[Galaxy Note 4 Android Development (Exynos)] ananjaser1211:
Refined Nougat V5.5 Release

RefinedNougat V5.5 [Stable]​

WARNING : PLEASE DO NOT PROCEED TO DOWNLOAD UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THE ENTIRE POST !​

Is this custom firmware suitable for you ?

You are able to understand the nature of custom ROMs and especially Ported Roms with Higher Android Version, and that they are never truly Bugless

You are ready to give up on some functionality (bugs) and ready to sacrifice on some ease of use in some areas (mentioned below)

You are ready to use a ROM that will have basic CAMERA functionality (1080P recording, 3rd party camera is almost mandatory)

You are able to understand Basic "English" and have the ability to understand AND follow instructions

You are not a nit picky person who is on the hunt to find Bugs that do not affect daily usage severely (Legit bug reports are welcome)

You are capable of Finding 3rd party apps that might fix some bugs that might show from this rom

You are Aware and take responsibility for any Damages caused by YOU or the CustomFirmware weather thats a failed alarm or a 2018 note 7

If the Answer to the above questions was "YES" please continue with the Post. if the answer to ANY is "NO" Please go Here And install a different Firmware. if you Lied and still felt obliged to spam the thread with reposted questions, lazy questions, stuff that are in F.A.Q and so on, i encourage everyone in this thread to IGNORE YOU and skip your question as it was never there.

So, we made it.

Well finally. We have something that i can call Stable. something that took me Around a year and half to achieve. This release to me is as exciting as the first time Nougat booted on this device. Its something that i personally never thought would reach a state where its actually usable by the masses. to an extent. (and not N910U). Im really proud to give you this version (5.5 isnt the most catchy, but what did you expect i never was good with names or versioning)

Id like to flex on samsung who decided to leave this phone to rot in a firmware that really wasn't suitable for it. This device was born to run Samsung experience, Not LagWiz. And running it is something his phone excels at.

In this release i focused more on fixing issues and annoyances that prevented me from enjoying this phone, and made me cuss it.

The new Kernel is totally a different experience, i hope you guys share your input about it.

SamsungCamera is now very usable for taking Photos/Selfies with full samsung effects. just dont use exposure slider (or just move it very slightly to 0.5 +/- that also works)

Audio system is much more usable aswell. it has some issues. but we might be able to patch them in the future.

As all things, nothing is perfect and without its issues. but based on what we are given and whats available to us. this is as good as it gets until the next release. Id like to thank everyone from my testers, to the loyal users and to my friends who assisted me on this. (specially you [MENTION=4658360]corsicanu[/MENTION] and [MENTION=7098450]Kill-Switch[/MENTION])

Chit chat aside. Welcome to your new Note 4.

Refined Nougat 5.5 Change-log

General--

-Fixed and stabilized many aspects of SamsungCamera so that it works perfectly for Pictures and selfies

-Enable Camera HDR

-Better AutoFocus

-Add LitePro mode (some functions wont work)

-Enable OIS for future

-GearVR and Google Cardboard Support Thanks [MENTION=7098450]Kill-Switch[/MENTION]

-AVC Encoder Fixed(Whatsapp gif/video processing) Thanks [MENTION=8784969]BBM02[/MENTION] | Updated Fix have minimal impact on video

-InCallUi Faster response

-Removed debug bin that causes CPU heat for some variants

-Enabled Sensor-hub And Fixed some more

-IR Blaster Fixed

-WiFi improvements with Signal strength and Fixed 5.0GHz connections

-ReWrote Camera XML for video recording fix (in the future)

-ReWrote brightness smalis and values to work better with note 4 (to fix dim screen in sunlight)

-ReWrote Features.xml from scratch to avoid unwanted behaviors

-Custom GPS Config from "GPS FileReplacer Magisk module" To improve location with off-line GPS

-ReWorked WiFi jar from scratch again

-USB/Bluetooth Tethering Fixed

-Enabled USB tethering without turning off Wi-Fi

-TelephonyJar Massive improvements so "media device disconnected" error is less frequent

-Latest FootejCamera

-De-bloated the ROM even more (useless apps/services we cant use)

Audio--

-Removed ECHO during calls

-Boosted MIC input and speaker slightly

-Disabled 2nd and 3rd MIC (they are not controlled well)

-New HAL that supports Bluetooth Media routing, 3rdparty recording And incall support Added for N910C/H and SLK variants

-Removed EliteScrits and the need for changeable audio hals

-N91xSLK Audio matches C/H now. they share the same issues aswell

-Boosted Audio Config in aroma (SLK and CH variants)

-SLK Variant have slight Distortion in calls (similar to when slk fix is applied)

-SLK Variants now support VoLTE and ClearAudio (When caling a device/network with VoLTE Support!)

Notes :

-When making 3rd party calls, You must Enable Speaker once, then disable it for calls to route to earpeice

-Bluetooth calls are not supported

-Some other scenarios might contain problems

VARIANT FIXES--

N916 Mobile Data fix again Thanks [MENTION=480482]Song[/MENTION] J.H

- This fix might disable some custom features for now

- As song mentioned, fix still needs some work

N916 NFC fix added

-Testing needed

N91x : IRLED fix

Aroma

-Reorganized for easier installation

-Boosted Audio configs

-Viper4Arise MOD

-WhatsApp Fix

-ReWrote Debloating options And separated them

-Seperated Photo/video editors from Camera mod viewers

-Seperated Yuva mods (special samsung apps)

-Added Maps,Youtube and Google TTS to debloating

-Added many core apps to debloating menu

-Fixed Shealth, smartswitch and other apps not installing

HeliosPro Kernel V2.0--

-Built with GCC Linaro 6.1.1

-Greatly Improved battery and performance with compiler

-CPU: Various CPUFREQ adjustments

-CPU: Undervolted big cores by -25mV

-CPU: Set cpu values to stock by default (1300/1900)

-CPU: OC upto 14000/2100 (safe values for most)

-CPU: Adjustments to boost values for little core

-GPU: default min 100mHZ

-GPU: Improved CPUFREQ while using high clocks

-GPU: Set boost clock to 500mHZ by default

-GPU: Better integration for OC freqs

-MISC: add Archpower/Gentle Fair sleepers toggles

-MISC: Stock ION/Sensorhub/Sensors drivers

-MISC: Throttle excessive sensor events

-MISC: increase buffer-head per-CPU (allow efficient fs operations)

-MISC: Display color mode fixed

-MISC: Sensorhub fixed

-MISC: Fimg and various video improvements

-MISC: Disabled more wakelocks by default with boeffla WL Blocker

-SCRIPTS: Added Killer service to kill google GMS and media scanner each 4 hours or idle to improve Doze

EliteTuner v1.1--

-Archpower/Gentle fair toggles

-CPU VOLT control

-Battery Control (input charge rates)

Bugs and notes

-SmartView/ScreenMirror

-Fingerprints

-Some AudioScenarios (BT Calling, 3rdparty is quirky)

-N910U Has no RIl/simcard working

-PowerSaving will cause Audio to artifact while screen is locked and might cause random reboots after long periods

-If you got random reboots. Delete system/etc/permissions/com.sec.feature.sensorhub_level8.xml

Install Notes

1) DirtyFlashing from BETA 2 is possible but very not recommended. a clean flash is required to have the full experience.

2) Its recommended to MANUALLY Wipe SYSTEM,DATA And CACHE when doing a clean install

3) Busybox installation will take an extra minute or two

4) if the ROM was stuck on splash, Update your Recovery to the latest available,

How to report New bugs

If the bug does not have notes, or not listed then follow these simple steps

Method 1 : provide a logCat (Mobile) OR Use LoggingKit.zip Then provide detailed explanation of the problem and how to recreate it

Method 2 : The ROM has an Auto Logcat service, Using any root explorer, navigate to /Data/Refined_Error.txt And Upload that file with a detailed explanation of the problem (Especially for FCs!)

P.S : That file is created on each boot, so if you reboot after your issue happens, the log is useless until the issue happens again

Download Links :

Stable (5.5) Downloads

REMOVED !! READ HERE

Size : 1.93GB

MD5 : 3e93c6ca62b1c3b6a35c4bca18bee4a7

Enjoy everyone. Its an honor developing for this awesome community.​