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Ah well, first this update is more or less to fix some of the issue in 5.5, and remove V4A. and basically pack everything into one zip

Its nothing to write home about, but this leads to the second point. There is a big chance this update is the last for the N7FE project.

I personally couldn't manage to fix it beyond this state, so for now this is as good as it gets. it leaves some to be desired stability wise but there is nothing i can do about it at this point. everything has an end, and this project is no different.

the 7.1.1 port was a big flop, after over 2 months of work and attempts, im unable to fix 2 fundamental issues (RIL,WIFI)

So really i dont know where to go with N4 now. in the background i work with few devs on LOS 15.1 but its not ready any time soon.

Idk guys, if this indeed was the last update i post for Note4, i just like to say it was a really awesome journey and i met so many good people from it. I hope this isnt the end.

Happy new year everyone.



Well finally. We have something that i can call Stable. something that took me Around a year and half to achieve. This release to me is as exciting as the first time Nougat booted on this device. Its something that i personally never thought would reach a state where its actually usable by the masses. to an extent. (and not N910U). Im really proud to give you this version (5.5 isnt the most catchy, but what did you expect i never was good with names or versioning)

Id like to flex on samsung who decided to leave this phone to rot in a firmware that really wasn't suitable for it. This device was born to run Samsung experience, Not LagWiz. And running it is something his phone excels at.

In this release i focused more on fixing issues and annoyances that prevented me from enjoying this phone, and made me cuss it.

The new Kernel is totally a different experience, i hope you guys share your input about it.

SamsungCamera is now very usable for taking Photos/Selfies with full samsung effects. just dont use exposure slider (or just move it very slightly to 0.5 +/- that also works)

Audio system is much more usable aswell. it has some issues. but we might be able to patch them in the future.

As all things, nothing is perfect and without its issues. but based on what we are given and whats available to us. this is as good as it gets until the next release. Id like to thank everyone from my testers, to the loyal users and to my friends who assisted me on this.



Finally im able to bring to you, loyal note 4 owners the BETA 2, its another major step in my plan to fully discard custom rom users of Old, outdated, and horribly looking Marshmallow (very evil i know). i believe that with this update if you fit the criteria above then this may very well be suitable to be a daily driver, and so it was for my self for the past year. The camera isnt something to write home about, its serviceable at best but does do its job in some scenarios. the Audio is quite messy to be honest, but i think its matter of few days before new users can get used to it. until a real solution is found (one that supports all these variants is highly unlikley). This update was a tough one im not gonna lie, lost my data twice, the Audio real time switching was a headache to deal with and develop at the last minute. heck the entire test rom got leaked for 10 minutes ! but with team work i am quite happy to say that this is a good update. Ofcourse this does not mean this rom is gone, there is alot more work left to do, that im still willing to do. and my plans for beta 3 to not be 3 months away



So, its finally here, this project was started august 2017, its finally "ready" for its first ALPH Release, Working on this phone was the best thing i did, however it was a dreaded task, Bringing this phone to Nougat was seriously the hardest task ive done, our phone is extremely incompatible with EVERYTHING. yet somehow its now in a state where i can say it can be used daily (N910C/H Mainly) as long as you dont care about the listed bugs. i know there seem to be "ALOT" of bugs, but god you have no idea how it was before, for now this is ALPHA 1, later down the line, more builds will come hopefully fixing everything. for now everyone can have a taste of nougat.

V6.0 personal NotesI will make it short. having 5.6 as EOL didnt work out so much i guess. somehow there is still room for improvement, i was wrong. in the past month or so there has been alot of changes to my Note 4. not only N7FE wise. AOSP wise, Treble Wise. there is much more potential now for more development. now sadly i remain the only active dev. which means everything will come, but very slowly. considering i work on other phones, that does not help our case. This release beside bug fixes, focuses ALOT on Audio as it was the main problem with the ROM besides camera and other stuff. Apart from that, some wanted features are here based on your suggestions, i couldn't add all as some were not feasible, or required RomControl (which i dont want to dive into due to time concerns). Then finally, The kernel was changed alot to focus on performance and stability. there is some new features but most importantly it runs much better. RIL weird signals should be less. GPS hangs should be resolved. oh and bluelightfilter helps aswell.overall i say its a good release. Now will there be a next version ? Probably. as im working on camera and many other hard bugs.i dont know if ill make them work but as always i can try. hope you guys enjoy this release.V5.6 Personal NotesV5.5 Personal NotesBETA 2 Personal NotesALHA 1 Personal Notes