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Black screen of death

I have been getting the bsod at all different times the last couple of weeks and only removing the battery fixes it...... Has anyone else experience this? It's getting really frustrating..... I have unInstalled a bunch of apps thinking it was a recently installed app but it's still doing it! I am on mj5 rooted and have had the phone since October with no issues until just recently! Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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eroracing said:
I have been getting the bsod at all different times the last couple of weeks and only removing the battery fixes it...... Has anyone else experience this? It's getting really frustrating..... I have unInstalled a bunch of apps thinking it was a recently installed app but it's still doing it! I am on mj5 rooted and have had the phone since October with no issues until just recently! Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I had a similar problem with an S4 (why I have a Note 3) where I started getting BSOD's until the screen went blank one day and didn't come back.
It turned out to be the screen and digitizer separating that was the cause of the problem.
I sent it into AT&T first under warranty only to have two replacement S4's die in a similar manner.
I'm not sure if this is your issue or not.
I have had zero problems with the Note 3.
Have you tried a factory reset or flashing back to stock?
Hope this helps.

Sounds like it is not waking from deep sleep... You may need to factory reset or do the MJ5 restore.
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Well i took the ota yesterday and I hasn't happened since so hopefully (cross my fingers) it is fixed!
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Yeah. It was software then. Something was making it sleep too hard. Haha
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Well I spoke too sooon.... Happened again today.... But I'm starting to think it may be a Battery issue! I think it only does It with one of my two batteries. Both batteries are oem samsung and I have them marked so I will make a point to check which battery I'm using when it happens! So far it's looking like the battery that came with the phone is the issue but we will see!
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eroracing said:
Well I spoke too sooon.... Happened again today.... But I'm starting to think it may be a Battery issue! I think it only does It with one of my two batteries. Both batteries are oem samsung and I have them marked so I will make a point to check which battery I'm using when it happens! So far it's looking like the battery that came with the phone is the issue but we will see!
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My recommendation in cases like this (been flashing since i had my S2) is to always go back to stock following the restore thread as mentioned earlier. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2476353 Restore flash, root and back to your fav Rom shud take no more than 30 mins. Then restoring your apps from the playstore can be tedious but has always fixed errors originating from apps. Sometimes it is an app issue and doing a backed up app restore (ie. Titanium Backup) may simply reintroduce the problem. After all that I would start to look at hardware but I would exhaust all software troubleshooting first. Just my 2¢... Hope this helps.

Just to give an update to my situation.... It has about 8 days running without the suspect battery and I have not had anymore issues! I replaced the battery with one from at&t oem of course. S if anyone else experience this try replacing the battery! I will call it fixed and only update here if the problem reoccurs.
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Beware! Auto OTA update! This is the last straw...

This morning my S5 auto updated itself without ANY of my intervention or approval. And by the time I realized it, it had already rebooted itself into recovery and was flashing itself. For those of us, like myself, who are pushing off the updates in hopes that an exploit will be found, this is a massive problem. I wiped it clean and returned it today for a full refund, as I bought it full price off-contract. I will be getting the Tmobile S5 and sim unlocking it. Screw you, AT&T.

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This morning my S5 auto updated itself without ANY of my intervention or approval. And by the time I realized it, it had already rebooted itself into recovery and was flashing itself. For those of us, like myself, who are pushing off the updates in hopes that an exploit will be found, this is a massive problem. I wiped it clean and returned it today for a full refund, as I bought it full price off-contract. I will be getting the Tmobile S5 and sim unlocking it. Screw you, AT&T.
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Not that it's right, but you have to say fairly that you had likely declined the Auto-Update a few times of which each instance stays it for 4hrs(I'm sure it doesn't directly say it will do that).
I have been rigorously going into App Manager and stopping AT&T Auto-OTA update after any reboot. If you want to stop it from happening at night time then put the phone in U. Power Saving mode and it won't.
If any users have declined the Auto-Update it says on the AT&T site that after several denials and 4hr stays that it will reboot and auto update so your only course of action is what I'm submitting here. My solution so far has been to stop the AT&T Auto-Ota service that doesn't seem to auto wake itself other than on reboot and recently adding U. Power Saving Mode at night when I can't be attending.

cavsoldier19d said:
This morning my S5 auto updated itself without ANY of my intervention or approval. And by the time I realized it, it had already rebooted itself into recovery and was flashing itself. For those of us, like myself, who are pushing off the updates in hopes that an exploit will be found, this is a massive problem. I wiped it clean and returned it today for a full refund, as I bought it full price off-contract. I will be getting the Tmobile S5 and sim unlocking it. Screw you, AT&T.
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This is weird. I did not even get notification about update. I check it today and told me my software is up to date please check in 24 hours..My first reaction was to check if i get update with out notification, but no. I'm still on NCE firmware.

There is an update on the AT&T model?
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WizeGuyDezignz said:
There is an update on the AT&T model?
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hehehe.. i got same question...if you know what i mean...lol

WizeGuyDezignz said:
There is an update on the AT&T model?
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OP made it clear, yes AT&T.
Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.

The latest update fixes Gallery speed and better accuracy on finger scanner
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I accidentally hit the update button after it asked me 9432590 times to update, so I immediately pulled the battery out (one of the nice features of having a samsung phone) after it started to reboot. I put in back in, fired it up and got a message saying "The update process was interrupted and was unsuccessful" or something like that. I haven't been bothered by it since
I wouldn't recommend anyone trying this as it seems very likely that a chance of bricking your phone will result, but if you want to risk it, do it.

Once the update appears you're out of luck. I postponed it several times and woke up to the update already applied. In a few weeks I'm going to tell at&t to go to hell and switch over to TMO.
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This is nothing new. It's been happening with the S4s for over a year now. Unfortunately root is needed to freeze the apps responsible for the updates. Turning off Wifi, while not using the phone, can help, but until root is achieved it's going to happen.

Depending how vigilant, U. Power Saving mode is the best non-root way to ward it off.
Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.

byte9 said:
Depending how vigilant, U. Power Saving mode is the best non-root way to ward it off.
Love, from GS5 locked bootloader hell.
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I still haven't gotten the update prompt--odd.

cdd543 said:
I still haven't gotten the update prompt--odd.
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Me either, my only nag is the security policies and i just swipe it away and keep killing the AT&T OTA update process anytime i see it restart after a reboot. I only suggest U. Power Saving because it turns off all the radios etc while sleeping so 0% chance of a snake in the grass crawling in while you slumber.
Half of me is a little mad at myself for underestimating how much I'd miss root, I sold a perfectly good Loki compatible GS4 for this thing. The other half of me realizes this phone is great because it's locked down and i can configure it to 90% of what i want and still quite enjoy it. Coming to terms that the GS4 owners after Loki had to suffer this and are STILL to this day and that may be our inevitable situation.

It's funny how normal users are always waiting for the carrier updates and yet we're here hating on them and trying to find a way stop stop the updates. There are so many customers that ask me about the software updates on a daily basis.
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I do know this , somehow my SE security was updated, then I choose to take the OTA, I was messing around with some root methods that didn't work(yet), but I did a factory reset and I was still on the new 2AND3 firmware but my SE update was not present anymore. It was the original out of box SE. Just an FYI
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scott14719 said:
This is nothing new. It's been happening with the S4s for over a year now. Unfortunately root is needed to freeze the apps responsible for the updates. Turning off Wifi, while not using the phone, can help, but until root is achieved it's going to happen.
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Well this is new to a lot including myself who never had the S4 and is coming straight from the S3. Not to mention the S3 bootloader wasnt locked. I had WiFi turned off and never even configured it since I got it. I am now back on my S3 until i can get to a T-Mobile store.
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cavsoldier19d said:
Well this is new to a lot including myself who never had the S4 and is coming straight from the S3. Not to mention the S3 bootloader wasnt locked. I had WiFi turned off and never even configured it since I got it. I am now back on my S3 until i can get to a T-Mobile store.
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Yea, it really looks like the Tmobile phone is the only way to go for now.

Learning the hard way with my S4 when the auto update appeared yesterday I declined it all day. I woke up this morning to find that the update applied itself in my sleep at 130am. I can't believe this crap.
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Even Apple let's you decline the updates forever (well until programs stop functioning right) . That's pretty sad lol.
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AT&T Auto OTA Update
What's even more ridiculous is that this OTA update was simply to add two additional bloatware apps, Lookout Security and Yellow Pages, which the mothership had agreed to provide, but failed to include in the release...sigh...
Will likely wait it out another month or two, but will seriously be looking at the T-Mobile or other rootable alternative!

Had anyone successfully returned their Note 4 due to Lag/Sluggish Performance?

I was just curious if anyone has successfully done this. Did they give you and trouble? Did you do it at the T-Mobile store? Did you have yo pay anything? Mine doesn't really lag, i would more so call it stuttering. For example, when i scroll using tapatalk it isn't smooth, it stutters a lot. Once in a while exploring it different apps or system there is some noticeable stuttering. Again, it is for a long period of time.. just slightly. I have tried several of the tips posted in here and it still happens. I am not asking for help, i just want to know if anyone has returned it and how it went. I am on day 10, and want to see if it is worth going in the store before 14 days is up. Thank you!

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I was just curious if anyone has successfully done this. Did they give you and trouble? Did you do it at the T-Mobile store? Did you have yo pay anything? Mine doesn't really lag, i would more so call it stuttering. For example, when i scroll using tapatalk it isn't smooth, it stutters a lot. Once in a while exploring it different apps or system there is some noticeable stuttering. Again, it is for a long period of time.. just slightly. I have tried several of the tips posted in here and it still happens. I am not asking for help, i just want to know if anyone has returned it and how it went. I am on day 10, and want to see if it is worth going in the store before 14 days is up. Thank you!
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They'll charge you a $50 restocking fee as the return will fall under "buyer's remorse." You don't need to give a specific reason other than you don't want it. There's no way of avoiding the restocking fee on a return that leads to a full refund, even if it's defective.

Hmm and if i pay $50 for a new device there is no guarantee the problem will be solved. Interesting. .

I didnt have to pay cause it was under 14 days for store and on 21 days if u do online.You could get another phone or same different color I didn't pay any fee. If u pass that time I would do a warranty exchange if u have jump it is $5 processing fee

raw2000j said:
I didnt have to pay cause it was under 14 days for store and on 21 days if u do online.You could get another phone or same different color I didn't pay any fee. If u pass that time I would do a warranty exchange if u have jump it is $5 processing fee
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Don't know how Tmobile works in other states but here even switching to a different color is considered another handset purchase and you'll still be charged the restocking fee.
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They called it a preference exchange and said i didnt have to pay cause it was under the 21 days i did it over phone

raw2000j said:
They called it a preference exchange and said i didnt have to pay cause it was under the 21 days i did it over phone
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Interesting. Our stores here in Oregon will NOT let you switch colors without paying the restocking fee. I guess you could always ask for a managers override
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I di over phone so maybe atores r different thats y i dont deal with them lol

UPDATE:
Well, as i was using Odin and going back to stock I tested again and to my surprise the lag/stutter was gone. I tested everything where I was experiencing this. All gone. Then I rerooted and added custom recovery and still good to go. Weird.. maybe Samsung had a bad "flash" when building my Note 4.
With that being said, to whomever is having the same experiences I was, this is what I recommend! BTW, T-Mobile was going to do a free exchange due to buyers remorse. I called them back and said I would not be coming in

Were you using Wanam Xposed?

I haven't but I will. I already tried using other ROMs, factory resetting, everything. Absolutely love the phone, but TouchWiz kills the phone for me. It slows the phone down a lot (in my case at least) and it stutters. So, I'll be returning it and getting a Nexus 6.

bigmase23 said:
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Well, as i was using Odin and going back to stock I tested again and to my surprise the lag/stutter was gone. I tested everything where I was experiencing this. All gone. Then I rerooted and added custom recovery and still good to go. Weird.. maybe Samsung had a bad "flash" when building my Note 4.
With that being said, to whomever is having the same experiences I was, this is what I recommend! BTW, T-Mobile was going to do a free exchange due to buyers remorse. I called them back and said I would not be coming in
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The note 4 is a monster. The stock rom is the issue. Now that we have custom roms all is well. I'm on firekat. .....this phone is beast. I'm running about 10 xposed mods,over clocked to 2.9ghz, battery life is 50% better than stock even with all that jazz going on and I just added this SD adapter now I'm noting just over 1tb of space with rw speeds around 60. Font return the device I was having the same issues til yesterday
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I haven't experienced any lag ... I'm currently running Custom Stock ROM ... And deleted everything that I didn't had to use ....

I have never experienced these crazy lags. It does stutters sometime, but all computers stutter sometime... You should see my ipad3. I'm on stock and not rooted just yet.

If you're within the 14 or 21 days they have to exchange it if something is wrong with the phone. It's not buyer's remorse.
Unless of course you want a different color then that's different.
I think I might return mine because I've had lag almost everywhere from home screens to apps, Internet and even videos.
I'm still completely stock, never had this type of issues with my Note 3. ****, even disappearing icons, look at the bottom messaging app.
Icon gone after a reboot, had to reboot again.
I was wondering, for those that have exchanged it.
Did the replacement work out better for you??
I'm debating whether returning it or just rooting it and slapping a rom on. But I don't want to keep it if it's the actual phone.....
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Nvm couldn't attached the pic to show you the missing icon.

rambo8987 said:
The note 4 is a monster. The stock rom is the issue. Now that we have custom roms all is well. I'm on firekat. .....this phone is beast. I'm running about 10 xposed mods,over clocked to 2.9ghz, battery life is 50% better than stock even with all that jazz going on and I just added this SD adapter now I'm noting just over 1tb of space with rw speeds around 60. Font return the device I was having the same issues til yesterday
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which xposed mods are you running. How did you overclock, Did you flash a different kernel?

eduardmc said:
which xposed mods are you running. How did you overclock, Did you flash a different kernel?
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Wan man, root cloak ig and vine Downloader obb files to SD card etc. I used cpu controller on market I'm ok firekat rom
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For all the people claiming there is no lag, THERE IS LAG. But only if you root it and if you don't properly fix the S health issue.
I thought all those people were crazy for claiming there is lag until I experienced it myself. Do the clear data/reboot method on s health and then go back on wanam and check the option to fix s health. That removed my lag
And also there is a lag on the recent apps hard key, it's pretty slow just like on my S5. On my S5 I enabled soft keys/on screen keys and that lag was gone but the lag was still there for the hard keys on my S5.
I tried enabling soft keys on the Note 4 but it keeps crashing "system UI" every 2 seconds, I am able to put soft keys on my s3-s5/htc m7 but how come not on the note4?

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So I contacted Tmo today just so they can note what's going on so I have no issues exchanging it.
The rep recommended to take out my SD card and try it without. And if I wanted to, to do a reset.
I had used the same SD card since my S2 Days so I didn't think nothing of it when I started using with my Note 4.
Anyways, long story short. SD card is out, factory reset it and now my lag is practically all gone. I've been using for about 5 hrs now.
So it was the SD card causing all if not most of the problem.
I'm going to format my SD card with this phone and hopefully I won't need a new SD card lol.
Anyways, something for you also having lag to try it out in case you have a similar situation as me.

ThC23 said:
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So I contacted Tmo today just so they can note what's going on so I have no issues exchanging it.
The rep recommended to take out my SD card and try it without. And if I wanted to, to do a reset.
I had used the same SD card since my S2 Days so I didn't think nothing of it when I started using with my Note 4.
Anyways, long story short. SD card is out, factory reset it and now my lag is practically all gone. I've been using for about 5 hrs now.
So it was the SD card causing all if not most of the problem.
I'm going to format my SD card with this phone and hopefully I won't need a new SD card lol.
Anyways, something for you also having lag to try it out in case you have a similar situation as me.
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I did sane took out sd card played wirh it lag gone pyt sd card in again lag still gone

T-mobile jump program and rooted phones

I did a google search and I got conflicting results. With knox being tripped would it cause an issue if I were to try and upgrade?
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nope, trade away

I had a rooted S4 and upgraded through the Jump program to the Note 4 without any issues. The employee just checked to see if the phone booted.

Have not had an issue exchanging via jump or warranty.

My Note 2 was on cyanogen mod when I traded it in.

You're good to go.
All the employees checked was that it booted and that it was wiped.

I've done a few rooted ones with no issues. So long as there is no water damage, cracked screens and it boots. I have heard horror stories about attempting to Jump running a custom mod so it might be worth your time to ODIN/stock back up. Good luck!

Done it twice at two different locations....no worries.

My Htc one m8 that i traded for the note 4 was on GPE conversion when i did the jump lol

Right on for the input. The reason I asked was because my daughter wants her phone rooted (doesn't like the lag) and she's up for an upgrade in a couple of months.
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[Q] SM-910T vs SM-N910T3, What is the difference?

Can anyone provide a point-by-point difference between the two other than "SM-N910T3 is just better"?
I've seen the question asked a few times in previous threads, reddit but I have not seen anything conclusive.
Also it seems the initial question becomes a quick after thought because it quickly delves into rooting questions, which I do not care about at this point.
I get that SM-N910T3 has 5.1.1. but what else? Heck even if its a best guess I'd love to hear it here.
For now this is what I got from Reddit:
pomidorable 2 points 14 days ago said:
Samsung likely changed suppliers for one or more of the key components (likely a cost reduction measure for a phone that's about to go out of production in a few months), and as such the ROM had to be altered to support it.
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Thanks in advance.

It at least seems that T3 does not suffer from any of those GPS issues people were reporting on "regular" Ts. I got T3 myself, would be happy to answer any questions I can
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What GPS issues? Both my note4's GPS fine.

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It at least seems that T3 does not suffer from any of those GPS issues people were reporting on "regular" Ts. I got T3 myself, would be happy to answer any questions I can
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Anything and everything sir. What else did you notice? Does it still lag?

No lag that I noticed on 5.1.1. I haven't had note running on previous builds so hard to compare. Coming from Lg G4 and Note 3 before that
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For what it's worth I had the N910A (on AT&T) for about 9 months. The T3 seems much snappier. It has it's quirks though, the pen icon gets stuck on in the notification bar and so does the headphone icon.
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nib said:
It at least seems that T3 does not suffer from any of those GPS issues people were reporting on "regular" Ts. I got T3 myself, would be happy to answer any questions I can
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Pop up a few screens, lets take a look see...thanks..

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Pop up a few screens, lets take a look see...thanks..
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What do you mean

My pen icon gets stuck occasionally as well, I think it's a 5.1.1 issue unfortunately.
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When I got my T3, I just went to Kies and reinstalled the software, haven't had that issue yet. Now it works better than my old Sprint Note 4
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I had a t3 and it lagged real bad

justice26 said:
I had a t3 and it lagged real bad
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so what are you using now?

I got my 910t back from Samsung fixed

justice26 said:
I got my 910t back from Samsung fixed
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What was wrong with it that Samsung had to fix it? How did you get a newer phone and then your old phone back?
I ask because mine is starting throw fits like a stubborn mule and its really pissing me off. If it doesn't just lock up and freeze, its bt connections or dropped calls.

So the n910t3 is the developers edition?
https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/3hd2mu/n910t_vs_n910t3_511_only_available_for_the_latter/
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Learned something new.. I was just had a long text chat with samsung suppoprt... it looks like the n910t3 may be the developer edition? they checked a few IMEI numbers / serial numbers and confirmed my device was developer edition which may explain the model number difference and may explain the 5.1.1 while n910t is left at 5.0.1 for now. Samsung also confirmed that Tmo has 5.1.1 and it's up to them to decide when / if to deploy it.
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That's what Samsung told me over chat too. I have the chat saved. The rep also said I could go into a store and specifically request one (though I don't think that's right). I wonder why they're selling them? Possibly a large shipment was ordered in error? I wonder what the difference is aside from having 5.1.1. I know on the ROM development side of things, everything is mostly compatible.
I had that suspicion though too; I asked if it was an internal developer edition meant for testing updates before they're released to the public, and the Samsung rep reassured me that's exactly what it was. I wonder why they're for sale though.
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BAH! Who knows and who cares now I guess. I just got off the phone with Tmobile and they told me its just a software update. Then I found this article pretty much saying the same thing, from last month.
http://www.ibtimes.com/android-511-...ng-galaxy-note-4-t-mobile-how-install-2039649

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What was wrong with it that Samsung had to fix it? How did you get a newer phone and then your old phone back?
I ask because mine is starting throw fits like a stubborn mule and its really pissing me off. If it doesn't just lock up and freeze, its bt connections or dropped calls.
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My phone completely died. Turn around was about a week and a day.

Ok so about the SM-N910T3 compared to my previous 910T and what I've accidentally...
Ok so a few things I've accidentally noticed about my T3.
First off, Had to get my Note 4 replaced by T-mobile 2 days ago, they said it was on backorder, so I get a brand new Note 4 direct from Samsung and then I realized the registration screens looked slightly different, so I went to the settings menu, I'm like "Something doesn't feel right" so then I found it, 5.1.1 which I tried updating my 910T 3 days ago, and wouldn't go beyond 5.0.1 THEN found out it was the N910T3 that i Had just gotten.
After careful review on my old NOTE 4 to still send back, the glass on the Note 4 curves down INTO the walls around the edge of the phone. about 0.5mm depth, on the SM-N910T3 it doesn't. It curves down, but almost PERFECTLY LEVEL to the edge walls., ALSO haven't gotten to try the GPS thing yet, but mine worked FAIRLY well always anyways.
The OTHER major thing I've noticed, and this is WITHOUT the battery, since a charged battery weighs slightly more than an uncharged one.
119g for the SM-N910T vs 123g for the SM-N910T3 == 4grams difference in weight? S-pen is the same, both with a sim card and microSD card, no battery. Hardware upgrade?

I said screw it in the end and ponied up to buy a new one. I swear to gawd every employee looked at me crossed eyed when I told them I didn't want to buy the Note 5.
I must have gotten the last normal note 4 then through warranty because that is what they sent me. I called Tmobile and tried to get it resolved but they told me to contact Samsung (I did) and they told me they were just going to fix my phone and I'd be without one for about 10 days.
As for differences I did notice the extra option at boot up too. My GPS seems to lock a lot faster. I will have to keep playing with it though to verify as I haven't had much time to go through it yet but I will say the Samsung Smart Switch was very nifty in getting my settings transferred over.

Yoshi1221 said:
When I got my T3, I just went to Kies and reinstalled the software, haven't had that issue yet. Now it works better than my old Sprint Note 4
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how are you getting the new model number?

sluggersix said:
how are you getting the new model number?
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I switched from sprint to T-Mobile a few weeks ago, caught them throttling my data after 13GB. Had to ditch the sprint note 4 and get the Note 4 through JOD
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