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[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] edufur:
I actually had the signal check app. I believe what you are saying, but it does not describe my situation. I did side by side tests between my phone and my GFs phone and the radio issue on my phone was real. I showed greater degradation through SigChk than hers. In addition, my phone was regularly falling back to 3G when hers wasn't. Both sprint, both side by side. My phone was also suffering a whole bunch of other problems such as navigation orientation issues, digitizer freezing, and many more. None of these issues were present in my first couple of months of ownership.

On a side note, I am very disappointed that XDA sensors more than youtube does. That is bizzare to me.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Gotcha. Sorry then for my over-analysis. I hope they get you fixed up. Please report back.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pastert33:
Your issue sounds like what I've been reading all over. I have the same issue. What kind of phone does your GF have? You cant compare an S5 to an older phone BC it is a tri-band phone. Compare it to another tri-band phone.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] edufur:
The comparison was with my GFs Galaxy S4 (triband) and also with my Galaxy S3 (also triband) which I am using while I wait for mine to be returned. My S3, according to the signal check app is running about 15db better on average for the RSRP. The S3 is getting -88dB while my S5 was -103db and up (measured in the same area).

They better fix the phone or there will be hell to pay!
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pastert33:
I've been out of the loop for awhile but I do not think there was ever an S3 tri-band. There were S4 tri-bands but those came after the S4 had been out a year or longer.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] edufur:
I appreciate you input, but if you think about it, what you are saying does not make much sense. I might be wrong about which of those phones are not tri-band, but based on your own implications, tri-band is better.

So, it would stand to reason that even if neither the S4 or S3 are tri-band, then one or both should be worse in signal strength. The fact is that both perform better than my S5 in its last couple of months. Again, my S5 did great for its first two months of service. Something has definitely gone wrong with the radio. If it was a tower problem, it would not be isolated to 1 handset and it certainly wouldn't be consistent across many geographical regions. All of this point to handset, not towers.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pastert33:
Not sure how what I say doesn't make sense...if the S3 and S4 are single band radios for voice/data then they would not have issues. Tri-band phones are having the issues. I hope you get it sorted out and please update if/when you find out the problem.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
I'l try to put my S4, S5 and G3 all next to each other in the coming days over various areas and see if I notice a difference in signal.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
monsignor garwynn, could you please tell me how many Sprint signal bars your G3 reports at -100dBm RSRP on LTE? 1? Does it remain at 1 all the way through to signal loss around -120dBm?

I've tried to ask this question in the G3 threads and it just gets ignored.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] edufur:
I have come back here to eat crow... sort of. Sprint support still sucks. But I thought there was a problem with my phone and Samsung has concluded that there isn't. So, it would seem that the triband issue is plaguing me as well as many others. How is it possible that this problem has gone on for so long? Is there no one addressing it? Can't they just turn off the spark? It all seems to have started when they rolled that out.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Well, "you" can turn off the Spark, by just putting your phone in 3G mode only.....but that sucks.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] edufur:
Why would I do that when my issue is that I am mostly stuck in 3G?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pastert33:
BC the technology of tri-band phones are causing this issue. You could set your phone to LTE ONLY but then you would miss calls...up to you
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] asacado:
I use the DBM xposed module to see my exact signal. As far as I've seen, a PRL update can really make a difference to improve signal. My S5 is averaging 23 mbps inside a large building and 50 next to towers. Really its about if you're at a Spark Tower or not. There is still alot of network improvement going on right now, so it'll make a difference.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] youngpro83:
Wow this posts made me laugh. So let me get this correctly, you are upset because Sprint is the only carrier who offers service centers in store with techs and so they offer a protection plan that allows you to utilize their services like repairing and replacing factory warranty devices in which you chose not to purchase. You then start having problems with your Samsung device and are upset because Sprint offered you a $75 fee to replace your device that is still under manufacturer warranty? Not sure how Sprint sucks.

I personally have the plan. I pay the monthly charge. Guess what? I had an issue with my phone. Took it into a Sprint store. They seen I had the plan. They pulled a replacement (refurb) S5 out of the drawer behind him. I left with a working device that day. That is called a convenience sir. Had I not had the plan I would be just as upset as you are but to post a blog about how the company sucks is just over the top. Had I not had the plan guess what? I would have contacted Samsung. Sent my phone in. Then they would call me and say well sir we noticed this that and the other its gonna cost $ xx.xx to fix. If you dont want to pay then we will ship the device back to you as is. Why deal with that? Warranty is a free service and is not there to help you. The protection plan worked well for me. Now truth be told I actually opened the phone up trying to replace a cracked camera because I had dropped the phone. Screen didnt crack tho. But when I opened the phone I accidently ripped the soft key ribbons so after the reassembly my soft keys didnt work. I took it into Sprint and told them my soft keys "stopped" working. Replacement phone same day. Now just think.... If I took it to Samsung they wouldnt have played so nice. Sorry man but Sprint TEP for the win.

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Moral of that story: Just get the plan next time.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pastert33:
Although I do agree with you in the circumstance you shared, the OP issues are not his fault nor should he have a protection plan for it in order to get it fixed. If you read through the thread, you would notice that his issue is with the tri-band phone and sprint service..
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] sputnik767:
Umm, his device is broken through no fault of his own, and is still under warranty. His device was purchased through Sprint, I am assuming. It should be replaced under warranty regardless of a protection plan.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] youngpro83:
Right. It should be replaced. Through the manufacturer (Samsung) not Sprint. If its service related then Sprint needs to fix the service not the phone.

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Sprint is a cell phone service provider. Samsung manufacturers the phone. You guys keep mentioning warranty and Sprint doesnt even have one they have a return/exchange policy. Sprint offers extra protection as an extra service to convenience the customer. Samsung offers the 1 yr warranty. He claims to have LTE issues and feels it is the phone not connecting to the service. Which means the service is provided so Sprint did their job. Now if the phone doesnt connect to the service correctly then who is to blame? Samsung. So going to Samsung should be the first cause of action UNLESS you have Sprints protection plan that covers Samsungs device they manufacturered. The phone has a 1 yr MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY THROUGH SAMSUNG NOT SPRINT. Sprint has 14 day return for defective devices. Outside 14 days you have purchased a Samsung phone under samsung 1 year warranty and if the Samsung phone has warranty issues then take it to Samsung since they are offering the warrantly. Or pay $11 a month to have Sprint take over SAMSUNGS WARRANTY and replace the defective device that wont connect properly to a Sprints CELL PHONE service which is clearly there. I read the issue thoroughly. People just have the habbit of blaming the wrong people for stuff. Its Samsungs fault if the phone doesnt work after 14 days. He knew the policy when he got his phone. He just didnt think he would have an issue and now he is upset because the 1 company that can easily help him wont because he didnt want to purchase their protection plan. Now he is upset I get it. But he should be upset at Samsung for putting together a poor S5 that wont connect to the cell towers properly. Shame on Samsung!

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Oh and FYI the $75 that they charge IS NOT TO SEND YOUR PHONE TO SAMSUNG! You can do that for free. The $75 is for you to get a replacement phone. They order you 1 and it comes in 2 business days. Again Sprint DOESNT OFFER ANY 1 YR WARRANTY! Samsung does. So to avoid being out of a phone for a weeks because you have to deal with Samsung, Sprint told him okay you have issues we see that. WE are not the manufacturer but can help you for $75. Your device needs to be replaced and instead of you having to go through the trouble of that Sprint is offering him an out so he doesnt go weeks without a phone. Sometimes they even have the phone there. Im just really confused at all the people wanting to blame Sprint here. Its a warranty issue and Sprint doesnt EVEN HAVE A 1 YR WARRANTY! ON ANY PHONE BUT THEIR OWN SPRINT DEVICES! Smh.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] pastert33:
Wow very thorough... However it isn't Samsung's problem that the phone has shotty LTE. This is a Sprint problem with there towers. Working in the Tower industry as a tower climber, I have a little more knowledge about it then others.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] edufur:
Dude, you are on crack. I would rather wait a week and get a replacement phone from Samsung (fixed or new) than to take a refurb (which probably has more problems of its own). While my phone was at samsung, I was using one of my spares... so I was not out a phone at all. When it came back, it was the original phone (no issues). This issue is SPRINT!! Their triband spark service is causing problems with these triband phones. I am already paying a $10 monthly add on for "premium service" that I am not getting. Why would I want to pay another 10 for extra rape? Perhaps if I smoked some crack, that would all add up. Bottom line is that if you do your research, the bulk of people who pay for TEP are losing money. The only way it would be worth it is if you are abusive to your phones and intentionally take them in to swap. I treat my phones like gems. None have had issues. I would have wasted $400 in the last couple of years if I was on that plan. Thats enough to buy a phone outright. And if I needed to buy a replacement today, it would cost me $330 unlocked no contract. But I am not going to have to buy one... because I am good to my phones.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] garwynn:
Not true, my S5 seems to be issue-free while another in the household seems to act up. Having TEP means we can just walk in and get it looked at with nothing out of pocket, which in a pinch is worth it.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mmark27:
Honestly, I was all gun ho about dropping tep. We did. Then after 2 months I pulled some strings and added it back after I experienced what a pain in the ass dealing with old phones is during repairs for 11 days. Eff that. I make bank, Bro. TEP is worth it to me.

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] kmcphee:
I haven't had a problem with Sprint. I would think that the problem would be how one carry themselves. I'm glad that we have moderators to prevent that kind of language it has no place in here
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] edufur:
If it wasn't for who you are, I am sure you would get flamed for this comment. If you read up (all around here), you will see that the primary issue I described here (loss of LTE signal and fall back to 3g for a prolonged period of time) is indeed a sprint problem in triband. NOT samsung. Even a friend of mine who bought a brand new S5 on sprint is having this issue right out of the box. None of the verizon or AT&T folks are experiencing this but most of the sprint folks are.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] edufur:
Do you need a blanket and a ba-ba?
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] kmcphee:
I would think that someone that as a senior member would be held in high esteem. To make comments like that to someone is childish at best I'm sure that you have clout. Me I dont have any. This is a fine place to make ideas come to life and make the very best products available anywhere. If for I am quite sure you could have me blocked. This should be a place of encouragement not a turn off. To be sure I will not comment anymore about this subject
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] evo3d6:
Just gonna put this out there from a friend at sprint as of the first of the month he says they arent giving refurbished phones to s5 owners because there was none because of the newness of the device as I said that was the beginning of the month and I cant speak for the whole country or world but thats what he told me and he is a pretty good source. As for the craziness here lets get along this is a place to test get great development froms some great people that sacrifice alot of time that could be spent doing other things instead of racking there heads to fix, develope and bring us some great work that we wouldn't have if we were running stock firmwares.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] mswlogo:
I agree with others. Your new phone won't be much different.

GPS has been an issue for a bunch of folks. Between the new update and google maps.

You cannot compare the signal on a S4 vs S5 just like you can't compare M7 and M8.

The phones are apples and oranges.

I frequently get 1 bar on LTE. But I can get 30mb/s on it.

Sprint was not charging $75.00 to send to Samsung they were charging that to get you a refurb with no protection plan.

You would keep the phone until new one comes in and you can reject it if you don't like it.

I don't think Sprint was to unreasonable here.
[Sprint Galaxy S 5 General] GorillaPimp:
Just got a brand new phone put into a refurb assurion box today. No way this is refurb unless someone never used it and returned it right away. I was wondering about their replacement stock and whether I might get a HTC One or Note3 instead. Looks like they prefer handing out new S5's to giving people refurbed other units and hearing all the bs.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bill_windows:
Hallo folks,i got ubuntu for android on my lg g2 and i thought that would be a great idea to got this on my new tablet,i tried to install them with the stock rom but it doesn work,now i got the new pacman rom,i get another problem,is g pad support looping?any ideas?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] zedino:
Is possible to download this somewhere? Of course with some little guide how to use it ;)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Jacques Siboni:
Hi,

did you ever find this program somewhere?

J.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] deejayry:
not 100% sure that it works on the universal as i've never tried it, but SiSoft Sandra has/had some kindof pocket pc function.

Maybe i'll download it and try it out.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] scholbert:
Hey guys,

what are you exactly looking for :confused:

I think a general diagnostic program has never appeared, but you might find many applications to check the functions of your universal, e.g.:

A tool named powerdetect, which is excellent to check your battery,

a tool called cpuid, which gives you detailed information about the CPU (nothing more :rolleyes: ),

excellent task manager which gives some details about the OS,

and there's is an excellent benchmark program around here ...

But i don't know, maybe there's some engineering tool from HTC???

At least you might check your hardware with booting linux. There are excellent ways to get some information about the hardware and it's function with this OS!

scholbert
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] desiaczek:
There is one program named DS2760K. You can see Print Screen of it in Universal Service Manual
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jas_pik:
I never found different HTC utlity programs ;(

According to different service manuals most of them are delivered on special HTC "gold" card as XXXXDIAG.nbh files.

I found power control progs for HTC products called PowerDetect.

File model.txt shows us data for different units:

Galaxy 0,10,11,11

Colorado_adds 0,8,9,9

Universal 0,10,11,11

Apache 0,10,11,11

Sable 0,10,11,11

Hermes 0,10,11,11

Wizard 0,4,5,5

Prodigy 0,4,5,5

Charmer 0,4,5,5

Prophet 0,4,5,5

iBadge 0,10,11,11

Dresden 0,10,11,11

Napa 0,10,11,11
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmf Info:
Guys i need your help

I have a android tablet A13 Q88E board stuck on bootloop caused by cwm-based recovery 6.0.1.2.

Now, i need to bypass that without loosing the tablet's content, meaning:

I already have a incomplete rom dump with boot, bootloader, recovery and system

Is it possible to create a flashable img with those without affecting the data partition on the tablet? That means can i change a rom to incluide ONLY those boot, bootloader, recovery and system and flash back to the device?

If so, how?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Garu8:
I want to know that is there any app which stops specific apps from running until I myself click that app icon to start

the app, this is because many apps in my android drain battery in background even when they are not in use.

Note: App should not be large( like titanium backup) and it should itself not drain battery.:confused:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorv976:
Greenify
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chinaman_chong:
So randomly, my screen stopped working. I cannot figure out what caused it.

it was fine earlier in the day, then i left my phone completely alone for a few hours, and come back to it to find the screen not working.

When i wake the screen, there is a little bar of light that flashes on the screen, it is maybe 3mm wide, and extends the width of the screen, it flashes, then disappears, and my screen remains pitch black.

is this hardware related?

the only thing I can think of software wise is that my phone is rooted, has exposed module installed, and I am running wanam and gravity box

removing the battery and putting it back in does not replace the issue. as soon as the screen awakes and tries to show anything, the orange bar flashes and disappears.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fffft:
Start by seeing if you can boot to download or recovery mode. This will bypass most software related issues.

Remove your phone battery for ten seconds. Then press and continue holding keys in this order, volume down, home and lastly the power key. After about five seconds the phone should boot to the Download screen and display some system information.

If so, then try clearing your cache from recovery mode, booting to safe mode or flashing a 100% stock firmware from download mode to recover. If you can't boot to download, recovery or safe mode then it would appear that you have a hardware problem.

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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itestai:
Hello,

my z1 broke the screen, i send to the store and got a new screen, but now, the phone dont turn on.

if the phone is not connected to the charger or usb, the phone wont do nothing.

i allready try

turn on, press the reset button, do the volume + power thing and still nothing.

If i put my phone on the charger, they got stuck on batery logo. they show up the sony logo and goes to batery icon.

if i press the reset buton, they vibrates 3 times and runs back to batery icon again. same thing with all comands

Volume + power /power or reset button.

I allready try use the Sony Companion software to restore but the programe do all the things and on the end, the phone stills black screen or batery icon.

I want to know from you guys if have other solution that i can try to try to fix it at home.

Wich program used to do a root on this phone? i always do on my samsungs with Odin, but dont find for this phone.

I got the sony mobile flasher, but when i try to flash they give me an erro.

when i try follow this tutorial

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2428319

i got this erro

06/048/2014 22:48:34 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

06/048/2014 22:48:34 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

06/048/2014 22:48:35 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

06/048/2014 22:48:35 - INFO - Reading device information

06/048/2014 22:48:35 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

06/048/2014 22:48:35 - INFO - Current device : C6943 - BY900DM4RW - 1276-7099_R4C - 1276-7340_14.3.A.0.681 - DTV-LTE_14.3.A.0.681

06/048/2014 22:48:35 - INFO - Start Flashing

06/048/2014 22:48:35 - INFO - Processing loader.sin

06/048/2014 22:48:35 - INFO - Checking header

06/048/2014 22:48:35 - ERROR - Processing of loader.sin finished with errors.

06/048/2014 22:48:35 - INFO - Ending flash session

06/048/2014 22:48:35 - ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MINOR";ERR_CODE="0017";ERR_DYNAMIC="0x80060011 ";

the program say that the phone goes to Flash mode but nothing on screen.

That´s it. And sorry about my english. :)

Sucess for us all! and have a good day all! :)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hush66:
I think you're not flashing the correct file, and that's why you are getting that error message in Flashtool:

Go to this thread and download a C6943 14.3.A.0.757 firmware and flash it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2469191

Honestly, I don't think it has anything to do with the software, since the phone doesn't even boot into OS. But you can always try flashing the firmware first. If it still doesn't work, you'll have to send it back to the store. :(
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itestai:
=///

first of all, the phone was broked the screen, so i bought a new one and change it.

I was able te do the right flash, the process complete but dont do nothing.

The phone only vibrates if pluged on usb or charger and stops on sony logo and turns into black.

=/

the bad thing is that the phone after i change the screen out of sony i lose my waranty! =/

but thanks any way guys!
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UltraWelfare:
Try repairing using "SEUS"...

Maybe this one will do the job :)...
[Optimus V Android Development] DHeavy2011:
So I've ported Kitkat to the LG Optimus Slider using this method right here ----- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1908008

It took me a while but I finally was able to get it to flash. The only problem now is I can't find a fix for the bootloop yet...I created a backup right before I did anything so I can restore to use the phone again. I ported it from the CM 11 for the LG Optimus One. Can anyone help me? This is the only time I even had this much success porting. I just can't get past the LG logo but I can get into Custom Recovery. I'll upload it if anyone wants to play with it or have a look at it. In the meantime I'll keep trying things and re-flashing to see if it works
[Optimus V Android Development] npjohnson:
Bro, sadly the hardware configs on the Optimus V and the Optimus Slider are nowhere near the same. A port wont do it, it would require drivers to be written for each individual hardware piece or borrowed from another 4.4.x device that shares the same HW (and due to the old HW, none such exist in many cases). Its a sad state of affairs.