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[Galaxy S 5 General] NoteboyTech:
You are right, you said a magical word call if someone grts a grip, exynos was always better than sd always from beginning to present, just cause of samsung's bad practices like less sources and incomplete baked sources forced devs to kill exynos... for me, in antutu my s5 crosses 38k which I havent seen with a test unit galaxy s5 yet...
[Galaxy S 5 General] predator21:
ok let me kill this discussion... yesterday i bought sd 801 s5 and on other hand my indian s5.. my experience after 24 hours

let me tell you for some reason the batt backup of octa core was better (i was surprised myself)

except for camera app and video app all other apps were more zippy on octa core

basic apps like messages and contacts were more fast on my s5 then on sd 801 version

Just wanted to share my personal experience​
[Galaxy S 5 General] AndreiLux:
You are not allowed to post factual experiences, this thread is meant for bashing the Exynos variant and expressing one's inferiority complex.

/s
[Galaxy S 5 General] paras:
Really? Defending a company that is doing wrong to the consumers who are paying equal amount to USA peeps? It's not about bashing but pointing out the truth.

Sent From My Sony Xperia Z2 D6502 White .402
[Galaxy S 5 General] predator21:
I dt believe in demeaning anything or any company .. all i shared was my personal experience for 24 hours thats all. and this beautiful XDA community is meant for sharing creativity and experiences ... so chill... m kind of happy with s5 indian version...
[Galaxy S 5 General] paras:
Great to hear that that u like it.But after s4 I want sd proc for me always in all phones.

Sent From My Nexus 5 Stock 4.4.2 ART
[Galaxy S 5 General] AndreiLux:
You're just posting flame-bait nonsense.

Half the people whining here don't even seem to have the device. The other half is complaining about re-vendors (big shock *gasp*) pricing a new electronics device high at launch.
[Galaxy S 5 General] predator21:
i did had s3, s4 note 2 and note 3 all had huge lags and performance probs including batt. their counterparts sd versions were surely better. but the s5 and my in hand comparison of both made me go with octa version. simply coz i wanna be in communication for long not a power source searcher. and smhow now octa is delivering
[Galaxy S 5 General] deohrishikesh7:
/s means sarcasm..

sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3
[Galaxy S 5 General] paras:
Let's not go personal and don't abuse please.Enjoy ur device.

Sent From My Sony Xperia Z2 D6502 White .402
[Galaxy S 5 General] v_square:
Exactly. Let's carry forward this discussion when we all have the device. Mine is delivered at my place but unfortunately I'm out of town.

And yes, this is not a place to whine about the price and all. If it fits you needs and budget, get it. As simple as that.

Let's get it and see for ourselves.
[Galaxy S 5 General] paras:
Lol u don't consider price when buying a phone then on what basis u buy a product?

Sent From My Sony Xperia Z2 D6502 White .402
[Galaxy S 5 General] v_square:
I do I do I do.

If you read it again, you will realize I was saying this is not the place to whine about it. I mean this is crazy. This is not some techradars's comments section where you go like "omg that's pricy" or "it's not for me". If it suits you needs, buy it.

And seriously, from your signature it doesn't look like you have it or you have a mind to buy it. Do you?
[Galaxy S 5 General] paras:
Bro thing is Iam not against the phone but the discrimination Samsung is doing with us Indians.Iam not here to state that the device is below or above any other phone.What I wanna convey is Iam against Samsung and that's about it nothing else.

I wanna add that Iam not whining about price as I bought z2 for 50k (expensive than s5) but when I pay the same or more than USA consumers why I don't get sd proc?

Sent From My Sony Xperia Z2 D6502 White .402
[Galaxy S 5 General] v_square:
Even I'm not here to bash the other models or brands. Just here to discuss.

And the only thing I can say is, it's not just India where they ship exynos. It's everywhere, where 4G is not yet mainstream.

And look for yourself, Z2 came to India with a SD. But they have disabled the 4G bands. Now how would you justify that. I'm pretty sure if Sony had some homemade processor like Samsung has, they would have done just the same.
[Galaxy S 5 General] paras:
Nope Sony has not coz I still have the best performance on my device.It's not like they shipped inferior product to India.4g is non existent in India so I support them on this thing.Again Iam not saying about bands but proc coz all know sd is better than exynos processor

Sent From My Sony Xperia Z2 D6502 White .402
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
Your posts are so flame bait that I won't even attempt to address your points directly.

Just one thing: All demo units are snapdragon because that's how they configured the G900X. Period.

There's no conspiracy about it, it'd be very stupid to build two variants of a model that is not for sale.

The display model does not have baseband/modem. It cannot be used as a regular phone.

In Latin America at least they are showing the real device, not a display model.
[Galaxy S 5 General] paras:
Peace bro enjoy ur phone

Sent From My Sony Xperia Z2 D6502 White .402
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
Hahahaha... You nailed it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] vd1900:
Guys plc cool off let's not go any further than this .... peace
[Galaxy S 5 General] NoteboyTech:
Guys enough lol, this is a xda thread not a fish market.. so tell me can switching to art do something good to the phone?

sent via SM-G900H using xda-premium
[Galaxy S 5 General] v_square:
Depends really from phone to phone and rom to rom. I personally keep ART in Galaxy Note. May be it's just me but iy feels a ted smooth. I didn't notice any improvement in battery life though.
[Galaxy S 5 General] paras:
I have done ART on my nexus 5 and it zips though everything I throw at it.Though my battery life has also seen improvement but Iam not sure it's coz of ART.

Sent From My Sony Xperia Z2 D6502 White .402
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
I hate peace mostly in Samsung threads :(
[Galaxy S 5 General] vd1900:
Guys has any one bought sg5 extra battery kit.... I have been searching everywhere but can't find .... I called samsung cafe today they told me it will be coming after 2-3 weeks

Only place online it's available is mobile fun ... don't wanna order from there .... If anyone has bought it plz share the details

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
Mods certainly don't agree. :p
[Galaxy S 5 General] kannanX10:
bought s5 black along with s view cover for 41k(38.5k+2.5k).initial impressions seems somewhat lag free and good better than s4 in that aspect,need to explore more along with my xperia z2..........can some of u clarify on ur s5 manufacturing location,is it from Uttar pradesh/vietnam?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
when is 4.4.3 coming for our phones?
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
Given the tradition, a couple of days after it was released/leaked for the G900F.

It should take at least a month for 4.4.3 builds to surface for any S5... I guess.
[Galaxy S 5 General] devilsdouble:
Guys will I be able to use Sony Smartband with this phone?
[Galaxy S 5 General] twisted_mind:
I bought it from Amazon US..shipped via SNS.

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Galaxy S5 units are manufactured in Uttar Pradesh????
[Galaxy S 5 General] kannanX10:
Yes u can......install lifeblog app,smartband app along with u need nfc and bluetooth

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It seems for the purpose of tax evasion most of the Sammy devices r packed in UP and mentioned as manufactured in UP
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
Guys is there development or custom rom available for Indian version ? I miss old days when Samsung was fun in customisation. Now it will kill warranty?

Anyways. M fan of onscreen buttons. Anyway to do without root?
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
Don't do that. You will cause uneven degradation in your screen (miscalled as burn in). See Galaxy Nexus or Moto X as references.

No custom roms for Exynos variant.

Old days were like that because Exynos was in every phone, nowadays it's market limited and thus less supported.

It did not help having zero support from Samsung to devs.

That was the last straw
[Galaxy S 5 General] kannanX10:
initial imperssions with s5 exynos

--definitely faster and better than s4 exynos sometimes i do feel its even faster than my z2 with 3gb ram and SD801

--image quality in good lighting conditions is simply awesome(excellent details) in both 16mp(16:9) and 12mp(4:3)and slightly better than z2(in both SA and 20.7 manual mode) but in extreme low light z2 does somewhat better

--excellent BASS reproduction in music app --may due to wolfson chip in exynos

--display is excellent,finally an amoled display with good brightness and white color reproduction

--call quality is good and much better than z2(i'm having awful call quality with z2 too much noise and buzzing sound)

--stereo speakers in z2 is really good

for a device selling around 39k,its definitely worth buying..................
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
I love my S5 :) as always I like Samsung.

True smart phone.
[Galaxy S 5 General] cannypanky:
excessive Heating & Fast Battery Drain

Hello,

If someone could give some input on this it would be really great.

I have this phone from couple of days. Bought it from friend who used it for 40 days. The phone seems to really heat up even with a normal usage of whatsapp or taking pictures with camera. Take 10 Pics and the phone is too hot to use flash anymore.

Battery drain is the second issue. No matter how less the usage is , the battery drain is very quick. In just 4 hours lost 45 % battery with hardly any use. Its quiet disturbing. Really appreciate some help with this issue. If someone had this issue earlier, kindly suggest a way to overcome this issue.

Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] anmolbedi:
I had faced this battery drain issue in my first galaxy s5. It was purchased on launch day. It was even worse. I had to save all screen shots and lodged a complaint through my dealer at Samsung. got a DOA. Samsung admitted that first lot released in India had some units that malfunctioned. I bought new one 2 days ago and it is much better now.

First charge results are here. I hope they seem OK.
[Galaxy S 5 General] BuntyRulz:
Buy Korean & Convert to Indian

Just thought I'd share my piece - bought the S5 900S (this is the korean version ) at round about 39K from ebay (yes its original). Only problem was that it was not allowing me to make conference calls. So this weekend - I got cracking and was able to use the latest Xtolise ROM and get all the features and everything - up and running for Indian operators.

Now I see that the phone is available at 37K on ebay (you can get an additional discount with coupons) and just cursing my luck that I didnt wait for one more month.

Considering the iphone 5S is 50K + and M8 is 45K + - I believe its an awesome deal... Just be ready to spend a weekend on installation once you get it ( and please forget about your warranty :) )

Thanks & Regards,

BuntyRulz
[Galaxy S 5 General] system.img:
Try a factory reset. Helps solve heating and battery issues most of the time.
[Galaxy S 5 General] anmolbedi:
Battery conditioning looks complete... What say guys?
[Galaxy S 5 General] anmolbedi:
Continuing...
[Galaxy S 5 General] netarchie:
I just broke my usb charging cover!! Will be covered under warranty?? I have an phone insurance too!
[Galaxy S 5 General] manikumary:
Hi,

You got usb 3.0 cable or 2.0 cable? i got 2.0. in box.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Bleeding-Edge-Armour:
AFAIK everyone got the 2.0 cable in the Indian retail box. I guess he's just curious to know if the improvement in charging time would make it a worthwhile buy.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
Any update news?
[Galaxy S 5 General] kannanX10:
Flipkart's WS retail itself selling S5 for 36,700/-..........damn good price

http://www.flipkart.com/ps/MOBDUUDTUFXXUQBD
[Galaxy S 5 General] Bleeding-Edge-Armour:
About time I say. The price of the S5 has been around 36K flat for weeks now on Amazon, well for selected colors anyway :/

Also they seem to have their's listed as the quad core variant. I had a live chat with their customer care staff and I got two very different responses, the first guy seemed to suggest that it is indeed the Snapdragon variant while another said that it was an error and that it was the Exynos variant, which is why I called them up and after a bit of waiting the lady who answered said that it's the 801 chipset, Not sure how much I trust her word on that though :/
[Galaxy S 5 General] kannanX10:
it's mentioned as G900H..........which is exynos 5422 octa core as per WS retail order is concerned
[Galaxy S 5 General] Bleeding-Edge-Armour:
I was talking about the amazon listing: http://www.amazon.in/Samsung-Galaxy...UTF8&qid=1402635851&sr=8-1&keywords=galaxy+s5

This is totally not a plug btw xD
[Galaxy S 5 General] v_square:
To be honest, I'm particularly not impressed with your battery life. Battery level down to 35% and screen on time is just around 2 hours. Not at all impressive. I get better results with 2 year old Note.

Hope mine does well. Itching to get my hands on mine.
[Galaxy S 5 General] devilsdouble:
If I get the "T" version here in India will it work okay? They are selling for really good price on eBay, at least 2k less than the F version!

Do the T ones come with locked BL?
[Galaxy S 5 General] predator21:
i used it... but i was shell shocked... the batt drain is more is sd801 and i was not happy with sd varient... trust me indian one is gud enf..stick to it
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
Yes. Not really good results to be honest. I get 3-4 hours of screen on time with more then 36 hours of uses on my S4.

I am waiting prices to go down to 34ish.
[Galaxy S 5 General] devilsdouble:
First of all, I don't care about battery mate. I have learnt my lesson from S4 Exynos, it overheats and there is minimal to no support on XDA. I am sure like S4, S5 has it;s own bugs (if there is no bug now there will be in future firmware upgrades, cause that's how Samsung works with their TW), so right now no way I will get the H version, or the I one for that matter.

Wish there was some user of T version here to confirm if it works here properly or not.
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
What do you want to know about T version. It will work perfectly except probably LTE because Indian carriers offer different bands.
[Galaxy S 5 General] devilsdouble:
Thanks. I should have been more precise with my query, sorry.

That's exactly what I wanted to know, as US uses different bands than ours I was wondering if there would be any GSM network related problem or not, I don't care about LTE, as long as 3G works I am more than fine.
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
Yes, 2G & 3G will work perfectly fine. No problem with these but only LTE.

Although LTE will take couple of more years before it become standard in India. Even 3G is not widespread and coverage is limited to cities. 3G coverage in cities are OK but as soon as you move out of city 10-15 kms, signal starts to break.

So go for it if you want to buy SD S5.
[Galaxy S 5 General] anmolbedi:
Thank you for the insight. can't compare battery life of semi-hd note 2 screen and is battery with galaxy s5 full hd screen 400+ppi. well if you read it correctly it was first charge output and it was pretty good. Samsung full hd mobiles don't seem to have good stand by.
[Galaxy S 5 General] v_square:
I've seen like average of 6+ hours of screen on time in the S5 battery thread. And moreover, although being just hd, the note has a very old cpu and gpu which isn't that much battery friendly. And even the capacity of S5 battery is more. So I don't really see a reason as to why S5 should have poor battery life than a 2 or 3 year old device.

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'Standby time' isn't associated with screen resolution in any way.
[Galaxy S 5 General] anmolbedi:
that is what the beauty of Samsung is. .. hit or miss. This is my second galaxy s5. First one didn't last even 6 hours standby. so for me this is a drastic upgrade. had to get a DOA for first one and then dealer suggested to pick in next stock due to batch issue. Note 2 is an excellent device still works better. iPhone gives better standby than Samsung with half battery.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kannanX10:
available for 34.5k,even snapdeal and flipkart's WS retail selling for 36k............my gut feeling is that it wont fall beyond 33/34k so this might be the right time to buy............samsung had done something terribly wrong with s5 by pricing it around 51k initially and within couple of months a price drop around 15k never ever this has happened to samsung,they should have priced it reasonably at the launch

http://www.univercell.in/buy/Samsung/G_900_Galaxy_S5
[Galaxy S 5 General] vd1900:
Looks like samsung is desperate after poor sales of S5
[Galaxy S 5 General] devilsdouble:
There desperation won't matter as long as they don't release the Snapdragon variant officially here. Still very few people will buy, even at 34-35k. Samsung will realize soon their software (TouchWiz) killed them.
[Galaxy S 5 General] vd1900:
yup agree .... year after year touchwhiz has been criticised by everyone don't know why they just can't improvise it .... why they are so fetish abt this ugly ui [emoji16]
[Galaxy S 5 General] sheenswizner:
Today I bought galaxy s5 for 35k with bill from New Delhi, India!

My experience about galaxy s5 is all about camera focus and crisp HD display resolution !
[Galaxy S 5 General] kannanX10:
i prefer exynos variant bcos it has Wolfson 5110 DAC which is really good for its audio ability and got different ISP which produces slightly better images than snapdragon variant...............
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
Yes I also feel that S5 will not fall beyond 33-34 for now. I do not want to buy from some random website. I only use Flipkart or Amazon. So will wait couple of weeks.

Samsung is really very desperate now.

I also saw oppo in store and phone looks gorgeous. I am kinda like thinking to ditch S5 for oppo find 7
[Galaxy S 5 General] predator21:
I have been a lot into changing fones etc... Oppo is a real deal but if u plan to resale then beware... It gonna fetch u half the price u bought for... Coz most retailers take it to be sm cheap chinese handset... N they r not bothered to find out too... As per resale this set is troublesome... Else ..tk ur shot
[Galaxy S 5 General] googleminded:
RE: download booster feature

hiee there..

am s5 user from delhi.. i bought s5 2-3 days back n i didn't found download booster in it though they are showing this features in adds etc..

someone having same prob here too?

or this feature not available in INDIA? :rolleyes: :/

THANKS!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
Its not available in india.
[Galaxy S 5 General] googleminded:
Download a third-party launcher like Apex or Nova, long press on the homescreen, then choose Shortcuts » Activities » Settings » Download Booster to create a homescreen shortcut..

I TRIED THIS TRICK FROM HERE
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
Even if you enable it, it will not work in India. You will not get any faster speed unless you use LTE.

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I do not change phones too often. Usually I keep one phone for 12-18 months.

But resale value of oppo is bothering me too. Although it's more or less same with Samsung too. I bought S4 for 41,500/- and now I am getting ~20k for one year old phone. Same with my wife's iPhone.

The other thing bothering me is price. Although phone is nice and packs lot more then other flagships but I was expecting this phone under 30k. I think price might fall in couple of weeks.
[Galaxy S 5 General] predator21:
hi...still u getting 20 k after using for an year... but oppo will fetch u 50% even if u buy today and sell tomorrow... n trust me no retailer here is willing to take risk.. oppo has to be really aggressive to show that its not jst another chinese company..thats the challenge..
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
That makes sense now. Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] kannanX10:
it seems WS retail has increased the price of S5 from 36k to 38.5k............
[Galaxy S 5 General] smartjain:
the price is 36500 now on flipkart! should i buy it.

Also anyone facing the problem with flap for usb connection, heard a lot of guys are breaking it
[Galaxy S 5 General] kannanX10:
its not from WS retail,some other seller.......
[Galaxy S 5 General] rl421403:
Yes, it appears WS Retail has increased the price. They do that all the time. No worries.

Wait for couple of days, they will reduce it. Keep checking price every day.
[Galaxy S 5 General] zuari@hotmail.com:
Suggestion

Dear Friends,

I am planning to buy the Samsung galaxy s5,

my only concern is that in the indian xynos version of samsung galaxy s5,

I heard the battery management is not as good as the international Qualcom version.

Galaxy s5 owners, can you please tell me how long does your battery last on the s5 and you type of use (HEAVY, LIGHT).

On the international version, according to reviews, it lasts 12 hours with Power use ( heavy use with wifi and LTE turned on ).

is it close to the same that you get on the indian s5 or is it way lesser ?

Any suggesstion in this regard are welcome.

Thanks in advance. :D
[Galaxy S 5 General] kannanX10:
I already placed an order with WS retail for 36125 will get it by tomorrow
[Galaxy S 5 General] drakester09:
Battery life is good here
[Galaxy S 5 General] zuari@hotmail.com:
thanks

Good to know this.

Thanks for the reply.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
One of my friend bought from flipkart at 36k after 2 days screen became creamy colour and rebootimg after 10 mins. He went to service center they also told never buy from online for 2 3k discount. 70% in india. Samsung product are home assembled. Trust me. Always buy from original shops. I just want people who spend heavy money get full taste of that. I just dont want any get crap.

70% is not less. Although I attended samsung seminars and meetings.

Main addaas of black grey marketing in delhi mumbai punjab and some other countries where device get imported.

People blame samsung when they get gey marketed phone.
[Galaxy S 5 General] devilsdouble:
Flipkart, Amazon or eBay, these sellers do NOT sell fake products. Where do you think the "original stores" get the S5 or any phones from?

I live in Calcutta, and I used to buy from stores too, but the day they said always go to a service centre for a firmware upgrade, cause if you do that in home it will kill your phone, that was it. I can't sink down to that lower level of IQ, also utterly pointless to pay extra money, for the exact same product. All the store employees have a insane amount of dull brain, so whatever comes out from their mouth is as disgusting and meaningless as crap.

So kindly STOP saying this type stone age comments. I don't care from where you buy your phones from but it just reflects an image of stupidity of us Indians in an international community.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandeep148:
Ok no problem. Lack of knowledge.

First of all I dont mean by fake product.

And second. Learn the meaning of grey market then reply.