yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] MattMJB0188:
Ah. I misread it then (long day haha). Anyway, he might want to swap out his S5 for another and see if the issue persists. My S5 (while defective) had awesome signal strength.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Flashaholics Anonymous:
Just FYI, this is probably just common sense, but I would, at all costs, avoid updating your S5's out of the box. That is, of course, if you care about getting root eventually. This isn't to say that devs won't find a way to root updated S5's just that it will be far more likely that you will be able to attain root as long as you stay on the firmware version that came out of the box.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] chriskwarren:
Thanks for the replies folks.

Yes, [MENTION=4476552]Matt[/MENTION], I am finding that my new S5 goes to HSPA in areas where I used to get strong LTE before on my old S4, and where my wife still gets strong LTE reception.

[MENTION=2922321]Flashaholic[/MENTION]s: I agree with the warning about grabbing an update right away. Our device has root already via Chainfire (http://www.talkandroid.com/203271-s...st-of-devices-that-work-with-chainfires-root/) so that will be good enough for my needs when I decide that I will keep this phone or not.

Funny thing is that I have a strong LTE signal this very moment in the same location. About the same (if the pretty status bars are to be trusted) as my wife's S4 at the moment.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Br4nd3n:
Same, I'm in the 845 area (orange county). I was previously holding 1 bar where I lived with continuous loss of signal completely. With my S5 I am holding a steady 3.

I have put my Sim into the S4 to check on this and my S5 is defenitely more adept at picking up the signal better.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] flyer280:
i get phenomenal signal on my s5. granted i'm moving from an s3. but in places in my building at college that i got no signal on my s3 i get a solid 2-4 bars on the s5. this is in indy and anywhere else where i live and such i have rarely seen the signal drop below 2, its almost constantly at the top two highest bars. and the speeds are consistent and as fast as i've come to expect on lte.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] hlb3:
I've noticed the same thing coming from my Note 2. I use to have zero signal at work, I has 1-2 bars for most of the day with the S5.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] norbarb:
I got looks like the same signal but 3 times faster data on S5 then on S4 in Chicagoland on ATT
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] radeonddr:
I found my signal bad also . thought it was the phone but after reading im not to sure?

I am in the middle of returning mine to see if I get better signal on the new one.

ill let you know.

Ok just an update my new phone has the same signal quality as my old one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] skifreek:
Same signal here compared to my note 2... actually even better.. I had a steady 4 bars on the n2. ..consistently getting 5 on the s5

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] iamhacked:
Well what kind of signal strength do you get when you set it to LTE only?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] alvaro1hdezb:
Same signal strength issue

3 days ago I switched from the One M8 and I noticed the difference immediately. I'm having the same weak signal issue. Places where I used to have perfect signal I now have choppy calls, and laggy YouTube videos. I used to own the S4 when it came out and I don't remember having so much issues with connectivity.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] jb_alphamale:
Same problem here. S5 with Telus. Previously had an HTC One. At work I'm in the basement where One had 1-2 bars. S5 has 0(zero) bars no matter what I do. I do have wifi available but what should I do for text or calls? So far this is the only place I have this issue but I stay here 8h/day.

I'm thinking of returning and get an HTC M8.

Any solution to this? I really like the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] xdadev_sj:
^ same problem here with a s5 telus unlocked.. Garbage signal strength.. I think I'm going to trade this for a Note 3..
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
I have searched the forums but have not found an answer to the following:

I have a Tmobile S4 running rooted 4.2.2. I would like to upgrade to the current Tmobile release which I believe is 4.4.2 My understanding is that I must first return the phone to a state that will permit it to be upgraded by Tmobile to 4.4.2 and then to root it with a procedure such as this. If this is this correct, can someone please tell me the best way to go about upgrading?

Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] LS.xD:
What is you specific phone model? e.g. SG-i9500 or SGH-M919.
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
SGH-M919
[General Questions and Answers] LS.xD:
You can easily flash a full stock firmware 4.4.2 via ODIN. Keep in mind to backup your data before you proceed as it will delete all personal information from your phone. You don't need to change any system components or root/unroot before flashing a firmware via ODIN.
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
OK, I have ODIN (or can download the latest version). Can you tell me a "safe" source for the proper firmware?

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
I found this description of how to upgrade to 4.4.2 but it says that I must be running v4.3 M919UVUEMK2 firmware (I am running rooted 4.2.2).
[General Questions and Answers] LS.xD:
Thats a OTA (on the air) update. Flashing via ODIN is working for sure without any changes needed before flashing.

Gesendet von meinem One S mit Tapatalk
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
Rereading that link says it is via a download (so it is not OTA) and it says I must be running 4.3. I just want to be sure that I don't brick my phone.
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
Oh, I see...the download is the OTA zip. So I need to download the firmware from elsewhere.
[General Questions and Answers] LS.xD:
We're talking about two different things!!!

Here is the latest stock firmware for ODIN --> LINK

You will need ODIN flash tool --> LINK

and the latest samsung drivers --> LINK

Make sure UNINSTALL "KIES" before flashing the firmware via ODIN
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
OK, I was about to hit START in Odin but how to UNINSTALL KIES?
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
Got 4.4.2 successfully installed. Although I see that I lost root access in the process. Now to re-root it. Thanks for your help!
[General Questions and Answers] LS.xD:
Flash CF-Auto-ROOT --> LINK
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
Worked fine. I'm now on rooted 4.4.2. Thank you!
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
I may have spoken too soon. The CF-Root finished normally but now if I use Root Checker, it says I am not rooted. Other than trying CF-Root again, anything to do or check?
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
I tried again and CF-Root ended with PASS but when I run Root Checker, it says: "Sorry! This device does not have proper root access."

(Probably unrelated but Root checker also says: "System appears to be running very slow")

Any suggestions as to what's wrong?
[General Questions and Answers] LS.xD:
Have you installed a custom recovery?
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
I have no custom recovery.
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
Can't unlock

I don't believe I have a custom recovery but I am unable to root the phone (though CF-Root ends with PASS). My new problem is that I can't unlock the SIM. If I enter *#27663368378#, I get USSD code running followed by "Unable to process request".

Any suggestions to get root and/or unlock to work would be much appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] iraf:
unlock

I just tried this on a completely stock S4 (M919) and got the same error message so it would appear that this method of unlocking no longer works.

Back to the problem of rooting...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] admiral70:
Anyone tried the pop up browser from another Samsung device?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aarongillion63:
Yes. Tried it on multiple devices with no luck. Force closes. However, my disappointment led me to find "COBRA", it's a popup browser just like the Galaxy's but loaded with features including resizing, tabs, etc. Download from the Play Store (free). Actually I prefer this over Popup Browser. Do go through the settings and set everything to your liking.

<<< Please say thanks if I was of help!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] admiral70:
Found it floating browser cobra.

Thank you

What is the actual name in the market. Cobra comes up with a lot of apps. Thanks for the suggestion.

Sent from Tapatalk on Samsung Galaxy S5.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aarongillion63:
Sorry it was "Floating Browser COBRA". Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.watea.apps.cobra

I tried all the other floating/popup apps before this one and they seem to be junk: filled with ads, etc.

Hope this helps
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lodaserves:
What is Floating browser cobra?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aarongillion63:
Can you read?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Jeffrey000:
I have an S4, Bell. I had installed CM11 via their application that you download, was pretty slick.

But then I wanted to try and unlock my phone, but don't get the service menu out of the dialer, so was trying to flash a vanilla rom.

It said status 7 abort. I thought no problem and went to just use the restore I had created and saved to the SD card. But it couldn't find the sd card, and when I put it in my computer it says it is corrupt and can not be read.

So I got a different sd card and put CM11 on it, status 7, so I put a nightly on, status 7. Tried the vanilla again, status 7. Tried the Pac rom, status 7. Tried the Chaos rom, status 7.

Downloaded philz recovery 6.15.4, and man that is a slick recovery, but again everything was status 7.

If I leave the phone to just reboot, it just goes into recovery.

Any ideas on how to fix? Seems like an odd issue to be having.

EDIT

Trying to install TWRP zip I get status 7 too.

EDIT 2

Ok I made a backup from another s4 and got it back working. But still can not flash anything without status 7, and can not get TWRP to install, even from the goo app, it says sytem error or something.

I really just want to be able to get into the service menu so I can unlock this phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Jeffrey000:
Should I put this somewhere else maybe?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] GuestX0019:
No, you are OK here just no one with a solution yet. I am at work and only scanned your post. Are you in a position to reformat your internal card. You said ext is now ok?

Can you Odin back to stock--never used Odin so not much help there

What recovery is working for you--Philz

After you flash a rom did you flash your carriers kernel?

Hopefully someone can get you sorted--:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
I would definitely try to Odin back to stock. What firmware are you on? It'll make a difference if and what to flash to get back to stock.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Joe-Tech:
Is a youtube video how to fix this issue, did worked for me last time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW1znjDLe-k
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Jeffrey000:
How do I find out what firmware?

I've never used Odin before.

Thanks

I'll have to try that tonight.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
From a terminal emulator (from play store) on your phone type getprop ro.bootloader. What does it give you?

Sent from my Nexus 5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Jeffrey000:
Says I337MVLUAMDJ
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Jeffrey000:
Trying to install Odin (And damn they try and get you to install a lot of garbage... wtf) and it says click here to finish and it opens up a new window in chrome, but nothing ever show up, and I can't find anywhere on my computer to open the program.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Google Odin 1.85. You shouldn't be getting a lot of crap installed

Sent from my Nexus 5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Jeffrey000:
That worked perfect. But now that I have it, what do I do?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Download the firmware for your device from sammobile.com. it's a zip file, use 7-zip to extract a .tar.md5 file. Use that file in Odin, PDA slot. Boot your device into download mode and connect it to your pc with Odin running. Odin should detect your device. Hit start

Sent from my Nexus 5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Jeffrey000:
That site is down for updating. I tried looking on samsung-updates.com but there are a lot of different ones, and none of them look to be Canada.

Odin doesn't find the phone in download mode, although my computer does find the phone. Odin finds the phone if I boot it normally though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Did you register on sammobile? Its free. I just checked the site and I can download the firmware

Sent from my Nexus 5
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Jeffrey000:
It's not up for me???

https://www.dropbox.com/s/edeahrb1j47be18/IMG_20140417_165929.jpg
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Jeffrey000:
Ok, site is back up, but I can not find Canada in the list anywhere??? Or USA for that matter.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Jeffrey000:
And how come I can't unlock the phone from a custom rom?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] xenokc:
GS5 performs really well on Google Gigabit Fiber and Sprint tri-band. I'm getting up to 180Mbps on Google Fiber and around 40Mbps LTE indoors at home, though I'm just a few blocks from a cellsite. The first 3 results are on Google Gigabit Fiber in KC, the second three are Sprint Spark.

BTW, more on Google Fiber here...

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r29157624-Google-Fiber-Kansas-City
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Damn I'd crap my pants and cry at the same time if i ever had DL speeds that fast!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mrjeff2:
I don't understand, isn't google fiber just using your wifi? Do other phones have trouble downloading through your wifi or is the S5 performing differently?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] xenokc:
Just showing the max the WiFi on this phone can do. In comparison, a Nexus 7 (2013) can do about 100Mbps, the N7 (2012) and Galaxy S3 and can do about 25-40. I suspect most SnapDragon 801 devices would be over 150Mbps as well, not sure.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mrjeff2:
Interesting - I've never paid attention to Wifi performance and was not aware performance varied greatly between devices. Thanks for sharing.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Shiftlock:
Good to know the wifi speeds are that high. This is my fastest speed on band 41 so far
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ChaddyPaddy:
Yeah. I'd crap my pants if I had Google Fiber... Wow.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] crazymook:
I wish my phone would actually use band 41. Ive seen Spark speeds a whopping once. The rest of the time I see my awesome 3-4mb down.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Jahspree:
Josh dew on youtube got his S5 to mid 800s download speeds using Google fiber.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] bryanu:
Which must be BS because WiFi won't do that fast lol.

These phones MAX at 866Mbps IF you have a AC router and happen to be close enough.

That said, WiFi has roughly 40% overhead so the best you could even imagine to ever see on this phone would be around the 500Mbps mark.

FWIW the speedtest app isn't dead accurate in itself.

It often times shows my speed faster vs. what I know my speed can do because I know exactly what my speed wall is and the upload on the phone generally overshoots it lol.

I'd be hard pressed to see you get gig through dual AC 1300Mbps routers even due to overhead.

They would be close but wired still wins.

I think for the OP the first thing would be what kind of router do you have, what band are you connected on and what was the link rate at time of test?

I bet the phone can do more but your wireless is the limit.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pdelacr2:
Houston
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] KennyG123:
Please continue in the thread for dedicated Spark thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2720215
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Arush Agarwal:
Guys any good games except those in the playstore???
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] xeon.zolt:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...PWVdaRi1IcE8tS0pvd2J1MC1HT1E&usp=docslist_api

check games tab of this url

i am so perfect at sleeping i can do it with my eyes closed

sent from -

xeonzolt.blogspot.com
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] GalKill:
No recommendations apps allowed in xda . Will report soon
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] Jonny:
That is incorrect... the only types of "recommend" threads we don't really allow are "Recommend me the best ROM/kernel" threads for obvious reasons that there are no best ROM or kernels. Other types of recommend threads are completely fine.
[Hardware Hacking General] Ali18997:
Hi,Everyone!

I have a Qmobile A700 (1GB RAM, Quad-core) running a 4.1 jelly bean stock OS. It is not rooted BTW. The problem I'm facing is that since last couple of days it's charging has been significantly slowed down. Usually charges completely in 1.5hrs but now it takes 12 hours to increase charge by 40%. Also when in use it crashes, just like if you taken the battery out and when tried to turn back on it says only 1% battery remaining, although before crashing it is more than 40%. How can all that charge disappear within a couple of seconds. The only major change I did with the mobile was that a week earlier I replaced its 8GB SD card with a 32GB SD card. It supports SD card upto 32GB. Does that have any relation to this problem? Please help ASAP!! I have tried using all kind of chargers, the charging rate is still slow.
[Hardware Hacking General] bridgeofstraws:
That sounds to me to be a battery at the end of its life. Having charge % drop that quickly indicates that while the battery still "charges" the amount of energy it stores is far less. My recommendation would be to try and find a new battery from a parts dealer or something like that and swap it yourself. Usually battery swaps are very easy as long as you can figure out how to open up your phone to see the circuit area.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] mceiht:
right i had a message from a person, that same day my screen broke and now i cant see nothing, so i baught a Prophet now is there any way to get my sms messages from my magician to my Prophet with the magician screen unuseable, i tried exploring the device with active sync and cant seem to find the messages, i really need the number of this message

please help thanks in advance
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] tom0_1:
i think the easiest way is using this

www.jeyo.com

tom
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] hanmin:
I'm not sure about other software, which may need to be installed into your PPC before you can remote control/display your stuff.

But if my memory is working, the getPDA screen is a screenshot program that do not required any means of installation on to your PPC. So, you can 'see' your screen without installing the software. Get it in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=39266&highlight=

maybe you ought to use the software to install remote control software into your PPC for easy usage.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] tom0_1:
yes, that is quite better. i edited my post before to recommend this, but the changes were lost. anyway. I suggest to try a remote software eg soti controller. a free trial is available

http://www.soti.net/

tom
[Samsung Infuse 4G] saptha021:
Please can any one help me

i can not call or get call to my infuse

i updated to 4.4.275 after that i am facing this problem

i did full wipe every thing

if i restart the mobile i will get call or i can make call within 3 to 4 time after that problem starts

please help me
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kcaJoC:
well what about when you go to apps and pull it manually? no? did you try swiping left to right where it would usually resides at bottom? mine always disappears. i have to swipe it in order for it to return
[Samsung Infuse 4G] saptha021:
problem in my infuse is

now it is not showing the signal bar

and i am not getting any calls

i have restarted it

than also it is not showing the signal bar

i have attached the image

i have inserted the sim even then it is not showing the signal bar

if i insert the same sim in anther mobile i can make the calls and i will get the incoming call

if the sim is inserted in infuse i have the calling or call getting problem

i am using 4.4.275 ROM With PA modler gapp.

i have done full wipe every thing

one thing i noticed in my infuse in about phone i cant find the imei number

is this causing any problem

if it is then how to repair it
[Galaxy S 5 General] shaunco:
The S5 is a damn good phone, and overall I am happy with it, but after having an S4 for the last year, and the S4 having KitKat for the last few months, there were little things that I became used to... little things that Samsung seems to have discarded in KitKat for the S5. So, I figured I'd create a list of things that seem to be missing or different (in a negative way) from the S4...

The full app list only offers Custom Grid or Alphabetical Grid, Alphabetical List is gone

With a pin to unlock, and a screen timeout shorter than the lock time, the screen always returns to a swipe to unlock after timeout. Super annoying while reading something when SmartStay doesn't work properly (screen times out, you have to hit power, then swipe)

KitKat on the S4 offered an option to automatically lock when you turned off the display with the power button, but not if the screen timed out... these are now combined in to one option

TouchWiz folders display 3 icons across instead of 4

I'll add to this as I find other things, but I'd also like others to add their own list of S5 annoyances.
[Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
1. That option to arrange alphabetically is still there...
[Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
No freakn lock screen widgets is my only gripe -__-
[Galaxy S 5 General] shaunco:
Where?

Go the the all apps view

Menu

View as

Options are: "Custom" or "Alphabetical order" (both are grids, not lists) ... no "Alphabetical list"
[Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
Sorry I misunderstood. There is no list view, only grid view
[Galaxy S 5 General] sitnamzug132:
Settings > Sound and Display > Lock screen > Lock Automatically, and select how long it takes for the lock screen to kick in. Default is 5 seconds but I chose 30 seconds.

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S 5 General] shaunco:
Thanks... but, on the S4 under Settings > My Device > Lock screen, there is both a "Lock automatically" timeout selection, and a "Lock instantly with power key" checkbox option. This means that I could set a 30 second screen timeout, a 3 minute lock timeout, but still force my phone to instantly lock by pressing the power key instead of waiting for the 3 minute lock timeout. On the S5, the options under Settings > Sound and Display > Lock screen > "Secured lock time" only provide timeouts (15s, 30s, 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m) and "Instantly with the power key or when the screen times out". The "Instantly" option is a combination of what used to be two separate options on the S4.
[Galaxy S 5 General] sitnamzug132:
Maybe there is a difference between our phones, because my S5 has both the 'Lock Automatically' timeout selection and the 'Lock Instantly with Power Key' options. Check out the screenshot to see what I mean. Did you get any updates? What provider do you have? I'm on Sprint.
[Galaxy S 5 General] AMoosa:
Mine has Lock instantly with the power key too. I miss the menu haRd button....
[Galaxy S 5 General] sitnamzug132:
It's still there... Except now you just have to press and hold.
[Galaxy S 5 General] slowrey:
I miss the GPS alarm feature
[Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
I miss the temperature and humidity sensor