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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mike0122:
I gave up waiting and switched to the M8. Overall pretty happy now.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] dejahboi:
What's really pushing me towards the M8 is the communication and lack of courtesy a few members.

I log on everyday just to catch up on daily updates on how status is going on root/bootloader/accessories/etc. The petition created by a fellow member was a great move (it's something, better than nothing) and then again I see members with lots of doubt.

From my point view, I see this site was built for a community to achieve something and surpass the capabilites of a device by working together. I seriously give high props to all the developers willing to do such a thing at no cost but out of pure generosity.

But, with all this negative attitude towards other members, the bashing, trolling, and seriously easy rules to follow.....this really "kills" me in the inside. I'm assuming we're bunch of adults (that was the agreement made when you signed up for this site,18+). These particular individuals just need to get their opinions to themselves. Do that...an no arguments. It's easy as that.

And to those who don't require root..awesome, but keep negative thoughts to yourself. Majority of these members came to XDA for exploits/root reasons. They are other site that pertain to your needs.

Anyways, this was more of a rant. At least i hope it was in appropriate thread.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] robbyoconnor:
Do you really think the HTC community is any different?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Okie John:
Unfortunately, it is Forum Etiquette in general

I moderate a forum elsewhere.

This forum is not unique in receiving its' share of poor postings.

Any forum, regardless of topic, will experience a group who insist on making negative or insulting remarks.

I have had to delete complete threads because what was once a valuable thread turned into a mess to where it was salvageable.

The Golden Rule is the best one ever created:

Treat Others as you would have them Treat You.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] IamPro:
S5 or Note 3 or wait for G3?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BadKarma81:
Hmm, dead as a doornail in here tonight!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BadUsername:
HTC community definitely isn't any different. Rude members everywhere. If anything, I feel Samsung devs work better with each other and help each other out more often to strengthen their own skills.

I think I just miss my S3 crowd.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] landshark68:
No worries. Some of us have moved over to the S5.

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[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1454:
Did you make your decision? Given the size of the s5 I thought about just waiting for the note 4, but I know how expensive the note series can be too.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] whtciv2k:
I wish I would have been patient and have waited for the G3 but I do love my S5 so I am happy with my decision either way. The note is just TOO big.... The G3 is a sweet phone for sure tho.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alhadee12:
I'm getting poor battery life, but I can't really tell what app is using so much power. Can anyone help?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1454:
Have you considered clicking the "app usage" where it indicates that something has used 80+% of your battery.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alhadee12:
I did and it's the Android System and Kernal. My bad, I should've screen shot that page.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1454:
Have you tried WLD? (Wake Lock Detector.)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alhadee12:
From what I understand you have to be rooted for that. My daughter has a T-Mobile version and she's getting good numbers in GSam.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1454:
You may be right. I can't answer that, as I am always rooted and never really pay attention when something asks for permission. However, it looks like something is holding the device awake(given the 5 1/2 hours of awake time). So you need to figure out what that is. Is there a new app you have downloaded? If you don't have a clue, then the only place to start is to start uninstalling apps one-by-one until you figure out what it is......And that sucks.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alhadee12:
I know, but i have to start somewhere. I'll check the Verizon apps first.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 1454:
Bump, did you get things fixed?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] alhadee12:
It's gotten a little better. I haven't had time to check some other things because of my schedule.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] o-o:
Has anyone ever compared the signal strength of an S5 to an M8?

In my opinion the HTC phones I've dealt with in the past have killed Samsung phones in the signal department, so I didn't hesitate at all to buy a new HTC M8. Much to my surprise, the M8 is getting considerably worse signal than the Note 2 I was using. When comparing S5's to M8's in the store and among co-workers it seems the S5 is often around 10 dBm lower than the M8!

Anybody else notice anything like this? I'm temped to return my M8 and get an S5 for the better reception even though I like nearly everything about the M8 more than the S5.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BadUsername:
Have you tried changing radios first? Also we're due for an update soon, so I'd wait for that, especially if you're happy with the m8.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] o-o:
Thanks, and yes, I started with the .0321 radios then switched to the .0222 radios which did seem to help a lot but the reception still isn't what I'm used to. I could hold out for an update, but it'd have to happen with in the next 9 days so I don't get out of my 2 week worry free period.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] GoBears:
Had the M8 and now the S5. In my case the S5 is as good if not better in all reception scenarios. I think the all metal construction really hurts the low signal reception especially. That's my personal experience.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BadUsername:
I doubt it will come that quickly, but you could only swap devices once. You're stuck with what you choose, maybe take a look at the G3 also.

S5 probably won't have better reception, even though I do agree, I'm getting very poor reception at work and it's killing my battery. But I have a feeling eventually a new radio will make things better once updates start to roll out. It's a tough decision.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] joshm.1219:
On Verizon, only Motorola phones seem to have better reception than other brands. They all use the same modem, it's just positioning and material than can make a difference.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] o-o:
Well either the S5 is a better phone or I had a defective M8. The S5 signal is around -108 dBm in the same location that the M8 was at -119 dBm. I sure miss the M8, but at least I can use the S5.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fillyo:
Adios S5 amigos, I took a family member's upgrade who just went from a dumbphone to smartphone, I preordered the Note4, and had to hand over my S5 yesterday. I am now using an old S3 I had laying around until the Note 4 comes in. If anyone thinks the upgrades are incremental, think again, you would see difference when you have to downgrade moreso than when you upgrade.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] warpedmind0u812:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...handset-receive-complaints-build-quality.html

What are your thoughts on this?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] fillyo:
If I have a gap that fits a credit card, I will go to Verizon and check out the displays there, if I feel the gap is too large, I will try to swap. Seems to be a nonissue based upon what people are seeing in the best buys. Case may also cover, so we'll see. Not too worried.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] 22jk:
Thinking about upgrading to the droid turbo. What's your takes on that?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] guyandhisdog:
Bumping from a droid turbo 5 days from sgsiii. Swapping to the sgsV because this camera is horrible... Blurry pictures, doesn't always save them, overexposed (possibly because of dial led flashes?) Slow laggy shutter.

Pros: superior battery, best I've ever had. Outstanding large crisp display. Cool red cover (hard to find a good cheap case)

That's all for now. So is it note 4, or GS5??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] timeToy:
Got a Droid Turbo on Launch day, kept it for a week before returning it, as I got better battery with my 3500mhA S5 (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56473349&postcount=87)

Also it didn't have as good cell and WiFi reception as the S5 and I was missing Root.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] :
I have the opposite results. I'm getting far more screen time with the Turbo and I can get WiFi in places I couldn't with the S5. I also find the camera to be a lot better in low light and the photos are more detailed all around. I'm not using the stock camera app because the Moto camera app is terrible with the lag issue. As for no root I really don't miss it, there are two other S5's in the house if I get bored. Root would be nice but I can live without it, there isn't much I would change at all because it's very close to pure AOSP as it is.

Turbo Battery stats and S5 Battery stats
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] drbveb88:
Note edge! . This phone is fantastic!!!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BladeRunner:
Note 4 pros: Nice big display, good camera, big battery

cons: still no root, a little TOO big to comfortably use as a phone, according to the wife
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] terrigan:
As I sit here, frustrated with Safestrap and the endless iterations of Touchwiz roms, my upgrade through my job has offered me the way out. I ordered my Nexus 6 yesterday and will look back fondly on the S5 as the phone that should have been a flashfest but got cut down in it's prime by the locked bootloader. I really really wish it could have been more, it's just such a great device but I think even devs are having a hard time just continuing to develop for it because of the Touchwiz limitation. I'll keep rolling along with the S5 while I wait for the N6 but part of me will be sad to see it go. Good luck to everyone with the wait for the bootloader unlock!

Edit: I almost forgot! Shout out to elliwigy and his extremely fast and awesome Extreme Syndicate for making this bearable! If you haven't flashed it yet, give it a try!

Edit 2: Looks like it's a waiting game at this point. The government contracts with Verizon do not have the Nexus 6 available as of yet and no ETA.

Edit 3: OMG what a mess. Corresponding directly with our VZW gov't rep i linked them the retail page for the phone. He had NO idea that they even carried it. He found it later listed as the wrong manufacturer. I have it ordered now.. sheesh.

Edit 4: I said goodbye to my S5 this morning. I'll probably troll around here but i'm off to the Nexus 6 forum! Bye everyone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] qbinalex:
reply

I am almost there with you.... elliwigy's Extreme Syndicate rom (and the few others out there) is the only thing that is preventing me from not chucking this phone right now.

Not sure which phone to get next - Galaxy s6 looks sweet - but I really don't want to be put through this locked bootloader situation again. Definitely keeping an eye on that for the time being.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] kuronosan:
I'm done with Samsung phones after this.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] torr310:
When things are losing their initial intention, for this case openness, it's time to let go.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] maxxram:
I have an upgrade available and trying to decide what i want to do. I like my S5 but the lack of an unlocked bootloader has me frustrated. I don't like that the S6 got rid of the expandable memory card and removable battery either. The two choices im looking at upgrading to are the Nexus 6 and the HTC M9. The nexus is nice since its able to easily be fully unlocked but it lacks the expandable memory card slot. The M9 has the expandable memory but is a little more difficult to get the bootloader unlocked (S-off). Anyone have any pros and cons to theses? One thing that is very important to me is the camera quality. I take lots of pictures of my daughter and car/truck shows. Thanks for any advice anyone can give.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
Yeah get a G4
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Dakotahorse:
Change Carrier

So, I have been thinking of switching to ATT since they can offer service at a reduced rate. I can bring my Verizon S5 over to them, so my question is if I do switch do I follow ATT forum or should stick with these forums since i am still using the G900V?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] BadUsername:
Stay with the Verizon forum.

You aren't changing your device identification. AT&T stuff will brick your phone.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] XNO:
Right now, what would you guys say is a good phone to switch to out side of Samsung. I don't care for ROMS I just want root to block ads and program. and keep close to the same size phone?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ldeveraux:
Can the G4 be rooted yet? That's what I'd go with...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hauckk@sfreserves.org:
Firmware relates to phone model variant carriers don't change what model variant your device is only who's network you device connects to
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] -WhiteHawk-:
You realize that there is a working method to unlock the bootloader for this phone, right?

Edit: I just realized this is a really late reply.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] terrigan:
A little, yes. I'm rocking the Nexus 6 nowadays.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hauckk@sfreserves.org:
What is the best android phone avaliable for 125 $ or less don't care if it used or Refurbished as long as battery charges and screen isn't cracked I want it to run aosp based roms and has a good imei that has an unlocked or unlock able bootloader and has a good amount of support any ideas?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] -WhiteHawk-:
You might be able to find the 4gb model of the Zenfone 2 for that much but idk.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] hauckk@sfreserves.org:
I ended buying a LG nexus 4 16gb for 50 bucks on eBay and I like it so far it has an aging battery and has no SD card slot but otherwise it is a great phone
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] gregers:
:oops: i apoligize if any thing i ask has been asked before,im a total newbie to the pocket pc world(and computers in general).

i have just recently aquired a 4month old xda2.

what would you recommend to install?

what needs updating?im running win 2003 at the moment i think :?

i also have just been given a cracked version of a famous sat nav system that i have tried to follow but am unsucessful

i have a 1gbyte sandisk memory card

and a bluetooth gps reciever

any help from you experts greatfully recieved

many thanks gregers

as previously said im a newbie so any replys be gentle and walk me through it :oops:
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] agent003:
m8...you cant learn if you dont study....all you need to know is already here so just browse the forum or follow the link for anything more specific.. http://xdaforums.com/search.php

WBR
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] vijay555:
gregers: welcome to the forum.

Please glance around the board and get a feel for the ethos.

Not that you're asking, but note well that this isn't a warez board.

This post is very useful to get you started:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=4534

A good thread, and certainly not the only one, on useful apps to install (WM5 but generally relevant):

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=32698&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

And regarding the TomTom crack, there are instructions. They do work. But as they say, you pay peanuts, you get monkeys...

V
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] Midget_1990:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blueangel
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] gregers:
thank you for the welcome,i have been reading up on a lot here over the last week or so,and through this forum have been able to unlock my phone with the instructions given,i appreciate the comment of pay peanuts get monkeys :lol: but if i can get it to work i will probably purchase it or any other sat nav system,but as i have said im a newbie to the world of pdas and am trying to understand how they work,just seem to be a bit thick on the uptake of it.

regards gregers
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavyhms:
Hi, how is granted the impermeability of the earpiece and notification led?

On my Z1Compact the tiny membrane visible over led seems to be connected only on two sides, leaving the upper side merely close up to the plastic frame. From a close observations is possible to see a space small enought to insert a slim piece of 3M Scotch (i've noticed the first time during the first led blink).

I suppose the led underneath and the earpiece are water shielded otherwise: because i have already tested twice (for a total of 10 min.) on a water recipient whitout visible infiltrations or failure.

On the teardown photo this area is non visible.

Do you have any news concerning it?

front: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11203279/20140322_174713.jpg

back: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11203279/20140322_174856.jpg
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MevoX:
I noticed the same thing on my Z1c. Anyone else? I really want to know if this is how it is supposed to be.
[Xperia Z1 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heavyhms:
I have received a response from Sony: this tiny net has only a cosmetic purpose. It's not related with impermeability of earpiece and led.

It's noticeable only with a macro photo or a very close inspection on my device...it's not a big issue for me
[HTC First] russian392:
Just decided to make a seperate thread for this because it would be kind of hard to look through countless off topic threads to find tips tricks and other info for kit kat roms.

So...My personal suggestions for Kit Kat roms.

1. If you get weak wifi after flashing a kit kat rom do the folowing

- Go to Settings>Wifi>Advanced> WiFi optimization OFF

- Go to Settings>Location Services> Set to device only

2. To increase battery life you On Cyanogenmod 11 (You can try this on other roms too)

- CPU Governor = Conservative

- I/O Scheduler = ROW

- Set to the minimum (300mhz or so) to 1026mhz maximum

3. Slim Kat LAGS and FREEZES alot even running performance/deadline set up with overclock so i suggest using the latest cm11 nightly (although it has a few bugs)

4. CM11 Nightly bugs

- Google play music shuts down the phone sometimes (randomly)

- WiFi sometimes wont turn off

- Camera has hard time saving video over 10 seconds long (so just hit the home button and then go back to the camera app. it should have saved)

If you followed my tip number 1 and 2 you should get much much better battery life when screen is off and on. (Screen off -1% battery every 20-30 minutes or so ((Stock rom or default config gets -1$ every 5 minutes))) (Screen on time -1% every 8 minutes or so)

Of course ive heard about the battery mod around here where you get the Droid Razr Maxx battery and put it in...that is a bit of a stretch for me personally although great idea...for now im just using a solar panel charger with a 3000mah battery that i got of cellphoneshop.net for like 25 bucks.

Feel free to post your tips tricks ideas and bugs here, just so it would be 10000 times easier for people to find info. Thank you and Enjoy.
[HTC First] chapter007:
where can i get kit kat or cm11？please tell me:)
[HTC First] El-Gato:
Does this really belong on the HTC First section ? :eek:
[HTC First] hengsheng120:
where is kitkat rom?
[HTC First] Hulo_:
No KitKat roms.

He confused this forum section with Atrix HD. Look at his signature.
[HTC First] jamesc760:
LOL
[HTC First] abrahammmmmmm_:
What a cruel joke :(
[HTC First] russian392:
Wow this was a year ago....I don't even remember what happened
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flynch3211:
Hey there, the oroblem is resolved on my end, because i had the unit reokaced entireky, but i vam up with strangest of issues yesterday.

The phone was brand new and out of the box for a week. All if a sudden near le eft side of the screen, a portion of it, maybe a finger wide, stopped registereting any tiuchscreen capabilities. I was not able to do anything unless I pressed very hard. While swiping you could see the line being cut clearly.

Factory reset didn't help.

Has anyone encountered this??? I had the unit repkaced by a new one, so i do not have the defective unit with me anymore, but that doesn't refrain me from asking.

Thanks
[Shield Q&A] wrc1010:
I have completely download the 65 update file and when it auto reboot and shield getting installation process but when half way installation time, the green android robot giving me error signal. My shield have been root long time ago and i dont have this problem on the pass when update my shield.

I also un-root my shield and try it again but when installation time, the green android robot still giving me the error signal

Anyone know what happen and how can i update my shield to latest version?
[Shield Q&A] CDeviant:
Make sure that you're running the stock recovery: http://goo.im/devs/agrabren/shield/original_images/recovery.img

Flash that while the shield is in fastboot: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

( adb reboot bootloader )

And try again.

If that works, you can just flash CWM in fastboot and let it install SU and root the device.

http://goo.im/devs/agrabren/shield/cwm/recovery.img

Flash with same command as before. But you might want to update to v68 before.

I've never done an OTA update on the shield so I'm just guessing that this's your problem. ie, I really don't know if it would even download the OTA if you had CWM instead of stock, or even begin the update process after download.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] sensationfan623:
Lost 10% in less than an hour. It looks like it was the safe Web browsing feature and/or the browser doing something.

I've gone ahead and disabled the feature in lookout so this doesn't happen again.

Just wanted to keep you guys informed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] liquidmetalix:
I have unlocked my sprint s4.

I am unhappy with the current room I have been using (darthstalker).

Unfortunately this is the only rom that has been working for me fully.

I would like to use cm11 but the current nightlies won't allow me to hangup or receive calls unless I use my sprint Sim and connect via sprint.

I am currently using gosmart as my provider.

1.

How can I get cm11 to detect it properly as a lte gsm (tmo) device and allow me to receive and hang up calls proper?

2. Can I update my firmware to NAE stock or Google edition without updating my baseband/modem?

3. What does the darthstalker installer do that allows it to be a multicarrier rom? I need to know what changes are made specifically to allow rooms to be tmo compatible.

4. What steps can I take to compile aosp for my device? This would be my most preferred route because then I can code in the features I want as time progresses.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] daniel4653:
Just to answer question #2 you can update to NAE stock ROM but you need the firmware sometimes to get data when using Sprint service. So it might be different for T-Mobile but idk.

And you are abkenro get LTE on T-Mobile? From my knowledge you can only get HSPA+ which is NOT 4G but a beefed up 3G.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] liquidmetalix:
It says 4g in the corner when I connect over data and lte if I am in the city. I'm not entirely sure why because when I was using cyanogenmod it said I was using hspa+ when I connected to data.

I will make a nandroid and try NAE.

I really want to make my own version of Android tho.