to be a good option. Removes bloat from BOC3 lollipop whilst still providing all the features.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3033881

You will need to have root access as is the case with all ROMs. I want to try it but I'm not 100% sure on whether to root yet. I bought my Note 4 direct from Samsung so I don't have network/carrier warranty where tripping Knox wouldn't really be an issue (for some).

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Oh OK cool. I just rebooted and it went back to normal. Not had that happen again since that occasion. I'm thinking it has to be something to do with Chromecast as I had used it before the sudden drain. I did close the app but it was probably running in the background. People with the VR headset have reported that the massive battery drain is due to Chromecast which, for some of reason, turns on when in VR mode even though you might not bee casting your VR experience onto your TV. You have to literally force stop the app in application manager. I just can't get why Chromecast is such a battery drain! Imagine trying to watch s movie or something, battery will be dead in half an hour!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Alessiomagliozzi:
SM-N910F Lollipop Update

As stated a few days ago , were added to the firmware for Notes 4 for the Vodafone brand in Spain and South Africa . Same firmware version Dutch . Greetings.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] itzic:
Ok, so 2 more countries, same operator - Vodafone. Any ideea when will be uploaded a clean firmware, like BTU (United Kingdom) or other trusted country...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nookcoloruser:
Take a guess because honestly that's the only thing anyone else can do ... Could be tomorrow, could be May.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ionut Ciprian:
This is cutting edge technology: http://www.sammobile.com/2015/03/31/samsung-has-announced-the-galaxy-blade-edge/

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UK BTU, oh yeah... looking forward for this. [emoji85] [emoji86] [emoji517] [emoji85] [emoji86][emoji517]
[Galaxy Note 4 General] marleyb:
lol lol :highfive::highfive:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] macmobile:
Ordered! ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vysus:
Official Vodafone ITA no brand is here :highfive:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] mastrix:
Works on SM-910F?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
The title of this thread IS N910F...so yes it does.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] xXPaToSoNXx:
Hi i am new to all this. When i flash this will it wipe my phone and also can i still download ota's?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Flashing will not wipe your phone. It will keep all data and settings in place. Only way a wipe us done is by factory reset or in recovery. You won't be able to get ota updates because of the CSC baseband. It will not be aligned, however, when the version your phone is out, whether it is network locked or unlocked, you can just flash that firmware to realign the CSC.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] xXPaToSoNXx:
Thanks, that was really helpful
[Galaxy Note 4 General] zkyevolved:
Does anyone know when OTA will be available? :)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Seems, from recent updates from sammobile, that Samsung are releasing boc3 as the official firmware. My only concern is there are still a few bugs and the missing ambient display which, for those who don't know, is where the notifications show up on the lock screen in black and white when you pick up the phone. I know that note 4 has air view which will light up the display by waving your hand over the sensor at the top of the screen but I'd really like ambient display, purely because the screen doesn't light up when notifications come through whilst the phone is locked or the screen is asleep. There are also a few issues relating to battery drain, numerous apps constantly reloading in the background resulting in reduced device performance. Also I have had some issues with graphics and sound when I've been playing games. Not sure if anyone has noticed this? I guess the boc3 version I'm using is the "unknown" version, but I'd like to see what difference the latest releases have against the "unknown" release.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] itzic:
Till a future fix of lighting the screen when a notification arrives, you can use "screen notifications " app.

Unlike iphone, if the os doesn't have a useful function, you can find that function in playstore.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
That's very true. I know there are other options but the lollipop version is best. The alternative are lock screen replacements which defeats the use of smart lock but thanks for the suggestion. Major issue is the bugs that are still present.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Racinghart91:
still no xposed for lollipop right ?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vysus:
Here's a Mega mirror for Vodafone IT brand new Lollipop FW :laugh:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] masterchif92:
You make my day
[Galaxy Note 4 General] itzic:
Hey mister Francesco Totti, let us know if you see some battery drain of your italia-uno Rom.

Cuz my VF rom indeed had a drain and thats why I got back to DBT from Armin's country.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Xposed has been completed for stock lollipop but last time I read the forum they were having issues with Samsung phones.

The OP thread can be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811

The mega thread is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3030118
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
Is this worth flashing. I tried the DBT awhile ago & it was poor. Is this better, More stable & a daily driver?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
If you're in Italy and use Vodafone then yes if not then no. The latest releases are network locked releases and most likely will not work outside the said network.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] @home:
I'm not, so I won't then
[Galaxy Note 4 General] iridaki:
That's simply not true. They may include carrier branded apps or certain settings or whatever, but there is no such thing as "it won't work outside said network". I'm not saying that they should be flashed, it's always best to wait for the update meant for your device, but it won't be catastrophic if you flash those firmwares either.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
That's true, thanks for your comment. The reason why I said what I said was because I've tried it myself and it didn't work. I'm in the UK and have an unlocked note 4 (btu) and it never worked on any network. I have a sim with o2, EE and 3 and none were able to get a network signal. I checked network settings and downloaded settings for the network but it made no difference. Besides being able to use my phone in WiFi network, I wasn't able to get any network connection. When I flashed back to the unknown version (tpd) things were back to normal. I'm not suggesting you're wrong or anything but that was my experience. I wanted to see what the battery life was like and whether things like ambient display and screen pinning had been added.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ionut Ciprian:
I'm just waiting for BTU lollipop. Too bad it was not released yet. In my opinion BTU releases are the cleanest and more stable than any other CSC, also to be mentioned the fast updates.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] iridaki:
Ah I see. To be honest, I was talking from experience with my previous Samsung devices. For example my S4, which I have to my mom, runs a Greek Vodafone firmware even though it is used with a Wind SIM card, with no obvious problems.

So I'm sincerely sorry, I didn't realise that those Note 4 firmwares were different.

Thanks for sharing your experience!

By the way, I'm running the "unknown" firmware too. Battery is OK-ish mostly, at the same level as the initial DBT Lollipop. Definitely worse than KitKat but after 2 months on Lollipop, I feel like I've gotten used to it and charging the phone a bit more often has become part of my daily routine.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Cryss:
Yes but nobody talks there and no updates for N910F since germany one ... stop close necessary threads !
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Yeah I'm concerned about the power too. I'm finding I have to charger twice a day. I'm hoping this amongst the other two things I wanted are resolved. I didn't leave the Italian firmware on for long enough to check because of the network problems.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Batfink33:
Check your wakelocks I had Play Services wakelocks causing bad battery drain. I had to remove my Google account then re sign in and the battery after that is fine.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
OK cool, I'm guessing you need root access for that? I'm still trying to make up my mind in whether to root as I've only had this replacement note 4 for a month now so got 11 months left on warranty.

I can usually sort most things out but there's always that hardware fault that might happen somewhere down the line. Any positive's to help make my mind up are welcomed! :D :thumbup:

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One thing I've found in a bit peeved about is that the s6 TW has the flashlight option like stock lollipop does but it's not on the version for note 4. So that's three things I'm waiting for:

- flashlight

- screen pinning

- ambient display
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nikc0069:
Please excuse the following noobishness but not had a Samsung in a while.

I've got an EE uk contract but was provided with a phone with csc of fitv1ank3. If I flash the boc3 firmware firstly I realise the csc will change. Is this a problem? Do I need it to match my existing csc to avoid problems? And then I assume when ee release I can just flash over the top to get the correct csc?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
The ank3 version is KitKat so flashing straight to boc3 is fine. Won't do any harm whatsoever as long as you do it correctly ;)

You don't have to worry about CSC to be honest. All you need to do is flash the correct version when it comes out. I'm presuming that your original CSC will be btu. Check using this app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo

It'll show the original csc and then the firmware CSC which should be btu (original) and tpd (boc3 firmware).

I'm almost certain EE phones are unlocked so you should have btu as the original CSC. When the correct firmware comes out for UK btu then flash that and the original CSC and firmware CSC will align allowing for any subsequent ota updates from Samsung.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Batfink33:
You can check the power usage in the settings on an unrooted phone. I noticed the "Android System" was using a high percentage of battery so did some Googling and found you had to remove your Google account then sign in again and that helped the battery. Before I did that I'd have around 15%battery use overnight and that decreased to 2-3% after. I also used "Better Battery Stats" (which you do need to be rooted for) and found the phone wasn't going into deep sleep because of Google Services. Ive also had "media server" causing wakelocks and battery drain. Of course using Greenify to put apps in hibernation helps also but again you need to be rooted for this. One final thing is to check what is syncing in the background. In your accounts section of settings if you click on an account you can check the sync setting. The less things you have syncing all the time, the less the phone will wake from sleep to sync and thus save battery.

At the end of the day, it is quite a power hungry phone with a QHD display so you'll probably only ever get around 4-5hours SOT.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] henklbr:
Is that so? PHN and TPD (both Netherlands) are also the "cleanest" and "most stable"!

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No updates since DBT? Under which stone you've been sleeping?

N910fxxu1boc3
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ionut Ciprian:
As simple as this. I trust BTU
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vysus:
Bad news here.

The Voda Ita brand new one won't fit the ITA Wind model, so it can't be flashed on any other ITA no-Voda device too I suppose.

Back to latest KK, fully wiped 2 times, no luck: it always shows "FAIL" more or less at 99%, no space enough on the EXT4.

Glad to be contradicted :crying:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ionut Ciprian:
Slow development this time by Samsung for our phones.

I just love Samsung, but this time i'm so disapointed by them. :(
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Would you suggest I remove all Google accounts and then add them again or the one I use for Google play? The stupid thing is that I've gone into sync settings on each Google account and turned off everything except mail but they still show up on the drop down in Google play and play services etc. You'd think not showing sync would remove them from the drop down of apps that they don't sync with.

How long did you wait between getting your phone and rooting? I have my OnePlus One rooted and I have better control of background startups and ram which avoided any slow down and stutter. I'm like 99% there for rooting, just that 1% what if factor that's stopping me.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nikc0069:
Thanks for that. The app says original csc was ITV so I think EE have been sourcing stock from abroad. Also sim locked. But am I right in saying flash the boc 3 anyway and then flash the evr which is the ee csc when it comes out, as csc doesn't really do a lot?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Batfink33:
Here's a screenshot of my battery. Ignore everything except the flat "sleep" stages of the graph, they're virtually at 1-2% drain during sleep. If you have that then there's no point removing the Google account. If you have a steep drain during sleep then I'd remove the account to see if it helps. As I said, I had the steep drain during sleep and that's what worked for me. I'm not sure what account to remove and sign in again as I only have 1 but I reckon you have to remove all of them as 1 of them or all of them may have sync problems.

I personally waited 1month before I rooted, I'm a flashaholic and couldn't help myself, I needed a kernel to tinker with and Viper4Android,Greenify etc are essential for me and I was also having skipping music over bluetooth which the custom kernel has solved. As long as I have a backed up rom I feel quite safe, but I guess you do run the risk. I bought my phone on the day of release in the UK last October so I only would have 6 months warranty left now.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] uktechguru:
Yeah it doesn't really matter at long as you're OK with flashing firmware :D

I think sammobile have a page for unlocking phones

http://www.sammobile.com/unlock/

Not sure if it'll work in UK but can always try. I was certain EE phones weren't sim locked. That's a bit rubbish but if you know what you're doing you'll be good.

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Yeah I don't have the flat sleep stages that are shown in yours. I'll give it a go with removing all Google accounts and take it from there :)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ashatar:
Well yeah, thought so.It works great so far, thanks for the reply
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Lembo:
Thanks so much for the DL

HURRY UP! :)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] rsfour:
I know most here have already tripped the flash counter etc but Iv'e not been brave enough yet. I was a flashaholic with my Nexus but the fear or voiding the warranty has kept me from modding!

If i flash this via odin with the flash counter be tripped along with Knox? :confused:

Lots of people say that should be the case but no one has confirmed... i miss my nexus 5 haha
[Galaxy Note 4 General] scott.eden:
worth a watch!!

:D:laugh:

[YOUTUBE]9-DuC0tE7V4[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Orvils:
Downloaded and flashed on my UK Vodafone Note 4. For those who still doesn't trust flashing firmware meant for another country - don't worry it doesn't trip knox or anything. That was really important for me since it is my work phone (unfortunately can't root). Everything is running fine. I did do a factory reset because before I had some problems with notifications not appearing on my Sony Smartwatch 3. After resetting and setting everything up all is fine. The trusted device thing works as supposed, I don't need to write in my pass code every time - yay.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Racinghart91:
thats defenetly a UAG case right ? :D

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Yeah i know i can, but... its something principal.

I never had a real (big) OTA in android.

The moment i got my previous phone's i started to root them and flash something custom, so i'm really waiting to enjoy the moment to get a whole new android experiance via OTA :p

If you know what i mean haha, maybe its just me beeing stupid
[Galaxy Note 4 General] kguse2b:
Can anyone tell me if DBT has Romanian language option? Also, it is safe to flash this with Odin if phone is network-locked on Vodafone Romania? THX