**** The Official Note 4 thread ****

[NVP]

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[Christmas themed thank]

Samsung are doing terribly at the moment - I wonder why...

 

[Cosimo]

Samsung are doing terribly at the moment - I wonder why...

Have a read of this.

 

[Space Monkey]

Seen a couple on XDA. What's bothering you about TouchWiz?

Surely all the extra features of touchwiz on the note... is why you buy the note, no?

TouchWiz, even on this spec monster is still laggy, my replacement phone is a lot better than the one I sent back, but its still too laggy in things like the email app, browsers, and other things, and its not just me as it seems a common theme when you read/watch reviews on the device, so I was hoping there would be a decent ROM available to at least tap into some of the extra power this thing is supposed to have?

Honestly, I can tell a difference with my wife's Moto G, and my previous Sony Z Ultra, a lot smoother and quicker, especially then Sony! I just get the feeling that between touchwiz and the 1440p screen its too much even for these specs to handle!

If this came with stock android I can imagine it flying, and this has got me interested in the Nexus 6? Shame, because the Note 4's build quality is excellent and feels lovely to hold but overall I'm not feeling it, shame really

Not sure whether to sell it or just persevere for a bit? Just my 2p's worth really

 

[kona786]

Have you disabled a lot off the crud in app manager?

a lot of the Samsung apps including S-Voice. I have 20 apps disabled.

 

[Space Monkey]

Have you disabled a lot off the crud in app manager?

a lot of the Samsung apps including S-Voice. I have 20 apps disabled.

I've just disabled S-Voice, but there are a lot of other apps and services running that I don't know what to keep and what to shut off?

 

[kona786]

disable all the amazon ones if you don't use them, flipboard, lookout, deezer, Ant.

 

[Space Monkey]

Some can only be force stopped, is that right? I assume that means they can re-start? Any way to disable them instead (the disable button is grey'd out?)

 

[kona786]

That's right, if its greyed out you can't disable it.

You need root and Titanium Backup to do that via freeze apps.

 

[Maccapacca]

What are people using for car docks?

I've just bought a Clingo http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003ULP9HA great bit of kit.

 

[AndyCr15]

After 7 or 8 months, the green surface started to degrade on mine and was leaving a horrible mess on the back of my phone

 

[Frenzy]

I've just bought a Clingo http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003ULP9HA great bit of kit.

Seems a bit worrying, it mentions that if it loses stickiness then you should run it under water. What if it loses stickiness while in use, will your phone drop off it face first?

After 7 or 8 months, the green surface started to degrade on mine and was leaving a horrible mess on the back of my phone

That doesn't sound good!

 

[AndyCr15]

More delays from Clove, not coming this weekend either. They think Samsung is favouring networks and their own shops. I am getting closer to buying one on Gumtree...

 

[Cosimo]

More delays from Clove, not coming this weekend either. They think Samsung is favouring networks and their own shops. I am getting closer to buying one on Gumtree...

Have they given a date?

 

[Matson]

Im not finding this phone laggy at all apart from throttling in games which is driving me crazy. Im hoping a custom rom will sort that though.

 

[AndyCr15]

Have they given a date?

Nope. I'm not sure they dare with Samsung cancelling/postponing all the time!

 

[brendy]

Has anyone sourced a sim free note 4 yet that is in stock (unlocked or ee comp) ? Our business supplier cant get one and I might just go ahead any buy then invoinlce them.

 

[Warp279]

Nope. I'm not sure they dare with Samsung cancelling/postponing all the time!

This is getting silly now. Its been 2 weeks!

 

[mark35]

Any way of speeding up the note 4 camera seems to be a delay from pressing the shutter to takeing the pic

 

[Matson]

Im finding the fingerprint scanner really good. If you register the same finger two or three times it greatly improves the accuracy and now I barely ever get a failed swipe. Even if I do it really fast it works 99% of the time.