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[Galaxy Note 4 General] fjorger:
Hi there,

I voted "YES" too.

I have one already (one Month old) and two more for the rest of the family coming this way. Why you may ask?

I need the S-Pen features, I wan't to be able to replace the battery (switch it in 2 min and 100% battery again), I'm using the SM-N9100 dual sim together with the MicroSD card (can't do that with Note 5 or Note7).

Finally the main reason (Price), I have friends in China that can buy it at 280€ :), although locked to China SIM's but with a 10min call (using China SIM) and no problem at all using other Region SIM's ever.

It has a CHC rom (China and English) but using ODIN we can easily load the TGY Multi Language ROM with Gapps (Stock) and not triggering the KNOX warranty flag...

PS: The only downside points (by choosing the DualSIM N9100 version) are :

- The lack or Custom Roms (for example 6.0.1 not yet available "officially" in the TGY variant, maybe a few weeks from now since the CHC is "Finally" out).

- Smaller battery (3000 vs 3220).

- Less storage (16GB vs 32GB).

- Only Snapdragon, no Exynos option for dual sim.

- No FDD LTE band 20, but on the plus side we do have more bands for TDD side (traveling).

but unfortunately I really need the "DualSIM" feature :(.

PS: In China I saw the non-dual sim version at a even lower price (250€). Imagine buying three units at the same cost of the latest Note7. Can't beat the features/price ratio, especially packed with a amazing 5.7 inch 2K super Amoled screen ;). And I'm not talking about Refurbishing units.

Thanks,

Regards,
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Maerad:
Depends ... the note 4 has a fine hardware, but the software (espacially updates) sucks. The note 4 is the first smartphone I never would get again. Don't get me wrong - really, the hardware is awesome, but the software (even with alternative) is just so bad. I came from a google nexus 2 years back and will get a nexus again.

Also I guess the note 4 won't get any more software updates, after the note 5 and 7 are out by now. I would suggest you wait till google releases their new nexus / pixel phones and look at the 6p then. My wife has the nexus 6p and I'm quite jealous - all that what I wanted the note 4 to be if you dont calc in the missing pen. Even the cam is better then the note 4 IMHO. And it will drop in price then.

Oh, and for what I don't like about the software ... it's slow and hangs from time to time. Also some Apps from Samsung are just bad like SVoice ... google now is much better in comparsion. If you ever used a pure android, you know what I mean. Also the additional apps like FB are something I don't want. Then there's the problem with the knox triggering when rooting (could result in a warranty dismissal) and so on. Or some random restarts with stock firmware (right now stock DBT snapdragon). Or the really bad finger print sensor. The Pen stuff is awesome and the OCR works like magic. But I use it quite rarely so it doesn't outweigh the cons.

Also I couldn't find any alternative rom that was working for me (too much stuff in it, too slow, to instabile, you name it) or with cm the health sensors not working and some other samsung stuff.

And to be a bit more clear, after I had some other samsung devices in my hands ... never again a samsung for me personally. Only the best phones get updates for more then like 6 months and new features don't reach the phones ever. Also it seems like there are 20 software engineering camps withing samsung, all working against each other...

But really, this is my personal, strong subjective feeling about the phone - if you like it or not, depends on how it works for you. For me there are too many things that anger me, mostly small things like I mentioned above. Might be it's different for you. Read some more reviews on amazon, even the bad ones. :)
[Galaxy Note 4 General] ithehappy:
You could set your priorities and then decide, OP.

Hardware: Note 4 is still decent, but much newer chipset and better chipset are out there.

Software: As far as TouchWiz goes, no comment there. But with a little bit of tweaking (by choosing performance over battery) you could the nice enough performance. But never to the level of HTC 10 and OnePlus 3. Read Anand's review of Note 7 and see the section where they compared the frame rates with HTC 10. TouchWiz lags mate, its as simple as that.

Camera + Display: Display is excellent, and camera is decent enough too.

S Pen: No competition there, again.

Build: Note 4 is the very LAST phone in Samsung's lineup where Samsung used practical materials to come up with a mobile phone. Now all of them are jewellery.

Price: Like I said in my previous comment, if you could get it at good price, which is somewhere around 25-30% lower than OnePlus 3's then "maybe" you could get it.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] KennyLG123:
The note 4 is still a great device I still have my tmo 910t device i just ordered the 910c for exynos which is a little snappier than the snapdragon all the devices in my sig. i still own and use but for a few. I haven't added another note 5c and s6 edge plus to my sig yet. But the note 4 will keep up with those other devices for the age. if you want a loud ringing phone note 4 is it.. The note 5 isnt as loud as the note 4 or the note 3 for that matter..
[Galaxy Note 4 General] doubledragon5:
I currently have a Note 4 on the Verizon network.. Plus it is snapper than most, plus it can handle anything I throw at it app wise.. Never over heats or crahses.. The Note 5 and seven both have none removal batteries, and that is a draw back for me.. Plus it still has volte, and the newer ones do not.. I also have the Droid Turbo on Verizon.. What I do not like, is before I installed a custom rom, the battery would drain, and constantly needed to be charge.. Plus it would over heat a lot and freeze.. I would consider another Note 4 if I needed one.. But when the Note 4 is payed off, I plan on getting any Samsung device or another brand all together.. It will depend on price, and development..
[YU Yureka Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akhil850:
yureka Turns OFF automatically on usb disconnection (both while charging and on pc connection) (needs to keep usb connected to charger or a PC)

Ive flashed stock rom and .mbn files via fastboot....but still got this strange problem...

Plz help me....
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Umerulaziz:
Hello Guys

I have Xperia Z2 and I am on rooted .291 with LB. I cannot get into recovery. I tried almost everything to install. Basically I want to use xposed. And wanted to make Nandroid backup before flashing xposed. Can anyone please help me to install the recovery.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Umerulaziz:
Some of my tries went into bootloop. Please also tell me that is it safe to install twrp image from twrp manager as it warns before installing that the bootloader should be unlocked.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venomxob:
Downgrade, install recovery and then flash prerooted rom with pre-installed twrp. It's time consuming, but it's the easiest way.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Umerulaziz:
Got the solution of the problem from this thread and it really worked. http://xdaforums.com/xperia-z2/general/mm-6-0-1-twrp-recovery-t3364871
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightningglasses:
EDIT: here is a link to fix recovery.zip https://mega.nz/#!NoVSlK5T!CPJDueW8nXiHEv-jjqo7U-CrrEa1nE2JTE8mWjn3NEs

How were you able to download "recovery fix.zip" from mega.nz ? The thread itself has been closed due to the download link not being available :confused:

I'm having same problem so could you please share recovery fix .zip ?
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Umerulaziz:
I searched the same file on Google. Tell me if you cannot find.
[Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liuattack:
Download flashfire app from google play and flash xposed from there, in my case i tried about 5 times to get it flashed.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiekader:
My friend recently died of a drug overdose and his mom wants to get into his phone. We have tried every password combination we could and the phone has not erased itself. Can anyone help us to figure out the password and get into the phone?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonepie:
You can't. Not unless someone knows a way to get into his gmail. If you're just wanting to get recent pictures he's taken then you might be able to remove the SD card if he put one in it so she can have them for memories. But that's only if he didn't encrypt the SD card. You'd have to put the card into a card reader and put it in a laptop with a card reader.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave106:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2244741
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yashthemw:
You can use dr. Ketan's lockscreen security bypass .

It works like charm.

It resets the security to swipe unlock.

But this has be tested on custom roms or atleast it requires a rooted firmware , cause the file has to be flashed via custom recovery .

This is the file :

https://mega.nz/#!KwNlUQKY!XPMcejxkzUeHOnKaQ6c9B6tk4Jwq1HgTNoPUDF8B_kY
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonepie:
I did almost forget another option. The phone is probably not rooted. But if you took his carrier sim card out of the phone and put it in another phone that isn't locked and then go to www.gmail.com the right below the sign in area it will say "find my account" click on that. Then select the option to use phone number to recover account. Type in his phone number and have it send a text or call. You will now get the text or call on the new phone. Then follow the steps after you get his email to go back to gmail again and use the forgot password option to text you a reset link. "BUT BE WARNED! I THINK GOOGLE WILL LOCK THE HIS PHONE FOR 3 DAYS AFTER A PASSWORD RESET" Then after them 3 days have passed it will allow you to log in with the new password you made.

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P.s. if he's using a pattern or a pin I think you have to get the pattern or pin wrong a certain amount of times before it will ask you to login with gmail credentials instead. And dare I say if this is of a more important matter of finding out something legal through his phone, I really hate to say this but if he is still at the morgue or funeral home he may have registered his finger print through the phones finger print scanner. Which you could then test with his fingers. Sorry didn't want to say that. But them are the only two ways I know.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dzyans15:
Mate sorry for your loss
[Sony Xperia L] Mighty_Ahti:
Hi, I got Xperia L c2105, unlocked bootloader, root, installed resurrectionremix, all fine. Then I wanted to resize partitions to get more space for apps. Obviously I did it wrong and now my phone can't get into fastboot or flashmode. When I connect it to PC and press power btn it shows as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM5) in device manager. I understand I have to somehow flash kernel using some special tools for qualcomms, right? Could you guide me to something I need? I don't exactly know what to look for.
[Sony Xperia L] Pyramid Head:
If you tampered with the partition and changed something you shouldn't then I don't think there is a fix cause each phone has a unique one
[Sony Xperia L] Mighty_Ahti:
Im trying to fix it using this guide here. I agree with you that each phone needs unique files to do so. I hope somebody can help me find those files.

I guess I need :

prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn or something like this for xperia

rawprogram0.xml for xperia

patch0.xml for xperia

I don't know how to get them, where to find them and exactly what do they do. It's just something I come up with comparing various tutorials on how to unbrick qualcomms. The first one probably might be used for different phones but later two I think must be for xperia only.

Edit: Another approach might be to follow this tutorial to backup using friend's phone, and then restore it on my phone. But I don't know if it will work.
[Sony Xperia L] Hipom:
this is what is messing with partitions = HARDBRICK
[Sony Xperia L] Mighty_Ahti:
I am aware of that, yet still want to move unused space from internal memory (~4GB) to this memory where apps can reside (~1.5GB on fresh rom)
[Sony Xperia L] Mighty_Ahti:
I got qcn but cant recover it because bricked phone is in download mode.

How to get needed files to flash it in this mode?

Can I extract them from this qcn?
[Sony Xperia L] Option58:
If you find a way, tell me. I am also looking for one.
[Sony Xperia L] Option58:
My device is recognised by PC as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 in Device Manager in Windows 10.

Here are required drivers.

What next? Need to find a way to restore these paritions on Xperia L.

Latest QFIL app HERE.

Now we need those needed files...
[Sony Xperia L] Option58:
And. I guess these can't be restored because that area is specific for every device. That's it I guess, HARD BRICK. The only way is to buy Xperia L motherboard from somewhere.

Still, though. mmcblk0.img
[Sony Xperia L] Mighty_Ahti:
Still looking for idea what next :D

So far this is most helpful but its not a solution :(

At this point I have no idea what to do with this .img file :(
[Sony Xperia L] Kianush:
guys hardbrick means you are not gonna get it working unless you change the motherboard

you could find a second hand Xperia L for about 50 bucks! thats nothing!
[Sony Xperia L] moralderherren:
Do you remember what you actually was doing while resizing? Was it via adb, can you post log? I did it other way: resized on the stock rom, then flashed resurrection, everything worked perfect. But bricked my baby while wiping data for other rom, don't know what's going on.
[Sony Xperia L] Mighty_Ahti:
I switched mobos but still, for science purposes would like to know how to fix that. I used twrp to swap memory, but it ended up formatting it completely.

How to get hex file?
[Sony Xperia L] AndroGeek17:
Did you find anything useful that really worked??

I have done the same mistake. Did you find anything useful that really worked?? Do tell me if you get any solution.Thanks!!!

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same thing happened to me. I tried to use QPST but it wont work without the proper .mbn and .hex file. If you get the solution please post it here

;)

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Changing the motherbord should be the last resort, dont you think?? And again a mobile is not truly bricked unless it's hardware is damaged...

Can you tell me where i can get the motherboard for minimal price in India. I have searched on net and there are no specific results. So please tell me where did you get that motherboard??
[Sony Xperia L] Option58:
[MENTION=7303961]AndroGeek17[/MENTION] Sorry bro, in this case new motherboard is necessary indeed.
[Sony Xperia L] AndroGeek17:
Where i can get a motherboard

Can you tell me where i can get the motherboard for my mobile. Buying it from Sony Centres is not an option since their cost is higher than current value of my device. If you have any better ideas, please do tell me.

Thanks!!!
[Sony Xperia L] Option58:
Yes that's what they told me as well. In the end I bought a new device with a little more than 100$.

If you find out tell me I wanna know too...

But it is not worth it to fix L. Even if you found new mobo for 50$ somehow, new device is double that price but much more worth.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saad Ali:
This thing is just amazing. Wasn't really sure with the direction Oneplus was heading with OOS 3.5, mainly because of dark theme not being pitch black anymore. They fixed that and all other bugs in 3.5.1.

I liked how they fixed stock android's achilles heel i.e the lag in stock messanger and contacts card pull up, both of the features you can't get away without using dozens of times daily. People will complain they're moving away from stock but I'll argue google has been lazy in improving messanger and contacts performance. I tend to have a 6p and 5x aswell. All that with the SOT of 6+ hours. Unbelievable work from Oneplus.

But now with 3.5.2, they've thrown it out of the park. It's so freaking perfect it's almost boring. How can these guys be so freaking good at this optimization thing. It's IOSque performance wise. I wouldn't even root the current build. Well, probably will to set the sRGB white less warm but I can't believe how good this software is. It's aesthetically neat and beautiful too.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] plau13:
sounds a bit TGTBT. can someone else confirm?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sukhi:
Just flashed it last night and certainly it is more stable and fluid than the last build. The Dialer app and Messaging app are really fast and just pull up in a flick. I am running all stock and battery life is extremely great. No more Android system drain and the doze mode works really cool. Overall a nice build that i really like over the 3.2.4 stable.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] usmanxhmed:
Never seen, so much praise about any software ever, obviously apart from fanboys. hopefully same as what people are reporting here.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] R3Lax1:
I just cringe everytime I see a post about a rom's battery life 1 day after it's release.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sukhi:
I agree it is too early to comment but based on last beta build, it started showing drainage symptoms within few hours of flashing. It has been more than 14hrs since flash and so far it is running awesome.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] corrupt1234:
Welll, it's time for me to go back to oos again
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] technotika:
Does OK Google and voice search work now? It was broken in last version, thanks.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Sukhi:
They work with a hit or a miss. Same as the old Build.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] dpryor88:
Adaptive brightness fixed yet?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] if4ct0r:
Sadly no. I still don't see any improvements.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pulkit_Tiwari:
Mine is not auto upgrading.

currently I am at oxygen os 3.5.1 kernel version 3.18.20 oneplus@ubuntu-19.

every time it download the 1.3gb file and try to update, the update fails.

on the screen it shows the zip file is corrupt. so I update again by downloading the file once again but no luck.

should I just download the latest os 3.5.2 in my laptop and flash it in my oneplus 3 using adb? Is there any risk involve? :confused:
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] dpryor88:
Shame. Well, I'll still update when freedom is updated. Better performance and battery is always good.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] if4ct0r:
Well yeah, FWIW it is a good upgrade nevertheless. Not sure if its a placebo, but I do see an improvment in dialer launching speed.

Shame they didn't yet improve the accent color options though. Simply hate the color palette they've provided right now.. wish they add a color picker in the next build atleast.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] frickinjerms:
People on the other thread said it borks twrp if you're oem unlocked and you have to do the hard brick resurrection posted in another thread to fix so I'm hesitant about making that jump for that reason
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] marcopolo:
I have still not upgraded on 3.2.4 (1608061823) to avoid breaking VoLTE. Can anyone confirm if I can skip this and still upgrade to 3.5.2?

P.S. Can someone confirm if this is OP OTA update or community build?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] nikhil.agrawal:
this is community build update. try flashing 3.2.5, its a factory version and people are saying it resolved all their issue they had with 3.2.4. i personally didnt had any issues with 3.2.4 but still i flashed 3.2.5 and it seems a bit smoother and battery life also seems a bit better.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Pulkit_Tiwari:
so what should I do now?

should I wait till oneplus officially rolls out full oxygen os 3.5 for everyone or keep continue using current 3.5.1 until this problem fixed by newer updates?:confused:

or go back to os 3.2.4 using recovery and all?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DesignGrits:
Would be nice if people were to post screenshots of the new update. I honestly prefer HOS new beta way over HOS CB, it has the best of both worlds and until I see some screens showing more improvement, i'm not interested. Don't like what they did with shelf and the notification shade. Shelf looks like a straight up iOS rip, and the notification shade doesn't even look like Nougat shade.

I'm going to be honest, they should stop the builds all together (no merger) and just work on a completely new rom based on Nougat.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] nrjkmrdll:
Any links for HOS beta you are referring to?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] usmanxhmed:
I have question?

- Does this built has an option to adjust DPI like that of Nougat?

- Is the font different? is it bold? Can you change the fonts? and text size silder?

- I heard when you change DPI, notification bar fonts stays same, bigger? Is it true?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lythandra:
Sounds interesting but I am going to wait for the official stable release before considering flashing it. I will want to see a video of it in action as well.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DesignGrits:
http://www.h2os.com/download

Left tab is the stable, and right tab is the beta. Beta is completely brand new, it has the new shelf from OOS CB and has tons of new features, its my fav. The only issue I found with the last beta was that sms messages were not incoming or outgoing all the time, but looks like they just dropped another update for the beta, downloaded it but haven't had the time to flash it and test yet.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jnclocker:
You're absolutely right. I have nothing else to add you said it all. For those who haven't tried this go-ahead and flash it. Am loving it.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] StrizzMatik:
Another guy here attesting to the quality of this ROM. It is quite smooth, looks great and the battery life so far has been very good.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] nrjkmrdll:
Checking it right out :cowboy:
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] peshellas:
watch out, the new h2os build has the same twrp recovery loss, as the 3.5.2 CB install with the new custom twrp and with caution.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DesignGrits:
What exactly does that mean? I know about the new recovery that was posted in the 3.5.2 thread but what is the difference between just flagging normal twrp again vs flashing the new one?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] peshellas:
from what I understand, the new custom twrp, was made to stick after flashing oos 3.5.2 and h2os 2.5.1 beta. so if anyone wants to try the new h2is he should install it just as he would the 3.5.2 update. oh and always ALWAYS make a nandroid backup.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DesignGrits:
Thank you! One more question, do you know what the process is for flashing it? Normal adb method?

Update: found the method, thank you
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] nrjkmrdll:
Boy oh boy! What have they done with the latest HOS test ROM. This device haven't felt this snappier ever! Fluid and smoother than butter. Totally loving it. Thanks [MENTION=3934913]DesignGrits[/MENTION] for pointing to this. Beautiful.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] technotika:
Enable 1080p 60fps.

Kudos to poster as would have gone unnoticed.

https://plus.google.com/102812812338302311767/posts/ZLjcafuVrXh
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DesignGrits:
NP, about to flash the new update right now, keep us posted if you find any issues.
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] nrjkmrdll:
By new update you mean ROM dated Sept 14th right?
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] DesignGrits:
yep
[OnePlus 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] nrjkmrdll:
AweF*KINGsome bro! Brilliant!!