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[Galaxy Note5 General] daffie:
I went from a Note 4 (SD) to an S6 and then to a Note4 (Exynos) ultimately to end my quest with the Note 5 (white N9208 duosim).

Always in search for the best combination in terms of looks, speed, screen quality, cam quality, features....I really think I have found my match (well...so far at least). The S6 was too small and the Note 4 just a bit too slow (in comparison with the S6).

Looks : the Note 5 is just the most beautiful phone I have ever seen...period. :good:

Screen quality : simply incredible! Remember I already has the S6 and Note 4...but the Note 5 even tops those.

Speed : it possitively flies! The additional 1GB RAM helps with multitasking (TW still isn't perfect though).

Cam quality : we already know how good the camera of the S6 is...this is just more of the same...in all departments it shines!

Features : it's a Note...enough said! :laugh:

Do I shed a tear for the non-removable battery and non-expandable storage space? Nah...not really. The IR blaster would have been nice to have, but also no biggie imo.

Just an awesome beast of a phone!!!
[Galaxy Note5 General] Warnahly:
I have used the whole note series from 1 to edge and now the note 5, its just amazing. Great looks awesome design,speed, performance.

Just love it
[Galaxy Note5 General] Acill:
I was dead against Samsung phones before this one. I have a close friend here at work that let me use his for a couple days when my last phone (OPO) was out of commission from a bad flash. He let me restore it and make it mine for the entire 3 days I had it. Once I put the google now launcher on it and removed all the bloat it was an amazing phone. I went out the last night I had his and got my own. I love it, truly the best Android device to date.
[Galaxy Note5 General] voverty:
I wish i have your friend.... so i can enjoy note 5 for 3 days...:) i cant buy one at this moment cause its to expensive. maybe ill wait 6 months and check if i can afford by then.
[Galaxy Note5 General] br0nx finest:
I've switched from jb'd iPhone 5S to the Note 5, and I'm completely happy. I've had prior rooted devices, and slow Android devices as well, so I know about memory management (which the Note handles just fine with what I do) so I have nothing to complain about yet. Well except for when my iPhone friends send me videos they come in compressed/crappy looking. Not sure why...
[Galaxy Note5 General] ReNovaStar:
Awesome Phone! had the Oppo FIND 7 before and this one beats it by far! in every aspect.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Acill:
Even after having it for a week now I still love it. I have found a couple things that bother me, though I am learning to live with them. The one that stands out most is the duplicate apps Samsung uses and wont allow you to disable. Calendar stands out most. Google's version is FAR better in every way. Samsung version looks like the one from early Android. If you try to turn it off it will turn ALL calendar apps off. If your force disable it, it messes with calendar event syncing. For now I just ignore it. Does anyone have advice on this?
[Galaxy Note5 General] daffie:
For debloating your Note 5 check this thread :

http://xdaforums.com/note5/general/guide-bloating-touchwizzing-note-5-t3184563

You can practially disable everything with the package disabler app. It's great!
[Galaxy Note5 General] Acill:
Using it, only did it to a few of the service though. It makes me nervous with some of the stuff that basic xml file has listed. I dont want to lose some of the functionality or risk stability. I did move to this because of being tired of the constant flashing and updating my past phones, lol.
[Galaxy Note5 General] daffie:
I use the Basic list and even added some of my own to block. So far everything is still working great and I have had no problems whatsever. So you may try the Basic list if you like. I think it's a rather save list to start of with.

I'm still awaiting a safe root option for my N9208 because I would like to use adblock, titanium backup and have the option to edit build.prop (for better multitasking).

Looking forward to custom roms, but somehow I have a feeling there won't be many available (esp. for my duosim version).
[Galaxy Note5 General] simply dave:
Came from iPhone, s3, Note 2, Note 3, LG G4 and now the Note 5. IMO, it has the best screen, best camera of any phone regardless of platform. Super snappy. In the few months I've owned the phone had only one app force close itself. With my Note 3 after 18 months it was frustrating to use. I couldn't go a day without the phone freezing up, app force closing etc.

I'm optimistic my GNote5 will last me a year and stay fast until my next upgrade.

Very very satisfied.
[Galaxy Note5 General] sanghaviraj:
Coming from s5,this phone is leaps n bounds better then my predecessor; I'm struck at the awesome screen,camera is a big jump as i take a lot of pics for my business,n the look will put iPhone to same this time,the grip on phone is also good,n I hadn't any nags yet,I think only downside is storage,I think the sim slot has enough space for so card, n Sammy had kept it reserved for next upgrade deliberately
[Galaxy Note5 General] sohebq:
Hold it and you will love it. It is that simple. Just like many others, I was also furious for not including sdcard and IR blaster but i when held it in my hand, my mind changed. This phone is really beautiful, light and fast.
[Galaxy Note5 General] painedglass:
The best phone I have ever used!

I've used the Galaxy S6, G4, and decided on the Nexus 6 after seeing how bad the ram management was on the S6. When the iPhone 6s came out, I had my eye on that and being with T-mobile, I decided to jump. Wow, am I ever glad the pre orders took up all the stock. Since I was at the store, I picked up the Note 5, it's so beautiful, more so than the iPhone 6, the performance is snappy, and the S pen is neat. The ram hovers

around 1.8 gb free, and we all know the camera is still the best out....even better then iPhone 6. I'm a little bummed that USAA isn't supported by Samsung pay, but that'll come in time. I'm confident that Samsung will continue on with making their phones a premium alternative to Apple's iPhone. It's my hope that the Note 6 will have an SD card slot, and create a safeguard against improperly inserted S-Pens.

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I almost forgot, I love the concept behind Knox. I just use the Debloater to shut down things I don't want like milk, Facebook, T-mobile bloat.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Drewski_1987:
This device is so smooth I can see a big difference between this and the s6 that I had. I'm loving the note 5!
[Galaxy Note5 General] stupidbuttryhard:
Hey guys, would you upgrade to Note 5 from note 3? I like my Note 3 but it has become slow lately and I'm considering getting a new phone :confused:
[Galaxy Note5 General] sohebq:
I used note 3 for 2 years then bought note edge. Used it for 1 month then moved to note 5. Absolutely love this phone.
[Galaxy Note5 General] gnexdude:
I had (still do!) the N3 and I now got the N5. Get the Note 5, its absolutely worth it and my N3 was rooted with Jasmine rom running android 5.1.1. Note 5 its a superb phone
[Galaxy Note5 General] renee613:
Got my Note 5 about 2 weeks ago. My previous phones were the LG G3 and HTC One M8 before that. I absolutely love the phone. I see mixed reviews about no microSD card and no removable battery but that doesn't bother me. At first I was concerned about the SD card but I did a analysis of my memory usage and for the past 5 years I've never exceeded 64GB (combined SD and Internal memory) of memory use so that was no longer a concern. However, if there was a 128GB option I would've purchased that. And I don't care there isn't a removable battery. There's been mixed reviews on the battery life too. I stream Pandora/Google Music for most of the day; surf the web; get FB , Instagram, Twitter notifications; text; make calls; 2 email accounts synced; WiFi and Bluetooth stay connected and on average I get about 16-19 hrs of battery life. The camera is awesome. And the fingerprint scanner is a great feature. Everything is awesome. I missed having an S-Pen as well.The only thing I don't like is the UI when you're making a phone call. You have this gorgeous 5.7 inch screen yet they use a small circle to display the caller pic? What gives? But thats not too big of a deal. I am happy with the phone and would recommend to all.
[Galaxy Note5 General] luckyluis:
Gorgeous phone

Man, I love this phone! Even though I'm coming from a Gold iphone 6 Plus 64 GB (still have it), I have always loved the Galaxy Note Series. I had the First Galaxy Note but then skipped the Note 2 & 3. Last year I bought the Note 4 Black & that was awesome. Now I decided to import ( no Note 5 in Europe yet)a Black Sapphire Note 5 and it is the MOST beautiful phone I have ever had! PERIOD!

The iPhone 6 Plus feels premium but the Note 5 feels EVEN MORE premium. It looks & feels so good that I use it NAKED. No cover, No screen protection, NADA.

God, I love the way the Black Sapphire glass changes color as the light reflects off it.

It's hands down the most beautiful phone on the market.

I know it's a Big risk using it with no protection but I have always done that with my phones. I mean, what's the point in buying a €800 or €900 phone and then wrapping it up in a €10 cover?? People used to complain that the Samsung felt cheap when it had a plastic back cover and then Samsung produce a phone with a premium glass cover ONLY for people to cover it up with a plastic or rubber cover. Go figure!
[Galaxy Note5 General] md1008:
Note 5 is nice, but after using it for a month happier with my Nexus 6. I think if Note 5 had AOSP I would enjoy it much more. I would recommend note 5 to most people. AOSP > TW
[Galaxy Note5 General] Hüseyin123:
Good
[Galaxy Note5 General] Bellefotopervoi:
Can't Do It!

I wouldn't trade my Note 4 for a note 5 If you paid me all the money in the world. Not only is my Note 4, a Note 4, but it's a fully functional Note 5, with a swagger of S6 as well! I loose nothing as you can see; expandable storage, IR blaster, etc...., etc....., etc....!

Sac23 in Da' House!!
[Galaxy Note5 General] kdskamal:
I am a Note 3 user and I hate the fact that Note 5 lacks removable battery and IR blaster. I use IR blaster to control my air conditioner, stereo systems, televisions and so on.

Removable battery is important to me as I like to change battery on an yearly basis and swapping the jaded Note 3 battery for $10 is nice. I am now planning to give it to my dad (to replace his aging S3).

Unlike USA, where you can get phones on contract basis, I purchased mine for $800 unlocked on the launch day. So I like to give my device to someone in my family so that they can use it too. After an year of use, I would need to change battery and I won't be able to do so (easily) at home.
[Galaxy Note5 General] farfromovin:
The Note 5 is great! I've had the following android/ios devices in the last few years:

iPhone3G(?)

iPhone 4

HTC Sensation

Galaxy Nexus

Note 2

S4

Xperia Z1

Note 3

Oppo Find 7

Xperia Z3

Note 4

Nexus 6

iPhone 6 Plus

Now the Note 5. It has a great camera, and it's fast. The UI is fast, even with touchwiz and with Android and Samsung Pay I love it. It feels great to hold. For a device with so much screen, it's very comfortable. Much more so than the big iPhones. Reception is good, charging is super fast. Great device. I'm keeping it till something with a 5.5"+ screen with a better camera comes out, probably the Note 6.
[Galaxy Note5 General] guruguido:
I had a Note 3 ( model SM-N900W8 ), Note 4 ( model SM-N910W8 ), and now Note 5 ( model SM-N920W8 ).

I loved every model that Samsung released, but the N5 is just a beast, even though it lacks the microSD card slot, removable battery, and IR Blaster.

The only reason I decided to upgrade despite these missing features on the N5, I have my Galaxy Tab S 10.5" ( SN-T805 ), so it's all good.

The N5 battery is surprisingly better than I anticipated, the look of the Note 5 is stunningly gorgeous I wish I could just use it without a case, but as we all know that's not too smart.

Overall, I'm very happy with the Note 5, even better now since I've tested 5 different ROMs, and 3 different kernels.

It's a keeper. Case closed.
[Galaxy Note5 General] iluvsporks:
It may just be me but so far in the performance department I'm pretty disappointed at the Note 5. I turn off all the extras such as animations and disable all extra apps to help it run faster but I still find myself restarting it 20 times a day to help it shake the lag it seems to constantly have. Its not overloaded with apps either, actually I would guess I'm on the far side of normal when it comes to apps. I download very few. Not uncommon for me to download one I need, use it then delete it immediately after. If i need it again a week or two later its just a quick download away, and yes I clear the cache regularly. Coming from a S5 it just doesn't feel as snappy. Could just be me though. This is only the performance side for me though. The look and feel I couldn't be happier with. The screen is flat out beautiful. I honestly feel like I have been cheating on my penis looking at porn on lesser screens. Features? packed full, just like Daves girlfriend on pornhub. Example? Whip out that stylus (her 2nd feature film) and screenshot so you can add in his phone number when you share that screenshot to your closest 75 friends so they can ridicule him for dating a skank and trying to deny it.
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
Hey guys - what can I say except..THIS IS THE BEST DAMN PHONE...HECK - MOBILE DEVICE in the world :)) what if it doesn t have removable storage? or battery? heck i was such a Note 4 junkie that I simply stated that the note 5 will never sway me :))) but..here it is and here i am - swayed ! See for yourself..you would be too, if you were me :))
[Galaxy Note5 General] teslax:
Note 5 is the best phone ever made on this planet, 1000 times better than Note 4.

Nobody needs a changable battery and IR blaster. And if you want more storage, you can buy the extern USB OTG storage like this one:

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00SGPG64U?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00

End of story...
[Galaxy Note5 General] banggood:
Note 5 is nice, but too expensive for me .
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
Haha i know..but maybe you can trade in your current phone and pay a small difference. That s what i did...had a note 4..gave that one and paid another $300 on the note 5. Totally worth it! Heck now that i have it in my hande and know how it performs...it s worth $1000 :))
[Galaxy Note5 General] mocsab:
forgive me, I love my NOTE as much as the next guy - but I just noticed that you have authored just about everyt single thread in the General section and haven't offered anything useful, meaningful or beneficial besides "vote for the thread".

What is the point to all this? I don't want to sound like I am picking at you or anything - but I have never seen anyone do SO MUCH on SO LITTLE - ???
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
Are you referring to me [MENTION=4218716]mocsab[/MENTION] ? If yes...i have no idea what you mean :))
[Galaxy Note5 General] mocsab:
No my friend I was really just talking about the thread in genral - I wasn't dircting this at you - but more at the OP and this thread - and the 10 or more other threads he has added to the General Section recently - seems really over the top....sorry if I caused some confusion
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
Oh ok...well...yeah:))) it was a little confusing. Thanks for the explanation :p cheers m8.
[Galaxy Note5 General] banggood:
Thanks for your suggestion ,its worth to thinking about .
[Galaxy Note5 General] chargerfn909:
Coming from the Note 4 I truly cannot see how anyone can be unhappy. The camera on this phone is abso-fuggin-lutely light years ahead of the note 4. I literally have held my n4 and n5 side by side and snapped the exact same pics, same settings, and it's honestly not even funny. But honestly, the biggest and best difference I have noticed is the upgraded spark/lte and even wifi capabilites. I honestly almost never got an LTE signal on my n4, with this baby I am getting 50+mbps almost EVERYWHERE, including my neighborhood which is a newly developed area and known to be a complete and utter deadzone no matter who your carrier is.

Aesthetic wise, there's nobody on this planet that can tell me that the n5 doesn't just obliterate the n4 in every way, shape, and form. I got the white n5 and it's truly gorgeous. The S-Pen is also light years ahead of the n4 note pen. I can TRULY say it has the feeling of writting on a really hard surface with a really soft (even rubber-y-ish lol if you can imagine that) ballpoint pen.

The IR blaster is one of those 'cool' gimmicks that was cool to say you had, but I never used it. I took the time to set up the peel remote, but I don't like touch screen remotes. I need to feel the buttons. Not to mention if you were really that upset over the IR blaster, they have little keychain adapters for a few bucks. While I am on that subject, you can purchase a keyring fob usb stick for cheap. Load up your big files/custom ROM's etc. Otherwise Google Photos has completely taken care of any issue's with space regarding photos/videos. I wouldnt' take my Note 4 back if you paid me. This phone is simply on another level; I dont give a **** what the paper specs say. This phone is far superior to it's predecessor.

Couldn't be happier :)

edited to add: I am not exactly sure how I pulled this off, but I called CS to make sure I was able to trade my Note 4 in without anything out of pocket to upgrade. They looked over my account and told me "Ok you're now good to go". So I took my Note 4 in (flashed bcak to stock, removed SD card etc) fully anticipating to have to turn the phone in considering I have, oh hell idk close to 400 bucks remaining on my balance? - So as I am finalizing my 'transaction' at the Sprint store (it was a kios, not corp store), the girl asks me: "So what are you plannning on doing with your note 4? We can buy it off you, but it will only go towards accessories.."... I hesistated and said, "so this phone is paid in full now?". She looked down at the computer and told me, "Yea, it looks like they gave you a full (early upgrade)". I was, and still am in shock that they'd let the remaining balance of my N4 just wash away. So just a little word of the wise, if you're a year or so into your lease, i'd call Customer Service and see what they can pull off for you. I am almost CERTAIN the kiosk wouldn't have made that option available to me.
[Galaxy Note5 General] sanjpatel:
Hi everyone, new to the forum. I am indecisive with Note 5 and S6; both have incredible reviews. One quick question, does anyone really use the Stylus? Like on everyday basis?
[Galaxy Note5 General] wtfchuck:
I use it much more than I anticipated. It's my first stylus phone.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Bellefotopervoi:
Like I said. This is XDA, and you have some absolutely incredible developers here, and my hat goes off to them. What they do is give me the opportunity to keep the features that I want, add the features that I like, and not have to spend any money for what I feel is a minimal upgrade at best. The phone is beautiful, but what good will it do if it's being covered up with a seidio case which I've placed on the 3 notes I've already had. The camera? Means nothing to me. I shoot with a 7d, 5d MarkIII, and a recently purchased 1DX, and as you can see, no phone is going to come no where near the quality or capability.

As far as the features of the note 5, off screen write, new air command format and whatever else it possesses I have on the note 4. The fact that I can still do all of what the note 4 can offer, and have all the features some of you guys have who have bought the note 5. I'm good. Not to mention all the baked in features the rom has,

I'll look for the note 6, and if it's not doing to much, than I'll use what I want, keep what I like

and wait for the next best thing; it's surely not the note 5. Living for the flash Baby!
[Galaxy Note5 General] Derpling:
Note 5 is on another level out of all phones, amazing display, best camera, audio quality with headphones is superb, outside visibility is awesome, stylus is perfect, but nothing makes the phone perfect without root and new Arter97 kernel...

Had G4 and didn't miss it for a bit, this thing is on another level.
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
I hate this phone..it s too good!
[Galaxy Note5 General] Derpling:
how did u get 79000 score? that way above the normal score :D
[Galaxy Note5 General] manubhagat:
Note 5 is awesome, just the phone I had been waiting for Samsung to design :good::good:
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
Tweaking my friend - debloating, installing Darthstalker rom v4 and skyhigh kernel, running @ 2.3ghz a57 cpu and 852mhz gpu clock. Check my other posts to see how i did it.
[Galaxy Note5 General] jmcc26:
Do you still have all the same functionality of using stock though? (Spen features) etc ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
Everything just works...as it should! So yeah - loving this phone - hopefully it'll be competitive for at least a year with all the new announcements being made about the upcoming cpu's and phones :)) so thanks to all those people who let us tweak the phones..otherwise, you'd buy a phone today and by next month it would already be mid range rather than flagship =))
[Galaxy Note5 General] wtfchuck:
My understanding is that Samsung Pay will not work on a rooted phone.
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
that may be true - but i don t use nor plan to use the service very soon...plus it's not supported in Romania anyway from what i know...
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
Uuh so effin close to 80.000 :))
[Galaxy Note5 General] smeddy:
Nobody? Big claim :P
[Galaxy Note5 General] IIEtCII:
Hey guys.. I've heard from multiple people that the note 5 lags or have choppy scrolling in some apps like YouTube and Google play.. Do you all have this? This question is for those who didn't root their phones
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
Had absolutely no problems before root and it s even better after root. Maybe it s a network issue...while loading videos or apps it will take some time and seem to lag if you have a crappy connection...
[Galaxy Note5 General] ProdByEchelon:
I have both the Note 4 and Note5. I really am in love with the Note5. How they managed to make the screen better than the already excellent screen on the Note 4 is beyond me. The look and feel is also something I enjoy and that camera though? Easily the best but I won't pack away my Note 4 anytime soon. I use it in situations where I know I might drop it on the floor like doing the dishes and your arms tugs the earphone cables or cycling or even when I bed tweeting.
[Galaxy Note5 General] plokm:
Looks good
[Galaxy Note5 General] Derpling:
i played with many phones and owned latest LG G3 G4 phones, and saw V10. Note 5 could easily be perfection if it would at least larger battery and microsd support, which will be possible probably with Galaxy S7(UFS2.0+emmc 5.0 support), but even with those two downsides, i would give note 5 95 out of 100.

I have never owned such phone that nails the right corners, display ,camera, S Pen, multitasking(even with sammy aggressive ram managment), over ui smoothness(best touchwiz ever), and for me one of the most important tasking, heavy 3D gaming.

This is the ONLY phone that can run tekken 6 on ppsspp emulator 60fps without dropping(though it is required to disable DVFS and run on performance govenor, as interactive will not play nice with it), this is a really high end phone, G4 looks like a bad joke outside of camera.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Armenin2001:
This is by far the absolute BEST phone I had.

And I had many phones, from iPhones to all kinds of Androids.

64GB AT&T here, and the camera on this phone STILL gets compliments on facebook every single time.

Amazing.