Hey, I have the N9005 and I'm on a custom rom running lollipop with touchwiz. Is it better if I downgraded to KitKat with touchwiz, but custom rom? Because I feel Lollipop UI is messed up and performance and battery life was better on KitKat... Thanks!
If you ask you have already the solution. ....you haven't find a good l rom?????
Downgrade to gingerbread
I don't feel that Lollipop is messed up, and I also know that the battery life is actually better in LP than it ever was on KK, so rather than be a sarcastic arse I would simply suggest to stay on stock LP based ROMs.
Try this
Make a backup of your current ROM.
Try a CyanogenMod 12.1(Android 5.1.1) ROM of N9005 for about a week.
If it suits your needs keep it.
If not you have your backup.
Have fun!
Edit: for me lollipop is better than kitkat in terms of battery life for both the galaxy note 4 and galaxy s5
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Lollipop 5.0 is crap,it's ugly.
Bugs are a plenty
Although.........................
http://www.androidstandard.com/galaxy-note-3-will-get-the-android-5-1-1-update-soon-2/
I've used custom roms before but not that they are not necessarily more suitable.
I had an s2 that I tried a few roms on and settle with Omega which was a major improvement over the stock ROM.
I how have an s4 (i9500) that was acting up. I rooted it when I first got it with ODIN and have recovering already set up. A while ago I upgraded it to 4.4.2 and now want to try 5.1.1
After some trial and error I managed to get a 5.0.1 rom on my phone and I like it a lot better than 4.2.2 from what little I've used it. I'm thinking that it would make more sense to go with something 5.1.1 flavoured though. I'm not really sure which roms I should try though. I care most about stability, battery and responsiveness, especially the camera. What bothered me most about my phone is how long the camera would take to start up. That and my phone started shutting itself off every so often.
I know of cyanogenmod 12.1 and heard of paranoidandroid. What are the top roms I should consider. I've look through the threads here but it is a bit overwhelming in terms of choice, feature and volume of comments to suddenly jump into.
I've been flashing away... on my phone
Resurrection Remix LP v5.5.8
Blisspop 5.1.1
cyanogenmod 12.1
crDroid 5.1.1
I've found that 5.1.1 is really ugly and that these roms all look pretty similar- uly top bar and ugly icons
I tried LL V2.0 (5.0.x Lollipop) and I like it way more than 4.4.2
[WORKING sheard romv1.5]
I wish I could find a 5.1.1 rom that looks like 5.0.1
This is of course based on the assumption the 5.1.1 is better than 5.0.x in terms of stability and battery life.
What should I do? stick with LL V2.0 or can I get something that looks the same with a 5.1.1 core?
Hey guys, I'm currently on stock Lollipop because in my J500FN Marshmallow 6.0.1 has a RAM problem and it isn't smooth. I'd like to flash Resurrection Remix to try this beautiful rom; then I'd like to give a new try to Marshmallow in J500FN because samsung released a recent update for spain http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/113125/J500FNXXU1BPK3_J500FNOXA1BPK3_PHE/ and I hope this would solve RAM and smoothness problems. But I also read the topic that says it's not suggesteable to flash latest marshmallow firmware because I might not downgrade to lollipop; Do I risk flashing this last firmware? What do you think about?
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Hey guys, I'm currently on stock Lollipop because in my J500FN Marshmallow 6.0.1 has a RAM problem and it isn't smooth. I'd like to flash Resurrection Remix to try this beautiful rom; then I'd like to give a new try to Marshmallow in J500FN because samsung released a recent update for spain http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/113125/J500FNXXU1BPK3_J500FNOXA1BPK3_PHE/ and I hope this would solve RAM and smoothness problems. But I also read the topic that says it's not suggesteable to flash latest marshmallow firmware because I might not downgrade to lollipop; Do I risk flashing this last firmware? What do you think about?
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An update wouldn't solve the ram or lag. It's about Touchwiz. No matter how many updates you get.
Touchwiz is fully bloated with Knox crap and other things (inside almost every apk). 95% J5 will be my last Samsung phone ever, just because Touchwiz.
Did you ever use cm12.1 by Nick? There's a huge difference between AOSP based rom and Touchwiz, both in performance/smoothness and ram usage/multitasking.
People say that CM battery drain faster. I agree, but remember this:
Touchwiz = lag, bad multitasking, more battery.
CM based rom = fast (I had 0 lag), awesome multitasking, less battery.
It's your choice which you use, but CM is definitely a winner for me.
As my next phone (when J5 will stop working), I want an phone which comes with AOSP, like Nexus or Moto. As far as I know, these phones has non-removable battery, which always worried me, but having AOSP is a big deal.
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An update wouldn't solve the ram or lag. It's about Touchwiz. No matter how many updates you get.
Touchwiz is fully bloated with Knox crap and other things (inside almost every apk). 95% J5 will be my last Samsung phone ever, just because Touchwiz.
Did you ever use cm12.1 by Nick? There's a huge difference between AOSP based rom and Touchwiz, both in performance/smoothness and ram usage/multitasking.
People say that CM battery drain faster. I agree, but remember this:
Touchwiz = lag, bad multitasking, more battery.
CM based rom = fast (I had 0 lag), awesome multitasking, less battery.
It's your choice which you use, but CM is definitely a winner for me.
As my next phone (when J5 will stop working), I want an phone which comes with AOSP, like Nexus or Moto. As far as I know, these phones has non-removable battery, which always worried me, but having AOSP is a big deal.
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Yeah that's true, Touchwiz is very heavy, but other people said that Marshmallow in J500F doesn't have these perfomance/RAM problems and it is smooth. So, it also depends on how Samsung does optimizes it. Maybe with an update J500FN Marshmallow will become like 6.0.1 on J500F, who knows. Btw I'm flashing your RR right now. Do I risk if I then flash last firmware for J500F? Can I downgrade to Lollipop if I want?
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Yeah that's true, Touchwiz is very heavy, but other people said that Marshmallow in J500F doesn't have these perfomance/RAM problems and it is smooth. So, it also depends on how Samsung does optimizes it. Maybe with an update J500FN Marshmallow will become like 6.0.1 on J500F, who knows. Btw I'm flashing your RR right now. Do I risk if I then flash last firmware for J500F? Can I downgrade to Lollipop if I want?
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I don't think you can flash J500F firmware on other model.
And I don't know if you can downgrade or not, neither. The 2-3 people which said that can't downgrade are J500H owners. Other people says that is fake.
If you believe or not, it's up to you. But i believe, considering that it happened on other Samsung phones even in past (Google, XDA).
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I don't think you can flash J500F firmware on other model.
And I don't know if you can downgrade or not, neither. The 2-3 people which said that can't downgrade are J500H owners. Other people says that is fake.
If you believe or not, it's up to you. But i believe, considering that it happened on other Samsung phones even in past (Google, XDA).
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I don't wanna flash a J500F firmware in my J500FN, lol. I just asked if with latest firmware for J500FN I couldn't downgrade to Lollipop again. If the problem occured only to J500H users I think that's fine, I'll flash latest marshmallow firmware then. Thanks buddy, check your PM one moment!
Razorbak34 said:
Hey guys, I'm currently on stock Lollipop because in my J500FN Marshmallow 6.0.1 has a RAM problem and it isn't smooth. I'd like to flash Resurrection Remix to try this beautiful rom; then I'd like to give a new try to Marshmallow in J500FN because samsung released a recent update for spain http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/113125/J500FNXXU1BPK3_J500FNOXA1BPK3_PHE/ and I hope this would solve RAM and smoothness problems. But I also read the topic that says it's not suggesteable to flash latest marshmallow firmware because I might not downgrade to lollipop; Do I risk flashing this last firmware? What do you think about?
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I flashed MM in my J5FN and later downgraded to LP several times, and nothing occurred, I don't know, if I can, many people too, no?
Will you try it?? :fingers-crossed:
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MiGuPa said:
I flashed MM in my J5FN and later downgraded to LP several times, and nothing occurred, I don't know, if I can, many people too, no?
Will you try it?? :fingers-crossed:
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I'm currently on MM and on the latest firmware situation didn't change, RAM problems are still there and I flashed latest firmware of my country. I think i'll stay a bit here, when I'll downgrade I'll let you know if I'll be able to do that
MiGuPa said:
I flashed MM in my J5FN and later downgraded to LP several times, and nothing occurred, I don't know, if I can, many people too, no?
Will you try it?? :fingers-crossed:
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I go up and down from LP - MM regularly and have never had any problems. I'm on the J500FN
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This is a real Guide from neodapsi or just a setup?
I guess I can't find a good ROM there...
Anyway, what is your recommendation to get the YD206 to a newer (only if better and fully functional) ROM aside from the 4.4.3 it came with.
OTA doesn't seem to discover updates - or would you guys recommend to stay where I am?
I believe there is an Official Marshmallow rom floating about.
It works great, not much support otherwise if you want the 2nd screen...
there is a KK version (what you have), lollipop version, and marshmallow version. what you have is by far the most stable, the marshmallow version has the most features, and the lollipop version is a good in between. im using the marshmallow version right now
Currently on stock 5.1.1. Would upgrading to 6.0.1 improve my battery without affecting performance?
I notice in the past, jumping from 4.4.4 to 5.1.1 would decrease my storage space cuz lollipop takes more space.
Are you guys happier on 6 or 5?
I would
imeem said:
Currently on stock 5.1.1. Would upgrading to 6.0.1 improve my battery without affecting performance?
I notice in the past, jumping from 4.4.4 to 5.1.1 would decrease my storage space cuz lollipop takes more space.
Are you guys happier on 6 or 5?
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Downgrade to 4.4.4
If your IR blaster is working do not under any circumstance update.
My ir blaster was gone after an update long ago.
Same here, everything works great
CSM Fol said:
6.0.1 is the last and worst update Samsung pushed out on the Note 4 because the SOT on the stock firmware be 3 hours max. But, it is worth the upgrade, because one developer on the Exynos thread, @ananjaser1211 is working on two upcoming ROMs: LineageOS 8.1.0 and Daedalus Note 8 Port ROM 7.1.1 with Samsung Experience 8.5, and you need Marshmallow to get those to work. And surely they will give life to our rotten Exynos Note 4 by getting Nougat and Oreo that Google didn't allow Samsung to push, giving us better battery life, and more features that the beloved Note 4 never gets to receive.
For more info about those two mentioned ROMs, click here to see the latest update.
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idk based on what u have said, i shouldn't upgrade then.
kpwnApps said:
Downgrade to 4.4.4
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i would! but i heard since COJ5, downgrading is blocked...?