I want to thank all those here that helped me but I jumped ship

[skatergirl]

Lmao I'm glad I can provide you entertainment =D

So far I haven't had to factory reset. Thing runs perfect

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That is awesome ... My phone just now finished the full Lollipop update!! I am about to unlock my phone now and get my first look!!

 

[Haalcyon]

That is awesome ... My phone just now finished the full Lollipop update!! I am about to unlock my phone now and get my first look!!

Congrats on what I think is a nice upgrade.

 

[anon67808]

To the OP:
What did you do with your Note4 and is it for sale (and what carrier)? I would gladly match what I paid for mine so my wife can have my Note 3 and have this as my backup

OP is gone. You can find him over at iMore or camping out in line to buy one of those watch things.

 

[mountainbikermark]

While I disagree with what they chose to do I admire that they chose to speak with their wallet instead of just keyboard. But sometimes the final straw can be a very trivial thing that causes a major change. It sounds like to me they were fed up with the forced update , their final straw ,a factory reset wouldn't change the next update being forced on them as well. When I left Verizon after 2+ decades with them it was a trivial reason at the time but it was the final straw from a bunch of things over my last couple of years with them. I understand where they're coming from.

 

[mountainbikermark]

Hi Everyone,
Thought I'd check back and read up on the responses to my sign-off post and clarify some things to those who didn't understand quite where I was coming from or why I switched back to iOS. Like I said in my original post, I loved the Note 4 pre Lollipop even though it had a few issues, mainly a terrible camera. Both Android and Apple will always have their pros & cons.

Sure, I don't disagree that a factory reset would have fixed many if not all of the issues I immediately encountered after 5.0.1 downloaded into my Note 4. The issue I had with factory resetting was that I did not want to go through the whole phone and disable the long long list of bloat I disabled. I did not want to go through setting up Nova, Tesla, my home screens and pictures, email servers, notifications, Google privacy settings in Chrome, Play Store, Youtube, etc all over again. With the 6 Plus I bought it took maybe 20 minutes to set the entire device up including servers, pictures, everything. The camera is wonderful...point/shoot/perfect! Do miss my S-Pen though

What the factory reset would NOT have addressed is the following:

1. Lollipop and it's entire removal from my device. Are you KIDDING Google?! A little advice to Google employees...Quit hanging out on Fillmore Street in SF and hop on your 2 million bus and get to work!!

2. Worse battery life, apparently due to Lollipop

3. Useless notifications

4. Cannot text a video unlike iMessage where it is so effortless.

5. Hated the way the Note 4 display would light up and stay lit up while I was on a call when another call came in. Clearly a glitch in the SW or proximity sensor.

6. No dynamic calendar app icon even though Nova and Audax Icon Pack state it is dynamic. It's not. I've sent repeated emails to Kevin at Teslacoil/Nova with zero response from him, thanks Kevin, great business ethics.

7. Don't like having no control over what the carrier pushes to my phone. First it was the update that crammed Evernote and HD voice into our devices, then Lollipop. I have ALL automatic updates turned off yet those still pushed through.

8. I could never get used to the segregation of Samsung / Google / Android / AT&T. Quite frankly I'm amazed they can even get the device to work at all with that many separate entities involved.

Again, thank you all for helping in the past and all the enlightening posts and helpful features I learned here, great community. Have a wonderful summer and be safe.

#6, if you ever actually get a response it'll be short and it'll blame your carrier or manufacturer. When I asked how to go back to Nova Prime and get away from the beta my response was literally "not my fault, Samsungs fault". I ebbed up finding a stable apk and installed it bit the Play Store keeps saying there's an update top the beta I'm using .When I had problems with Widget Locker and wrote several emails I got "carrier (Verizon) fault, not mine".

 

[logik brooklyn]

That is awesome ... My phone just now finished the full Lollipop update!! I am about to unlock my phone now and get my first look!!

Awesome! How did it go?!

OP is gone. You can find him over at iMore or camping out in line to buy one of those watch things.

I have a white atnt note 4, what did you pay for yours?

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[skatergirl]

Awesome! How did it go?!




I have a white atnt note 4, what did you pay for yours?

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It went well. My battery is draining a bit quicker than usual but that is to be expected for a few days. I have been thinking of doing a factory reset for a couple of weeks because chrome has been hanging, so we will see.

My new Smart Lock though isn't working, so I need to trouble shoot that.

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[logik brooklyn]

My battery drained pretty quick at work today, but it was higher than usual use. Going to be keeping my eyes on that.

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[anon8380037]

I found this thread late.

God I hate threads like this. The OP was an affable intelligent guy. The last comments were a vent after trying to explain. I vent at Google all the time.

Then there comes the argumenters and their lemming followers with their Likes and Thanks.

So Sad.

At least there were a few decent posts.

I think Android Central lost a decent member. The guy wanted the device to work, and had more to do in life than babysit Android.

What do people say about iMore and Crackberry posters?

 

[Gator352]

I lost 10 I.Q. points reading the op's thread.

Hell, i gave my note 4 to my step dad (long story) and about to trade this note 3 for another note 4. But before I hooked back up my note 3, i bought an iPhone 6. Biggest mistake ever!! Never will i fall for the iPhone mantra again....yes, it just works, but that's all it does...nothing else.

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[Gator352]

I found this thread late.

God I hate threads like this. The OP was an affable intelligent guy. The last comments were a vent after trying to explain. I vent at Google all the time.

Then there comes the argumenters and their lemming followers with their Likes and Thanks.

So Sad.

At least there were a few decent posts.

I think Android Central lost a decent member. The guy wanted the device to work, and had more to do in life than babysit Android.

What do people say about iMore and Crackberry posters?

I would rather babysit android than do 5 steps just to do most basic things.

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[anon8380037]

I would rather babysit android than do 5 steps just to do most basic things.

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Well, the OP knew what he went back to I guess. I never got the hang of any Apple product, but that many steps isn't good.

Sure he didn't give himself enough time according to 'us', but it's understandable.

How 're you doin Gator?

 

[Therealm80]

I havent either. Runs Better.

 

[stackberry369]

Lol, camping to buy a watch?

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