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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rushless:
I find the lack of 32GB as a device option a HUGE disappointment. That and Kitkat killing off card writes and no root ability to fix this. Plus the bigger bezel (prefer the S4 size).

The first two combined points means I stick with the S4. Rooted and no sd write issues. Game emulators with the S5 are not practical due to the write issue and having a 10GB of space means not practical leaving game roms in internal on the S5.

On second S5 thought, the lack of 32GB and a non-rooted Kitkat device IMO truly sucks for me at a high level. :eek:

Added: I thought the S5 Prime would be my solace, but likely not a mass release due to display cost and probably ALSO no 32GB and locked down like Fort Knox 2.0.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
I agree with not having 32 GB as standard, but there is an easy fix for card writes if you are rooted on s5.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rushless:
Verizon version is not rooted, but since no 32GB version, no harm no foul :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WizeGuyDezignz:
It looks like this update is gonna improve some camera and gallery issues (and fingerprint scanner):

Samsung Galaxy S5 update improves c...t scanner accuracy - http://pulse.me/s/1cFYsK
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Szadzik:
I use a $1500 DSLR with a $1800 lenso on it and in poor lighting it takes time to focus. Do you have ANY idea how focus works? It depends on light, Just try to focus on an object that is dark in colour and there are no colour variations on it, just black. Even in good conditions it will be close to impossible to auto focus on that object, be it a DSLR or a phone. Stop complaining about things, that cannot be changed. If they cannot be changed for a DSLR, do not expect them to change for a phone that pretends to be a camera.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slind:
Hey ! Nice to know that you've got some money to spend on photo equipment. That automatically makes you more reliable and cool, especially because it was the first thing you had to point out.

But let's get back to topic:

I answered the question to the best of my knowledge and experience with the device. I know, that it takes time to focus and auto-focus in bad/dark lighting situations for a phone camera is really hard / next to impossible.

But other phone cameras already are faster. It's nothing I worry about, because I am more disappointed about the overall low-light image quality the S5 provides. Because it's noticeably worse than other phone cameras.

So if someone wants to know if the S5 is quicker in low-light than the Nexus 5, because it's really important to him, then I tell him that it's not, and that it's in fact worse. Nothing wrong here.

To answer your questions Szadzik: I only use a reather cheap Sony NEX-5 and several lenses that don't come close to your very expensive equipment. But I know how focus works. Thanks for letting everyone know that it depends on light.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Szadzik:
I did not mention the price of equipment to boast about it, but to illustrate the fact that even dedicated equipment does not solve the issue of focusing in low light and low cobtrast situations. If you felt offended by that, I am sorry.

If you know that focus depends on lifht, why even mention fcus problems in those situations? It should have been obvious.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slind:
Because claude0902 stated that he was annoyed by the long time it takes his Nexus 5 to capture something in low-light. He explicitly mentioned he thought the S5 was much faster in this regard. As it is not, that's what I mentioned.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
The S5 has slow shot to shot speed in low light situations when Picture Stabilization is enabled. Turn that off and shot to shot times become dramatically quicker.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claud0902:
Thanks for the reply.

Yes, in certain cases, speed is more important than quality to me as my wife needs to quickly capture some cute moment for our babe in the evening time at home. The N5 failed to serve in this field. Now I suppose the s5 would not perfectly meet her needs either. However the iPhone 5s seems to give some fast shots but with lots of noise. That is a compromise too but is what I look for. I am just expecting a similar or better solution from the great android kingdom.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdlopez83:
Looks like the Sgs4 Prime is coming ladies, aluminum. 3 gigs I hear.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
Maybe in the fall. Not anytime soon

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdlopez83:
Goddammit
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eyecon82:
It's just my guess...

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adichandra:
How do i fix the throttling down? Played COC for 20 minutes and it started stuttering. I hate this. :(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lingowistico:
disappointed that there's no stable CM11 YET :'(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
And will probably never happen, even the Nexus 5 doesn`t have a stable rom yet officialy as we speak. Only snapshots and nightly`s atm.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Safe0716:
CM is running awesome except for camera and nfc, it's more than stable if camera is fixed
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Yes, what i meant was a official stable CM version ;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lingowistico:
That's also what I meant. Sorry for the noob by didn't Samsung release full sourcecode? If so why isn't camera etc working already?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
CM builds roms from scratch using the CAF tree codes afaik, this takes time and a lot of coding and testing. Samsung doesn`t release non-aosp propietery codes.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lingowistico:
Ah I see, and so the camera and GPS are proprietary coded?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
Yup, at least most is. But CM are making progress as i read. Look here for more info about CM for the S5 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2755697.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alteam:
I'm kind of disappointed. I hate the cheap build quality and the speaker position. The only thing i like is the display pretty much. This was my first Android phone and let me tell you one thing, i ain't gonna buy Samsung again :mad:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigfdaddy2:
I think it is was hoping for more out of it but instead got more gimmicks that don't b used
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juDGEY2k10:
Just come back to samsung from the z1.....

love it to bits best phone i have had so made up with it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IBraHiM.f:
Androis system

Android OS

:(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alhadee12:
I like it, but I believe I am going back to the Note 3.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schlager P.:
Haha , what an in-depth review!

Sent from the den of inequity
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
I like a 5,1 inch screen better than a 5,7 one tbh in usability and operating the phone .
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alhadee12:
It keeps me from carrying a tablet in my job.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pknockle:
Having The S4 and a LG G2 the S5 hasnt really impressed me. Honestly this is the first time I thought of giving the new phone to my wife (she's been good this year lol). And I might just go back to the S4, plus my G2 for work. I think part of my hang up is I bought this bad ass case for the s4 and the fact that the S5 has a different cable. I already have to carry two phones I dont want to worry about carrying another cable. Granted I have been using a good slim battery case thats doing it job.

OOOH My first world problems,,,,
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kjc99:
The S5 is pretty much the S4 but it's definitely an upgrade... The screen is significantly brighter than the S4 and the S5 is definitely faster.... You can use the regular micro usb cable for the S5 as well so no need for different cables... Both cables charge at the same rate... USB 3.0 cable is for data transfers only
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pknockle:
Doh, Ive been known to over look little things like that. Im still laughing Im made such a big deal about it at work and no one corrected me so....
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R3LaPsE:
the only thing i like better about the s5 over the s4 is the battery life. other then that it feels the same to me
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pivo187:
Coming from an HTC EVO 4g lol to the S5...What a difference battery life is amazing along with everything else when compared to my old phone lol. But I still wonder whether I picked the best of the best currently
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
As new devices are beeing relaesed nearly every month you will continue to keep asking yourself this question. It is what it is mate ;) Be happy with what you got.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IBraHiM.f:
large edges are disappointing
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeledisagitter:
Quite disappointed here, not worth the price...I come form iPhone 5 and I think apple makes all things easier than samsung...more user friendly...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pknockle:
I loved my iPhone 5 for like 3-4 months. The fun thing is I loved and hated the size, loved the slim drop in pocket feel, but hated the small screen for typing or watching anything. No offence but its to basic for me. I love Android for letting customize and mod the hell out my phone. With the right case, Rom or launch I have a truly unique phone like no other.

And talking battery life I had on Low Pro Cases battery case and got up to 2-3 days of use. Granted my LG G2 takes the crown for battery life

Comes in handy on wild weekends. Went to Vegas and I was pretty much the only person with their phone on them all the time
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -PiLoT-:
as soon as i got the phone i rooted and lashed recovery. used a flashable debloater and used root explorer to replace some of the samsung apps (calc, clock keyboard etc). switched to google keyboard and google launcher.

happy as larry
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsydian:
I gave mine back after 5 days, yes it's faster and some more good features, but is heavier and thicker. Actually enjoyed going back to my S4.

Guess for some de ja vous S3 vs S4
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonyfan12:
1. No OIS

2. PWM (modulation at medium and low brightness)

3. Not good calibration (In LTE-A almost fixed, there good calibration, in Galaxy Alpha very good calibration, but need ideal)

4. Plastic body

5. Oversaturate and rosiness in some situations in camera.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skier6666:
Upgraded from Droid Incredible 2 ( lol ) to S5 this past weekend, WOW, night and day. Larger screen helps older eyes :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schlager P.:
Yes naturally, came from a Sony xperia arc s to a G2 and that's day vs. night, too.

Sent from the den of inequity
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayone:
I'm coming from a GS3, which I think is awesome to the Galaxy LTE-A.

Hate:

1.- Stupid ugly ass ribbed rim/bezel... seriously wtf?

2.- Stupid fat ugly ass ribbed rim/bezel... in gold!

3.- The stupid dots and divots all over it... now seriously wtf kind of idiot designs something that fugly? Did they out source the design to Botswana?

4.- No debloated ROMs for mine :(

Love

1.- The screen.

2.- It's damn snappy.

3.- THE SCREEN... it's just miles ahead of anything else out there.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] labeeqhussain:
Its awesome!

The S5 is an awesome phone, provided you know HOW to make it awesome;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NooBOnTheBlock:
No You Diddnt Pick The Best
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santa_claws:
I think so much of this question comes down to a matter of preference.

I am definitely not disappointed with the S5 however I still have a few issues with it. For example, I really like the idea of the fingerprint scanner but I feel that I need to swipe a second time, way too often, to get it to unlock.

My biggest gripe is with the software. I'm not a fan of touchwiz and really miss CM. Glad to see it's finally coming along.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roroflores:
First O thought it was a disappointment, but since I rooted and install CM11 everything changed! Now I love it!!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] damotif:
I agree with you. As someone who's been on the iphone, its a bit annoying that one has to swipe your finger in a particular way to have it lock or unlock. Should have just been made to read fingerprints in any direction.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrawnberyJack:
Problems with gs5.

1. Phisical button. That is epic fail. (fingerptint sensor? useless for most) .

2. Alarm clock have no puzzle unlock (it's very nice to have that.. you won't close the alarm by mistake when you are too sleepy in the morning.)

3. Knock code from lg or tap to wake from nokia - this is an awesome thing. It's sad that samsung don't have this. Think how easy is to double tab on the screen to open/close the phone. Now..that is impressive for me.

4. Messange sent notification. Again..this is much better built in google/lg soft. If you activate it you get a checkbox on the message that gets checked when the message gets sent. On samsung it needs to bother you into statusbar and vibrate and make noise. I hate that..it's not practical. It's medieval.

5. Last for me.. would be the seetings. The seeteeng are ugly. I need to search everywhere like a foul to find what i need. This ain't smart app. I don't know what samsung thought when they designed the seetings like that. It's just... phew.

6. I hate phones that have camera way out on the back. This phone basicaly seets on the back camera. This sucks.

It's easy to think complicated. The easiest you think..the better results you will get. You all talk about design and other useless ****.. but nobody talks about real matters. It's a smartphone. And a smartphone must be smart. Easy as that. The smarter the better. I don't care what cpu it use, how many ram.. i need performance and smart functions.

Eh.. btw.. those with the design... this "crappy" back of the phone it feels awesome. And the phone fits very good in my hand. (ofc ...the preferences can vary a lot from a person to another..so no comment).

Some pro's that i met at samsung (used lg g pro 2 / lg g / galaxy note 2 for short time)

1. When you call someone it's very nice that you see when you last spoke with that person. That is smart and useful.

2. The screen. Who needs 1440 k on 5.1 inch? Nobody. Because the gs5 screen is awesome as it is.

3. Battery is very generous. My average duration time is around 2.5 days. This is very good for me. (i use the phone most for alarm/music/talking/chatting).

4. Nice applications. I like the ui. And i get bored pretty fast. (like i did with g pro 2 ui).

5. I really like the design. For me it's good.

6. 128 Gb sdcard support. This is awesome. I can go and have fun with 4k camera.

As for me.. this is the first samsung after 3 years of LG. If i see something like knock code / tap to wakeup and no phisical button .. i will be a true samsung fan. Until than.. i'm getting the best from my phone.

Enjoy.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schlager P.:
Coming from a one x to aG2 now, I Despise samsung's decision to make a protruding cam, that scratches só easily. Tried to restore it on that htc by polishing, but ended up wasting it! Protruding: utterly useless!

Sent from the den of inequity
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chromatica2:
If you get the official Qi wireless charging back, which is thicker, the camera lens will no longer protrude. And you get wireless charging. The downside is it is slightly thicker, of course (but not by much).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mahdian57:
after 2 week usage why in-call mic getting low?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chromatica2:
I came to the S5 from an iPhone 5. Love the screen - larger, brighter, more vivid colour.

What I miss are the lockscreen notifications. Having to unlock my phone to see who just texted me or emailed me is a pain.

Roll on Android L.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theewindbags3:
I have a GS5 and I'm not disappointed in it. I do think that they could have put 3GB of RAM in it instead of 2GB. I run out of RAM really fast and my phone will start to bog down. Plus it's not that great at keeping applications running in the background for quick access. I think that the GS5 Alpha is more of a disappointed then the normal GS5.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chen Ash:
I dont think it is, ive got the qualcom version.

Im pretty happy with it, smooth preformance, camera is good and basicly really great upgrade if ur coming from galaxy s3 phone or lower gen ones.

I do agree there is no use to upgrade your phone from the GalaxyS4 to the S5 since the changes dosent really so big, if you got an Galaxy S4 just wait with it until S6 comes out or somthing better.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sensamic:
Does it annoy you guys the camera rattle?

If you tap hard the top half of the phone it rattles. On the bottom half it doesn't.

Try it on a silent room.

It's very annoying.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kjc99:
Camera rattle super annoying.... It's so loud I here it when it's in my pocket and I'm walking.... I've had all the Galaxy S phones and this one has the loudest rattle.... I've shaken alot of Galaxy S5 and they all do it... Some are louder than others... But camera works so what can we do?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
I disagree. I had all GS's since the S2 and all were nice upgrades. GS4 to GS5 you get the ISOCELL camera, brighter and larger screen, better battery life, the new TW, fingerprint scanner and all this with a performance bump.

Enviado do meu Galaxy S5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NooBOnTheBlock:
I only dislike Samsung because they used the same plastic in most of their US phones...their software is top knotch except for Knox
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chen Ash:
well that's true all the GS had big upgrade from gen to gen, but im no sure its worth the change if u got gs4, well unless u really like GS and willig to change your phone every year :).

I had GS2, GS3 and went GS5 when its came out, im not sure ill go for GS6 if its has no big improve.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YasinOzkan:
Correct, but the microphone sux hard
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Doesn't sound so bad. I had a girl friend like that
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emze:
speaker quality is quite bad and when the call is transferred to speaker phone, the person on the other line just can't hear jack... camera takes a while to turn on and so do the photos

apart from that, this phone is quite good
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lympe:
I can use my phone now and the battery does not drain like crazy. That's enough for me. Coming from s4.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BLfan:
I am happy with my S5 LTE-A since upgrading from the S4. In fact I was not intending to upgrade to S5 but was getting annoyed of the limited ram in the S4.

Pros: 2k screen, 3Gb ram, 32Gb storage, decent battery and can delete most of the bloatware from carrier and Samsung.

Cons: Camera in low light conditions, No OIS, annoying pop up messages.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ed Zachary:
My main disappointment is that my wife's S5 won't mount a 64GB or 128GB microSD card.

Everything we have tried up to and including 16GB works just fine. VZW employees with S5s can mount the 64 and 128 that we have with no problems. Tech support's "solution" has been (repeatedly) to do a factory reset and try again.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlads:
The s5 is a stellar phone, there is none better at the moment. Perhaps the note 4..HTC m8 is decent too but the water proof, the great camera and the launcher for once is top notch, battery is great too.

---------- Post added at 11:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:01 PM ----------

Format it properly if not then it must be the SD, if not then swap the phone for a new one. Me my wife, and about 5 of my colleagues have 64GB cards, even my s3 had a 64GB card
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ed Zachary:
The cards are formatted properly. As I said, VZW employees were able to mount the cards in their S5s with no problems. Multiple phones, no problems.

But VZW refuses to do anything until we "do a factory reset and call us back".

We have gone through the factory reset and call back drill three times.

They still want us to do another factory reset and call back before they will do anything more.

This repetition tells me they are happy with an endless jerk-around of a customer.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juDGEY2k10:
You talking about the S5 mate?

Did not know it was a 2k screen and 3 gig ram
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
The S5 LTE-A is a variant of the S5 except it has a 2k screen and 3gb ram. It's in the same body of the original S5 as well.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlads:
Take it back to a store, wipe it infront of them and tell them to put it in the notes, then call them and tell them to look at the notes.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ed Zachary:
We see no point in making yet another 2 hour trip to repeat what was done on the first and, as their past behavior has shown, get the same result.

We are convinced of two things:

The S5 is hit or miss with larger SD cards (evidenced by the experience of us and others).

VZW is happy to take your money and leave you hanging.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @non4:
Well my s3 had issues with my current card, my s5 however does not. I love everything about my s5 exept knox
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
And off course except Touchwizz ;) (at least for me that is).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @non4:
I like it. Its fresh when you used cm11 for ages, got bored of it. Its still gimmicky but I love it, I also love the stock UI on my nexus 7. Each to their own. Now SENSE is what I hate!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ave666:
Yeah true. I always going back to TW because I miss their feature and skin
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CraigCraig:
I love the phone, never owned any other Galaxy phones though. I still like it a lot better than my HTC Evo 3D, though that was a good phone too.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razno:
After 7 month of using it, I love it to. Drawbacks are speaker is rubbish, and vibration is low. Love camera, display, battery and fingerprint scaner as locker. Also water resistance is great. After week or so , drunk friend spill coke and wine on it over fingerprint scaner. That would be disaster because sugar in coke, but I just washed it imidiately with water and it's working, no sticy...

Also Phone is not warming with use. S4 was unbearable on hot summer day....

Previously I had s2 and s4.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eric214:
It's not over yet for Samsung. Samsung still has the best smartphone on the planet right now in the Note 3. So until they come out with a phone to beat the Note 3, they will still lag behind the Note 4 when it arrives. If they can't beat the Note 3, then it isn't going to bode well for them when the Note 4 arrives in October/Novemember
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fix-this!:
I wont even touch this phone. Plus the at&t model will be locked down. happy with my note 3, might even just get a nexus 5 too as a backup. I had a feeling the s5 would suck.