Note 4 AOSP state - Galaxy Note 4 General

Just wondering how well does AOSP work so far for Note 4?
Do all features work without glitches? Are there still problems with Samsung not releasing drivers/documentation causing serious bugs and glitches? How is samsung-specific hardware (like S-Pen or fingerprint reader) functioning on AOSP builds?
I'm considering Note 4, but I want a phone with well working AOSP (for example Note 2 has a lot of issues, especially in Lollipop versions, presumably due to lack of Samsung's documentation).

Basic ly you lose all extra features with aosp
Crappy camera no pen. This is with all samsung phones
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I'm aware about loosing all fancy samsung S-Pen apps but how well does S-Pen work technically (does it support right-click via pen button for example? This feature got cut in Lollipop on N2 for some reason so I'm wondering if it works on N4).

matejdro said:
Just wondering how well does AOSP work so far for Note 2?
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You might want to ask this in the Note 2 section.
Racinghart91 said:
Basic ly you lose all extra features with aosp
Crappy camera no pen. This is with all samsung phones
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The camera is hardware........
If your talking about the Note 2 then probably. If your talking about the Note 4 then this is just more rubbish being posted to confuse people.
matejdro said:
I'm aware about loosing all fancy samsung S-Pen apps but how well does S-Pen work technically (does it support right-click via pen button for example? This feature got cut in Lollipop on N2 for some reason).
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Again two phone were mentioned and I have no idea which you are referring to. I'll assume Note 4 .
Everything works fine. Even camera and sPen. UHD recording works. Battery life is ok. You'll get around 12-18 hours of moderate usage. Of course you will loose TW features but you should already have known that. If you don't use action memo, S-health, S-whatever, KNOX or use the downsize app feature (Which nothing supports it anyways) then you will be fine.
EDIT: I forgot to mention. If you have another Samsung accessory like the Samsung Gear 2 then you don't want to use anything but TouchWiz. Samsung has locked out paying customers from using them on anything unless it is running BloatWiz, I mean TouchWiz.

Yeah I meant Note 4, I mistyped, sorry (edited my post above).
Thanks for the answer.
Also @airwa1kin7 does what you said apply to Kitkat roms or also to Lollipop ones?

matejdro said:
Yeah I meant Note 4, I mistyped, sorry (edited my post above).
Thanks for the answer.
Also @airwa1kin7 does what you said apply to Kitkat roms or also to Lollipop ones?
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Like KK AOSP?

Racinghart91 said:
Basic ly you lose all extra features with aosp
Crappy camera no pen. This is with all samsung phones
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S-pen works fine. FV-5 camera is great and UHD recording works fine. Currently the finger print sensor is not supported, but might be in future versions, most of the code is there already: Google pulled it at the last moment cause Apple bought the company but most was uploaded already, so it should be doalbe to support it.
Battery is the same as TW. ROM is stable, no crashes or weird bugs.
Anyway make sure you buy the snapdragon variant if you want AOSP: Exynos chipset is not yet supported and I'd say you'll see the Note 5 in the shops before the Note 4 Exynos AOSP is stable.

airwa1kin7 said:
Like KK AOSP?
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Yes.

matejdro said:
Yes.
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Haven't used a KK AOSP ROM yet. If i'm going to go through the painful process of using 4.4.4 I'll just use TW instead of AOSP. I've primarily just used LL AOSP ROMS.

gekkehenkie11 said:
S-pen works fine. FV-5 camera is great and UHD recording works fine. Currently the finger print sensor is not supported, but might be in future versions, most of the code is there already: Google pulled it at the last moment cause Apple bought the company but most was uploaded already, so it should be doalbe to support it.
Battery is the same as TW. ROM is stable, no crashes or weird bugs.
Anyway make sure you buy the snapdragon variant if you want AOSP.
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can you use air view/command/pointer action memos etc on aosp or just as stylus?

tmac31 said:
can you use air view/command/pointer action memos etc on aosp or just as stylus?
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Yeah. s-pen Air view/command just works as in TW. And you can link ejects of the s-pen to an action (like opening your favourite memo). However you can not select and copy/paste a part of the screen although it should be easy to write an app for it, maybe it even exists (it should just overlay the screen with your sketch and then copy/paste that area).

gekkehenkie11 said:
Yeah. s-pen Air view/command just works as in TW. And you can link ejects of the s-pen to an action (like opening your favourite memo). However you can not select and copy/paste a part of the screen although it should be easy to write an app for it, maybe it even exists (it should just overlay the screen with your sketch and then copy/paste that area).
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hmm maybe its possible to try on my 915f note edge too.

tmac31 said:
hmm maybe its possible to try on my 915f note edge too.
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Somebody was working on the edge. I remember some guy came into the IRC chat asking question about supporting the edge screen, I think it was a few weeks ago. Not sure if he succeeded though, als dont remember his name, sorry.

airwa1kin7 said:
Haven't used a KK AOSP ROM yet. If i'm going to go through the painful process of using 4.4.4 I'll just use TW instead of AOSP. I've primarily just used LL AOSP ROMS.
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Thanks. I assumed you used KK based on your signature but if everything already works on L, even better. I also don't care about KK if L works fine.

gekkehenkie11 said:
S-pen works fine. FV-5 camera is great and UHD recording works fine. Currently the finger print sensor is not supported, but might be in future versions, most of the code is there already: Google pulled it at the last moment cause Apple bought the company but most was uploaded already, so it should be doalbe to support it.
Battery is the same as TW. ROM is stable, no crashes or weird bugs.
Anyway make sure you buy the snapdragon variant if you want AOSP: Exynos chipset is not yet supported and I'd say you'll see the Note 5 in the shops before the Note 4 Exynos AOSP is stable.
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Is fv5 camera an app ? I really enjoyed your cm12 rom henkie. The only big problem for me was the camera quality.. so if there's a way that I could get the camera better I'm right back to your rom
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airwa1kin7 said:
You might want to ask this in the Note 2 section.
The camera is hardware........
If your talking about the Note 2 then probably. If your talking about the Note 4 then this is just more rubbish being posted to confuse people.
Again two phone were mentioned and I have no idea which you are referring to. I'll assume Note 4 .
Everything works fine. Even camera and sPen. UHD recording works. Battery life is ok. You'll get around 12-18 hours of moderate usage. Of course you will loose TW features but you should already have known that. If you don't use action memo, S-health, S-whatever, KNOX or use the downsize app feature (Which nothing supports it anyways) then you will be fine.
EDIT: I forgot to mention. If you have another Samsung accessory like the Samsung Gear 2 then you don't want to use anything but TouchWiz. Samsung has locked out paying customers from using them on anything unless it is running BloatWiz, I mean TouchWiz.
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And the camera drivers are software.
Sent from my SM-N910F using XDA Free mobile app

Racinghart91 said:
Is fv5 camera an app ? I really enjoyed your cm12 rom henkie. The only big problem for me was the camera quality.. so if there's a way that I could get the camera better I'm right back to your rom
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There are several camera apps. The CM12 stock cam, the google cam, the FV-5 cam, open cam, snap cam, just to name a few. I don't like the CM12 stock cam too much neither but the FV-5 camera app is pretty good. It costs $3 though but those are $3 well spent in my opinion You don't need the Cm12 ROM to test them of course, they run on any android platform, so check them out, all available in the app store.
The Samsung cam app is indeed quite nice though, that's one of the few things Samsung actually did right

Racinghart91 said:
Is fv5 camera an app ? I really enjoyed your cm12 rom henkie. The only big problem for me was the camera quality.. so if there's a way that I could get the camera better I'm right back to your rom
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Oops. Auto correct on my phone. I meant the default AOSP camera app. It works fine for me. Even better then the TW app. Which is odd.
And the camera drivers are software.
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That I know. I was being silly.

I had CM12 on my note 4 for a couple of weeks, it wasn't stable enough for a daily driver really, some of the issues I had:
- Overheating, the phone gets hot, really hot, not just normal warming from charging or heavy use. On one occasion the phone smelt like burning electronics, i thought it was going to be dead.
- Camera is unstable, on first launch it was okay, subsequent launches gave an error of unable to connect to camera, only a reboot fixed it.
- Battery life is aweful, on echo i charge once a day on CM12 I had to charge 3 times a day.
- Random reboots, the phone would reboot then get stuck on the CM loading screen.
(I have the N910G,things maybe different on the N910F)

Yeah according to above replies N910F is considerably better than C edition (Apparently Exynos documentation still sucks way more than Qualcomm's?).
Thanks for the answer though, now I know N910G is completely off limits for me.

thelestat said:
I had CM12 on my note 4 for a couple of weeks, it wasn't stable enough for a daily driver really, some of the issues I had:
- Overheating, the phone gets hot, really hot, not just normal warming from charging or heavy use. On one occasion the phone smelt like burning electronics, i thought it was going to be dead.
- Camera is unstable, on first launch it was okay, subsequent launches gave an error of unable to connect to camera, only a reboot fixed it.
- Battery life is aweful, on echo i charge once a day on CM12 I had to charge 3 times a day.
- Random reboots, the phone would reboot then get stuck on the CM loading screen.
(I have the N910G,things maybe different on the N910F)
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Had the same problems with my Note 4 - N910F, lol..
I'm stuch with Touchwiz aswell at the moment

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First impression on my Note 4

Received today my unit.
First impression is great, phone is really fast, no lag at the moment.
I have compared the screen with Note 3 and white looks whiter than on Note 3. On Note 3 has yellow pigment.
S Pen got some new functions and it is really precise.
At the moment I am discovering new functions and all.
If you have any questions just ask.
hi, I suppose it comes with Evernote pre-installed... does it come with one year of premium subscription, too? Thanks
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hi, I suppose it comes with Evernote pre-installed... does it come with one year of premium subscription, too? Thanks
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Yes, it comes with 12 months premium.
http://i.imgur.com/yM60cbi.png
Does the phone have build quality issues like being able to fit a business card between the screen edge and the body?
I looked at one at Best Buy today and there were no spaces between the glass and the edge. I think someone just got a messed up unit.
captainbirdseye86 said:
Does the phone have build quality issues like being able to fit a business card between the screen edge and the body?
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Nope, there is no build quality issue and there is no gap betwen screen and body.
I can post pictures if you want.
Try to squeeze it and see if it laggs . Make that multi task burn! LOL
Try to use like 7 apps at the same time.
Also does the gallery app have a delay openning? And the phone dialer when you tap on contacts in my s3 it needs 3 seconds to show the contacts...is it the same for n4?
Hows battery life?
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Does it bend? jk
patriotaki said:
Try to squeeze it and see if it laggs . Make that multi task burn! LOL
Try to use like 7 apps at the same time.
Also does the gallery app have a delay openning? And the phone dialer when you tap on contacts in my s3 it needs 3 seconds to show the contacts...is it the same for n4?
Hows battery life?
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Running like 8-9 apps, tried switching between them and it is fast. No lag at the moment.
About the gallery. It opens it instantly but it takes few seconds to liad the photos. Until then it is white screen with blue bar on top
Phone dialer has no lag, it opens instantly and it is ready to use the same second. Same goes for contacts, no lag.
Battery life, to soon to judge but on this charge it took 12% to get 47 minutes screen on. It was moderate usage.
I must say, samsung keyboard is bad. Screen is big but typing is not so good. Will change keyboard for Android L.
Ram usage is 1.5 gb in normal.
And I have disabled few apps like facebook, instagram, ets.
And device is dying for DPI change.
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Does it bend? jk
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Lol, no
Is the Korean version? or the U.S version? What color is your Note IV? Can you swipe open the multi-window from the right screen or do you have to use App swifter or back key?
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Yes, it comes with 12 months premium.
http://i.imgur.com/yM60cbi.png
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What are the restrictions? I'm already an evernote premium subscriber, but I'd love to get an extra year free with this!
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Is the Korean version? or the U.S version? What color is your Note IV? Can you swipe open the multi-window from the right screen or do you have to use App swifter or back key?
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I am in Europe so I believe it is international version.
Color is white.
Yes, I can swipe from right corner but not all apps support that right now. For example Tapatalk does not allow that but whatsapp does.
EP2008 said:
What are the restrictions? I'm already an evernote premium subscriber, but I'd love to get an extra year free with this!
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Really dont know. I am not using Evernote. I have just activate it to answer the question.
But I believe there are no restrictions, it is normal premium.
DelBoy said:
I am in Europe so I believe it is international version.
Color is white.
Yes, I can swipe from right corner but not all apps support that right now. For example Tapatalk does not allow that but whatsapp does.
Really dont know. I am not using Evernote. I have just activate it to answer the question.
But I believe there are no restrictions, it is normal premium.
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Thanks, I'm hoping it just adds to my current subscription. Any free dropbox space? 50gb? :laugh:
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Also, I noticed in the manual that was just posted : http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...7/SM-N910_UM_EU_Kitkat_Eng_Rev.1.0_140926.pdf
There's no mention of UV sensor, oxygen sensor or even the heart rate sensor... the "device layout" goes flash, but doesn't mention the sensor right next to the flash... do those sensors work on your device??? There was speculation that Samsung would have problems getting the Note 4 to pass through certification if it's a medical device (those heart and oxygen sensors).
EP2008 said:
Thanks, I'm hoping it just adds to my current subscription. Any free dropbox space? 50gb? :laugh:
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There is 50gb free space on Dropbox, but only for new users. Exiting users does nit get that.
I did not get extra 50gb on my account.
EP2008 said:
Also, I noticed in the manual that was just posted : http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...7/SM-N910_UM_EU_Kitkat_Eng_Rev.1.0_140926.pdf
There's no mention of UV sensor, oxygen sensor or even the heart rate sensor... the "device layout" goes flash, but doesn't mention the sensor right next to the flash... do those sensors work on your device??? There was speculation that Samsung would have problems getting the Note 4 to pass through certification if it's a medical device (those heart and oxygen sensors).
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Sensors are working fine, at least heart rate and oxygen. Will check tomorrow if UV works.
Here is the screenshot with results: http://i.imgur.com/860pO4d.jpg
DelBoy said:
Received today my unit.
First impression is great, phone is really fast, no lag at the moment.
I have compared the screen with Note 3 and white looks whiter than on Note 3. On Note 3 has yellow pigment.
S Pen got some new functions and it is really precise.
At the moment I am discovering new functions and all.
If you have any questions just ask.
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Where was it purchased from?
jah said:
Where was it purchased from?
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Got it from Samsung direct.
if it is snapdragon version, can you post some benchmark screen shots for the geekbench and gfxbench?
Could you please post some photos? Ideally with the Note 3 for comparison if you have one available.
Is it a review model?

Lolipop update for touchwiz

Do you guys think they will finally smooth out and actually put a little better production into their main functioning apps?
I am so ready to switch to a stock rom for this thing due to touch-wiz being so horrible in some areas.
In what areas do you find TouchWiz horrible on the Note 4? I have zero problems with it.
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Do you guys think they will finally smooth out and actually put a little better production into their main functioning apps?
I am so ready to switch to a stock rom for this thing due to touch-wiz being so horrible in some areas.
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Explain yourself
dkb218 said:
In what areas do you find TouchWiz horrible on the Note 4? I have zero problems with it.
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The recent apps taking over a second to load.
luisdile02 said:
The recent apps taking over a second to load.
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Not here and oh no over a second what will you do
luisdile02 said:
The recent apps taking over a second to load.
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Just like my S5, but what's wierd was I added soft keys on my s5 by qemu.mainkeys=0 on the build prop for on screen button and for some reason the on screen buttons were instant/fast but the hard keys took 1 second to load....
For some reason I can't add oncreen buttons on the stock or custom roms like I can with EVERY android phone I ever owned
The dialer is gross, the stick I'm ap o for Samsung is buggy and choppy, thankfully I found textra, this app is weird with scrolling, it takes sometimes 10 seconds for a phone call to connect, the multi window does take a long time to load at times can get annoying when I'm trying to do someth u ng in a hurry. The notification bar when you are using a 3rd party keyboard it stays there also indo b t like how the quick settings constantly show at the top of the notification bar takes up space and I'm always activating or deactivating by mistake.
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The recent apps taking over a second to load.
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I guess this is the world we live it. I WANT IT NOW!!! NOT IN A SECOND!!! NOW!!! I MUST HAVE IT NOW!!!!
sotorious said:
The dialer is gross, the stick I'm ap o for Samsung is buggy and choppy, thankfully I found textra, this app is weird with scrolling, it takes sometimes 10 seconds for a phone call to connect, the multi window does take a long time to load at times can get annoying when I'm trying to do someth u ng in a hurry. The notification bar when you are using a 3rd party keyboard it stays there also indo b t like how the quick settings constantly show at the top of the notification bar takes up space and I'm always activating or deactivating by mistake.
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What?
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Not here and oh no over a second what will you do
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Lololol oh no!! A whole second.. lol i found if a person freezes or deletes svoice recents seem to open faster, that being said Some people just dont get touchwiz, i dont find it super stunning to look at but its the features, the camera, noone else can touch it on features. I never understood why people who hate twiz buy a samsung. I enjoy knowing i have the option of aosp(since lollipop has been booting for a few days already), but dont.buy samsun g if you hate their skin you know? People always like to find things to ***** about is the bottomline.
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Lololol oh no!! A whole second.. lol i found if a person freezes or deletes svoice recents seem to open faster, that being said Some people just dont get touchwiz, i dont find it super stunning to look at but its the features, the camera, noone else can touch it on features. I never understood why people who hate twiz buy a samsung. I enjoy knowing i have the option of aosp(since lollipop has been booting for a few days already), but dont.buy samsun g if you hate their skin you know? People always like to find things to ***** about is the bottomline.
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^^^^^^ THAT!
mgbotoe said:
^^^^^^ THAT!
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I bought this over the N6 because of hardware. N6 is also a little bigger. This phone is perfect for me, however Samsung upped the Ram to 3gb yet I feel like I have less ram to work with. TW is incredibly slugish after using 5.0 on my N5. I honestly feel like the N5 out performs this Note 4 thru daily activities.
I wanted note 4 hardware with pure aosp. TW is bloated with a ton of useless garbage.
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I bought this over the N6 because of hardware. N6 is also a little bigger. This phone is perfect for me, however Samsung upped the Ram to 3gb yet I feel like I have less ram to work with. TW is incredibly slugish after using 5.0 on my N5. I honestly feel like the N5 out performs this Note 4 thru daily activities.
I wanted note 4 hardware with pure aosp. TW is bloated with a ton of useless garbage.
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^^^

SPen and AOSP

So I was perusing ye olde rom page and saw the latest cm. I used to love CM. But I don't want to lose my pen features. I know some alternatives exist, and I'm ok with using them I think, but I want the full feature set too.
I found a launcher alternative similar to notebuddy http://www.emandt.net/Android/SPenCommand/Website/
not sure if I will get it but it looks fully featured like the regular TW one is.
Which brings me to my question, is there an app out there that will let me screenshot the screen and pull text from whatever I select like the TW feature set allows? That seems to be the only thing I can't find. Screen writing, note taking, the rest seems all easily findable, That however is lacking and I use quite often.
Anybody have any information?
So I'm guessing with the no replies that spen on AOSP is dead in the water? Or is the note 4 forums just deserted? Very strange nobody has answered this.
Notebuddy
2 years is a long time in the mobile world and most note 4 users have already moved on.
When I was on CM, I would use Notebuddy and it's s-pen addon.
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2 years is a long time in the mobile world and most note 4 users have already moved on.
When I was on CM, I would use Notebuddy and it's s-pen addon.
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Yes and no. Normally I would agree 4 years is a long time. But look at what has come out in that time. Samsung has dropped and picked back up many features that people still want that the note 4 still features. Hardware wise it isn't even far behind, if proper roms are built for it.
Idk, maybe it's just me. I just hate to see this phone die when the n5 is garbage lacking sd card and IR, with removable battery. Everything more or less seems like a downgrade or minor upgrade. N4 is an amazing device and I see no reason it should drop support just yet.
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Yes and no. Normally I would agree 4 years is a long time. But look at what has come out in that time. Samsung has dropped and picked back up many features that people still want that the note 4 still features. Hardware wise it isn't even far behind, if proper roms are built for it.
Idk, maybe it's just me. I just hate to see this phone die when the n5 is garbage lacking sd card and IR, with removable battery. Everything more or less seems like a downgrade or minor upgrade. N4 is an amazing device and I see no reason it should drop support just yet.
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I used emandt's setup and it was alright. There are some playstore spen apps that add feature, not sure if the select crop is one of them though. Most spen addons from playstore require payment for the useful options to work.
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So I was perusing ye olde rom page and saw the latest cm. I used to love CM. But I don't want to lose my pen features. I know some alternatives exist, and I'm ok with using them I think, but I want the full feature set too.
I found a launcher alternative similar to notebuddy http://www.emandt.net/Android/SPenCommand/Website/
not sure if I will get it but it looks fully featured like the regular TW one is.
Which brings me to my question, is there an app out there that will let me screenshot the screen and pull text from whatever I select like the TW feature set allows? That seems to be the only thing I can't find. Screen writing, note taking, the rest seems all easily findable, That however is lacking and I use quite often.
Anybody have any information?
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I've used spen command on AICP and CM , it's alright kinda laggy IMO and wasn't really worth the hastle, tried to reinstall it recently and it says my account was authorized on too many phones or some BS, I've only used it on the note 4 so not sure what the issue is.
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I've used spen command on AICP and CM , it's alright kinda laggy IMO and wasn't really worth the hastle, tried to reinstall it recently and it says my account was authorized on too many phones or some BS, I've only used it on the note 4 so not sure what the issue is.
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Possibly changing roms or something picking up different phones. Email the dev to fix the issue

Google Camera with HDR+ Ported to Snapdragon 820/821 and 835 Devices

This in no way shape or fashion is my work. I found this and it's working great on my S8+and is also working on my Note 8.
https://www.xda-developers.com/goog...gn=Feed:+xda-developers/ShsH+(xda-developers)
Note 8
Crashes on startup on my unrooted Note 8. Any idea why?
HiGreen said:
Crashes on startup on my unrooted Note 8. Any idea why?
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Is it a snapdragon? Working on my T-Mobile snapdragon variant.
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Is it a snapdragon? Working on my T-Mobile snapdragon variant.
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This is embarrasing, but no. It is not. Thank you for your time!
HiGreen said:
This is embarrasing, but no. It is not. Thank you for your time!
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I did the same thing. Don't feel bad.
It didn't work on my phone at first. I had to reboot the phone then it worked fine.
ggrant3876 said:
This in no way shape or fashion is my work. I found this and it's working great on my S8+and is also working on my Note 8.
https://www.xda-developers.com/goog...gn=Feed:+xda-developers/ShsH+(xda-developers)
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This works so much better than the stock HDR feature - it's actually one of the main reasons why I insisted on a Snapdragon model.
Does anyone know the video recording limit on this camera app ?
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-camera-hdr-customization-raw-support/amp/
Skickat från min SM-N950F via Tapatalk
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Is it a snapdragon? Working on my T-Mobile snapdragon variant.
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I have the samsung unlocked version running on sprint, but I what do I have?
Also does it work side by side with the existing cam? I will be able to chose whichever cam I want to use?
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I have the samsung unlocked version running on sprint, but I what do I have?
Also does it work side by side with the existing cam? I will be able to chose whichever cam I want to use?
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There should be a download link on the post, it's right above the interview with the developer. Yes, I have them both installed on my home screen and they both work fine. Just install it like a regular apk.
Seems Note 8‘s camera works as well as google camera?
Is there somewhere that explains the differences in the various algorithms? I searched around but found only bits and pieces.
Also, it would be nice if someone could post which settings actually work for the Note 8. I tried a few and some wouldn't save and others
(I'm not a big camera buff and really don't use my phone's camera that much, otherwise I would.)
I'm seeing people state that the Google Camera is a bit better than the Stock Samsung one, but my experience is the opposite. Google Camera is giving me bad low light performance. I even used setting from the forums and was still subpar. What settings are you guys using?
I couldn't get this to work on my AT&T Note8 un-rooted.
dccoh said:
I'm seeing people state that the Google Camera is a bit better than the Stock Samsung one, but my experience is the opposite. Google Camera is giving me bad low light performance. I even used setting from the forums and was still subpar. What settings are you guys using?
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Which settings from the forums? You have a link we can try? Thanks.
Unlocked non-rooted on Verizon and installs fine. Samsung Camera is far superior including with HDR so I'll un-install now...
Any news on making this work on Note 8 Exynos variant?
It works only on snapdrago phones
deadlyheart4u said:
It works only on snapdrago phones
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Not correct. Works on Exynos too but if you try to make any changes to settings it'll crash. Only way to revive is by clearing storage from settings!
However I didn't find it significantly better than stock camera and night time/poor lit/dark conditions photos are definitely better with stock camera.

GCam for S9

So I was looking through all the current GCam builds, by that I mean all those modded ones, and I think I found the best one for Snapdragon phones. https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/cstark27_GCam_5.1.018_24_v3.6.apk
The Pixel2Mod one is the best, but requires a device whitelist to work. So, you know, it takes time.
@Arnova8G2 could you please add starqlte, starlte, star2qlte and star2lte
I think those are correct.
The one you posted crashes completely on my S9 Snapdragon. It works on yours? It won't go anywhere past accepting permissions.
The one I have that works is named gcam_5.1.018.177470874.41362666_SG7Exy_V8.2.apk. Looks like it's for an Exynos, but at least it runs.
waylo said:
The one you posted crashes completely on my S9 Snapdragon. It works on yours? It won't go anywhere past accepting permissions.
The one I have that works is named gcam_5.1.018.177470874.41362666_SG7Exy_V8.2.apk. Looks like it's for an Exynos, but at least it runs.
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Link?
I did a quick spin around looking for Gcam.... man, there are a lot of options! (and opinions)
This thread here has a 'stable' one with HDR+. And an additional one which is the 'best' for portrait.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/pixel-cam-hdr-s8-exynos-nougat-t3729169
The v8.2 one I referred to specifically is from the S7 forums, here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/themes/google-camera-portrait-mode-t3736859
I just installed a few but haven't had any opportunity to really test them out much. Phone is not my daily driver (yet?).
I installed one that is working but makes the phone very hot. Uninstalled it with away.
mweinbach said:
So I was looking through all the current GCam builds, by that I mean all those modded ones, and I think I found the best one for Snapdragon phones. https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/f/cstark27_GCam_5.1.018_24_v3.6.apk
The Pixel2Mod one is the best, but requires a device whitelist to work. So, you know, it takes time.
@Arnova8G2 could you please add starqlte, starlte, star2qlte and star2lte
I think those are correct.
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Odd this doesn't work on my S9+. Wonder if the telephoto lens is screwing it up? Is everything working for you including portrait? So far the only thing I see wrong with Samsung's stock app is in low light, it gives off reddish tint.
xterminater07 said:
Odd this doesn't work on my S9+. Wonder if the telephoto lens is screwing it up? Is everything working for you including portrait? So far the only thing I see wrong with Samsung's stock app is in low light, it gives off reddish tint.
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this INSTANT crashes on the S9+. It also crashes my phone. I am not sure why.
So it works on s9 but not s9+ for you too? @mweinbach. Check my gcam thread for s9+... also pm me your google hangouts ID if you have one
Hope someone ports it soon. I loved the GCAM on my note8. Sold it and bought the S9 thinking that the GCAM port would work on this too. Samsung stock camera is nowhere near the colors and the dynamic range of the GCAM.
mweinbach said:
this INSTANT crashes on the S9+. It also crashes my phone. I am not sure why.
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Mem leak. The app is highly alpha.
iamnotkurtcobain said:
Mem leak. The app is highly alpha.
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I don't think its a mem leak as it shouldn't instantly crash both the app and phone
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I don't think its a mem leak as it shouldn't instantly crash both the app and phone
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Did u get my message? The miniuser work but is heavily tinted in various condition, especially day light it goes blue. I was able to fix white balance settings to take great pictures in low ambient lighting.
I will try it

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