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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
You can AirPlay iOS devices to Apple TVs (which is what I do). It's a lot cheaper than buying new TVs XD.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phreaker47:
It was time to upgrade my TVs anyway.. both more than 5 years old. And now I don't need a third piece of hardware for that :highfive:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Great comparison between S5 and M8 by gsmarena ;)

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s5_vs_htc_one_m8-review-1067.php
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankgreimes:
Perfect review thank you for the link. Can't believe some htc fanboys are thinking that this was a biased review *lol* probably the best internet comparisons I've read.

Funny, how some of their tests have proven my "eye point" that the S 4 seemed to lag less. HTC has 4 mistakes to correct for next year:

1. removable battery

2. get rid off that stupid black htc bezel

3. capative > on screen buttons everytime

4. go all in and finally add a S810

for Samsung:

1. RAM please 2 gig aren't cutting it

2. OIS for the camera

3. bring back the S 4 homebutton please (felt more "robust")

4. see HTC go all in with a S810
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
They kinda complain a lot, for them the S5 shouldn't have any praise. Heck they even think the M8 has a better camera. Come on now...

I agree with your thoughts on the improvements these 2 OEM should do for their next flagship releases.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s52id:
Forsing PIN screen lock when using VPN?!!!

I am specially disappointed about the fact that the device has a fingerprint scanner but I have to type PIN numbers to unlock the screen even to make just a simple call. When you configure VPN the system forces you to choose PIN or password screen lock. I hate it! I want to decide which security level will I choose, not a system for me! I would highly appreciate if someone gives me a tip how can I hack the system to cut off the PIN screen lock while there are credentials saved on the phone. There are few apps for external VPN but I just prefer to modify some setting to hack the screen lock, so would be very happy if someone tells me how to do that.

I guess this is possible only on rooted device. Is there any chance to obtain warranty eventhough I root my S5? Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beefheart:
In terms of image quality the S5 has a better camera overall but the M8 does offer some advantages. Despite Samsung's claims the M8 has a faster auto focus and it takes better shots in low light.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
M8 camera is definitely better indoors/under low light, but samsung cam is better in every other aspect. Am hoping samsung updates the camera firmware to make auto focus even faster as a lot of people have said the same.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shockandawe:
I complained about certain aspects of the S5 too, until i returned it last night to wait on the 32gb variant at AT&T, and got a M8 to tinker with.... I'll stop complaining about the S5 now..... I can't wait to get my hands on another S5.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Yes it's better in low light.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawhawk:
Whatever happened to the S5 Prime?

The one that was supposed to be:

805 processor (64 bit)

QHD 5.2 screen

4GB Ram

Most of that would be icing on the cake, but the fact that the S5 stuck with 2GB RAM is really a big reason I'm not jumping on upgrading. Heavy multitasking with a number of apps running is just so sluggish with 2GB RAM.

~ sent from my tin can attached to a string ~

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noideaforusername:
A new leak said that the S5 prime will be actually be with 5.7-5.9 inch screen and be called Galaxy Note 4 :p
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawhawk:
You could be right- except that it won't be any smaller than a 5.9 inch screen

- sent from a tin can attached to a long string
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] system.img:
Snapdragon 805 isn't 64 bit. :silly:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawhawk:
You're right, actually read more about it after my post. Sorry, it should be 808 or 810 I guess.

- sent from a tin can attached to a long string
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] system.img:
Well, they are coming out only next year.

So, no 64 bit for the S5 Prime I guess, unless Samsung does some magic with their Exynos.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fahadsul3man:
i have nexus 4 about 10 months old , should i buy the galaxy s5 as my next phone or just go with s4 ? i want mad customization shizzle as well
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lawhawk:
I think you're right, and not sure why Samsung was slow to this as they have known for quite some time their big competition introduced it last year. S5 I can sort of understand, but a fall Note 4 release without is weak. When the teardown shows Samsung making just shy of $400 on each unit I'd expect - or better put *wish* it didn't feel like the s3 to s4 to s5 have been nominal improvements.

It's just my opinion, but the s2 to s3 jump was a winner, since then I've not been terribly impressed nor have I too critical, it just hasn't drawn my need to upgrade. I'm not alone in this though.

- sent from a tin can attached to a long string
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
At this point you should go with the S5, unless the S4 is significantly cheaper.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fahadsul3man:
what about customization ? i cant find cm11 for s5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
You mean development? Well S5 was released a week ago so u gotta give it some time. But if you want it now go with S4.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WizeGuyDezignz:
Bro, did you decide on a phone yet?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Oh yeah, S5! I just have lots of things yo take care of right now but I'll have it in 3 weeks max. I pay all my phone full price cause I have pay as you go. I'm gonna get the T-Mobile version cause of the unlocked bootloader. Will root it, get rid of all the crapware and flash omega ROM. You should get the T-Mobile version too, its gets great LTE.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louie875:
My sister just got the LG G2, to be honest I am a little dubious as to my purchase of the S5. I think the LG G2 has a much sleeker and premium look. I love how there is no buttons on the side and how the display takes up almost all of the front of the device. Also it just seems very snappy.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
If you haven't already, TURN OFF AIRVIEW ON THE S5. It cuts touch latency almost IN HALF (from 161ms to 91ms!).

It makes a HUGE difference in the perceived lag.

All the Demos have AirView on, so they're super slow and sluggish. Doing this really perks it up (it's still double the M8's latency though :P).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louie875:
Thanks for the tip. See things like that should be made known. They have all these 'perks' on Samsung phone but many of them have pitfalls that we are not aware of.

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To be honest I'm starting to lose my faith in Samsung a little, their software abilities and the like seem incredibly sloppy and unrefined. I feel they are also taking the Apple route and starting to close down their ecosystem and not putting their 'best' into their phones and holding it back for future devices. I think my next purchase may not be a Samsung.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Check this out guys

http://www.iphonehacks.com/2014/04/galaxy-s5-buyers-iphone.html
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CLARiiON:
I checked this article. TBH, I don't know how they actually measure this latency, I didn't read much about their technique.

But whatever sample they got looks different from the display comparison. Like they say display is about only 307 nits, whereas many other reviews found it to be about 440. Same about color temperature or delta E values. These values look quite different from other reviews. Maybe a different batch of display, or something I missed due to machine translation.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omersak:
indeed, the issues are pretty well summarized here:

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Samsung really need to work on the multi-tasking speed and RAM management of their UI - it's embarrassing that the flag-bearer and the fastest android has to offer still has issues with closing apps in the background and reloading them from scratch during multi-tasking. They should have stuck with 3gb RAM if it was such a big issue. Reminds of the GS3 and the HTC One X.

IHopefully this will get sorted out in future firmware updates as the in-hand feel, leathery back and the camera are amazing.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Thanks for sharing man!

Yeah Samsung needs to do a better job definitely. Touchwiz is the culprit no doubt, they need to optimize more and trim it down and also give it 3gb of ram.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
Wow the difference is tremendous, its hard to argue with that. When used standalone the S5 seems quick and reasonably responsive minus the My Magazine transistion but once you compare it to the M8 side by side, the S5 just gets blown away.

This is more likely due to the difference in touch latency vs. TouchWiz itself.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Touchwiz is still heavy it seems, Samsung has to do better optimizing. The S5 is fast but not faster than the fastest phones out ( M8, nexus 5) despite being clocked at a higher frequency.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
The reloading of apps on the S5 while the M8 is able keep them in memory is solely because of the extra blubber associated with TouchWiz.

These things just make my decision harder and harder, at first I was 100% for the S5 then I slowly drifted towards the M8 but the camera scared me back to the S5. Now I sit in the middle reading reviews from both sides and continually playing with both in stores.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I'm in the exact same dilemma as you are. I Stoll got 3 weeks to decide but this isn't helping. I like to have the greatest and in terms of performance the M8 definitely has the upper hand. Bit the camera is too crappy and I don't like the gun metal plus how tall and slippery it is. I don't know man....
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Wait for S5 GPE=GG

The S4 GPE was my favorite Android phone by a very wide margin.

It's possible Google won't have one due to their denial to add on screen buttons, though (and the fingerprint+heartbeat sensors they'd have to integrate).
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I can't stand stock android. Its even more boring than sense. Maybe I should just go back to the note 3 till the note 4... I don't know
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Yeah sometimes it gets boring I agree. I really didn't like TouchWiz on the S4 though. I kinda like the interface on the S5 because some settings are iOS like. I've been looking at the Galaxy Round believe it or not...

Much lighter Note 3 without a stylus and a more manageable screen. Only issue is I'd get no LTE.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WizeGuyDezignz:
No disrespect, but what's embarrassing is whoever would actually use their phone like this or would care about an app opening a literal fraction of a second later than another phone that you will never have side by side with you. :what:

Stuff like this is so extremely trivial to me and it is stuff that always seems to me that people use to justify their phone purchase decisions.

I'm what I would consider an android veteran and semi-power user, and I would never be opening and closing apps from the multitasking window at that speed. That video seems no better than synthetic benchmarks that prove nothing in real world usage.

And I will be the first to tell you that the M8 is a bit quicker than the S5 in certain situations. But it is not nearly as big of a difference that a lot of videos and forum posts are making it out to be. Who is gonna have these 2 phones next to each other in everyday life and feel the difference if an app opens a fraction of a second sooner? Without the M8 next to it, you would never know the difference.

And to think that these micro-second differences are swaying people's purchasing decisions is absolutely mind boggling to me.

Maybe I'm alone here, but I'm kind of tired of hearing about this lag like the S5 is chugging and struggling along or something. I barely have any lag. And yes I've owned the M8 too. It's not as big of a difference as people are making it out to be.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
I agree. I've used the S5 too and it really is not that bad. For me, the issue is that I notice those extra milliseconds all the time.

That's partially because I clear my apps immediately after I use them (iOS habit because we have so little RAM XD), and when you're tapping and swiping really quickly it all adds up. I'm not saying this would be important to many, but it may be to the few like me.

I still can't believe the S5 has 25ms more latent than the Note 3 though. That's a huge step backwards.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
Agreed - as Joshua Vergara from Android Authority says, "a microstutter doesn't necessarily mean that the phone is laggy and a bad performer"
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Offica:
Coming from the S3 to the S5.. I'm loving it no disappointment here
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] louie875:
How would you compare the LG g2 to both of these new flagships? My sister has just bought one. I know it's not 'the latest and greatest' but I was playing around with it and it just seems like a really premium device.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omersak:
While i do agree with you to some extent - to each his own. Just because you or I have certain a certain use or expectations from a phone, it doesn't mean it's "correct" for everyone. If certain things are trivial for you, they may not be so for other people - and there's absulutely nothing wrong with that because it's all subjective. A person can shell out his money for things that make him happy, or are important to him - and really, in this case, to expect the GS5 to be blazing fast among it's competitors isn't really an outlandish expectation. For example, coming from a nexus 5, I found the delays to be annoying - not a deal breaker, but still, annoying. It's not the end of the world, but still, this shouldn't be happening.

In the end, it's a FACT that these performance discrepancies exist and that is that Samsung NEEDS to take note of these performance and RAM issues and fix them (which I believe they will). Now, as to much it'll affect someone, their mileage will vary. But when they do issue the fix, I won't be surprised if many of the naysayers will be first in line to try and get the update.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Its on par with the S5 and M8 in my opinion. Great battery life, amazing display, fast, has development, S800. You can't go wrong with it.

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I couldn't agree more.

And I'm sure development is going to improve things but Samsung needs to do a better job honestly, its not like we can't criticize the device even if we like it. I love my phone to be the best performer and with this S801 plus kitkat 4.2.2 I really don't see why I shouldn't expect it from the S5.

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I'm the same way,I always clear all apps when I'm done, clear cache, cookies and history in web when I'm done (I do that to all my devices including laptops and tablets, it has become a habit). I'm sure its not that bad but side by side it is, 3GB of ram is needed for touchwiz.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
I wouldn't have a problem with Samsung locking down their platform if they made it decent. I'm fine going without jailbreaks on my iPhones simply because I feel Apple's OS no longer needs 3rd party tweaks to be great for me.

TouchWiz, on the other hand, still needs help from Samsung. I don't know if people in other regions like the clutter and bloat in the UI, but hey: if Koreans prefers all those features, they're gonna keep 'em in. The Samsung phones are more popular in other parts of the world than the USA, so they'll cater to those markets.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juntjoo:
Seriously 108 pages on this? Can someone honest give me the short version of this thread?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kirdroid:
Some people think S5 best phone ever made, some think it's bad which lags even in 2014, some made valid arguments defending both points.

Basically the same thing you see in every new device forum :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
I would throw money at my monitor if I could buy an S5 GPE and a wireless charging cover for it if they could arrive in the next couple days.

Unfortunately, there's no ETA on the arrival of either.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksimo:
bof

Hi , i had the galaxy s2 ,3,4, and now s5 , i can confirm that the s4 and s5 are useless without any really new technology or improvements, don't forget knox the f***** security , so for me i'll sale it and buy the last htc so adios samsung .
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soryuu:
I guess if you've had every single device then you wouldn't see too many changes with each iteration but most people haven't so...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksimo:
yeah

When i buy the s5 i hope that will be a revolution but except the digital security there is no innovation all of this stuff i had it with customs roms in s3 and s4 , and with knox and the new bootloaders the developpement is not the same but for me a big big thanks to all developpers they make my life easier .
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrnovanova:
I was not impressed when I saw the s5 unveiling and vowed not to buy it. The improvements I found were not significant enough or just useless why the hell would I need a heart beat sensor on my phone??? On a watch YES, why on a phone? Anyway I figured I'd get the m8 and then it was unveiled and oh boy you could not pay me to take a phone with a 4 Mp camera. Sorry that was a No Go... That being said I ended up buying the s5 ,I was up for an upgrade so I said why the hell not? I gotta say I'm impressed little tweaks here and there it's mostly streamlining but the end result is nice. I ve seen no lag so far, the display is amazing the battery life is stellar (compared to my nexus 5), the camera is amazing and everything is seamless. I'll probably never use the heartbeat monitor but it's there should I need it... Anyway I'm very happy with the s5 not disapointed at all.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sdlopez83:
Nvm
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grizzly123:
Mines going back problems with it saying back cover not closed and sd card problems
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballsofsteel:
See, the S5 struggles with 2 GB to multi-task and yet I get bashed in the past by saying that I was unimpressed because the S5 sported only 2 GB RAM. Oh well.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankgreimes:
Who bashed you ? Most people agreed with you some just wanted to wait till they get their hands on it and see it by themselves. The question still is how smooth does it run with a custom ROM, Apex or Nova launcher ? To be honest I don't think it will be much better because the problem seems to be hardware based -> not enough power.

To be honest all flagships are somewhat lacking this year no true powerhouse maybe we've really reached the maximum of annually specwars ? I'm still holding up hope for the F line and the new Blackberry
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
I don't have any probs multitasking with 2gb. Everything running smooth here.

You should feel sorry for iPad owners (including myself) with 1gb of ram on a 64bit processor, unless you have iPad 3 or 4 which also suffers from low memory probs. similar for iPhone owners too.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
I do feel like neither the M8 or S5 are " worthy" upgrades from their respective predecessors. Once sense 6 hits the M7, besides battery life there's absolutely no reason to upgrade to the M8. There are S5 Roms for the S4 and the camera is already pretty good so no need to upgrade really.

What's coming this fall is what's going to be more significant (Note 4, Iphone 6, nexus 6...), they get the benefit to use the latest SoCs.

So I'm not sure I want to upgrade to the S5 or the M8, I'm even thinking just using a 5S till September. I don't know....
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carbonize:
I love my S5 and it's a vast improvement from my old S3 but I am starting to wonder if I shouldn't of gone with the G2 which is almost as powerful but costs a lot less. The main things that put me off the G2 were the on screen buttons and the weird button on the back set up but reviews for it are glowing with the only negatives being low volume and no microSD support.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
IKR!

My mini retina needs to reload all other tabs if I open graphically heavy web pages. And this is with 3 tabs and no other apps open. I'll admit iOS is better than Android with 1GB RAM, but no matter how well it's optimized you're just not gonna get too far with that little RAM. I really don't understand why they didn't put more RAM in the iPads, though... They've had 1GB in the iPhone for 2.5 years!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
Honestly I never had any issues multitasking on my 5s.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankgreimes:
Well if Samsung puts the new CPU into the Note 4 that's fine and all good but you gotta ask why not the S 5 ? The only explanation would be that they indeed have a new flagship line coming or - which would be stupid - the Note is getting all the fancy stuff although it's too big for a phone.

The M8 was never in question for me 4mp camera in 2014 + onscreen buttons = nogo, yeah the built quality is great and the speakers are awesome but I don't care enough about that stuff. The Z 2 is interesting but again -> battery not removable, ONLY onscreen buttons and even bigger than the S 5.

Maybe Samsung releases a S 5 Advanced with more power but so far a disappointing year smartphone wise.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
Thats because ios doesn't do true multitasking.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
What is true multitasking?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
This is why Apple get it right. Why do you want every app to run in the background? Only ones that should are audio related. Not sure why people want snapchat, facebook and twitter to do this or any other social app. Battery drain for no reason.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
IOS multitasks very well, not multi window like but I don't think there's a difference between it and the nexus 5 for example.

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That's what apple does. But give 2 GB of ram to any IOS device and it will fly.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
As does my s5 :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barondebxl:
That's good to hear ;)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SolarTrans:
Yep :P

But I agree, I don't understand why people say iOS doesn't do "true multitasking". What does everyone think that is?