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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garwynn:
We simply don't know enough about the S6 right now, even about the bootloader.

And with it on Exynos, the things that were certain for the past few years... may not be anymore. But again, we don't know.

Best advice I can give - wait until after release.

Give it a bit of time to find the answers you want and then decide.

Otherwise any advice given would be the same as throwing darts while blindfolded.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MiyagiSan:
Is Verizon your only or best cell service choice for coverage and quality?. If yes, wait for the device to be released and more is known about real life usage etc

If not, you would do better to moving to a provider that allows you to BYOD so you can be sure it isn't bootloader unlocked and, in all likelihood save money too. If the S6 is what you have decided to buy, be aware that AOSP roms are unlikely to ever appear for it (and root isn't neccessarily a forgone conclusion). Your current devices can be sold to fund your S6...
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GreeleyXda:
yes, verizon has the best signal and i have unlimited data with them.

im not interested in roms really. titanium backup would be nice but i can do without it.

as long as the phone is smoothe/lag free i can do without root.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MiyagiSan:
In that case I can't see a better phone on the horizon than the S6. Even if one were to launch later, you wouldn't

need

it. The S6 is plenty fast...
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natsinicky:
yeah, this phone is gonna be state of the art!! Can't wait.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David_freestyle:
Wait until the s6 is on sale, wait the opinion of the firsts users and then, you'll know what to do. Is very soon, we don't know enough of the s6, wait to decide.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
Obviously I don't have a Verizon Nexus 6 as it is not yet available. But from what I have gleaned from this forum is that if you do get a Verizon N6, you can avoid bloat being installed if you activate and set it up over WiFi WITHOUT the SIM card in it. Supposedly, that avoids all of the bloat being installed.

With an unlockable bootloader, it shouldn't be an issue to remove bloat, but why not prevent it from being installed in the first place? Of course, if some of that "bloat" is necessary for VoLTE, well then you would have to do a factory reset and go through set up again with the Verizon SIM card in the phone.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BitNotFound:
The thing is, though, the bloat that gets installed is an application or two like the Verizon account manager and whatever. It really doesn't install bloat like Flipboard or Dropbox.

I recommend leaving the SIM in the phone to properly activate the device when being set up, or you risk certain features not being set up properly. If it installs anything, remember, they are 100% uninstallable applications. I'm not sure why everybody is so averse to it. Even T-Mobile only installing the account manager got people upset. Juste don't buy the phone from Verizon and you avoid the actual bloat like the boot animation, ringtones, back panel branding, and other stuff.

Unless there is something I'm not aware of, just set up the phone with the SIM card.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DebianDog:
Yes I am on Verizon right now with my N6 but even when they do go live with a lot of "bloat" it is easily disabled or "frozen" without root. This phone was designed to be easy to program and will not be easily locked down by VZW.

Even though I would highly suggest you do unlock your phone and root it. I have been on Verizon for over 6 years and I have never not rooted. I am very anti bloat, anti advertisements, and hate having apps I will never use running on my phone.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crachel:
This statement tells me you don't quite understand what's going on here. It's non sequitur.

The bootloader is indeed unlockable but this has nothing whatsoever to do with removing this bloatware. This isn't like when they used to include bloat on the /system partition. These apps are installed from the Play Store and can be fully removed by simply uninstalling them. Taking your SIM out to set the phone up is utterly pointless
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intub8:
The only thing different the Verizon model should have different is the carrier specific ring tones, Verizon boot animation, and possibly boot sound. Everything else is the same.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
I understand perfectly fine. Unlocking a Motorola bootloader has everything to do with getting root and you need root to get rid of MyVerizon, NFL Mobile and Verizon Navigator.

While you may be satisfied with letting the bloat take up storage on your phone, others are not (especially when you only have 32GB and no SD card). The Verizon bloat is not removable w/o root and root is not possible on these newer Motorola phones w/o unlocking the bootloader. I know, I have a Verizon Moto X 2014 and it sucks to have this crapware take up storage on your device when it only has 32GB to begin with and no SD card. If you don't have root, you can only disable the Verizon bloatware, not remove it.

No they cannot. They can only be disabled. You aren't on Verizon are you? If you were, you would know that you can't remove the bloat w/o root.

No it's not for the reason I said. You would have to unlock the bootloader, get root and then you could remove the bloatware.

We shall see if Verizon forces the bloat onto the Nexus 6, but since they did with the GNex and since 2 of these apps are paid features through Verizon, I am certain they will do it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
There isn't a chance in heck that they won't load MyVerizon, Verizon Navigator and NFL Mobile onto the Verizon N6. They will be loaded just like they were with the GNex.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akellar:
You're simply wrong here. OEM specific apps/changes are not installed on the /system partition on the Nexus 6. They are either installed at boot via the play store or added to the /oem partition. The bootanimation, sounds, etc that might be installed on the Verizon Nexus would not be removable without root. Any apps would be simply removed by normal means. Do some research before arguing and making yourself look foolish please.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
So I can remove them from my locked down tight Verizon Moto X 2014? How? I would like to get them off of my device, thanks.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akellar:
Your Moto X isn't a Nexus. Go check out how the AT&T Nexus works. And do some reading on carrier apps on Nexus 6 as Google has already discussed how this will work.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
So you are saying that if I left my N6 locked and unrooted, I would still be able to remove MyVerizon, Verizon Navigator and NFL Mobile?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RPelham:
I think you might be missing the point here. you are comparing apples and oranges. the Moto X is not a pure android experience device. The nexus is released by Google with the sole point of being pure android. that's why you can remove them without root on a nexus and not on a moto x.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akellar:
Yes, just like everybody else has
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
Thanks, that is actually a helpful explanation (unlike the posts of other hostile posters who are unnecessarily rude). I will have to take a look at how as I don't remember that being possible on the GNex. It's been a long time since we have had a Nexus on Verizon and I am trying to remember what it was like, lol!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RPelham:
no problem. don't forget, its Verizon. anything is possible for them. it wouldn't surprise me if by some 1 in a million chance they get away with loading their apps on the system partition (though I highly doubt it). its all speculation until the device is released. no one can confirm for sure who's right until someone buys it.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
This is how I feel about Verizon, too. Particularly since they made us wait so long for the N6. Although, I suspect that Google wanted VoLTE to work on the Verizon N6 at release so that may have been the cause of the delay.

I am going to test whether or not VoLTE as a feature sticks on my line by putting an iP6 on it, enabling VoLTE then putting my Moto X back on it. If the VoLTE feature sticks on my line, then I am going with the white N6 from Motorola and won't have to worry about this anyhow. I will flip an iPhone with my upgrade.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RPelham:
might be the reason they waited so long, but IMO it took way too long. I was with Verizon and jumped ship after the n6 was released for 2 weeks and there was no release date in sight. I'm glad I did because I love my n6 and getting it over 3 months ago was nice! I'm glad I didn't wait, can't stand how long Verizon takes to release new hardware (even worst for software).
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akellar:
It wasn't possible on GNex.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crachel:
I apologize if I came off as rude. As [MENTION=5015463]RPelham[/MENTION] said, it's all speculation at this point anyway. We don't know what Google let Verizon get away with. But it does appear likely theyll use the same OEM customization that the other carriers are using, which doesn't affect the /system partition
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_rooter:
if your all so worried about the bloatware then buy from motorola or google. Its that simple. Heck even motorola offers a payment plan for their devices.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
It's not that simple. First, you can't get a Verizon SIM card activated in a non-Verizon branded device. You have to have a SIM card that is already active on your line to be able to use non-Verizon branded devices on your line. I have a Moto X so it is no big deal to me, but those with Samsungs or other devices using micro SIM cards have to cut down their micro SIM cards to nano size.

Alternatively, some have been able to get the Verizon reps to activate the SIM in a display device but others have not been so lucky. Others have found random Verizon device IMEIs off of photos online that take nano SIMs and have been able to trick Verizon phone and chat reps into "activating" those IMEIs to get active SIM cards.

Then if you get the month to month discount on your line, many are finding that they can't get it to stick with a non-Verizon branded device on their line. Also, you won't be offered the VoLTE feature on your line w/o a Verizon branded device on your line (the only exception to this BTW is the SIM-free iP6/6+). As I explained above, there may be ways to overcome that based on what I have read on iPhone forums. I am going to test it out soon and report back when I do.

However, using a non-Verizon branded device on a Verizon line is not even a little bit simple. Verizon is not a GSM carrier; the Verizon network is 2 separate networks using completely different technology - CDMA and LTE. The CDMA whitelist creates obstacles to activating non-Verizon branded devices on a Verizon line and then there are the line discount and VoLTE issues.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
I am guessing but I suspect that most of us on XDA who are on Verizon stay with Verizon b/c we have unlimited data plans. Some people stay I am sure b/c they live in rural areas where Verizon is the only viable game in town.

If they ever take away my UDP, I am headed back to AT&T. The call quality on Verizon is not as good as the call quality on AT&T. I used to think it was a problem with my device, but after reading up on it, I learned it is a CDMA/codec/bitrate problem on Verizon. VoLTE should be better from what I am reading.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_rooter:
Again not trying to sound rude but what u posted above isnt that big of a deal. I have a droid turbo just for this case. If i ever want to change the plan I take the sim card out of the nexus and put it in the turbo. Make the change and then swap it back over to the nexus. Extra step but again no big deal. Voice and data should be included in the 5.1 update for all carriers and devices of the nexus 6. Google wouldnt just allow verizon to do this to their devices. Its already been the talk that voice and data to work together in the next big update. people are making this all a major issue when its not.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RPelham:
very true. as much as I hate sprint, they had an option to buy out my contract with Verizon so I chose to jump ship to sprint. I'd much rather be on AT&T and probably will head back soon after I finish paying off my n6. (since I can just bring my n6 with me).
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
I think most people would think having to buy another nano SIM device just so you could get an active SIM card on your line is a big deal. Like I said, I have a Moto X so I have no issue, but those with Samsungs likely don't want to have to buy another phone simply to get their non-Verizon branded N6 active on their line.

That is pure speculation and not at all in line with what happened with the iP6/6+. Like I said, the only non-Verizon iPhone that is able to cause the VoLTE feature to show up on a line is the SIM free iP6/6+. The AT&T, Sprint and TMobile iP6/6+ will not cause the VoLTE feature to show up for you to be able to get VoLTE.

Having the OS have VoLTE enabled is just one part of the equation. The other part is getting the VoLTE feature to show up on your line. With the iPhones, it does not show up on your line with an AT&T, Sprint or TMobile iP6/6+ on your line. Only if you have a Verizon iP6/6+ or a SIM-free iP6/6+ does the VoLTE feature show up on your line for you to be able to add it to your line. See on Verizon, it is not just a matter of having a VoLTE enabled phone; you must also add the VoLTE feature to the line.

Apple has far more leverage over Verizon than Google does and the AT&T, Sprint and TMobile iP6/6+ won't cause the VoLTE feature to show up. I have already explained that there may be a way around this and I will test it soon.

We won't know until the Verizon N6 is released. It certainly is an issue for the iPhones so there is no reason to think with an N6 it will be any different.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_rooter:
we will see on the 12th :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akellar:
I love when people ask questions and then tell everybody that gives them the answer that they are wrong.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
Enabling VoLTE on Verizon

http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/advanced-calling-faqs/

Above is a link to the VoLTE FAQs for Androids. In order to be able to enable VoLTE, you first must have a VoLTE enabled device on the line, which the Verizon N6 will be.

Then you have to remove any incompatible features from your line:

Ringback Tones

Slacker Radio Tones

Caller Name ID

Company Name ID

Then you:

1. Sign in to My Verizon.

2. Click Manage My Account and select Manage Products & Apps.

3. Click the Get Products tab at the top of the page.

4. Click Get it now to select the product or service you wish to purchase.

5. When the checkout window opens, choose the compatible devices you'd like HD Voice added to - with the iP6/6+, this is the step that you can't do unless you have a Verizon branded iP6/6+ or a SIM-free iP6/6+ on your line because an AT&T, Sprint or TMobile iP6/6+ will not show as being compatible with the Advanced Calling feature.

6. Click Confirm Purchase to complete the checkout process for the selected devices.

7. Click OK on the confirmation screen. If applicable, a free text message with a link to download the app from the App Store will be sent to the device/s you've selected.

There is another way to do it on certain Advanced Calling 1.0-capable devices (such as LG G3, Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, and Motorola Droid Turbo). These phones allow you to get Advanced Calling 1.0 right from your own devices. Simply follow these steps:

Go to Settings.

Tap Advanced Calling under WIRELESS NETWORKS.

Tap Activate Advanced Calling and follow on-screen instruction.

You've successfully added Advanced Calling 1.0.

Business customers: You can add the HD Voice feature in the My Business Account portal as you normally do or by contacting your company's Verizon Wireless administrator.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
Since you have a Verizon Droid Turbo and that is a VoLTE enabled device, you should be good once you update to 5.1 if it works the same way with the N6 as with the iP6/6+.

With the iPhones, as long as you put a Verizon branded iP6/6+ on your line and enable the VoLTE feature, you can then pop the SIM in an AT&T, Sprint or TMobile iP6/6+ and the VoLTE feature will stick from what I have read. I don't see why it wouldn't work the same with the DT and the N6 provided the N6 has been updated to 5.1.

What happens when you put the DT on your line, select the VoLTE feature and then pop the SIM in your N6 now? Does the VoLTE feature fall off of your line? Could you test that for us please?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SilkyJohnson:
In this thread: misinformation
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_rooter:
The Volte just stays there. In order for that to work it has to be activated also on the device.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JulesJam:
Great, thanks. Then I won't have a problem getting an N6 from Motorola.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_rooter:
the 5.1 update states hd calling will work on verizon and tmobile. There is nothing yet stated for volte on the github for the 5.1 update. Well from what i see
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rash62ol:
Check this out. I used it to debloat my Fiance's Droid Turbo.

http://xdaforums.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DebianDog:
I do find it interesting that even though I have a "Non Verizon device" (how Verizion lists my N6) it IS compatible with HD voice. :D

[IMG="VZ options"]http://i.imgur.com/gng873Y.png[/IMG]
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] photonmedia:
Today I had my hands on a pre-release model of the N6 on Verizon. I regularly (for the past 6 years) test new devices for the company I work for before they allow the masses to start requesting them. We are about to place a massive order of Droid Turbo units for one department and I was asked my opinion on the device. While there, our Communications Rep had the N6 on her desk. I can confirm it has Android 5.1 running on it. I can also confirm I did not see a single Verizon App in the App Drawer. It didn't even have that darned NFL Mobile App! Now we all know this may change between now and the official launch.

There's a good change I will get my hands on this one for a couple weeks very soon here. I'll let you know after I put it through the paces.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_rooter:
This post is misleading. You stated that communications rep had one on her desk with 5.1 already on it? How do u know if came with 5.1 and she didnt update it to 5.1?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] photonmedia:
Well, that's a good point. She just took it out of the box and powered it on in front of me, but it is possible she had powered it up before and it updated. I will ask for confirmation. :)

Update:

Well, take it for what it is, here is her reply: "I did not do an update. I believe I had just opened the box when you came in."
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agil1ty:
Hi mates,

I'm hoping someone wants to help me.

I'm running sense 6 lollipop (insertcoin 6.0.5) and I was wondering if encryption is already turned off? I know encryption is a software layer and can have a huge performance / battery hit, so I want to make sure its off.

Does anyone know how to turn it off (if it's not off already?)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
it's under settings / Storage / Phone Storage Encryption
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agil1ty:
Is that the encryption that was introduced in lollipop?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Yes and it was only turned on by default on the nexus 6, Which google is even backing out of and not doing it anymore.
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PRAKASHPANDEY193:
Hey pls someone provide me the launcher apk(trebuchet launcher) of latest cyanogenmod nightly....pls if someone can ..share it..thanks
[XDA Assist] prashanal:
Hi

This is my second post for this group, therefore if this is posted on wrong place.

feel free to move it and answer :)

I mistakenly deleted by OS on HTC m8 dev edition cid 622 with S-0n.

I tried updating OS with a RUU. exe but no success.

please help. the RUU i downloaded was from xda and the file name is:(RUU_M8_UL_L50_SENSE60_MR_BrightstarUS_WWE_4.16.1540.8_Radio_1.24.21331147A1.09G_20.68.4196.01_F_release_411207_signed_2)

please guide me to solve this, im struggling without a fone.....

would appreciate steps :)

thanks

Pshan
[XDA Assist] Heisenberg:
Hi :)

I can see you've also posted the same question here:

[Q] HTC M8 Developer edition

Please refer to the XDA Forum Rules for information regarding the creation of duplicate posts/threads.

Thread closed, thanks.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxsprout:
I'm having trouble with LTE settings using this phone. There are "LTE preffered" and "3G only" settings only, yet I can't get it to connect to LTE without going into secret code.

I'm able to get it to work with "LTE band specific (in my case, it's 8) only" using secret code. Comes the problem when I want to make a call since LTE can't make nor receive any call and need to be dropped to 3G (or H). And since the settings didn't allow the radio to drop to 3G, I can't make any call nor receive any at all. It's leaving me with only 1 choice to change it manually when I need it.

Is there a more convenient way to have the "LTE preffered" work? I want to keep the LTE setting and make it dropped to 3G when I receive or make a call. Thank you.
[Greenify] Mnykz:
Is there any Greenify Donation who can work in My S3 CM12 ROM?? I download Greenify 2.6 beta 3 and i need donation package, is there any download site/link that i can download donation package comfortable for 2.6beta 3 for free? thanks
[Greenify] TNSMANI:
You donate from within Greenify, you will get the package.

Don't you dare come on XDA and ask for a link to a free donation package!
[Greenify] cAase:
Disrespectful little kid. That you even have the balls asking for a free APK - in the creators OWN section.
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
I wish to root my newly purchased device, an Obi mobile S401 (I believe it's nicknamed Raccoon).

About phone:

Model number: S401

Android version: 4.4.2

Baseband version:

MOLY.WR8.W1315.MD.WG.MP.V43,

2014/06/13 21:05

Kernel version:

3.4.67

tangzy@android-server1 #1

Sat Oct 18 14:20:02 CST 2014

Build number: ALPS.KK1.MP7.V1

Custom build version

Obi_S401_V9_20141018
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heartbrake:
Hello guys I have tried so many custom ROMs with so many bugs and poor battery life. Now I am deciding to flash either Stock GB or JB, So what ROM is better for Multitasking and battery life, Stock JellyBean with Cocore kernel or Stock GingerBread. I know that there are some apps that do not provide support for Gingerbread now and I remember that Jellybean lagged a lot but i never tried JB with Cocore kernel though. So what should I flash?