I wouldn't image doing it, but I have heard the 7.7.1 apk works fine.
Combined with the Note 5, s-pen and the much faster writing recognition mentioned at the top of the string this is a very slick solution. I use a not samsung keyboard so the work around above wasn't an option. A bit short sited of Evernote to remove this feature. And pretty meh of them to blame it on a partner product they made the decision to integrate and role out. Matt seems like a good guy, I'm guessing it hurt him a bit to have to type that.
But until evernote, or google or samsung or whomwever you want to blame fixes this, it seems there is at least one other option.