yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] bryanu:
My understanding (could be wrong) is that the file has to be over 50MB which wouldn't help with music files which are generally a few MB each.

Movies and music, most people tend to stream, not download, which it won't help with because streaming a movie only uses at most about 5Mb of BW which I imagine any Wifi can provide lol.

I am not saying the tech has no use but simply think it's just a hype people are buying into when the use of it isn't all that big.

Yes if you download ROMs or full videos for later playback maybe but that aside the server/remote end also has to properly support the ability which even further reduces the usefulness (though again, not saying it's flat out useless).

Oh well, just wanted to share my two useless cents lol and see what people thought it was useful for.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
True but those who download ROMs continuously (aka nightlies), those who use public slow wifi, etc would benefit from this. Its just to have option and then user has option to disable, not the carrier disabled by default.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] bryanu:
I imagine Sprint only disabled because from a provider view, if you offer unlimited data, I wouldn't want to support an excuse for people to use it more when they have alternative (aka wifi) lol.

Grant it seems shady and stupid, you sell me unlimited, don't tell me how to use it hah.

I remember a few years back a startup company was making a wireless router similar to this.

It could take DSL, dialup, tethered phone, sat internet etc. and depending what you were doing aggregate it all to get the combined speeds, regardless of the huge latency differences.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pizzlewizzle:
I download full cds and music packs directly to my phone all the time whether it be via torrent or .rar files that I extract to my sdcard...the download booster wasn't a major selling factor for me but I definitely thought it was a cool feature and possibly influenced my decision in some way. For Samsung to present this feature at MWC only for Sprint to disable it is a slap in the face. As someone said above I pay for unlimited data don't tell me how to use it.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
We should start a petition. Goddamn BS carriers. Well, that's corporate America for ya. A list a-holes!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Benconquerer:
I see your point. But then again it's a Samsung feature. Most of their features. Swipe palm for screen shot, camera features, air gestures ect are very useful, but you can't possibly use them all of the time just like split screen. But they are very nice to have when you do need them. And most people don't see that. They want features they user all of the time but I am personally happy with small features that are there when I need them.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Ok, so I've determined what its called in settings (by decompiling apks system,settings, and framework). Its know as either download booster (obviously) but also by Network booster (sometimes called nwbooster). Still working on this but thought I'd share in case others developing it. Sprint did not remove anything, only hide it of course. I found the PNG files of the Download booster through the apks (mainly secsettings and framework-res). Im assuming Sprint and other carriers removed lines from file/made 'false' value/etc. Haven't noticed any much different from kltetmo and international klte variants.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pastert33:
I appreciate the time you've put into this. Cant wait to see this working.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Many days straight so far, up late haha. Need help finding files location and/or Networkcontroller in statusbar. Looking between logs now off differing ROM for S5.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
OP UPDATED, now have enabled download booster in the notification panel along with Mobile Data toggle (See screenshot). Now to fully enable.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] slickdealers:
Keep up the good work! I can't wait until you finally crack it!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Hopefully soon, been doing it straight for days, all day long. Now I need logcat from Download Booster enabled phone, logs, etc to pinpoints whats activating so I can replicate.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Epix4G:
Can you get that from the people who ported the download booster to the s4 ...

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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
OP Updated - see newest info regarding Network/Download Booster, need assistance with edit(s) of Smali file(s), etc

They have to option to enable the Download Booster but it doesn't work I believe, just looks nice. I believe, since S5 has dual antenna capabilities, it is only phone now that can do it. I've been decompiling/recompiling SystemUI and found interesting things related.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sgreene84:
In Baltimore.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
OP Updated 5/4, I've linked the download booster (aka nwbooster/network booster/smart bonding) to WFC (also called Wificalling). By noticing that smartbonding (under settings.db from SettingsProvider) that Wificalling AND Download Booster both tripped the smart_bonding to become 1 from 0 (showing enabled). I looked again into the Settings.apk decompiled and found that DBooster IS linked to WifiCalling, meaning we get one enabled, we get both. I also know, that under /System/framework that TmoWfcUtils.jar exists which DOES have functioning into why T-mobile has both the Wificalling and Download Booster enabled. I believe this jar has something to do with Dbooster and it being enabled. If you'd like to assist in this project, please PM me.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ram9200:
Something I have learned from working on the sprint note 3 port, those that have ported the sprint note 3 rom to tmobile have dowload booster working without modding anything. Seems this is carrier activated however there may be a workaround.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
So maybe once we finally get the WiFi calling enabling OTA, we will get DL Booster enabled too?!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Possibly, Smart bonding (which is linked to Download Booster) is also linked to enabling Wifi calling. Have you seen something about Wifi calling or anything as of late, seemed like you may have seen something about it?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Well I THINK the Sprint S4 tri band has WiFi calling.... so hopefully we will get that update ASAP! Don't know why it didn't come with it already enabled. And hopefully once we get that w can get DL Booster to work.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ram9200:
I have wifi calling working on the sprint note 3 port but download booster is not working...
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Is it "officially" working on the Sprint Note 3 or is it a mod or something along those lines?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ram9200:
Its officially working, was released in most recent update, I ported it to s5 rom
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
I think not only do you need Wifi calling (for smart bonding) but you also need to have the dual internal antennas to get data from one antenna and wifi from another. Not fully sure on this, but I believe thats why some are having issues with DBooster ports and, if it is working, they have to break the file into 2 separate downloads, one from wifi and one from data then merge together in the end, like Super Download does in his app.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ram9200:
it is working on the tmobile note 3. Im trying to get a logcat now
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] eyecon82:
It's capable of it, but it definitely doesn't exist yet

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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
WOW... the Sprint S4 just received an update a couple of weeks ago to enable WiFi Calling! Hopefully we get it in no time :good::fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Maybe, hopefully see it soon. Gives an edge up to the Download Booster even if its not enabled. But maybe both. We'll see.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Can't wait for it. Be much easier to DL ROMs in like a minute!

Do you happen to know if you can also text over WiFi as well as call??
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Text over Wifi is limited right now, only app I know that works is textra for that. Sprint allows Wifi texting but no development for it really since only carrier I believe to do it. But the standard messages app from Samsung compresses the picture so much into small size that LTE/3G can send it quick (yet really makes the pic grainy on zoom). The other mms apps, such as hangouts/sliding messaging pro/etc, send bigger pic sizes but takes longer sadly. I hope one day for it.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
It takes longer and sadly some of those 3rd party apps can't send em' at all :/ I use stock and 8sms right now. 8sms allows to use Sprint's feature to send MMS over WiFi, clean simplistic app.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
OP Updated, possible fix may have been found, need testers to confirm. Requires root (obviously), custom recovery, and LTE signal in area for test (3G will not work). If tests go good, I'll release a flash zip for all download booster fixes, settings and all. Hoping this works.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] rhizomorph:
I'll gladly test it out. Remind me again - it should only kick in for downloads over 50mb right?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] lballer69:
Willing to test
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] howipig:
Folks,

Thank you for all the efforts to enable it for some of us. However, for those lucky GS5 owners, I am not sure if we are aware of one of the criteria for Download Booster to work beyond the 30MB download file size...

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7903/samsung-galaxy-s-5-review/8
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] stretchmcgee:
test dowbload booster

I am totally willing to test one of the main reasons I fot the s5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Link sent.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
I am aware, its just helpful and there if you need it and, for frequent ROM flashers like myself for developing, we download 200MB or more each time haha. Anything helps.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] howipig:
RevelationOmega,

Not just the download file size that is the only concern but if one of the interfaces is substantially faster than the other download booster will not activate.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Of course, depends on signal strength, 3G useless for booster and slow LTE. But its a nice feature to have and some users would like it just in case, always nice to have feature intended originally for device. Also, this spans well beyond re own forum here. AT&T, Verizon, etc users would like to see this implemented as well. Once a fix is resolved for our device, it can spread to all users. Once a fix is present across the board, the user chooses to either not install or install the MOD, thats their choice though. The carrier should not make that decision for everyone, the users should have this option whether they want it or not (it was advertised, it should be there). If they never use it, no harm or issue, its choice I suppose. But those who want it should have it, even if it works only part of the time because of finicky parameters of when it chooses to activate or not. I am very sure, once this is fixed and spread among all ROMs, developers beyond here and here as well will manipulate it to work all the time, no matter connection, speeds etc. They will MOD this MOD haha. Thank you for information so far about DBooster, I just want it to be option for all, not just some removed feature we have to live with.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] jc33:
I would like to test also please..
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Sent PM
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sml2004:
I live in kansas city have good lte and would like to test if possible.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sml2004:
Wierd since my cable provide is 50mbs dl ...I usually pull 35-50 on speedtest.net. and here says im pulling 1 via wifi...strange.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
I have a new one I'll post in Drive so you can try another to see if any better. Remember, DBooster was originally meant for crowded Wifi spots (public, etc) so when Wifi is bad, you can use both to download. Most of the time with home Wifi, you wont need it much since LTE is somewhat weaker then 50MB speeds that aren't being used by lots of others.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sml2004:
Makes sense, but hey look at it like this you got it working. I been following you on the galaxy s 5 and you have made a real impact here. Thanks!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Ive done what I can and had help along the way from many users as well. Ill be assigning credit to all soon as I get the Final Version zip up to enable in Settings as well plus this file to make it work. Wouldn't be truly success without all here. Im glad success haha.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sml2004:
Good job it works!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Was second file better? Or is this original?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
OP Updated, WORKING DBooster!!!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ab30494:
i would also like to test it out
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sml2004:
The second one did not turn off the wifi like the original post
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Going to make final zip soon, Ill just let everyone download there.

Ill use original then.

For all users, please be sure to rank the thread!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Majin101:
Hi, thanks for allowing this for us! I installed it just fine and tried doing the hidden tiles. Nothing changed. How can I tell if it works? I'm on stock ancb with xposed and wanam and gravitbox.

Edit: oh wait I think I did the tiles thing wrong. So now its visible. But when I download something over 30mb, I don't get the download booster in the notification like the previous user.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] g.armour:
Gonna try this tonight, thank you so much! WifiCalling?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ab30494:
just flashed the zip, An it works :)

Thank you all for all your hard work
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] papadunit:
Thank you so much been waiting for this since the release of the s5 i will be donating and i think everyone else who is following this thread should do the same.... thanks again for your hard work:laugh:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Wificalling, not yet but working on it now
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] booey24:
Same here. I dont get anything in the notification drop down either. How do we know if its definitely working?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
You need to have Wifi signal about the same strength as LTE, no 3G will work and Wifi at high speeds over LTE will not allow it to activate the DBooster....yet. Until I can get it to work ALWAYS, you need signal strengths to be similar in order for it to work, plus over 30MB.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] rhizomorph:
I was just going to ask about that (getting it to work under less stringent requirements) - glad you're still hammering away! Would love to experiment with this without those speed/size rules.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
I will try and get rid of those requirements soon.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] g.armour:
I flashed this and now I can't cannot to wifi, it is greyed out in my list. Please help.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AOD_Corwin:
Not working for me. I Flashed it. Enabled the tile then deleted and re downloaded it and I do get the two download bars. I could shows grayed out on my status bar also
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ab30494:
works good for me, though i wont use it at home, but will use it where there is slow wifi. I get up to 170 mbps on my home wifi so not need at home
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Nitefall:
Works here but is downloading files slower then wifi alone, but it works and thanks for that.

E.G. wifi is 12mbs by itself and LTE is around 6mbs by itself but with the booster turned on it is showing 4 for wifi and 2 for LTE.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Interesting, no other user reported this and its working, what ROM you running and I'd try first restore backup, wipe cache/dalvik, then flash. Retry then see.

If Wifi signal much greater then LTE (which this does not work on 3G), the DBooster does not work because the DBooster recognizes strong Wifi and deactivates (it sees no reason to use both). You need both data/Wifi enabled, file download greater then 30MB, LTE/Wifi similar in strength for it to work... for now. Ill be working on trying to get it to work on any signal and anytime enabled hopefully soon.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Download Booster was originally intended for public Wifi spots, where download speeds SLOW from overcrowding. This feature was intended for LTE/Wifi to use together to give you the feeling of quicker Wifi in public, slow Wifi places. Also, from the picture, the LTE is weak signal so no real difference there except minimal amounts.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AOD_Corwin:
Stock rom. 50mb file. I live within 125 feet of an LTD palm tree and my wifi is n900

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Oh rooted of course. I have the tile. Just doesn't kick in
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Interesting, I'll take a look into it tomorrow. Maybe try reflashing it or seeing what speeds both LTE vs Wifi are, which need to be similar. As I said, supposed to be used in public Wifi regions where WIfi slow by itself.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
OP Updated, See screenshot, I think this is the cause throughout the file I'm in. Think I may be on to where the Download Booster Restrictions are and may be closer to removing them so all Downloads work (possibly). Have to see tomorrow when working on it, midnight here and need to be up early. Just glad progress in it being enabled haha. In theory, by removing the ratio needed for DBooster to work (which is LTE:Wifi ratio), it should in turn work via 3G as well as LTE since no parameter to either speed determining the other.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] AOD_Corwin:
Cool now if we can just make a call while surfing on 3g/Lte we'll be just like T-Mobile
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] jc33:
Doesn't seem to be working for me neither. I do have LTE in my area. When i turn on it and try to download a file 500+Mb doesn't work..I flashed the zip and didnt work. i also manually moved the service.jar file to system/framework and SecSettings.apk to system/priv-app with file explorer. when i did this the phone was stuck on the sprint logo.. Where am i supposed to place the Meta-inf folder? Sorry if i'm asking "dumb" questions but I'm new to the android scene having an iPhone for 5 years it is nice to have the freedom to customize your phone.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Majin101:
Your not suppose to move the meta folder. What recovery are you using?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] jc33:
i kinda figured i didn't need to move it.. and im using philztouch with sprint stock rom.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] xSLAYERx:
Not working for me either. I also have LTE and im downloading a 1.37 gig file and see now activity in the download booster indicator. I flashed using philz recovery.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Download Booster was originally intended for public Wifi spots, where download speeds SLOW from overcrowding. This feature was intended for LTE/Wifi to use together to give you the feeling of quicker Wifi in public, slow Wifi places. Also, from the picture, the LTE is weak signal so no real difference there except minimal amounts. Just flash and leave. META folder is update/flash script, not meant for install other than read by recovery. If DBOOSTER doesn't activate, that either means weak of either LTE to Wifi or vice versa. If both are not similar in strength, DBOOSTER prioritizes the better signal to work alone since other signal not contributing. 3G does not work either, only LTE. Confirmed working by many so just try reflash and try when conditions are met of equal strength signals, over 30MB, LTE only (no 3G). It should work then.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] papadunit:
exactly...all thats needed is to flash the dlbooster.zip file through recovery....in phone settings you should see the new icon download booster make sure you select it to on....you will then see the lte/wifi icon in the notifications bar...it will only become active when a certain criteria is met..in example if you have a weak wifi signal and are downloading a file that is larger than 30mb.. you will see the icon turn white and in the pull down notification bar you will see the bonded wifi/lte bars with percentages.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] jc33:
Should the download booster option be available in the settings section after i flash? i got it to appear in the notification area after following your instructions in your other forum.. but it doesn't appear in the phones settings area. Thank you.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] papadunit:
yes it should show in the settings menu....

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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] booey24:
I cant get it to show in settings either after I flash it. What are we doing wrong?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Ramondel:
Have you gone into settings>quick settings and then select edit quick settings and made sure that it is selected. You will have to unselect one in order to add another one as it only allows you to have 12.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] prboy1969:
Ramondel :) . So you've got an S5 now. Kool :good: . I should be over here soon' Just waiting on my Upgrade.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Make sure you're wiping data/cache before flash. Also, the script adds settings with no odex needed, so if odex remains from old SecSettings.apk, then you may have issue there as well. Try reflash.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Ramondel:
Come on in the water is getting better once Rompnit gets going, the more the better.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] jc33:
Thanks i got the download booster menu to appear in the settings section. I deleted the odex file then i deleted cache then i reflashed.. Ill go to the library later and test out the download booster there, they have pretty slow internet connection lol
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
Very good, I knew it was probably due to odex file there. Seems to be common cause because the flash zip has apks without need for odex files, thus it does not remove them, thats manual process to do for now. Still working on removing the provisions ow so you dont need just similar wifi and not just LTE haha.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] prboy1969:
Very soon [emoji6]. Especially with Mods like this working.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] jc33:
So i went to test it out in the library and it didn't work. So i download the omega international rom and flashed it. I flashed a lte fix and the download booster works.. I cant get voice or text messages to work tho.. Since it worked with the omega rom at home shouldn't it work with your fix also. I am going to re-flash the stock rom and go through the process again hopefully it works this time..
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] booey24:
Now it seems we lose our System update apk when we do this, so we cant update our PRL or profile. Is there any other ways to updating these on the s5?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] RevelationOmega:
INTERNATIONAL ROM already had it enabled since only disabled by sprint/verizon/att. But I'm working now on getting sms/call to work for sprint on those ROMs. I'll check it out though and send you PM with test for me.

Yes, enabling the DBOOSTER to settings removed update prl/profile. Working on getting both back soon. For now though, just push stock sprint SecSettings.apk back, use it to update, and then go back to my settings apk. I'll be on this soon.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] hendav:
Does anyone have a copy of stock secsettings.apk? Thanks