Samsung galaxy note 4

unklerosco

inna981 wrote:

I followed this and it got me straight to Marshmallow. Found it on XDA Developers.

Thanks for that, just did it myself and it worked a treat... finally my gallery opens instantly!

dpjmie

Hi Guys,

Was cycling into work today and the phone (note4) fall out of the pocket Does anyone have any recommendations as to where to get it fixed (based in Dublin) and rough cost?

Thanks in advance
Dpjmie

CptMackey

I updated to marshmallow yesterday and the battery is gone useless. Charged it this morning an it's down to 59% already. Anybody else having this problem

unklerosco

CptMackey wrote: »

I updated to marshmallow yesterday and the battery is gone useless. Charged it this morning an it's down to 59% already. Anybody else having this problem

Nope, first day after I updated I got two days out of mine with no charge. I last charged it at 6pm last night and still have 75% and that's after a trek around Dublin with google maps running.

Only thing for me was the lock screen was sluggish but after turning off the animations it was fine..

griffdaddy

CptMackey wrote: »

I updated to marshmallow yesterday and the battery is gone useless. Charged it this morning an it's down to 59% already. Anybody else having this problem

Give it a while to settle down. There's a load of crap going on in the background (to use the technical term) for a while after it updates. I've noticed a dramatic improvement in my battery life since the update but the first day or two it was terrible. That's normal after any update.

CptMackey

griffdaddy wrote: »

Give it a while to settle down. There's a load of crap going on in the background (to use the technical term) for a while after it updates. I've noticed a dramatic improvement in my battery life since the update but the first day or two it was terrible. That's normal after any update.

Good to hear. Was wondering what was going out

iwishiknew

dpjmie wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Was cycling into work today and the phone (note4) fall out of the pocket Does anyone have any recommendations as to where to get it fixed (based in Dublin) and rough cost?

Thanks in advance
Dpjmie

I broke my galaxy s3's screen a few years ago and went to Fonemenders in Sandyford industrial estate. It was an eye watering 199 but i dont think that was any more expensive than anywhere else at the time...they had a 1 hour service which was pretty cool

moonboy52

CptMackey wrote:

I updated to marshmallow yesterday and the battery is gone useless. Charged it this morning an it's down to 59% already. Anybody else having this problem

Have you done a factory reset after installing MM?

CptMackey

moonboy52 wrote: »

Have you done a factory reset after installing MM?

No. Is that something I should do?

darragh o meara

iwishiknew wrote: »

dpjmie wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Was cycling into work today and the phone (note4) fall out of the pocket Does anyone have any recommendations as to where to get it fixed (based in Dublin) and rough cost?

Thanks in advance
Dpjmie

I broke my galaxy s3's screen a few years ago and went to Fonemenders in Sandyford industrial estate. It was an eye watering 199 but i dont think that was any more expensive than anywhere else at the time...they had a 1 hour service which was pretty cool

Fonemenders are no longer in business afaik

CptMackey

Found my problem. The accu weather app went rogue

moonboy52

CptMackey wrote:

No. Is that something I should do?

I don't know if it is essential, but when doing major Android updates, I always factory reset after.

Arbie

I wasn't expecting much improvement in battery performance with Marshmallow but I was wrong. I'm now going almost twice as long between charges. I used to have huge battery drain overnight if I didn't plug it in but now it's only 3%. Feels faster & more responsive too.

griffdaddy

Low and behold there's another software update on the German unbranded today. Just installed it 5 minutes ago so obviously can't comment. Promises further battery and memory improvements and is still over 500MB

iwishiknew

Marshmallow update on 3 finally arrived today. Not noticing a huge amount of difference, Just hoping for an improvement in battery life.

Rowley Birkin QC

griffdaddy wrote: »

Low and behold there's another software update on the German unbranded today. Just installed it 5 minutes ago so obviously can't comment. Promises further battery and memory improvements and is still over 500MB

Hey, do you have a link for a Galaxy S5 equivalent of this? Would like to avoid Three's long lead time for delivering updates.

darragh o meara

Anybody know where I can pick up a genuine replacement battery? Mine has gone really bad recently and I've bought 2 supposedly genuine batteries but they've been worse than the one I already had..

moonboy52

darragh o meara wrote: »

Anybody know where I can pick up a genuine replacement battery? Mine has gone really bad recently and I've bought 2 supposedly genuine batteries but they've been worse than the one I already had..

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00VIK5DOY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

I would only buy a battery direct from Amazon myself

Probably have to be a An Post AddressPal purchase as batteries are restricted to ROI & NI AFAIK, although when i bought my spare it shipped here fine

darragh o meara

moonboy52 wrote: »

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00VIK5DOY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

I would only buy a battery direct from Amazon myself

Probably have to be a An Post AddressPal purchase as batteries are restricted to ROI & NI AFAIK, although when i bought my spare it shipped here fine

Thanks, would parcel motel be ok for sending it too, or does address pal have a uk address ?

moonboy52

darragh o meara wrote: »

Thanks, would parcel motel be ok for sending it too, or does address pal have a uk address ?

PM is a NI address which has the battery limitations as well as here, AP is a UK mainland address

unklerosco

moonboy52 wrote: »

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00VIK5DOY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

After reading the reviews of those batteries I wouldn't be to sure they're genuine.. I've bought similar for a galaxy S5 and they just swelled up.

I went for an Anker replacement battery, they've good after sales support and so far the battery has been great.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-AK-A6035021-Lithium-Ion-3220mAh-rechargeable/dp/B00PVFYOGK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465748355&sr=8-1&keywords=note+4+battery+anker

moonboy52

unklerosco wrote: »

After reading the reviews of those batteries I wouldn't be to sure they're genuine.. I've bought similar for a galaxy S5 and they just swelled up.

I went for an Anker replacement battery, they've good after sales support and so far the battery has been great.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-AK-A6035021-Lithium-Ion-3220mAh-rechargeable/dp/B00PVFYOGK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465748355&sr=8-1&keywords=note+4+battery+anker

I have faith that direct from Amazon they are genuine. I would not trust a 3rd party seller

moonboy52

So i flashed Open germany DPE1 (was on 3 Ireland) a few weeks back for MM.

I notice on SamMobile DPE6 (N910FXXS1DPE6) is available but Kies or OTA says no update available.

Are people receiving N910FXXS1DPE6?

I guess it has nothing to do with the phone being locked to 3 that no updates are available?

_Whimsical_

Can anyone recommend a tempered glass screen protector that fits well?
The general consensus seems to be it's hard to find one due to the slight curve on the screen.

Do you know of any good case with a robust stand either?

Any recommendations or insights very much appreciated.

smileyj1987

iwishiknew wrote: »

Marshmallow update on 3 finally arrived today. Not noticing a huge amount of difference, Just hoping for an improvement in battery life.

Been on it a few days and it seems to be more of the same with battery life for me ! Think I might buy a new one because my phone goes from 40 to 0 % at times which can be annoying

Alan70

smileyj1987 wrote: »

Been on it a few days and it seems to be more of the same with battery life for me ! Think I might buy a new one because my phone goes from 40 to 0 % at times which can be annoying

This same issue is happening to my note 4 along with random reboots. Wondering if it is a marshmallow issue.

Arbie

I get the random reboots and random unmounting/remounting of SD card also. Sometimes the unlock screen says it has restarted (but hasn't actually restarted) and I need to use passcode instead of fingerprint.

smileyj1987

Alan70 wrote: »

This same issue is happening to my note 4 along with random reboots. Wondering if it is a marshmallow issue.

It could well be its really annoying and i have tried letting the phone go to 0% recharging while let off and the *#228# and it doesn't seem to work

8-10

Arbie wrote: »

I get the random reboots and random unmounting/remounting of SD card also. Sometimes the unlock screen says it has restarted (but hasn't actually restarted) and I need to use passcode instead of fingerprint.

Yep I get this 2/3 times a day. Sorry it's happening to you too but I'm actually glad it's not just my phone that's doing this. Hopefully there's a patch update soon.

darragh o meara

smileyj1987 wrote: »

Been on it a few days and it seems to be more of the same with battery life for me ! Think I might buy a new one because my phone goes from 40 to 0 % at times which can be annoying

Mine did that too, but a new battery sorted it out. I ended up buying am Anker replacement from amazon and its brought my phone back to near new battery life..

BTW, if buying a replacement battery, the "supposedly OEM" Samsung one I got from amazon was sh1te. . Was giving me less life than the year old one I was replacing....

Anyone any info on the update pushed to vodafone users this morning?

smileyj1987

darragh o meara wrote: »

Mine did that too, but a new battery sorted it out. I ended up buying am Anker replacement from amazon and its brought my phone back to near new battery life..

BTW, if buying a replacement battery, the "supposedly OEM" Samsung one I got from amazon was sh1te. . Was giving me less life than the year old one I was replacing....

Anyone any info on the update pushed to vodafone users this morning?

Oh cheers ! I was gonna just go to bricks and mortar and buy a real battery but sure that will cost a small fortune ! I'll let you know about the update when I get it in a few weeks meteor are very slow at pushing updates OTA.

darragh o meara

smileyj1987 wrote: »

Oh cheers ! I was gonna just go to bricks and mortar and buy a real battery but sure that will cost a small fortune ! I'll let you know about the update when I get it in a few weeks meteor are very slow at pushing updates OTA.

I wasn't aware of any b&m shops that happy genuine batteries, and believe me I looked everywhere I could. Plenty of places offering supposed genuine ones but most if not all were fake.. and all the places you'd expect to get a real one didn't stock them..

smileyj1987

darragh o meara wrote: »

I wasn't aware of any b&m shops that happy genuine batteries, and believe me I looked everywhere I could. Plenty of places offering supposed genuine ones but most if not all were fake.. and all the places you'd expect to get a real one didn't stock them..

Ah sure looks like I'll go with an anker battery so ! I wonder is it down to the fact that they don't expect to sell many of them so don't make them in huge bulk so finding a samsung original is impossible.
Its also really annoying having such a great phone and not being able to use it as much as you would like because of the battery going bad. I do understand they will degrade over time but that was the main point about the note that it would offer great battery life.

darragh o meara

smileyj1987 wrote: »

Ah sure looks like I'll go with an anker battery so ! I wonder is it down to the fact that they don't expect to sell many of them so don't make them in huge bulk so finding a samsung original is impossible.
Its also really annoying having such a great phone and not being able to use it as much as you would like because of the battery going bad. I do understand they will degrade over time but that was the main point about the note that it would offer great battery life.

I agree 100% Mine slowly started to degrade over the past 2-3 months to the stage where 4-5 hours was the max I'd get without some sort of charge, plus the phone would go from 30% to 2% in the space of a few mins. Since i got the replacement Im getting well over a days hard use. The replacement did take a charge or two to get going fully but its a worthy replacement in my opinion.

Its a bit silly that the shops don't stock the batteries, I tried loads of shops and even the Samsung centres in Carphone warehouse and they hadn't got them, nor could they point me in the direction of a website that sold official Samsung accessories. They could however sell me a new Note 4 or S7 Edge to solve my battery problem. It was at that point I regretted not getting the iPhone 6+, my partner has one well over a year and she can get almost 2 days from hers without a charge and the battery doesn't seem to have degraded much..

Oh well, the Note 6 better be good or I'm back to Apple for my next phone..

8-10

darragh o meara wrote: »

I agree 100% Mine slowly started to degrade over the past 2-3 months to the stage where 4-5 hours was the max I'd get without some sort of charge, plus the phone would go from 30% to 2% in the space of a few mins. Since i got the replacement Im getting well over a days hard use. The replacement did take a charge or two to get going fully but its a worthy replacement in my opinion.

Its a bit silly that the shops don't stock the batteries, I tried loads of shops and even the Samsung centres in Carphone warehouse and they hadn't got them, nor could they point me in the direction of a website that sold official Samsung accessories. They could however sell me a new Note 4 or S7 Edge to solve my battery problem. It was at that point I regretted not getting the iPhone 6+, my partner has one well over a year and she can get almost 2 days from hers without a charge and the battery doesn't seem to have degraded much..

Oh well, the Note 6 better be good or I'm back to Apple for my next phone..

I have the Note 4 and the iPhone 6 and the battery life on the Apple is way way way better. It's a shame as the Note is clearly the better phone but I end up using my iPhone more for certain things just due to the battery that gets drained on the note.

phill106

new update rolled out. shows at 6.0.1 now. Got it on vodafone.

Mr Bloat

I'm having similar battery problems that others have mentioned, the phone randomly goes from 30% or 40% battery to 2% in seconds and then either dies or goes through a boot loop until I pull the battery. It even did it one time when the phone registered as having 80% battery. Can anyone who has bought a replacement battery post a link to the one they got, please?

darragh o meara

Mr Bloat wrote: »

I'm having similar battery problems that others have mentioned, the phone randomly goes from 30% or 40% battery to 2% in seconds and then either dies or goes through a boot loop until I pull the battery. It even did it one time when the phone registered as having 80% battery. Can anyone who has bought a replacement battery post a link to the one they got, please?

This is the one I got and I'm very happy with it :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00PVFYOGK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467153428&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=anker+note+4+battery&dpPl=1&dpID=41oERDXMziL&ref=plSrch

iwishiknew

phill106 wrote: »

new update rolled out. shows at 6.0.1 now. Got it on vodafone.

Just notified of an update on my Note 4. Presume its the same one. The battery life was pretty poor since the original update. Hope to god this fixes it. The phone used to turn itself off at 10% which what used to drive me bananas was that the battery drained at an inconsistent rate...This is only a problem since the Marshmallow update.

darragh o meara

iwishiknew wrote: »

phill106 wrote: »

new update rolled out. shows at 6.0.1 now. Got it on vodafone.

Just notified of an update on my Note 4. Presume its the same one. The battery life was pretty poor since the original update. Hope to god this fixes it. The phone used to turn itself off at 10% which what used to drive me bananas was that the battery drained at an inconsistent rate...This is only a problem since the Marshmallow update.

I had a similar issue with the battery draining inconsistently. I had to replace the battery to fix the issue.

iwishiknew

Can confirm battery life still pants and now there is a charging issue. Charges to 85% in 5 hrs with fast charger! All since bloody Marshmallow....

_Whimsical_

I updated to Marshmallow yesterday and had a bootloop problem today.
Anyone else have similar? Is this a Note 4 "thing"?

De Blacksmith

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

I updated to Marshmallow yesterday and had a bootloop problem today.
Anyone else have similar? Is this a Note 4 "thing"?

yes i have the same problems, on the huint for a solution ...none found yet

Ballyv24

I just got a recent update to Android 6.0.1 (eir mobile).

Anyone else with the same setup having the issue where your phone restarts every day or two? When I check my phone it appears to be frozen, then it brings me to the login screen where I have to enter my device password

8-10

Ballyv24 wrote: »

I just got a recent update to Android 6.0.1 (eir mobile).

Anyone else with the same setup having the issue where your phone restarts every day or two? When I check my phone it appears to be frozen, then it brings me to the login screen where I have to enter my device password

Not every day or two, multiple times daily for me!

Ballyv24

8-10 wrote: »

Not every day or two, multiple times daily for me!

:eek:
Sounds bad. Glad it is not just me

smileyj1987

Mr Bloat wrote: »

I'm having similar battery problems that others have mentioned, the phone randomly goes from 30% or 40% battery to 2% in seconds and then either dies or goes through a boot loop until I pull the battery. It even did it one time when the phone registered as having 80% battery. Can anyone who has bought a replacement battery post a link to the one they got, please?

I have also been getting the switch offs at registered high battery percentage , honestly for the price of the phone its a bit ridiculous for it to be doing things like this. I do understand batteries degrade but there has to be a fault somewhere in the software.

iwishiknew

smileyj1987 wrote: »

I have also been getting the switch offs at registered high battery percentage , honestly for the price of the phone its a bit ridiculous for it to be doing things like this. I do understand batteries degrade but there has to be a fault somewhere in the software.

I was having some issues with my phone and they appear to have been resolved. . So far so good. I read somewhere, think it might have been xda, that a double factory reset / clear cache would help. Do the reset/clear once, start up the phone and do the same again. Now, the second one might make sod all difference but my battery seems to be back to normal and the phone is much better behaved. So I'm not going to knock it!

_Whimsical_

iwishiknew wrote: »

I was having some issues with my phone and they appear to have been resolved. . So far so good. I read somewhere, think it might have been xda, that a double factory reset / clear cache would help. Do the reset/clear once, start up the phone and do the same again. Now, the second one might make sod all difference but my battery seems to be back to normal and the phone is much better behaved. So I'm not going to knock it!

My battery is much improved after this too.

It might also be down top the fact that my screen inactive turn off time had increased to 10 minutes without me realising after the update so I fixed that too. If you're having a problem with battery since the update check if this happened to you too.

De Blacksmith wrote: »

yes i have the same problems, on the huint for a solution ...none found yet

I hope you got this sorted. I turned my phone off by pulling the battery out and then put it back in, didn't turn the phone on and charged it. When I turned it on again it was fine. I did two factory resets after though to be sure!

darragh o meara

Folks, I know it's been a while since the last post but hopefully someone can help. My brother has a Note 4 edge that needs a new battery. The company I used last for my standard note 4 (Anker) don't do one for the note edge.

Can anyone recommend another brand? Getting a genuine OEM one from the net seems to be impossible due to a huge influx of fakes.

Finally, my own note 4 died recently with an MMC failed error. Anyone had a similar issue and can it be fixed?