[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 Android Development] TodWulff:
I too was flash hungry, being on Alliance v3 for some time.

Got the itch, did Alliance v4 hoping they got all of the color stuffs addressed and was not happy. Said eff it and started looking for another candidate ROM to consider. Sadly, Slim (an AOSP-based work) is still non-viable for the Note 4, imho. And, giving I was really wanting to stay with a sammy based rom (for stylus purposes), had considered others, but the favorable feedback in this thread set the hook. And I took the plunge.

Had to get to OG5. Given I was on the OB7 based Alliance with the non-restrictive boot loader. I did [MENTION=1503720]tx_dbs_tx[/MENTION]'s Hybrid OB7/OG5 ROM as a starting point, to keep my OB7 bootloader in tact, and then jumped to this. I couldn't be happier. Everything really seems rock solid.

No issues noted with data, sms, youtube, etc. Everything seems pretty flawless, thus far. It just works. The having to customize the 3minit UI from within norma/Sacs' UIs was a bit counter-intuitive, but that is chump change. I have a bunch of customization to do over the course of the next week or two, and I suspect that things will eventually creep up. However, given this ROM has only been out since Sep, I am mega pleased. Kudos to all who are responsible.

A note of caution, for those considering this course, make sure not to ODIN things back to back - just don't do it. OMG, what a mega cluster %$&#... :silly: LOL! I got through it, but was concerned at a couple of points in time last night, thinking I totally bricked it. A Note to one's self: Don't go effin with a daily driver that is used for work late on a Sunday PM... I'm tired. :eek:

I am liking what I am seeing on the battery performance, the UI, and the overall user experience I am having with it thus far. Thanks to [MENTION=2744265]sac23[/MENTION], [MENTION=1503720]tx_dbs_tx[/MENTION], and all others who helped to make this such a good experience. This ROM is wicked cool and definitely worthy of consideration for those that want a Note 5 experience with a piece of hardware that has a removable battery and a MicroSD expansion slot. :)

Sammy might be cringing a bit on that.?. Meh, it is what it is... Later.

EDIT: Also, the N4 had, iirc, a stock DPI of 640. When I initially rooted my N4, shortly after I first got it, I dropped it down to 480, so I could cram more stuffs on a screen (like I was used to on my SGS3 (see my avatar/profile pic)). Since my first N4 ROM install, I've done this repeatedly. Some ROMs fared well, some not so much. On those where I could get xposed running, the appsettings module almost always came to the rescue. With the sac23 Note4.5 ROM, it comes with a stock DPI of 560, I believe. One of the first things I did was to drop that down to 480 just to see if I needed to keep hunting and surprisingly, things fared pretty well. Yeah, the stock dialer and camera UI is a bit wonky (UI elements off a bit), but the camera's 'viewfinder' does consume the whole screen and the buttons all work as expected (without having to guess where the hotspot was for stroking a button). I've see comments from others herein where there seems to be some app specific hurdles related to DPI changes with this ROM. I've not seen any yet (as an aside, I like the slo-mo camera, the first I've played with one). Anyways, I wanted to add some more 'initial-thoughts' content, related to DPI, for those with similar desires. Take care, all.

-t