First day of Marshmallow

droidntn

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I updated yesterday, its ok, meh... nothing special.
Even did a factory reset which is a total pain but probably needed doing anyways.
I don't see any big benefits at all. I did get a little bit better battery after the factory reset.
It's not bad but certainly not worth the work of doing a factory reset, reinstalling apps/passwords, downloading and reinstalling all your 'private' pix and videos. :)
If you HAVE to reformat a phone, get a new phone or have nothing else in the world to do, then sure, go for it.
But don't expect anything big afterewards.
 
Keep in mind, the phone has a new kernel. Something like that will take time before everything settles down.
 
Gotcha, so..what exactly is a new 'kernel' and how does that work when putting a new OS on it?
thanks

A kernel is a piece of software that handles hardware input to software and vice versa. Kernels are usually packed with ROM, and the phone needs to adjust.
 
Yeah as a note 4 user I didn't see any pretty Marshmallow stuff after the upgrade until I downloaded goodlock. Then I have the updated notifications, etc.. It made it seem like I was running a new UI. 👍
 
I also did a Factory Reset on my phone after updating to Marshmallow. Kind of glad I did. I got to clean up some stuff, and was inspired to get a unified look with the new "Squircle" icons.

Battery life seems better. I have two batteries. The older battery that used to shut off at 20% didn't shut off at 20% last night. In fact, today it has been running as new once it cycled down all the to way to 1%!

The only thing that I really wanted was the Theme Store so I can apply a dark theme throughout the entire OS, but all I can do is cross my fingers and hope Samsung decides to throw it in as a last ditch freebie if we ever get to move to in some final Marshmallow update.

I'm fine not having the latest Touchwiz, but giving us the Touchwiz that launched with the Note 5 without the Theme Store was kinda a slap in the face.

All in all now that the OS has "settled" in, I'm pretty happy!

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It has been trying. My battery was horrible and I did do a factory reset and now it is better. I have a 2nd batter on order though because I had thought there was a problem with the battery. I didn't do the reset until day 3. I am ok now until I do get my upgrade.

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Yeah as a note 4 user I didn't see any pretty Marshmallow stuff after the upgrade until I downloaded goodlock. Then I have the updated notifications, etc.. It made it seem like I was running a new UI. 👍

Does finger print scanner work with Goodlock?
 
I have to plead ignorance here. What is Goodluck? What does it do and where do you get it?

The Fatyank
 
Phone call volume isn't good. Unable to make louder

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