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[Galaxy S 5 General] luisr2003:
I moved from a galaxy S2, it was still fine and I recently bought the expanded battery and I was going to wait for the prices of the s5 or the one m8 to decrease. I was really lucky to win the s5 in a raffle from o2 germany.

Now I just want to get rid of the pre-installed apps in order to get more battery life.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ShadowLea:
From: I'm using my S5 as a secondary device. My Note 3 stays my main phone. (I can't stand screens below 5.5"). Why: S5 was a gift from T-Mobile.
[Galaxy S 5 General] D33KK:
Moved from Nexus 5 because the screen smashed haha.

Definitely prefer the s5, I love the amoled screen and waterproofing.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SeverusSnape:
I´m actually on the Galaxy S4.

I´m not sure to go to the S5 or the Xperia Z2 or the HTC One M8 ?

The HTC looks very great to me but i´ve got the Samsung S Class from the first Day on.

It´s confusing me a little bit.

Regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] olaf63:
I did the same thing and I feel like you, and don't forget the battery of the Note3. :good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] polish_pat:
Ya but the S5 has better battery life even is its smaller
[Galaxy S 5 General] Little Bigboy:
Currently on the LG G2, waiting a few more months to see what the LG G3 offers. So its either the G3 or the S5. I'm not even considering any other phones
[Galaxy S 5 General] HappyDude69:
SGS4 because my LCD cracked for the second time and it only costed $200 more to get the S5 than having the LCD fixed again.
[Galaxy S 5 General] windrider42:
Coming from Samsung Galaxy S3, because I cracked my screen ages ago and never bothered to repair it, even though I watched the videos and have the new LCD

So instead of repairing decided to upgrade because I liked some new features on the S5 :) Fingerprint app being one of them.
[Galaxy S 5 General] z89x23:
moved from SG S2..

Needed a new phone with better specs..

also i liked the desing... :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] ecopy:
Moving from SGS2, cause it's time to move on =) and, AFAIK, SGS5 supports low latency audio playback.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ave666:
Moving from i9003. Need new smartphone after 3 years. Still learning the new device
[Galaxy S 5 General] Darth Ziggurat:
I moved from iPhone 5 to Samsung Galaxy S 5.

I miss Cydia :( Debian packaging system + runtime tweaks was the best part about iPhone :(
[Galaxy S 5 General] harise100:
I had a S4 and was quite happy with it.

Waterproof and the need for the latest and greatest, made me switch.

But if they make the phone any bigger than this one next year, I won't buy it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SilentlyScreaming:
Moving from an Ace2 (see sig for previous models) because of the better specs, it is my 35th birthday on Sunday & I've not had a top tier model in a long, long time!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Ave666:
Yeah, it's quite hard to use single handed
[Galaxy S 5 General] Unrealbr:
Over from the Galaxy S3 4G, huuuuuuuuuge upgrade.

Worlds apart despite both being a Galaxy.
[Galaxy S 5 General] XdividerX:
I returned my M8 2 days after I bought it. I already have the M7 as a work phone and the overall feeling of both phones was similar. I love HTC but thought I'd go back to Samsung again.

I had a gs3 and gs4 before so thought I'd try the gs5 to see what it was like and so far I am happy.

Sent from my SM-G900I
[Galaxy S 5 General] Christiancs1969:
S2 too s5......big leap.. :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] MykOne:
HTC ONE X to the S5.... I wanted something new. I was originally going to get the S4 until I found out the S5 was coming out so I waited. So far I've had the S5 for almost a week now and very happy with it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] arlulez:
S4 to S5.

I change my phone once a year

from S1-S2-S3-S4- now S5
[Galaxy S 5 General] TomaLLoS:
From NOT before i had Nexus 5 now I have nexus 5 and galaxy s5 i change phone really fast ;) I had also galaxy s2 and s4 but this is beast. Still I can not take distance to my nexus 5 is working so smooth fast and clear...
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
From Nexus 5 (I still have it, but might sell it).

I like the better camera and considerably better battery life.

Smoothness and performance in day to day usage is very similar (after switching to ART). There are a couple of parts where the N5 has the slightest edge but it's minimal.

Overall I'm quite happy, I got the Exynos variant (so minimal development yet).
[Galaxy S 5 General] bartzld:
Also from Nexus 5. Really missed the sd and good camera. Before Nexus 5 i had the s4.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G900F met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 General] superleeds27:
M7 to S5.

I like the M7 but the battery life is terrible.

S5 feels a hell of a lot bigger then the M7, even though its MM's bigger. One of them things i guess. Roll on AOSP/GPE Roms!
[Galaxy S 5 General] emuX:
Xperia T to S5. Mainly because I wanted a bigger Led screen as the T feels a bit dim and because I liked some of the S5 features such as kids mode, fingerprint scanner, IR port, heart rate monitor, etc.

Was worried about the camera as the one on the T has been awesome, but I needn't have been concerned. The S5 camera has performed just as well or better in pretty much all situations. Haven't done any low light photography yet (the T was surprisingly good in this regard) but hopefully that'll be just as capable!
[Galaxy S 5 General] damian5700:
Same here! I'm loving it!!
[Galaxy S 5 General] petest:
Lumia 900 to s5.

Had s2 and loved it. Thought I'd try windows to see if it had improved much.

Nope, back to Android
[Galaxy S 5 General] boykioy:
Nexus 4

Στάλθηκε από το SM-G900F μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 General] ethanjsl:
Moving from my Nexus 5. I got the Nexus 5 as a Dev Phone and as a Steppingstone as my S3 went haywire. Now my Nexus 5 will be my H/W Dev-device as I am a Elektronical Engineer (Elektroniker here in Switzerland).
[Galaxy S 5 General] starkall:
Switched from my iPhone 5. Figured I would try the s5 until the new iPhone comes out.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hahee:
My wife upgraded her S3 for GS5 only because her contract was up
[Galaxy S 5 General] PauldUK:
I moved from the Nexus 5 to Galaxy S5. I'm very pleased with the device, especially since I got it for nothing after purchasing the S5 and a case for it from the Carphone Warehouse and there system crashed and only charged me for the case! ??
[Galaxy S 5 General] Michael_P:
S3 to S5.

I had my S3 for nearly 2 years and I'm still more than happy with it, and even though the S5 really doesn't offer that much extra I figured now is as good a time as any to upgrade.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ampm325:
SII Skyrocket running an ICS rom from XDA. Traded it in for 40 bucks, then learned about locked bootloaders and knox real quick.
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
Flip phone. Before that G2. Excited to get my S5 in the next couple days.
[Galaxy S 5 General] zuberilol:
smashed phone

I upgraded from my HTC One X to the S5 due to a smashed in screen.

I was getting in the car and as i was closing the door my phone fell out of this new jacket i got and went bye bye to "phone smashed land"
[Galaxy S 5 General] samantha_moses:
is s5 worth buying? :confused: am in love with this phone...

please give your feedback..present device note 2..
[Galaxy S 5 General] peacekeeper05:
Came from the Galaxy Note 2.

And it really is an upgrade. I thought I wouldn't notice that much of a difference but I was wrong. Even that new backplate is nice and beautiful. I used to hide and cover all my previous samsung phones with cases but the S5 is different. I have the blue one and it is stunning. It's beautiful in its own way.

I upgraded because the Note 2 is starting to show its age. The moment I was able to try a galaxy S5, I saw a huge difference in terms of performance and display quality so that made me decide to buy the S5 already. And I always wanted to have a water resistant phone. So far so good. I'm enjoying the phone a lot. Gone are those laggy days of the old TouchWiz.
[Galaxy S 5 General] fabolousrmx:
I came from an S2. It was god damn time for an update. Got the Gold S5 on the first day of release! :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] kms108:
For me I think it's a bit of both, the S5 is a upgrade in design and feature, but for built quality the note 2 is better, even the built quality of the note 3 doesn't come any close to the note 2.
[Galaxy S 5 General] rpboronat:
I came from an S4. It was a gift from my birthday. Incredible change. Great performance, the screen is the best for me. In sunlight it is incredible. One can see whatever outside without putting your hand over the phone. The battery lasts all day, using it a lot of in my work.

I recommend it.

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[Galaxy S 5 General] The_Machinist:
Came from the S2. It realy was time for a big upgrade :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] peacekeeper05:
I agree. Display is fantastic. First phone that I've ever owned that I don't have difficulty seeing the display even under direct sunight.

Anyone having issues with screen burn ins? It's the only reason keeping me from using my phone more. My note 2 had it. I know its inevitable but I hope Samsung found a way to slow the degradation more.
[Galaxy S 5 General] papabear:
Just curious, did you run any custom ROMS, root, launcher, stock deodexed,etc.? For most smart phones prior to the GN2 I owned, I modded/ran customized the phones to make them better/faster. With the GN2 and currently GN3, I have just been running root, stock deodexed rom with nova launcher and it works! 4.3 and 4.4 have had some improvements in comparison to older.

Not saying that you did not make a good decision upgrading, but GN2 is a great phone. Also, as far as cases/protection it's worth the investment. But, since the S5 is water resistant a slim case works.

The last practically indestructable/water resistant phone I had was an old rugged ericsson bar phone.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jebuchanan:
I came from the S2. It developed memory issues, so the upgrade was a necessary step.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Brava27:
Came from an HTC M8 and couldn't be happier! The HTC was bulky, terrible battery and soso photography. I sure missed the galaxy line of phones!
[Galaxy S 5 General] KAWEDEMO:
Moved from note 3. My wife take over note 3 :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
Yes, I think it's worth buying for sure coming from a Note 2. The screen is much better along with performance.

Go for it! :thumbup:
[Galaxy S 5 General] keithross39:
Currently running an S2....can upgrade in November.... So doing a bit of 'advance research'.....

Looking into Z2, M8 and S5.....

Leaning away from Z2 and M8 for various reasons amongst which are non removable battery (I currently use a 2 battery and external charger setup) just one thing that worries me about S5....and that is KNOX......is it bypassable yet?

My wife says I'm a phone geek....She's probably right :):D
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
Nope and probably won't be unless there's a leaked *something* that is able to reset it.

Only the Note 3 Exynos version has a working reset method, thanks to a leaked internal bootloader.
[Galaxy S 5 General] beargeo:
Feel your pain brother - think i may be instigating a divorce lol - its 01-00 am and everyone in bed yet im looking to improve my phone -

Back to question - s3 to s5 and got to admit it -love the s5
[Galaxy S 5 General] bnight:
Moved from Galaxy S4 Mini (still own it but broken LCD display is very expensive to fix) I actually liked very much the S4 Mini as I was doing research for it for a few months before buying it. I then buy an S5 and use it for a month now it`s fast it has good battery life and could do a lot of stuff. However there are a lot of features that ware present on the S4 Mini but are not on the S5. Both phones suffers from easy scratches for only a month S5 already has scratches on it and my S4 mini has a lot more for the 6 months that I used it. Overall S5 is really good phone but it has some lack in software features and build quality is not great which require you to have a case of some sort in order to protect the phone from scratches.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Zoddex:
Moved from galaxy s4.... company paid new phone! :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] aooga:
What part scratches? The back?
[Galaxy S 5 General] bnight:
I have a scrach on the back yes and also on the side rim. I use it without protector though today I got Spigen Neo Hybrid for it but don`t think it will last long with it as well. My S4 Mini has also a lot of scratches but I usually use my phones without protectors and they sit in the same pocket with my car keys so this could cause some of the scratches overall the build quality of the S5 is improved over the S4 Mini though. Hope this helps.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] stombacco:
Hi, I've just bought a K-Jam after to owner of JasJar. I've a problem: device does not have smart dialing software installed. I.e. I cannot use the keypad to find a contact directly pressing the numbers in the keypad.

I saw in tha manual that in order to activate the option you have to tap Menu > Smartidialing Option. The problem is that if I tap menu I DON'T have the voice Smartdialing option. Can anyone help me please??

Thanks a lot.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Life Engineer:
Hi all!

Sorry if asking this is wrong, and with all respect to all developers and cookers, I want to try a LG G Flex rom on my D802 G2 and I can see there's a lot of roms, some in android development of G2 D802 and some in G2 Android Development... So it's a bit confusing.

I know there's a lot of people using these roms,

So what is the best G Flex rom in terms of stability, battery life, signal strength?

Thank you.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Incep:
Indicators of popularity are views, replies and recent updates. Maybe Cloudyflex would suit you :) You can also check out the (now closed) development thread of Rayglobe Flex Rom. The developer left for greener pastures, but there's still a lot of work put in the rom, and I still use it.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCFirefighter:
So I've been waiting on a unified firmware before trying CM. Don't judge me. However, I can't get it to boot. CWM recovery works fine, wiping /data and /cache works fine, as does installing the zip.

I tried both nightlies, and both won't boot beyond the Moto 'BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED" warning. This is the Verizon RAZR HD.

Any thoughts?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamMarkTodd:
same for me

I got the exact same behavior. I think todays nightly should be sorted out.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gustrick:
Ask in QA

Saludos
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCFirefighter:
I finally got it worked out. I have a feeling my recovery image may have been corrupted. It installed fine, but you never know.

Either way, these are the files I used (for others to reference)

recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.4-xt926

d688093be16b953f860b35341df3ab08

cm-11-20140220-NIGHTLY-moto_msm8960

847519fbff300dc35538bf61785065be

-- Also, don't forget to format /system. You'll have to dig for that option in the storage and mounts section of your recovery
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aviwdoowks:
Use philz 6128 w/cwmr 6047.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hydr0id:
I'm having a weird issue with the latest unified build, I get stuck on "warning bootloader unlocked" but only when I power off the phone to charge it lol

Sent from my RAZR HD
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XBlackChaosX:
What is the difference between moto_msm8960 and moto_msm8960dt?

Sent from my Droid Razr Maxx HD
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCFirefighter:
The dt is for the Moto X I believe.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XBlackChaosX:
I can't see, to be able to get this rom to detect my T-Mobile Sim.

Sent from my Droid Razr Maxx HD
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MauricioBR:
I have the same problem on unified from Feb21st. I'm afraid that when my battery goes, I'll have a soft-bricked phone because it won't charge.

When installing CM, one thing I did not do was formatting /system, because I couldn't find that option anywhere on CWM.

Does anyone know a way to fix this?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hydr0id:
I thought I was the only one, I can confirm the problem still persists on 2/24 nightly, on today's one I haven't tried yet. Also, the format/system is under mounts & storage in the main menu of CWM. I did a clean install of the unified nightlies, that hasn't solved my problem, I'm really concerned of what could happen if my phone powers off and there is no way to past the "bootloader unlocked" screen.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCFirefighter:
While I certainly hope you guys can get back on your feet I would advise you to get the team black hat active USB connector. It allows your phone to boot and flash without battery.

eta: http://shop.teamblackhat.info/Factory-style-programming-cable-for-Motorola-FactCable.htm

I have no ties to these folks or this product, except for owning one. It has saved twice in 2 years. Don't need it much, but you'll be glad to have it when you need it.

It took me over 8 hours of on and off flashing before I got it right. I blamed it on my recovery, since the md5's of all the zips I downloaded were correct, even after copying them to the sd card via my laptop.

I would try this:

Find your original Motorola usb cable. I've seen a lot of posts over the years because of bad cables.

Make sure you have the right one, and re-flash CWM recovery. Check its md5 before flashing using the one from my earlier post.

Boot into CWM and format /data and /cache, and then find the option to format /system.

Flash the nighly from http://get.cm/?device=moto_msm8960

Flash the gapps package for CM11: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps

Reboot

Even if you've done this already, just try it again. Like I said I spent all day getting frustrated, and almost gave up on it. I am not entirely sure it was my recovery, but I have nothing else to blame it on.

Good luck.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MauricioBR:
I just installed the last non-unified version and it's working as expected. I'll use this version for now, until the problem is fixed.

Are you using the official CWM? And which fastboot utility do you recommend? I know that the one that comes from SDK can cause issues with moto.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCFirefighter:
Congrats! Try doing the OTA updates to the unified builds. I've read that is successful. I used snapdragon specific fastboots I found online a while ago. However, I've never really seen it specified, so I assume the normal one that come with the SDK will work just fine.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MauricioBR:
The unified versions do not show up on the updater. :(

I tried to search another way to do the OTA, but had no luck. I tried installing the unified from the 24th over the non-unified (without wipes), but the charging problem came back.

Next step is to try flashing CWM over again and will go from that -- although I find hard to believe that the same CWM that works for one version is causing the other to bug out.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kabaldan:
I've pushed and merged the fix for charge only mode: http://review.cyanogenmod.org/60302

It will be fixed in the next nightly.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MauricioBR:
Wow, thanks so much!

I saw it was added on the nightly and I'm downloading right now to test it. :D

Edit: It's fixed! Thanks again!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCFirefighter:
I can't believe how inconsistent this **** is. So I messed up my phone and wanted to start over. Now the same files I successfully flashed and booted (see first page) now don't boot past the bootloader screen again.

Even after flashing the Verizon stock image back into my phone, the same files that were still on my external sd card refuse to successfully boot.

w t f

ETA: I am so f'n pissed right now. I was so happy with CM and I spent the last hours trying to get this back on my phone. Ready to throw this thing out. 2 different recoveries, 5 different CM zips. NONE boot past the bootloader image!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aviwdoowks:
I take it that stock rsd restore was successful for a boot to stock & the 1st boot to google login & getting to homesreen & etc? You are referring to failures after this 1st stock boot right?

Just to be on the same page.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCFirefighter:
Flashing back to stock results in a fully functional phone. When I boot into the custom recovery and format everything followed by the zips I just don't get it to boot at all.it just hangs at the unlocked boot loader warning.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aviwdoowks:
Format everything?

No. Use philz & wipe for rom.

Are you really formating ALL the formattable partitions?

No need to format.

---------- Post added at 12:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:38 PM ----------

Aboot is one you want to leave alone. Others too.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCFirefighter:
I meant all the ones that need to be formatted. I format /data /cache (factory reset) and I manually format /system.

Then I flash CM, followed by gapps, and reboot. The next thing that happens is that I'm stuck at the unlock warning.

I use CWM for the 926. I tried both the touch and non touch.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SCFirefighter:
For those with similar issues I would recommend to try Philz recovery. It's an adaptation of the original CWM touch recovery. It may just be a coincidence but it worked for me again while others failed. It's fancier too with some more useful features.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aviwdoowks:
I am going to post the flashable's for both phones here.

xt925 v6193 https://mega.co.nz/#!scgQ3aRC!4ElbpZ1qaS2gtZLQU5aUIgI8xvAHP1MKrme18eK7Kfg

xt925 v6079 for dirty permissions zips https://mega.co.nz/#!1ZwgQZCK!gu5-4Pe3LxYFvmhdmxs5H1nPmnbIZJ-RPHQGz0gcEn4

xt926 v6193 https://mega.co.nz/#!MZAzBKAZ!NQkEoKxB3vfEznTOdfHJIKB7LAzn_McA1rsw-tA5Qj8

xt926 v6079 for old zips that err7 on new version https://mega.co.nz/#!gdInUJKC!14ZOLOHhvb1fkTPO3n_Nc9O9mxCfsqAoMVTo_JDWDZE
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aviwdoowks:
Posted Philz recovery

New xda attachment limit </= 8mb now for zip uploads!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rasik199:
Is der a fix for this particular bug?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] szmoki42:
this isn't a bug,this is a new feature of 4.3 .
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GæxD:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2514087
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kralkral:
sir this is task manager i want tasker https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm&hl=en
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chmcarro:
Hi All, I successfully setup ADB with the Android development toolkit and modifying the driver file to install the driver. However, my battery depletes when in ADB mode. Is there a way to allow charging while in ADB mode? Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lozohcum:
Hey,

I'm struggling with syntax error after last repo sync of CM11. I didn't have this problem before:

do you know where is the fine which causes syntax error? I understand that there is randomly added "(" but dunno where I can find it.

Solved:

I was using linaro-4.7-13.04 toolchain to build kernel and that caused the problem.

Can you only explain me why? I want to use linaro toolchains for whole rom
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] twolostminds:
Really loved the screen size but the One Max was just way too bulky :(

Plan was to swap out the phones, race home and s-off. Unfortunately when I got to the store the sales rep had already done me a "favor" by installing the 4.4 update for me. ahhhhhh!!!!!!! lol Is there any way to root this bad boy yet?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] cmlusco:
Not yet. Hopefully soon, but who knows. Htc is getting better at finding exploits and fixing them. I have a fear that pretty soon no phones will be able to get s-off.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] SynisterWolf:
as long as someone offers a Java card their will be s-off but you're right, the new exploits are few and far between.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] twolostminds:
I haven't had an HTC since the TouchPro II, what is a java card?