I just wanted to ask some questions that apply to all the Note 4 custom ROMs, as there are some things that I do not understand.
Maybe others can ask common questions for all ROMS here too. We understand it is not ok and against the rules to compare ROMs, so no one here will do that.
1. From the ROM pages it is not clear to me if these custom ROMS still have the Note specific apps - SNote, Action memo etc - and all the Note features - resizing windows, that menu that pops up when you remove the sylus etc.
Do they all implicitly keep these features/apps if it's not mentioned in the description that they were removed?
2. If these ROMs are made on Samsung firmware, how much would you say is changed in % from the original?
Im asking this because I wonder if I should assume these ROMs are faster (less laggy) than the original ones. And if they keep the stuff mentioned at 1, how do they achieve being faster and smoother/less laggy? Just by removing Samsung bloatware?
Thank you!
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There's too many ROMs to choose from here, it's kind of a pain in the ass really LOL.
What I want is the stock ROM with advanced power controls, and battery % in the status bar and the ability to change the DPI to make more use of the screen real estate. Maybe a kernel that improves battery life as well. I like things simple that work, not a lot of tweaks.
Can someone point me to a ROM like this? Would be much appreciated.
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These threads aren't allowed as you have to try them yourself unfortunately...
Seems like as a community, we should start a spreadsheet or grid of what roms do/have what, updated by each developer, etc.
Telling someone "you have to try each one" seems kind of irresponsible, and would take days, possibly weeks to backup, install, restore, test functionality for a day or so, move on.
That's just the way it is. There's a poll in the general section about what ROMs people are using, and it doesn't take a genius to read the OP of a ROM and figure out whether it's full of features or very clean and simple. Nobody can recommend a ROM because it's a completely subjective question. It's like asking someone 'what's the best colour' or 'what's the best type of food'. If you can give me a definitive answer to either of those questions then I'll happily answer your question (in other words, your question cannot be answered).
What ^^^this^^^ RC posted. And to add there are too many variables involved from one User to another User...just take your time and Test the ROMs out, and since there are so many to chose from...Enjoy!
Thanks
So I had a little idea. Ive seen a lot of people asking for updates to our note 10.1 also a lot of us have interests in pac, cm11, etc... so I thought it could be interesting to talk about how or if there is anyway possible to get our fave apps working on these roms.
Of course it would be totaly hypothetical as touchwiz and snote are all proprietary apps and even if we woild solve the questions we could NEVER publish a rom anyway but couldnt it be an interesting discussion as to if it can be done and how it could be done...
I'm no developer by a long shot but its something I'm interested in learning about...
So what are your thoughts, opinions etc...
There's so many different ROM's and Kernels and whatnot I'm lost.
I have an untouched 4.4.2 SM-N9005 and I want to get a Note 5 ROM or something new and flashy.
I want to keep the stylus functionality and a new camera would be neat too.
Could someone give me a quick rundown of what I need to do? (Root method? Bootloaders? Kernels? Which ROM? Patches? Xposed?)
Sorry, I'm so lost.
PS. I don't care about knox.
Would be better if you ask, if somebody can come to your place and flash your phone for you.
What you're asking for, is really the minimum basic knowledge you should have to flash your device.
And if you didn't get it from the numerous explanations and tutorials on the Web, will you get it now ?
I'm sure, someone will spoon feed you with the information, but will you then manage not to brick your device ?
You have some serious reading to do to catch up.
Good luck.
Actually as you can see I've been a member here for many many years and have rooted many phones and mod all kinds of electronics as well as many many other things.
It's not a matter of not knowing or bothering to do the research it's simply a matter of not having time at the moment. I have so many other things taking up my time I just thought someone could save me and anyone else who has been waiting for a good rom some time with a brief rundown on what they've found is best.
I'd love to try out all the different recoveries, roms, kernels et all but like I said, no time.
Android Development Darklord port .
Sorry no time for further .
Thank you that's the one I'd been watching but it's been on 2.1 for a fair while, perhaps with camera issues (op says so but people in the 1000+ page thread seem to say it's fixed? ) and every second post seems to mention some new fix or kernel required. Also I noticed there are some other note 5 ports now.
hello,
i have a SM-N910W8
i have been searching via google and through threads here, and am still searching, while asking this question.
long story short i need to re-flash my phone. what i want/ am looking for, is a stock ROM, minus the bloatware, with a black menu/ layout. i really liked the black menu of my note 1, and really dont like the white menu of the note 4.
simple, non flashy, straight forward, fast ROM (non laggy)
so many ROMs with so many unique but non descriptive titles/ names, its rather overwhelming to say the least..
please, suggestions, of ROMs
thank you
Pine Sol said:
hello,
i have a SM-N910W8
i have been searching via google and through threads here, and am still searching, while asking this question.
long story short i need to re-flash my phone. what i want/ am looking for, is a stock ROM, minus the bloatware, with a black menu/ layout. i really liked the black menu of my note 1, and really dont like the white menu of the note 4.
simple, non flashy, straight forward, fast ROM (non laggy)
so many ROMs with so many unique but non descriptive titles/ names, its rather overwhelming to say the least..
please, suggestions, of ROMs
thank you
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Hi Pine Sol, probably won't have a ton of help with this request for a few reasons. The Themes and Apps section works to provide themes and apps, not host requests for them. Also, it's all subjective -- what might seem "simple" and "straight-forward" to you might not for me. Just gotta try it!
This might help once you settle on a ROM: [THEME][MOD][6.0.1][5.1.1][5.0.1][4.4.4] Customize Your Galaxy Note 4 (N910F) [25/07] Collection of UI themes, including dark options. Might not be perfect but, like just about everything here, it's free and zero effort for us users. Says it's only tested on the 910F variant but a UI theme should work on more.
thank you for your reply
Hello everyone,
I love my old "Note 3" and I don't want it to be dusty in a box and thrown away after years like most phones, so I want to ask for your help, to bring this phone back to life.
In my situation I think the best way to use it is like "tablet" (mostly for TV and less for GPS, some light apps, email check remote control, etc.) for maximum energy efficiency (no SIM card, no games, nothing heavy and etc.) I think it's almost like my Samsung Note 8 "Max Energy saving mode".
Since I have never done anything like this before, please excuse me, thank you.
Nothing has been done on the phone, it is still with the 5.0 lollipop (most apps can't be installed or just work poorly).
Priorities in our project
1. New Android
2. Stability
3. Security
4. Maximum energy efficiency
Any help and suggestions will be helpful.
Thank you, all!
My 2 cents, lately I´ve read a lot in this forum before trying and flashing anything, and then I decided to try a few roms (and had a couple of bricks because was not easy for me, is the first time I flashed a new Rom) and now I´m using Havoc OS 3.7, never have seen my note 3 working like it is right now, It is fast, It is stable and the Havoc Rom has endlessly configurations that I never thought that I could use in my old phone
The Note 3 always was hungry if we talk about battery but maybe I´ll try a kernell update made by @jprimero15 (creator of the Rom) and see if improve this feature but I need to learn more about kernell, I don´t want more bricks!!!
If you are experience flashing things try the latests roms with Android 10 and you´ll be surprised how note 3 rebirths stronger than ever!! But try by yourself because I am only a normal user that had to read and check 6 million of posts and I saw other 6 millions youtube videos to understand just a little how this works.
May the force be with you!!
P.S. Sorry if my english is not ok
@Bacilus dantracis, thanks for this information
I will wait for more people to join the thread, because I think it's better to "hear" more people and their experience before I take any action to bring back to life my old Note 3
1 Yes roms posted .
2 Maybe need to read roms thread or stick with stable stock .
3 as in what security ??
4 as 2 read roms thread or stick with stock firmware .
note biggest user error is to fail to read especially rom instruction . second error fail to use search thread .
Note Havoc OP/ DEV may well have closed it down due to user abuse .See post 733 Havoc thread .
I´m really sorry to se the Havoc-OS thread closed because of one user was dissapointed, the Havoc-OS rom is my favourite and I tried 4 differents roms but the @jprimero15 job is astounding so it´s the rom I´m using and I will use in the furute, all the features in this rom are perfect to me, all the latests rom developed for our note 3 are very good roms and I want to say thanks to developers, but I decided to use Havoc OS.
What I can´t take is that some users don´t be polite and cannot show some respect for the developers job, one thing is ask for improvements and other thing is show no respect.
My advice like a noob user is to learn how to try Roms reading the developers threads, making the backups properly and all the things to do to avoid screw the phone and then try different roms to find what suits to each one. There´s no a "better"rom is a matter of taste of each user to adjust everyone different needs.
Respect to all developers
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I´m really sorry to se the Havoc-OS thread closed because of one user was dissapointed, the Havoc-OS rom is my favourite and I tried 4 differents roms but the @jprimero15 job is astounding so it´s the rom I´m using and I will use in the furute, all the features in this rom are perfect to me, all the latests rom developed for our note 3 are very good roms and I want to say thanks to developers, but I decided to use Havoc OS.
What I can´t take is that some users don´t be polite and cannot show some respect for the developers job, one thing is ask for improvements and other thing is show no respect.
My advice like a noob user is to learn how to try Roms reading the developers threads, making the backups properly and all the things to do to avoid screw the phone and then try different roms to find what suits to each one. There´s no a "better"rom is a matter of taste of each user to adjust everyone different needs.
Respect to all developers
Hello JJEgan,
I can't stick with the stock firmawere, because as I wrote in my post some of the applications do not start or do not work properly and the use of the device becomes meaningless.
- With point three of the priorities I just wanted to say that I don't want the device to be like a "full basket of free treats" after I put the new "rom" on. I hope I managed to express myself correctly, because as I wrote in my post "Since I have never done anything like this before, please excuse me, thank you. "
- For point four, I say "maximum energy efficiency" because the note will be used 85-90% as a TV (with WiFi) and 10-15% for GPS, some light applications, remote control for checking email, etc .. It will not be used with SIMcard(calls, mobile data and etc.) synchronizations, any gestures and etc. for energy saving purpose.
I will read that "post 733 Havoc thread" tonight and I will update(edit) this post. - Nothing new in this world, toxic people are everywhere,but if he think he will stop seeing them, when he stop working on "havoc" it will be just an illusion, but he can do what he want and no one can judge him for that
So if it's not "havoc" what will be ?
Thank you for your time, I appreciate it.
If there is more suggestions I will look and discuss them with pleasure, thanks for the help, I appreciate every help.