just the 3rd party time/date display widget that i got from playstore that lets you edit the font type,size etc

Waze works perfectly on Lollipop Note 3(and other devices) so I don't think it is waze issue.
Have you actually tried the Poland Lollipop release yourself? There're also other issues mentioned in several posts on the first page of this thread. After updated My benchmark decreased from 50k to 30k, battery life also decreased and phone gets hot for no reasons. Samsung has not enabled x64 on their lollipop for Note4, probably never will due to their 32bit Qualcomm counterparts.
Of course, if they fixed all these problems then there is no reason to not update.

anyone using spigen neo hybrid metal here? how is the reception compare to verus ironshield?

I used before it before, even though I did not notice any reception issue, and it looks excellent at first sight, I wouldn't recommend it.

Im using the poland firmware for daily driver. For me only waze not working, so its still ok for me. I do a clean upgrade as in after upgrade i reformatted. Its up to u whether u wanna upgrade or not just sharing my experience. It is much smoother on lollipop.
Am not forcing anyone to upgrade

I'm glad it works fine for you, but if you look at the several posts at first and 2nd page, I am not the only one having those issues. I'm also stating my experience with the currently lollipop being is not stable(for me anyway), and I will upgrade when Samsung fixed those problems in future. BTW, yes, I did a clean install.

anyone using spigen neo hybrid metal here? how is the reception compare to verus ironshield?

This month I was very rough with the phone. With the spigen neo hybrid on, my phone was dropped and tossed around quite roughly. Some dings and lots of scratches on the plastic bumper but the phone itself was fully protected. Only damage is I don't know where I dropped the s-pen.

That shud be perfectly fine la, mine pull weather and rss every hour. Standby drop rate 1% per hour only at max.

Other 5.0.1 got issues with waze?

maybe will try to buy from 2by2mobile. Definitely before GST.
Microphone jack? Do you mean by headphone jack? If cover everything maybe will try it. Because Spigen case have a lot of dust can enter between the openings. So have to frequently open the case to clean it.
More expensive but much better quality and can protect from drops and shocks.  Don't know about the Rearth quality. But I hate this Neo Hybrid casing if do not open properly. It will scratch the shiny metal part of the phone.
Spigen is much more worse. It scratches the shiny part of the Note 4. 

why you wouldnt recommend it?

It's quite easy once you get a hang of it, but there is a con on the metal version because the metal frame will not survive a fall. Recently dropped my phone from a table height, phone is ok but the metal frame kemek and misshaped. Took me a while to get it back in shape. But there is a permanent dent on one corner... Never had this problem with the plastic version on my Note 3 which I used for a year, and dropped a few times, still looks good.

The metal version looks a lot better than the plastic version but you have to handle it with care, the frame is softer than it looks, it will protect the phone but will not protect itself, maybe I will just use until it hancur then change back to plastic version. :\

anyone tried using Qi charging? would you recommend it? will you be able to get fast charging if you use Qi?

Who want to play modern combat 5.its free right now.nice grafic

Couple of quick question guys.

1. Is Samsung's "adaptive fast charging" same as Qualcomm's "quick charge 2.0" charger?

2. If not will it be compatible if I use one with another?

qualcomm quick charge is only reserved for qualcomm note 4...so it will be incompatible with exynos version..