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A lot of people enjoy the edge features that Samsung has been developing for their curved display devices, but they don't include these on smartphones with a flat display like the Galaxy Note 5. So instead, XDA Recognized Contributor Androidwizzard has put together a step by step guide to show you how to decompile and recompile the appropriate files to get contacts, tasks, apps and the lighting edge panel working on the Galaxy Note 5.

How to Restore the Mobile Data and Mobile Hotspot Quick Settings Toggles on Samsung Galaxy Devices

Here's a tutorial on how to bring back the Mobile Data Quick Settings Toggle/Tile on certain Samsung Galaxy phones that have it disabled.

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Love them or hate them, Samsung is by far the most dominant manufacturer of Android smartphones in the world. While most of us are only familiar with their flagship lineup, the list of Galaxy devices they have built is simply staggering. Samsung offers multiple models in every conceivable price and specification category and in nearly every market to boot. Given the plethora of network carriers and the specific demands made before they offer to carry Samsung's devices, it's no surprise to see such diversity of features even among regional variants of the exact same device model.

Galaxy Note 5 Marshmallow System Dump Available!

A lucky XDA user got his hands on a Touchwiz build based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. System as well as partition dumps are now available. Head over for more

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A few hours ago, reports started emerging of a XDA user receiving Touchwiz based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow on his T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Many media outlets reported on it with the information that the system dump was available at their moment of writing.

Root & TWRP Available For Samsung Galaxy Note 5!

The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 gets root thanks to a pre-rooted kernel! The phone has also received a TWRP build, so read on over for more details!

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Hopping on to the root bandwagon is the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, courtesy of XDA Senior Member Manh_IT's Noble Kernel. Speaking about the kernel, it is significant here in the fact that it is the only way to get root on the Samsung Galaxy Note 5. The kernel is pre-rooted and also contains a fix for deep sleep issues. As a fair warning though, flashing the kernel will trip your KNOX counter and thus render your device unusable for upcoming security-reliant services like Samsung Pay. There is no known way at the moment to reset the counter,