Samsung Galaxy Note 4's Common Problems and How to Fix Them

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I can see the logic in that. Just never had an issue that I needed to FDR for when I first purchased a device.

Many people, if not most people, never really have that issue. Personally, I think it's something that's worth doing just in case. If you do it right after receiving a new phone, it doesn't take that long and you don't lose much in the way of progress that you've made with setting up the device. It's just a better safe than sorry thing for many.
 

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Many people, if not most people, never really have that issue. Personally, I think it's something that's worth doing just in case. If you do it right after receiving a new phone, it doesn't take that long and you don't lose much in the way of progress that you've made with setting up the device. It's just a better safe than sorry thing for many.

I suppose I'll join your side the first time I set up a device completely and then have to turn around and reset it and set it all up again.

Until then, I get too excited to get started using new devices.
 

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No factory reset. Would not think it necessary.
I've seen factory resets fix issues that literally NOTHING else could more times than I can count. I like to make it the very last resort, but it does work for most little, but annoying, glitches and bugs.
 

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I absolutely agree with the FDR on a brand new device. Whether it's a placebo or actually works doesn't really matter. It takes all of 2 minutes to do and performing it BEFORE you set everything up simply makes sense. As I mentioned in a previous post, I've been doing it since I got my original Galaxy S and its the first thing I do after charging my new device.

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Out of curiosity, did you do a factory data reset on your phone when you bought it?
I've found over the years a half dozen or so reboots over a few days accomplishes just as much. Every new firmware update I get I do a triple reboot (reboot 3 times but not in a row) the same day it installs and no longer get the bugs I used to get afterwards.

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I've seen factory resets fix issues that literally NOTHING else could more times than I can count. I like to make it the very last resort, but it does work for most little, but annoying, glitches and bugs.
I had to do that recently on my old Galaxy Tab 1. 3 years worth of built up whatever got it running super slow with a lot of freezes and crashes. Everything short of fdr didn't work so I did the fdr and the thing runs like it did back in 2011 when it was new.

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I just hope 5.0.1 fixes the lag on my Nexus 7, because I did an FDR right away after manually installing 5.0 and it's never been a race horse, but there is visible, probably measurable lag after updating.
 
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