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Rockplayer working in accelerated mode?

I have TnT Lite 3.14 and the Clem 10.9.8 kernel. Since the recent Rockplayer update as well, I can not play vids in accelerated mode. They worked fine before, but either the Rockplayer, TnT or the kernel updates are the issue (or combination).
When I try to play vids in accelerated mode, the app crashes and then the device will freeze up then reboot suddenly to the sparkly splash screen. For that matter, playing higher res WMV files freaks the stock video player out and the device will do the same thing.... I may have just eliminated Rockplayer and the root cause is either TnT Lite 3.14 or the Clem 10.9.8 kernel.
Anybody else having such issues?

rushless said:
I have TnT Lite 3.14 and the Clem 10.9.8 kernel. Since the recent Rockplayer update as well, I can not play vids in accelerated mode. They worked fine before, but either the Rockplayer, TnT or the kernel updates are the issue (or combination).
When I try to play vids in accelerated mode, the app crashes and then the device will freeze up then reboot suddenly to the sparkly splash screen. For that matter, playing higher res WMV files freaks the stock video player out and the device will do the same thing.... I may have just eliminated Rockplayer and the root cause is either TnT Lite 3.14 or the Clem 10.9.8 kernel.
Anybody else having such issues?
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I am using vegaN with the Clemson 10.9.3 kernel and have not seen it. I know it's not the same but what makes me wonder is you saying you are seeing the sparkle screen. That is from the old Zpad and if it were me I would wonder how much more leftover stuff was floating around in your tablet.. The leftovers may be causing your issues.

Sprdtyf350 said:
I am using vegaN with the Clemson 10.9.3 kernel and have not seen it. I know it's not the same but what makes me wonder is you saying you are seeing the sparkle screen. That is from the old Zpad and if it were me I would wonder how much more leftover stuff was floating around in your tablet.. The leftovers may be causing your issues.
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The X sparkle screen is not part of TnT?
This is my second G, so no zPad roms installed. Always been stock and then TnT Lite after that. No others tried. The box was sealed so should not be a refurb... Came from Staples, so probably not. Always wipe and clear cache.

rushless said:
The X sparkle screen is not part of TnT?
This is my second G, so no zPad roms installed. Always been stock and then TnT Lite after that. No others tried. The box was sealed so should not be a refurb... Came from Staples, so probably not. Always wipe and clear cache.
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Thats weird. The sparkle screen that looks like sideways fireworks? Lots of colors? If so, that is from Zpad. Don't know how it would have got there either. Stores can be pretty sneaky though with returns.

Sprdtyf350 said:
Thats weird. The sparkle screen that looks like sideways fireworks? Lots of colors? If so, that is from Zpad. Don't know how it would have got there either. Stores can be pretty sneaky though with returns.
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Yep, that is the one.

rushless said:
Yep, that is the one.
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Then you don't have TnT. TnT boots with the big G and some other static thing. vegaN boots with Gtabdevs, and then Android. Only thing I have seen the sparkle thing on is the very first Zpad roms.
If you are up to it I would do the Nvflash restore to get all the way back to stock. Make sure to wipe data, factory restore, and wipe dalvik before doing Nvflash. I have found if I don't I end up with lots of leftover stuff even after Nvflash.
Probably not what you wanted to hear but I remember you saying that about the sparkles for a while now.

That is the boot animation that Roebeet puts in TNT Lite. Been there since version 1.

rayden25 said:
That is the boot animation that Roebeet puts in TNT Lite. Been there since version 1.
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Nope. Roebeet is not changing the boot animation. It is the Android screen instead of the stock Viewsonic. There is a thread around here somewhere about this same subject. People not clearing data, factory reset, etc. Sparkle screen should not be there.

Sprdtyf350 said:
Nope. Roebeet is not changing the boot animation. It is the Android screen instead of the stock Viewsonic. There is a thread around here somewhere about this same subject. People not clearing data, factory reset, etc. Sparkle screen should not be there.
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I have run several versions of tnt lite and that boot animation has been in every one of them. it's the animation from the nexus one. It's not exclusive to zpad.

The Sparkle screen does not belong. If you are seeing the sparkle screen then you have stuff on your tablet that does not belong there. If you bought your tablet and it has the sparkle screen then it is not running what everyone else is running.
I run vegaN and have for a while. I remembered no sparkle screen in TnT anything. I just did a backup and loaded TnT 3.1, and then added TnT 3.1.4... Guess what? No sparkle screen. It starts up with the ugly green G Tablet picture with the white background, and then switches to a screen that says Android. Just like I have always seen TnT everything do.. Like I said, this was an issue a while back. It is not supposed to be a sparkle screen and if you see it you have residual crap from somewhere else.
I am not a Psychic so I have no idea how you got it.. Or where you got it. I just know you shouldn't...

I have run every version of tnt lite since 2.2 and they all have had the nexus one boot screen.when I boot my tablet I see the viewsonic birds then the gtablet logo, and finally the nexus one fireworks X.
ETA: roebeet's change log found on the development board states that "tnt boot screen replaced with standard boot screen"

thebrain73 said:
I have run every version of tnt lite since 2.2 and they all have had the nexus one boot screen.when I boot my tablet I see the viewsonic birds then the gtablet logo, and finally the nexus one fireworks X.
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That's real good.. You are now another member of the you have a screwed up tablet club...
That bootscreen is on the Nexus, Zpad, I'm sure lots of other places. Point I am making is it does not belong in TnTLite.. Or vegaN.
If you like it great. If you believe it is right, great.. If your tablet has other errors from remnant code.. Great..

Sprdtyf350 said:
That's real good.. You are now another member of the you have a screwed up tablet club...
That bootscreen is on the Nexus, Zpad, I'm sure lots of other places. Point I am making is it does not belong in TnTLite.. Or vegaN.
If you like it great. If you believe it is right, great.. If your tablet has other errors from remnant code.. Great..
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Ok maybe you could tone down your ego a bit and use your vastly superior knowledge to explain how my tablet got a boot screen that is supposedly not in any of the code I or viewsonic loaded on to it.
All I know at this point is that I bought the tablet on december 28 2010. I charged the device, booted it up for the first time and let it do an ota update.i then installed clock work .8, then installed tnt lite 2.2 at which time the nexus boot animation appeared and has been around ever since. With the initial rom change and each change after I have wiped all data. Was the nexus boot animation part of the ota update? And if so why is it not being wiped when I change roms?

Rushless,
To answer your question, when I use hardware decoding I see the lock up and reboot you describe. When I use software decoding everything works fine. I have only played MP4 videos.

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Ok maybe you could tone down your ego a bit and use your vastly superior knowledge to explain how my tablet got a boot screen that is supposedly not in any of the code I or viewsonic loaded on to it.
All I know at this point is that I bought the tablet on december 28 2010. I charged the device, booted it up for the first time and let it do an ota update.i then installed clock work .8, then installed tnt lite 2.2 at which time the nexus boot animation appeared and has been around ever since. With the initial rom change and each change after I have wiped all data. Was the nexus boot animation part of the ota update? And if so why is it not being wiped when I change roms?
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I don't have an ego issue so I don't know what I should be toning down. I responded to your post like that because it came across as another my tablet has it so it's right and yours is wrong post. If your tablet works, and you like the sparkles then great.. Doesn't really matter to me. My tablet works fine.
I don't have an answer for how you, and a few other people have ended up with the sparkle screen. My point is, and always has been that it does not belong in TnT, TnT Lite, or vegaN.
I have only seen that screen on a rom made for the G tab in one place and that is the original Zpad. Who knows what the OEM is loading on these things or how they are doing it. I have wondered if maybe some of these tablets may not have been destined to be Zpads, flashed with Zpad, and then ended up in a G tablet case and flashed with TnT at the factory or somewhere else later on to fill a shortage. If you don't clear data, dalvik, and do an Nvflash there is still stuff left over when I have done it. Who says the factory, or Viewsonic didn't shortcut?
My tablet came from the first batch of 1000 and it has never had the sparkle screen unless I put it there with the original Zpad rom. I don't have any idea if it really matter or not. But if folks are having issues it may be part of the cause and that was really the only purpose for me saying anything about it in the first place..

thebrain73 said:
Rushless,
To answer your question, when I use hardware decoding I see the lock up and reboot you describe. When I use software decoding everything works fine. I have only played MP4 videos.
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I can use hardware mode, in vegaN, using clemsons kernel, Without it locking up. It should work.

RockPlayer Universal v1.6.0
I am Testing it now ... RockPlayer Universal v1.6.0
Tested and Dont work as good as 1.55

I think the root cause may be Rockplayer 1.6. I am not the only person having the issue and different roms.
Wish I knew that before installing 4.1 now. I had a solid device with 3.14 and the Clem kernel, but now starting from scratch. Bleh. Even with Titanium, the 1gb of apps I have- it takes a while. Smallest violin time.

rushless said:
I think the root cause may be Rockplayer 1.6. I am not the only person having the issue and different roms.
Wish I knew that before installing 4.1 now. I had a solid device with 3.14 and the Clem kernel, but now starting from scratch. Bleh. Even with Titanium, the 1gb of apps I have- it takes a while. Smallest violin time.
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I wonder what they changed? I have 1.6 right now, admittedly don't use it a lot, but I haven't noticed a difference. Maybe the files you guys want it to play are a lot higher quality than what I use it for? I just watch mp4's that I made with Handbrake and it plays those well.

Sprdtyf350 said:
I wonder what they changed? I have 1.6 right now, admittedly don't use it a lot, but I haven't noticed a difference. Maybe the files you guys want it to play are a lot higher quality than what I use it for? I just watch mp4's that I made with Handbrake and it plays those well.
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Prioir to 1.6, I could get higher def wmv files to play smooth with hardware decoding. Now it just kicks me out when trying to use it.
Same result with 4.1 and stock kernel as 3.14 with Clem. Only difference is Rockplayer 1.6 vs 1.55.
Need to find 1.55 and install it to confirm.

[Q] Crossy Road not working with Root?

OK, so this is an interesting one that's not the end of the world but odd non the less.
My phone 64GB CW bought from GPS. Rooted only, stock recovery still. Lightflow, and carrier tether check disabled are the only two mods I really wanted.
My friend 64GB CW bought from GPS. Stock no root.
His phone will play crossy road just fine, Mine will boot it until it gets to the developer name then crash out.
Anyone else had weird quirks with apps like this after root? I've seen one thread about it and it said to clear the cache in recovery, and that didn't work for everyone. I haven't felt the need to put a 3rd party recovery on yet so I really can't do that quickly.

meest said:
OK, so this is an interesting one that's not the end of the world but odd non the less.
My phone 64GB CW bought from GPS. Rooted only, stock recovery still. Lightflow, and carrier tether check disabled are the only two mods I really wanted.
My friend 64GB CW bought from GPS. Stock no root.
His phone will play crossy road just fine, Mine will boot it until it gets to the developer name then crash out.
Anyone else had weird quirks with apps like this after root? I've seen one thread about it and it said to clear the cache in recovery, and that didn't work for everyone. I haven't felt the need to put a 3rd party recovery on yet so I really can't do that quickly.
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Doesnt the stock recovery have a wipe cache option? It did on the 5

I've got a rooted 64GB MB and it plays Crossy Road just fine.

rootSU said:
Doesnt the stock recovery have a wipe cache option? It did on the 5
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If there is I'm not sure how to get to it? I'm assuming a command of some sorts via ADB or Fastboot? This is my first Nexus device since my GNex since i'm on Verizon. So is my Friend though. Both of us still encrypted also. I've uninstalled and installed 4-5 times also. Cleared app cache a few times also.

I find it really strange as well. I download it, closes on developers name screen. Tried on two different roms and both don't work . Maybe just a bug. Not much info to be found on the issue.

jellybsly55 said:
I find it really strange as well. I download it, closes on developers name screen. Tried on two different roms and both don't work . Maybe just a bug. Not much info to be found on the issue.
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What sort of similar changes have you been making? DPI changes, kernel changes or something else that may be common between the ROMs. Also, I am assuming you wiped in between the ROMs, if so did you restore data. I am just thinking out loud though. Logcats would probably help you find the cause of the problem.

Crossyroads has worked for me on stock, rooted or not, chroma, slimlp, try clearing data on the game, install from playstore and dont restore from TiBu if you are.

Donjuanal said:
Crossyroads has worked for me on stock, rooted or not, chroma, slimlp, try clearing data on the game, install from playstore and dont restore from TiBu if you are.
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Yeah it's quite weird. (Nexus 5 though, shouldn't really make a difference). I don't even have a cache/date to clear since the game won't boot up enough to make one i think . Quite strange, just wanted to say that the OP isn't only one

It crashed everytime on my N6 so I emailed the developer and he said it doesn't work with ad blockers installed.. So I disabled the adblocker I had running and crossy road loaded just fine with exact same setup.. So if you have adblockers that's probably the issue.

meest said:
OK, so this is an interesting one that's not the end of the world but odd non the less.
My phone 64GB CW bought from GPS. Rooted only, stock recovery still. Lightflow, and carrier tether check disabled are the only two mods I really wanted.
My friend 64GB CW bought from GPS. Stock no root.
His phone will play crossy road just fine, Mine will boot it until it gets to the developer name then crash out.
Anyone else had weird quirks with apps like this after root? I've seen one thread about it and it said to clear the cache in recovery, and that didn't work for everyone. I haven't felt the need to put a 3rd party recovery on yet so I really can't do that quickly.
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See attached pic

We need min min guard for lollipop or something that let's us choose which apps to block ads.

Netflix on stock 5.0.1 black screen..

Morning everyone,
So I hope I don't get flamed to bad but search turned up nothing on xda in conjunction with just a google search in general.
I am on stock 5.0.1 with elemental x kernel latest release and root. I can't watch netflix to save my life. I pull up a video and its just a black screen with no audio. I feel like i've always had this issue but I also haven't done a factory reset in "recent" times. (i've factory reset when 5.0.1 came out).
Bottom line:
If there's no threads complaining about this particular issue, can I assume that netflix works fine on this phone?
Thanks

Working fine here. I'm not on stock but that shouldn't be an issue. Using latest elementalX kernel

Try uninstalling netflix, reboot phone, and reinstall netflix. I had a similar issue and this fixed it for me.

Of course it works
PDP///M said:
Try uninstalling netflix, reboot phone, and reinstall netflix. I had a similar issue and this fixed it for me.
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and of course after I post and get help it starts to work magically. Thank you for chiming in that way I know it if happens again its my stupid phone and I should reformat again or something.

GearVR and a rooted Galaxy S6?

Has anyone been able to install the GearVR and its software on a rooted Galaxy S6 and make it work?
Thanks.

Same.... Recieved The device today and its useless now... Bye bye 99 bucks

Working fine here on rooted 5.02

What carrier/firmware are you guys on?
Rooted ATT S6 Edge 5.0.2 here, want to know if I should drive 30 minutes to get one or not.
Thanks

Dutch

Always wanted to try it, but actually never did (

On S6 edge I have crisscross rom and unikernel. Gearvr working perfectly

What mine does do:
- Plug in Phone (s6)
- Gear VR says I need to take the phone and install the software
- Wizard starts
- Push first button on screen
- Downloads software (2 mb) in next screen
- Wizard crashes
My phone is not rooted but has a specific ROM from my provider.
Any tips?

I have problems that if I put in my S6 into Gear VR (recent edition) I first see colored lines everywhere and after that a blackscreen. XtreStoLite Deo-Mod Edition 2.4 with flashed Gear VR support. After deleting dalvik cache it seems to work once, but after that I have to clear cache again.. I'll try it again when I'm home.
Edit: I found a way to workaround this problem (and blackscreen). Just plugin the phone, put on Gear VR and turn off the phone and on again while it is in Gear VR. Colors are a bit off thought, especially darker colors.

Shizora said:
I have problems that if I put in my S6 into Gear VR (recent edition) I first see colored lines everywhere and after that a blackscreen. XtreStoLite Deo-Mod Edition 2.4 with flashed Gear VR support. After deleting dalvik cache it seems to work once, but after that I have to clear cache again.. I'll try it again when I'm home.
Edit: I found a way to workaround this problem (and blackscreen). Just plugin the phone, put on Gear VR and turn off the phone and on again while it is in Gear VR. Colors are a bit off thought, especially darker colors.
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I have the same problems with colors. Dark colors look a bit green.
It worked perfectly at first, then I rooted the phone so I could add a ps4 controller, and now I get problems launching the oculus home as well as the color problems.

5.1.1?
Are any of you folks reporting rooted success using 5.1.1, specifically the OGA version?
I'm holding off ordering one until I find that works.

Any way to get the Apps actually without GearVR so I can "preload" some Games?

Shizora said:
I found a way to workaround this problem (and blackscreen). Just plugin the phone, put on Gear VR and turn off the phone and on again while it is in Gear VR. Colors are a bit off thought, especially darker colors.
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I had the same problem. I'm rooted with UniKernel v8. It worked the first times I used it, then I got home and got the green lines and then reboot. I found your post and tried your workaround and it works this way. I'm thinking of flashing a stock Kernel to check.

I managed to unroot using Smart Switch on my PC, it proposed an update and once completed I was unrooted and didn't lose my data
Good news is that Oculus Store now launches without problems, it looks like it switched the screen in high FPS mode, it's even smoother than before and darks are much better. The only drawback is that I can feel a little bit of flickering that is was not present previously. I'm very happy with it now!

drfennec said:
I managed to unroot using Smart Switch on my PC, it proposed an update and once completed I was unrooted and didn't lose my data
Good news is that Oculus Store now launches without problems, it looks like it switched the screen in high FPS mode, it's even smoother than before and darks are much better. The only drawback is that I can feel a little bit of flickering that is was not present previously. I'm very happy with it now!
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Thanks for reporting your findings! Any chance to have the s6 rooted (in order to use the ps3 controller) while keeping VR still intact (i.e fully working)? Otherwise, the only other way to use a gamepad would be to sadly buy a compatible game controller. (spending even more to play VR games )

surfdev said:
Thanks for reporting your findings! Any chance to have the s6 rooted (in order to use the ps3 controller) while keeping VR still intact (i.e fully working)? Otherwise, the only other way to use a gamepad would be to sadly buy a compatible game controller. (spending even more to play VR games )
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I think the tuning for VR may not be part of AOSP kernel, so the rooted kernel may be missing this part, but that's just a supposition. I order a Xiaomi gamepad so that I don't have to root to use a controller.
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Check Arter07's Kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ent/arter97-kernel-galaxy-s6-t3171246/page380
It looks like it's working fine with GearVR.

Thanks for the information. It seems there are some reporting success and others not. Can you by any chance verify that Arter's kernel works ok? I understand if you don't prefer/have the time to test it.

Denisholc said:
On S6 edge I have crisscross rom and unikernel. Gearvr working perfectly
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Are you on android 5.1.1?
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Shizora said:
I have problems that if I put in my S6 into Gear VR (recent edition) I first see colored lines everywhere and after that a blackscreen. XtreStoLite Deo-Mod Edition 2.4 with flashed Gear VR support. After deleting dalvik cache it seems to work once, but after that I have to clear cache again.. I'll try it again when I'm home.
Edit: I found a way to workaround this problem (and blackscreen). Just plugin the phone, put on Gear VR and turn off the phone and on again while it is in Gear VR. Colors are a bit off thought, especially darker colors.
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Hey. I'm having the same problem. I'm on a galaxy s6 from t-mobile on android 5.1.1
If there is any other fix that won't mess up the colors please post it. I'll make sure to do the same.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/root-universal-root-method-s6-s6-edge-t3267486
Root by chainfire, Confirmed working with GearVR on stock ROM (just tested it on G920I 5.1.1 DOJ6). Trips Knox.
EDIT: picture quality IMO seems lower than stock, probably not activating low persistence + high fps

DonGateley said:
Has anyone been able to install the GearVR and its software on a rooted Galaxy S6 and make it work?
Thanks.
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S6 Edge on 5.1.1 rooted and tripped knox, Gear VR and everything I tried to put on it worked without any problem.
Ripped movies, 360 pictures, my 2D videos - everything worked and I'm extremly happy with it, couldn't belive it's so awesome...

Phone worthless when hooked to the watch...

I have a Note 4, with Maximumn Overdrive MM ROM. I have considered it a relatively good performer, given the age of the phonem, and the large number of apps installed.
This isn't 100% of the time, but a lot: I am finding that it not only lags horribly, but it actually freezes up. Today, I was trying to look up something on Maps, and I just couldn't use it.
I turned off BT, and it started working fine.
Do I just need to get a newer phone (well, I do want to do that)? But it seems to me it shouldn't hit it this hard.
Anyone running a Note 4 with the Zenwatch 3?
Thoughts?

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I have a Note 4, with Maximumn Overdrive MM ROM. I have considered it a relatively good performer, given the age of the phonem, and the large number of apps installed.
This isn't 100% of the time, but a lot: I am finding that it not only lags horribly, but it actually freezes up. Today, I was trying to look up something on Maps, and I just couldn't use it.
I turned off BT, and it started working fine.5
Do I just need to get a newer phone (well, I do want to do that)? But it seems to me it shouldn't hit it this hard.
Anyone running a Note 4 with the Zenwatch 3?
Thoughts?
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Try Odin flashing stock firmware...
Most likely it will solve the issue you are having.
I have a S7 Edge phone and my watch works perfectly.
Right now I am Chrome Casting to TV, downloading a
new rom as well as reading new posts here and I have
both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled all the time.
I get no lag at all.
Good luck and have a great day.

Misterjunky said:
Try Odin flashing stock firmware...
Most likely it will solve the issue you are having.
I have a S7 Edge phone and my watch works perfectly.
Right now I am Chrome Casting to TV, downloading a
new rom as well as reading new posts here and I have
both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled all the time.
I get no lag at all.
Good luck and have a great day.
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I may give it a try. Reloading my phone is a large task, so many apps and data.
Would be interesting to hear if anyone wiht a Note 4 is working well with the watch.

Why not try a full os reset before going back to stock?

I tried stock. Not much help.
I have since reloaded the ROM, after doing 3 wipes, and is doing much better.

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so many apps and data.
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I think you answered your own question.
When I have odd things happening that I can't figure out I just do it the methodical way: Reset the phone and slowly add apps until I find the culprit.