Anyone with the OTA enjoy the KK?
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Unhived__Mind said:
Anyone with the OTA enjoy the KK?
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Of couse, its runs well, there is nothing wrong with it. The Galaxy Note 3 is a beast of a device, root or not. I got my Note with KK pre-installed and while I want root, the device hasn't missed a beat so far, everything runs smoothly.
Yes and no. Yes because I like the plain white status bar icons. No because I can't root, I can't use third party apps to write to the external SD card, and after downgrading to KitKat it has erased my external SD card twice.
i have had no issues with the ota rom, and from my kingo rooted, no rom'd jelly bean, my battery life is minimum 50% better on the OTA KK
KK has been running fantastic for me. I never run the stock launcher so really for me the ONLY thing I wish I was able to do is run Xposed modules Wanam to change a few visual items. But performance wise? ZERO issues at all. Battery life is excellent for me(Please remember thats VERY subjective)
My battery life went down. I am in the process of backing up all my settings to do a hard reset. The phonehas also started to hang when waking up from screen off.
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I'm pleased with 4.4.2. It fixed my GPS and video problems. The phone's performance (including battery life) is about the same or slightly better than before the update. It's been very stable. No problems with using my (64GB) microSD card (encrypted).
I love the official kitkat because it's soooo smooth, but I miss having the freedom of changing things around a bit. But I still think my battery life was a bit better with jellybean. I use to get 6 hours screen time as with the ota kitkat only giving me 5 hour's. I guess I have to take the good with the bad.
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So is there any chance of anyone achieving root on the official KK?
I think there is a chance. I bet we'll have root again sometime between now and the end of the year.
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Can you tell me why you are not rooted. I'm just curious. I've seen a lot of people that say they are not rooted and or rooted but not running a ROM. I've done it a lot on my gnex but have not found the need to do it on this phone.
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Same here. Still not rooted.
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I just rooted last night, Stock kernel, Stock ROM. The only reason I rooted was so that I could calibrate my display on my phone. There is no other reason for me.
rooted but still using stock ROM
After rooted you can install so many useful apps (e.g. CWM Recovery, Titanium Backup Pro, Market Enabler, Root Explorer........)
Everything is good here, so why put development software on it.?
There's no reason to not root, or at least unlock the bootloader, when you first get the phone. It'll save you a ton of hassle down the road should you ever decide that you want or need root
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Everything is good here, so why put development software on it.?
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Because you can? I don't have the bloody phone yet, but it's going to get rooted.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on Nov. 13th. Still waiting.
Yeah I'm unlocking the bootloader as soon as it arrives, I'll probably leave it stock for a bit but my last 3 devices I bought with the intention of leaving them stock, then decided to root later, and 3 devices I lost data on. So yeah just unlock it when you get it to leave the option open
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I'm not rooted because:
1) I have no need to be. Stock does everything I want it to do.
2) Having root doesn't allow some apps to work such as Google Movies & TV.
3) I got sick of flashing ROMs, making backups, and restoring everything after a wipe.
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Root is useful for some application like ads filter, anti virus like Avast with remote controls. It is only a choice to do if you really need it
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You guys probably are not aware of the amazing custom Roms like paranoidandroid that gives you so much control of your phone. Also great kernels like matrix that gives you more Battery life. Stock is great but android is all about modding.
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El Daddy said:
I'm not rooted because:
2) Having root doesn't allow some apps to work such as Google Movies & TV.
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http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/07/google-play-movies-streams-rooted-android-devices-now/
They fixed that actually...
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http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/07/google-play-movies-streams-rooted-android-devices-now/
They fixed that actually...
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Oh nice. I'm glad they fixed that.
This is going to be my first android phone as I'm coming from blackberry and I was doing some research as to rooting my device. That's probably the direction I am going to go but I just had one question. What are the potential drawbacks of rooting your device? I read that some apps don't work such as banking apps and things along those lines. Just wanted to get all the possible information. I'm located in Canada, if that relates to any location specific apps.
Thanks
EDIT: Found some tutorials and threads, thanks
I did unlock the bootloader and I'm rooted, no ROM. I to got tired of flashing and making back ups and redoing my home screen multiple time a week if not every day. That's fun for awhile. But for me all the Roms are all the same for the exception of a few things. My phone runs great and I do get very good battery life. I can understand why some do it but I think android is at that point to where it does and have everything I want. I'm even thinking about unrooting my phone. Haven't needed any thing that requires root yet. I did have the display app for awhile for my screen but I've not used it that much and have not noticed that my screen is slightly yellow. My flickster app won't work when I'm rooted so I think I might unroot it.
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I stayed unrooted for 8 days which is actually a record with any Android device. I liked stock and had no problems with it, but there were just a few features in Cyanogen that I love that aren't available in stock. And they're actually small things such as the volume toggles and the percentage number for battery. But they were worth it. So far my Cyanogen experience has been just as smooth as stock, so there really haven't been any drawbacks. I'm also using the Faux kernel which seems to have improved the wakelock problem the device was having on the stock kernel. I was able to get somewhere around 20 hours of battery life yesterday when I was getting around 12 on the stock kernel. I still haven't calibrated the display to my likings yet, but I'll get to that. Needless to say, I'm really enjoying having a Nexus 4.
I liked rooting my vivid because sense sucked, but I went with a aosp ROM and was very happy. Though, what I like more is messing with new software updates (official) and not being rooted just makes that easier to download. There's nothing I miss from rooting. Everything I did was to make the phone as smooth running as possible and that's what I got now.
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Not rooted. The entire reason I rooted my old GS2 was to get AOSP on it. This has it in its purest, best form stock.
I root because I want to block ads, use titanium backup, Franco Kernel, AOKP (I have my menu and search button back plus the nav bar ring has more options than just google now). I use TWRP for backups in case I mash my phone and Google doesn't have images up yet... I can at least restore mine LOL. I use lots of tasker tasks with root. Use Datasync to auto backup and restore games and other app data on each device (not just when flashing ROMs. I mean I play a game and put down phone pickup tablet and data is already synced on there.). There's just so many things to do with it!
I will eventually, and most likely roll to CM, but until that time I just have no need for it.
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I use my phone and its features mostly for my work stuff. So it is always a trouble making backups and yet lost some good piece of it. This is the reason i dont frequently change my phones rom. Yes i try them but just forba while or maybe a week or two. But then return back to the stock. I was on my stock ICS which was rooted via the exynos abuse with no cwm or any other bootloader. 2 days back i got an update of about 501 mb and it updated me to JB without formattibg my phone.
I was happy thinking that i received it very late hoping it will be fixed and tweaked from known issues. But unfortunately it isnt and full with crapoy bloatwares which i uninstalled using hiuninstall utility. The lag is gone but the huge battery drain is kind of annoying. I cant just keep my phone plugged in all the time.
I want to know a way by which i csn go back to ics without formatting my phone.
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You will not be able to do that. If you managed to get it to boot with no wipes there would be so many FC's it wouldn't be usable the best you could do is maybe flash philz kernel for you ROM and try to flash a custom jb tw ROM there are some good ones and the if you still have bad battery drain use better battery and see what is using up your battery the most and also use CPU spy to see if your phone is going g in to deep sleep. Location services on tw uses a lot of battery you could try turning it off and see if that help.
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Thanks, I will try to do it. If anything goes awry i will ask you.... appreciated
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First of all i dont care much about 4.4, i prefer overall performance. So my question is, is it worth upgading considering its improvement and bugs?
There are some nice touches, but the phone is just as fast as before.
IMO for a release it seems rather unstable. Tried it and well, I'd wait for the next release.
I wait... As it seems like Sony have not tested things properly
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No, it's not worth.
Am not updating.
need root to sort the sd card issue and i cba with the hassle of flashing ftf, downgrading then upgrading all for an update which adds nothing in terms of features and appears to have plenty more bugs
does the z1 still have its SMS app on KitKat 4.4 or have they switched to Google Hangouts?
if so then thats another reason why i wont be updating.
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does the z1 still have its SMS app on KitKat 4.4 or have they switched to Google Hangouts?
if so then thats another reason why i wont be updating.
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Nope they still use the sms app
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Hello community
Just wanted to know how your battery is doing since the kit kat update? I was thinking of rolling back to jellybean since my battery appears to be draining about 30% faster and the camera seems to lag so much more. Any suggestions? I have done a clean install of KK and even a master reset to resolve these issues.
My battery is about the same, maybe slightly better. I did have to use a paperclip to press the hard restart button but since then everything is great. No lag either, I did have bit before the restart but all is good now.
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Are you rooted or anything.
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For me this is the most stable update yet, battery is great and the phone is as smooth as butter
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Are you rooted or anything.
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I am rooted with xposed and 4k camera. But its been like that since KK and after the master resets.
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I am rooted with xposed and 4k camera. But its been like that since KK and after the master resets.
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in both KK official update my phone do his job so well! no battery drain no lag no overheat ! but if your bootloader is unlocked I suggest you to use some custom kernel and use some kind of configuration for governor that balance battery use whit your daily usage.
I have the same issue on z1s, it drains a bit more on KK
I had massive issues with fast dormancy. But that must have been in JB already?
Hi Guys
I want to see which stock firmware is batter ???!!
regarding performance, battery life, signal strength ....ect
this thread is to compare performance of Note 4 with KitKat, Lollipop & Marshmallow .
Please to mention your Note 4 model
thnx
KIT KAT OF COURSE is the best for battery performance
Marshmallow is the best considering performance and battery life.
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I Used All of them and switched many times between all the three and i every time i choose LOLLIPOP 5.1.1
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I Used All of them and switched many times between all the three and i every time i choose LOLLIPOP 5.1.1
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Any specific reason?
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Supercell games on KitKat?
Can you install/play clash of clans and clash royale in 4.4.4? I would like to try kitkat but hesitant because of those 2 games.
Kitkat (FireKat specifically) for battery life and xposed. 5.0.1 was a mess. 5.1.1 better. 6.0.1 haven't tried yet as I am on a 910T.
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bat0nas said:
Any specific reason?
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best battery life and stability
Well with 3220 mAh battery I believe Note 4 should go on more .
it is clear for now that KitKat was the best for battery life but why ??!!
upgrading the OS is all about improving the smartphone performance not to make it worse !!!
now is it Google mistake with Lollipop as previously Samsung claims ??!!
then Marshmallow should be better than Kitkat ......
Hope Samsung will fix this in the next Marshmallow build
Can i should return back from 5.1.1 without tripping knox counter?
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Can i should return back from 5.1.1 without tripping knox counter?
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No
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bat0nas said:
No
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Im sucessfully downgrade from N910FXXS1CPC5 (5.1.1) to N910FXXU1ANK4 (4.4.4) without tripping knox but on 910F. Idk if its work for 910C.
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No
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I have 910f i cant?
Asking questions like these is unfortunately pretty useless.
You ask 3 different people and get 4 different opinions anyway...
Not to mention that the Note models and most importantly the usage differs a lot from user to user.
I know what you want to know, and I guess everybody would like to know like the OP, but I'm just saying that it isn't that easy
MM is the best one it is more smooth and the battery is much better. with snapchat insta FB real racing 3 and other apps lost 50% from morning to 4pm ....Hane Base Rom which is base from the Stock one is much better..
FEATURES:
Based on N910CXXU2DPCB Firmware (TW MM 6.0.1).
H-Vitamin Kernel.
Deodexed & Zipaligned.
Build.prop Support.
Init.d Support.
Busyboxed/Rooted.
Debloated few apps (which you can find in PlayStore).
No wifi problems.
Symlinks & Permissions are set properly.
Private mode support.
Marshmallow is better than KK and LP.
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Marshmallow is better than KK and LP.
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and can you tell us in what?
5.1.1 was a LOT better than KK for me. Far smoother, and after a couple of days, good battery life too.
I just couldn't go back to KK it was far too choppy on comparison.
For some reason I've had excellent battery life with 5.1.1 so I don't even know if I want to try MM. I'm afraid I'll spoil something. It took me a long while, and apps I don't need on my Note4 to repair the battery drain in my S6 edge+ after the update to 6.0.1
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5.1.1 was a LOT better than KK for me. Far smoother, and after a couple of days, good battery life too.
I just couldn't go back to KK it was far too choppy on comparison.
For some reason I've had excellent battery life with 5.1.1 so I don't even know if I want to try MM. I'm afraid I'll spoil something. It took me a long while, and apps I don't need on my Note4 to repair the battery drain in my S6 edge+ after the update to 6.0.1
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If it's perfect I don't know that I'd mess with it. I may keep KK as I have my rom, theme, xposed, font, and app permissions (AppOpsXposed) all set up how I like them now.
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Marshmallow Far better than other two, better battery better performance... It'll take couple of days to get good battery life after the marshmallow upgrade from lollipop 5.1.1.. Now I'm on 40% with 3h 40m screen on time 19h 32m standby time... Doze working great.. I'm using 910G... Indian version..