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[Galaxy S 5 General] PIRATA!:
Just flash last SuperSU from a custom recovery and you'll get root.

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Where did you find this news about ending support on S5?

Tnx.
[Galaxy S 5 General] tr0jance:
I just got this phone and no more further updates, I should've gotten the Zenfone Selfie. :'(
[Galaxy S 5 General] Israeli-Sparrow:
New firmware update. BOG2
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
Still bloody 5.0.1 !

And we need to wait for arter97 to catch up on his custom ROM if we wanna continue using XPosed.
[Galaxy S 5 General] tr0jance:
Did you update via kies?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Israeli-Sparrow:
OTA. It actually updated over the mobile data without even asking.. which is a little bit annoying (ate up a nice chunk of my monthly quota) around 300+ mb
[Galaxy S 5 General] tr0jance:
I'm checking right now, and no update.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Israeli-Sparrow:
It's only for the g906k for now
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
I see it on SamMobile but neither Kies nor OTA. Will wait a couple of days, maybe they're rolling out consequently.

Did you flash it? Any comments/remarks?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Israeli-Sparrow:
I don't see any real difference

And as previously stated, i received this update through OTA
[Galaxy S 5 General] bud7dha:
That was a tongue-in-cheek comment. Sorry for the confusion. Samsung doesn't reveal much about developments, and our variants seem to be at the back of the S5 line when it comes to releasing updates. I've noticed this trend with past (made for Korea) flagship devices as well.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Enki1983:
someone who put a new update for g906k..whice mode is he battery new update?
[Galaxy S 5 General] tr0jance:
Rooted my phone, if I deodex my phone using lucky patcher, can I use Xposed after that?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Warrimonk:
My battery life has been utter crap recently. Basically the entire time I've owned the phone. Out if the last 5 charges, 4 have experienced terrible battery drain from Android OS and kernel.

The best I've had was 4 hours SOT over 20 hours. Flashing new roms never seems to fix it. I keep location and sync off. I have good signal. I've disabled all the Samsung apps and stock bloat. My 1.7 year old heavy use nexus 5 blows this phone out of the water and it really shouldn't be able to at all.

I'm on the brink of returning the phone and saying it has a defect. Does anyone have some suggestions because I'm at my wits end.
[Galaxy S 5 General] kevinramir:
QCN

Plz some one can help me with a QCN file for G906 pleaseeee heeeelp
[Galaxy S 5 General] bud7dha:
What kind of battery saving measures have you taken? Custom kernel, like lolliwiz (with Kernel Adiutor for settings)? Xposed, greenify, amplify, power nap, deep sleep battery saver, etc?

I have the S variant with arter97's latest BOE1 deodexed stock firmware (7.25 update), moderately debloated, lolliwiz r7, xposed (greenify + amplify + DS battery saver), and myandroidtools (to disable services). I've dimmed the screen as much as possible and disabled all input sounds (including haptic feedback). Wifi, LTE, sync, gestures, and screen rotation are off. I turn on data as I need, as I don't have reliable wifi. After 30 hours with light to moderate use, I'm at 80% battery.

You may have to start fresh with a hard reset, possibly even reflashing the stock firmware through odin. Starting over sucks, but the S5 with lollipop is a battery sucker IMHO; you have to do a lot of reading and tweaking to keep the battery in line. Once you get Google play services and apps under control, you can enjoy decent battery life.

Before you undertake anything extensive with your device, I'd check your battery to ensure it's not defective in any way. I doubt your problems are hardware related, but who knows?
[Galaxy S 5 General] tr0jance:
Tou alreay provided the link of Arter97 rom, do I flash it via recovery or do I install it using ODIN?
[Galaxy S 5 General] PIRATA!:
Hi there.

Is there any changelog about new firmware?

Tnx.
[Galaxy S 5 General] bud7dha:
Odin. Flash over stock firmware.

[MENTION=259481]pirata[/MENTION] The following is quoted from his website: http://arter97.com/artware.htm

"/* Changelog */

2015-07-25

S-Finder and QuickConnect toggle removed (by hsk from Matcl)

Deodexed with latest oat2dex.jar (misc bug fixes)

Fixed Google Play and WatchON force closes

PowerOn sound from Galaxy S6..."
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
Arter's download still seems to be based on BOE not BOG
[Galaxy S 5 General] bud7dha:
BOG is a KT update - doesn't apply to S and L variants ATM.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Tiamath99:
Can anyone tell me the diference between 906s and 906k

Thanks in advance

Enviado desde mi SM-N910F mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 General] Warrimonk:
I have taken all of those battery measures. Always use minimum brightness, lolliwiz, turned off all Samsung features. Android system and Android OS use as much if not not battery than the screen. I'm going to try Arter ROM next
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
I flashed the BOG stock today and thought I'd wait with rooting just to see how unaltered TW fares in terms of battery.

I'm ~9 hours since last charge, been almost constantly streaming music from internet radio via cell then Wi-Fi network. I also had a few calls. I'm still on 25 pc juice left.

To be honest I've never been better on any custom ROMs so far... even tempted to stay unrooted for the time being just to see if there's any change in the coming days.
[Galaxy S 5 General] bud7dha:
I'm tempted to buy an 7500 mAh extended battery and forget about it; the stock batteries are too small.

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You might be on to something there. Some experts contend rooting may become a thing of the past soon anyway. Offering a customizeable experience and limiting the bloat is the way forward for smartphone companies. That said, samsung may be falling behind the curve, especially on the Korean made variants, and the three major Korean telecom companies aren't much better in how they treat rooted devices. A custom rom?! :0h no! It's like you're doing something illegal. (If I'm paying out the a$$ for something, I'll do whatever I please with it.)
[Galaxy S 5 General] Warrimonk:
Really hoping someone can help me with my weird wakelock issue:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/help/wlanwowwl-t3172383

Since no one can help me it looks like im just going to return the phone.
[Galaxy S 5 General] bud7dha:
Try flashing or (reflashing) lolliwiz r7 kernel, wipe dalvik and cache, reboot. I saw this wakelock once, and I think it's kernel related.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Tiamath99:
Or you could return to kitkat, lollypop its just awful in Sammy dévices up to this day

Enviado desde mi SM-N910F mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
ok, i have a question for ya bud, i have decided to come back and try the newest arter97 rom, which i'm guessing is the 7-25 version, and i can NOT get lolliwiz r7 to load on it. i can get r6 to run perfectly well, but i can't seem to get r7 to load. it just goes into a bootloop every time i try. any suggestions? other than that, i was curious how you think this rom works. sounds like you have the battery thing worked out, but is there anything i should know in advance? thanks?
[Galaxy S 5 General] bud7dha:
Once you root the stock BOE1 firmware and install a custom recovery, you should flash the lolliwiz kernel before you flash Arter97's firmware with Odin. Then, flash SU Beta 2.49 to re-establish root. Other than pulling the battery, clearing dalvik and cache in recovery, I've got no other suggestions; r7 hasn't given me any problems with booting or performance.

Actually, I just did a factory reset to get rid of Xposed and Kernel Adiutor, which seemed to be causing freezes and random reboots. Other than a moderate debloat, I'm going to see how the battery behaves with no other tweaks. If the battery drain returns, I'm going back to KitKat until a stable version of 5.1 comes out (or I get a new phone).
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
well, i am on stock boe1, am rooted and using custom recovery, and yet, every time i try to get r7 to load, it just continuously bootloops. i have removed the battery, waited, and put back, only to continue to bootloop. below is a pic of my current state. can you give me the link of where you got r7? i am wondering if i got a bad dl. other than that, i am lost on it.

UPDATE: i am an idiot. you are not going to believe what i did, while trying to do twenty things at the same time. i am always multitasking at the computer and phone together, and it turns out i downloaded the kk version of lolliwiz r7. unbelievable. so while going back and checking my download, i discovered it. so i have now loaded the lolliwiz r7 on there, and am getting ready to update all my crap back on there. wow.

i thought you have your battery stuff all figured out. i would forget the debloating stuff from the program we talked about earlier, and just concentrate on doing your normal battery things. i had some troubles after i deleted all those programs as well. so i got rid of that. just stick to your basic setup you mentioned earlier, and it should all be fine. besides getting rid of some more of the Tstore stuff in titanium, i don't see a real need to do a lot of debloating.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hariznordin:
G906s wanted

Dear guys, anyone selling their g906s? Urgent, serious buyer
[Galaxy S 5 General] bud7dha:
Glad you figured it out and didn't brick your phone in the process.

I got carried away before about the debloating and definitely broke s*** on arter97 and XT rom in the process. Now, like you, I just use TB to uninstall some things that are harmless and freeze most of the carrier apps. Since the factory reset, I haven't even installed kernel adiutor or xposed - the rom and battery life seem more stable with the July release. Until that changes, like a rogue wakelock sucking my battery dry, I won't be messing with anything.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Warrimonk:
I flashed back to stock 4.4.2 kitkat. Battery problems completely solved. losing 0.4% an hour without changing anything. I think i debloated too aggresively on other roms which was causing my battery drain.
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
yeah, i was getting crazy battery drainage with xt rom. like over night i would turn off wifi, data, and brightness way down low, and still would lose like 30% battery while i slept. but after going back and loading stock boe1, then lolliwiz r7, then back to arter97's rom, last night i went to bed with 90%, and woke up this morning with 89%. love it!!! everything is running really fast, and my battery is lasting very well today. the only thing i am using right now is seeder, to make it run very smoothly. i will definitely reload xposed, as i need that, but outside of that, i am going to try to put as few as possible other control apps on it. i am, however, going to try your audiutor. i usually use trickster, and with good results. but i am curious about this other program. all is beautiful today with it. love having great battery life again.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Audioboxer:
Yup the new arter ROM build is really good. Very low drainage. Just hope we get 5.1.1 for the device and that's not it abandoned now.
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
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agree on arter's new rom. i have played with it all day, and i still have about 40% left. it is 9:30 pm. i didn't have xposed on it yet, as i tried to load the xposedinstaller 3.0 alpha 3, and it would not work. so i had to go with the alpha 2 version to get it to work. but it is working now. so the interesting thing will be to see how the battery works with xposed loaded. i will wait before doing anything else, like audiutor or greenify.

but the phone is working beautifully with arter97's newest custom rom. and even it is lollipop, the battery life seems to be very good.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Shahshiminator:
Sorry guys, everyone's been talking about arter97's ROM, but I can't figure out where the thread is at all.. Currently still on Dokdo-Project, might wanna give arter97's ROM a spin if anyone could share the link to the thread please!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Audioboxer:
Xposed alpha 4 is out, might be why yours isn't working (I've got it running). Remember our device uses the arter xposed build, for krait.

http://xdaforums.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3113463

http://arter97.com/artware.htm
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
thanks for the links, and the heads up. i really appreciate it. went and got the alpha 4 installer, installed the sdk21 arm, and then the installer and it all works perfectly well. thanks again.
[Galaxy S 5 General] zhunter09:
Hello. noob question here

I wanted to try arter rom to my Samsung Galaxy S5 G906s. I would like to ask if I can flash this using Odin? Just like the official stock lollipop rom I downloaded from Sammobile? Do I need to root and install custom recovery for me to use the Arter Rom? I hope someone can help me. Thank you very much.

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Can post here step by step tutorial how to flash Arter Rom on Samsung S5 G906s. Im currently using BOE1 stock firmware lollipop. I'm not rooted and dont have custom recovery. Thank you.
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
First you flash arter97 ROM, then root and then flash PhilZ or TWRP recovery - all above via Odin.

As you're coming from stock there's no need to factory reset your phone prior to flashing.

Some folks would also flash custom kernels though I've been living without so far.
[Galaxy S 5 General] tr0jance:
Just got this message. I don't understand Korean.
[Galaxy S 5 General] zhunter09:
I got update today

Today I received 300 mb size of update. I wonder what it is. It just prompted this morning.

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Can someone please help me by posting here detailed step by step tutorial how to flash arter rom. Thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] bud7dha:
On August 10th, S and L variants got an update to BOH1 firmware; still 5.0.1 though.
[Galaxy S 5 General] tr0jance:
I can't update because I have root :'( by the way how can I chane from 4G to GSM? The option is greyed out? I don't use 4G at all not even 3G. I prefer 2G is there a way to enable it?
[Galaxy S 5 General] kardinal969:
Same changlist as BOE1 !!!

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Its very strange that its the same changelist as BOE1. For both L and S variants but the K variant is more.:confused::eek:

Already checked 2 sources

BOH1 for both L&S:

Changelist	4886164

BOG1 for k:

Changelist	5344524
[Galaxy S 5 General] Enki1983:
Now I pass the PDA	G906SKSU1BOH1

CSC	G906SSKC1BOH1!!!!It appears to be even faster !!Expect to see the battery...someone who has the S5 G906K PDA	G906KKTU1BOG2

CSC	G906KKTC1BOG2.tell us why has different impressions Changelist!!!
[Galaxy S 5 General] Audioboxer:
What a joke!
[Galaxy S 5 General] bud7dha:
I prefer KitKats to lollipops anyway. My phone ran best on Kit Kat 4.4.2; it may not look as purty but doesn't need a wall socket every 6-8 hours either. Stock performance is not significantly better on lollipop either - just more bloat to uninstall or freeze.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ijotech:
Mine its great i cam see that the s805 is great on battery
[Galaxy S 5 General] Lodix:
Thanks, very appreciate.
[Galaxy S 5 General] paulkhim:
is there any way to remove knox temporarily or permanently?

thanks
[Galaxy S 5 General] ijotech:
Super su does that after you update binaries
[Galaxy S 5 General] xNiNELiVES:
I can't seem to find the option to turn on ART instead of Dalvik in the Dev options. Is this just me?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Jeshter2000:
It isnt there...
[Galaxy S 5 General] xNiNELiVES:
Well ummmm will it be available?

Big question: My APN settings or something won't allow me to send (and maybe also receive) mms. I copied the APN settings from Detroit borg's video of the G906, but despite this issue LTE works fine.
[Galaxy S 5 General] miscom:
What carrier?
[Galaxy S 5 General] xNiNELiVES:
ATT
[Galaxy S 5 General] miscom:
Theses are the settings that I am using with no issues.
[Galaxy S 5 General] xNiNELiVES:
Well I tried those settings but it still didn't work... anything else to try?
[Galaxy S 5 General] shinasurada:
anyone have issues with the cellular signal with the stock g906s firmware? I keep getting weaker signals when the screen is off. It seems to have something to do with the phone thinking that it is roaming. It happens most often when I have the t-roam notification active. I can't remove the notification unless I reset the phone. It comes back after awhile. The phone does not seem to have signal issues if this notification isn't there.
[Galaxy S 5 General] nutttr:
What is the t-roam notification for? Can you just turn t-roaming off?
[Galaxy S 5 General] Habbit:
There's a lot of brave souls in this thread, willing to tread the murky waters of unknown LTE bands, just to own the latest tech... you guys are crazy (in a good way!) Haha

Anyway, I too am interested in purchasing this device, primarily because I am wanting to upgrade from the horrid Galaxy S3, to a phone that has LTE capabilities in both Japan (where I currently live) and the United States (I hope to leave godforsaken Japan in the next year or so,) and it so happens that this phone possesses the necessary bands to accomplish this, barely. As many have noted, the phone is compatible with AT&T's LTE 700 band, though, unfortunately, not with any supported by T-Mobile (my pre-paid card for short trips to the States is from T-Mobile,) which isn't a huge deal, I guess. I did see one individual mention the phone has access to T-Mobile's 3G network, which would be perfectly fine for me if so.

Can someone offer more confirmation of that?

I do have several other concerns with this phone as well, essentially all boiling down to whether or not it's worth it to import (or take a trip over to Korea and purchase?) As far as I have been able to tell from multiple reviews, the original Galaxy S5 is not worth its specifications (though both the AT&T and T-Mobile versions support Japanese LTE bands,) while the consensus it seems concerning the LG G3 is that LG is a little in over its head serving us a screen without the processor to properly support it. Now, admittedly, after my experience with this Galaxy S3 (though it may have just been the fact that it's not in any way a normal Samsung phone - Japanese-carrier branded phones are horse ****,) I have been very heavily turned off towards Samsung, however with this SM-G906S, it seems like they have provided just about everything anyone could want and need in a smartphone in the middle of 2014.

To current owners: do you feel that this phone satisfies your needs? Does it set a new standard to which other manufacturers should be trying to obtain?

My last concern is the development world around these Korean exclusive LTE-A phones. Coming from a ****ty carrier that goes so far as to alter the internals of its hardware, in order to disrupt compatibility with the rest of the world, being at the mercy of such limited development is the most likely cause of many of my criticisms of the Galaxy S3.

I do see a lot of effort and progress has been made in making the phone actually workable, but, to those who have owned Korean-exclusive devices before, have you felt there is or is not sufficient development?

That's all for the time being, thanks to anyone able to provide answers!
[Galaxy S 5 General] miscom:
The IMEI registered with AT&T should be one from an AT&T branded cellphone. In my case I registered with them the IMEI of an AT&T LG G2 which I own.
[Galaxy S 5 General] xNiNELiVES:
Well IMEI's are registered by the SIM card right? The Sim card I placed into the phone was from an AT&T HTC One...
[Galaxy S 5 General] miscom:
The IMEI is in the phone. The SIM card has its own serial number.

If you still has the HTC One, call AT&T and give them its IMEI number. Don't tell them that you have a Korean S5.
[Galaxy S 5 General] xNiNELiVES:
Well unfortunately I don't have my HTC One... I by accidentally swam with it in Lanikai Beach.
[Galaxy S 5 General] miscom:
PM me.
[Galaxy S 5 General] miscom:
New ROM S5_G906KS_NG8_v1.1a

Hello,

I am uploading S5_G906KS_NG8_v1.1a to Android File Host.

Change Log:

1. Removed Korean characters from phone keypad

2. Added S5 International boot animation

3. Added XPosed

4. SHealth is working with XPosed

5. Changed 3G to dispplay H or H+ depending on connection (LTE will display the same).

Please follow [MENTION]ijotech[/MENTION] steps to get SHealth working after first boot:

0. Optional: Link SHealth to your Samsung account and backup the data

1. Clear SHealth data and Health Services cache and data

2. Start SHealth and configure it (restore from backup)

3. Configure XPosed

Enjoy!
[Galaxy S 5 General] bud7dha:
The gist is that you can recover your phone's password and pattern lock (if applicable) through your google account. Nothing alarming there.
[Galaxy S 5 General] mrmrbungle:
g906s

I'm living in Korea if you want me to find one for you. what condition / price are you looking for?
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
i already responded to him a while back, and he never wrote back. don't think he as as serious as he said.
[Galaxy S 5 General] aayush.garg:
since our phone has a snapdragon 805, does that mean it supports Qualcomm Quickcharge 2.0?

on qualcomm's device list this phone isn't on there but the 805 is said to support quick charge
[Galaxy S 5 General] hasbulah:
My g906s cannot switch from 3g to gsm automatic sometime, i set it on wcdma/gsm but still not switch to gsm when i lost 3g and sometime not switch to 3g from gsm mode, is there a solution or an app that can switch easily without acces *#0011# ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
The phone sucks at switching bands. I've tried tons of different modes / methods, nothing helps really. Same story on going from LTE to WCDMA and back, often the phone just loses the signal full stop.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hasbulah:
Oh it think just my phone that suck at switching to gsm to wcdma or reverse
[Galaxy S 5 General] PIRATA!:
Yes it does.

About SMS, I some time have problems in sending them...in the way that I send them but they are not received by the destination... How to fix this???

Tnx.
[Galaxy S 5 General] Warrimonk:
I have this sms problem too. A reboot usually fixes it. Or if you use hangouts make sure you clear app cache.
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
can this phone (g906s) work with t-mobile??? i have someone who wants to buy it from me, but they use t-mobile. i don't want to sell it to them, if they will ahve any problems with this. thanks for any help.

..and if for some reason it can not work with t-mobile, can some of you tell me all of the different carriers that it can work with. thanks.
[Galaxy S 5 General] botwa2000:
It should work with any carrier but not all the bands might be useable. The buyer should check the frequencies against the phone specs (LTE and 3G) in their country (T-Mobile operates on different frequencies in different countries).
[Galaxy S 5 General] stevae:
thanks for the reply. i guess the thing to do is to just put her sim in and see.

on another note, unless anyone has seen any new rom's or upgrades for this phone in the last couple of weeks or so, that is working well, i think i am going to go back to miscom's rom also. while arter97's rom works decently, it doesn't work nearly as well as miscom's rom does, and the battery life is ten times worse.