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[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] djomega971:
I got my Note 4 last July. By that time, it had already been out for a while, but I had an early upgrade opportunity and made the jump from the Galaxy S5 I had gotten just 11 months earlier.

At the time, I was looking at either the Nexus 6 or the Note 4. Ultimately, the Note 4 won because of a removable battery and the option to add a micro SD card for extra storage. The phone still works great, and while I'm still about a year out from my upgrade point, I'm hoping there will be better options by that time.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LAwLB15:
agreed
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] matezz:
[/COLOR]Locked bootloader? No thank you.

Only way to fully protect yourself from malvertising 0 day exploits is full phone adblock and AdAway needs root.

My Note 4 has been great, with Anker battery and wireless chargers everywhere never running out of juice.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] beezar:
The Note 7 is pretty disappointing to say the least. Really not much different than an S7 Edge. Sammy really dropped the ball on that one.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] freeza:
Keeping mine too. I'm done with Samsung. Time to move on to someone else
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Masterface7:
The main appeal to me is the water resistance but not knowing if the battery will die fairly rapidly like the note 4 battery pretty much counters that with it being not removable. Ill probably wait and see if the next nexus iteration has water resistance.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] themirrorstruth:
Note 7 was meant to be disappointing. You gotta remember, the note series is intended for business users who have a need for a stylus. It was never going to have 6GB of RAM or the newest snapdragon. If we all expected that then we don't know why the S7 exists. It is the flagship phone from Samsung, not the Note. The people on XDA who root their notes pales in comparison to the actual number of note users who do not. Samsung is like any other company. IPhone has 1 flagship. That's what samsung wants
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] JWnSC:
The note 7 is still an awesome phone. Better specs than the note 4. I still don't mind using the note 4 and will continue to do so. I wanted to upgrade to the newest note but if the bootloader is locked and no possibility of root it's a no go for me.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] faceless:
the Note 5 disappointed me but the Note 7 has everything i want except for an IR blaster.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] BigMosley:
If you don't think the Note 7 is an upgrade, you must not have played with it in real life. The phone is gorgeous especially the screen. The only thing I will miss is the IR blaster but oh well. Now to find where to sell my Note 4 for the highest price....
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] denero1:
ill wait till the note 8 and see what that has to offer I truly adore replaceable batteries
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] NamelessFragger:
The Note 7 forces that edge screen as the only option this time around, has a locked bootloader, continues to do without the IR blaster, and of course, the battery's still sealed and likely to end up not holding a good charge after a year or two. Oh, and everyone who isn't in China gets screwed on storage and RAM, to boot.

All that for $850 + tax? No thanks, Samsung, you lose again.

I'll be sticking it out with my Note 4 for yet another year. At least we have these fine forums to keep the Android updates rolling in when Samsung inevitably declines to provide Android Nougat for two-year-old flagships.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] beezar:
Note 7 is a disappointment, more so because this marks the end of unlockable bootloaders for the Note series (and all Samsung phones for that matter). LG also keeps their bootloaders locked, so it seems like our only options are HTC and Nexus.

Probably keep the Note 4 for another year as well, especially with the awesome devs we have keeping this sucker interesting. Hopefully we'll get Android Nougat, but that's highly unlikely
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] dvdslw:
I just returned my Note 7 after only 5 days of use because it simply had too many bugs that I didn't feel like waiting for Samsung to iron out when I have a perfectly good Note 4 to use. A short list of Note 7 issues are Bluetooth connectivity and/or playback, touch input lag with the need to press extra hard to have the phone respond, keyboard spacing issues where almost every word you type needs to be corrected, horrible battery life compared to the Note 4, edge screen is easier to break if dropped face down because no cases cover the edge screen, speaker sound quality is just plain awful, then there's a new charging port design that requires you to either bring along the little adapter they supply in the box and hope you don't loose it or go out and buy new chargers for the car and work which you will need because of the aforementioned crap battery life, locked bootloader so bye bye xda if you own one, and lack of ir blaster.

Sure its waterproof and looks cool without a case on it, but what else? Oh yeah, you can use the iris scanner to unlock the phone. Anyway, I went to Best Buy today, returned my Note 7, got my Note 4 re-activated, left with a pocket full of cash, and feel pretty darn good about it. Too bad the Note 7 is Samsung's next big disappointment, at least for me.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] DaggettBeaver:
I'd love to get the Note7. In particular, I want MST and Samsung Pay and a REAL fingerprint scanner (I trained my Note 4 to work pretty well, but nothing beats the modern scanners). All the rest is icing on the cake, like the improved camera, the edge (yes, my son has the S7 Edge and I love the edge), the improved S Pen, the new software features, etc.

Am I disappointed there's no removable battery? Sure, but even sealed batteries can be replaced. Just not by the user (at least not without risk). And I never used the IR blaster. Having to point at something to remote control it should die.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ibedanny:
I'm on the same boat as you guys. I got bored of my phone and decided to ship around. After everything was said and done, I bought a 10k mah zero lemon and holding out for another year.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] anees02:
After Samsung pulled Galaxy note 7 from the market,

Our note 4 still the king.

????????
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
The Note 7's next embarrassment will be the relegating to smoking areas only for operation and charging of Note7. But just the ones equipped with fire extinguishers.

Nice opening "warm-up" for the LG V20 to demonstrate how you make a phone with removable lithium ion battery latched door, Samsung!

Maybe it's time to rethink this madness? It's not like it hasn't been done before, Samsung! Amazing how much the layout of V20 battery compartment resembles a Note 3 minus the S-Pen. Not so indifferent from Note 4 either.

FWIW Samsung, you lost me at locked bootloader for all Qualcomm equipped Note7 phones. Keeping my unlocked bootloader Note 4 with Amoled screen a bit longer, now. At least when my cheap Samsung battery started shutting down phone at 30% capacity remaining, I could replace it with a real battery.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Curtai:
My wife's phone was doing the same at 20% so does that mean the battery was bad? We just went and replaced the battery so hopefully that fixes it... I might have to buy a zero lemon then... Thanks for this post OP
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
Most likely, yes.

The original battery may not last any longer than a year.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Curtai:
Well, that answers that... My phone battery isn't too bad yet... Guess the ZL battery is in my future... Thanks for answering that... She got an aftermarket batter from Batteries and Bulbs... Probably could have got the ZL for what we paid... Meh... She wants to switch to the Ibrick because she worked customer service this should get her til next april when we get the upgrade on the phones, by then the 8 should be out anyhow...
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] cvaria:
Note edge here, but yes... the note 4/edge was the last great note. The 5 was severely restricted... note 6/7... needs no explanation... more of the same fail.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] 13druber:
Note 4, period. This isn't about the cappy edge. Lol
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] David.Dunbar:
Note 7 is completely worthless to me without a removable battery. I am away from charging locations for days at a time and don't want to carry a brick for charging. I will keep my note 4 until a satisfactory phone arrives with removable battery, sd card and unlocked bootloader. Failing that I will buy whatever phone tx_dbs_tx buys for himself and develops.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] nuxbag:
So maybe someone can help me here. I am trying to get one now, coming from htc m9. Looked up that zerolemon and it's way to big, is there a better quality higher capacity replacement for the stock battery that will fit under the stock cover or at least not as big as the zerolemon?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] mid3vil:
Honestly, for Sprint the Note 3 was the last great phone because it had the horse power needed and could do data and phone calls at the same time.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] nuxbag:
But what kind of support can I expect for that phone?

At least with the 4 I may get N. Anyway any battery advice?
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inejco:
Delete pls
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lfom:
I think you can enable the vibration feedback using an Xposed module. Since you already have root it should be easy (you need TWRP as well).

If you want to do a full backup, then probably you need TWRP and a full nandroid backup to an external SD, to make it safe. Or you can backup apps, apps data and some configuration using Titanium Backup.
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inejco:
Can you give me deatiled instructions as I'm total noob at this?
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lfom:
Some info from official site:

https://twrp.me/faq/whattobackup.html

Lots of tutorials available, like this one:

http://highonandroid.com/android-howtos/how-to-backuprestore-rom-using-twrp-recovery/
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] sweetboy02125:
The phone is top of the line and still only has 4GB ram. Is it bother you? Many other 6GB ram phones out there and cheaper
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Rsmin:
Doesn't bother me because I am limping along with a note 3 with wore out batteries
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
4gb ram vs 6gb doesn't matter. Batteries need to be bigger and prices are outrageous for a phone that loses 40% value within 3 months.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] CB620:
OP3 and Note 5 both performed the same before and after the ram hack. It doesn't matter as long as Samsung manages it right. Don't fall into the hype of a number.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
That's because as Carl Pei explained, 2gb of ram in the OP3 are allocated to the camera only. Doesn't matter what OP3 has though. It is a fact that Note 7 is nothing special and is a waste of money device. Rather go with S7 Edge.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] MrNetwork:
I agree. Samsung took the easy way out. A lot of "leaks" along the way (6gb, Android 7, etc.), but it is a S7 Edge with a stylus.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] CB620:
Well let us waste our money. I use the stylus day to day so S7 Edge won't suit me.

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Everyone knows the Note series is the last S-Series device with Note features. What your saying is no surprise to anyone. 4gb or 6gb doesn't matter I'm getting it at launch. I've owned every flagship and every supposed flagship killer. The Note tops all those imo.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
You can get it who cares. We aren't trying to convince you of anything. If it has 3500mah it won't top all any device buddy. So it Still remains the fact that the Note 7 this year is a step backwards and not worth it. Also android 7 comes out in august while note 7 will ship with old android and as you might know it will take them at least 5 months to upgrade ;)
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] JazonX:
So what would you recommend above a Note ? I'm also waiting to break free from the Samsung Bandwagon.

6GB RAM was never leaked, it was assumed since Samsung Manufactured 6GB Ram, which is now in OP3. It was a guess initially which became a leaked spec after sometime. If it's 4GB, Be it 4GB, because my S7 Edge with 4GB never gave up on me.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
I don't care about ram size because 4GB should be more than enough. I don't like that they went with smaller battery size on a phone that has bigger screen vs the S7 Edge. That is a no no to me. Also Note 7 users are considered power users so how does that battery fit to the needs of power users? It is not even removable. To each their own though. There are users that absolutely need to have the s-pen like the one that commented above you. They will get the Note 7 no matter what, although I have always had my doubts what exactly is that s-pen so useful for. I mean it is good to have, but it doesn't make much difference anyways. Even if you are an artist or w.e, I doubt you will draw everything on your Note.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] JazonX:
Removable Batteries are not coming back.

S-Pen, Especially Screen Off memo on Note 5 got me used to it and It became quite an important tool.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] daxecutioner24:
You sound like a tool box

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Waiting....for the nexus phone, or next year for s8.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] cbutters:
I've used the Note Series since the Note 3, went through Note 4 and Note 5 and loved every minute of it. I stepped onto the S7 Edge, seduced by those curves, and thought I'd enjoy the slimmer footprint. I've been pretty happy with the S7 Edge, but I miss my S pen a ton. Which is why I'll be picking up the Note7 asap. I felt like the 4gb RAM in the Note5 was plenty with the exynos processor. The S7 Edge I feel has some slowdowns and multitasking issues with snapdragon. (This is why I secretly hope the US versions have exynos instead of snapdragon again like the Note5 did.)

That said, do we have any definitive evidence that these devices will be using exynos 8893, Snapdragon 820 or Snapdragon 821? That is what I'm more concerned about. 4GB of ram is plenty assuming the OS is optimized for it, and the storage solution on the device is fast.

Other side notes; when I first got the Note 3, people still looked at me funny because of the large size, but now everyone with their iphone 6 plus make the note series seem small in comparison. Now that big phones are in, I feel even more comfortable going for the Note7 :D

Also, I already have my Spigen Note7 Case as of last saturday, so I'm excited to get this thing ordered. (Here's to hoping for a free GearVR or Fit and another year of netflix and samsung pay bonuses as well. (I'm pretty sure I made money selling my note4 and moving to my Note5.)
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Milly7:
Interesting article. The note series was always a major step above the S series up until the note 5 fwiw.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...amsungs-enthusiast-smartphone-series-opinion/
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] matsuyamakaze:
4 gigs of ram is how much my 2011 Toshiba laptop has, it's all about how it feels in your hand, you can compare vehicles the same with horsepower but when it comes down to it you have to like the phone. Making a decision or judgement before you yourself have used the device for a day or week is most likely not going to be accurate. Go try it see if you like it. I'll bet it's faster than you think. Also remember samsung note series is much more mature than the plus phones out there. All other phones are following the note for its size 6 years of high end tech vs 1 year for the others look at the bending iPhone plus. Make sure you look at all of the differences not just the ones companies tout.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] MSK1:
Does it have an IR blaster?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] TechBSwift:
No
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] barondebxl:
Not one bit
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] JazonX:
Got it already, The new UI, and the Menu's are awesome. Smaller DPI, just as I always liked it.

Nope, 4GB doesn't seem to be a problem. Screenshot attached.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] MSK1:
How does the Edge compare to note Edge in terms of functionality?

For example - Is it an independent second screen? Can it be made one icon thick, so it doesn't cover main screen?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] JazonX:
Nope, This is the same as S7 Edge. Not an Independent Edge Screen as the N915F.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] PunishedSnake:
I'm OK with it

Get 64gb storage and bigger battery than the gs7
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] galaxys:
Works for me...
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] MSK1:
This is so frustrating. .. why have they gone backwards! !!?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] sonhy:
its really useful for those who really really use their phones 24/7, for work and personal journaling, you can edit images way better and draw maps and stuff that your fingers and zooming won't do so well, plus the extra software that is not available without the s-pen is fast and very useful, for me its totally worth it but i bloody paid too much for the s7e and have to now wait for the price of the note 7 to drop! but I'll definitely move over, the smaller battery is making it easier to wait :p
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Lodix:
The 6GB modules that Samsung is making is class 10nm compared to the 4GB that is currently in the Note 7, so it is not just a increase in RAM that is always welcome ( and for the price should be a must ) but it means lower power consumption and faster memory... so it is disappointing that they are not putting the best.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Andrewtst:
The screen is only bigger 0.2" but they is S Pen there need space, reduce 100mAh won't make huge differences on battery life time.

Also they is no more removable battery for most of company phone now except LG but see how bad they re-design the battery slot, it is not slot in nicely for most the time.

I also hope they is 6GB but without it won't make big impact on performance at all. So for me it is ok.

Probably Samsung drag the 6GB to next S8 and Note8.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] nzy:
wwwdotgsmarenadotcom/galaxy_note7_to_have_a_6gb_128gb_version_after_all-news-19786.php

6gb version for China?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BigMosley:
Exactly. I bike often and in fact I just marked up a google map screenshot of which trail we will be riding later with my Note 4's s-pen and sent the image to my brother. The Note 4's tip is pretty fat and cant wait to use the new thinner upgraded pen on the Note 7. :D
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
4GB won't be enough for the Note 7. 1+3 is much fastes and so will the S7E be. Not to mention the new Nexus that is coming out soon.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
Hey Barry but seriously, do you just invent crap out of nowhere or what lol? You have never used a 1+3, have you? How can you speak about battery on a device you never used? It is not true that the 6GB ram affects battery life on the 1+3. Actually, only 4GB is allocated to apps. The remaining 2 is for camera only. And you perfectly know Android is full with unoptimized apps. On top of that you got the heavy apps that the Note 7 uses. 6GB RAM should have been the norm for the Note 7 this year. It won't make your purchase worse if you simply admit that Samsung screwed up with hardware specs this time on the Note 7.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] daxecutioner24:
6gb RAM again is not needed on mobile device so put your panties away...The more ram a phone has the bigger memory extensive apps get, more bloat that are added..This applies for 98% of people who buy android and don't install cynogenmod...for example the jump from 2gb to 4gb didn't give you 2 GB of extra ram or even 1.5 in Increase...Unless you have cynogenmod ram doesn't really matter and even at that I can have over 30 apps open on my s5 and its only 2gb...Lastly it is still mobile apps...only so much you can do even for a "power user"
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BarryH_GEG:
Why would OnePlus need to dedicate 2GB of RAM to the camera when no one before or after them ever has? The OnePlus 3 uses the same Sony IMX298 sensor as the Xiaomi Mi 5 and Huawei Mate 8. The whole issue started when users began noticing apps being closed in the background which shouldn't theoretically occur with that much RAM available. The only RAM carved out permanently in other phones is for the GPU which is why in Device Settings it sometimes show less maximum RAM available than the chip is rated. And it's simple logic that allowing more than a handful of apps to be kept alive in the background is going to affect battery life. Samsung themselves was called out for their aggressive memory management in the S6 which only allowed 3 or 4 apps to be kept alive to conserve battery.

And no, I don't invent this crap out of nowhere...

After a comparison video earlier this week showed us that the OnePlus 3’s 6GB of RAM might not give it the insane multitasking capabilities we all hoped, OnePlus CEO Carl Pei has responded with a few clarifications surrounding RAM management on the OnePlus 3. On paper, 6GB of RAM would lead most users to believe that they could easily have several apps open at a time without anything reloading, however upon getting devices, many users have found that the phone can only hold 3 or 4 apps in memory before removing them. Why is that the case? Pei [the OnePlus founder] quite simply responded by saying that OnePlus has a

“different strategy for RAM management that benefits battery”.

While battery is definitely a valid concern with the OnePlus 3 considering the smaller 3,000 mAh capacity, it’s definitely a bit disappointing to see performance given up in exchange. That said however, there is a way to get around this. Carl Pei explained in another tweet that the RAM management can be adjusted in third-party ROMs. So with other ROMs that should be released pretty soon, developers could easily change the RAM management to a far less aggressive setting. A potential fix using the first party ROM is currently floating around on XDA, but Pei reminds us that RAM management is handled by more than just the build.prop, so don’t put too much faith in that “fix”.

http://9to5google.com/2016/06/17/on...-surrounding-ram-management-on-the-oneplus-3/​
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] brickedvice:
You didn't tell me, have you ever used a 1+3 or you just read reviews and talk like a pro? Also I am pretty sure you know that aggresive ram management doesn't actually save battery. Keeping apps in memory for as long as possible helps battery actually because they won't have to restart again when you try to open them. Buy ok though, enjoy that sd820 4GB RAM Note 7. Wait for the new Nexus to screw it on every aspect with same RAM and newer CPU. Samsung fanboys seem worse than Apple fanboys nowadays :D
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BarryH_GEG:
This discussion has nothing to do with OnePlus. You keep bringing OnePlus in to the discussion. The title of the thread is "Galaxy Note 7, 4GB ram, bother you?" All I did was post some info on Android OS operating principles and functions and how memory works in Android. I like Samsung's products but don't consider myself a fanboy. If you're so pleased with whatever OnePlus device you own and you're slamming Samsung on a Samsung forum doesn't that make you a troll?