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[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FR34K-B1B0:
This is my guide

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65414257&postcount=39

And this is you thanking me !!!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65474230&postcount=55

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Don't try accessing efs from cyanogen

Follow my guide in previous comment
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunkrishnanr:
Oh it was you!!!! Omg! Sorry bro really.. now only i came to know it was your profile.. and that's exactly y i did not thank you in my thread.. i cudn't recollect ur name.. i have been active here only since a week.. im sorry.. many thank to u bro.. i will pin ur thread and add a credit u for sure.. :)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlStarsKyz:
Hi bro, can you tell me how to open the EFS folder ? I just got reboot always. I'm stuck now at CM13, and it doesn't too with ext4unpacker.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunkrishnanr:
Go to settings -> developer options and enable root access (for apps and adb). Install Busybox pro (open the app and wait for the smart install to load completely, then choose install) and then using root explorer, copy your efs files. :)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlStarsKyz:
Did it must Busybox pro or free busybox?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunkrishnanr:
Busy box will do fine i think
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FR34K-B1B0:
It's a problem with your windows

Try on a different computer
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlStarsKyz:
Still not working, always rebooting. I'm very frustrated.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunkrishnanr:
May be you should try flashing cm13 again properly.. start again..
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlStarsKyz:
I'll ready try that on CM12.1 and CM13 and still not working.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunkrishnanr:
Can u tell me which one is your bootloader version?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prestonlw:
Hmm guys... I kinda lost my efs and imei backup file and I'm worry right now that I couldn't use network and unable to make a call?? :crying:

Have any other ways?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunkrishnanr:
Which ROM are u currently in?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prestonlw:
Stock ROM ~...... Original stock :) <<is same meaning right?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunkrishnanr:
Yes its the same! So now have no backup of your efs from cm13?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nortabun:
But I have the same problem excep CM13 bootloops and I can't boot into any functioning OS
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ticiano_arraes:
Works! But I have to add that you need to manually fix permissions for both IMEI and nv_data.bin files after you put it back in /efs/
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimdorky:
Wow, I didn't know that we cant go back to lollipop after flashing CM13 rom. Glad I didnt have this after flashing CM13.

I reverted back to DN5 Rom with just wipe data & cache with no issue.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoeprano27:
i am currently going through an infinite bootloop. itll show just the samsung galaxy note 4 screen, then bootloop from there. not matter what i do, flash stock, do this, do that, and i STILL get that same bootloop. i stumbled upon this thread in hopes that this could be the miracle, but im not able to enable usb debugging, install busybox, etc. the only place i can really start is maybe install efs professional and go from there but even then, that may not work. anybody have any suggestions? im on my backup phone (zte zmax) and this clunker suck!

edit: idk what i did. maybe its becuase i flashed the PIT file for the note 4 n910H. but im out of that bootloop. thank goodness.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoeprano27:
my phone is branded n910H. i noticed that when i flash my phone with a custom rom, it changes to n910C. with that said, will this guide work for me? im currently on bliss v6.1.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlStarsKyz:
Can't back to 5.1.1 until marshmallow official is release :((
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Just keep using the phone without thinking anything else man. You are fortunate that you now have a working phone, don't try any more stuffs any more.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J.jakov:
Can I follow this guide to go back from Bliss 6.1 to stock 5.1.1?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duvalbmarley:
Just odin stock firmware if coming from Bliss 6.1 that worked for me but backup efs or imei first like in this guide in case it doesn't work for you
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunkrishnanr:
Im sorry! I am not so sure about if this methods work with any model other than n910C. Im a n910C owner. I faced those bootloops before and I fixed it using this methods. Thats my experience. May be you should check with someone else.. :)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J.jakov:
Thanks! I also have N910C so I hope it will work.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J.jakov:
Followed the steps correctly and still have "Emergency calls only". Please reply!
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droiddork:
Use appropriate apn settings yet? May be worthwhile to research what works with your carrier, then make settings match up, good luck.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bmaster08:
I can't enter to efs folder. Everytime I try to enter my phone is reboot. I think the efs folder is corrupt. Help me plz!
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlStarsKyz:
Same with me bro, but no one give me the correct answer.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J.jakov:
No luck with that either :/ but thanks.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunkrishnanr:
Please install busybox, grand root permissions and then try again.. Hope it will help you out.. :)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sectoras:
I tried everything but i still get bootloop when i flash stock 5.1.1 with odin. I followed exactly your guide, the bootloader seems to not changing back to 5.1.1 for some reason. I'm only able to stick with cm13 atm.

The stock firmware i tried is: N910CXXU2COJ5_N910COXA2COJ5_N910CXXU1COJ5_HOME.tar.md5
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andkem:
At last on stock! Thanks You very much! :) :D
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bmaster08:
yes, I had install busybox, it still not work :crying:
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karltabby:
hi man, im also in bliss rom and i cant revert back to stock tw -note 4 n910c

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did you follow the exact guide or did you have a shortcut pls give guide for what you did thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J.jakov:
Is your network working?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echodarko:
When I flashed with Odin. It stuck on boot.img stage

How to fix it?

[IMG="stuck at odin"]http://s12.postimg.org/66e947swt/Screenshot_160.png[/IMG]
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karltabby:
i did this method with my bliss rom cm13 based rom and still bootlooping i only get to the "note 4 sm-n910c logo and reboot again

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did you fix this? do you have success?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] echodarko:
I back to CWM 13. Still no success :(

Can't flash stock rom. Stuck at boot.img.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sectoras:
I'm not sure if i get bootloop because of the efs partition.

When i format the efs folder through EFS Professional, after pressing execute i get this error:

If i execute again then i get this error:

I think something goes wrong here, because if i reboot my device just after that, i still have signal like before. If i do the same procedure again, i get the same errors again.

Any ideas? (I'm on latest Bliss rom CM13)

Edit: tried manually through the terminal to unmount the efs and format mmcblk0p3, still getting that it's being used by the system.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karltabby:
im also having this same issue, post back if you found a solution, i read the same guide and it says usb drivers adb driver ang sdk is needed, im currently downloading jdk cuz sdk requires it
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abdulrhman83:
Great job Finally I returned to stock ROM but I still have a problem with registering the network.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sectoras:
I've posted here the solution for those who get error when you format efs via efs prof

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65656335&postcount=60
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andkem:
Yes working. I am from Greece, COSMOTE
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karltabby:
man im kinda confuse about the network fix, do i need to copy the folder imei(my back up) or just delete it just as the OP told us?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J.jakov:
Did you get your network back?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karltabby:
nope not yet, O.P. guide is somewhat confusing, he said save imei folder and .nv_data.bak then put in efs folder using root explorer but the last part he said copy nv_data.bak and delete imei folder im still no luck

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i did manage to work it out finally, just follow the steps very very precisely and carefully
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroidFL:
hey i have problem with my note 4 please watch this and try to help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8gYyQXHmdo

also i have an xda thread about this

http://xdaforums.com/note-4/help/problemonly-plugged-charger-t3328789
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArmanFGT:
i did what you said and it worked but after flashing stock and when installing ota it failed , the problem is "dm-vertity failed ..." and everything related to recovery always fails . after asking and searching i found out that when deleting imei folder some of your content will be back after restarting and some wont so you wont ever get an ota if you touch and the Sammy service guys said that there is no way to fix it and here i am with a phone banished from ota updates it really discouraged me :( . any help?

( i also dont have any backup)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bmaster08:
so bad! now I boot loop in cm13 without I try to restore form cm 13 backup!
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidow:
Thank you very much for your guide... you save my phone... is was make a mistake not to delete "." before the nv file. Once I deleted it from my cm13 nv backup file it worked.. thank you again for your help.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Maufeat:
Installed BusyBox and Root Explorer, deleted everything in "/efs", restarted, deleted the "/efs/imei" and "/efs/nv_blabla.bin" after that I made a copy of my .nav_blabla.bak and renamed it "nav_blabla.bin" and "nav_blabla.bin.bak" and copied to "/efs", restarted but still says can't register to network. Help pls
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abduldul:
May be you need to also copy the "imei" and the ".nv_data.bak" file to the stock rom efs folder. I have done that and everything went well, and i am back to my stock rom with my network running fine.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlStarsKyz:
Well, on my phone when i try to copy / open the EFS folder, my phone always goes off and restart. Can you help me?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pretended:
Rebooting the stock ROM got stuck saying "device does not have DRK please install drk first", the phone continued onto stock recovery, I rebooted hopelessly and it is stock recovery again saying "Need to check DRK first".

I wonder how easily you can say "I have fixed all follow my leeeeead". I've just deleted a lot in my phone and stuck here now. Thank you very much.

I'd appreciate much if you could tell me what to do with this error.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pretended:
Waiting for a few minutes, the phone goes into stock recovery. I accidentally press Power button, the phone reboots and it boots indeed, Poland stock ROM is here.

Weird beyond words.

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New problem.

To fix my IMEI problem, I flashed TWRP 2.8.7.0 first which offered to root my device and I said OK, before upgrading it to 3.0.0.2

After rooting by TWRP and upgrading it to 3.0.0.2, it's a bootloop again.

What a headache.

Please advise.

Edit: Nevermind, it was TWRP's faulty Super SU installation. CF-Auto-Root'ing solved it.

Now onto the step of fixing IMEI and getting registered to the network.

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It's over, done. Full day gone but done.

Thank you.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genova88:
Works....// 6.0.1 in my phone
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mcjumg:
Request for pit file

Hi guys , I am on N910H and still waiting for MM Samsung to be released ... But It seems like I will need a pit file reaching this goal which I don't have . could anybody upload or tell how I can find it?

Thanks you anyways :good::good:
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mustafa000xxx:
Finally. I could install stock 6.0.1 after cm13 without any problem. Thank you.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evgen140:
working THANK YOU
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noisyriver:
Was working for me: With this guide on my N910C, from CM 13 back to Stock (COJ5) and then to my Stock COJ5 CWM backup (which had no EFS backup though...)

Thank you.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alt34:
Tried the whole thing, at least my phone recognizes now my sim card, I can see some signal bars, but still not registered :( I just copied ".nv_data.bak" and '.nv_data.bin.bak" in EFS files, after erased only "Imei" files and ".nv_data.bin", am I right ? Does it require something more ? Can it possibily be just an autorisation problem ? Like the nv_data.bin you wanted us to erase is "rwx------", should we put the same code to ".nv_data.bak" and ".nv_data.bin.bak" ?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mcjumg:
Nice job buddy , you really helped bringing my phone back to life... Thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mcjumg:
You should copy the files to efs folder without dot at the beginning of their names ... Then reboot , it will be OK.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alt34:
Still nothing, well
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mustafa000xxx:
Delete point ( . ) and try again. I mean nv_data.bin and nv_data.bin.bak
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alt34:
I got this on "nv.log" : -no nv

- Nv (1) not found, 2

- Nv (2) not found, 2

- Nv 2 keeping

- Def Nv restored

- Nv created

and btw, still not working :( still weird imei (35005050009692 / 001) which isn't mine and SN is "none"
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mustafa000xxx:
Delete this files and again make 2 coppies from your backup

Be careful about permissions
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valentino4:
Try this way, it was solved me same problem with Bliss ROM.

6. Delete 'nv_data.bin' file and in 'imei' folder "mps_code.dat".

7. Make two copies of your previous ROM backup file ".nv_data.bak" into the new ROM's EFS folder and rename it to "nv_data.bin" and "nv_data.bin.bak", copy from previous ROM imei folder "mps_code.dat" and paste it in new ROM folder.

8. Reboot the Device.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alt34:
Well, I followed both of your methods, checking carefully about permissions, and names, and I just get this (pictures)

I'm wondering if the problem isn't that my Imei is just a mess now and it's not possible to solve manually..
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bogorad:
Thank you so much! I followed your instructions to the letter and still ran into some problems referenced here in the comments and elsewhere.

1. In 'bootloop fix' before running EFS explorer you should make sure that Root is enabled for "apps AND adb". Otherwise you get a message about the device "not perm rooted".

2. After you flash the stock firmware your phone boots into a screen saying "problem.. no DRK file" - you just wait and it'll boot into stock recovery.

3. The stock ROM for some reason refuses to see file names starting with a dot. It cost me a full TWRP restore only to realize the file on the microSD hasn't vanished, just could not be seen from MM. I just copied/renamed it on my host machine and copied back.

Otherwise it was a breeze. Thanks again!
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domixalien:
Hi everyone, :) this metod can help me to unlock sim?Do you know something's else to unlock my phone?Thank's

Inviato dal mio A0001 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jinantha:
n910c stuck in "installing system update"

Hi

I received this phone with only download mode working.

Recovery mode is not working. Cannot install any recovery mode software, it says "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" and wont do anything.

Download mode is working. I can flash below firmware files only. Other variants wont install.

- N910CXXS2CPD4_N910COJV2CPB1_N910CXXU1COK1_HOME.tar.md5 - No loop re-boot but just stuck in logo screen.

- N910CXXU2CPB2_N910COJV2CPB1_N910CXXU1COK1_HOME.tar.md5 - No loop re-boot but shows logo and then shows "installing system updates" with android logo and get stuck there.

Last thing I did was to flash "N910CXXU2CPB2_N910COJV2CPB1_N910CXXU1COK1_HOME.tar.md5" firmware file with the PIT file "TRELTE_EUR_OPEN_MEA.pit"

Still no luck.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

-Jinantha
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D3TH KNIGHT:
I don't have .nv_data.bak. What am I doing wrong?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Haki_:
i need help plz

Can someone please help me with the mic problem, apparently my lower mic doesnt work and my noise cancellation mic works as my primary, ive tried installing many other roms i get stuck in bootloop, and ive tried all of the solutions to fix the bootloop issue, theres one solution where it said that theres something wrong with my imei, and it said to install esf manager, but it kept on getting stuck on "your device has no perma root" error, i couldnt do anything more from there. I would really appreciate some help...
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hg3:
hi

hello ,, at first thank a lot ,, you are great man. i have sent my phone to at least 10 services and noone of them fixed this. changing from cm13 with knox void x1 to stock.

i did exactly what you have written ,,and have my phone (SM-N910C) back at stock ,, BUT I CANOT FIX IMEI EFS

I CANNOT MAKE PHONE CALLS OR SEND MSG.

PLEASE CAN YOU HELP ME.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhom4rb1:
Help

Thanks for all who worked on this thread I fixed bootloop but I couldn't fix IMEI back PLRASE HELP :crying::(
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabrieeel@live.com.pt:
i have a n910c i got stuck in formating efs folder.. . with efs professional.... tried to format by twrp comand... i dont know what im doing... i dont have sginal now. so i presume that is erased.... wipe cache and kalvin ... went to download mode. tried to flash stock rom.. it failed...

what can i do now?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oogrin:
Hey, I appreciate what some of you guys are doing here...

But I can't for the **** of it do this... I get errors or failed on every step. The EFS execute throws an error "unmount efs invalid argument", Odin always fails too.

I followed every single step by the letter. I tried all the other solutions people have posted here, to no avail... I'm going nuts.

I have:

SM-N910C

CM version: 13.0-20160706-unofficial-treltex

Baseband: N910CXU1COJ5

Can someone please help me out? What am I doing wrong? Thanx a million

p.s. I extracted the PIT file from my phone for backup, but how do I find the correct PIT file to download?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rampargo:
I can't open efs1.emmc.win in ext4unpacker OR ext2explorer, also I can't open the efs folder in CM because my phone immediately reboots as soon as I open it. Can someone help me
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiguy99:
Much thanks
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mEee!!!!:
it's works, thx :)
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uzeer_nabeel:
can someone help me with ext4 unpacker always says list index is out of bounds (5120). I cannot restore my IMEI, Please help thank you. :confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edward88wei:
my n910c currently stuck on samsung galaxy note 4 screen, is it a bootloop ? i tried to flash rom via ordin but it stop at cache. then i tried with kies it load very slow and stop at around 65%, i can't connect adb with twrp even got driver installed. i even flash stock with pit file.. i guess i tried everything but still no way to restore my phone ! can anyone help ?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frozenfry:
Followed instructions, everything worked, fixed my N910C, thanks for the guide.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uzeer_nabeel:
I wanted to know how yours work because I have a note 4 n910c but mine is not working.

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Can you tell me how to unpack the efs1.emmc.win file in ext4unpacker
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nefedroid:
Hello,

I had absolutely no problem before updating to marshmallow , however directly after the update wifi connection drops and " Internet Not available" is written in place of " connected" .

How can i solve this issue please ?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ozgurce:
I have this problem too

SM-N920C cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] az0nic:
I also have this problem but intermittently. Also, when I walk a fair distance away from my router and come back within range, the wifi does not know how to reconnect to my wireless network. I "sort of" had this problem when I was on Jellybean, but it would always know how to reconnect.

Model: SM-N920C

Build: MMB29K.N920CXXU2BPBA

Have tried:

- deleting and re-adding my home wireless details

- Enabling and disabling Smart network switch

- Set "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" to Always

- Reset my network settings under "Backup and reset"

Any other ideas? I am almost tempted to go for a factory reset...
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MohamedRaafat:
I also have this problem and it's driving me crazy.I can't use my phone.Did anyone fix it ?

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Did you fix it ?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chiebai_13:
I have the same problem with my N9200 ever since the update 2days ago.. maybe a MM issue?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] az0nic:
The WiFi problem kept annoying me, so I have reluctantly bit the bullet and done a factory reset, will post again on my findings if this fixes the issue or not.
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] az0nic:
10 hours later and I can say that a factory reset does not fix the problem. :(
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrMike2182:
Can you even turn the Wi-Fi on so you can at least scan for network's?
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] az0nic:
MrMike2182, yes I was able to turn the WiFi on to scan for networks. But to clarify, my problem is the WiFi intermittently disconnecting and sometimes not being able to reconnect (had this problem in Jelly Bean and now Marshmallow).
[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kolasmith:
You can try executing with root explorer a file in system/etc. Just go there and search init.goldfish.sh and select execute, that's what i do, when I want to use WiFi