yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S 5 General] pops10:
Hi, I got my g906s from t-dimension off eBay it was posted straight away and took 2 business days to come. I had a customs charge of £33 to pay thru DHL. It gets LTE with EE sim, tho I can't comment on speeds cos I had no credit on it. I use my 3 sim in it which gets LTE too, tho not as widespread as EE cos of 3's crap rollout. Theres none where I live in Hull and sporadic around where I travel in the north-east. Speeds aren't any better than DC HSPA+ for me, usually worse. There is some korean on it but not enough for me to worry about it. I don't think I dare any way for fear of bricking it!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Shahshiminator:
I guess my question was beyond silly haha! Sorry about that [MENTION=885371]rayone[/MENTION]. Was having high fever when I bashed in all those words.

What I meant to ask was how to get the changes in the features.xml file to be effected; but looks like you've already answered it.. Thank you!
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
i also got my g906s from t-dimension.com. they got it to me in two business days, and i didn't have to do anything with customs. there was no customs charge, or forms. i just ordered it off of their website, and it was here in two days. also, it was $200 USD cheaper than the one i got from 28mobile.com. that was a great feature. 28mobile.com was the worst online experience i have ever had.so stick with t-dimension.com.
[Galaxy S 5 General] edgarf28:
XtreStoLite LTE-A

Hi G906 users,

I have the first test version of XtreStoLite G906 ready.

The ROM is based on the G906K KTU1ANH6 firmware.

But I think it will work on the G906L/S models also.

If someone wanna test it out for me (G906K/L/S) then give me an PM.

It has all the features of the latest international version of my XtreStoLite ROM (see my Sig.)

Make sure that you have already the most recent bootloader installed on your device if you want to test out my ROM.

If you don't know how to do this, then I can make an Odin flashable boot loader package for you of the most recent one, just let me know!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandoza:
Hell yeah, best ROM maker in XDA
[Galaxy S 5 General] risx:
pm sent for testing, i am using G906S :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] ariefabuzaky:
Pm sent ...

Sent from Mighty S5 G906s
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
Hi,

I got PhilZ recovery but also happy to flash via ODIN.

Does it have root access?

Will fingerprint scanner and S-Health work?

PM sent...

Sent from SM-G906K via XDA Premium app
[Galaxy S 5 General] bennyball:
Hi all, been viewing the forums for years but first post:

I am considering buying a G906S to use on three in the UK.

However, I am slightly concerned that although i know three have 4G in my area, from what I can see they only have LTE 800, which isn't supported by the G906S, can anyone confirm this please?

Also can anyone recommend a good ebay store/website to purchase from?

Does everyone think that it is worth the premium I would pay over a G900F?

Thanks,

Ben
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
Hi,

See post #805 above, a very similar question has been asked and answered already.

I'm thrilled with my SM-G906K, in my opinion it's far superior over the European version.

LTE band 800mhz ain't supported but if you got a good 3G coverage in your area you won't be disappointed. The speed is certainly excellent, better than home internet in many households.
[Galaxy S 5 General] zeklas:
Pm'ed
[Galaxy S 5 General] fcdet:
pm-ed you. Thank you

Just pm-ed you. Thank you
[Galaxy S 5 General] ariefabuzaky:
Anyone face problem in aroma installer ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] risx:
yeah it does not install for me, freezes right at the beginning :crying:

actually mentioned by op that aroma does not work with this recovery
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
Hey, anyone knows/tested if TWRP recovery works on G906K/S?

Thanks for sharing.
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
for anyone who was having problems with their sd cards being read, there is a xposed module called, "kitkat sd card full access".

it seems to work perfectly for me. so check it out if you're still having problems with it.

also, i followed doc's deal of a resetting from within the device, and all is back up and running nicely, but i have lost my sfind and qconnect buttons on the notification screen. i really like those buttons there and would like them back. i tried flashing the restore sfinder buttons zip, but they are still not there, and i still have the sfinder button in the upper lefthand corner, where i hate it being. so if anyone can suggest something to help, i would appreciate it. thanks!
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
Hi, what size is your micro SD? What kind of problems you had with it that xposed was all all able to fix?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Lodix:
Hi, can someone confirm to me that 28mobile.com send the devices with a lower price for not paying taxes ??
[Galaxy S 5 General] Lodix:
Thanks :P
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
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it's in my signature, i am using a 128gb sandisk extreme micro sd card. titanium backup was not recognizing it at all, and a few other programs on my phone wouldn't let me save things to it, so they probably were not recognizing it also.
[Galaxy S 5 General] edgarf28:
Sorry for my late reaction guys...

But this is for everyone who PM'ed me the last 3 days for the G906 XtreStoLite Beta ROM:

I didn't know in first instance that the PhilZ recovery for the G906 K/S/L has an bug that the Aroma installer isn't supported yet with the recovery.

So this means that my ROM won't install on the G906 K/S/L for now, 'till that bug is fixed.

Since my ROM is heavily independent on the Aroma installer (to choose all the add-ons, mods & tweaks that come with my ROM & Aroma add-on package ), I won't release or develop any further XtreStoLite for the G906 models 'till this custom-recovery bug is fixed.

I will definitely develop XtreStoLite for the G906 models further when the Aroma installer bug in the custom recovery is fixed.

See you soon guys (hopefully!) :good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
I formatted the card internally via my SGS5 (several times) so I assumed the format would be per most suitable variant for this smartphone. I admit I haven't checked if it was fat32 or anything else.

Also I know it's actually not advisable to format a micro SD card via SD card adapter in pc.

So following your idea I formatted the card with AParted app found on Google Play with fat32 directly from my phone.

Now loading it with 30gb junk just to see if the files will stay after reboot and also if the pictures are not corrupt.

Hopefully I will be successful, otherwise will try to format it via SD card adapter (unless you have other/further ideas?)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Shahshiminator:
Well it stated 128GB, not 128GiB, so after doing the math, you should have less than 128GB showing up.

GB - Human Readable form.

GiB - Actual space in decimal (after binary conversion) format, understood by PCs.

Long story short:

1000MB = 1GB (The way we read it)

1024MB = 1GB (The way the PCs read it.)

Since yours is a 128GB, you would be "losing" (Technically you didn't lose it; it never was there in the first place) about 3072MB, making it about 125GB as reported.

I don't think your card is fake; don't worry about it.

Try out what Stevae suggested about file formats.

However as far as I know, NTFS doesn't work, only FAT32 works... (I may be wrong about the only FAT32 part).

Or just let your phone format your SD card (after backing up data first!)?

Have you tried that?

I'm using a Samsung Evo UHS-I 64GB with no issues..

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Well it's kinda sad, I thought PhilZ has stopped developing his Custom CWM... I hope someone good at that would pick up the pieces and carry on the work (I would if I knew how to). I guess till then, we won't get XtreStoLite... :(

Thanks for helping out with the G906 ROM [MENTION=693309]edgarf28[/MENTION].
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
well, not to be unagreeable with the theory about not using the adaptor and the computer, but i ALWAYS format my sd cards in my computer first, and have almost never had any problems with it. So I would recommend formatting it in the computer first, and with NOTHING on it, put it back into the phone, and try it. if it is working, ONLY then put some information on it, and make sure it is all working. you should always start a card in the phone empty. then put info on it.

also, don't forget, if all else does not work, doing a factory reset from inside the device is a good chance to fix a lot of things. straight from the settings menu.

just a fyi, i am actually using an ExFat formatting in my phone right now. and it was working great before. then i did another download of miscom's rom, and all the sudden the phone didn't want to read the card. but after doing the internal factory reset, the sd card was seen by the phone. but in the meantime, i used the exposed module to make it all work.
[Galaxy S 5 General] rayone:
Were you breaking root when installing?

Who's gona fix CWM? What about TWRP, that seems more universal?
[Galaxy S 5 General] ariefabuzaky:
I hope some devs kindly to fix cwm or build twrp for g906.

Sent from Mighty S5 G906s
[Galaxy S 5 General] John Bentley:
With [MENTION=885371]rayone[/MENTION] and [MENTION=5616748]ariefaboodzaky[/MENTION] I think TWRP seems the way to go.

[MENTION=693309]edgarf28[/MENTION] it is really good of you to make such a good looking ROM such as XtreStoLite. And, moreover, have a go at porting it for a SM-G906[K|L|S].

Given that you recommend TWRP for your ROM ...

[ROM][21SEP] XtreStoLite INTL & H 1.3.5/6 [580MB°NG7°Super Debloated°Addon Package] > Post 95

... and given your superb Android System Skills, might you be able to port TWRP over for SM-G906[K|L|S] devices? Then relevant on-ramp seems to be Porting TWRP to More Devices.

Of course, given that you are spending, and have spent, a great deal of effort on XtreStoLite itself I think we'd all understand if you didn't also have the time for a TWRP port to SM-G906[K|L|S].
[Galaxy S 5 General] Shahshiminator:
Wow, I didn't know exFAT would work... Thanks for the heads up!
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
given the choice i would definitely prefer philz touch cwm over twrp. twrp seems so limited in the few times i actually used it. but philz allows you to do so many more things.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ariefabuzaky:
Based of your conversation which choosing better cwm or twrp,Is anyone fix cwm or twrp to work with aroma installer? That's the point

Sent from Mighty S5 G906s
[Galaxy S 5 General] John Bentley:
Thanks for making that point. I've used neither (I had CWM for a while on my S2 but never bothered to use its features).

On the other hand Philz touch is no longer in development, and the particular Philz Touch version for the SM-906[K|L|S] has that factory reset bug.

In addition, that is, to

So, Custom Recovery preferences aside, to get XtreStoLite on a SM-906[K|L|S] some dedicated and knowledgeable dev would need to either port the TWRP or do some work on Philz Touch.
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
exactly! so we should all try to reach out to any dev we know, or have used their products enough to write to them, and try to get someone on this. right now i am happy with the limited philz touch we have. it works fine for my purposes. however, to be able to get the new rom on here, we need something done. and having more and more choices for this device is definitely in everybody's interests.
[Galaxy S 5 General] andybg40:
Hey Guys

Where would be the best place on XDA to list my 906K for sale? I would have thought this forum, but i'm sure that there are rules against it.

Thanks

Andy
[Galaxy S 5 General] tookie015:
One of my biggest pet peeve with G906S stock rom is the weather widget.

The original weather widget is customized for Korea and I can't pick any location worldwide.

I've searched around and I found this post to replace the original weather widget with the one from international S5.

I'm not taking credit for this. All this is based on information by Albe95 (AccuWeather Widget)

1. Download the file from this link (Download)

2. Remove the existing weather. Use Titanium Backup to uninstall weather

3. Reboot

4. Install both files as normal apk

5. Reboot

6. Enable weather widget on homescreen

Now if you click the widget, click the + symbol, you can choose and add any cities worldwide.

If you have multiple locations, you can swipe up and down on the widget to switch locations.
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
I got a SM-G906K and PhilZ recovery works just fine. Consider it tested:thumbup:
[Galaxy S 5 General] nitinknair:
Would like to test the rom

hi,

i would like to test the rom on my sm 906k phone. can you also try porting cm 11 for this phone
[Galaxy S 5 General] Shahshiminator:
You haven't been reading through the whole thread? XtreStoLite dev has said that there will be problems due to the fact that the PhilZ CWM has a faulty Aroma Installer for the G906 models; and I don't think we will see CyanogenMod on this phone any time soon too.
[Galaxy S 5 General] nitinknair:
test rom

hi,

can you tell me the steps to try the rom. i am using miscom rom on my phone. i would like to try your rom as it is less than 600 mb. wow. thats a great effort. can you give me ur email id mine is nitink.nair@gmail.com
[Galaxy S 5 General] ariefabuzaky:
Read text above you mate. . It doesn't work cz cwm had issue with aroma installer.. iam tried by mayself..
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
of course he is, just look at his posts. he works for 28mobile.com. i have put him on my ignore list. and i agree we should get back to discusions about the device, and forget about this idiot.

---------- Post added at 08:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:14 PM ----------

i use hd widgets, and it has an excellent weather widget. i also have the weatherbug widget, and it is excellent as well. i don't have time now, but will post screen shots in a few hours.
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
it's in my signature, i am using a 128gb sandisk extreme micro sd card. titanium backup was not recognizing it at all, and a few other programs on my phone wouldn't let me save things to it, so they probably were not recognizing it also.[/QUOTE]

Thanks @stevae & @Shahshiminator,

After many hours spent reformatting the card and reseting the device I finally got round to actually testing the micro sd with a small program H2testw.

So I got myself a bloody fake sd card!!! The test showed there was only 8GB actual storage space available and 118gb corrupt/unusable.

The amazing thing is that there's a serial number on the card. I assume the crooks just added '12' in front of an original '8gb' on a genuine sandisk and tinkered with the storage capacity.

Thanks god there's PayPal buyers protection, though they ain't gonna refund the hours and headache this stupid issue cost me! :mad:
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
as infuriating as i know it was, don't let it get you down, man. trying to look at the positive side, at least you now know what the problem has been, and can move forward with correcting it. let me know if you need anything further. good luck!
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
here are a few screen shots of the hd widgets weather widget i use. just to give you a few more choices. hope this helps.
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
and here are a few weatherbug widget shots.
[Galaxy S 5 General] D.O.C:
Thread Cleaned

It is one thing to post opinions about certain websites. It is another thing to start off a personal fight amongst users and make it a personal discussion, which it wont be allowed here. You can all express your opinions, you cannot engage in negative discussions about it and deviate a thread from its original purpose.

Please stay on topic.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Israeli-Sparrow:
Thank you
[Galaxy S 5 General] Shahshiminator:
Thanks [MENTION=316446]D.O.C[/MENTION] for setting it straight.

Much appreciated.

Update: Singapore will be diving into LTE-A service soon; I wonder if the phone would work properly, with all the video calls and whatnot.
[Galaxy S 5 General] u1988:
What about Custom roms?

There will be a fix like in S5 koren G900S/K/L ?

That fix allow mt to install other 900F roms right ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2789848
[Galaxy S 5 General] AMoosa:
Root without tripping knox

Has anybody tried towelroot, or any other method of rooting without tripping knox?
[Galaxy S 5 General] tookie015:
I don't think towelroot or any existing clean rooting method will work because they need old kernel in order to work.

If I'm not mistake, for towelrooot to work your kernel has to be older than June. Mine says August 27.

I'm not aware of other method of rooting without tripping knox that doesnt involve old kernel.
[Galaxy S 5 General] MasterThiefGarrett:
Does the custom rom come with an option to silence the camera shutter sound?

Very annoying @ stock rom that you can't turn it off... renaming the .ogg files doesn't work either.
[Galaxy S 5 General] shinasurada:
Anyone have problems with tap to call with chrome on stock firmware?

This phone just doesn't recognize phone numbers.

Also, there is no voicemail option on stick firmware. How do you guys access your voicemail?
[Galaxy S 5 General] louie875:
I have the same problem with my voicemail, however others have said theirs works....... I'm not too sure about that. I've done a work around, I've got my voicemail number and set number 1 as the speed dial for my voicemail. However you will not receive the voicemail notification which is irritating.
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
Thanks for raising this, I also was annoyed by the persisting shutter sound.

Try the app 'Camera Sound Off! (root)' by MobEase from Google Play market, it does the trick if you're rooted.
[Galaxy S 5 General] MasterThiefGarrett:
Nope does not work :/
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
I wonder what model you got?

A Google search shows a lot of results. Another example here: http://www.droidviews.com/disable-camera-shutter-sound-without-root/

Sent from SM-G906K rooted using XDA Premium app
[Galaxy S 5 General] MasterThiefGarrett:
906S version...trust me I spent hours yesterday trying only to keep failing.... also tried the cameramute15 apk and that does not work either :/

They ask for root.. I grant it but to no avail...renaming the ogg files is also not helping.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SorAV:
I have the same problem still.

You didn't find its solution?
[Galaxy S 5 General] louie875:
Can't you just find the shutter noise file and delete it. No noise file no noise?
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
There's an xposed module for that also, did you try it?
[Galaxy S 5 General] MasterThiefGarrett:
No..do you have a name or link please?
[Galaxy S 5 General] WhiplashPTY:
Hello Everyone,

I'm new to the Forum and I was hoping to get some feedback/opinions since I'm about to purchase a new mobile and in this threat I have read some interesting facts about the S906S. Hopefully you guys wont think that I'm hijacking the thread. Here it goes.

I'm currently deciding between the Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A G906S (from T-Dimension.com), the Samsung Galaxy S5 G900F (From GSMNation.com) and the Samsung Galaxy S5 G009T (unlocked from T-Mobile paid in full). I'm leaning more towards the G906S clearly because of the higher specs but my concern is that since I will be using the mobile "Virgin-Stock" no rooting no nothing, not like most of you guys do in this Forum, would it be wise to purchase such a mobile that is intended to be used in a different market? I already check the frequencies and I'm able to use it in the country which I live in, USA, and in the ones that I travel the most to, that are Canada and Panama. Plain simple I would like to get your opinions on these mobile to someone that will only be using the mobile in its stock form and travel between these countries in a regular basis. My concerns are updatability of it software and to make sure that all the general features and options will work with out any issues like Video Calling, GPS, etc. and off course durability and support of the mobiles.

I thank you all in advance for your help.

Kind Regards
[Galaxy S 5 General] MasterThiefGarrett:
YES Wanam Xposed for the win... finally byebye shutter sound :cyclops::good::good::good:
[Galaxy S 5 General] Berdi86:
XtreStoLite G906s

i have pm ed to get the rom ... now i am waiting. i hope to get answer... i think this rom is good, but why is there no download link?

the sm g 906 s is the best device for me, but not enougt roms or mods are there. also not cyanogen mod

please help me
[Galaxy S 5 General] JAMESVMPR:
Hi all, I wanna know if someone else tried to port SM-G901F to SM-G906S?
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
Glad it worked out 4u
[Galaxy S 5 General] Shahshiminator:
PMed to get what ROM?

XtreStoLite?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Berdi86:
recovery and aroma problem

Ohh no...

And what´s about the other recoverys like TWPR or CWM Recovery? Is there no how it works with aroma? How have you and other ones tested it, when it doesn´t work?

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Ohh no...

And what´s about the other recoverys like TWPR or CWM Recovery? Is there no how it works with aroma? How have you and other ones tested it, when it doesn´t work?

Ohh no...

And what´s about the other recoverys like TWPR or CWM Recovery? Is there no how it works with aroma? How have you and other ones tested it, when it doesn´t work?
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
The device is terrific, exceeds expectations in each and every way.

I find the stock rom plus [MENTION=639045]miscom[/MENTION] add on is super stable, haven't got any force close on anything yet, been using extensively for over a month now.

I got my SM-G906K from eBay at gnestore and am very happy.

The only downside is that the device isn't enabled for all lte bands used in Europe and that the custom roms supply is very limited.

But you certainly can root it and install custom recovery.

Sent from SM-G906K using XDA Premium app
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandoza:
So is that why my lte sucks here in Sweden? I have the SM-G906K
[Galaxy S 5 General] kms108:
The device is very good, there is also a limited edition version of this phone available with a diamond design back cover, but as someone has mention, it has limited bands, but do check what freqencies are available for you to use, there are some knots that you will need to fix, and if you don't have the intention to use custom roms or root, it's not a option that I will suggest, do consider the note 4 as a alternative.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mandoza:
This is how bad it is with and without LTE
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
Yep the device only supports 1800 and 2600 MHz I think and it doesn't work with 800 or 2100 bands which are very common in Europe.

My 3G connection is very fast though so I'm not too fuss about not having lte.

The superb hardware compensates for that.

Plus, some folks are already working on unlocking additional lte bands on all quallcomm devices.
[Galaxy S 5 General] WhiplashPTY:
Thanks for the Feedback, As far as I know the G609S works in the USA with 3G on AT&T and T-Mobile, but will only work on LTE with AT&T. I don't think I would root the phone. I just want to use it straight out of the box as it is.

---------- Post added at 07:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:47 PM ----------

Thanks for your input. I seen the limited version, but I don't really care to much about the back cover. I thought about the Note 4, but I currently work most of the time outside with the elements. Since the S5 has weather sealing it gives me a peace of mind plus I would buy one of the Ottorbox "Preserver" cases to have ultimate protection. I don't mind the extra bulk. I just came back from T-Mobile and they told me that if I purchase the phone with them and get in one of there monthly plans, after 40 days I could call them and have it unlocked (SIM and Region) so I can use it with out issues on my travels. So far I think that the G900T its a better option than the G900F mainly because of the extra bands. So I'm now debating between the G900T and the G906S.