[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon)] 73sydney:
To be fair, if every ROM thread had beginners guides on the first post, then each thread would become a thread for newbies, and would soon become even more unmanageable than arguably they are now when people in general dont read the opening post

If there a link to a recovery or modem and bootloader collection, as there are here (theres a direct link to a shared google folder full of the latest bootloader/modem pairs for most if not all Note 4 devices), then its safe to say it is the latest and you should consider flashing it....checking carefully that the bootloader/modem combo matches your device before you hit the download button (and prolly again before you flash it) - i put all these check s in her ebecause, as happens, people still to this day come in here with an Exynos based Note 4 and try to brick their device by flashing this ROM or bootloaders/modems to their incompatible devices.....

In general its up to you to maintain and upgrade your bootloader/modem, and usually this is done via a separate thread in just about every device ive ever owned, on here its in one place, and its here because that bootloader/modem combo is required to use the ROM (as do other ROMS), the dev in this case has kindly not only collected, but also uploaded a collection of bootloaders/modems to help you out

Its not the ROM devs job to educate every user on every aspect of Android this and that, every ROM is housed in a development thread...and that means experienced users are expected to know the basics to use whats in these threads. Theres a search box and an entire section of XDA devoted to tutorials

The minute you hit any thread under xda-developers > Samsung Galaxy Note 4 > Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Snapdragon) , you need to have the basics down...thats up to you my friend

Theres also google and youtube , especially youtube that probably assist far better in a visual sense anything that you find here in a text sense, especially when starting out..

By all means ask for a link to something you dont understand, but this isnt the place to discuss the basics, its a development thread. If you understand the basics, but have trouble using that knowledge to flash the ROM or have issues after flashing, by all means, we are here to help people get the ROM on their device, but we assume you know the basics.... the thread really isnt the place to hand hold every new user through the basics. Even PM'ing a member you feel is senior and knowledegable for help is far better than complaining about the lack of basic info in an open dev thread...

And also worth pointing out is you can search ANY thread using this handy box at the top of the thread page

Type any search term into that, and theres a good chance someone will have talked about what youre after before

If you were to type backup into it, you would find only a few days ago, and 4/5th search result down i myself posted about how i clean install and as part of that, backup my ROM, almost everything you need to know about successfully flashing this ROM right there in one simple search result.....

https://xdaforums.com/note-4/snapdr...e-15-1-rom-t3760969/post78715903#post78715903

The tools, like thread search, are there, people just need to use them....