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After upgrading to Tizen......

Hello, I recently updated to TIZEN and I must say that I LOVE IT NOW!!!! Wayyyyyy more apps, clocks, features, customizations and and enhancements, plus it seems to be faster!! Android OS had Very little apps/clocks etc, so it got boring real fast, not much you could do with it, plus there were not going to be anymore updates or apps added so i figured i would go ahead and update to tizen.. Just wanted to share my experience if your thinking about upgrading or not..

I am about to do this....
StephenLeo said:
Hello, I recently updated to TIZEN and I must say that I LOVE IT NOW!!!! Wayyyyyy more apps, clocks, features, customizations and and enhancements, plus it seems to be faster!! Android OS had Very little apps/clocks etc, so it got boring real fast, not much you could do with it, plus there were not going to be anymore updates or apps added so i figured i would go ahead and update to tizen.. Just wanted to share my experience if your thinking about upgrading or not..
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I unraveled my Rooted/Custom Recovery/null ROM'd Galaxy Gear today and went back to stock in preparation for this update. I was wondering how it is and have been looking for some related reviews, etc.
Good to know a little bit more about this before I take the leap.
Thanks.:good:

flashred said:
I unraveled my Rooted/Custom Recovery/null ROM'd Galaxy Gear today and went back to stock in preparation for this update. I was wondering how it is and have been looking for some related reviews, etc.
Good to know a little bit more about this before I take the leap.
Thanks.:good:
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So you need to revert to stock in order to do the update to Tizen? I still haven't decided yet. I need to read up what Tizen can or cannot do compared to Gear stock and then Null ROM; and working non Samsung phones as well.

I havent played with it as android OS , bought it and went direct to update to tizen , its watch not phone , it so tiny cant do alot , and Samsung Market got most of things i want.If its works alone without phone , you may need to do some tricks and roots for it , but phone always be with ya , play with phone and keep watch stock
didnt find anythin interesting to go android that beats Tizen for That gear

fortissimo said:
So you need to revert to stock in order to do the update to Tizen? I still haven't decided yet. I need to read up what Tizen can or cannot do compared to Gear stock and then Null ROM; and working non Samsung phones as well.
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No you don't, upgrading to tizen will erase EVERYTHING as it will also change the bootloader of the watch You'll have to update from Odin while entering the watch in download mode, so again NO you don't need to revert
Hope this helps
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mjrshark said:
I havent played with it as android OS , bought it and went direct to update to tizen , its watch not phone , it so tiny cant do alot , and Samsung Market got most of things i want.If its works alone without phone , you may need to do some tricks and roots for it , but phone always be with ya , play with phone and keep watch stock
didnt find anythin interesting to go android that beats Tizen for That gear
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To be frank, I have only one thing that I really miss and which is kind of a dealbreaker for me is the fact that you can't record more than 15sec in 720p, at least on android you could do 1min, and SVR was really convenient to record without others knowing it lol

Tizen = 0 app, Android = 500000000 apps. I love null rom! Thanks @fOmey
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I'm holding out for Android wear port and have ability to take a phone call. IMO not having this feature is its biggest failure. Yes I could tizen but in the end the wear app store will be where the apps are.
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gingerdude said:
I'm holding out for Android wear port and have ability to take a phone call. IMO not having this feature is its biggest failure. Yes I could tizen but in the end the wear app store will be where the apps are.
Sent from my SM-T320 using Tapatalk
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In the mean time check out the app Sprocket on xda http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-gear/themes-apps/app-sprocket-sms-mms-file-transfer-t2804294 . The Dev has been updating it and just dropped an update the other day, I also have an Alpha of the next release which should be any day which fixed some FC issues for me. Anyhow he has the notifications from the device showing up on the Gear and most of them are interactable like music apps and my remote app. Basically if it has functions and stay on your phone notification, then you can control them via Sprocket. Also on the next release he has the Whitelist so you can turn off unwanted notifications. Right now I have Google Now notifications on the gear. Plus you can transfer files and install any apps from your phone on the gear. And a full sms/mms function on the watch, but it's not very easy to type on the gear unless you have google now working offline or you tether to your phone.
Chris

Last couple of days Gear 1 w/Tizen won't shut off - restarts everytime - have reset, uninstalled/reinstalled everything, even reflashed firmware - any ideas? Thanks in advance

StephenLeo said:
Hello, I recently updated to TIZEN and I must say that I LOVE IT NOW!!!! Wayyyyyy more apps, clocks, features, customizations and and enhancements, plus it seems to be faster!! Android OS had Very little apps/clocks etc, so it got boring real fast, not much you could do with it, plus there were not going to be anymore updates or apps added so i figured i would go ahead and update to tizen.. Just wanted to share my experience if your thinking about upgrading or not..
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I've lost substantial battery life - can't get through a full day now. Everything you mention is useless if it's sitting in the charger.

Avignon said:
I've lost substantial battery life - can't get through a full day now. Everything you mention is useless if it's sitting in the charger.
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I would probably check out whether you have a faulty battery, the general consensis is battery life is better on tizen. My gear rarely saw more than a day of battery life on the stock kernel with android, but with tizen I frequently only use 30% per day.

Avignon said:
I've lost substantial battery life - can't get through a full day now. Everything you mention is useless if it's sitting in the charger.
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I've also just moved back to Tizen and was getting not so good battery life. I followed someone's advice to reset the gear in recovery and it actually worked perfect. It's 200% better after doing that. I also reset in Tizen, then booted to recovery and it automatically resets. I did the recovery reset 2x though just to be sure. Anyhow good luck. And if you haven't done the reset in recovery please try that.
Chris

noellenchris said:
I've also just moved back to Tizen and was getting not so good battery life. I followed someone's advice to reset the gear in recovery and it actually worked perfect. It's 200% better after doing that. I also reset in Tizen, then booted to recovery and it automatically resets. I did the recovery reset 2x though just to be sure. Anyhow good luck. And if you haven't done the reset in recovery please try that.
Chris
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yes - I've done the reinstall GM and reset in recovery several times.
My battery life is worse than the original firmware from last year.
I'm trying to figure out how to get it back to where it was last week with the previous GM and Android.

I also face some problems with battery life. But the problem appears not always. Sometimes it use 30% per day, but sometimes it discharges in couple our hours. Seems like some of the processes drains battery. Any ideas what?

hurdleman said:
I also face some problems with battery life. But the problem appears not always. Sometimes it use 30% per day, but sometimes it discharges in couple our hours. Seems like some of the processes drains battery. Any ideas what?
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Anything that may be using the camera or motion to wake would drain battery. Also I do frequently double tap and hold with 2 fingers to bring up the task manager and close all running apps just to be sure.
Chris

Good day. I have Gear 2 and is on Tizen and my battery life on the stock standard and standard watchfaces is 1.5 to 2 day. I have recently changed the watch face with a nice custom built one and then this change drained the battery within one day. Thus my conclusion, the fancier the stuff you load the more operating power it use and then it drains the battery. Also I had the Gear1 on Android. Android in my opinion use more battery life by meas of operating power.

Getting stuck on Health and Safety warning screen! Please help !

Before I start describing my problem - let me just state that I am 100% sure that everything is perfectly fine with my brand new Gear VR as it worked tonight flawlessly on my my wife's Note 4 - running the same 5.0.1 OS, as my Note 4 (T-mobile).
Problem is to get *MY* Note 4 working with the Gear VR.
While hers is working just fine - mine gets stuck on Health and Safety warning screen!
Just like with my wife's - when I connected my Note 4 to the Gear VR for the first time, with a nice blue and white (already working) VR/3D image it prompted me to take it off and install the appropriate software. I did and reconnected the Note to the gear VR and was awaiting the Welcome screen.
Sure enough - after the usual beep the screen came on:
a) - 1 small white spinning circle - IN THE DEAD CENTER - as it should be
b) - then the intro with the elliptical shape ferry dust animation that follows with instructions
to adjust the focus with the center ring on top.
Note: this image with focusing instructions is split to the left and right part of the screen with center being EMPTY !! I cannot turn around and look around in the room like I can if it works. The image is flat/still.
c) - then the HEALTH and SAFETY warning screen comes on.
Note: this warning image is also split with partial text thrown to the left and right part of the screen with center being EMPTY !!
More importantly - I do not see the small blue cross with which I should to aim with my head on the blue Oculus oval logo ("Look here to acknowledge" - in order to leave this screen and go to Oculus Home....and the "Look here to acknowledge" is placed to the very right of the screen, where I actually only see the word 'Look" I have to actually take the VR partially off , look deeper to the right to see "" here to acknowledge"
Both of our Note 4s run 5.0.1. We just got the VR today and installed Oculus software on both phones today. I am really puzzled why it works on her phone on not on my Note 4.
(to make things worse - her phone is getting sold and shipped in 2 days and now my Note 4 cannot get passed the "Health and safety warning" screen.
Please advise any help would be appreciated.

I also should mention that:
- a) I tried to uninstall the Oculus software, wiped cache partition, re-installed Oculus Software
- b) my phone is rooted, but it is running the stock ROM and our phones are identical as far as:
- identical Android version: 5.0.1
- identical baseband: N910TUVU1COD6
- identical Kernel 3.10.40-4739134
Tue April 21 11:47:32 KST 2015
- identical build number: LRX22C.N910TUVU1COD6
- identical 'SE for Android Status"
- identical "Security software version"
- identical Knox version
I would not think that rooting ist the problem as I have heard that many other users are running Gear VR
on rooted Note 4s and I also think that if rooting was the problem, then it would either run or not run at all.
The fact that it starts into the split image is puzzling me and I really do not want to do a full factory reset on my phone and re-install and activate all my apps. (I will if I have to, but hoping that there is a simple solution
to this before I go that route).
Thanks again in advance for your input.

I had this problem but it was due to the fact that I was using a custom rom/kernel, went back to stock and it's ok again.. don't know what could be causing you that problem...

tyraelasd said:
I had this problem but it was due to the fact that I was using a custom rom/kernel, went back to stock and it's ok again.. don't know what could be causing you that problem...
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Did you have the SAME problem where the Health and Safety warning image was
split to the left and right and middle of the image was empty?
I think I may have to reset the phone, install Oculus and run the VR and then I will try to
root again (using stock ROM).

WatchFan1 said:
Did you have the SAME problem where the Health and Safety warning image was
split to the left and right and middle of the image was empty?
I think I may have to reset the phone, install Oculus and run the VR and then I will try to
root again (using stock ROM).
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Yes, the same exact problem. Solved going back to stock.

Thank you for the reply.
After you went stock and reinstalled Oculus and everything went well - did you try root again?
As much as I obviously want to run the Gear VR, I'd hate to lose the root. (With root, Greenify and other tweaks, my phone runs like a champ and battery is phenomenal)...I really need to hear from guys here that run rooted N4 and Gaar Vr and see what they did (the sequence of install / root etc.)

WatchFan1 said:
Thank you for the reply.
After you went stock and reinstalled Oculus and everything went well - did you try root again?
As much as I obviously want to run the Gear VR, I'd hate to lose the root. (With root, Greenify and other tweaks, my phone runs like a champ and battery is phenomenal)...I really need to hear from guys here that run rooted N4 and Gaar Vr and see what they did (the sequence of install / root etc.)
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I'm rooted and that doesn't cause any trouble with the VR. I'm with the s6 though... can't talk for the N4. Now, I'm not so happy that I can't install custom roms or custom kernels and get the VR working, I've always been a custom kernel/rom kind of guy so this makes me sad.
Do you plan upgrading to 5.1.1 anytime soon? I haven't been to find the answer if the VR works flawlessly with 5.1.1.

Thank you for your reply, tyraelasd !
I hope to hear from someone that runs rooted Note 4 and GVR.
Here is my last 'Hail Mary Pass' attempt to solicit some more opinions before the weekend as I am not looking forward at all to the hours I will waste on wiping and resetting my phone :lol:
The same build number and same kernels between my wife's and my N4 still make me think that rooting should not be causing this, but it looks that unless some other fix comes up, I am going to have to do factory reset (un-root) and reinstall and reconfigure all the apps this weekend
Is anyone here running rooted Note 4 and Gear VR ?
If yes, what was your sequence of rooting, installing Oculus SW etc?
If you are rooted, what build, ROM and kernel are you running?
Thanks in advance!

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.
edit:
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...

Livewallpaper stutters on Marshmallow

Hi everyone
since Marshmallow my Livewallpaers stutter every now and then. I'm using livewallpapers for many years and never had this issue. After unlocking my device or exiting an app the livewallpaper will stutter for 4-5 seconds... does anyone else has this issue as well and maybe knows a fix for it?

chieco said:
Hi everyone
since Marshmallow my Livewallpaers stutter every now and then. I'm using livewallpapers for many years and never had this issue. After unlocking my device or exiting an app the livewallpaper will stutter for 4-5 seconds... does anyone else has this issue as well and maybe knows a fix for it?
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hi,
I do not have "fix" advice, but i can say this.
I only also use live wallpaper for many.. many, years on all my devices.!
Firstly, i have no "such" stuttering issues with Marshmallow. In general all my live wallpaper work smoothly. I have a large collection and only install, paid live wallpaper, as i believe overall it a bit better
optimize, than the free versions..?
I have however had other minor, issues eg
like my live wallpaper themes( thumbnails/ cache) failing /dissappearing. Not really an issue. Some other live wallpaper, force closes sometimes. (bad optimization)
Above issues i know, is due to 3rd party
issues and my device. (not related to Marshmallow)
Your live wallpaper stuttering is strange.
In my case i wrote emails to the 3rd party
devs, for assistance and to report it.
I must say i had very good response back from the relevant devs.
Ok, it did not fix some of my issues, but they tried.!
I have Note5 N920C stock Rom, not rooted. stock, Marshmallow version. (flashed with Odin )
Also i do not use Package Disabler.! (.?)
on my device... (possible, knock on effects.)
If it was me, i would try a factory reset.. sorry.!
O yes,
i must add that when i flashed
Marshmallow (Odin) i had issues with my
desktop widgets not sticking after reboot.
Had to redo my widgets over and over.
Also i think it's a 3rd party issues...?
Factory resetted, but issues started again( After a few days.)
Then suddenly it stop giveing issues. Now it fine.!
Now only my alarm clock icon appears when i switch Bluetooth on.!
Dissappears after a minute or two.
(This issue happend before, the factory reset and after restting, it came back )
Yes, a Marshmallow bug.! (in my software)
Bottom line,
it could be Marshmallow..issues or 3rd party /device issues ? ?
Good luck

In my opinion it's 100% Marshmallows fault... there are so many little things that I notice that won't work as before besides this Livewallpaper issue. I use Note5 Extreme Debloated ROM which is basically stock just like the name says debloated. I don't think it's a coincidence that my Livewallpapers work just fine on other devices and just not on my Note 5. There are few MM releases so far which I flashed every time hoping Samsung to fix this and so far no luck.

-Push-
can anyone help?

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?

ewingr said:
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.