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[Q] Update to Kitkat or not?

I need to update to Kitkat cause there are too many apps and options I can't get
But I'm afraid of Kitakat problems many people have mentioned like battery drain and other issues
So I need an assurance that the problems are fixed by the firmware that LG has released like D80220C or so
Can anybody help??
And another question about LG PC SUITE:
Does it provide the phone with the most recent update directly without updating to 20a then 20b then 20c and so on??
And If yes does that mean I can wait and use it to update my phone from JellyBean to Lollipop directly??

My phone started with 4.4.2 20E firmware so I cant comment on performance compared to 4.3.
I will say however, that 20E was good and 20H is even better. Coming from the Nexus 5 running 4.4.4, I suprised what a good job LG have done with Kit Kat. :victory:
Why not make sure you have the 4.3 image as a backup before you update to KK

Masteryates said:
My phone started with 4.4.2 20E firmware so I cant comment on performance compared to 4.3.
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Actually,LG G2 is running mainly on 4.4.2
I will say however, that 20E was good and 20H is even better. Coming from the Nexus 5 running 4.4.4, I suprised what a good job LG have done with Kit Kat. :victory:
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I heard that my phone model updates stopped at 20C
Why not make sure you have the 4.3 image as a backup before you update to KK
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I've already made a backup,but I'm hesitating to update because I've heard that the phone is experiencing a horrible battery life on Kitkat
What about your phone on Kitkat:How much does your battery last from 100% to 0??How much screen on time does you get???

Boodeyman said:
Actually,LG G2 is running mainly on 4.4.2
I heard that my phone model updates stopped at 20C
I've already made a backup,but I'm hesitating to update because I've heard that the phone is experiencing a horrible battery life on Kitkat
What about your phone on Kitkat:How much does your battery last from 100% to 0??How much screen on time does you get???
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My phone is 1y and 3m old stock battery i am on cloudyg3(kitkat) and latest dorimanx..average usage is 20h+ standby and 5h sot..i started on jb too and standby was like 38h and 5h sot but this when the phone was new...i tried jb lately and yes the battery is like 30h standby and a little bit more sot..but if you compare the smoothness and the features and the scrolling and everyday use kitkat is alot better...device is a littlebit more warm on jb no heat at all but its expected..that is my experience in 2 words hope it helps...what version of the update you get?d e f a?

Boodeyman said:
Actually,LG G2 is running mainly on 4.4.2
I heard that my phone model updates stopped at 20C
I've already made a backup,but I'm hesitating to update because I've heard that the phone is experiencing a horrible battery life on Kitkat
What about your phone on Kitkat:How much does your battery last from 100% to 0??How much screen on time does you get???
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The updates from your specific carrier may end at 20C but I am using LG stock image which has gone onto 20H. Battery life on 20H is very good indeed. My best is 103H of standby with 2.5 hours of SOT, (as I'm a light user.) :angel:

Boodeyman said:
I heard that my phone model updates stopped at 20C
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You can visit this link to view all the available updates for the LG G2. Just search your country.

masteril said:
My phone is 1y and 3m old stock battery i am on cloudyg3(kitkat) and latest dorimanx..average usage is 20h+ standby and 5h sot..i started on jb too and standby was like 38h and 5Ah sot but this when the phone was new...i tried jb lately and yes the battery is like 30h standby and a little bit more sot..but if you compare the smoothness and the features and the scrolling and everyday use kitkat is alot better...device is a littlebit more warm on jb no heat at all but its expected..that is my experience in 2 words hope it helps...what version of the update you get?d e f a?
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Thanks for sharing....OTA the update is 20A.....With LG PC SUITE The update is 20C

d00lz said:
You can visit this link to view all the available updates for the LG G2. Just search your country.
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Masteryates said:
The updates from your specific carrier may end at 20C but I am using LG stock image which has gone onto 20H. Battery life on 20H is very good indeed. My best is 103H of standby with 2.5 hours of SOT, (as I'm a light user.) :angel:
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I checked and It's stopped at 20C as I was thinking and that means that LG PC SUITE actually provides the phone with the most recent update and I could go directly from JB to Lollipop If I wait
I appreciate your help

Boodeyman said:
I checked and It's stopped at 20C as I was thinking and that means that LG PC SUITE actually provides the phone with the most recent update and I could go directly from JB to Lollipop If I wait
I appreciate your help
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Stopping at 20C may have something to do with your carrier and country. My phone was on Vodaphone in the UK and came with 20E. I de-branded my phone by installing the LG 20H firmware direct from LG. :victory: (this is differnent to unlocking your phone!)
I also made sure I had the original Vodaphone 20E firmware before I flashed the LG firmware to let me go back should I require. 20H is so good that I dont need to. :angel:

Masteryates said:
Stopping at 20C may have something to do with your carrier and country. My phone was on Vodaphone in the UK and came with 20E. I de-branded my phone by installing the LG 20H firmware direct from LG. :victory: (this is differnent to unlocking your phone!)
I also made sure I had the original Vodaphone 20E firmware before I flashed the LG firmware to let me go back should I require. 20H is so good that I dont need to. :angel:
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Yes,It's the country I got the phone from supports it until only 20C
I just want to update it to a stable version in Kitkat and doesn't matter for me If It's the latest update or not
The problem is that I'm impressed with the phone's battery life and I would lose my mind If the update to Kitkat makes it worse

Boodeyman said:
Yes,It's the country I got the phone from supports it until only 20C
I just want to update it to a stable version in Kitkat and doesn't matter for me If It's the latest update or not
The problem is that I'm impressed with the phone's battery life and I would lose my mind If the update to Kitkat makes it worse
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I suggest you do your homework and learn how to flash the various stock roms with the LG flash tool. (I'm not talking about rooting etc here!)
Once you've found the current rom you are using, (to save as a backup incase anything goes wrong,) you can then flash 20C or 20H to see if you are happy with the battery life. Just remember to judge over 3 or 4 cycles as the 1st is always excellent, but the 2nd is always rubbish, (In my experience.)
As you have your backup, you can always go back if you arent happy. :angel:

Masteryates said:
I suggest you do your homework and learn how to flash the various stock roms with the LG flash tool. (I'm not talking about rooting etc here!)
Once you've found the current rom you are using, (to save as a backup incase anything goes wrong,) you can then flash 20C or 20H to see if you are happy with the battery life. Just remember to judge over 3 or 4 cycles as the 1st is always excellent, but the 2nd is always rubbish, (In my experience.)
As you have your backup, you can always go back if you arent happy. :angel:
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I've found the thread that is talking about flashing stock ROMs and It seems a way better than the PC SUITE and OTA
I'm downloading now the KDZ files(the backup and the update) but it would take too much time as I have a very slow connection
Thanks so much for the help

Boodeyman said:
I've found the thread that is talking about flashing stock ROMs and It seems a way better than the PC SUITE and OTA
I'm downloading now the KDZ files(the backup and the update) but it would take too much time as I have a very slow connection
Thanks so much for the help
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No problems :highfive:
Just be patient on the download as the backup is for keeps. :angel:
I've used KK on 4 devices now and its rock solid with good performance. A bit of a, "XP," in my book.

Masteryates said:
No problems :highfive:
Just be patient on the download as the backup is for keeps. :angel:
I've used KK on 4 devices now and its rock solid with good performance. A bit of a, "XP," in my book.
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Sorry,but one more question:
Is immersive mode(hide front button from apps) feature present on Kitkat??

Boodeyman said:
Sorry,but one more question:
Is immersive mode(hide front button from apps) feature present on Kitkat??
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Yes, Immersive mode in apps like Kindle & MX player work fine. Not sure if there is a global setting to toggle this though.

Masteryates said:
Yes, Immersive mode in apps like Kindle & MX player work fine. Not sure if there is a global setting to toggle this though.
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That's great

Preparing for Lollipop

Hello,
Hisuite just updated to V.2.3.50 with added support for Android 5.0
It's safe to say that the Lollipop update is just around the corner

kpyhere said:
Hello,
Hisuite just updated to V.2.3.50 with added support for Android 5.0
It's safe to say that the Lollipop update is just around the corner
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I will TRY to resist the TEMPTATION to NOT install the lollipop directly when it gets available, maybe wait 2 weeks for other people to tell us if it is better or worse.. especially if it it is Android 5.0 and not 5.1...with said it will be very hard to resist to not install it directly.

Maybe that is for mediapad x2, and new p8 support, those have lollipop. So I dont think we will get update soon.

Mr.Nice.ba said:
Maybe that is for mediapad x2, and new p8 support, those have lollipop. So I dont think we will get update soon.
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Thank you for killing the good mood
But you might be right.. but .it feels aobut time for M7 to get lollipop now.. it is still there "flagship" phone and it still does not have latest android version it is a shame..

blackinfinity said:
Thank you for killing the good mood
But you might be right.. but .it feels aobut time for M7 to get lollipop now.. it is still there "flagship" phone and it still does not have latest android version it is a shame..
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Let's just hope for the best. They may release the update after mediapad x2 and p8 is out. Its most likely be based on their updated versoon of android. And we may get a better one because they will testers for our update.
What I would like on the update is the tap to wake up function. I don't like using the flip cover. I like cases or bumpers and its easier if you can just tap to wake up.

Guys you really think u will be happy with 5.0 ???
BET with me once it will be avail. and u install it u'll be rolling back !
Did u been considering that u MIGHT NOT be able to root phone ? OR install custom recovery ?? You didn't right ? heh .. yeah
Well .. u might be surprised I just plaing with LG G3 which I had installed 5.0 and 1. There was no possible to root G3 ! only now recently released root program .. so so it is rooted
BUT
Not possible to install custom recovery (only in very difficult long way)
Xposed not working YET only by flashing another dificulty way ..
So no support at all .. devs. keeping slowly up .. but ..
Do u think somebody gonna bother to get all this working on huawei phones ?
Let's see.
But remember once again .. u will be rooling back sam eas I reverted G3 back to kitkat .. no lag at all..

For G3 all it needs is to downgrade to kitkat, instal custom recovery, than flash cm12 lolipop, all of this take max 25 min, not complicated at all.
Maby updating to lollipop will not relock bootloader, so flashing custom recovery will take 2 minutes, and flashing super su trought cwm also take one minute, so we can have lollipop and root very easy. I am waiting for lollipo because CM 12 rom, not for update with emui 3.0 on the top because everything will be the same as now.

Mr.Nice.ba said:
For G3 all it needs is to downgrade to kitkat, instal custom recovery, than flash cm12 lolipop, all of this take max 25 min, not complicated at all.
Maby updating to lollipop will not relock bootloader, so flashing custom recovery will take 2 minutes, and flashing super su trought cwm also take one minute, so we can have lollipop and root very easy. I am waiting for lollipo because CM 12 rom, not for update with emui 3.0 on the top because everything will be the same as now.
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You see? u said it by your self DOWNGRADING to kitkat so? whats the point getting lolipop..
And I said that I already downgraded.. to kitkat... this morning..
xposed works on 100% LG G3 tweaksBox , TWRP latest works 100%
NOTHING properly works on 5.0 ...
No mate there is no any unlocking or relocking bootloader.. like in huawei phones... and no there is no any CWM ONLY TWRP is made for G3...
Yeah there MIGHT be CM based on lolipop .. but again with so many buuugs not workings.. so best to stay on 4.4.2 for now..
And u said all be same no point ..
Don't understand what some ppl thinks when they see higher number 5.0 . or lolipop it it is gonna be better... aahh well

From Lolipop i expect only better battery optimization,nothing more.

Simona Simmy said:
You see? u said it by your self DOWNGRADING to kitkat so? whats the point getting lolipop..
And I said that I already downgraded.. to kitkat... this morning..
xposed works on 100% LG G3 tweaksBox , TWRP latest works 100%
NOTHING properly works on 5.0 ...
No mate there is no any unlocking or relocking bootloader.. like in huawei phones... and no there is no any CWM ONLY TWRP is made for G3...
Yeah there MIGHT be CM based on lolipop .. but again with so many buuugs not workings.. so best to stay on 4.4.2 for now..
And u said all be same no point ..
Don't understand what some ppl thinks when they see higher number 5.0 . or lolipop it it is gonna be better... aahh well
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Calm down dude, at least we will be able to use ART
For me i use root only for blocking ads

Seeing that the February 2015 update for the gold version is no longer available for download form the huawei website (italy) maybe we'll get lucky and get lollipop finally.....at least I'm hoping so because I don't care if it can't be rooted etc etc....

blackfire2802 said:
Seeing that the February 2015 update for the gold version is no longer available for download form the huawei website (italy) maybe we'll get lucky and get lollipop finally.....at least I'm hoping so because I don't care if it can't be rooted etc etc....
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I also don't need root esp on this device. But I could only hope for a stable smooth lollipop update.
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Hsuite 2.3.5.0

Hen Ry said:
Hsuite 2.3.5.0
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Can u see that virtual picture of phone in HiSuite? so that is new P8 look like .

netvlada said:
From Lolipop i expect only better battery optimization,nothing more.
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I want the Tap to wake up function fron honor 6 and other flagship phones. I dnt use the scanner much or locks. That function would be nice thing to have.
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netvlada said:
From Lolipop i expect only better battery optimization,nothing more.
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Won't happen, TBH.

Not much chance the first LP release will be smooth, you would be best hoping huawei used their brain & made effort on bugfix & improvements on JB & move on to LP once revisions/improvements been done by google team to LP.

I think the biggest disspointment will be a lot of functions that we associate with Lollipop will not be included...
Will we get new multi tasking view ? Probably not.
https://cdn3.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/reviews/3585263/Android-lollipop-review-multitasking_thumb.jpg
Will we get Lollipop notifications view ? probably not
http://offoindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lollypop-3.jpg
I think depressingly enough the biggest disappointment will be that it will be impossible to see the difference between current kitkat (that looks little bit like Lollipop already) and the new lollipop release, I think they will mainly try to make it look exactly like the old kitkat. I say this because of the latest Huawei tablet with lollipop, we must expect something similar...
What I hope though is improvements under the hood... Better performance which means better adjusted cpu cores how they throttles up and down..
right now there is microlag a lot...
I hope even faster and more smooth animations (if the GPU can handle it). Right now I have fastest animation setting .5x in developer options, but the problem is with the fastest setting it does not run as smooth as one would wish, but as it is now I prefer the fastness with some micro stutter to painfully slow animations which make me unproductive.
Batterylife I hope it can be improved a little bit even though. The androi system still use more then it should so I think there is potential..but still it is the modem that drains most of the battery...and software improvements can't make much of that .

I found lollipop update schedule
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miyavi1216 said:
I found lollipop update schedule
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Can you translate to English?

PSA - lollipop 5.0.2 may brick your nexus 7 2013

Happened to me. Google and asus need to make this right, even if out of warranty. Read here: http://9to5google.com/2015/04/10/nexus-5-nexus-7-bricked-android-lollipop/

klobkelosh said:
Happened to me. Google and asus need to make this right, even if out of warranty. Read here: http://9to5google.com/2015/04/10/nexus-5-nexus-7-bricked-android-lollipop/
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Wow...
Sent from the "DOG" pound

Anyone know what's causing this?

littleromeo said:
Anyone know what's causing this?
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From what I've read, no, but people really think it's something in 5.0.2 that wreaks havoc on the memory hardware. A few people have purportedly fixed the problem by "pressing firmly" on the tablet back, suggesting that the problem may be related to heat separating parts on the motherboard. I haven't yet attempted to break down and rebuild mine yet.

I'm on stock 5.0.2 should I be worried? Is there a safer rom?

Mine is breaked since 2 weeks. It is stock with 5.0.2 with bootloader open.It only show the logo google and no power off is possible(always rebooting)
1 year and half so no warranty after a call at asus and my reseller.
I try to flash factory image manualy or with nrt but impossible to write the internal storage...

dazza7111 said:
I'm on stock 5.0.2 should I be worried? Is there a safer rom?
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Yes, you should be worried. Knowing what I know now I would install 4.4.4. Also seriously doubting I'll buy another nexus

CrowZero said:
Mine is breaked since 2 weeks. It is stock with 5.0.2 with bootloader open.It only show the logo google and no power off is possible(always rebooting)
1 year and half so no warranty after a call at asus and my reseller.
I try to flash factory image manualy or with nrt but impossible to write the internal storage...
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Same

Wow! Thanks for info
Envoyé de mon Nexus 7 en utilisant Tapatalk

It could explain why the official 5.1 is not available... They did not find the bug/solution yet.

I don´t have any problems and my Nexus 7 ( 2013 ) is still alive, though I use Android 5.0.2 Maybe some of the Google Apps might be the reason for this issue. I´ve removed most Google Apps I don´t need and want ( eg. Google Drive, Google Launcher, Chrome... ) and never had any problems.
I feel sorry for the guys though who lost their Nexus devices

balek said:
It could explain why the official 5.1 is not available... They did not find the bug/solution yet.
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I suspect this also.
Having had an original Galaxy S that was destroyed by a flawed update to Froyo, once reading of this potential memory problem with the Nexus 7 , I have turned it off. I will wait until a stable 5.1 is released.

Hi,
I dont have any problems with Lollipop yet, but to play it save:
Can I flash the system.img from the 4.4.4 factory image without any data loss?

Mine bricked 6 weeks ago, right after the 5.0.2 update. it started with some random reboots and one morning, it was stuck in a bootloop. you cannot erase nor write the userdata-partition, as far as i can remember.
i was on my last days of warranty, lucky guy ... but sorry for those who are not technical versatile or out of warranty .. it is a shame ...

Should i be safe if i flash a custom rom?
I don't understand if this problem occurs only on 5.0.2 stock or also on other 5.0.2 rom.

timOC123 said:
Hi,
I dont have any problems with Lollipop yet, but to play it save:
Can I flash the system.img from the 4.4.4 factory image without any data loss?
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That might be possible, but probably not advisable

Il tiny said:
Should i be safe if i flash a custom rom?
I don't understand if this problem occurs only on 5.0.2 stock or also on other 5.0.2 rom.
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From what I understand, this is a stock issue, custom Rom/kernel not affected

I use Multirom and have Android 4.4.4 and Android 5.0.2 installed on my device. I still use Kitkat from time to time because of the Xposed Framework and the nice extras ( eg. Youtube Adaway, Xprivacy, Gravitybox etc. ) .
I would not advise you to downgrade a OS by "dirty flashing" a lower version over a newer one; You´re just asking for trouble

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I use Multirom and have Android 4.4.4 and Android 5.0.2 installed on my device. I still use Kitkat from time to time because of the Xposed Framework and the nice extras ( eg. Youtube Adaway, Xprivacy, Gravitybox etc. ) .
I would not advise you to downgrade a OS by "dirty flashing" a lower version over a newer one; You´re just asking for trouble
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Xposed for lollipop works well on n7 (2013)

is 5.1 safe? I flashed back to 4.4.4 using nexus root toolkit, easy enough but wiped device. prefer lollipop though.
but taking no risks

New Update N910VVRU2BPA1

I've been chatting with Samsung Support through Twitter about Kies not taking my serial # for my Note 4. They asked for my serial # and my imei #, so I gave it to them and they asked what version i was on and told them BOK3, they wrote back saying there is a newer version, so I asked which one is it. So here is a screenshot.
OTA Update provided by @hsbadr thanks to @doinsvelt
Official Firmware & OTA Update from N910VVRU2BOG5 to N910VVRU2BPA1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...mware-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2942937
Safe Upgrade N910VVRU2BPA1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=65278655
Update: if your battery takes a dump with the OTA, it is recommend that you do a repair via the Verizon assistant or via Kies. But if you are on a safe upgrade version then this will take you out of safe upgrade and keep you on BOG5 incremented bootloader.

Maybe a new Samsung version, but maybe not a Verizon version?
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Here are the screenshots.
They responded back that it is 5.1.1 with security patches

So Samsung says there is another version they have out. But has Verizon released it yet? The manufacturer releases versions to the carriers who then release it to the phone owners after they do their "branding". Case in point, Samsung released 6.0.1 for the Note 4, but we don't have it yet. So
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I just got this update. Here it is.

It's up and running now. The wifi notification is gone which is great.

Got it here as well. Glad the wifi notification is gone.... now to see if it still references AT&T in the Wifi Settings. LOL

My bad, I got it too.
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Hopefully it fixes my battery life problem, after the 5.1.1 update my battery life is TERRIBLE. It is the worse it has ever been and that's with trying to different factory OEM batteries.......The Note 4 really was a disappointment for a phone with such awesome hardware...

If anybody able to pull OTA and link it, I would put in the OP, I have it downloaded, but not installed. If anybody can guide me to pull it, I would appreciate it

Interesting
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Hopefully it fixes my battery life problem, after the 5.1.1 update my battery life is TERRIBLE. It is the worse it has ever been and that's with trying to different factory OEM batteries.......The Note 4 really was a disappointment for a phone with such awesome hardware...
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My Battery life got better after the first 5.1.1 update. Weird.

Yes, so glad the wifi notification is gone!

Please if someone could capture... it will be awesome, sammobile still not post 5.1.1, so it would be almost a year until they put BPA1 available, the only way i installed 5.1.1 was from a zip file someone upload it

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Please if someone could capture... it will be awesome, sammobile still not post 5.1.1, so it would be almost a year until they put BPA1 available, the only way i install 5.1.1 was from a zip file someone upload it
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Hi,i was wondering how you go about installing 5.1.1 zip. Well my question is ,are you using a retailer edition and what recovery you went into flash?,is it stock recovery if you're using RE?,am just little confuse about it.Thank you in advance.

desmond462 said:
Hi,i was wondering how you go about installing 5.1.1 zip. Well my question is ,are you using a retailer edition and what recovery you went into flash?,is it stock recovery if you're using RE?,am just little confuse about it.Thank you in advance.
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I don't remember I belive it's called 5.1.1 something forum, I have a retail, and you are right I enter to the normal recovery stock... And flash it with no troubles

EdrickMG said:
I don't remember I belive it's called 5.1.1 something forum, I have a retail, and you are right I enter to the normal recovery stock... And flash it with no troubles
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Ok then i might try it,with little guidance from you,it would be greatly appreciated.Thank you again for your reply. So could u tell me what is the performance like?,is it better so far or not much of a difference and how is battery life?

desmond462 said:
Ok then i might try it,with little guidance from you,it would be greatly appreciated.Thank you again for your reply. So could u tell me what is the performance like?,is it better so far or not much of a difference and how is battery life?
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Its quite simple indeed just download the zip file from the forum 5.1.1 then save it in ur sd card, press up volume, power and home button at the same time to access stock recovery, navigate to option where is says update from a file, there you go it will update to 5.1.1, batter been slightly different (not a big improvement) im indeed a very very heavy user.... i received emails all day from my job, need to check whatsapp several times, there is some annoyances however... like wifi notification that is connected never go away... the wireless and fast charging notification remain in 5.0.1 now in 5.1.1 just says it once time and disappear, album cover full screen its completly gone.... performance in task screen and some apps display faster and also navigate throught touchwiz its a little bit better... not a BIG BIG difference... they put connect to at&t network (even thou its verizon), everything its fixed in BPA1 update so if you want to give a shot go ahead... i mean its not a big big diference but if you are bored of being in 4.4.4 or 5.0.1 go ahead! good luck

This may need to go devs but notice every time you boot into recovery on this update it says "installing update". Not sure exactly what that means cause I am no dev but it seems like the the recovery is more locked down on this update.
I also did factory reset after update. So not sure why it would do that every time booting into recovery.

for last week battery been dropping fairly quickly to about 40%, then stopping abruptly. Got the update last night. After almost 12 hours on battery, it is still at 88%.

My battery wasn't doing very well until I disabled fast charging and charged regularly. But have always noticed that even on kitkat

Odin files

Can somebody please point me to the proper Odin files to manually install MM on a N910C North American USA region? I can't find it anywhere on Google and I'd like to update my phone as I've gotten no OTA.
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carnivalrejectq said:
Can somebody please point me to the proper Odin files to manually install MM on a N910C North American USA region? I can't find it anywhere on Google and I'd like to update my phone as I've gotten no OTA.
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"North American" N910C note 4 variant doesn't exist. Go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and search for SM-N910C firmware. There are several regions that released MM for N910C, but I recommend the Poland (XEO) version.

LTE-X said:
"North American" N910C note 4 variant doesn't exist. Go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and search for SM-N910C firmware. There are several regions that released MM for N910C, but I recommend the Poland (XEO) version.
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Ah I see. Didn't know that. I live in NY and bought an international off of CL so i just assumed. Thank you, though. Is the MM update even recommended? I heard people having battery issues and I already am having extreme issues on lollipop. I assume that's how I got the phone so cheap. The battery is whacked out on mine.
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carnivalrejectq said:
Ah I see. Didn't know that. I live in NY and bought an international off of CL so i just assumed. Thank you, though. Is the MM update even recommended? I heard people having battery issues and I already am having extreme issues on lollipop. I assume that's how I got the phone so cheap. The battery is whacked out on mine.
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I have been using marshmallow for roughly a month and the battery usage is way better compared to lollipop. My current screen on time is 3 hrs and 48 minutes with 11% battery life remaining and I am using your same model phone on AT&T. I would recommend Marshmallow update for your device.

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I have been using marshmallow for roughly a month and the battery usage is way better compared to lollipop. My current screen on time is 3 hrs and 48 minutes with 11% battery life remaining and I am using your same model phone on AT&T. I would recommend Marshmallow update for your device.
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I see. I just don't have a pc. I was able to temp root with king root, flash twrp, and then from there flash a kernel to get perm root.......so is there any way to get to MM from there without a pc? I can't get a rom to flash, it just gives me an error about being unable to map the file. Not sure what that is about, it was the note 5 rom v05. Radio and kernel flashed just fine though. Edit: Keeps giving me an Error 7 when trying to flash ROMs in particular. Edit again: It was the kernel i was using to Perm root. It wasn't liking me installing a rom with that i guess. I restored and skipped the install of that and then was able to get a rom to install so ignore that, but my original question about MM with no PC still persists.
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carnivalrejectq said:
I see. I just don't have a pc. I was able to temp root with king root, flash twrp, and then from there flash a kernel to get perm root.......so is there any way to get to MM from there without a pc? I can't get a rom to flash, it just gives me an error about being unable to map the file. Not sure what that is about, it was the note 5 rom v05. Radio and kernel flashed just fine though. Edit: Keeps giving me an Error 7 when trying to flash ROMs in particular. Edit again: It was the kernel i was using to Perm root. It wasn't liking me installing a rom with that i guess. I restored and skipped the install of that and then was able to get a rom to install so ignore that, but my original question about MM with no PC still persists.
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Not that I know of. If anyone knows how to flash marshmallow without a pc, please chime in!

LTE-X said:
Not that I know of. If anyone knows how to flash marshmallow without a pc, please chime in!
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Yes please lol. I think I was sold a phone with bad hardware or maybe just a bad battery. On stock LP the battery acts really funny. It'll get to a certain percentage and either shut down on me or I have visually watched the percentage just drop by 1 percent until it's dead in 2 second intervals even after attempting to calibrate it. It seems better on a custom rom and I haven't experienced it yet. I'm hoping it's just a bad battery but I can't seem to find another one to buy to test it out. A couple of times on stock too while changing animation speeds the screen would start flashing red (not the red borders) I mean the whole screen would flicker and would only go away on a restart. Not sure what that was about. I only payed $100 off of CL for this phone. If it really is just the battery, that's a helluva deal lol.
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