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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] xda_johndoe:
All devs have personal preference and individual set of skill and time. Likewise, users with personal preference and time. Some get what is more stable, some get what they really want and find time to ask others, to fix and tweak, to make the rom more stable, customized. Sharing the end results with devs and users. In reality best rom I think is the one, oneself could make themselves. Each rom has pros and cons. Each user uses their device differently, so even pros and cons can shift from one user to the next. I myself find any kitkat roms more practical by design. A more efficient way to use the device visually, with features and settings more organized and faster to recognize icons visually rather reading the icons labels. Lollipop has some new unique features, seems faster and smoother performance wise, but on the most part priority seems to be the color of things. If we lived in a perfect world with no time, I wonder what the hybrid of kit Kat and lollipop would be, or if all devs were one team. I think the best rom would be to have all the possible features/customizations with on/off switches. But that would probably require a lot of time and memory space, to also not have one feature conflict with another. Interesting place. Appreciate all devs and users with useful information they share with others.

:)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
Right now i have a backup of pretty much all the roms out there. The one that i always have when i am working is poprock because of battery life and overall stability. At home i mostly have TeXoDUs because i love customizations and the looks of it. When driving or out with friends i have aosp CmRemix has been the go2 lately, love the speed and gets me out of TW world for a while :)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] davwman:
Went back to kitkat/Firekat with bioshock kernel. Ran tw lollipop since it's release and every rom had issues. Not any developers fault, just unfinished, unrefined product from Google. I had way too many issues with camera not focusing, unexplained heat, wake locks, crap battery life, signal problems with new modem, random app force closes, etc, etc.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Android_Monsters:
Project Infinity
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] rile1564:
Stock LP. Haha!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] kabuk1:
I've tried many but always come back to firekat 13. Its the only ROM my phone seems to like & the only one that runs stable with no heat or persistent wakelocks.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
Maybe be a little more patient? ? Give it a chance, play around get yourself used to LP and you will realize that it's not so bad. If the problems that you described were persistent, there wouldn't been so many roms and users making the switch.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
Will give this a shot and report back. Have you tried other roms to? Or did you stick with this from beginning? By saying more about this rom, in my opinion you advertise the devs work, and there is nothing more the devs want. They don't sell their work, it is a gift for us, the good words and popularity of their rom is more valuable to them then anything else.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
Nothing wrong with that. And again i ask you why? Have you tried other roms and ran into issues?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Android_Monsters:
I have a cell phone store, so I've tried them all.

I can tell you my personal path, however.

Firekat, cmremix, poprocks, project Infinity, Tekhd's rom.

I can tell you what we put on note 4s the most.

Poprocks and CmRemix.

I'll have to pm you a link to project Infinity cause it got pulled.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Android_Monsters:
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[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
If i just wanted something decent and never look back, i would have done the same to. But the truth of the matter is that i love NEW even if that is something that is not perfect yet. I love CHANGE, i like being curious with every update out there, and love flashing.

Lol i remember myself when i first bought a computer and would spend countless hours on IRC or going for days exploring programs, downloading torrents, and shiitte load of viruses along with them. Factory reseting windows weekly, and repeating the same thing over and over.

now these days i have settled with wiping and flashing. To old for anything else :)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
Nice, thnx man!

Don't forget RAPTURE by ib4bested, that's rock solid to, and very fest with the most minimal bloatware than any other rom out there
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
And i can tell you right now, if TEKXodus was a little more organized, and what i mean by that is that if he had al the mods and themes in one place, something similar like Brians rom DynamicPop, where he has incorporated a settings icon with all his mods and tweaks (CM has that to) and had a little less unnecessary bloatware, made it more compact. That would be a dream rom with twice the user base. He is always there with a lot more work and updates than anybody else, his rom has the speed the battery life and the customization all in one.

Let me give an example.

When i flash his rom all i wanna see is the speed and the looks that he has right now. Everything else including samsung, google, tmobile, optional aps (bloatware) lmt all themes sound app, tweaks, themed sms, pull down notification tweaks, status bar etc, all into one single icon as a user choice mods. Thats a lot of work i know, but thats something that he certainly doesn't lack.

This way he would give every single person what they exactly want. With one stone he would kill countless birds :)))
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] davwman:
I ran it since INITIAL release. Battery was the biggest deal breaker. No big deal. I will go back to lollipop when Samsung gets its head out of it ass. By the time that happens a new nexus will be out.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] tykalx:
:good: this is where i'm at too, also best theme job all black by foreverloco http://xdaforums.com/note-4-tmobile/themes-apps/theme-foreverlocos-lobotomy-stock-t2971462
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] kabuk1:
Yup, I've got the black theme too. That's one of my biggest gripes with LP actually- I have an amoled screen, damnit. I want deep, gorgeous black, not blinding white everywhere I look.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] TEKHD:
Please keep it clean and choose your words wisely. Please avoid ROM comparisons... (with negative words, etc)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Android_Monsters:
I am using Tekhd's newest myself.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] oka1:
From the Moderator

Please LISTEN CAREFULLY (actually read carefully)

I will allow this thread to continue under these guidelines ......

1. It's ok to state which ROM you like .......

2. It is ok to state why you like it

3. It is NOT OK to state "X" rom is Better that "Y" rom......

Let's be clear on this ........ start the comparison postings and this thread gets closed.......

To those who think XDA is a democracy ...... it is not, it is a website with rules all who join agreed to ......... follow those rules ........ failure to do so just gets you into trouble

Post respectfully, be kind and be civil......

Thanks ~~~ oka1
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Android_Monsters:
How do you post in blue?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Jammol:
Lol I've always wondered that myself!!!

Oh man I wanna part in blue or red!

I'm running stock at the moment. Needed reliable camera for our rip to New York right now. Wife has been taking so many photos this camera is going to start bleeding soon!!!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mgbotoe:
Like this [emoji5]
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] MajorTom_:
Do you guys use the site on a computer? The option to pick the colour for text is almost unavoidable. You won't see it on quick reply unless you "go advanced".
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] W3TH3KINGzz:
I myself have just got the note 4 two days ago to be exact haha thus far I've tried slimremix as well as TEXHD I absolutely loved both :) still have many more to try though :)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] CyanJustice:
I'm currently on XenonHD, wish I could get Bioshock AOSP on it but it keeps failing for some reason. Still a great rom though, I can't get enough of AOSP's minimalism and speed. Can't wait for someone to port M over.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Simplyeduardo:
Which Version of xenon are you running? I ran 7.10.15 but ran into heating issues.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] 3pcssuits:
I run the latest xenon and have had no heat issues and this is with tethering enabled and also web browsing at the same. Warm bit never hot.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] tommason1968:
That's what I'm using. I prefer KK over lollipop
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] stump2008:
Since switching to my note 4 as well as lollipop, I've tried a few yet TEKHD is my daily driver. Check it out?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
For some strange reasons last couple of weeks, xenon is the only aosp rom that runs perfect. With the rest i get all kind of FCs.

As far as touchwiz, tekhd's rom is my daily driver. Very happy with it.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] projekt1:
In my Sig :D
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] CyanJustice:
Yeah xenon is the way to go, not too much customization, but very stable and very fast. Flash DSP manager or Viper on it and it has great sound quality too. I use pure Play Music and it's quite wonderful.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] mdl054:
Poprocks is my favorite but there are a lot of amazing options ATM. Mega does a ton of great work on his build and is always very active in answering questions and fixing issues. :good:
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
Been on flashing mode lately, flashing anything and everything thats out there. Been specially busy with all TEKHD has made, a lot of fun and amazing good work this guy does. Give it a try
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Karakoram2:
TeKXodus 4.2 extreme developer's edition extended.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dynospectrum:
PopRocks v8 here

https://youtu.be/D_gowkT_z5M
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
Poprocks its a nice simple rom, but all the updates are just numbers basically with pointless little changes. Just being honest here. The dev it's an awesome guy and its nice to go on that thread and hang out talk about weather or other similar things, I mean i am not sure if the guy even sleeps he is posting continues in his threads like every 15 minutes since the beginning of time :). I have been flashing and watching the roms like a hawk and i know what i am talking about. For example dynamicpop or rapture have basically one or two updates in all this time and still offer a little more than 8 updates on poprocks, and smoothness or battery life is basically the exact same compare to the others, just as it would have been lets say if he updated the rom only once. Anyway, sometimes is just not about a rom being better than it is what you are convinced to feel good about what you have. If poprocks makes you feel better than i say good for you, indeed that could as might as well be the best rom.

Take care!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dynospectrum:
Sorry for hurting your feelings. ;]
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Motivation03:
Rapture and Tekxnesis
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] JawjaBill:
Currently running Dynamic Pop 6.0. Looking to try one of the TEKHD Roms once I can figure out the differences.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
It depends on what baseband you are for the TEKHD roms. Id u are on cod6, cog2 or you want to go all out and be on 5.1.1 either way u will love each one of them as u will find everything u love in a rom the guy has it included.

What i like about him is that battery and speed are the best out of them all plus u have thw looks plus all the tweeks plus customizations. What else could u ask for :)
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] tonyec7:
Guys try out TEKHDs TEKXvirgin. Its 5.1.1, and let me tell you... it is simply amazing.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] rjones9902:
I want to shout out the S6 Express Lite ROM. Straight out of the box perfection. Has everything I want. Battery life is sick as there is no bloatware to make it fast and stable.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] davwman:
I have taken s6 express and made it even lighter with rmarinellas permission and am averaging 6-7 hours sot with my usage.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] dynospectrum:
FireKatv14, KK w/xposed that works as it should. ;]
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
Listen you can run KitKat stock rooted and install xposed and have no problems. But Just forget KiKat or anything else for that matter. Just got a new replacement phone with 5.1.1 installed stock, man oh man, there is literally no leg whatsoever and animations are iphone smooth even better, 5hr+ screen on time heavy use. The only reason why i would continue flashing in the future is because of my addiction or the customizations that developer TEKHD brings into his roms.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] _-..zKiLLA..-_:
Start playing fallout shelter and tell me how that goes lol
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] davwman:
I do. Shelter actually doesn't hit my battery to much
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] shorty87:
Just upgraded from KitKat to Lollipop.

Poprocks V8. Blazing fast with zero lag.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
Yes, if you like simplicity and plain stock experience that is a very good choice as the rom has a lot of improvements.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
I am using echoe rom 5.1.1

This is the best rom yet as far as smooth, fast, outstanding battery life, 19 hours up time with 7 hr 30 minutes screen on time, heavy use brightness at 70%

Very stable and i am absolutely happy with it. My phone came with 5.1.1 software installed, and i can't wait until all devs start making their roms based on this firmware. It's just amazing how much its improved in all aspects from kit-kat and 5.0.1 like night and day compared to both of them
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
Indeed echoe rom it is the best experience without a doubt.

I get 7+ hours SOT in 32 hour between charging cycles. 70% brightness everything ON, heavy use no restrictions whatsoever. THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION. This is also unbelievable but the truth. It's been a week with this rom so far but honestly this experience is out of this world and i never thought note4 was capable of this times regardless what software runs on it. Have posted screenshots before but here is again today so far, i will post again tomorrow morning before i charge the phone. Currently Battery stats are 3.5 SOT 10 HOURS WORKING AT 60% left

I do have the new N910T3 phone by the way.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] g1-and-only:
Tried them all but at the moment pac rom from 7-19 mr-1, beyond stable with viper audio. Haven't had a fc and no heating.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Jammol:
Stock Kitkat for the hell of it while I await that beautiful Note 5 port that coming!!!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] NyStylez:
Went from Firekat to Poprocks, currently running Poprocks v9x seems to be the most stable and Dev is always around for support/issues.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
TEKHD URV3 5.1.1 ROM and MaXimum OVrdrIve are the best roms to date period!!!!! Not because i say so, but because is the absolute truth. The other roms are good, but this two are just 100 times better in every aspect possible. I just want to thank all other devs of all roms out there as I have used them all.

I just dont see how can anything else can possibly match this roms in the future.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
Forgot to mention that this roms are heavily moded, for best close to stock 5.1.1 experience i would suggest you to go with Rapture, as that is another great rom
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] bnutz8:
First rom I flashed was CM 12.1, love the options to customize almost anything. Now I have Rapture 8.2 and the battery life is great thus far.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] d12unk13astard:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=63185623

Kyubi note 5 rom port debloated by battlehero. Its over on the International sd note 4 forum. The only reason i moved to lollipop 5.1.1 from kitkat was because this roms truly debloated (pic attached) and gives you the option... if you so choose... to install any bloatware yourself instead of being force fed it like so many other options out there.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ctrlaltdeln:
One more for Rapture, with average use, 6-7 hours sot.

With L-SPEED MOD, VIPER (super audio quality), Dolby atmos, xposed with 8-10 modules running, and a minor amount of de-bloat.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Jammol:
Damn...yeah that's about as delayed as you can go
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Abstrk_2dx:
im currently building a rom now. its not a note 5 port but has a lot of its features
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AxAtAx:
It is in the editor...
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
I tested your rom and is amazing. Great job my friend!
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] ctrlaltdeln:
Kyubi rom. This rom is just solid. It just feels nice. That's the only way I can describe it. Highly recommended.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
I was running 13.0 mm cm remix and looks very promising for the future.

But at the moment nothing still can come close to tekxoduss rom urv5
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] Soured Lie:
Cm12.1 with nightshot camera fix. Camera takes pictures identical in quality to TW Camera. I'll never go back to TW on the note 4.

On s6 edge+ running debloated stock rom with stock modified kernel. I thought I was going to regret this purchase, but I dont think I've ever been happier with a phone.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] AlbGol:
ABSTRK_ROM with emotion r23 kernel is the hottest rom at the moment for the note 4. Best battery, fluid, fast, stable. Xposed with as many modules u can throw at it doesn't slow or drain this rom a bit.

Lets see what tekhd has up his sleeve for the next update on his texodus rom, and hopefully reclaim the number one spot again :) as that is the father of all mods that are going around on all roms, and been the best rom for months until now that abstrk_rom took that spot.

And guys dont forget and keep an eye on ovrdrive rom as that is another rom that has been on top three all along with most frequent updates and support.

You cant go wrong with any of this three super roms really. Wanted to give a big thank you to this devs for their amazing gift to us. You guys rock!

Support this devs anyway you can. They deserve it!!

Also people give a shot and try AOSP roms to, and the king in that field is zion959 with his latest marshmallow cmremix rom (this masterpiece will be my future daily driver) just be patient and give him a little time to iron out some issues as marshmallow has just come out. This is especially for people that don't like touchwiz bloat at all. Just a pure light Google Android experience.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] fxshpac:
Currently on TEKHD 5.0.1 URv5 but thinking about upgrading soon to get several ported features from note 5. Which ROM has most note 5 features ported and still reliable enough to be a daily driver?
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] WaxysDargle:
My two favorites are FlimLPRemix and CM12.1 by mellowroms (not available on XDA). i have a hard time deciding which i like more, but right now i am leaning toward CM.

Slimremix is probably the snappiest one i have used as of yet, very stable and battery life was pretty good. customization is a bit more difficult with this one, though (themes and such). pretty much everything works well.

CM12.1 by mellowroms is my current daily driver as i have not found one single problem yet. everything works as it should. almost as snappy as slimremix with a bit better battery life.
[T-Mobile Galaxy Note 4 General] borijess:
OvrDrive with beastmode kernel.
[Galaxy S6 Themes and Apps] devilsdouble:
Download:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3dAMHacbZmtTk5vOXFVZVZ1RE0/view?usp=sharing

All thanks to Android Police for uploading the apk.

Source:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...and-gesture-folder-navigation-in-version-2-6/

Cheers.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soothingkiss:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10." Dazzling White 16GB Wifi + LTE (both in one).

Which "version" as in SM-T8xxx) should I be looking for? What's the highest possible Android version for it atm? 5.1 yet? Are there Gapps to install? Last time I tried to remove some Samsung stuff, my Gapps stopped working completely.

I would really like to keep this device rooted and up to date with as little bloatware as possible.

Also, is it possible to return to stock and unroot, to make it look as if you never rooted it? If so, is there a download link somewhere?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acdbrn2000:
Settings/general/about device and you will see SM-T8XX. The highest version depends on your device number and stock/custom but generally Samsung is only up to 5.0.2 max amd some parts of the world do not even have that for an OTA update (www.sammobile.com will have listed the latest official firmware). 5.1 only for some custom roms. As for gaps that is why I tend to go with roms stock or other wise pre debloted by ppl on here instead of messing with it myself too much annoyance trying to figure out what is safe to get rid of and what is not, but having a backup is always a great idea.

Yes you can go back to stock and yes you can unroot, but no it will always look like you did something since there is no way to flash without tripping knox.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soothingkiss:
I basically rooted the stock 5.0.2, flashed twrp, removed some programs, and restored them again since Gapps were crashing after removal. I just want to put it back how it all was, so I am eligible for OTA's again.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acdbrn2000:
I honestly have no clue if just flashing the stock firmware will set you to being eligible to reciece ota updates. You should always make a backup befpre flashing anything for the exact reason of what happened to you. But saying that www.Sammobile.com does have the stock firmware that you can download.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soothingkiss:
15kb/s download speed ftw. Do they really expect you to pay €7,50 to download the file in less than 10 hours? I'll leave it on while I sleep. :P
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DUHAsianSKILLZ:
Woah. I use sammobile and it only takes 2-3 hours. I'm on free account too
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acdbrn2000:
Free is still free.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3DSammy:
Yes, I examined an OTA's script for the Nexus 10 and it does a check sum validation on a large number of apps before it will apply the update. If any of the check sums fail the update is aborted. That means if you remove or alter any of the files/apps being checked the OTA cannot be applied but if you have added files/apps that then those changes are ignored and you will have the OTA applied. Rooting adds files. I suspect that all Android OTAs work the same as they do directly from Google (Nexus devices).
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edan1979:
you can download from mega at this site http://megafirmware.blogspot.com/