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[Galaxy Note 4 General] ithehappy:
So I think this is it, I'm getting annoyed with TW once again ?. All those little lags, jitters, disabling DVFS helps but not that much, whatever.

So the obvious question, has any one of you moved to any flagship phone from Note 4, which was worth it? AOSP based mostly I was thinking anyway. I am ready to give up on display and screen size and probably even camera LOL, (what else are there anyway?) and was thinking about HTC 10, what do you think, worth it?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tejas986:
Did you try rooting the note 4 and running CM rom? It works very well, you'll have all the specs of note 4 and an AOSP rom as well.

Regards,

Tejas
[Galaxy Note 4 General] scorpienez:
I don't find touchwiz much annoying while weighing it's features against the small lags. I got used to multi-windows & Shealth stuff. I don't experience much lags in marshmallow custom rom with s7 Ports(Dr.Ketan's rom & Nameless rom). If my pocket allows I will go for Note 7 later this year:)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] paroys:
im sell my htc M9Plus and buy note 4, after rooting this phone is aBeast
[Galaxy Note 4 General] srk_srinivas:
Yes, I am moving to Mi Max 128GB.. like MIUI ROM.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ithehappy:
LOL root really? That was done in less than an hour of getting the phone man. But which CM could I run on my G version without any problem? I did flash CM Remix few days ago, and it gave me at least dozens of errors in less than 10 minutes, never saw anything like that ever in my life, so came back to TW. Also CM messes up with camera photo quality right? And makes the fingerprint scanner invalid? And S Heath sensors too?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] tejas986:
I never faced any problems when I had installed it. But I always tried the build from here:

https://www.cmxlog.com/12.1/trltexx/

Regards,

Tejas
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Amar.B:
I agree with you..Well too many options available new flagships came out the new moto z and one plus 3 but i guess you better wait for the note 6 aka note 7 coming out in august..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] DarkGuyver:
I've not had any major problems with my N910C after updating to Marshmallow. I've experienced the odd lag here and there but works great 98% of the time.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Melissakis:
If I loose my note 4 tomorrow, I'll buy a second hand Note 4 the day after. I haven't been able to find a worthy replacement for it, and the main reason is the Spen. I am a heavy Spen user and, unfortunately, my options are very limited. Note 5 is not an option (no SDcard, no removable battery), note 7 won't have a replacement battery, so I will probably stick with Note 4 until further notice!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ultramag69:
Yep, my biggest gripe.

Don't care how awesome the battery is, once it's flat, it's flat... I have both the Note 4 and the Note Edge, having the spare batteries gets me through the times when I can't charge it.

For those who say to use a battery pack, that's unnecessary weight in my pocket, lugging around a battery pack attached to the phone don't need to tear pockets from weight of pack). To change the battery I remove the spare from my bag, remove the old and slap in he new. Old battery back in the bag and I'm happy...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Melissakis:
That's the one aspect of the importance of the removable battery. The other one is the serviceability.

I've been using my Note 4 for 18 months and the battery started behaving strangely, not holding up as it used to, sudden drops etc. Off to the store, paid €25, bought a new one, put it on, new phone! ;)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] nameejokerx:
I move to ios and its great. still have the note 4 cause of the spen. Waiting for note 7 and see if it is worth it. If not maybe trying to get the win 10 phone.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gabrymr:
Waiting for note 6(7), will buy on release if it has sd slot, don't care about removable battery at all.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Amar.B:
The importance of having a removable battery is the power capacity of the battery itself so if you do get 4000mah with the note 7 why do you need a removable battery!! Indeed it's an option but not quite necessary..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] POLO_i780:
Nope, staying and waitin for Note 7. What I have learnt is that with every brand there will be somethings I don't like and Samsung has the least of those, so I am happy with Galaxy Note range for the next 2years or so.

via GALAXY Note 4 +128GB MicroSDXC using Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ithehappy:
Thanks all for the feedback, except two :) I am still confused. I wish these times I was a simple minded person like my parents who couldn't tell difference between Android and Nokia 1200, whatever.

I have been checking the HTC 10 section every now and then, and this is what I gather:

- Better camera

- Better build (Obviously!)

- Significantly better support from XDA, and its beyond argument that Sense is lighter and better than TouchWiz

- Class leading audio, but I don't really care about that!

But a smaller and inferior display, however if display is pixel perfect then that's acceptable, no S Pen, no S Health sensors, and more importantly still pretty steep price wise, but waiting like a month will cool it down a bit I suppose.

Thinking....thinking...
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jonnie77:
Awaiting for note7!!!!

N-910F
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Melissakis:
The Notes have one killer feature, and one thing only, the Spen. If you can do without it, then there are plenty of other options out there. If you can't do without it, then you have no option.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] DarkGuyver:
You can easily get a brand new one at a very reasonable price. In fact the price has actually dropped £100 more at the online retailer where I purchased mine from last year! >:(

That is the main reason why I got the Note 4 last year! Instead of getting the SGS6 or the Note 5. As I like having the ability to replace the battery myself without having to open up the whole phone or take it into a store to get it replaced. As we all know that the first thing to start to degrade in any mobile device is the battery. So having the ability to replace it easily ourselves is a good thing. Shame that all android OEMs are have removed this feature from their device's designs.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Melissakis:
Did you notice my nationality? Nothing has been easy for me in the last 4 years! :laugh:
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gub:
Why "Obviously"?

The build quality of the Note4 is really good. No loose fitting parts on mine, a few minor dents and scratches from more than 1 year of rough handling without a case but no flaking finish or things like that.

Buttons feel good, the S-Pen is nicely held in place and the back cover fits snugly. No problem with the connectors either.

It feels good in hand, the back is not slippery and the phone is well balanced, which is important when you use such a large device with one hand.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] imeem:
I don't plan on moving away from the note 4 any time soon since I just bought it this year, will probably buy a new battery after 3 years or so. It's a near perfect device for me IMO and I feel like this phone can handle android N and O(?) without issues, it's just Samsung doesn't want to support it.

However after using the note 4, i''m curious about those SD 650/652 cpu phones like the redmi note 3 pro or A9 pro. Same or better performance than the Note 4, better battery life from what i've seen, and cheaper than the price I paid for my note 4. with the price difference, i can forgo the removable battery. So my phone after the note 4 and after many many years, will probably be a middlish-high end phone
[Galaxy Note 4 General] d12unk13astard:
Let's not forget their amazing oled display!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] NMonster69:
I upgraded and kept both. My Mate 8 supports way more international LTE bands than the Note 4. My Mate 8 is my utility phone and my Note 4 is my baby. ha!
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jj03:
have stuck with my note 4. phones been a workhorse for me and given no problems. next upgrade will be to the note 7. if that was not an option, i'd keep it for a few more years. handsets right up there with the best for me.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Stryker_Echo9er:
My note 4 was dying so i unrooted, flashed stock rom and sold it. It started giving me emmc errors at boot, random reboots and freezes.

I am confused what to buy now as all new flagships costs are as high as the sky and the specs vary so much from Brand to Brand.

I am looking for something with the following:

1. Snapdragon 820 or 821 or 823 (I know both are the same, ignore that).

2. Minimum 4GB RAM.

3. Inbuilt 64GB with MicroSD card (essentially).

4. Camera as good as the Nexus P or Note 5 atleast.

5. Minimum 3000Mah Battery.

6. And finally an AMOLED scree with atleast 5.5inch screen size.

Anyone having any ideas? (No OP3 please, i dont want a OnePlus phone. I have visited the service centres and there are so many complaints. I really dont feel like buying one).
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vietkao:
You are literally describing the S7 Edge.

If I can afford it, I would probably switch to the S7 Edge as well. But since I am poor and the Note 4 still works wonder, there is no hassle in changing phone yet.

Sometimes the screen size bugs me a little bit. Maybe 5.5 will hit the spot. I'm not a heavy SPen user but the ocassional play has always been fun.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ithehappy:
Hmm, OnePlus 3 would be the perfect device for you, and it's really cheap too, but you have had bad experience with ASS, so I suppose you've to just wait! Never gonna recommended a glass phone anyway.

HTC 10 is there, however I believe price is pretty steep, and camera quality isn't that great either. So I think waiting till Moto Z's release might be a good idea, and Note 7 will be launched in less than two months.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] woldranger:
Having just moved up to the Note 4 I have to say that I think this is likely to be my last Samsung phone. I started off with the LTE S3 which I bought as faulty for £75 and had it up and running within a couple of hours. 2 Years later I moved up to the Note 3 and was very happy with it. Again, I bought used, but this was fully functional for £150. A year later I had the chance to pick up the 4 for £165 so I jumped at the chance and managed to get £150 for the 3!

Like many I need the sd slot and removable battery. I travel a lot and up until I picked up a cheap Windows tablet, my phone was my only means of backing up the photo's from my DSLR so having plenty of free memory was essential so I could take the images from the SD card from the camera via a card reader and OTG cable and drop them onto the micro sd card and then export them to an external hdd. The battery, well...when you have 10 hour bus rides and want to watch films back to back and still need the use of your phone for gps when you arrive at your destination, it's a no brainer.

So, like the OP, I'm wondering what's next for me. I don't use the spen enough for it to be an issue. I do have a soft spot for a physical home button so I'd be really happy if I could find something with one. But hey, all being well I'll have a year or 2 to find something new.....
[Galaxy Note 4 General] jazzmachine:
I plan on keeping my Note 4 regardless of what my next phone is. I have a TMO variant with only a few payments left and I was lucky to get a warranty replacement about 6 months ago in "like new" condition. If nothing else, I'll still have a super-fancy IR remote... ...but a lot else. There's a ton of things that an Android phone can be re-purposed as, but aside from that even two years old it's still a great phone. I agree with [MENTION=298337]gub[/MENTION] re: the excellent build quality... I prefer it strongly to the "premium-ness" (::shudder:: ) we're seeing today, i.e. slippery, sealed batteries, impractical curved screens, pointlessly thin with protruding camera modules... at the cost of battery capacity. Form over function FTW!(?)

WRT my next phone, I'm really hoping that the upcoming Nexus breaks tradition and supports expandable storage. If so, the larger screen variant will be my next phone. THE HTC 10 does look pretty good, but I would want to check out the new Nexus first. If not, the Note 7 sounds beastly and will be a contender IF the TMO variant has an unlocked bootloader; no chance if not. I actually really want to avoid buying anything other than service from TMO (vote with my wallet against their abysmal upgrade delays - dead last on both the Note 4 and still waiting on my "new" Tab S2) but that phone is going to be $$$ which I could handle built into my bill... plus insurance replacements are super easy.

Otherwise, I'll need to do some research. I'm not in a big rush to move away from my Note 4. I'm super happy with my current setup, and I predict being even more so once my ROM of choice is updated to MM. Requirements for a new phone are: strong/friendly development community, expandable storage, >= 5.5" quality display, standard headphone port (IMO it's ridiculous that dropping this is becoming "a thing" w/o a superior replacement. Moto Z looks OK otherwise, but Lenovo...), and "good" battery life. Hopefully my criteria won't be too hard to meet this year - it definitely was the last. If I do end up having to compromise, at least my Note 4 successor will be mad PREMIUM! :p
[Galaxy Note 4 General] naranova7:
I am planning to move to the Note 7, when it's out. Since I have a personal 2 year upgrade policy for phones. However the Note 4 was and is a very very good phone for me. The only downside of this phone was the stupid pointless Samsung update policy which was taken care of thanks to XDA.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] gabrymr:
Same here, Note 4 was the best phone I've had since Nokia N95 8gb. Only problem is the update policy, but that won't stop me from choosing samsung again, Galaxy S3 I had before had even worse updates... But yeah I'm with 2 year update policy here too, I bought Note 4 on launch and was happy with it for the whole time I had it, so I'm waiting for announcement of Note 7 and I'll be preordering it as soon as it's available here.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] snowblind2142:
Keeping the note 4 running AICP, will see if next Note 7 can be rooted and flashed, if it can then thats what im going to go for. if not will probably stick with note 4 till i can decide what to move to next.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] magichoward:
the battery is the biggest concern. I'm a power user and want to use it all day without having to worry about brightness, GPS etc. I was hoping for changeable battery or at least 4500 battery. I'm not sure how much more screen time we we get on note 7.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ithehappy:
Well if you use MM stock kernel then you can have good battery life I think, especially considering that Note 4 is a 2 year old flagship. Even the newer phones like HTC 10, OP3 etc. give around 5-6 hours of SoT and people think its great, LOL! Note 4 still can output 5 hour SoT easy, over a 24-36 hour standby span.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] The Divide:
I have minimal problems here, although I do tend to reflash my firmware and clean my phone of junk files. Overall I have been very happy with the note 4. Due an upgrade soon and might get the s7 edge
[Galaxy Note 4 General] kolembo:
Have to say - the Note 4 was a beautifully built phone....
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Inxsible:
When my note 4 broke down a few weeks ago, I was considering a G5. Not only it has both removable battery an sd card slot, but it's also good in terms of serviceability. For example removable bottom part makes it easy to replace usb connector. Also display is easy to change (old iphone style type of screwed in display). But yesterday they fixed my phone and now I'm planning to use it for a at least a year but hopefully more.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] bat0nas:
5 hours?

I barely get 2.5 and the phone is dead in the evening or right after bsusiness hours.

I have strong signal reception, location services on, all the usual social network apps, mail syncing. The usual stuff the above average IT geek uses.

Ordered a new battery.. Maybe that's the problem.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] lemalelt:
Same here, tele2 note, almost two years of usage. Switched to cm13 unofficial yesterday to give it a run, because on stock battery life was HORRIBLE :)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] lisbon2004:
Well, i have N910F.

i'm very happy with the current screen (it's perfect for me).

i barely use stylus, so it does not have to be a note.

happy with the home and other buttons, they work good.

had to buy the new battery as it only lasted 11 months.

i'm not happy with the power consumption - location services seem to eat 50% or more power.

if i DISABLE location, the phone can eat maybe 20-30% of charge during all day.

with location, it will eat minimum double of that even on IDLE, it's crazy.

So i actually turn the location on temporarily, only when i go out, and need maps.

and also the phone is just too heavy and thick (with the silicone case).

what i'd like to get is same-size screen (maybe 6 if with thinner bezels), ideally lte cat.9 to be future-proof (although it works fine now in 4G), mostly thinner and lighter, and more powerful. As new phones must be more power efficient (for example i see that S7 can play video for 17 hours), that would be a major advantage...

and the UFS flash, as the EMMC in Note 4 is slow by today's standards.

i'm sort of looking around, although i can't say i need to upgrade.

the only current option (for specs/price) is ZTE Axon 7 6GB, although it's a lte cat.6 device, and has non-removable battery.

the thing that almost everything has non-removable battery nowdays, makes me hold stronger to muy current note 4, and not to rush to jump off the ship.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pphilly:
So I got really cocky with my phone and thought I was a lot more tech savvy than I am... I rooted my LG G3 which went well, I changed a couple of settings in the build.prop to mess around with it, downloaded some mods, etc...

Then it all went down hill when I tried to flash a rom onto it that would get xposed working with Lolipop. The rom immediately bricked my phone, every time I boot it, factory reset, try pretty much anything it just shows a black screen with the words "[###] Fastboot Mode Started" on it. After reading countless forums I've found that I can flash the stock LG G3 D850 firmware onto the phone from the Download Mode/Firmware Update screen plugged into my PC to erase everyhing, but I can't even do that because I changed the model number in build.prop to the Galaxy s6 so a few apps had more up to date features. Now the phone wont accept the LG G3 stock firmware rom because it thinks its a Galaxy s6 but I can't change the build.prop back to D850 because I can't get into a bricked phone. Just wondering if ya'll had any suggestions.

Thanks guys and gals
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidmilton:
Same Here. . Almost

So basically I have the same problem . . Well almost, so basically I had been messing with my build.prop and everything was going just fine the whole time through out. So after I was done modding pretty much, well I was testing out different settings I can input to change my Spring LS990 to work with the T-mobile carrier, including having to enter into a "secret menu" through the phone dial, but ended up bricking it. So after I was done therefore, I went and copy-paste the backup I made of the build.prop, straight into /system folder. After applying confirmations and letting it do it's job, I gave it a reboot for the copy to take effect and that's where I ran into the problem of having a boot loop on the LG logo screen and being able only to turn it off by removing the battery. Also I'm able to enter recovery, use ADB (kinda), but keep getting denied access/permission/privileges to use other functions in ADB except the "adb sideload" command, but even that results in mounting failure and signature+foot errors. Yes, I've been to numerous posts and forums, searching everywhere for info on my own repair and ended up here post this. Really appreciate your help, am willing to pay considerable amount for repair if extremely necessary and would also like to end up getting the phone to work with T-mobile if possible.

Thank you,

Blessings,

Dave.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] ratnesh1992:
ANYONE PLEASE UPLOAD MY ROM AND MSG ME AND FIX ALSO IF YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED,I DELETED BY MISTAKE FROM MY DRIVE

******WAITING IS OVER NOW******

HERE I PRESENTS FINAL VERSION OF ROM J5[SM-J500F]FOR GRAND PRIME(G530H)

********HIT THANKS IF YOU LIKED MY WORK*******

FEATURES

*This rom is fully based on android 5.1.1 and its supports almost features from j5 device,as its also supports samsung newly launched theme engine with awesome themes.Rom is fully smooth and fast. Fully loaded features of j5

NOTE-Now battery backup is very close to stock and free ram upto 400mb

WORKING/TESTED-

WIFI/HOTSPOT

BLUETOOTH

CAMERA/VIDEO RECORDING

THEME CENTER

DUAL SIM(3G/2G)

VOICE/VIDEO CALL

GPS

LED TORCH

INTERNET

ROTATION

FM RADIO

ALL BUTTONS WORKS WELL

ALL SENSORS WORKS FINE

AUDIO/VIDEO PLAYER

ALMOST FEATURES WORKS

NOTE-STOCK CAMERA DO NOT RECORD REAR CAMERA VIDEO DUE TO RESOLUTION ISSUE{ALL OTHER CAMERA APP RECORDS FRONT AND REAR VIDEO}

BUT FRONT CAMERA RECORDS VIDEO AS ITS ALSO 5.0MP

BUGS

NO BUGS

TESTED DEVICE

GRAND PRIME SM-G530H(XXU)(XCU)

*DISCLAIMER

I WILL NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY KIND OF ISSUE AFTER FLASHING THIS ROM.SUCH AS-BRICKED DEVICE /SD CORRUPTED/ANY ISSUE RELATED TO YOUR DEVICE,FLASH ONLY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

FLASHING PROCESS

FLASH ROM ONLY VIA TWRP RECOVERY.GO TO RECOVERY AND SELECT WIPE.CHOOSE FACTORY RESET OR SWIPE TO FACTORY RESET.AFTER RESET GO BACK TO MENU,SELECT INSTALL AND CHOOSE LOCATION ,WHERE YOU DOWNLOADED ROM FOLDER THEN SWIPE TO INSTALL .AFTER INSTALL REBOOT PHONE.(FIRST TIME BOOT UP MAY TAKE UPTO 5-10 MINUTES){IF YOU ARE ON PREVIOUS VERSION OF J5 THEN SIMPLY FLASH THE ROM WITHOUT WIPING}

MUST READ:-

IF YOU ARE ON PREVIOUS VERSION OF J5 THEN OPEN STOCK CAMERA APP AND QUICKLY GO TO CAMERA SETTING AND SET IT TO 8.0MP AND THEN FLASH FINAL VERSION WITHOUT WIPING ANYTHING(IF YOU DONT WANT TO USE STOCK CAMERA NO NEED TO DO IT.)

FOR ALL USERS:-

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FOR XXU USERS I RECOMMEND TO FLASH THIS ROM ON STOCK BASEBAND "G530HXXU2BOH5"STOCK FIRMWARE LINK-HERE

LINKS:-

ROM J5=HERE

STOCK FIX-1=HERE

STOCK FIX-2=HERE

BATTERY&HEATING ISSUE FIX[XXU&XCU]-HERE

IF YOU STILL GETTING BATTERY ISSUE, FOLLOW PAGE 166-167 FOR BATTERY AND CPU FIXING PROCESS

NOTE-BELOW LINK FOR XCU VARIENTS ONLY{DO NOT WIPE ANYTHING WHILE FLASHING FIXES}

XCU WIFI,CAM,ETC FIX-HERE

For xcu users who have still wifi issue,Follow step below to fix....

Flash this BOOTIMG via odin or compress this in your j5 rom and replace modules folder{modules folder are in system/lib} from your stock rom to j5 rom and wifi will work 100%.

NOTE-COPY MODULE FOLDER FROM YOUR BASEBAND FIRMWARE ONLY NOT FROM OTHER BASEBAND FIRMWARE

OTHER LINKS:-

G-APPS-HERE

XPOSED-HERE

XPOSED APP-HERE

XPOSED UNINSTALLER-HERE

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[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] Đậu SôCiu:
What about replace boot.img with the stock one??
[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] CooledRoock415:
Is for Baseband XXU or XCU?
[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] ratnesh1992:
Replace zimage and it will boot.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] Đậu SôCiu:
Well I did a full wipe and install the rom but it says "this is for j5". Then I deleted the get prop and uiprint line in update-script and install again but it's still fail
[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] ratnesh1992:
Try cm12.1 updater script to boot.or you can use full meta-inf folder.
[Galaxy Grand Prime Android Development] Đậu SôCiu:
Ok sir. I will reporrt later