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Galaxy Note 5
- Thread starter The Game 161
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Yup, I think this is the perfect size for a phablet. Glad Samsung settled on the 5.7" screen.
All Free ones so far:
- Material Theme (Dark)
- Black Velvet
- Gold Theme
- Forest
- Gladiator
- High Tech ---My Fav right now
- Sci-Fi
- Relaxing Time
Do you guys have some paid themes on the theme store where you are then? They are all free on our store here ...
You are right, the detailed one is not available. Never noticed as I use the simple one.
A few quick observations after almost 24 hrs
- The phone is quick!! (I've owned or still have the Note 2/3/4 ; Nexus 6 ; iP6+ ; S6 Edge ; G3/G4 ; M8/M9 ; and more that would be dinosaurs today )
And, the Note 5 is as quick as the Nexus 6 ! (Running Android M DP on Nexus 6) and zero lag (to me)
- The screen is brighter than the Note 4 (which was super bright to begin with), and makes the Nexus 6 and G4 screen look silly, in daylight.
- Volume is better [ perhaps due to the 1.2W speaker + placement ] as in louder and clearer. The Nexus 6 speakers trounce this, nonetheless!
- Music sounds FREAKING awesome thru my :
(A) JayBird X
(B) OEM Samsung headset
(C) V-Moda M100s
(D) Sennheiser 650s w/Amp
Way better than any previous device, Android or iOS or Windows or Symbian etc.. Music lovers will love the SQ thru headsets!
- Build quality is great, though I also really liked the feel on the Note 3 and 4 just fine.
- Camera : Haven't had a chance to test this yet
- Battery : Like I said in an earlier post, I bough 2 Note 5s and battery is a bit disappointing ATM (SOT 3 - 3.5 hrs /Auto brightness/ BT off / Location On / Nova launcher / Email set to Push on 4 accounts / Facebook and Twitter, Yes / WiFi On, Wifi calling, Off / Download Booster, Yes / Smart Stay, On ) I get great LTE everywhere I go locally.
However, both have only had one full charge each, so it may be a bit pre-mature to comment on the battery aspect.
Neither N5s heat up or slow down or have crashed yet (again, too soon... but still )
Battery charges quick. Interestingly, both N5s connected to fast adapters and the White N5 charges at least 10-20% quicker than the Black one! I tested this with the devices powered off and on!
- Call Quality is amazing, just like on previous Notes
- I find the touch response better compared to the Note 4. Could be a placebo, but one of my Note 4s' is 3 weeks old and both devices [ The Note 4 and 5 ] have the same exact settings/apps etc..
Found this thread on XDA : http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/guide-bloating-touchwizzing-note-5-t3184563
Bought that app, and did some de-bloating today. Hopefully, this will improve the SOT.
That's all for now!
- The phone is quick!! (I've owned or still have the Note 2/3/4 ; Nexus 6 ; iP6+ ; S6 Edge ; G3/G4 ; M8/M9 ; and more that would be dinosaurs today )
And, the Note 5 is as quick as the Nexus 6 ! (Running Android M DP on Nexus 6) and zero lag (to me)
- The screen is brighter than the Note 4 (which was super bright to begin with), and makes the Nexus 6 and G4 screen look silly, in daylight.
- Volume is better [ perhaps due to the 1.2W speaker + placement ] as in louder and clearer. The Nexus 6 speakers trounce this, nonetheless!
- Music sounds FREAKING awesome thru my :
(A) JayBird X
(B) OEM Samsung headset
(C) V-Moda M100s
(D) Sennheiser 650s w/Amp
Way better than any previous device, Android or iOS or Windows or Symbian etc.. Music lovers will love the SQ thru headsets!
- Build quality is great, though I also really liked the feel on the Note 3 and 4 just fine.
- Camera : Haven't had a chance to test this yet
- Battery : Like I said in an earlier post, I bough 2 Note 5s and battery is a bit disappointing ATM (SOT 3 - 3.5 hrs /Auto brightness/ BT off / Location On / Nova launcher / Email set to Push on 4 accounts / Facebook and Twitter, Yes / WiFi On, Wifi calling, Off / Download Booster, Yes / Smart Stay, On ) I get great LTE everywhere I go locally.
However, both have only had one full charge each, so it may be a bit pre-mature to comment on the battery aspect.
Neither N5s heat up or slow down or have crashed yet (again, too soon... but still )
Battery charges quick. Interestingly, both N5s connected to fast adapters and the White N5 charges at least 10-20% quicker than the Black one! I tested this with the devices powered off and on!
- Call Quality is amazing, just like on previous Notes
- I find the touch response better compared to the Note 4. Could be a placebo, but one of my Note 4s' is 3 weeks old and both devices [ The Note 4 and 5 ] have the same exact settings/apps etc..
Found this thread on XDA : http://forum.xda-developers.com/note5/general/guide-bloating-touchwizzing-note-5-t3184563
Bought that app, and did some de-bloating today. Hopefully, this will improve the SOT.
That's all for now!
high cell standby is known as the 'mobile radio active' bug and it is in android itself, been in lollipop the whole time I believe
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...amous-mobile-radio-active-bug-in-android-6-0/
Anyone getting FC when going into settings>NFC and payment? Thought was the theme but no luck.
/Weird, now my NFC won't turn on... Any suggestions?
//it's looking like I might have to reset the device.
///never mind, figured it out.
/Weird, now my NFC won't turn on... Any suggestions?
//it's looking like I might have to reset the device.
///never mind, figured it out.
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Sigh. Despite my best micromanagement couldn't get the Note 5 to last past 4pm on battery using it like my 6 plus. It seems like the standby seemed to take a hit. Mostly on wifi with a strong cellular signal to boot. My iPhone 6 Plus with similar use can get me from 5am to midnight without issue.
Definitely. This is the first Android device I've generally enjoyed, but the battery life would definitely be the deal breaker, and my iPhone has gotten better with iOS 9 betas as well, which makes things harder to choose. Enjoying the tinkering otherwise.
Note 2 was a beast when it came to battery life. I used to get 6.5 Hrs of SoT.
Try use CPU Spy. Perhaps your phone did not hit deep sleep state properly. One of the owner in this thread has experienced that.
I've completely frozen NFC and all dependencies, so yeah I get a Settings FC whenever I tap 'NFC and Payment' under Settings, but since I probably won't be using NFC or Samsung Pay anytime soon, so that doesn't bother me ...yet!