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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
I think it's great. I have no complaints, and no complaints is pretty good for me :D
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boodies:
Considering how small of an upgrades other manufacturers bring to the table each year, I'd say Samsung is doing it's usual thing providing the consumer with the most upgrades and features. Many of which makes me wanna buy their phones. Currently using Note 2 and waiting patiently on the next Note.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clark Joseph Kent:
Thread Cleaned of the unneeded Posting....Thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homer285:
My thoughts are this, still stylish and I love the squarer corners, awesome camera probably Sony sensor/lens again, nice rich display moderately bigger, larger capacity removable battery, fingerprint scan for unlock/pay etc, resistance of water and dust ingress.(*Samsung GALAXY S5 provides ingress protection against dust and water to a maximum of 1 metre for up to 30 minutes, allowing it to be certified to an IP67 rating. The back cover and USB port must be correctly sealed to protect against dust and water ingress.)<=from SS

Hardware button placement thoughtful, lighter than most competitors, nice easy to see notification led, excellent audio via headset easily as good as HTC or Sony, adequate loudspeaker, actually I feel my S4 is just as loud as my M7 just not as good quality so S5 should equal, not important. Fitness integration and awesome support from many renound hardware manufacturers such as Spigen, Otterbox and many respected 3rd party battery firms not to mention the software and custom firmware support. Oh there's also an upgraded CPU and GPU with really useful new tweaks.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] system.img:
It's a Samsung ISOCELL sensor, not Sony.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewdroid:
I have to wait until dpreview or someone knowledgeable actually tests out the new camera sensor package on the S5. They did a preliminary but didn't get to much. Don't forget about the water resistance either people. That could be a lifesaver in some situations.

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The other day my mother calls complaining that she dropped her phone in the footbath at the pedicure place. No big deal because it was an inexpensive dumbphone. But I'm thinking that'd be a dead S4 but a fully functional S5.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiguy99:
Didn't know me sharing my opinion of being disappointed in the screen resolution from first hand experience using the actual phone is now viewed as an unneeded post (especially when we're discussing who thinks the Galaxy S5 is a disappointment)

I guess freedom of speech is shunned around here...Thanks anyway
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattMJB0188:
The phone may really be a disappointment on AT&T in the U.S. as its rumored they disabled download booster.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
That's terrible! I have AT&T and a 10GB data plan, so that would really suck... Google Play edition bruh :D
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RCJ89:
I got the same sort of response from three idiots on the m8 forum in a thread titled - what DON'T you like about the m8.

I listed the black space under the screen as the main gripe

the duo camera

the headset jack on the bottom

and this was only after i actually saw the phone in r/l held it in my hands played with it etc

I was told i don't have the phone so i shouldn't say anything negative about it, yet the things i mentioned are things you don't need to own the phone to see and are the things especially the black bar that prevented me upgrading my m7 to the m8.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattMJB0188:
Its not confirmed yet. Apparently the AT&T demo units have the feature disabled. That doesn't mean the units shipping to customers will have it disabled.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
Download Booster was enabled on the Canadian S5 demo model I had played with. They didnt even have a sim card in the device but I was still able to enable the feature.

Unfortunately things aren't looking good for you guys in the states, luckily carriers here in Canada don't interfere with device features but instead they gouge us like crazy. Im looking forward to using the download booster feature since I have a 6GB data plan and always have 2gb left over at the end of the month.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattMJB0188:
No things are not looking good here with the S5. I would love to be on Rogers in Canada. Its a great network, from what I have seen. I think they are running 20+20 LTE now? AT&T is greedy and does not want anyone using their network PERIOD. The CEO once said he looses sleep over Apple iMessage and offering an unlimited data plan. For each additional megabyte they have to invest capital. So glad I still have my old unlimited plan.

But yea we'll see once they ship the phone if its really disabled.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Ah cool thanks. It seems like something they'd do (they disabled Google Wallet on the S4 IIRC). We'll see I guess.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TECH NIQUE:
Hi guys check out my latest video as I do a hands on Samsung Galaxy s5 at the Samsung unveil event at Stratford Westfield.

My first time doing a video like this, apologies for the occasional stutter and noisy background.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLnvIATU2To&feature=share&list=UUy98Mmh1RBUUgQ_qpob3CrA
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
The s5 is a pos. The bootloader will be locked and there will be no root or custom roms

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Get lost, hater! Blame your ****ty carriers for locking their devices, the international version is unlocked and already rooted.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
See the problem with the international version is the lack of LTE support.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sameer1807:
The galaxy series is the only viable option for android IMO. All other manuf..sony, lg, HTC etc. All have some sort of problems..from my usage, ive never had any problems with any galaxy device(had the s2,3,4). That said, I find it disappointing that Samsung hasnt improved the design and materials used in the phone. Still using coated chrome and plastic buttons.. I'll probably end up upgrading to the s5 this year due to a lack of good substitutes
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Another reason to blame them, using different frequencies (and even that CDMA thing)! :silly:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Honestly, almost all phone launches have had issues. The S series phones have had their fair share of problems. Saying Samsung is the only viable option for Android is kinda shallow :P

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IKR! Can't interchange any carrier phones here and get full frequency support... That is if you can get your SIM to work XD

Apple did it right with the unlocked iPad where it fully supports all US and many international carriers.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Only if the international S5 was compatible with US carriers LTE......
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
Import the Canadian S5, it will have an unlocked bootloader and will have the same LTE bands as the ATT version.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
You guys should try importing it from Colombia, they also use band 4.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
My man! From which carrier version and where will I be able to buy it from?

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Thanks. But which retailer though?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
No idea, sorry. :p
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Lol !!!!!! no worries, the Canadian version might be easier to get anyway.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Does it have the same HSPA bands though? Our house has a crapload of aluminum-covered insulation, so I never get LTE. HSPA/3G is important to me as I'm on those bands often.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
All the Canadian carriers should have the same version of the S5. There is one carrier which may be different, Wind Mobile but they are an HSPA only network on AWS bands. I would suggest going for a Rogers/Fido/Bell/Telus device.

It does have the same HSPA bands although the 1700mhz band was not enabled on Canadian S4's so you had to use a software work-around in order to enable it. Once you did that it became a 5 band HSPA device.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
But where to buy it? From their websites? Will they ship to a US address??
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiguy99:
I kinda lol'd when I saw the original post....LG, HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Oppo, Sony... all are making great Android phones just to name a few
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
I think you would best be buying from a 3rd party retailer like Newegg unless you live close to the border and could come up and purchase it from Best Buy or a carrier themselves.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
True, I think Negri electronics may have them too.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Problem is, you're most likely gonna spend a ton more than buying a carrier version in the states (I'm in Oregon with no sales tax so that would most likely cost a fortune in comparison).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
Wow no sales tax sounds amazing. Here in Vancouver the S5 is going to be priced at $700 CAD outright from carriers which with current exchange rates is $632 USD. If im not mistaken the S5 will cost $650 outright in the states so it is technically cheaper in Canada although the problem is the sales tax. We have 12% sales tax in Vancouver which makes things quite a bit more expensive for someone who is used to having no sales tax.

Based on my math and current exchange rates, it would cost you roughly $710 USD(including sales tax) to purchase the S5 from a Canadian carrier, thats not calculating shipping or customs fees you may encounter though.

So I guess it really comes down to how much you value the unlocked bootloader?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schlager P.:
quite off-topic, but check this out! Beats the s5 imo

and what NONSENSE 'bout the s5 can't be rooted, what surprised me that that was coming from a rec. con. (JD1639) video for rooted s5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BanziBaby:
Well I put in my upgrade pre order with Vodafone today for the S5, was a choice between the S5 & Sony Z2 but the S5 deal was a bit cheaper.

Free phone at £42 per month but if I trade in my Galaxy S3 that gets the monthly cost down to £37 which is what I'm paying the now for my S3.

Being honest the main reason I went for the S5 was it will have better custom rom support than the Sony phone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdlopez83:
They were concerned about it not being able to be unlocked, not rooted. Big difference.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schlager P.:
oops. my bad
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Yep exactly :P

I most likely won't flash any ROMs, but root access is necessary for me :P
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sensamic:
S5 may have bigger development community and roms, but that doesn't mean they will work well.

S3 and S4 have had many problems due to lack of resources and stuff that Samsung doesn't release.

So a lot of roms, but they will never work that great.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
You don't even know what you're talking about... :p
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
That's kinda of a lame comment. U probably don't know anything about Roms.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdlopez83:
Delete
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I missing the point perhaps....
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdlopez83:
I deleted my post by mistake,

But yeah I guess maybe I am.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
That's cool, deleting a post by mistake. That happens to me all the time

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alhadee12:
I think I'm going to pre-order it and see how it stacks up against the Flex.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
The LG G Flex? The screen on that thing is a piece of junk XD
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alhadee12:
The screen had actually been very good. I haven't had any issues with it.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Huh. All the reviews I've reds have said it was extremely lacking with poor whites and 720p resolution. Glad you enjoy it!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alhadee12:
I've read them too, I've just had a different experience with it. I'm still decidin if it'll be my daily driver.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
I'd guess that a 6" screen is a little big for a daily driver :P

The S5 will probably be a nice upgrade!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alhadee12:
Very true, I may pre-order the S5 tomorrow.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Cool! I've been debating it myself for a while :P
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sensamic:
I've got an S3, one of the phones with most roms and development, so you guys are the ones that don't know what you're talking about.

Or are the Samsung AOSP roms as good as the ones for a Nexus device? Samsung doesn't release sources.

And I've flashed a lot of roms for the S3. They won't be perfect ever.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Sigh.....You're a rookie man and I mean it seriously. First, There's no such thing as perfect Roms, there's just preference. Second, of course a nexus will have better AOSP Roms than not only any Samsung device, but any other OEM device as well. And lastly, development isn't all about AOSP. There are touchwiz roms as well. You clearly do not know what you're talking about.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
+1

A few whiners made a petition (lol) asking Samsung to release their sources for the Exynos SoC, but, y'know, a petition...

And all those "I'll flood their Twitter demanding the sources" posts, hilarious. :silly::silly::silly:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdlopez83:
Yeah but, I think he is ONLY talking AOSP. I'm sure he knows about twroms if he has flashed all those roms.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I know he was after his second post.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WizeGuyDezignz:
I think I might dump the M8 for the S5 bro. :p

I made a post here in the general section, check it out and let me know what you think. :good:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Oh word??? Wow. Thanks man will check it now.

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By the way, check out the ppl comments who had their hands on the S5 at best buy stores. All are saying it is super fast and smooth. Going to bed now. Will continue the discussion tomorrow :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabilsweet007:
Samsung galaxy s5 look like Chinese phone
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
What does a Chinese phone look like?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claud0902:
Do I take this as a compliment? We are comparing a Korean phone (s5) to a Chinese phone (m8) and now you say the Korean phone look like a Chinese phone.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sensamic:
Wow! There are TW roms too???? I didn't know that!!

.............................

You really think you know more about custom roms than me huh? Good for you I guess...

When talking about custom roms the most interesting ones are AOSP. That's why I didn't mention TW roms.

Exactly.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
I wonder what's so interesting about AOSP...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kpirnie:
customize customize customize...

Sent from my Deadly Venom SS 3.0.1 S4 ~ 20GB free cloud https://copy.com?r=vtiraF
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
"The most interesting ones are AOSP....." .Speak for yourself. When I want AOSP i be smart and buy a nexus device.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claud0902:
Now please tell me, if I want AOSP and also want to use the removeable battery and micro sd storage, what a nexus device in the world could meet my needs?

There are ppl in the world simply do not appreciate ANYTHING from TW but only love the physical features like the removable battery and micro sd storage and light weight design.

So your smart suggestion is appreciated but the answer is no, thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Ever heard of a Google edition?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claud0902:
I only heard of the GS4 gpe but not the GS5.

Besides it is more likely to be the US only again if we do see the GS5 gpe in the future. This means further research to check if it supports enough LTE frequency so it will not become a small wifi tablet when it leaves from its motherland.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Then stick to a nexus. Case closed. Don't complain about a phone not having great AOSP support if you buy a phone mainly for AOSP.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
There are many GPe roms for the TW S4, but it may have bugs (KK was plagued by random reboots until a dev found out how to fix it, took many weeks). So if there's a GPe S5 coming it'll probably be ported to the TW one for sure.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claud0902:
What you do not understand is you can only close your own case but not the others.

When ppl discuss about ASOP or something else, no matter if it is compliment or complaint, if it is not your topic, you can simply walk away. Yes, as you said, case closed to you. However, I don't care if you actually walk away or stay in the discussion - you are welcome to join anyway. Ask me to stick to a nexus and finish talking? Well you know what you are gonna get again. No thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claud0902:
Yes, true. The tw veision will have the gpe port for sure. But considering the bugs, it might be worth to wait for a while for the gpe announcement and then make the final decision.

In general the GS5 is very promising.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
If you buy a phone for the sole purpose of AOSP, I think its dumb not to buy a nexus. Especially considering that nexus devices are much cheaper. I just think its stupid honestly. But you can do whatever you want.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claud0902:
In my personal case, picking up either a nexus 5 or a gs4 was a compromise. The former had a good core hardware (s800) and good software (stock android) but crap featured hardware (battery, camera, speaker etc.) and the gs4 had a good featured hardware but bad core hardware and software. Therefore picking a nexus 5 was a better choice with less compromise.

However now the situation has changed. GS5 is a big lift over the GS4, only with the software side that attracts me less. Thus picking up a GS5 becomes a better option to me now. As we know Samsung has lots of roms support and a fix (to me) on the software side becomes possible. That is why the AOSP roms are brought into discussion. It does not necessarily mean that I am buying a device with a sole purpose on AOSP.

I'm sure many ppl have a similar smartphone use pattern in xda so they have the need to turn a phone with great hardware design into a very customised device. That is also what many enthusiasts are working for.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdlopez83:
Yeah but you just made a good point about the removable battery and SD card. Are there any other phones that have a removable battery and SD card? If that's the case I'll take the ports lol.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankgreimes:
Great point but that's the biggest reason why Samsung is on top they just get it. Despite what the HTC bosses are saying their success is not purely based on marketing. Having a removable battery is essential for a lot of users so if competition isn't offering that why use their brand?

Build quality may be higher but who cares there are lot of excellent Cases for the Galaxy line. If the Z 2 or Z 2 compact would offer a removable battery I'd buy them but since they don't I won't.

It is really comical hoe these big companies worth millions of dollars aren't seeing the obvious.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roosta:
ATTENTION SAMSUNG:

- Regardless of PODCASTS being readily available, PEOPLE WANT TO USE FM RADIO! What's hard to comprehend is that the technology is already inside the S5 and you have physically disabled its use!

- Even a slight CPU/GPU increase would have been a respectable upgrade that would fit within your 'allocated build budget'

- Stop making the phone BIGGER, 5" is a good enough size. Isn't this what the Galaxy NOTE market is for?! Miniature tablets / oversized phones?

Water/dust proof with the fingerprint option are nice little add-ons, but now I have no genuine reason to upgrade from the S4 and no equivalent phone in the market is worth upgrading to. The S3 was horrendously designed with its curved body (goodluck with screen protectors), so glad that design has well and truly disappeared. I really question why you mirror Apple with ****ty business motto "Hey, it's 1 year on let's upgrade our flagship device!". This is just as useful to me as the S4.

RoOSTA
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Aside from the FM, the rest is BS. What about the new One having a larger screen (even the new iPhone is rumored to be bigger), or Sony talking about a 6 months cycle or the LG G3 and Moto X2 rumors? All new flagships are slight upgrades because, well, that's technology. Stop dreaming about 4K screens or SoCs wih 32 cores and 64bits ...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claud0902:
Disagree. I don't get even Koreans with relatively smaller body size have no problem with the screen size, why there are so many complaints raised from the western world where ppl usually have bigger sized body and hands.

Smartphone is becoming NO 1 priority personal computing decive to a rapid growing number of ppl, ahead of desktops, laptops and tablets. The size increase is not only a compromise but also a need to many ppl as long as the increase does not make the weight and bulkness of the device go over some acceptable ranges.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Personally, I like a screen I can comfortably use one-handed. 4.7in is about perfect for me and many others.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdlopez83:
Disagree on all accounts but respect your opinion.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thomasba:
Interesting that RoOSTA and a few others seem to think that phone manufacturers design phones just for them. If it hasn't got what YOU want on it then don't buy it, it's simple really. Berating them because they didn't include/crippled what is rapidly becoming an obsolete technology really serves no purpose. Market research will show that the MAJORITY don't want or use FM radio because they either put their own music on, use podcasts or stream the station they want. If your S4 does what you want it to do stick with it, save your money buy a beer and chill out.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natefish:
This made me chuckle because it's the argument I used when I got my S3 back at its release. My wife, an avid iPhone user, thought my screen was too big. I told her phones should be proportionate to people's hand size. I'm 6'2" with big hands, so it works for me. I also have a student who is about 5'2" (I teach high school freshmen) and she has the S3 mini :)