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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denski101:
This should only be a problem at night or in low light environments(typically when screen brightness is very low). I'm pretty sure it's a hardware limitation of Pentile AMOLED screens with the diamond sub pixel matrix, and thus affects all GS5's at low/very low brightness levels.

I've suggested this a couple of times on here, I'll say it again: 1.Change the screen mode to Cinema or Pro Photo.

2. (More importantly) Download Lux(free) and change the White Balance to Fluorescent. This slightly tints the blacks, and greatly reduces the smearing effect.

N9005

Don't thank me, I'm useless
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] born4trance:
The S3 had a PenTile AMOLED screen and it wasn't affected by this. AFAIK it's due to the Diamond Pixel layout Samsung uses on the latter Galaxy series.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] denski101:
Your right. I had that in mind, but was confusing Pentile and the Diamond pixel layout as one and the same. My mistake.

N9005

Don't thank me, I'm useless
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polish_pat:
wow, pathetic. I hate all the BS threads about how samsung screwed us on the screen. Basically, by saying to turn down the screen all the way down and looking closely, in a dark room, you are asking somebody to look for a problem that never happens in a real world scenario anyways? WTF is up with all the people looking for problems in technology? Honestly, why in tha hell do people always try to find the tiniest this and the smallest that in every piece of tech they own and then bash the constructor for it, things that in the first place only appear in VERY SPECIFIC SCENARIOS THAT YOU NEVER ENCOUNTER IN REAL LIFE?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ramsenn:
Or you are just a kurwa who use full brightness at night to fuc up your eyes.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] born4trance:
Well... sorry for using my phone at night or when i can't sleep. Standard-/auto-brightness isn't pleasant to use then.

Oh, i almost forgot to mention that i often set a dark (black) background. Its really AMOLED (battery) friendly...
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polish_pat:
The only kurwa here is the one you came out of

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You're excused. BTW, even in a pitch black room i never put the brightness all the the way down, and if you have such a problem sleeping where you start to find problem with your phones screen, you should maybe complain to a doctor and not Samsung! Just sayin'
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dillonorden:
What is the difference between deodex and odex roms? Sorry for the noob question but ive always been curious
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] dseldown:
WHAT IS EXACTLY AN ODEX FILE ?

In Android file system, applications come in packages with the extension .apk. These application packages, or APKs contain certain .odex files whose supposed function is to save space The odexed file structure works well as an optimization tool. Since these .odex files contain preliminary load information about each system app, the OS knows what to expect when it’s booting up, and consequently, loads all these apps faster.

On the other hand, it also makes hacking those applications difficult because a part of the coding has already been extracted to another location before execution.

For instance, on a non-rooted device you’ll find

system/app/Phone.apk ===> as well as ===> system/app/Phone.odex

AND NOW THE DEODEX FILE ?

It’s the process to take all the packages out from .odex file and reassemble them all together in classes.dex file which is kept inside the APK file. By doing that, all pieces of an application package are put together back in one place, thus eliminating the worry of a modified APK conflicting with some separate odexed parts.

In summary, Deodexed ROMs (or APKs) have all their application packages put back together in one place, allowing for easy modification such as theming. Since no pieces of code are coming from any external location, custom ROMs or APKs are always deodexed to ensure integrity.

on the same device but rooted now, you’ll find this:

system/app/Phone.apk ===> but no longer the corresponding .odex file. The reassembled files become classes.dex

CONCLUSION: ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES FOR BOTH SYSTEM FILES

The advantage of deodexing is in modification possibilities. This is most widely used in custom ROMs and themes. A developer building a custom ROM would almost always choose to deodex the ROM package first, that’s why developers prefer it and most, if not all, of the custom ROMs come pre-deodexed.

The advantage of .odex file is the faster load time of the app and were supposed to quickly build the dalvik cache, removing them would mean longer initial boot times. However, this is true only for the first ever boot after deodexing, since the cache would still get built over time as applications are used. Longer boot times may only be seen again if the dalvik cache is wiped for some reason.

And finally rooting need not necessarily mean your device is deodexed, rather that almost all stock ROMs are odexed to some extent, and usually most custom ROMs are deodexed for easy theming.

For a casual user, the main implication is in theming possibilities. Themes for android come in APKs too, and if you want to modify any of those, you should always choose a dedoexed custom ROM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] go4bacon:
I am really new to this, so I apologize if I seem ignorant. Last time I went down this road, I didn't do my research and accidentally messed up the stock recovery. I am now unrooted and running the following:

AT&T Galaxy S4

Android 4.4.2

Build: KOT49H.I337UCUFNC1

Here's what I want to do:

Root my device

Install SafeStrap recovery (I don't know if this is still compatible since the KitKat update)

Use SafeStrap to run a custom ROM that's closer to stock android. Maybe CM or something AOSP based. Like I said, I don't know much about this.

Please let me know if I'm barking up the wrong tree. I'm just getting really tired of TouchWiz. Up until now I've just been sideloading Google Now Launcher and some other stock apps like the Clock and Calculator. Once again, I apologize for my ignorance - I'm still working on learning more about this. Thanks in advance!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] netomel:
I don't know if you went down this road before since your questions don't show.

1. You can't install custom recoveries or roms on the build you have.

2. You can only downgrade to Mk2 to root since it's imposible to root on your present build.

On the general section there are a few threads that guide you to downgrade ,root, and flash compatible roms.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Rhymey:
Not gonna happen, at least for now. The best you could do is PurifieD which completely trashes TouchWiz's theme. You'd also have to follow the steps here to get root on NC1. I'd advise against taking the bootloader but I believe you already have it if you took NC1 OTA. Then you could flash PurifieD over your stock slot in Safestrap 3.72.

Basically:

Root via downgrading to MK2

Flash rooted NC1 (no BL)

Install and boot into Safestrap 3.72, flash PurifieD (wipe not necessary)

If you wish to keep Knox happy with 0x0, do not let PurifieD modify the kernel during the Aroma installer

Flash an i337 build.prop in order to get 4G LTE working again (you have service without this, but this lets you access LTE again) (you can find this here!)

Flash the WiFi module in order to get wifi working again (WiFi will NOT work unless you flash this) (you can find this here!)

(Optional, I had to do this as I had issues with keeping root on PurifieD, though you might not!) Flash SuperSU again (you can find this here!

Feel free to ask for more help if anything was not clear!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gappledroid:
Hi, I recently got a Razr M with JB 4.12 98.18.94 stock ROM. Yesterday in the morning I recieved a prompt message to update to KK 182.46.10, but I dont want to take it because of all users complaining about the update so I click later to remember me in 12 hours. In the night I forgot to disable wifi and I saw it began to start downloading the update (0%), so I disabled wifi to stop it.

My questions are:

1. Can I reset the phone to factory no matter it starts to download the update? (Just to avoid the update and start all over again)

2. How do I know if it has the bootloader unlocked?

Thanks in advance
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] camdecoster:
1. Yes. Downloading the update is not the same as installing the update. Your phone will just nag you every 12 hours about the update. Factory resetting at this point will remove the downloaded update, but it will eventually download again.

2. Turn your phone off, hold the volume up, volume down and power buttons all at once. Choose AP Fastboot by using the volume down button to move the cursor down and then the volume up button to select. If it says device locked, your bootloader is locked and there's nothing you can do to unlock it given the software version you're already using. Press the power button again to turn the device off. More information about this process is readily available elsewhere on this forum.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shromy:
It shouldnt flash the update unless you tell it to, it will download it though.

Put the phone in fastboot mode and see if it says locked/unlocked. phone off, vol down+ power to enter
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wraithlead:
Other than doing a factory restore, is there a way to delete the downloaded update? I forgot to delay it this morning it downloaded, but hasn't installed yet.

I REALLY don't want to go to KitKat yet.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FringeNY:
Downgrade

I would like to add a question. Is there already an instruction how to downgrade from KK to JB?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L1ND:
pretty sure if you took the update and were completely stock while updating there is no way to return to jb
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gappledroid:
Thanks for your answers :good:
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] furkonhesti:
After install all lastest costum rom based on cm11..i can confirm only gummy rom so far already fix for screen dimming issue..try it and feel the different

i already test all rom..here the result

* cm 11 official -> screen dimming still present

* carbon rom -> screen dimming still present

* validus -> screen dimming still present

* pac man -> screen dimming still present

* paranoid android -> screen dimming still present

* kitstalk -> screen dimming still present

* gummy -> screen dimming gone..amazing..
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romma1:
Just curious if this was in fact a kernel issue that was fixed. This persistent issue has been the main reason I am usually running JB. It's vexing.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] St.Noigel:
I have no this issue on KitStalk also!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romma1:
Don't the developers make the fixes and kernels available to all devs so that they can also implement fixes accordingly? This issue is on every KK build for the XT907 that I have flashed so far. Even Cyanogen themselves have not fixed this issue. I suppose I will try the latest gummy build.

I am told that once the source is available and released by Moto that they issue should be fixed... In any event, I will give this a try.

Thanks for posting.

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How long have you been running this rom with the fix?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] furkonhesti:
I test 1 day / rom
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] vinman12:
Ty. Ne2 any idea on what the update will bring
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
Not yet but there is also NE3:

http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SM-G900P-SPRINT/NE3.rdf

One would think wifi calling is on the way, wasn't it already supposed to be here by now?

It's been in the supported applications since initial release but haven't heard if they turned it on yet.

That's assuming too that it requires a software update, could be like the SIM unlock where a signal is sent to the phone.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Link Added to OP.

I really hope that there's a bluetooth fix in this release. It's a specific fix, but they've reportedly been working on it for a while.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Got the wifi calling toggle.... Hopefully it becomes useful soon!

Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] zune70:
http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SM-G900P-SPRINT/NE4.rdf

NE4 is there now
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
NEw update here we come! Hopefully by the end of June or the official start of summer!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
NEW would be May 33rd. :D Wait, nevermind. D'oh! 33rd revision. I can't even follow my own key......
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] booey24:
NE5 is now showing as latest.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] booey24:
I hope they are close to their final build. This phone is def in need of a few tweaks. Still a great phone though.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Why do you say that?

I have a feeling this update will be the same update that the International GS5 got a month ago. PLUS (hopefully!!) official support for WiFi calling!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Been sitting on NE5 for some time now.......could we see source this week?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] booey24:
I hope so. That would be great. We should be getting this update soon, then before we know it 4.4.3 will be coming.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Cooljb:
NE5 is up on opensource.samsung.com.

http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=sub&sub=F&searchValue=sm-g900p
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Now we just need the GOTA link when people start to receive it. I'll post in OP once someone finds it.

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] vinman12:
Nice looking foward to this
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] ronnienyc:
What does it mean that NE5 is up on opensource.samsung.com??

Is it running on the phone? Has anyone tried it?

Is this a version without all the Sprint malarky?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Code that is posted there is exactly what it is, source code that needs to be compiled before it can run on a phone. It has all of the sprint information there in the code. So basically when it is posted there, then we know that an OTA will start to push out with code that can run on phones. If you are a talented developer then you can use the code posted on the source code site to make custom ROMs and such, otherwise it is worthless.

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
Can someone please make sure to save that OTA zip for me please? Thanks.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Looks like the S4 just had a new software (NG2) drop source for Sprint. Maybe we'll start to catch wind of some new RDFs for the S5? They must be working on one, however I can't find any RDF higher than our current latest NE5.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
Well, shoot. I'd be surprised to see it this month if they're still testing.

Not impossible - we got NK4 shortly after it was built... but the chances are dimming on it.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Hopefully they're squashing the bugs that were in the Poland releases!!

EDIT: Well, look what I just found on Reddit. Android 5.1 already in the works -__-

http://www.androidpit.com/android-5-1-lollipop-update
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Given the issues, some of them pretty major, with 5.0 on Nexus devices, I'm glad they're waiting, testing, and updating.

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Exactly! Although some of the Nexus bugs I believe, do not apply to us... or at least I haven't noticed them in NKD.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/12/19...-galaxy-note-4-note-edge-and-galaxy-s5-lte-a/

5.0.1 videos for a few Sammy phones

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Haven't heard of the S5 LTE-A variant.

It sure would be nice if the final build for us were 5.01 though. :cool:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] paco_1:
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/12/16...-1-lollipop-for-the-galaxy-s5-lte-a-sm-g906s/
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Well I'd hope so too... Especially considering Lollipop 5.1 (yes 5.1, not 5.0.1) is coming out in Q1 of 2015.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
NL9 up.

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Just got that update from that Chrome Extension (Page Monitor) you showed me for NL9 as well!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Mine said that the latest page changed too but it was still NKF, not sure what's up there. I have the Mario star power up noise set on the page monitor. Pretty exciting when it went off in a quiet restaurant!!

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
"Latest" is now NL9

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Hey Sprint, where's our Christmas OTA?

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Here's to hoping we get a good OTA btw. The international 5.0 thread has already gotten around 4 or 5 releases in rapid succession.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Any changelogs for the releases?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
NLA

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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Nothing new that I know of.

Bah humbug!

But I guess its a good thing. I finally got a bootable deodexed build off of the leaked version to practice on.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
NLC

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Damn wth... They sure are hard at work but I deff thought we woulda seen an OTA by now! Hopefully we go straight to 5.0.2.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Just got a notification that the opensource.samsung.com page changed.....but no new build listed?? I'll keep an eye on it today. This same thing happened last time they posted the source. Maybe they'll get in under the wire for a December release!

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] emanuelrv:
Several leaks have shown off its features ahead of time, but within the next few weeks users won’t have to rely on leaks and rumors, as Samsung will start pushing Android 5.0 Lollipop to carrier versions of the Galaxy S5 in the United States in early January, then proceed with the Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note Edge, and eventually proceed to update the popular Galaxy S4 and Note 3 from 2013.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] socos25:
I'm not sure what everyone's rush is. Might as well wait until 5.03 or whatever they're going to call it rolls out with the memory leak fix. If I was a developer that is what I would be waiting for rather than to mod 5.01, just to have to do it again when 5.03 comes out.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] El.Dante565:
That is true but I think we are anxious for this highly anticipated release.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] emanuelrv:
Why they don't do like motorola you have acess to test built for they phone
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Because there are too many stupid (reckless, naïve, inexperienced... pick one) people in the world and if you calculate the number of Galaxy S5's in use, it would get rather ugly very quickly.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
OA1, OA2, OA3 all just popped up.

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
I thought NL9 would be our build for sure... Hmmm............. interesting.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Well, it still could very well be. We won't know until that source drops. Also, these RDFs are saying 5.0, but it's possible that it is 5.0.1 or 5.0.x. The 4.4.2 RDFs initially said 4.4 without the trailing digit.

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] emanuelrv:
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...ndUpdateTheSoftwareVersionOnYourSamsungGalaxy

sprint like to update wendays to friday
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
This is barely English

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] emanuelrv:
I apology for my engish
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] jhill110:
This isn't even barely helpful.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
We're up to OA3 now. Surprising there's already 3 builds this month.

Makes me think they're hammering out the small issues.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Yes, I'm getting tired of checking for OTA on Sammobile. ;)

Where do you and RW check for the official release/does Sammobile typically get theirs posted first? (I always notice the Samsung release and Sammobile releases have some minor differences in the tarball and filenames are different too of course).

BTW, the leak is still performing perfectly too except for a couple tiny issues.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Hmmm, I thought for sure there would be an update by now so I'm a bit perplexed. I wonder if maybe we are getting 5.0.1 (or 5.0.2)? If not, I don't understand all this testing bc the international GS5 is starting to get the update already..
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] Putterboy75:
I tried the leak and liked it, had some issues with texting, stock messages app....people said they would get the same text several times.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] JoeFCaputo113:
Yes, use Textra or any other 3rd party SMS app and you won't have those problems.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Total sidebar since these RDFs aren't moving much (not much to discuss), but Textra really is amazing. Works awesome with Android Wear and WiFi calling. Picked up a Moto360 and the LG G watch for Xmas. Love those watches, highly recommend the 360.

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] tdunham:
Well, it looks like Android L is still making its way west, OA3 finally released for the G900F (UK). Its still 5.0 so crossing my fingers we actually get 5.02 whenever it finally makes it here. :rolleyes:
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] emanuelrv:
i think gonna see update next week Wednesday to Saturday check the link and have calendar in hand you gonna see

http://support.sprint.com/support/article/Find_and_update_the_software_version_on_your_Samsung_Galaxy_S_5/WServiceAdvisory_542_GKB69808?INTNAV=SU:DP:eek:V:UG:SamsungGalaxyS5:FindAndUpdateTheSoftwareVersionOnYourSamsungGalaxy
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
If possible try to use a url shortener when pasting in links that contain our build numbers due to the Tapatalk inserting smiley faces (since they have B in them, always makes link have smiley instead of the actual letter/link)

Here's that link from the previous post if you're mobile: http://goo.gl/4s4JcT (doesn't tell us anything and is already linked in the OP)

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
The person does have a valid point though. No new builds since OA3, which were nearly 10 days ago. Latest shows NL9 and all signs are pointing to an impending OTA, just waiting for our good ol' source drop or nugget of info to confirm it.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] wsoxrock:
Here's an article I ran into.

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/01/13/galaxy-s5-lollipop-u-s/
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] metalfan78:
Hopefully we get it soon. I've been waiting for the official release, only because I'm lazy and don't want to reflash after trying the leaked rom when the official one actually hits, lol. My nexus 7 just got 5.0.2, hopefully that's the version we get as well. Sprint may be working on that instead of 5.0.