yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
Yeah its probably due to the Canadian version. I hope we get our own forum, it would make finding roms and other things a lot easier instead of diggong through the american device forums.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xaznxplaya:
I guess the Canadian s4 didn't have it's own forum? I last Samsung device I had was the s3 and it had it's own forum; then I got the nexus 4 and 5. Sigh
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] astralmaze05:
i hope somebody could make custom roms for our g900w8 :(
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bimmerdriver:
Speaking of the SM-G900W8, anyone on Bell Mobility and if so, did you install the OTA?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xaznxplaya:
The update?

Sent from my s5, you Mirin?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] longjohnsteve:
I have the bell s5 and I did that update, all it said was that it helps with performance issues. Nothing notable. I doubt Canada will get its own device thread, seeing as the majority of people and devs are going to be American, I could be mistaken though :P
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xaznxplaya:
S2 to 5 had their own forum though :/

Sent from my s5, you Mirin?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] longjohnsteve:
True, but the s3 got merged with AT&T section, so maybe the same with the s5.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bimmerdriver:
I installed the update, using KIES. No obvious difference, like you said.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cholerabob:
One more vote for a separate section or at least a merged one if our S5 is compatible with another carrier like the S3 was with AT&T, stuff is getting hard to find .
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sacrifice89:
Hello everybody, I have a question. I wish to play Deus Ex: the Fall and Gta San Andreas. The problem is, they aren't showing up in the Play Store. I have an Xperia Tablet Z 32GB white with build: 10.4.b.0.577. Don't know how this is possible. Help me out please.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cat McGowan:
The Play Store web site says both Deus Ex: The Fall and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas are not compatible with the Xperia Tablet Z, that is probably why they are not being displayed in your XTZ's Play Store app.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rootk1t:
yep, but you can easily install them as apk files separately.

strange thing is that apps&games that are working perfectly when installed manually from apk are shown as non-compatible in Gplay.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seeker02uk:
I'm on AICP but I can't find a transparent genie widget that works. Anyone got one please?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
There's one in Banks Gapps thread, but not sure if its transparent...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ParadingLunatic:
I've been using both AT&T and T-Mobile (StraightTalk and T-Mobile) contract free for several months now and regardless of what my signal is on the two, I always seem to get worse battery life with StraightTalk/AT&T. Has anyone else played around with using both in the same places for an extended period of time and had the same results?

I'm trying to decide which I'm going to go with and so far even though I get LTE service in less areas with T-Mobile, I'm almost tempted to stick with them just because 1) when I do have LTE service, it's a ton faster then AT&T and 2) I get much less battery drain on T-Mobile then I do with AT&T.

Even in places where I had worse reception with T-Mobile (which less face it, is very often), I still get less battery drain then when I switch to AT&T and have a much better signal. Not sure if I'm hallucinating or if anyone else has experienced the same.

For example, at the hotel I'm currently at, while on T-Mobile my signal isn't quite as good as it is with AT&T but it takes several HOURS before my battery % drops below 90%. On AT&T I have a much better signal but yet I'll be within the low 80s after 3 or so hours.

Has anyone else tried this and if so have you noticed the same thing?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
battery life is dependent on how you personally use the phone, how you set it up, and, most importantly, the quality of your phone/data connection. the quality of your phone/data connection could make or brake your battery life, by 1 or 2 screen on hours. thats a huge difference.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ParadingLunatic:
Oh I realize all of that. When home and not on travel I pretty much utilize my phone at two locations. Home and Work. In both locations I used each network for about 2 weeks checking cell signals etc and using the phone the same way the entire time. During this time I've noticed one constant, my phone with AT&T always drains the battery much faster. To be honest I thought I was crazy but I double checked and ran for another couple of weeks..this time basically logging battery life with usage and connection quality. AT&T on average had a better signal but also drained the battery faster...usage was about the same through the test. So I did the same thing while basically sitting in a hotel for a few days and just letting the phone sit as I was mainly using a separate phone on Sprint. Same thing..the time I had the phone sitting there with AT&T it had almost a perfect signal but the phone drained quite a bit faster then T-Mobile with practically no utilization. Obviously I rebooted prior to each.

I realize this doesn't make any sense at all but it's something I'm noticing.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnnyTA:
I just found your post, and I'm experiencing the exact same issue. To quote a post I just made on reddit:

I've been a T-mobile prepaid customer (the $30 5gb plan) since I've had the N5, and recently I decided to switch to Straight Talk for the better coverage (I got the AT&T compatible SIM). I've been using the Straight Talk SIM for the past week, and I've notice two very odd things:

1. Battery life is significantly worse on Straight Talk. Unfortunately I don't have any before and after screen shots, but to provide context, a typical day of usage on T-mobile would leave me with ~50% battery life at the end of the day. Now, with Straight Talk and that same usage, I'm down to 10-20%.

2. With Straight Talk, I consistently have 4-5 bars of LTE, but oftentimes when I try and load a web page, there can be about a 5 second delay before the page starts loading. Even when running the Speed Test app, when it's testing the download speed, it will sometimes completely stop mid-download for a few seconds.

Have you found any solution to the battery issue you cited in your post?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ParadingLunatic:
I knew I wasn't nuts!

http://bgr.com/2014/08/06/best-smartphone-battery-life-t-mobile/
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
again, it still fits right in, its the data/phone signal quality that decides the battery life, as i wrote earlier. lowered quality = lowered battery life, period.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Aatif-:
Hello Friends

I am switching from Samsung Galaxy S III to galaxy S IV

but i am confuse between two colors White or Brown ?

can anyone suggest me which color to buy ?

if anyone is using S IV in brown please share the pic of it...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Me Gusta:
I'd take black edition :P

Me Gusta!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Aatif-:
yes but i want to buy I9500 model i am confuse between White & Brown color :confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qtwrk:
What was your s3 color? Take same one...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -Aatif-:
I have Brown one

but i was wanted to buy S3 in white but shopkeeper said that Brown one looks more beautiful so i bought S3 in brown color.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simacca:
Am really liking the new toolbox function. Comes in handy for accessing the camera amongst other things.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AMoosa:
I'm loving it too. Though keep forgetting it's there! Lol
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Br4nd3n:
I enjoy the toolbox but wish custom icons would work with it. I use custom ones for my Nova, and it's odd seeing the regular ones on the toolbox.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] bsvinod:
Pls Help Me...

My Mega6.3 GT-I9200 [XXUAMED] XSG BOUGHT IT FROM UAE...

In March 18 OTA Update it got in to some Problem.[Boot loop]

I was not rooted. No EFS backup..

Then I tried to Flash My Stock ROM..with Odin3.09 it flashed well..

but showing BASEBAND UNKNOWN with NULL ...IMEI Number...

I tried all updates of [XSG-region] but same thing Happened....

Then I approched service Centre....[Private]

They have done it with BASEBAND Version : I9200XXUCML1 with 4.2.2

KERNEL VERSION : 3.4.0

root@ubuntu #2

Sun Jun 16 12:59:25 CEST 2013

Now I am getting only EDGE/GPRS....

What I Have to do for getting HSPDA/3G....

Thanks in advance....Pls give a reply ASAP.....
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Frezi Evan:
can you use it (3g) in other device ?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] bsvinod:
Earlier I was using 3g.....
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Frezi Evan:
okay fine. Sometime SIM does not works in 3g network. did you check it ?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Silesh.Nair:
Did you try manually editing your apn?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] bsvinod:
showing only three service provider

I am having one BSNL SIM and AIRCEL sim

While selecting Network Opertors it is not showing any of the service provider.

Then I will do search networks

it will start searching nothing will comeout.

sometimes willl show Cellone,IDEa,airtel

If I am putting BSNL Sim ...sometimes it will not registering on the network.

sometimes it will register...then I can make outgoing call...but Incoming I am not getting....its getting forwarded...

aircel is not at all showing for selecting...

Help me.....

NOw I am having

AP:I9200XXUAMED

CP:I9200XXUCML1

CSC:I9200JVAME4
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Silesh.Nair:
Did you try flashing a custom ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] bsvinod:
TWRP

Shall I Install TWRP & take a backup of presently what I am having...Otherwise I am feared of my IMEI & Baseband.

Pls...suggest...
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Frezi Evan:
I think now you can install TeamWin Projects (TWRP). Because it is your own scared about IMEI..
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] bsvinod:
Solved my problem

Sir,

Thank u so much for u r support and guidance.I solved my issue thru TWRP and your Slim KAT.

It works great and perfectly fine for me.3g is working so good.

I don't have words to tell my thanks. I will go through u r Slim KAT threads for any issue. Feeling so happy..after almost

One month of worry.

Once again thank u....
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] bsvinod:
problem solved

Sir,

Thank u so much for u r support and guidance.I solved my issue thru TWRP and your Slim KAT.

It works great and perfectly fine for me.3g is working so good.

I don't have words to tell my thanks. I will go through u r Slim KAT threads for any issue. Feeling so happy..after almost

One month of worry.

Once again thank u....
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Silesh.Nair:
No problem. Have fun!!
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Frezi Evan:
You are welcome from me,,:good::good:
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] bsvinod:
Stock modem

sir,

again I m disturbing u......

One day night full I got 3g...the very next day it starts with searching network problem...

If I m changing SIM to other phone it works well but slight coverge prob is there...

I want to do a try with my stock modem ...I dont know it will work or not...

Shall I give a link to my Stock NON-HLOS.bin.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/93062972/NON-HLOS.zip

Will u please give me a flashable modem file...

If it is stupidity plese forgive me...

Thank U very much...
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Silesh.Nair:
Call me Silesh. You can get your modem from the link below.

https://mega.co.nz/#!Rl9HDCxT!M_bLAjRAfWPpAvle4fIAGSfXGwgPfb7pv3Garsmpv8o
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] bsvinod:
Again IMEI gone ........

Silesh....

After flashing modem IMEI NULL

BASEBAND unknown....

Before flashing I made backup with TWRP with EFS,without EFS

and EFS but no one is restoring my EFS.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Silesh.Nair:
You may have provided the wrong modem. Flash the one I sent you earlier.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] bsvinod:
Imei & baseband came back

Thank u silesh....both came back.

The network problem is still there.

Is there any other way to rectify this.

Actually in my other phone while searching networks

almost all service providers r showing. But in mega

Only 3 r listing. Bsnl,airtel,spice....earlier before the problem starts mega

also was able to show all providers.

Also I want to ask some doubts abt slimkat.

1. While making calls screen goes off. In stock ROM some

option was there to change.

2. While setting wallpaper it will show properly. After some

time the wallpaper will zoom somewhat.

Anything to correct...
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] Frezi Evan:
That's great modem [MENTION=4551757]Silesh.Nair[/MENTION] thanks for sharing it..
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] lauri_ylonen:
after write modem imei now null/null then reflash and imei and bb back to work but still problem network

how sloved problem

thanks
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Syn Ack:
I'd like to make this particular thread about the current status of root, bootloader, and recovery. Feel free to post here or PM me so I can keep this thread as up to date as possible.

Keep in mind our devices will likely take longer to gain these mods due to Verizon locking us down more than other carriers usually. We likely won't have an unlocked bootloader ever.

This is for the Verizon Galaxy S5 ONLY! And now AT&T S5, please welcome our brothers!

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Root: Geohot has rooted our phones and if you pledged a donation please think about finding a way to get it to him. It is the right thing to do, but also not mandatory.

http://www.towelroot.com

Recovery: We have Safestrap at the time being

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2793891

Bootloader: Unknown

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DO NOT FOR ANY REASON USE THIS THREAD TO COMPARE THE GS5 TO THE M8 OR ANY OTHER PHONE
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
Thanks for starting this.

I know The T-Mo version has been rooted with CF-Auto-root by Chainfire. I think as of now that voids the warranty and trips the KNOX security so i do not think paypal fingerprint auth will work.

I am really just looking for root and hopefully on that doesnt throw Knox haywire.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Syn Ack:
Yes I think you're right. It trips Knox. I have no association with any of the developers, I just plan on updating the statuses of these areas and including links once there are finally informational threads.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] open1your1eyes0:
Have any of you tried Kingo Root yet?

Just Google it, not allowed to post the link here (site rules).
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] blulite:
Interesting. Who's going first?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bigbarrel:
Anybody try Kingo? Will rooting definitely ruin Knox?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jpmcnown:
You could claim to have done it and say it works fine, just to get some other poor soul to try it, and if they don't come back wanting to kill you, should be safe to try....unless they realize what you did, and tell you it's fine just to brick you S5 too. On that note, it worked fine. :angel:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] waleed300:
Guys, something very weird just happened to my phone... I reinstalled all of my apps to my phone.. put my phone on charge and I noticed my phone rebooted and was stuck on the Verizon red boot logo.. I did a battery pull and turned it back on and this was what I saw.. Custom with the custom lock logo...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] nicholi2789:
What did you do? Try to see if Kingo works or something? Reboot to recovery, wipe the cache and reboot. Or factory reset if you have to. Is your Knox counter tripped?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Guadalupeohara:
You can see this thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2611971

i think it will help you to rooting knox
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ballisticevo:
I got then same thing when I went ART. I changed it back to dalvik and it went away.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] blulite:
May soon have root!!!!

[SM-G900*] CF-Auto-Root
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Syn Ack:
Fantastic!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jova33:
Hopefully this gets fixed soon. This is why I no longer buy phones on release day. My wife isn't into rooting or ROMing, so she just HAD to have it.

Sent from your mom's smartphone
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Crooke356:
You got the custom unlock icon on the splash screen when you switched to ART?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ballisticevo:
Yeah
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] xgerryx:
I enabled ART through developer options and I did not get a padlock splashscreen. Just 35 minutes of 355 android apps updating. But it booted up just fine. What's the difference between dalvik and ART? Really never dove into that.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mexiken:
This method increases counter and trips Knox. Bummer.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] joderme:
Check the Development forum. I posted an odin recovery tar in there if you can't get that message to go away.

Before you do that please boot into download mode and take a picture for us.

---------- Post added at 01:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:19 PM ----------

Chainfire said he wasn't going to bother with Verizon.

Also his method trips the knox warranty for those who care.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Elite49:
Fantastic/
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] em0ney14:
Dang, glad I switched to t mobile in this sense. However, I miss Verizon 's coverage.

Over on tmobile version we have root, custom bootloader, and beans town has compiled a deodex ed rom already and he hasn't even received his s5 yet ....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2720382

I will keep my eyes out and do some research for you guys on Verizon.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] blue79:
shouldn't the OP be updated since the Universal method found turned out to be misleading and the moderators closed the thread?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Syn Ack:
Fixed :good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] theycallmerayj:
I'm assuming the answer is no, but does anyone know if someone has a timeframe of root, why it hasn't been achieved, what needs to happen for us to get root? Just seems like the thread is us talking about root, but I haven't seen anyone come in and say this is why we will or why we won't get root. I'm just looking for as much info as possible, because I'm leaning toward returning my s5 for an M8. The dev on the M8 is already in full force, and other than the camera being crap, the s5 and m8 are pretty close.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] turbosrrgood:
You answered your own question. What is known about root for the VZ SG5 is in this thread. An exploit is needed, no one knows if or when one will be available to us.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] theycallmerayj:
Okay, kinda figured that was the answer.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] TTA1326:
I hope any possible exploit isn't announced until we get definitive information on the 32gb and\or GPE models and I have one, or they may patch the newer models before releasing them...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ravenofdoom:
Is there another thread or means of communication for developers formally communicating/testing exploits for the Verizon GS5 (900v)? The threads I've looked at so far on the GS5 XDA form is just filled with people begging/cheering for root, but as far as I can tell, no ongoing communication towards discovery.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] theycallmerayj:
Kinda what I was hoping for too, at this point it seems like there is nobody working on it at all which makes me want to switch to the M8. Was torn between the 2 to begin with.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
I am kinda debating it as well. Got 1 more week to decide. I really like the camera on the S5 and can't get to like the M8 camera. Honeslty if that ultrapixel thing went away or at least went to 8MP that would of sold me on it.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] theycallmerayj:
Not a big camera guy to begin with as I had a droid maxx before the S5, but I didn't think the no root would bother me, but it already has.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Syn Ack:
If you want to join the IRC channel for meaningful discussions for communicating and testing exploits, please join #SGS5 through webchat.freenode.com or other IRC platform.

It's currently very low volume because nobody has a basis for testing any exploits yet.

I wouldn't recommend joining if anyone plans on asking for ETA's or anything that could annoy some of the developers in there. People get banned for asking dumb questions occasionally.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] turbosrrgood:
No, this is the thread on the topic. I know everyone wants root, and wants information, but this is it. If a developer releases something, it will be mentioned in this thread.

As Syn Ack mentioned, you can visit the IRC channel, but don't expect to see much there.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Franzie3:
Same place i came from. I learned to be patient after droid maxx. I only got root back when i unlocked the bootloader. And that was only about a month or so ago. Just the device has no development.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] theycallmerayj:
Yeah, I had a dev edition maxx, but development went nowhere for that device. The fact that the M8 already has a GPE rom that's mostly stock android really has me leaning towards it. Probably going to come down to the last day of 14 days and if no root I'll probably switch.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Syn Ack:
Yes and I want to repost this for emphasis;

"I wouldn't recommend joining if anyone plans on asking for ETA's or anything that could annoy some of the developers in there. People get banned for asking dumb questions occasionally."
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ravenofdoom:
I really do think a root method will be discovered... but it may take over a month or two.

The GS5 is the first device from Samsung on Verizon with KitKat (from what I can tell) - no other Samsung device has been formally approved for an OTA (4.4.2) yet. In this regard, the Galaxy S5 is the first device for developers to attempt to chip away at an exploit and figure out vulnerabilities in the kernel. The release of 4.4.2 on Verizon for the GS4, GS3 , Note 2, and Note 3 should be within the next month or two... as other carriers have already begun to receive the update (Verizon always lags 4-8 weeks).

All these devices once updated to 4.4.2 will share the same software/kernel base and so a universal Samsung root exploit for 4.4.2 is most probable. Moreover, once all those previous devices get updated, the pool will widen with folks working towards (and wanting) that exploit since it'll be across nearly all Verizon Samsung devices (manufactured within the last 2 years). I think this will have a big effect on the speed at which development and an exploit root method will be discovered.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] jackdubl:
Since the Droid's are only sold on Verizon, I don't think there are enough people with them to generate the interest to get development. It's a big shame, since they are the most developer friendly phones on Verizon.

Free storage from Copy:

https://copy.com?r=cScoov
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mkitchin:
This site claims to have rooted the SM-G900V

This site claims to have it, but I have my doubts:

http://www.srsroot.com/

https://twitter.com/srsroot/statuses/456356584298659840

I found it with a twitter search. They have posted 2 tweets claiming it works.

I'm not familiar with srsroot. Anyone?

Doesn't look too credible to me. They claim compatibility with a massive list of devices.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Syn Ack:
We already tested and named it a big fat fraud.