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Note 4 edge vzw update

My phone just downloaded an update a few mins ago at about 12:20 pm set haven't heard of anything coming for vzw anybody know what it is I haven't installed it yet
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I downloaded it it was quick install it's nothing really lol. I did hear to get lollipop on Google plus with note 4 there was a small update prior to lollipop so that's my guess in the dark lol

Maybe they've never heard of the Note 4 Edge.

Definitely a small update...this is the "benefits of the update" PDF from VZW's website...
http://www.verizonwireless.com/dam/support/pdf/system_update/benefits-note-edge-4-8-15.pdf

stg13 said:
Definitely a small update...this is the "benefits of the update" PDF from VZW's website...
http://www.verizonwireless.com/dam/support/pdf/system_update/benefits-note-edge-4-8-15.pdf
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Thanks for finding that as well is it really necessary to take that I looked at the benefits seems unnecessary unless you have volte in your area
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jolly_roger_hook said:
Thanks for finding that as well is it really necessary to take that I looked at the benefits seems unnecessary unless you have volte in your area
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There is always hope that it is a prep update for Lollipop ...
I took the update earlier today and was interested in seeing how the display of the apps on the Note Edge would be changed / better / optimized / etc but haven't been able to tell any difference for me.

stg13 said:
There is always hope that it is a prep update for Lollipop ...
I took the update earlier today and was interested in seeing how the display of the apps on the Note Edge would be changed / better / optimized / etc but haven't been able to tell any difference for me.
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Alright thanks for the info and info on how it affected your edge screen
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Looks like the Edge display no longer shows the transitionan animation when swiping from screen to screen. Also my stock KB has a new ticking kind of sound when pressing the keys.
I like the KB sound, but miss seeing the screen transitioning under the edge display. My desktop feels smaller?

Lollipop 5.1.1 stock released. Post your impressions & Bugs here

Now that Lollipop 5.1.1 has officially released by Sony, what are your impressions? Is it worth the upgrade from kitkat or lollipop 5.0.2?
Please share your experiences.

Camera focuses MUCH faster and I have convenient shortcuts in status bar for wifi and bluetooth. I don't have any problems with 5.1.1 nor did I have with 5.0.2.

Z3(5.1.1) stands for a while, line messages won't notice me.

It works great with one exception, every time I power up my phone I'm getting the following message:

5.1.1
I don't know when the launcher was updated to have a custom drawer layout but it's extra smooth and now for the first time ever I'm using a default launcher because I can arrange the apps and hide them out of the way, etc.
The ui feels silky smooth and fluid compared to 5.0.2, I feel like I'm using the z3 again and not some ****ty galaxy ace with unofficial lollipop or something.
Overall the looks and performance have gotten a lot better.
The sound still needs improvement.

What about the audio during calls when using the speaker phone option?

I feel after updated to 5.1 phone easy get warm up

For me biggest bug at the moment is that after deblocking screen colors are washed out when brightness autolevel enabled.

Only had the update installed for around an hour, so my experience is limited. I'll update this post once I've had time to use it for a while.
However, immedietly I have noticed that my phone is MUCH more responsive and fluid. There isnt a stutter when I open my app draw, it's now instant.
I havent noticed a differnece in sound quality - or if I have it isnt a huge difference.
It does seem to be running warmer than usual.
The camera now loads instantly when I press the hard camera button, which is really nice.

two days, no bug for the moment

Camera is really fast. It's even too fast lol ?
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Now there's no percent sign in there
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CavemanXP said:
It works great with one exception, every time I power up my phone I'm getting the following message:
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Clear cache in settings-app-emergency alerts app
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Thanks, I'm familiar with this solution, unfortunately any attempt to clear the cache yielded no results
Just a short update, I cleared the data of the Emergency Alerts application and voila it worked.

artlov said:
For me biggest bug at the moment is that after deblocking screen colors are washed out when brightness autolevel enabled.
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yep, i noticed that on mine too

Better batery life with 5.1.1:
3 hours with 3g, 20 min of calls, no stamina Mode, debloated by me, and greenify some apps.
Bugs?
1) gap between battery and signal icons.
2) sometimes after unlock the phone, the brightness goes crazy for 3 seconds... (The screen light up much)

Which countries have got the official update so far?

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Which countries have got the official update so far?
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Quite a lot. Get xperifirm and check it out.

As for the washed out colors after unlocking; I actually have had this too on 5.0.2, so its not 5.1.1 related I think!

Maksvr said:
As for the washed out colors after unlocking; I actually have had this too on 5.0.2, so its not 5.1.1 related I think!
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Indeed, i had it since 5.0.2 as well. And it doesn't happen all the time.
A bug i found is that the new quick Wi-Fi screen keeps saying "No saved networks found" while i'm connected to 1 and the "normal" screen shows all the networks around.

T-mo 5.1.1 ota cok2

Just Recieve the 5.1.1 Update,
LMY47X.N915TUVU2COK2
Update size was around 650mb
video calling now enabled
No Themes
samsung pay still doesn't work, because knox was previously tripped.
Android pay works fine (because back on stock rom)
There appear to be NEW edge panels, (been 3months since i checked for panels so my just be new to me)
Did a Speed Test result were very poor 6MB Down 20MB Up Brooklyn NYC.
Also it appears you might not be able to downgrade back to a older verison of android.
Phone feel slower.

I have just updated mine. My phone was lagging very much after update. So i did a reset in Android recovery mode. And now my phone flies!

So This is T Mobile's update? Did you being any chance reset the phone and check if battery life has improved?
Also is the camera button back on the Edge Panel and how is your battery life?
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Alarmmy said:
I have just updated mine. My phone was lagging very much after update. So i did a reset in Android recovery mode. And now my phone flies!
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How is your battery life and is the camera button back on the Edge screen?

Camera button is still on the main screen, just took my phone off the charger will update end of the day with battery usage.

I am not happy with the update. It seems to have disabled the ability to detect my wallet cover. Now when I open and close it the phone does nothing. Instead it just stays showing the screen and nothing on the edge. That is not going to help my battery life. Also, when my alarm went off this morning it didn't give me the option to dismiss the alarm through the edge panel. I had to open the cover, which it didn't recognize and dismiss it on the screen. If you really can't go back to an older version I am just going to trade the phone in and get a Note 5. I loved the Edge but if it is losing some of the best functionalities it has then it is not worth staying with it. If anyone is able to help make the adjustments, at least for the wallet cover that would be appreciated.

edo101 said:
So This is T Mobile's update? Did you being any chance reset the phone and check if battery life has improved?
Also is the camera button back on the Edge Panel and how is your battery life?
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How is your battery life and is the camera button back on the Edge screen?
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I did factory reset, clear everything and the phone runs significant faster. Scrolling and transition are very buttery smooth. Camera button is not back tothe edge. Battery life seems good, but I will test more about that.
It seems the ram management is fixed as well.

Here is the ROM for N915T
http://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-N915T/

jemadrid said:
Here is the ROM for N915T
http://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-N915T/
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literally
the
slowest
download
ever.
6 hours?!?!?!?!?! 79-99 KB/S? really...

Got a solid 12hours of battery usage today 3 hours of screen ontime, and rerun speed test see for yourself.

fcjr77 said:
I am not happy with the update. It seems to have disabled the ability to detect my wallet cover. Now when I open and close it the phone does nothing. Instead it just stays showing the screen and nothing on the edge. That is not going to help my battery life. Also, when my alarm went off this morning it didn't give me the option to dismiss the alarm through the edge panel. I had to open the cover, which it didn't recognize and dismiss it on the screen. If you really can't go back to an older version I am just going to trade the phone in and get a Note 5. I loved the Edge but if it is losing some of the best functionalities it has then it is not worth staying with it. If anyone is able to help make the adjustments, at least for the wallet cover that would be appreciated.
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Christ, they really screwed this phone. The best phone ever and they just abandoned it. I suppose it will get worse with M. Why even bother to update this device if you are gonna just gonna give us Note 4. It would be a little less dismissive if they included the new Touchwiz and its features but its just an Android update. Thanks for the input. Looks like its 4.4.4 for life. The Wallet cover (Flip OEM Case) is the best case for this phone and if it doesn't work along with an increasing castration of Edge Screen features, I'm not installing it

jemadrid said:
Here is the ROM for N915T
http://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-N915T/
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Do u have a account to fast download ? Can u share it.. Thanks

I'll give it a try, but....
I'm on 5.0.1 rooted BOK1 / BOG2 version.
Does anyone know if Root is available for this build?
if not, I'm not even going there because I cannot stand the junk-ware carriers put on the devices.
Update: thanks to TEKHD ! We have it!

Mega Link to COK2.
https://mega.nz/#!R1lWlLaD!pel0FcUWgfCchAsNCc4Qs8Cs5mMDgJeNLtxbVSW46IY

OreBoySwaggin said:
Mega Link to COK2.
https://mega.nz/#!R1lWlLaD
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a password buddy..

Little-Fish said:
a password buddy..
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https://mega.nz/#!R1lWlLaD!pel0FcUWgfCchAsNCc4Qs8Cs5mMDgJeNLtxbVSW46IY
my bad, enjoy.

OreBoySwaggin said:
https://mega.nz/#!R1lWlLaD!pel0FcUWgfCchAsNCc4Qs8Cs5mMDgJeNLtxbVSW46IY
my bad, enjoy.
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Thanks bro !

edo101 said:
Christ, they really screwed this phone. The best phone ever and they just abandoned it. I suppose it will get worse with M. Why even bother to update this device if you are gonna just gonna give us Note 4. It would be a little less dismissive if they included the new Touchwiz and its features but its just an Android update. Thanks for the input. Looks like its 4.4.4 for life. The Wallet cover (Flip OEM Case) is the best case for this phone and if it doesn't work along with an increasing castration of Edge Screen features, I'm not installing it
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Ok I would really like you to list the edge features that have been stripped because I have yet to see any. The camera button was moved off the edge because there was too many complaints of people accidentally taking photos. I think it was a good adjustment, other than that the edge has always been what the edge was supposed to be, an extra screen. I love my note edge and I think it is one of the best android phones out there. The edge screen enhances the way I use my phone because I never have to leave the screen i'm on to access something different and it also cuts down on the amount of mods I need to install because the edge does a good job compensating for pie launchers and other shortcuts. The edge screen has only gotten better in my opinion

fcjr77 said:
I am not happy with the update. It seems to have disabled the ability to detect my wallet cover. Now when I open and close it the phone does nothing. Instead it just stays showing the screen and nothing on the edge. That is not going to help my battery life. Also, when my alarm went off this morning it didn't give me the option to dismiss the alarm through the edge panel. I had to open the cover, which it didn't recognize and dismiss it on the screen. If you really can't go back to an older version I am just going to trade the phone in and get a Note 5. I loved the Edge but if it is losing some of the best functionalities it has then it is not worth staying with it. If anyone is able to help make the adjustments, at least for the wallet cover that would be appreciated.
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Bad idea (Note 5, S, whatever) No removable (i.e. replaceable) battery and no additional storage (sd card)

The only thing that I actually noticed was the Google messenger app I use stopped sending mms messages until I uninstalled it. I have had the update for two hours now but have not seen any battery improvements or any other changes. I don't know if there are any new apps and I did not know about the new vide feature. Speed and battery are my main worries with any new updates. I will give it 48 hours before I make a determination. If it sucks then back to kitkat it is.

Darth-Kadd said:
Ok I would really like you to list the edge features that have been stripped because I have yet to see any. The camera button was moved off the edge because there was too many complaints of people accidentally taking photos. I think it was a good adjustment, other than that the edge has always been what the edge was supposed to be, an extra screen. I love my note edge and I think it is one of the best android phones out there. The edge screen enhances the way I use my phone because I never have to leave the screen i'm on to access something different and it also cuts down on the amount of mods I need to install because the edge does a good job compensating for pie launchers and other shortcuts. The edge screen has only gotten better in my opinion
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Good Lord, how do you accidentally take a picture on the Edge Screen? Its literally out on the other screen. If anything , having a shutter button on the screen makes it super easy to take a picture. When I was on 5.0.1 some notifcations would pop on on screen and my poweramp lock screen would bug out. Also the android player on the edge screen would dissappear every now and then so I couldn't toggle my music on the edge screen

horrible UI lag with Samsung theme

Hello, I have been playing with my new S7 edge a couple hours now and am liking it in some ways and wondering why the heck I paid 2.5x as much as I did for my 1+1 in many others. This maybe be a small thing, but I'm on the fence about returning the thing and going with a 6P instead, so hopefully some kind soul will help me confirm if my problem is my device or some software thing.
So, it seems that using any of the themes from the Samsung Store that contain an animated lockscreen totally bugger the S7. Here are steps to reproduce:
1) Go to the baked-in Samsung store, it's a Galaxy Essentials widget 2 screens over on mine
2) Choose Theme Store at the bottom, then AoD themes. Pick one with an animated lockscreen (Night Sky AOD and PixelQuest_AOD are two)
3) Download one and apply it. Lock phone and attempt to enter a pin.
At this point, my phone becomes almost unusably laggy - the only way I can get in is with the fingerprint sensor, and that even lags. Again, while this may not be a huge deal, it blows my mind that this $800 phone can't handle these 10 frame animations, especially since I was able to do similar on the 1+1 quite easily.
Thanks for any words of advice or confirmation on if this is a wider issue than just my phone. note the issue is gone after reverting to the stock theme, which wouldnt be a problem if I didnt hate the brightness - even the settings menus are much more readable to me with one of the themes I mentioned, other stuff aside.

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Hello, I have been playing with my new S7 edge a couple hours now and am liking it in some ways and wondering why the heck I paid 2.5x as much as I did for my 1+1 in many others. This maybe be a small thing, but I'm on the fence about returning the thing and going with a 6P instead, so hopefully some kind soul will help me confirm if my problem is my device or some software thing.
So, it seems that using any of the themes from the Samsung Store that contain an animated lockscreen totally bugger the S7. Here are steps to reproduce:
1) Go to the baked-in Samsung store, it's a Galaxy Essentials widget 2 screens over on mine
2) Choose Theme Store at the bottom, then AoD themes. Pick one with an animated lockscreen (Night Sky AOD and PixelQuest_AOD are two)
3) Download one and apply it. Lock phone and attempt to enter a pin.
At this point, my phone becomes almost unusably laggy - the only way I can get in is with the fingerprint sensor, and that even lags. Again, while this may not be a huge deal, it blows my mind that this $800 phone can't handle these 10 frame animations, especially since I was able to do similar on the 1+1 quite easily.
Thanks for any words of advice or confirmation on if this is a wider issue than just my phone. note the issue is gone after reverting to the stock theme, which wouldnt be a problem if I didnt hate the brightness - even the settings menus are much more readable to me with one of the themes I mentioned, other stuff aside.
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I have shineblack AOD, it lagged exactly as you described. Then I turned off aod and it no longer lags. Well it still lags in Chrome but that's another story.

Hmm, so the lag goes away without AoD? Great, thank you - must just be a software bug they will (hopefully) correct soon then.
Edit: tried switching off AoD in display, still the same lag.. guess you meant switching off the theme

Don't know what I am doing wrong or right lol but my phone didn't lag at all. I tried night sky and pixel quest.
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Hmm, so the lag goes away without AoD? Great, thank you - must just be a software bug they will (hopefully) correct soon then.
Edit: tried switching off AoD in display, still the same lag.. guess you meant switching off the theme
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Do you have the Snapdragon or Exynos?
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Cyberguycpt said:
Don't know what I am doing wrong or right lol but my phone didn't lag at all. I tried night sky and pixel quest.
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Do you have the Snapdragon or Exynos?
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Well.. that's depressing then Thanks for the result though. The phone I got is a Snapdragon. It feels like it's struggling in several other ways to me - ie, install bars going to 80% and sticking there forever, phone gets warmer than my 1+1 ever did running emulators etc just sitting on the homescreen, etc. This lagginess seems portentious enough that if others respond like you, I will just return and swap for a 6p. So yeah, thanks again

Well I have the Snapdragon too so don't know what's going on. Bit I'm on T-Mobile so don't know if it will differ per carriers. But it does seem like you are someone that like pure vanilla Android and if that's the case yeah you might want to get the Nexus phone.
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No I still have the theme on. It was lagging when AND was on, but since I turned AOD off pressing the home button, scanning a fingerprint and unlocking the phone happens in 2 seconds with no lag. Maybe it's just the theme you were using, Idk. It's still really early on for this phone, I'd expect a release day update. But if this chrome lag and page refreshing keeps up I'll likely be returning this thing within the 14 day limit. My $400 MXPE performs better.

Ok, thanks guys. I'm on Tmobile as well - just did a factory reset and still have the same prob, so meh. Enough of an omen for me to get out while the getting's good.

When I had the S6 Edge Plus I noticed that there were a few themes that caused lag but then they were eventually updated by the creator and the lag went away.
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I tried 4-5 different themes and i "feel" lagging with only white theme of tech section in Samsung themes.

QQ. Are you all rebooting right after you install new themes? I noticed on the S6 that this step was critical even if not directly recommended.
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Dr_Nikiforos said:
I tried 4-5 different themes and i "feel" lagging with only white theme of tech section in Samsung themes.
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Did you use the AoD enabled themes? (always on display) - it only seems to be the ones with animated lockscreens that cause the lag, the Dino theme in that category does not, for example
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QQ. Are you all rebooting right after you install new themes? I noticed on the S6 that this step was critical even if not directly recommended.
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I have rebooted several times, yeah. Also tried clearing cache and even a factory reset, with the same problem (just rushed into the samsung store and got a theme after the reset)
Are there any updates out already or anything I might be missing? Dont get why I'd have this prob and not someone with the same device/carrier like the guy posting here before, unless I just got a skunky phone or something Think I'm going to head to the T-Mobile store tomorrow and make them try it on one of the test units..

My lag came from when a theme applied a live wallpaper to the lock screen. I changed that back to a static paper and all is good again

@nukularpowar yes i have aod in every theme i tried. With England and others 2-3 everything was ok and very smouth but with white theme i found a little laggy from aod screen to unlock screen, also the scrolling seems to be slower than the others themes.

I've tried an AOD theme, I got no lag here using the Exynos variant
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why i downgrade to ui 2.5

ok first of all sry for my poor english.
look i hade the s21 ultra ,but after 4 days use i liked more the square display of the note ,so i went back to use the note 20 ultra ,and sold my s21 ultra.
now on the s21 ultra, i had many animation problem, like lagging, sometimes whatsapp not good etc...
the unlock animation made trouble, and i try any fix i saw on net but nothing fix the issue.
so i back to note 20 ultra ,and after update to ui 3.0 i saw exact same things that i had with my s21.
but now, i saw new firmware ui 3.1 so my phone support oxm (multi csc) so i download the new firmware and update via odin.
after update i saw that everything exact same as ui 3.0 like lagg, stuck somtimes ,and apps not fully works good with this new ui
people say maybe i had phone problem, but no , it was the same iisue like i had on my s21 .
now i download the latest firmware ui 2.5, and let me tell you ,it smooth like batter ,and not even 1 iisue at all.
so i dont need the simple new features that the ui 3+ brings, its all small things that i dont use anyway,so i recommand you all guys if you dont like somthing or got iisue with new firmware or the phone is abit laggy ,downgrade back to ui 2.5 and enjoy the phone ...hope it will help some of you that got eagle eye like me, and every little lag is problem.
cheers enjoy ,and good healthy to your all

can you force 120hz on wqhd at ui 2.5?

vagenrider said:
can you force 120hz on wqhd at ui 2.5?
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I DONT THINK SO BUT NOT ON 3.0 OR 3.1 ALSO
i know it not possible on note 20 ultra
anyway i had s21 ultra with 120hz and wqhd it looks exact same lolll sorry dont see diffrent

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I DONT THINK SO BUT NOT ON 3.0 OR 3.1 ALSO
i know it not possible on note 20 ultra
anyway i had s21 ultra with 120hz and wqhd it looks exact same lolll sorry dont see diffrent
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tried 3.0 and 3.1 today it won't works..and about the s21 you mention I was thinking exactly the same..i got the most smoothness by locking the refresh rate at 120 with the known app

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Indeed you can. Well, not really WQHD but something less.
Set your phone to FHD+ and Adaptive refresh rate in the Display Settings.
Set up adb, connect the phone, allow permission and type on the terminal adb devices (if you are using Powershell, then it's ./adb for all the following)
If everything is ok, then you can type in order adb shell wm size 1439x3087 which sets your resolution slightly under WQHD and adb shell wm density 560 which restores the pixel density. Now you can have Adaptive or Fixed 120hz resolution, or lower, with semi-WQHD resolution. This doesn't stick after reboot and obviously drain more power than the stock option.

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Indeed you can. Well, not really WQHD but something less.
Set your phone to FHD+ and Adaptive refresh rate in the Display Settings.
Set up adb, connect the phone, allow permission and type on the terminal adb devices (if you are using Powershell, then it's ./adb for all the following)
If everything is ok, then you can type in order adb shell wm size 1439x3087 which sets your resolution slightly under WQHD and adb shell wm density 560 which restores the pixel density. Now you can have Adaptive or Fixed 120hz resolution, or lower, with semi-WQHD resolution. This doesn't stick after reboot and obviously drain more power than the stock option.
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thanks so much mate

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thanks so much mate
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You are welcome!

nosferatu123 said:
ok first of all sry for my poor english.
look i hade the s21 ultra ,but after 4 days use i liked more the square display of the note ,so i went back to use the note 20 ultra ,and sold my s21 ultra.
now on the s21 ultra, i had many animation problem, like lagging, sometimes whatsapp not good etc...
the unlock animation made trouble, and i try any fix i saw on net but nothing fix the issue.
so i back to note 20 ultra ,and after update to ui 3.0 i saw exact same things that i had with my s21.
but now, i saw new firmware ui 3.1 so my phone support oxm (multi csc) so i download the new firmware and update via odin.
after update i saw that everything exact same as ui 3.0 like lagg, stuck somtimes ,and apps not fully works good with this new ui
people say maybe i had phone problem, but no , it was the same iisue like i had on my s21 .
now i download the latest firmware ui 2.5, and let me tell you ,it smooth like batter ,and not even 1 iisue at all.
so i dont need the simple new features that the ui 3+ brings, its all small things that i dont use anyway,so i recommand you all guys if you dont like somthing or got iisue with new firmware or the phone is abit laggy ,downgrade back to ui 2.5 and enjoy the phone ...hope it will help some of you that got eagle eye like me, and every little lag is problem.
cheers enjoy ,and good healthy to your all
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Hey Friend,
Sux to hear about your issues with One UI 3.0-NO(lol, that's me)! i do get the lagging some but it's usually me (I find) because I didn't close apps I was using earlier and catch myself with like 25 still open/still running! What's more, keep in mind these are all mine, not including the apps already running in the background, system apps, etc.,you know! Did you sell your S21 Ultra outright or did Samsung accept the return, without a hitch? I'm curious, because couple years ago with my Note9 Unlocked I had a similar incident to yours and attempted to return it to them and, long story short, ended up coming back to me! smh
Since that transaction, I got flagged (or something) and cannot order anything from Samsung.com, or through their apps ShopSamsung or ShopGalaxy...message comes back to my email saying "Order Canceled Due To I Exceeded The Allowed Number Of Transactions"!? Thats 3 years ago, and is still going on, it's like they banned me because of the attempted return?! I switched to BestBuy.com a few years ago and since then I get my new flagship sooner (by weeks) than the pre-order folks, and save at least $100 when paying in full vs. Samsung.com pricing! I received my device(using now) Note20 Ultra 512gb 5G at the beginning of the 2nd week in August last year and that freaked me out cuz I figured I'd be waiting 'til end of month, minimum! Sorry, wandered a bit there...glad you got your device issues ironed-out, because there is alot of folks out there that have device issues, ongoing, and either just decide to live with them, or don't know who to turn to for help, like these LIFESAVERS at XDA DEVELOPERS!
So, with your worries gone your holding on with Android 10 One UI 2.5 until further notice, I suppose?
That's my man....right on!!

yes my friend thats truth.i stay with note 20 ultra 2.5 ui the best and the smoothest.
i didnt returned my s21 ultra i sold it .and the lag with the new ui 3.0 or 3.1 is only when i unlock the phone you will see the transection lag with the icons but only when unlocking the phone (ints not apps in the backgrownd its new from store after set everything new) i know now that its in every phone in the note and in the s21 the same i checked many phones all the same maybe people not look for every small thing, but i like it to be perfect .
so i find what is the problem with this lag in s21 and the ultra ,the problem is the adaptive hz because sometimes the adaptive put your phone in 60hz and not all the time 120hz when the phone on lock screen its 60hz or lower then when you unlock its not put the phone on 120hz fast so thers the little annoying lag but in the 2.5 ui its work perfect ,so im happy ,and by the way you all should read the s21 ultra xda thread about heating problem guys im telling you i had the phone and when you lunch the camera app omg its start to overheating in less then min
or if you open facebook and surf it ,less the 3 min the screen dim very much because overheating.
i know ouer note is heating too im just live it in sunlight for 3 min the screen dim and the phone become hot ,but hey dont leave it in hot place lol trust me our note is the best phone for today trust me i had the s21 ultra !
the camera good you dont need 100 times zoom its insane and cant be used and the screen is perfect and exact same like the s21 ultra the only diffrence is the square shape that i like best..so any way enjoy your note phone and stay healthy all

nosferatu123 said:
yes my friend thats truth.i stay with note 20 ultra 2.5 ui the best and the smoothest.
i didnt returned my s21 ultra i sold it .and the lag with the new ui 3.0 or 3.1 is only when i unlock the phone you will see the transection lag with the icons but only when unlocking the phone (ints not apps in the backgrownd its new from store after set everything new) i know now that its in every phone in the note and in the s21 the same i checked many phones all the same maybe people not look for every small thing, but i like it to be perfect .
so i find what is the problem with this lag in s21 and the ultra ,the problem is the adaptive hz because sometimes the adaptive put your phone in 60hz and not all the time 120hz when the phone on lock screen its 60hz or lower then when you unlock its not put the phone on 120hz fast so thers the little annoying lag but in the 2.5 ui its work perfect ,so im happy ,and by the way you all should read the s21 ultra xda thread about heating problem guys im telling you i had the phone and when you lunch the camera app omg its start to overheating in less then min
or if you open facebook and surf it ,less the 3 min the screen dim very much because overheating.
i know ouer note is heating too im just live it in sunlight for 3 min the screen dim and the phone become hot ,but hey dont leave it in hot place lol trust me our note is the best phone for today trust me i had the s21 ultra !
the camera good you dont need 100 times zoom its insane and cant be used and the screen is perfect and exact same like the s21 ultra the only diffrence is the square shape that i like best..so any way enjoy your note phone and stay healthy all
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right on...thnx. for sharing, yep, and I love my beast, my SM-N986U1!!

evnStevn said:
right on...thnx. for sharing, yep, and I love my beast, my SM-N986U1!!
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I might try the dialing it back to 10+2.5 because of you and a few others have done it or seriously considering it! I remember jumping right in to the beta program when it became available and of course you expect the issues that come with that! Prior to that I don't remember ANY ISSUES with the lagging or running hot?! Hey, it's a good backup, a data wipe, and a patched-odin flash after f/w download to jog my memory...that might be a "oh, it's on" for tonite. In fact, after this dialog I'm going forward with the prep work on that note (no pun intended, lol)! I can always allow the upgrade if I see there's no change from what's running now under the hood! Heck, I've been bored to death lately...I've needed a project so allow me to say, Thank You, my friend!!

nosferatu123 said:
ok first of all sry for my poor english.
look i hade the s21 ultra ,but after 4 days use i liked more the square display of the note ,so i went back to use the note 20 ultra ,and sold my s21 ultra.
now on the s21 ultra, i had many animation problem, like lagging, sometimes whatsapp not good etc...
the unlock animation made trouble, and i try any fix i saw on net but nothing fix the issue.
so i back to note 20 ultra ,and after update to ui 3.0 i saw exact same things that i had with my s21.
but now, i saw new firmware ui 3.1 so my phone support oxm (multi csc) so i download the new firmware and update via odin.
after update i saw that everything exact same as ui 3.0 like lagg, stuck somtimes ,and apps not fully works good with this new ui
people say maybe i had phone problem, but no , it was the same iisue like i had on my s21 .
now i download the latest firmware ui 2.5, and let me tell you ,it smooth like batter ,and not even 1 iisue at all.
so i dont need the simple new features that the ui 3+ brings, its all small things that i dont use anyway,so i recommand you all guys if you dont like somthing or got iisue with new firmware or the phone is abit laggy ,downgrade back to ui 2.5 and enjoy the phone ...hope it will help some of you that got eagle eye like me, and every little lag is problem.
cheers enjoy ,and good healthy to your all
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can you please tell me how you downgraded from UI 3.1 to 2.5? i also would like to do that. i have a regular s20, not ultra though

konoplya said:
can you please tell me how you downgraded from UI 3.1 to 2.5? i also would like to do that. i have a regular s20, not ultra though
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As long as the bootloader is the same or higher than the ROM installed, 5h number from the right on the build number, then you can just flash using ODIN without tripping KNOX. If the number of the ROM you want to install is LOWER than the number in the ROM you have then you are just [email protected]#$ out of luck as you will only get bootloops or stuck on Samsung logo until you flash the rom with the higher bootloader number again...

ultramag69 said:
As long as the bootloader is the same or higher than the ROM installed, 5h number from the right on the build number, then you can just flash using ODIN without tripping KNOX. If the number of the ROM you want to install is LOWER than the number in the ROM you have then you are just [email protected]#$ out of luck as you will only get bootloops or stuck on Samsung logo until you flash the rom with the higher bootloader number again...
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so this is my info from the phone
Baseband: G981U1UEU1DUB7
Kernel: 4.19.113-20937596
Build: RP1A.200720.012.G981U1UEU1DUB7
Knox: 3.7
Knox API level 33
will this work?

nosferatu123 said:
ok first of all sry for my poor english.
look i hade the s21 ultra ,but after 4 days use i liked more the square display of the note ,so i went back to use the note 20 ultra ,and sold my s21 ultra.
now on the s21 ultra, i had many animation problem, like lagging, sometimes whatsapp not good etc...
the unlock animation made trouble, and i try any fix i saw on net but nothing fix the issue.
so i back to note 20 ultra ,and after update to ui 3.0 i saw exact same things that i had with my s21.
but now, i saw new firmware ui 3.1 so my phone support oxm (multi csc) so i download the new firmware and update via odin.
after update i saw that everything exact same as ui 3.0 like lagg, stuck somtimes ,and apps not fully works good with this new ui
people say maybe i had phone problem, but no , it was the same iisue like i had on my s21 .
now i download the latest firmware ui 2.5, and let me tell you ,it smooth like batter ,and not even 1 iisue at all.
so i dont need the simple new features that the ui 3+ brings, its all small things that i dont use anyway,so i recommand you all guys if you dont like somthing or got iisue with new firmware or the phone is abit laggy ,downgrade back to ui 2.5 and enjoy the phone ...hope it will help some of you that got eagle eye like me, and every little lag is problem.
cheers enjoy ,and good healthy to your all
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I had the same laggy feeling on 3.0 but 3.1 solved everything for me.
It runs smooth exactly like 2.5 with no choppy animation or anything.
I recommend factory reset if you decide to update again.

konoplya said:
so this is my info from the phone
Baseband: G981U1UEU1DUB7
Kernel: 4.19.113-20937596
Build: RP1A.200720.012.G981U1UEU1DUB7
Knox: 3.7
Knox API level 33
will this work?
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G981U1UEU1DUB7 - green number is the bootloader number. If the ROM you want to flash has the same (or lower) number it should work... Unless Samsung have changed up things since the last update...
Regardless, as long as you are flashing you're regional ROM, making sure you are getting a Snapdragon ROM, as you have a Snapdragon device, you can flash the old ROM back if something goes wrong.
Make sure to flash Home_CSC to retain data as using the CSC file will factory reset your phone.

nosferatu123 said:
ok first of all sry for my poor english.
look i hade the s21 ultra ,but after 4 days use i liked more the square display of the note ,so i went back to use the note 20 ultra ,and sold my s21 ultra.
now on the s21 ultra, i had many animation problem, like lagging, sometimes whatsapp not good etc...
the unlock animation made trouble, and i try any fix i saw on net but nothing fix the issue.
so i back to note 20 ultra ,and after update to ui 3.0 i saw exact same things that i had with my s21.
but now, i saw new firmware ui 3.1 so my phone support oxm (multi csc) so i download the new firmware and update via odin.
after update i saw that everything exact same as ui 3.0 like lagg, stuck somtimes ,and apps not fully works good with this new ui
people say maybe i had phone problem, but no , it was the same iisue like i had on my s21 .
now i download the latest firmware ui 2.5, and let me tell you ,it smooth like batter ,and not even 1 iisue at all.
so i dont need the simple new features that the ui 3+ brings, its all small things that i dont use anyway,so i recommand you all guys if you dont like somthing or got iisue with new firmware or the phone is abit laggy ,downgrade back to ui 2.5 and enjoy the phone ...hope it will help some of you that got eagle eye like me, and every little lag is problem.
cheers enjoy ,and good healthy to your all
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Just want to add some comments about n20u vs s21u
I currently have both the devices. Looks like with the One UI 3.1 all the lag has gone.
Both the devices are super snappy. No lag anywhere at all and a big upgrade from the note 9, I had
I use the n20u most of the time as I also love the screen of note than s21.
Note screen is much bigger due to the square edges and being a bit wider.
I use adaptive refresh on both devices and there is no visible difference between
fhd+ and wqhd+
I use a dpi of 576 and still looks nice.
Spen-The experience of using spen with note is much different from s21u. The ability to carry the spen within the phone is a big plus as I like using my phone naked.
In terms of the SD card: I had a 512gb SD card for a long time but after getting s21u, I do not miss it. I have the 512gb version and it has plenty of space. I also do not have to worry about the data in the SD card, in case I loose the phone.
Overall both are great devices. For my use N20u has an advantage over s21u.
I might consider selling the s21u soon before it looses a lot of value.
I do no have and sd card

ultramag69 said:
G981U1UEU1DUB7 - green number is the bootloader number. If the ROM you want to flash has the same (or lower) number it should work... Unless Samsung have changed up things since the last update...
Regardless, as long as you are flashing you're regional ROM, making sure you are getting a Snapdragon ROM, as you have a Snapdragon device, you can flash the old ROM back if something goes wrong.
Make sure to flash Home_CSC to retain data as using the CSC file will factory reset your phone.
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thank you. i flashed it with the appropriate firmware and i'm back on 2.5!

Techvir said:
Just want to add some comments about n20u vs s21u
I currently have both the devices. Looks like with the One UI 3.1 all the lag has gone.
Both the devices are super snappy. No lag anywhere at all and a big upgrade from the note 9, I had
I use the n20u most of the time as I also love the screen of note than s21.
Note screen is much bigger due to the square edges and being a bit wider.
I use adaptive refresh on both devices and there is no visible difference between
fhd+ and wqhd+
I use a dpi of 576 and still looks nice.
Spen-The experience of using spen with note is much different from s21u. The ability to carry the spen within the phone is a big plus as I like using my phone naked.
In terms of the SD card: I had a 512gb SD card for a long time but after getting s21u, I do not miss it. I have the 512gb version and it has plenty of space. I also do not have to worry about the data in the SD card, in case I loose the phone.
Overall both are great devices. For my use N20u has an advantage over s21u.
I might consider selling the s21u soon before it looses a lot of value.
I do no have and sd card
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This is great news that 3.1 resolved it. Thank you for reporting back.
Do you also know if the screen overheating issues have been resolved as well?