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[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arkansawyer:
I've been reading a lot of various threads where owners have similar problems with calls (both incoming and outgoing) on various carriers, though T-Mo seems to be the most prevalent. I am far from an expert, but if it is so widespread, I think it might not be an app or a setting. If it is, I'd love that so I could correct it immediately.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
what you could do is factory reset your device, and dont install any apps. if phone calls still have an issue, id rma it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arkansawyer:
Not a bad plan. I'm in my 14 day window with T-Mobile. I talked with the store this evening. A manager will be in tomorrow morning and can swap phones and waive the $50 fee. I think I'll factory reset tomorrow, check some calls, and return the phone if that doesn't work. Either way, I will add apps back s-l-o-w-l-y.

Stay tuned.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beachbum40:
I believe it has to do with icon not displaying correctly. But there are some data connection issues that are supposed to be addressed on the near future. I only get like 1 to 2 bars of LTE on my n6 but on my s5 I'll have full bars and there sitting right next to each other. But when I run speed test there pretty close in speed test
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arkansawyer:
I think I've exhausted all possibilities: cleared the cache, reset using*#*#4636#*#* , factory reset, back to T-mobile for a replacement new phone. The issue still exists. Incoming calls go straight to voicemail (leaving no trace of them in the call logs) and outgoing calls attempt to go out (says "dialing") and then just end. Whenever a call is started or coming in (as I have dialed the phone while watching it), the LTE signal (over half) drops. The LTE disappears and the triangle goes blank. Usually the LTE is replaced with 3G, but the triangle stays blank.

Should I ditch this phone?

Should I ditch T-Mobile? (in my 14 day window)

Any advice is appreciated.

P.S. The new phone (about 30 minutes old) is not yet updated to 5.1
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
on the new phone calls work fine? if yes, then keep it. personally, i love tmobiles service(in nyc).
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arkansawyer:
Nope. Calls don't work at all. Nothing goes out, nothing comes in. Everything else (data) works. Just not able to dial anyone and anyone calling me goes straight to voicemail.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
thats very strange. ive never ever had such an issue with tmobile. have you checked to make sure your apn is right? or that its not on lte only? you should be using the tmobile apn fast.tmobile btw.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryjabo:
Same issues here.

It's not just us, fellas: https://forums.motorola.com/posts/f7b51bd9bf?page=1
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arkansawyer:
The guy at the T-Mobile store just checked those APNs and also the cellular settings (on the 2nd new phone). Nothing changed. I'm crushed. They said I could swap out for a different phone since I'm in my 14 day window. I really wanted the N6. I wish I knew if the 5.1 update addressed this issue (or at least if I could get the 5.1 update, I'd know) but the clock is ticking.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] meh3884:
You have me with a rock in my stomach. Just got my 64GB N6 yesterday from T-mobile. Unlocked and flashed a clean install of 5.1 direct from Google (not the T-mo build, but the latest from dev images). Even before unlocking/updating, noticed starting up took a few minutes to connect to network each time it reboots. Now at work, I am disconnecting from IRC a few times per hour. Signal strength is down at -119. Download speeds are just 5.4mbps. I am right in downtown Seattle :(

Coming from a Nexus 5 I never had these issues in my office. Singal strength problems are why I left VZW for T-mo 2 years ago. Even worse, I returned a Note 4 to get he N6 just last week. The Note 4 had *excellent* signal strength, I just missed the pure Android experience and the custom ROMs were unstable/Touch WIZ is awful.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Q&A for [GUIDE][ML1/NC1/NE1] TW 4.4 and 4.3 Sticky Roll-Up Thread (7-10-14)

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bzy:
So rooting is a new thing to me, this thread does a very nice job pointing me in the right directions. I’ve read a lot, probably still not half enough, but I have a few questions that are probably dumb for VZW S3 running 4.4.2:

TW = Touchwiz, this is just something that is inherently on the S3 phone right?

I’m not sure I understand why SlimKat and CM aren’t listed for compatible ROMS. Some places I read say absolutely do not install CM (Like CM website itself) on 4.4 and I see old threads that have been going on for awhile with them for d2vzw.

For a first time rooter who is looking to tether, any suggestions on which ROM to use first?

Should I be updating to 4.4.4 first?

I have a different phone right now and am switching to the S3. Should I activate the S3 before or after I have rooted or rooted + installed a ROM?

My plan of action is Towelroot / SuperSU, Nandroid / IMEI backups (keep in mind this phone has nothing on it currently that I need to save), install safestrap, Install ROM of choosing. What am I missing?

Open to any other advice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
TW = touchwiz

Since you're on 4.4 you can't install anything other than 4.4 touchwiz roms. cm and slimkat are both AOSP roms and won't run with safestrap.

Reason being is the whole purpose of safestrap is so you can run roms off the stock kernel. Having a locked bootloader prevents you from changing the kernel, which means you have to run a rom that matches your current kernel. Since you have the 4.4 stock kernel, you are limited to running 4.4 stock touchwiz roms only. Only 3 exist. If you run anything else, it won't work with the kernel and won't boot. AOSP roms package their own kernel which is needed to boot the rom, and it isn't built to boot off of the touchwiz kernel.

I wouldn't update first, because it might prevent towelroot or safestrap from working.

Your plan is almost perfect, but you need to install safestrap first before you can imei backup or nandroid, definitely nandroid before you flash anything so you have a safety net.

I say get your S3 set up first how you like it, then you won't have to worry about having a non working phone while you're setting things up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bzy:
Thank you very much.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bzy:
Does Nandroid actually work with 4.4.2 locked bootloader? The app says my backup type choices are CWM or TWRP which I don't think I can do right? Is there another program that I should use?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
What app? Safestrap?

Safestrap does nandroid, you can pick twrp or cwm format. Pick twrp because it's native to safestrap.

You can't use anything else to install a recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bzy:
Ah ok, I didn't realize safestrap gave access to those things, I just thought locked bootloader forever meant no TWRP or CWM. This Post is why I thought that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
You're right though, no twrp or cwm.

Safestrap = modified twrp for locked bootloaders.

Still makes twrp backups. Can still do everything twrp can, for the most part.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Bzy:
Got it, thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] corkyt:
Successfully used Safetrap, ROM slot, & SUPERLITEROM. Now what?

Thanks for the detailed explanation of how to deal with my gimpy 4.4 versioned S3!

I followed the instructions and have successfully gotten SUPERLITEROM to boot using Safestrap on my 4.4 device. This method is killing my battery though.

Can I now go ahead and load SUPERLITEROM on the original stock slot? Or is that a no-no?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Yes you can, I would write directly over the stock slot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] corkyt:
Thanks. Using safestrap I can do that, right?

Also, I know I can probably back up the stock slot to another rom slot, but I really don't have any more space. Is there another way you can think of for me to back this up before I do this?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
Yes do it using Safestrap.

Just back up your rom by making a nandroid to your external sd card. You can always go completely back to stock with Odin if you had to. If I still had my s3 that's what I would do.
[Fire TV General] justin526:
Weren't we supposed to be getting support for HBO Go?

What gives? Is that something that Amazon has thrown by the wayside?

Also, I thought that universal search was supposed to include Netflix by now.
[Fire TV General] KLit75:
This is what I've been wondering for awhile. My sources says what they've always said which is late 2014. Running out of time.

Supposedly hbogo does work but needs to be sideloaded (or just installed if you have playstore on aftv) but it needs a mouse. An airmouse would probably be an option or yatse remote has mouse function. But I'm not really interested until we get full support.
[Fire TV General] jmerrilljr2:
It's the web version, not the app you would install on an AppleTV or ROKU. Low rez and not worth the hassle.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skuzzb:
my wifes Inew V3 running 4.2.2 has recently developed a problem where all calls to here comes up as "unknown number" although the numbers are correct,has anybody got any ideas?

thanks
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MiPaDo:
I have read that max brightness is under 300nits, but also read a comment here on the forums that it was "very bright"

From the owners here on XDA how do you compare outdoor visibility compared to the N5 or OnePlus One?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbdan:
Let me test that for you now brb going outside. Using N5 btw
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MiPaDo:
You rock! Third device for pics/vid?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbdan:
I do have N7 but 2 yr old using it now. Both (I have 2) N5's are more legible in direct sunlight. Not by much though. And the N6 is still legible. For an amoled I think the N6 panel is very good.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MiPaDo:
Have you taken the same pic with both phones and posted anywhere?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbdan:
Sorry I have not. I will though! In due time I have to have my fun and tinker with the N6 and get it all setup :cyclops:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dibrom:
Taken with another nexus 5.

It's slightly less bright. I have no major complaints.

EDIT:

Both Nexus 5 and 6 are at maximum brightness. The Nexus 6 can become rainbowed in direct sunlight as captured in the 1st pic.

If anyone wants I can also compare with the S5 and m8.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffreii:
Just got the phone and wanted to see the brightness myself...

I turned off adaptive brightness and cranked it up to 100% and I was like "Wow, this is really bright!"

Then I turned on my Nexus 5 and did the same thing and it was definitely even brighter...but unless comparing side by side I think I'd be happy with both.

It's a cloudy day or I'd test the Nexus 6 outside.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beeboss:
Would you be so kind to compare with S5 ?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
Returned my n6 due to its screen. The note 4 has a much better screen. In a few weeks I'll have cm12 on my note 4, so I'll be happy. Shame the n6 has a mediocre screen.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AVF Jay:
Can I ask what was mediocre about the screen?

I'm still in two minds about whether to go for the note 4 or nexus 6. When it was announced that the nexus 6 would have a nearly 6" amoled screen I was happy and immediately cancelled my note 4 order. However the reports of the nexus 6 screen which most seem to be negative are putting me off.

Unfortunately there are no display models where I live so I just have to order "blind". Anyway if it's just the brightness I can live with that, but if it's similar quality to say the galaxy nexus screen where at low brightness it looked absolutely horrible I'll avoid the nexus.

All I care about is a large amoled screen as I use it for media in bed etc, the extra "features" the note 4 has are irrelevant for me as I never use the stylus or the "gimmicks".
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexus6R3plicant:
That note 4 will have cm just like the note 3 random reboots signal loss etc ....in over a year they never got note 3 aosp roms stable
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
Colors are a bit washed out, and the whites are not as white as the note 4. I really wanted to like the n6, but couldn't get past the screen. Shame. The note 4 has the best screen I have ever seen on a phone. Another week or 2 and cm12 will be running on the note.

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Was running aosp/cm on my n3 and had no issues. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. The n6 is a monster phone, but screen is a bit disappointing.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AVF Jay:
I don't blame you. The screen is the most important thing for me. It's what you look at everytime you use the phone, and if the screen is not good then the rest of it is irrelevant for me personally.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bimori:
Okay let me chime in here. Its funny when people say the Nexus 6 has a mediocre screen. This is my second nexus device. First one was the nexus one. I've had samsungs since then. specifically notes 1, 2 3, 4. I've been using my note 4 for a month+ now, but when I saw the nexus 6 was coming out, I knew I was going to get it. Like the previous poster said, if you turn off adaptive brightness and crack the brightness all the way up, the screen is very bright. Now is the Note 4 brighter, yes absolutely? is it that significant? I don't think so. If you were using the nexus 6 and never compared it to any other phone, you would think the phone was plenty bright.

The nexus 6 runs way better than my note 4.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suzook:
Custom kernel on n6 with color/gamma controls might fix the screen though. If that's the case, I will go back to the n6.

---------- Post added at 09:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:28 AM ----------

I'm not complaining about brightness. Its the color. Not as vivid, and the whites are more yellowish.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AVF Jay:
I totally understand where you're coming from and in isolation as you say the nexus 6 screen is most likely bright enough.

As I mentioned in my post though, if the nexus 6 screen is simply less bright than the note 4 I couldn't care less as my eyes are quite sensitive, and I rarely max the brightness on any screen, especially when viewing in a dark environment. So the nexus 6 brightness is a non issue.

For me low brightness performance is more important and what concerns me at this stage is the reports of the performance at low brightness with the pinkish hue and now the grainy grid like texure. If the display share similar low light performance as the galaxy nexus amoled scren it will be a deal breaker for me.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dibrom:
Here ya go. Both at 100% brightness.

EDIT:

For people who are worried about the yellow (red) tint of the screen, download CF.lumen and set red from 1.0 to .910.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GBPackerFanForLife:
Root Cf.Lumen in the play store?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rado_vr6:
So people buy a device with a stylus just to load AOSP on it :confused: I have a Note 4 and my N6 and most certainly wouldn't dare load up an AOSP rom on my Note. There's no doubt the screen is brighter, but if people are serious basing their choice on screen quality alone they need their heads checked. If that were the case, no one would be buying the iPhone 6/6+ due to other phones having bigger and "better" screens.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggreenwood334:
OK. Note 4 whites look too blue. Spend a day or 2 on the nexus 6. 99% will think the note looks funny colored. But note 4 is brighter... Woohoo

sent from my sad m8. soon nexus 6
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanm99:
I think people are just worried that the screen will look like the Note 3 or worse and that is not acceptable for most if the price of the phone is above $650 in the USA (above $880 in Australia +/-). Paying so much money for a 'premium' phone with bad screen brightness/quality is not a good thing and will turn off most people.

If you came from a Note 3 or Nexus 5 to a 'new' more expensive phone which had lower screen brightness and colours not as vivid or solid (e.g. dull, yellowish whites and low brightness to boot) then you'd be angry.

I'm sure that for many the screen will be sufficient for indoor use. From what I've read many users think for outdoor use the Nexus 5, Note 3, Galaxy S4 and 5 as well as iPhone 5, 5S, 6 and 6+ are all better and noticeably better. I've owned a Nexus 5 and used it at full brightness with a Nexus 6 at full brightness indoors together. I personally noticed that the Nexus 6 was less bright and it did annoy me. The blacks were better of course on the Nexus 6 but I thought that the whites and were better on the Nexus 5. QHD vs FHD Nexus 5? In my opinion the Nexus 6 screen looked good but it could've done better with a custom 1080P display with higher brightness and better colours. Think iPhone 6+ (which I have around too) - better colours, better brightness compared with the Nexus 6 and if you told me it had a QHD display I'd believe it. It is beautiful.

Ideally the Note 4 screen would've been better than the Nexus 6 but that will never happen even if Samsung made a Nexus '7' phone or whatever it will be (if it even will be).

Summary: Nexus 6 screen has some bonuses (deep blacks) but lacks high brightness and some colour accuracy which will be noticeable in directly sunlight. From my experience with a number of different phones the screen on the Nexus 6 is NOT $650+ premium quality. Sure, it is QHD but that makes no real difference on this screen since the 1080P Nexus 5 looks just as nice and the 1080P screen on the iPhone 6+ is BETTER. A good 5.5/10 screen. Big, but nothing fantastic.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] italia0101:
Erica griffin actually recorded the brightness on her phone at around 400 nits , still kit the highest, but much better than 250

Personally I love the display , leaps and bounds better than the n5 imo
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letom:
I find posts like this very confusing because I'm not sure they're talking about the same phone. I'm not saying you're wrong but maybe its just everyone's eyes that are vastly different because there is no camparison between this phone and the nexus 5. I have the Nexus 5 and the HTC one next to me right now and this nexus 6 screen is vastly, not mildly, but vastly better then both.

These posts worried me before I got the phone but thankfully the screen is excellent, saying its a 5/10 is sorry, incredibly misrepresenting. It is not an average display. The screen is plenty bright, I dont use adaptive brightness though, I've heard the brightness is less under that setting. At max it's 80% nexus 5, which is think perfectly fine.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 9wire:
I came from n1, n2, n3 and n4 edge, I have no issues with the screen. I'm on lean kernel and have the colors set at 6500k.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanm99:
Sorry for making it confusing, that wasn't my intention.

80% of the Nexus 5 screen is not a good sign since the Nexus 5 is over a year old. A end of year 2014 (basically 2015) 'flagship' with a premium price twice (in some markets, triple) that of the Nexus 5 with an 80% lower screen is not acceptable in my books.

The iPhone 6+ with much lower pixels but similar sized screen and the Note 4 with the same amount of resolution both dominate the Nexus 6. I've had them all three together and both the iPhone and Note 4 are very noticeably brighter and offer better colours. This is a screen which would be at home on a mid-priced phone, not a flagship. Compared to other flagship phones (even the Xperia Z3 and HTC M8 and Galaxy S5) the Nexus 6 is less bright and the colours appear a little dull or washed out. So, compared to other flagship phones (episodically the Note 4 and iPhone 6+ which both came out around the time of the Nexus 6 and are its more direct competitors) the Nexus 6 screen is indeed 5.5/10 while the Note 4 and iPhone can be argued to have an 8.5/9/10 screen for the 2014 year. It's screen just doesn't cut it for the huge price and based on what the competition are doing (e.g. iPhone with way less pixels offers better quality).

Calling the Nexus 6 screen 8/10 or something like that would technically mean the iPhone/Note 4 have 12/10 screens +/- which they certainly do not.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DADDYDC650:
Thanks for the pix. My Nexus 6 64GB arrives tomorrow so I'll be comparing the screen with an S5 and Note 4.

For the folks that are out a lot and need a phone with a bright screen, the Note 4 is much brighter in direct sunlight than both the Nexus 5 and 6 with auto brightness enabled.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spartanm99:
To add, if you are out in sunlight often and dont want the Nexus 6 because of the low brightness and dont want the Note 4 due to TW then you could wait a few weeks until the Sony Xperia Z4 is released. It will very likely have a bright, high quality screen (QHD is very likely) and its OS is close to stock with less bloatware than TW. Just a heads up.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloadmire:
I was able to convert /data to F2FS and flash EX kernel. That boots and runs fine, but I converted cache to F2FS and it won't boot. I'd also love to convert /system as well, but as far as I understand that takes a custom ROM. Anyone else have any experience with F2FS on 5.0?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloadmire:
Bumps
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Not on 5, no. But cache and system are of little or no benefit anyway. IMHO only /data needs to be f2fs. It improves read/writes on flash memory but you're not really doing that on /system (and some extent, /cache) as you are with /data.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloadmire:
Hu? You read/write from cache, system, and data all the time! Lots of google apps are system apps, obviously /data is everything else and cache gets used by both!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
System? Absolutely not. You Never write and it is rare that you read too.

Cache is hardly used. If you look in there.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloadmire:
Ah yes you wre right about system, though you still do a lot of read from it. I'm under the impression that cache actually can get hammered as hard as /data because every app launch pulls cache.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
App cache is on /data. /cache is primarily used for play downloads
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloadmire:
Really? Well I'm learning a lot today. Why is a play store cache it on a separate partition?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
It just downloads the apk there until it is installed. Just to keep it tidy
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloadmire:
gotcha. So if we convert /system to F2FS that will help things like boot, system apps etc, I'm assuming. Resume from sleep?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Boot maybe. Systems apps, debatable. Negligible if any. Data is where the payload is.