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Official Android 5.0.1 lollipop is now available for Snapdragon variant of Samsung Galaxy Note 4 that bears SM-N910F model number. If you have not received the update on your Galaxy Note 4, then you can download the update by following the instructions given below and get it updated. The best part is that you will not lose your warranty or do any harm to your device if you flash this. Please note that it’s only for N910C. Knox stays 0x0 which implies Knox counter will not increase and warranty will not get void.

Installation instructions.

Extract (unzip) the firmware file – download link.
Download Odin v3.09
Extract Odin zip-file
Open Odin v3.09
Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes

Some people like a lot of bling on their phone and many of us resort to cheap Chinese bling cases but those who prefer quality choose Swarovski. The quality of Swarovski for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 looks amazing and it really stylize your phone. Swarovski battery cover is adorned with crystals and is very easy to install.

Simple remove your current battery cover and replace it the Swarovski case for Galaxy Note 4 and you are done. It fits just like the OEM case and adds minimum bulk, keeping your phone’s overall profile very thin. Here is its video review.

You can now download CM12 mod for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. CM a k a Cyanogen Mod gives users vanilla android experience that free of Samsung bloatware and other unnecessary applications that come pre installed on the Note 4. While a lot of work has been done in porting CM12 to Galaxy Note 4, it is still pretty much a work in progress.

You can download the build from here and try it for yourself. Keep in mind that currently a lot of things are broken and it is clearly not good enough for daily usage. For instance camera, telephony, data, audio and many other things are not working.

So if your Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is your main phone, stick to the stock firmware. 

TWRP stands for team win recovery project and it allows the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 users to easily flash custom firmwares easily. After installing TWRP on your Note 4, all you will have to do download the ZIP file containing the firmware or hack to the phone and flash it in recovery mode by holding down the volume up + power button.

It shall be noted that the warranty will be void after you have installed TWRP custom recovery on your Samsung Galaxy Note 4. You can download it from following links:

• Qualcomm variants
• Exynos lte
• Exynos 3g only

Acer Aspire VN7-791G Black Edition has been launched that features the Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M GPU or GTX 960M. Prices start at 900 euro for the base model and these new laptops will be hitting the market shelves in mid-March. The Acer Aspire VN7-791G Black Edition could be the first notebook series to make use of these two new GPU units.

The top specced model NX.MUWEU.004 Acer Aspire VN7-791G Black Edition specification include Intel Core i7 4720HQ processor with Intel Real Sense 3D camera and GTX 960M GPU. It will retail for 1550 euro. Lenovo also launched Y50 with same Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M GPU just few days back. However the Lenovo Y50 has better UHD screen and cheaper price tag too (1000 euro).

The cheaper one  Acer Aspire VN7-791G-555U (internal name NX.MUSEU.004) as mentioned earlier will cost 900 euro. Its specifications include Intel Core i5-4210H , 8 GB of memory (RAM) and a 1TB hard drive along with GTX 950M graphics unit.

Taiwanese manufacturer Gigabyte has launched the P34W which is a gaming laptop with just 21 millimeter thickness and 1.71 weight. Despite have such thin hardware, Gigabyte has not compromised on its innards. Gigabyte P34W specifications include 14 inch display, Intel Core i7 quad-core processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M graphics card, up to 16 GB of memory backed by a combination of mSATA SSD and 2 TB hard drive.

The 14-inch display has a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. The battery has 61.25 Wh capacity. Ports and connectivity selection includes four USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, D-sub, Gigabit LAN, WLAN ac, Bluetooth 4.0 and an SD card reader. Also included is an HD webcam and a backlit chiclet keyboard for typing in dimly lit environments.

The Gigabyte P34W 14-inch gaming laptop is on sale at a suggested retail price of € 1,649.