The Official Note 4 thread

Rilot · 8 Jun 2015 at 10:26

Arrgh. I can't decide.
You Note 4 owners, if you could have your Note 4 or the S6 right now, would you still go for the Note? I keep hovering over the buy button but I keep thinking that the S6 might be faster, better, longer supported.

Cosimo · 8 Jun 2015 at 11:39

Rilot said:
Arrgh. I can't decide.
You Note 4 owners, if you could have your Note 4 or the S6 right now, would you still go for the Note? I keep hovering over the buy button but I keep thinking that the S6 might be faster, better, longer supported.

Not been tempted by the 6 at all, the Note 4 is still one hell of a phone up there with the 6. The only thing that will tempt me away from it will be the Note 5.

kona786 · 8 Jun 2015 at 11:55

Rilot said:
Arrgh. I can't decide.
You Note 4 owners, if you could have your Note 4 or the S6 right now, would you still go for the Note? I keep hovering over the buy button but I keep thinking that the S6 might be faster, better, longer supported.

Get a used Note 4, then chop it in for the Note 5?

Space Monkey · 8 Jun 2015 at 12:04

Cosimo said:
Not been tempted by the 6 at all, the Note 4 is still one hell of a phone up there with the 6. The only thing that will tempt me away from it will be the Note 5.

Agreed

Purgatory · 8 Jun 2015 at 13:44

Rilot said:
Arrgh. I can't decide.
You Note 4 owners, if you could have your Note 4 or the S6 right now, would you still go for the Note? I keep hovering over the buy button but I keep thinking that the S6 might be faster, better, longer supported.

Samsung Galaxy S6 vs Galaxy Note 4

Purgatory · 8 Jun 2015 at 13:45

Cosimo said:
Not been tempted by the 6 at all, the Note 4 is still one hell of a phone up there with the 6. The only thing that will tempt me away from it will be the Note 5.

exactly

Vakas · 8 Jun 2015 at 16:18

Will a Micro USB to Full HDMI cable work to mirror the phone up to my TV or not?

Lakeland · 8 Jun 2015 at 16:28

Was away at the weekend and the note4 ended up running completely flat. Since I've charged it back up the battery life has been significantly better.. worth a try.

Cosimo · 8 Jun 2015 at 16:57

Vakas said:
Will a Micro USB to Full HDMI cable work to mirror the phone up to my TV or not?

I believe that the Samsung MHL 2 to HDMI adapter does. Chromecast also does screen mirroring.

Vakas · 8 Jun 2015 at 17:57

Thanks, ill have to check that out. The Chromecast only works with supported apps.

DAnDan · 8 Jun 2015 at 18:34

Vakas said:
Thanks, ill have to check that out. The Chromecast only works with supported apps.

Within the actual chromecast app there should be the option to cast the phone's actual screen. That should do what you're wanting.

Vakas · 8 Jun 2015 at 19:10

Thanks

Thomss · 9 Jun 2015 at 09:53

Rooted mine, and running Simplrom on it with some mods and xposed etc.
So good having a totally de-bloated phone again!

spudbynight · 9 Jun 2015 at 14:26

Has there been any way found to get around Knox? I'm using a stock rom at the moment as I don't want to get root or install a custom rom and lose my warranty cover.

Hamster · 9 Jun 2015 at 14:32

spudbynight said:
Has there been any way found to get around Knox? I'm using a stock rom at the moment as I don't want to get root or install a custom rom and lose my warranty cover.

Don't think there is yet. I'm in a similar boat but no chance am I risking losing warranty or Sky Go by rooting. The phone, for me, is fast enough as it is and does most things I ask of it but it would be handy to have root for some tasks.

doodah · 9 Jun 2015 at 14:32

Thomss said:
Rooted mine, and running Simplrom on it with some mods and xposed etc.
So good having a totally de-bloated phone again!

What mods? Do you not miss S-Pen features and the camera? TW ain't great but I have always found myself wanting to go back after trying a non TW ROM.

Thomss · 11 Jun 2015 at 21:30

Hey xibinim, It's a TW/Sammy based rom, so keeps the S-Pen and camera.
I've just deleted and frozen everything that I don't want in TB, and flashed a Lollipop Dark Theme on it which includes aosp status signal icons as well.

I did try a few CM12.1 based roms, and CM12.1 but they just didn't feel polished and the camera was very crashy and random.

So I'll be sticking to TW based roms for now.

I'm using only 6 Xposed modules including the GEL settings to change the Google Now launcher to use smaller icons, and customer icons etc.

I was using NOVA for a long, long time before this, but this is great.

Cosimo · 12 Jun 2015 at 11:36

Looking forward to this:

http://www.sammobile.com/2015/06/12/exclusive-android-5-1-1-being-tested-on-the-galaxy-note-4/

Rilot · 12 Jun 2015 at 17:53

I got a Note 4 in the end. Love it. Really nice device.

android-fan · 12 Jun 2015 at 19:30

Anyone else experienced issues with screen burn in?

Basically have an area which is yellowish where the s view case window normally is. Easily discernible on a white background.

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