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

Have just purchased a Note 4 after having an Iphone for the last couple of years.
The Iphone was ok, but I fancied a change again and really liked the look of the Note.
 
Shelster said:
my gut feeling is that this may be the last update for the Note 4.
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I'm inclined to agree. Samsung haven't exactly covered themselves in glory with past updates.

People bash Apple but at least with them you KNOW you will get updates for at least 3 years and you can have them on the day of release.
 
Rilot said:
I'm inclined to agree. Samsung haven't exactly covered themselves in glory with past updates.

People bash Apple but at least with them you KNOW you will get updates for at least 3 years and you can have them on the day of release.
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It's one of the biggest factors that made me change from my Note 4 to an iPhone. Waiting a year for Samsung to fix the lag that the Note 4 shipped with was pathetic. Even then the UK BTU update was a month or two after the initial ones started rolling out, and many months after other phones were getting the 5.1 update.

It's one of the biggest flaws with Android. Updates become something you're waiting and wishing for, rather than just getting and enjoying. Apple released 9.1 the other day, and I had it installed no more than 20 minutes after I first saw it mentioned online.
 
Rilot said:
I'm inclined to agree. Samsung haven't exactly covered themselves in glory with past updates.

People bash Apple but at least with them you KNOW you will get updates for at least 3 years and you can have them on the day of release.
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DAnDan said:
It's one of the biggest factors that made me change from my Note 4 to an iPhone. Waiting a year for Samsung to fix the lag that the Note 4 shipped with was pathetic. Even then the UK BTU update was a month or two after the initial ones started rolling out, and many months after other phones were getting the 5.1 update.

It's one of the biggest flaws with Android. Updates become something you're waiting and wishing for, rather than just getting and enjoying. Apple released 9.1 the other day, and I had it installed no more than 20 minutes after I first saw it mentioned online.
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All very good points that I have to agree with.

It would be amazing if someone in Samsung phones department one day said to the others....'I know what we should do for our next phone? We should develop the great hardware that we have always had, but, and here is the crazy part, we should just stick with a bog standard vanilla Android. None of our crazy TouchWiz and bloat malarkey and when the updates come out from Google, we push them globally.'

That would be a winning model for them to adopt. How many people who own Sammys now and are fed up would bite their hands off and be happy bunnies?
 
Does anyone know which USA networks are compatible with the UK version of Note 4 for 3g/4g use? Is this even possible?

I am moving to West Coast soon and wondering if I should take my phone or sell it here?
 
Shelster said:
All very good points that I have to agree with.

It would be amazing if someone in Samsung phones department one day said to the others....'I know what we should do for our next phone? We should develop the great hardware that we have always had, but, and here is the crazy part, we should just stick with a bog standard vanilla Android. None of our crazy TouchWiz and bloat malarkey and when the updates come out from Google, we push them globally.'

That would be a winning model for them to adopt. How many people who own Sammys now and are fed up would bite their hands off and be happy bunnies?
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Samsung always say that Touchwiz etc is the only way for them to differentiate themselves from others with the software. The funny thing is though, that if they did as you suggest, it would be a major differentiator for them.

Never going to happen though. They tried it with the GPE version of the S4.
 
List of Confirmed Samsung devices to get Android Marshmallow Updates by Early 2016

Samsung devices confirmed to get official Android Marshmallow updates:
- Samsung Galaxy Note 5
- Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+
- Samsung Galaxy S6
- Samsung Galaxy S6 Duos
- Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
- Samsung Galaxy Note 4
- Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Duos
- Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
- Samsung Galaxy ALPHA
- Samsung Galaxy Tab A
 
smoove said:
Guys im having problems with the SDcard (64gb one to be exact). I either cant write to it or the content doesnt show.
I resorted to putting into a card reader and writting to it but its still buggy as hell.
I've tried formartting it etc.

Any ideas?
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Are you sure the SD card is not a copy card and fakes the amount of real space ? Many of these fake cards about sold as originals or the SD card is just damaged and you need a new one or send it back for a replacement.
 
I'd be running H2TestW on that thing.

Smacks of faked capacity to me, got stung with in a similar way a few years back, on all packaging and system information it was a 32gb card, but after running some tests found it was a 2gb one with a faked capacity.
 
Personally for me the latest 5.1.1 BTU update has fixed out all the problems I had with the first LP release on the Note 4. It's everything that should have been with the first release, but I'm glad they sorted it all out, no more stutter or touchwiz lag that i've noticed, and I'm getting ~5hr SOT which is great.

I am very tempted by the note 5 but I don't really feel it'll be as massive a upgrade (atleast I can't find a reason for it to be as of yet), here's to resisting temptation and waiting for the 6!
 
Also got a update this morning, was already running latest lolipop 5.1.1, so not sure what it's done, think it said something about battery optimisation and some other stuff.
Anyone got a list of the update?
 
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