Re: New Note 4 update OF1
stargazer72460
Specialist - Level 1

I called Verizon yesterday and asked when this update would be available OTA.  The Verizon tech rep said that he knew nothing about the update.  I told him that there was at least two websites (Droid-Life and SamMobile) that specifically say that Verizon has released a new update. The update still is 5.0.1 but it was only being released through Kies and that Verizon would have the OTA version later.  The rep said that he had no knowledge of this update and was shocked at what I had found out.  We probably spent over an hour and a half on the phone while he researched to see if he could find any mention of this update.  He never did find anything about this update through Verizon.  I guess I (and others) will have to wait for this update until it is "officially" released through Verizon.

Re: New Note 4 update OF1
Doing_work_son
Contributor - Level 1

Honestly, there isn't much-loved you are missing out on in this update. I do however feel like it is slightly snappier and when you press the recents capacitive button, it is now almost instantaneous in terms of how fast it responds to input compared to it sometimes taking 3-4 seconds before the recents would pop up. Most of the tweaks to this build were probably security tweaks, possibly factory reset protection and some updates to Knox, but there's no way to be certain until they release a change log for it. It is possible they won't release this version and may push out another version entirely different than this one too. Or, this was just released accidentally via Samsung through the Kies software and that's why it is now pulled? This is an official firmware though as it shows in th e status of the phone, so it is possible they still may push it OTA at some point or move onto another official build. Did you by chance happen to tell him the build (LRX22C.N910VVRU2BOF1)? The kernel build date is Tuesday June 16th 9:48:12 KST. It is possible they still don't have it in their possession too, so we will see what happens.

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Re: New Note 4 update OF1
Doing_work_son
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Also, for what it's worth, I did find one ui change. It's very slight but the dialer now has lines around the numbers like back in KitKat. Not quite sure why they are doing that, but other than that not a whole lot has changed aesthetically. Must be a few security fixes and additions, some performance enhancements. Sprint is getting a android 5.1.1 OTA update today for their Note Edge. So now T-Mo and Sprint have pushed 5.1.1 updates for the S6, S6 Edge, the S5 and the Note Edge for Sprint. Hopefully Verizon is on it too!

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Re: New Note 4 update OF1
Doing_work_son
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Okay my good people. Check your Note 4. Do a manual check for the firmware update, it is rolling out OTA today. 🙂

Re: New Note 4 update OF1
stargazer72460
Specialist - Level 1

Got mine installed about 30 minutes ago.  It drained my battery a little doing the update (this is normal).  It went from 80% before the update to 73% after the update.  I have it on the charger right so so I haven't looked around to see what has changed yet.

Re: New Note 4 update OF1
Doing_work_son
Contributor - Level 1

Nice! Yeah updating can drain the battery decently. But it's a solid update, seems to run a bit better and smoother. The only thing I've found different is the dialer. It added exchange account security (fingerprint) access, milk music and the Samsung Galaxy store. It's weird that rep you spoke to the other day knew nothing about it when they just put it out OTA today, you'd think they would know something being this close to the OTA date, but I guess not. Hopefully 5.1.1 is near 🙂

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Re: New Note 4 update OF1
Kev48us
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just got it installing now

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Re: New Note 4 update OF1
Doing_work_son
Contributor - Level 1

Kev, hope it works well for you. Should be a small OTA update, not like the kies update that was huge.

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Re: New Note 4 update OF1
stargazer72460
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Doing_work_son, you mentioned that they added the Samsung Galaxy store.  I have the GALAXY Essentials Widget and the GALAXY Gifts Widget (which I already had before). I don't seem to find the Samsung Galaxy store. Where is it?

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Re: New Note 4 update OF1
Doing_work_son
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The Galaxy store downloads or at least should initiate download automatically once you create and or sign into your Samsung account four the first time after the firmware update is installed. If not I have the apk you can side load, just let me know if it doesn't work.

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