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Galaxy Note 4

spinedoc77 said:
I've had weird experiences with mine and chargers. My Note 3 was picky, it needed those wires shorted in the USB cable in order to detect it. I had a Lenovo USB cable which also had fast charging and it worked fine with my NOte 3, but does NOT work on my Note 4. I also had a cheapie cable I jumped the wires on and it works with both the N3 and N4, but it doesn't trigger the adaptive charge.

Are the N4 USB cables special in any way? Or are they simply cables with the 2 wires jumped like the Note 3 USB cable was? I don't want to put my phone at risk and was not sure if an aftermarket cable would hurt it or not work.

Kinda sucks, Samsung doesn't have any chargers on it's website yet to buy.
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None of my existing cables work with my N4 for fast charging either.

There is apparently something in the cable that allows the N4 to control the adaptive charger. I would think it could be done with just USB but perhaps it was done deliberately in order to minimize the chance of supplying 9v to a device that can't handle it.

I wonder if this is a real Note 4 cable?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-gal...Phone_PDA_Cables_Adapters&hash=item43d143025e

Michael
 
Tinmania said:
None of my existing cables work with my N4 for fast charging either.

There is apparently something in the cable that allows the N4 to control the adaptive charger. I would think it could be done with just USB but perhaps it was done deliberately in order to minimize the chance of supplying 9v to a device that can't handle it.

I wonder if this is a real Note 4 cable?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-gal...Phone_PDA_Cables_Adapters&hash=item43d143025e

Michael
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I sent him a question. For that price I'm sure it's just a regular china made micro usb, not sure if I'd take the risk. Burnt out too many phones in the past with cheapie cables. I just wish Samsung would do something that made sense, like release accessories the same time they released the phone.

Does the S5 have the same charging? Maybe we can use S5 cables.
 
I have a 6+ and I'm still undecided...I think I"ll have to wait until the note 4 is released here and decide. The continuity between devices is handy :( I do however love the android system!
 
It's really not easy for me to choose from all those awesome devices popping out now.
For me it's one of the following 3:
Note 4, Nexus 6 or Mate 7.
 
spinedoc77 said:
I sent him a question. For that price I'm sure it's just a regular china made micro usb, not sure if I'd take the risk. Burnt out too many phones in the past with cheapie cables. I just wish Samsung would do something that made sense, like release accessories the same time they released the phone.

Does the S5 have the same charging? Maybe we can use S5 cables.
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The S5 doesn't have adaptive charging so no.

The Note 4 does support Quick Charge 2.0 though. It is a different technology and there are chargers out for it already (well, or "almost out"). The S5 supports that too.

I'm thinking of this one for the car:
http://www.incipio.com/chargers/car-chargers/quick-charge-2-0-single-port-usb-charger.html#

Motorola looks like they will have a charger out too:
http://hexus.net/mobile/news/access...turbo-charger-8hrs-battery-life-15min-charge/

[FAQs] Smart Phone : Galaxy Note 4- To use fast charging, what kind of charger should be used?

Fast charging uses battery charging technology that charges the
battery faster by increasing the charging power. The Galaxy Note 4
device supports Samsung’s Adaptive Fast Charging feature and
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0.

To use Fast charging on your device, connect it to a battery charger
that supports Adaptive Fast Charging or Quick Charge 2.0.
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http://www.samsung.com/sa_en/support/skp/faq/1063730?CID=AFL-hq-mul-0813-11000170




Mike
 
Is my phone ****ed up or are the location services on this phone just garbage?

I drive for work, and when im transferring freeways google maps will get so ****ed up, like it will tell me to go for 5 miles on the freeway it was just on, then while im over a street it will say to turn left on the street, and when im finally on the new freeway it will say to continue on it. Stuff like that. It will also always have me facing the wrong way, and consistently get me mixed up in the wrong location.

I never had this problem with my iphone, and i noticed the gps had issues on my moms LG G3 as well. Is this some Android thing? its infuriating.
 
Yup, I have a VZW N4. When I try to open the Messages Plus I get the message in the attached image.

Tinmania said:
Samsung's SMS app is just "Messages."

Verizon, I think, includes an app called something like Messages/Messaging Plus. Do you have Verizon N4?



Michael
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I have an update on the scroll lag. I hard reset the device, and it's still there. Furthermore, I found new lag when scrolling in the Play Store and Hancom Office when viewing a PDF. I did a test against my iPhone 5. Since they both have Dropbox, I opened both documents in Dropbox. It was buttery smooth on the iPhone and stuttered on the Note 4. On the Note, Hansom office was worse that Dropbox.

I can only compare it to an iPhone, and there is definitely scroll lag. I like the phone and want to keep it. What could be the issue?
 
jamezr said:
Can't go wrong with either one! Both great phones! =)
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I wish the note 4 was out here already! I love the 6+ (I actually have one outright which I am going to take back to get on contract) for the continuity between devices. Great battery life too. Note 4 has an awesome screen and I like that you can play around with android more...LOL
 
iphone3gnj said:
I have an update on the scroll lag. I hard reset the device, and it's still there. Furthermore, I found new lag when scrolling in the Play Store and Hancom Office when viewing a PDF. I did a test against my iPhone 5. Since they both have Dropbox, I opened both documents in Dropbox. It was buttery smooth on the iPhone and stuttered on the Note 4. On the Note, Hansom office was worse that Dropbox.

I can only compare it to an iPhone, and there is definitely scroll lag. I like the phone and want to keep it. What could be the issue?
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When you are doing the comparing did you notice the note4 can easily scrolls at 3-4x the speed of iphone.

To look smooth iPhone limits the scrolling speed. And iPhone stops data loading when you scroll. Kind of annoying that you still have to wait for data to load once the scroll stops.

OTOH note4 continues loading data for the page which is not in view while scrolling at fast speed. You will get stutters sometimes.

IPhone sacrifices performance/efficiency for smoothness while android is the opposite.
 
mib1800 said:
When you are doing the comparing did you notice the note4 can easily scrolls at 3-4x the speed of iphone.

To look smooth iPhone limits the scrolling speed. And iPhone stops data loading when you scroll. Kind of annoying that you still have to wait for data to load once the scroll stops.

OTOH note4 continues loading data for the page which is not in view while scrolling at fast speed. You will get stutters sometimes.

IPhone sacrifices performance/efficiency for smoothness while android is the opposite.
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I waited until all the images downloaded on both phones, meaning I scrolled through the whole document before testing. And the scroll lag was still there. I love the phone, & I want this issue to get resolved.
 
Is there any possibility we will see non-Samsung and non-Google apps from the Play Store added later to the side/multi-window for split multi-tasking?
 
Ent said:
Is there any possibility we will see non-Samsung and non-Google apps from the Play Store added later to the side/multi-window for split multi-tasking?
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There are already many non Samsung or Google apps that support multi window.
 
Tinmania said:
None of my existing cables work with my N4 for fast charging either.

There is apparently something in the cable that allows the N4 to control the adaptive charger. I would think it could be done with just USB but perhaps it was done deliberately in order to minimize the chance of supplying 9v to a device that can't handle it.

I wonder if this is a real Note 4 cable?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-gal...Phone_PDA_Cables_Adapters&hash=item43d143025e

Michael
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The cable that came with my Nexus 7 works just fine on the Note 4 with adaptive charging. So does another cable that came included with an external battery I purchased awhile ago.
 
iphone3gnj said:
I can only compare it to an iPhone, and there is definitely scroll lag. I like the phone and want to keep it. What could be the issue?
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You're not on power saving with CPU throttling are you? What carrier? I'm on AT&T. I get a little stutter when it scrolls *as* the images load.
 
Just downloaded nova

Samsung weather widgets, a note widgets and all s health widgets work with nova

Didn't expect that
 
iphone3gnj said:
I waited until all the images downloaded on both phones, meaning I scrolled through the whole document before testing. And the scroll lag was still there. I love the phone, & I want this issue to get resolved.
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When I said data loading doesn't just mean downloading from the network. It also includes displaying or redrawing images on the screen. On iphone once you scroll pass the current page the images do not show or load until the scrolling stops. On android images are continously loading as you scroll.
 
Seriously I don't think there is anything missing on nova from touchwiz. Think will stick with nova due to the amount I can fit per screen
 
LIVEFRMNYC said:
The cable that came with my Nexus 7 works just fine on the Note 4 with adaptive charging. So does another cable that came included with an external battery I purchased awhile ago.
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Yes I just tried my Note 2 cable again and it immediately worked in adaptive charging mode. I must have had the other end plugged into the note 2's charger.



Mike
 
MacRumorUser said:
Really? On my Alpha the weather widget is just the one from EasyMode rather than normal one. Is there any new setting you need to use?
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I think it was just the Nova update where you can use the 5.0 theme

Even badges can appear on any app. Unless that was there before

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