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[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Satorikn:
I really can't decide on which tablet to go with. I'm going crazy, have ordered and cancelled back and forth out of being undecided.

(Im buying LTE version to replace my Note 3 as my main communications device, including phonecalls and networking)

Reasons for Pro 8.4:

I do a lot of reading, so white backgrounds are handled better with the SC LCD on the Pro (brighter), also less battery consumption on lighter backgrounds (also whiter to my understanding), i don't enjoy oversaturated colors on AMOLED Screens (i set my display as professional photo profile on my Note 3, which reduces oversaturation), plus Super Clear LCD (i think it's similar to IPS?) would be superior sharpness-wise against the pentile arrangement of the S Amoled?. I don't like the gold bezel on the S much but that can be covered with a skin i plan to buy, prefer the chrome one. Slightly faster processor. Cheaper.

Reasons for S 8.4:

Newer (by a couple of months) but thinking on longevity Samsung might make the S series their baby, that means slower software updates for the Pro and maybe less longevity software wise, 3 GB Ram makes it future proof. AMOLED has a lower screen longevity, i've seen Galaxies S2/S3 in stores that looks horrendous, and well, i might not have this tablet in 2-3 years, but if i do i prefer to have it looking as good as new. Lighter.

Anyone who has owned or currently owned both can compare and give their reasons on why they chose one over the other?

I know that AMOLED has come a long way in advancements but, are the whites now closer to SC LCD? Is the bluriness from the pentile arrangement gone vs SCLCD/IPS?

Thank you!
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prokeke:
I have two similar threads, at pro and S forum. Take a look here

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-pro-12-10-8/help/pro-8-4-vs-s-8-4-worth-price-difference-t2838340

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s/help/pro-8-4-vs-s-8-4-worth-price-difference-t2838339

What bother me the most is better support to Qualcomm processor (Pro) vs better RAM + lighter + thinner (S). Good luck your our decision :D
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Satorikn:
I did read both your threads, thanks :)

This is driving me crazy hahaha.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acasserole:
Post on wrong thread
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NixxonExxo:
Do yourself a favor and go to a store and have a look at both tablet side by side and you will see the differences. The whites are whiter and black are near perfect pitch black. The pro screen looks washed out and to me colors aren't strickingly realistic. After looking at this screen long enough, i can't see myself going back to apple retina or any ips screen anymore. I just wish samsung software is on par with apple.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Derekwhchoi:
I have a note3 rooted running well so I decided to buy tab s 8.4 wifi. I found that the tab S response is relatively slow and most disappointed is that tab s 8.4 doesn't support 4K video. It is not smooth, relative to note3, in some 1080p video. It is far to my expectation. I am planning to sell it out.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pibach:
Do you own an Note 3 with Exynos or Snapdragon?

My guess is that sluggishness is because of some early stage problems with Exynos 5 in conjunction with highres AMOLED. Very likely it gets matured as the hardware should be pretty capable.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] le0.br4zuc4:
I had the pro and changed it to the tab s. They are both very similar.

The pro had a little bit of a better battery life. I prefer the screen on the tab s. Love the fingerprint scanner and how thin it is. I prefer the tab s overall.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Satorikn:
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You like the screen on the S better, would you be more specific?

Are we speaking about shaprness, colors, blacks, whites?

Any other reasons to go with the S instead?

Thank you :)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Satorikn:
I cant find the S in my local best buy, just the Pro. So i cant compare but im going to trust you.

You say whites are whiter? I own a Note 3, and well whites are good but not as good as an IPS screen, i thought Pro's SC LCD was just another name for IPS?

Touchwiz lags behind iOS, but i actually like android better.

Thanks for your input!
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoyBM:
I was stuck making the same decision at Best Buy lol

I did end with with the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 after doing three days of a bunch of research reading reviews and comparing the pros and cons.

Why i chose the Tab S 8.4 over the Pro

- 2560x1600 Super AMOLED screen (insane contrast ratio, the whites are bright and, well white! And the blacks are truly black!)

- Exynos S Octa cpu (two quad core cpus vs one quad core in the pro)

- 3gigs ram

- sd card support up to 128gb

There are my reasons. If you can afford the extra, what is it now, like $50? I would go for the Tab S over the Pro!
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LoVeRice:
I watch bunch of youtube videos and ended here :)
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Satorikn:
I think i'm getting on the same boat as you my friend.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acasserole:
£100 price difference here if it was only £30 I'd defiantly go for the Tab S
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoyBM:
Right now in the states on BedtBuys website, the tab pro is $329.99.

Just in case anyone did decidd to get the pro.
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avenging:
we all know you want all the super amoled goodness so go for the tab S it'll be my first tablet as well yey for me
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Satorikn:
Yeah i went with the S 8.4, should be here on friday :D
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] >>X<<:
If its like the 10.5 your going to get a shock if you don't like over saturated colors, at least when you first switch it on, luckily the Basic profile isn't too bad it actually tracks pretty accurate but its still a touch over saturated.

There is a way to get a degree of adjustment as far as over saturation goes but you might find it effects other things, contrast etc.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-tab-s/help/unrealistic-colors-movie-tv-viewing-to-t2805794
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avenging:
i was in bahrain yesterday and managed to check out both sizes (only LTE versions) and wow indeed the screen is as good as they said it was. there was a demo video with a red lobster, i paused it and it looked like it was painted on or something.

wish they would sell the wifi versions only i dont really need the LTE
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrDerrickC:
I was in the same situation, had the Tab Pro 8.4 and gave that to a family member and bought myself the Tab S 8.4. Finding similar things like better batter on the Pro, however the AMOLED screen is just gorgeous and also I much prefer the speaker placement on the Tab S for watching movies (proper stereo placement).
[Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aratheba:
I used the tab s 8.4 for 3 weeks, I didn't like at all the small lags here and there, expecially while browsing.

I returned it and I got a tab pro 10.1 lte (snapdragon then). It's not perfect yet, but much more enjoyable (I've been using an I pad air for 9 months).

Well, of course the screen of the tab s was incredible, but to me it's the whole experience that matters, this means performance and smoothness too of course.

Just my two cents
[Xolo Q1010i] greenlight093:
I have serious Problem with my new xolo q1010i device.

its have connection drop problem with my home wifi only .

its drop connection only in 5-9 sec only.

wifi connected but not solved .

i tried to change os of my device but no solve

please help me ~! :rolleyes: :eek:
[Xolo Q1010i] andro2master:
Hi friend,

Please check your Routers WiFi settings also. What is the frequency, Mode b/g/n, MAC of phone blocked. You may reset WiFi Router to test out problems. Google is the best teacher. Please do it only if you have networking knowledge or better to call your ISP.

Best of Luck.
[Xolo Q1010i] greenlight093:
My problem is very funny.

i have one (Neighbor) wifi network at home .

its working well in morning-evening-and night

but its drop connection daily at time of afternoon!

idk what problem with wifi router settings. ! :confused:
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mateoftw:
The cmod phone dialer is fully and I want to use the original phone dialer that comes with the nexus 5.

How would I go about doing this?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playya:
have you searched the web for the dialer you are looking for? Also are you rooted

Also I am really not sure about what you wrote but it sounds like you want to use the 4.4.4 dialer but remember stock Oneplus is 4.4.2 which have different dialers if I remember correctly
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Jack of Clubs:
the nexus 5 doesnt use the aosp dialer. cm does. the nexus 5 dialer can show business names associated with a number. sorta like if you look up a place in google maps and itll list a number for it, but in reverse. its not open source but you can try installing it on your phone, it may not work.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playya:
I had both dialers running on my Nexus 4 so it is possible just either have to find the zip file or if there is an apk out there
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] amonteiro:
Hi!

First I want to thank the developers and Goldie and Hashcode. I could not thank us topics because I am newbie here.

My wife bought a Galaxy S5 of a person who did not disclose that it was the 900V version, and only possessed a few languages.

Tried my best to translate or to enable more languages​​, all without success.

I managed to do the following to resolve the problem, and it can serve other people from other languages ​​that are at hand with this device, since the installed rom (AllianceRom) has support for multiple languages​​. The phone now appears like a 900F.

1) I root with https://towelroot.com/ towelroot

2) I copied this file from AllianceRom to the microSD card. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2716535

3) I installed the following safestrap this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2793891

4) I enabled a custom rom 1 using the default options.

5) I installed the rom usually at recovery.

6) I waited a few minutes, booted, and FINALLY got to choose the option Brazilian Portuguese.

caveats:

Do not know if it's bug or something the ROM installing a rom that is not the phone itself, but the device does not turn off. He gets the LED on the physical and lighted keys and switches itself off. I have to take off and put the battery back.

If I had to fix something, which will not do out of sheer laziness, would change the standard sizes of custom rom, because I never want to see the original rom from Verizon. The custom rom ended up with little virtual space.

Sorry for the english but blame Google Translator! :P
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bad bone:
If you look at the alliance thread a lot of people are having problems installing on a rom slot I used the stock slot and no problems

http://bit.ly/1brshoa
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] suburbano:
you installed AllianceROM SM-G900F on a sm-g900v and it worked just fine?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bad bone:
Umm no I'm on the 900V?

I just read in step#4 that he put it on a rom slot I've read that people are having problems when they use a rom slot instead of the stock slot and thought that might help no clue? I was just suggesting that by installing it on the stock slot might fix the following problems.

4) I enabled a custom rom 1 using the default options.

caveats:

Do not know if it's bug or something the ROM installing a rom that is not the phone itself, but the device does not turn off. He gets the LED on the physical and lighted keys and switches itself off. I have to take off and put the battery back.

If I had to fix something, which will not do out of sheer laziness, would change the standard sizes of custom rom, because I never want to see the original rom from Verizon. The custom rom ended up with little virtual space.

I believe it's on page 13 of the alliance thread where they start talking about the rom slot issue.

http://bit.ly/1brshoa
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] elliwigy:
this thread is decieving.. he didnt get g900f on g900v he just installed alliance rom and enabled his language lol
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] bad bone:
Definitely deceiving if that's the case:what: either way he should re do it on the stock slot:rolleyes:

http://bit.ly/1brshoa
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] DJNads:
Alright so I thought I would shed a little light on this. I saw this thread a few days ago and decided to test this for myself. I have a verizon version of the S5 and the 900f version of the rom installed fine in the stock rom slot. The only issue at first was the keyboard was chinese. I had to activate the English one and things were fine. All the customization stuff works. I've basically tested everything and have been using it constantly for a few days now. So it does work. I haven't tried any other 900f roms yet.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] amonteiro:
Yes!

My wife exchanged the Verizon Galaxy S5 black by a white version. This time I installed the rom slot: stock, and everything is working perfectly. :laugh::good:
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] strongcel:
I would like to thank you all, specially amonteiro, only a Brazilian would need insert Portuguese language inside a Verizon Galaxy S5.

I have successfully flash the rom at stock rom slot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] genica:
I have a stock T-MOBILE rom running on my g900V with no problems or patches. Even installed mobile odin
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] davidhacks:
what version did flash

Did you flash the lollipop verison
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] ShayzeeBro:
hey could you let me know how you did this? did you flash the stock rom via odin? Did it not fail when trying to write the aboot? im trying to get ANY stock rom whether it be G900A/I/T/F onto my G900P
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Deano417:
bug??

I think it's the the phones themselves. I have tried many custom roms and they all have worked but when I us a rom slot that isn't stock my g900v won't shut off either and I have to take the battery out. I even put a non rooted rom on every rom slot and none would shutoff other than stock slot.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] toren98:
G900TUVU1DOB1 ROM on G900V

I switched to T-Mobile from Verizon a couple months ago and kept my G900V to use on the T-Mobile network. I kept having apn issues with the Verizon (KK and 5.0) based rom and decided to flash in recovery the Beanstown 4.4.2 G900T rom and had great success . If you want KK I can confirm that both Beanstown 4.4.2 G900T and G900F roms work on the G900V kernal if installed on recovery (wipe everything first). I now am using [ROM]ViSiON-X US TMO[Android L 5.0][G900TUVU1DOB1][02-18-15] rom flashed by the installation method for the Verizon Lollipop to Keep Root. Steps are full wipe in recovery, flash rom in recovery (CANNOT, I REPEAT CANNOT HAVE AROMA), flash Verizon OA8 5.0 with Odin, boot 10 min wait... I believe any stock lollipop rom can be flashed, probably anything without Aroma... I have working Wifi-Calling feature, working Volte, everything works but no Wanam yet bummer...
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] MosesTheTool:
This is excellent.

Question: Were you on 4.4.4 when you installed AllianceROM?, because it now has the 5.0 version, so I am wondering if i should update to stock 5.0 first and then use your method?, or maybe on 5.0 the method won't work? (towelroot, safestrap)

Thanks

Update:

I went back to 4.4.4, rooted, flashed the rooted Lollipop, but now safestrap won't load because it's Kitkat safestrap, so I can't manage to flash Alliance, any solution?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] toren98:
Flash the 4.4.2 stock kernel in Odin. Safestrap only works on kk kernel, then flash back to 5.0. Same instructions used in the forum to upgrade to Verizon 5.0, you just need to switch back and forth with the Verizon version of kk and lollipop kernels through Odin to access Safestrap.

Edit: Flash the visionx tmobile rom, it's amazing.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] milesius:
stock T-Mobile rom on G900V

Do tell. I have been looking for instructions for putting a t-mobile rom on my G900V

Please share.

Also, does the wifi calling feature now show up?

Cheers!
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] genica:
It just need to be done with safestrap recovery (You can not use Odin)

As always make a full backup up of your current rom before flashing anything. Wipe the system, data and cache and flash away. I've flashed g900t, g900f and i think some g900a Roms work as well... Can't remember. You will probably have issues if you still have a Verizon Sim card. And yes, WiFi calling will be there
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] milesius:
Safstrap wont let me flash the ROM - it says its a mismatch and errors out.

Am I missing a step?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] genica:
Try a different ROM I've always used the ones that say stock. When I get home I'll tell you the exact one I used. If that doesn't work try a different safestrap
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] blyss:
May I ask a dumb question? What is the advantage of a t-mobile rom over a Verizon rom?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] milesius:
I am on T-Mobiles network with a verizon S5. it works ok most of the time, but three are some hard coded settings I want to change. Also, some features are crippled by verizon - such as wifi calling. T-mobile apps are also unable to install without a hack - such as visual voicemail and account information. VM and other speed dial numbers fail... APN drops out ocassionallly.

All little annoyances that could be fixed with a stock ROM.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] milesius:
That worked. If I flash with a "stock" ROM from T-Mobile the Verzion Galaxy S5 works awesome. I went with an NK2 because that is what I had on there. I just used Safstrap and installed to the next slot on my phone. Somebody said I could upgrade my verizon stock with a T-mobile variant and not lose settings.... that sounds risky. In fact I tried to restore my settings to the T-Mobile ROM slot and the boot hangs at the tmobile splash screen.

I am wondering if I can flash up to lollipop? I think that may require firmware and modem upgrades - would that cause problems?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] blyss:
Can a t-mobile ROM be used on the Verizon network? I'm looking for a debloated stock 5.0 ROM that doesn't have a lot of the bloatware.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] milesius:
OK so I tried a stock L 5.0 and that was a disaster - Verizon Secure Lock Fail big Yellow triangle. Yikes! had to Odin back to a stock VZW ROM. sheesh.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
I had a very debloated AT&T ROM (which is what Consumer Cellular uses) running on mine. There was just to much missing, and I'm hoping for an LP version. The only full stock version needs some files added, and I was nervous doing that. My modem was so much better though!

I tried to just flash the modem but that didn't work. I'd flash the full unrooted version if I weren't afraid if end up with a paperweight.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
Here is a way to update to Stock, t-Mobile 5.0. This is not debloated but you can debloat yourself using EsFileExplorer or similar:

1. Extract the G900T_DOB1_Stock_Rooted_Backup folder from the .rar and place that folder into your Safestrap backups folder, i.e: ext-sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/xxxxxx(the name of your Safestrap backups folder may vary. If a Safestrap backups folder does not already exist you must first create a backup using Safestrap's "Backup" function before continuing).

2. From Safestrap recovery perform an "Advanced Wipe" and wipe everything but your ext-sdcard.

3. From the main menu press "Restore" and restore the Stock_Rooted_Backup.

4. Last, from the main menu press "Reboot," reboot into "Download" mode and flash the G900V_OA8_Stock_Partitions using Odin's PDA slot(AP in Odin v3.09+).

You likely did not have all of the necessary Vz 5.0 partitions installed.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
I tried flashing the ROM, but it errors out after verifying the MD5, with E:No partitions selected for restore.(I did full wipe prior)
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
After pressing "Restore" select the backup and make certain "system" is checked.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] Rapunzl:
Ok. I'll try again tomorrow and let you know how it goes.

EDIT: The only checkmark I see under Restore is to Enable MD5 verification.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] milesius:
I have managed to get this working with the instructions above, however - the carrier reception for TMobile is bad.

I dont know if this is new with Lollipoop or if its do to the combination of VZW firmware and TMO ROM.

I had GREAT reception before on 4.4.4 with VZW stock everything running on TMO network. Go figure.

I wonder if TMO has down tuned there carrier ROM so people use the WiFi calling more often...

ANYWAY. I need to disable Knox. I get the Security Notice Unauthorized blah blah blah... all the time now.

For whatever reason SuperSU didnt ask if I wanted to disable Knox and I cannot find any setting for that.

I saw some script for removing it - but it requires TWRP which isnt working on this phone.

Any more help would be appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] muniz_ri:
You can see if you get any different results by flashing a stock rom instead of a backup: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934538793
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] milesius:
so after much work trying to get this to go I am giving up on this Lollipop ROM. first and foremost I am having terrible battery and connection issues.

I did get Knox removed and everything set with the APN and such - but due to battery and signal issue - its simply not worth it. see thread http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s5/help/sm-g900v-verizon-s5-using-t-mobile-t2890378

about the signal issue, as I would steer folks away from trying TNO RoM on VZW S5 because its just terrible. On stock VZW ROM I got much better Battery life and even great signal coverage for the TMO network - go figure. I am also dropping back to 4.4.4 because I need control over my data - a "feature" I hate about lollipop is that it took away that toggle.

I really prefer Kit kat and cannot imagine why google went so far with the always on always connected and you must have all radios enabled all the time and give apps access to constantly suck your battery and data dry so we know where you are at all times - LOL.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] mani39007:
how to convert G900V into G900i/f

HI All Mates,

My S5 G900 shows Model No SM-G900F,Android version 4.4.2 ,in about device ,and it Shows Model No SM-G900V ,on downloading mode).

i flash it with lollipop 5.0 Verizon G900v ( G900VVRU2BOG5_G900VVZW2BOG5_VZW) Firmware by Odin3 v3.09. Now S5 shows Model no SM-G900V both side.

But due to network select problem and mobile display shows"SIM card is not from Verizon" every time.

Can i change G900V firmware into G900F/ or G900I, again? lollipop 5.0 or android 4.4.4

if yes ,pls tell me the step by step process, and appropriate link .

Thanks

Mani Singh
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 General] sean19661:
From what I'm understanding you flashed verizon firmware to a none verizon phone if that's the case you will have data issues also you flashed verizon BOG5 firmware with the bog5 bootloader you will no longer be able to downgrade to kit kat as your bootloader has been completely locked what carrier is your phone registered to before you did all of this