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I'm on tmobile and Currently have the Note 4. No complaints but I am due for an upgrade on Jump. Any suggestions or should I keep waiting?
Supamike88 said:
I'm on tmobile and Currently have the Note 4. No complaints but I am due for an upgrade on Jump. Any suggestions or should I keep waiting?
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Are you happy with your phone? If so why upgrade when it seems that most the newer phones feel like a down grade? If you are not happy, what needs improving for your phone experience and look for something with those things.
Very difficult to rely on someone else to tell you what you like. If you don't root, then tons of support and ROM's mean nothing to you. If you do root, this phone has lots of both.
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I can't really say I need anything else. I do feel like the Note 5 is a downgrade due to the subtraction of certain features. I had rooted my note 4 before, but when I got a replacement it came with the updated firmware so I haven't been able to root it again
Supamike88 said:
I can't really say I need anything else. I do feel like the Note 5 is a downgrade due to the subtraction of certain features. I had rooted my note 4 before, but when I got a replacement it came with the updated firmware so I haven't been able to root it again
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If you're on the new firmware it's able to be rooted. On my GF's note 4 we got her, I installed TWRP on it. Though we are running an AOSP ROM, so I can't really help you much further than that if you want to run TW. If you'd like to give AOSP a shot I suggest starting with one of Zion959 ROM's. He's got SlimRemiX and cmRemiX. We run the later.
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Unfortunately I rely on WiFi calling inside my apartment. Although I suppose I could get the free thing from tmobile that boosts signal and 4g
i really wanna upgrade to the 6p, but i'm gonna wait til it hits bestbuy stores , until then i'm rocking the note 4 til it dies
The updates for samsung note series has become worst than ever. They neither commit the updates for a date and even if they commit they never honor it. Never buy a Samsung phone after this.. Small companies are better off.
One of the reasons I switched to nexus 6p.
Yep but samsung is better than most other phone makers LG is terrible
I'm not complaining, MM will eventually released. Till then my note 4 still rocks and there are plenty CM13 roms here.
I really don't understand people moaning about updates. Grab a custumrom if you really want Android 6.0.1 so bad.
Newer firmware isn't always better. My note 4 does a really great job on 5.1.1
My iPad 3 has the latest ios 9.3 beta but it lags like hell which it didn't do when it had ios 7.1.2 on it
Stop crying like a little kid who wants candy but don't get it.
Mate you think it's bad for the note. Should see how bad it for the s5. My Mrs bought hers same time I got the note the 4 and hers is still on 5.0.1 and all her widgets seem to freeze up. She swears she's never buying a Samsung phone again and says she's getting a iphone ?
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The note 4 isn't so bad for updates tho imo. Could be worse but I agree Samsung need to sort it out
My battery's sucks on 5.1.1
LG does a great job in updating the last 1.5/2 years. My G3 got MM update around christmas and it rocked. Much more fluid and snappy. And new UX too (LG's TW). Didnt like the screen from the G3. Will see if we get the same MM as the Note 5 got today. Waiting for theme store because i dont like the green samsung uses in TW. Btw... updaye cant be very far away isnt it cause note5 got it today and both devices are very much the same hadwarewise.
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I'm rocking kitkat by choice. Had 5.1.1 and M on my Nexus 5. Much prefer KK for the Note. Not all 'upgrades' are worth waiting for.
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Same here, no complains.
Loved my devices and not bother with updates, comes or
not....don't really care.
What I really don't understand is that why people
getting angry either with delayed updates or the
manufacturer, they did not force anybody
to buy their products, isn't it?
Either we buy or not, they don't mind.
I buy my device because I think its best for me, that's all
Peace everyone!
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Until Samsung utilizes the same universal update process that Apple and Google Nexus device uses, there will always be issues with Updates. Even if there is a MM update tomorrow, it most likely will not reach your device for quite some time. Unfortunately, the Note 4 is starting to show its age (Or Sammy is doing something to make it lag... Alot!), plus the Note 5 never came to Europe which is starting to get MM.
To be honest with the XDA community, Samsung Flagships were always my favorite due to the extra perks like removable battery and sd slot. If they decide to keep the s6 route and also prevent certain regions from buying their phones, then I will have to find an alternatives and there are very few out there without on screen navigation buttons. (My main problem with Nexus devices)
Yes their updates are very pathetic. I am currently on an AOSP rom, my next phone is going to be a Nexus.. never going to buy any Samsung phone again!
vishal68 said:
The updates for samsung note series has become worst than ever. They neither commit the updates for a date and even if they commit they never honor it. Never buy a Samsung phone after this.. Small companies are better off.
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Your post seems to accuse samsung of being worse and smaller companies being better with no facts to back these statements up.
Its very hard and a bad choice for any company to commit to a date of when they will release an update. What are you looking for in an update and there was no agreement that you would receive updates after you purchased the phone. You just expect them to happen when you want.
I have no problems with my note 4, an update is welcome but more of a inconvenience and a risk. With the updates are you referring to Marshmallow?
Why dont you go AOSP or CM
If you wanted timely update you should've gone with a Nexus or an iPhone. I, and probably some people here, bought a Note 4 for its awesome hardware and knowing that update will come late but it will come eventually. Samsung has actually been better on handling update. Rushing things will mess things up, my sister's LG G3 got 5.0 a few weeks after Google released it but it was buggy as f**k and it's dead. I'd rather have Samsung play it safe and iron out the update first then getting a buggy update.
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If you wanted timely update you should've gone with a Nexus or an iPhone. I, and probably some people here, bought a Note 4 for its awesome hardware and knowing that update will come late but it will come eventually. Samsung has actually been better on handling update. Rushing things will mess things up, my sister's LG G3 got 5.0 a few weeks after Google released it but it was buggy as f**k and it's dead. I'd rather have Samsung play it safe and iron out the update first then getting a buggy update.
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I considered all factory images on my Nexus 5 to be Beta version software. Honestly CM nightlies were better sorted out than the official firmware and were fixed when there was an issue.
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even My LG G Watch R receive android 6.0.1 xD.....and only now Note 5 in South Korea receive the Android 6.0.1. Soo maybe at end of April or at April fools day, we receive Android 6.0.1
It's really pathetic how easy is for some people to defend Samsung's software incompetence.
Facts
Note series is a flagship, costs even nowadays a lot of money.
MM is out for quite some time, not even note 5 got it yet.
Custom rom ? Sure, I m in. Of course without the bloat my note4 is another device. But guess what: bye bye warranty. Thanks for this shamesung.
Personally, I bought the note 4 for the second time 1 month ago. New and pristine.
I swear to God I rooted it and kissed the warranty goodbye after 2 hours of wrestling with THE BLOAT. Samsung software engineers should die in shame if they check my note 4 and compare its performance with a stock device.
If this is not a problem for you, it's not my fault you got a perception issue.
but i want revert back to 4.4 :crying:
I'm staying on 4.4.4 for now by choice.
Had L and M on my Nexus. More of a fan of KK.
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Ok guys i want a note 4.A guy is selling a used one that is 910t (t-mobile).I just want to know that is it rootable on latest firmware marshmallow?
And i can get its odin flashable stock roms in case something goes wrong?
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I will be honest with you. While my Note 4 worked without issues, it was the best phone I ever had and I would not even think to upgrade it. However, about two months after my warranty expired, I received an update (I rooted my phone a week before to use wifi tether) and it began to glitch really bad. This have been reported in a thread right below this one (ddi: mmc_read failed....) check it out. Some people report the same issue that something is going on with the phone's internals. After recent update (epk2), the glitching stopped a bit and only happen when I run some apps (not very heavy ones, as if RAM fails or emmc). Not me nor anyone in that thread was able to clearly identify what is the problem. Could be anything from bad emmc chip to anything in the hardware. Could be just OS getting messed up. So if you buy it, be cautious when you going to mod it.
I ordered a new motherboard and hopefully this phone will last me another year or two. Really loved it!
I was going to root it right after buying it but now i'm curious.Is there any way to check if device has that issue or not?
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umair42 said:
I was going to root it right after buying it but now i'm curious.Is there any way to check if device has that issue or not?
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I don't even know. It happened to others on different occasions. Some reported it as early as August and they had a different version of bootloader and OS from mine. Could be that some of the phones have bad emmc chip (like old MyTouch 4G - HTC had two different vendors for chips. While one was good, the other was failing over time). Maybe if everyone in that thread checked and posted their versions of hardware - we could get somewhere...
By the way, other Note 4 versions also experience this issue.
umair42 said:
I was going to root it right after buying it but now i'm curious.Is there any way to check if device has that issue or not?
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What are your options?
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ubigred said:
What are your options?
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Note 4 only
Actually i want a flagship phone not a mid ranger so i can get all good features in a mobile.
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umair42 said:
Note 4 only
Actually i want a flagship phone not a mid ranger so i can get all good features in a mobile.
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Go with 6p or Nexus 6
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ubigred said:
Go with 6p or Nexus 6
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Here in pakistan,there are very few people who use nexus phones so it's not possible to get it.Mostl people use samsung,lg or iphone,they are easily available and in good price
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umair42 said:
Here in pakistan,there are very few people who use nexus phones so it's not possible to get it.Mostl people use samsung,lg or iphone,they are easily available and in good price
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Oh I see.
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Go for it, if the condition of the phone is up to your liking. Im on SmoresV1 6.0.1 rooted with the beastmode kernel and the phone is running great. No issues or problems with it.
Once I upgraded my Note4 to Android 5, and later 6 the phone experienced severe overheating issues. It finally died, and then two weeks ago I received a new replacement note4 with 5.0.1, it just bricked today.
Do not get a Note4 unless it is running 4.4.4, and do not upgrade.
keithwwalker said:
Once I upgraded my Note4 to Android 5, and later 6 the phone experienced severe overheating issues. It finally died, and then two weeks ago I received a new replacement note4 with 5.0.1, it just bricked today.
Do not get a Note4 unless it is running 4.4.4, and do not upgrade.
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Actually I've already got note 4 and it was on 5.0.1.I upgraded it to 6.0.1 and everything is fine(and hope it stays this way).
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Well good for you, but a lot of people are having their phones bricked (just browse this forum). This is not a reliable phone when it is upgraded.
umair42 said:
Actually I've already got note 4 and it was on 5.0.1.I upgraded it to 6.0.1 and everything is fine(and hope it stays this way).
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Samsung might release the note 7 again with a better battery i would wait on that
keithwwalker said:
Once I upgraded my Note4 to Android 5, and later 6 the phone experienced severe overheating issues. It finally died, and then two weeks ago I received a new replacement note4 with 5.0.1, it just bricked today.
Do not get a Note4 unless it is running 4.4.4, and do not upgrade.
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Thats not true bro i am running 6.0.1 from 9months without any issues and before that 5.1.1. I had some battery issues but since i got new battery everything is fine now.
Probably something wrong with your device motherboard.
Kitkat is outdated now and many games doesn't work.
No it is true that many users are having problems with upgrades. I didn't say you had a problem. I had the same problem with a BRAND NEW Note4 in 2 weeks of use.
I am going to be the odd one out and NOT recommend that you buy this phone if you want the most reliable custom ROM experience.
The hardware is all there, it's all great. It's got that tablet pen (if you use it, it's a pretty good Wacom-enabled one.) The problem is the software support. None of the bigger, official ROMs like LineageOS, AOSP, AICP, CopperheadOS etc... officially support it. The firmware is very tricky and difficult to get working, I'd assume. And I don't trust any of the developers here in terms of how long they will support their ROMs. Anyone, anytime could just decide that they don't want to support their ROM anymore, then all those contributions will usually either go to waste, or hopefully become forked. Regardless, after the discontinuation of Cyanogenmod and the huge disappointment I've felt over the past few months with no big developments on the Note 4 on LineageOS, I can't really say that the Note 4 is a good choice for software developer support.
Do the right thing, and get a smartphone supported by the major custom ROMs (LineageOS, AOSP, AICP, CopperheadOS). Unfortunately, any ROMs that have a foothold and a Website, usually set the groundwork for other ROMs, and the stage of what phones should be supported. The Galaxy Note 4 is on none of those lists, and this is a very sad, sad thing, but it's just the reality of it. The vast amount of proprietary firmware used on this phone is hard to support and it leads to difficulties and reliability issues. There's also so many variants of Samsung Note phones to support (like 10 or more) it just becomes ridiculous to support everyone's Note build variants. It's silly, to have to support so many variants of nearly the same hardware, isn't it?
Leave it up to Samsung to ruin such a great hardware concept by their corporate BS and leadership. The only Android phones people should be buying now are ones officially supported from Google, and popular custom ROMs. Don't depend on just any XDA developer to keep your ROM of choice supported for 8+ years. Just don't do it...
Guys I have already got note 4 and been using it for past 2 weeks.And for the custom rom support,I don't like aosp roms,so that's not a problem.I use stock roms only(or custom rom based on stock).
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keithwwalker said:
Once I upgraded my Note4 to Android 5, and later 6 the phone experienced severe overheating issues. It finally died, and then two weeks ago I received a new replacement note4 with 5.0.1, it just bricked today.
Do not get a Note4 unless it is running 4.4.4, and do not upgrade.
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Yeah my Note 4 started out on KitKat I went to lollipop then to marshmallow and back to lollipop no problem love this phone...haven't herd about this issue
So the s8 active goes on sale this coming Friday. Anyone going with this. I know it's not as aesthetically pleasing but 4000mah battery and 600mhz band 71 support has me seriously thinking.
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Count me in. Would love root!
bkeaver said:
So the s8 active goes on sale this coming Friday. Anyone going with this. I know it's not as aesthetically pleasing but 4000mah battery and 600mhz band 71 support has me seriously thinking.
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Just got it yesterday, it's awesome. Needs root but so far so good.
I agree. Just got mine as well. Sapped on a glass screen protector just to prevent scratches and installed substratium dark theme to black out all my apps. Happy
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Just got mine last night from S7 Active. Everything is awesome but the position of FPS is hard to locate!
I'm super happy with mine aswell! Hopefully the install base can eclipse the regular s8 on T-Mobile and we get some great roms cause the signal where I work is amazing now.
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I'm super happy with mine aswell! Hopefully the install base can eclipse the regular s8 on T-Mobile and we get some great roms cause the signal where I work is amazing now.
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also received mine few days ago and my friend got it sim-unlocked. What a great device!!!!
I purchased one for my wife who abuses phones (she previously broke 2 phones in a matter of 3 weeks) and so far so good. I would like to root it. I found this link in a different forum but I am not sure how reliable it is...
https://mobilestrongreset.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s8-active-how-fast-root-quick-root-root-android/
Has anyone rooted their phone?
I wonder how many people will get this phone and hopefully we will have some love from developers! ?
My cousin got it and I was able to check it out in person. I wouldn't mind switching my S8 for an Active. Seeing it and using it made me start thinking about it. Hope to hear about everyone's experiences with the phone!
I have one and love it
Got it first week of December. GREAT phone. Battery life is incredible (coming from S6 Edge) and screen is amazing. No root, and I always root my phones, but I haven't had many issues or circumstances where I miss root.
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Got it first week of December. GREAT phone. Battery life is incredible (coming from S6 Edge) and screen is amazing. No root, and I always root my phones, but I haven't had many issues or circumstances where I miss root.
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Root works fine on the s8 active.
Purest said:
Root works fine on the s8 active.
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Which root method did you use?
pwoolston said:
Which root method did you use?
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Yes what root? and can this phone's bootloader be unlocked? NO right?
pkogrt said:
Yes what root? and can this phone's bootloader be unlocked? NO right?
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I am not sure I understand what you are saying please elaborate. Are you asking a question? or making a statement?
According to https://www.xda-developers.com/android-oreo-update-is-now-rolling-out-to-android-wear/ , we can get an update any time soon. Did anyone receive the update? If yes, how is it?
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According to https://www.xda-developers.com/android-oreo-update-is-now-rolling-out-to-android-wear/ , we can get an update any time soon. Did anyone receive the update? If yes, how is it?
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Not happening for our watch, going be stuck on 7.0 for rest of it's life. But it will still get updates through play store
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Not happening for our watch, going be stuck on 7.0 for rest of it's life. But it will still get updates through play store
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Yup read about it. It is strange though as most of the devices have almost similar internals.
Looks like LG want's people to buy the LG watch sport . Spec's are almost the same of most smartwatchs getting the update. Typical LG updates are non existent. I'm done with LG!! Will buy other manufacture watches
Not same processor on all the new watch Wear 2.0 ready
My LG urbane 2 LTE is running 2.0 it's the 3.0/ 8.0 Oreo that it won't be getting. There is not much difference from 2.0 to 3.0
mine is currently showing version 2.7.0 .. curious to see who else gets a newer update.