yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S6 General] zathus:
You are but one of many and I tend to go with the general consensus. And that is, it lags. Go on YouTube and watch other reviews and first impressions. I bet if you watched 20, over half would point out lag or stuttering. Many very respected tech reviewers. It VERY well could be software related. But coupled with the m9 issues..it makes a lot of sense that lgs fix was more aggressively throttling the CPU. In about to watch a few myself again just to make sure I'm not being bias. As I write this from a LG g2 lol

About 3 mins in..

https://youtu.be/dkwsPf6KvR0

First one I clicked on and I personally respect what Michael Fisher says.
[Galaxy S6 General] MiyagiSan:
We all are one of many. I prefer to go where the evidence leads. You may well be right but, for now, the evidence isn't conclusive.
[Galaxy S6 General] derWolf_:
[MENTION=6037705]MiyagiSan[/MENTION] - arguing with Applesexual is like talking to a radio - it repeats what it knows and trying to tell (teach, rather) him something new results in apocalyptic failure. Can't you see that his ONLY argument against any other device other than the S6 is that it uses SD810 and therefore it sucks (oh... and the poor build quality of the M9 for example, which is even more ridiculous) . The guy's technical knowledge is absolute rubbish and except blindly praising Samsung he doesn't do anything else. Talking to him seems like a complete waste of time....
[Galaxy S6 General] zathus:
I absolutely agree. It is not conclusive. More of a...so far... Lol
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
yup, this thread is a dead end now because technology is still far from perfect(it will be real mature after 2 to 3 years I guess) and everyone got their own opinions, some may prefer battery or sd while others may not agree.

We can't admit S6/S6E got some weakness like no IPX67, battery, sd but we can't deny the design is good, light weight and slim, cpu is fast and got the best camera around.
[Galaxy S6 General] bricky23:
Applesexual must work for Samsung. He is being a pain in the flex 2 forum to.
[Galaxy S6 General] galaxyjeff:
Personally I'd get the M9 over the S6 because htc uses common sense when building a phone. No 5" screen needs 2k and 3k resolution. That's a gimmick that the Korean companies are pushing to try to outdo or show off. Also the the camera lense on the S6 is weak. Someone on YouTube was reviewing it and it cracked off of being tipped over by the wind while he had it propped up against a tree or something. Htc put a sapphire crystal lense on theirs. I think android lollipop has memory leaks or something and it could be the reason for the phones losing battery life and causing them to heat up.
[Galaxy S6 General] the Doctor:
I like the change in materials and have learned from my OnePlus One that I can live without an SD card slot and removable battery. I highly value a top-notch camera, especially with OIS, and the most recent crop of Super AMOLED displays coming on Samsung flagships (starting with the Note 3) all look fantastic. The performance of the new 14nm Exynos SOC is also quite impressive, superior to the SD810. I find the S6 very tempting, but...

K N O X

This time around, not only does rooting your phone and tripping Knox earn you a voided warranty, but now it likely removes features (Samsung Pay) that cannot be brought back.

NOPE

I'm also not fond of the prospect of never being able to run a non-Touchwiz ROM like AOSP / CyanogenMod.
[Galaxy S6 General] zathus:
I've never dealt with Knox. Once it's tripped, it can't be undon?
[Galaxy S6 General] CottonCreeper:
I have a Note Edge and I'm beginning to think they're holding up the Lollipop update for my device to get me to buy a S6. Am I upgrading if I lose my edge functionality, my SD card slot, and ability to take out my battery. If I get a S6 before I get an update for my $900 Device how do I know I'm actually upgrading? I'm tempted but with Lollipop on my Note Edge what else do I really need....

⏳Sent From Infinite Multiverses⏳
[Galaxy S6 General] Curiousy:
Why second thoughts? Just go for it! It's awesome enough.
[Galaxy S6 General] the Doctor:
Correct.
[Galaxy S6 General] furfmonkey:
ended up getting a note 4 yesterday ..completely happy with my decision the second i watched a movie on it and played a game :)
[Galaxy S6 General] legend221:
If you care about a superior camera do not buy the HTC One M9.

theverge.com/2015/3/22/8272727/htc-one-m9-review
[Galaxy S6 General] galaxyjeff:
The camera isn't too bad. I don't snap a lot of pictures so for me it probably would be good. It takes very detailed shots in daylight.
[Galaxy S6 General] XxKINGxX2580:
A lot of reviews for the One M9 came out recently. Almost all of them bash the camera and battery.

I was thinking about getting the M9, but now I think I'll go with the 6 Edge
[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
If you insist on an HTC option, you should honestly just go for an M8 instead - cheaper, better screen, better battery by miles and better heat management too. The M9 is inferior to the M8 in too many areas for it to be a justifiable upgrade IMO - which sucks because I like HTC (much more than Samsung) and the M9 will be the first HTC 'hero' phone I won't be getting in a long, long time - since 2010 to be precise.
[Galaxy S6 General] legend221:
Gotcha. Yeah if you don't care about taking photos it doesn't matter then. I used to say that but after some vacation trips to Hawaii, NY and another US State I sometimes regret not having a more robust camera. Yeah I had my point and shoot camera but sometimes it's not very convenient taking it in and out of my backpack / pocket or the camera battery was dead.

.: sent from my 'Android til I die' phone or tablet
[Galaxy S6 General] tokuzumi:
Heat management has reportedly been taken care of in a recent update. That may help out battery life, due to lower temperatures. Found the info about the update on photo 4 of 9 on PhoneArena's weekly news update. Should be interesting to see what the real world results are as further reviews are posted.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Late...-really-overheat-Weekly-news-round-up_id67502
[Galaxy S6 General] D15:
Exactly. HTC users are better off buying the M8 this year than the M9.

---------- Post added at 05:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:30 PM ----------

It's not taken care off, it's reduced because they're "underclocking" the processor in some way. The effect that will have on the performance of the device is actually much bigger than the effect it will have on battery life because performance is mostly about the processor, while battery life is only partially related to the processor (the screen plays a much bigger role in battery life). It's clearly a sacrifice they didn't want to make until they were forced to because of the overheating problem.
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
So looks like the Xperia Z4 has already been spotted in the FCC documents and it's rumored to have still an SD card. really hoping Sony grows some brains and makes more deals with US carriers so we can buy their damn phones. after seeing how absurd prices are for the S6 and storage size options i'm kind of growing some hatred towards samsung after owning an S3, S4 and S5..
[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
Snapdragon 810.
[Galaxy S6 General] tenxo:
Have you used Samsung Pay before? Does any Samsung phone have Samsung Pay? The Samsung Pay service is not live yet and we dont know when it will be. It might not be ready until the Note 5 release. So since its not available we don't know if it will or will not work. We can assume for worst case that it wont work with tripped KNOX, but from past experience with the S5 and tripped KNOX, the few features that broke (Shealth, and Private mode IIRC), the DEVs here easily fixed in a short amount of time.

I have rooted S6, TRIPPED KNOX and everything is working unlike what I mentioned about the S5. Private mode, Shealth, everything! I cannot say Samsung Pay will work as I don't know what all it will look for to work, but I think if it relies on KNOX to not be tripped, then devs would look for a way to spoof its checker into thinking KNOX was not tripped. How hard will that be? Will it be necessary? It probably wont be as hard as fixing KNOX (which to this point cannot be done by users, (maybe at Samsung)) because KNOX tripped is said to be a efuse (hardware) trip. If Samsung Pay is software hack, I feel very confident some DEVs out there will get it working (don't quote me on that though, just wishful thinking:))

Basically just saying why worry about something, that might not be a factor, and let it discourage possible months of happiness with this great phone before we start worrying about using Samsung Pay. Additionally since we haven't used it yet, it might not work as wonderfully as we expect (wont be the first time for a Samsung feature), and just be another one of those things included that we don't use.
[Galaxy S6 General] tokuzumi:
While this is kind of off-topic, I have no interest in things like Samsung Pay right now. I'll wait until there's a standard, or almost all merchants accept all methods (Google Wallet, Samsung Pay, Apple Pay). Apple Pay has been a fraud disaster, with much higher fraud rates than just using your credit cards, and someone stealing that info. The whole "pay with your smartphone" tech needs to mature. It has a long way to go before it's ready for prime time.
[Galaxy S6 General] Scorpion67:
I believe that the Galaxy S6 is without doubt (currently) the best smartphone in the market. However, it's worth waiting to see what other companies are going to offer. I'm hoping Sony will bring something unique for 2015.
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
who cares? oh wait, let me guess, the people whining about the problem LG had with heat problems? so now they think every device will be the same?

i don't buy phones soley for the SOC it has.. the Xperia has SD card, waterproof, dual stereo speakers, all glass/metal body and looks way better than any of the galaxy phones. the only reason i haven't bought one is because only Tmobile seems to get Xperia phones.. but that is rumored to change this year.
[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
Also performance throttling and poor battery life - that too on phones with 1080p screens. For example, the M8 has a smaller battery than the M9 but still outlasts it by a large margin AND performs about the same because of how much the M9 has to throttle. Keep in mind this all on a 1080p screen - it'll greatly worse on the QHD screen of the Xperia Z4

It that doesn't matter to you then congratulations , you have found your next phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
yah yah yah,

most of these problems are with software/firmware/kernel NOT the SOC.

The Xperia Z3 has one of the best battery life from the phone, Sony did a bunch of software (an options) for it to improve/extend battery life drastically, i don't expect the Z4 to be any different. Sony and Motorola cares about improving battery life, Samsung, LG and HTC don't seem to give a sh*t.
[Galaxy S6 General] zathus:
Yeah... Well, I had a droid turbo..battery king? My lg g2 gives more sot and longer standby time. Bigger batterys don't always equal better. It has to be optimized too. So, I agree with Sony doing it..but moto, not so much. At least in my experience.
[Galaxy S6 General] testinguser:
I was going to get an S6 as well, but now having second thoughts as I like having tether on my nexus 5 without having to root it and still get the updates automatically. When I had the S4, I remember the constant manual update of rooted phones was a hassle I don't need or want. I like my auto updates. If there is a way to get tether and keep the auto updates, I'm all ears. This is for sprint, btw.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HappyRoot:
I can't install custom ROMs on p3113

Steps Taken

Starting with stock firmware/recovery

using chainfire autoroot

reboot

use root checker to confirm root

Use Odin to flash a custom recovery. (I tried Andi's CWM, TWRP, and also Philz touch 6.40)

Custom recovery flashes no issues and I can boot into custom recovery

I do factory wipe, then also dalvik, and cache again for good measure

Go to install a custom ROM via recovery

Go to reboot and the recovery prompts me that I need root and to asks gives me an option to install su

When I do that and reboot it bootloops.

I've tried 3 different recoveries. The ROMs I've attempted to flash are Dhollmen 4..4.4, and Andi's Omnirom 4.4..4.

It appears I can install 5.x ROMs without issue.

Any idea what I can do to fix this problem?

edit: in the process of trying twrp 2.8.0.5

edit2: no luck with 2..8.0.5 which I found on Dhollmen's thread. Going go browse through the forum looking for older recoveries.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shsagnik:
Have you tried clearing /system
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HappyRoot:
Yes
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PanchoPlanet:
Try updating your SU binary before the flash, also try plain jane CWM, Andis CWM acts weird sometimes.

If SU binary won't update delete and install a different one, then update.

Pp.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
Wipe cache

Wipe dalvic

Format /data

Format /system

Reboot recovery once

Flash rom.zip (don't flash anything else!)

Reboot into system, don't use "fix root"!

If it boots (Lollipop takes some time) your are good to go to flash gapps etc.

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[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HappyRoot:
The only thing I wasn't doing was rebooting after wiping. Wiping then rebooting let me install the 4.4.4 ROMs no problem. I never would have figured this out thanks a lot. What causes the need to reboot after wiping?
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
[MENTION=4185225]HappyRoot[/MENTION] good to hear.

Seems like one of the partition wasn't unmount by the updater-script or recovery after wipe and caused that issue.

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[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HappyRoot:
It only worked with installing SlimKat/Dhollmen I'm still unable to install Omni 4.4.4. I've done a complete wipe Odin'd twrp 2.8.4.1 and flash the zip via adb sideload. I keep getting an updater binary error.

update: twrp would crash at 37% and give me a binary error. when i odin'd updated cwm from you android file list i was able to get to 100% but then i would get a status 6 error.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android-Andi:
Then you are doing something wrong...

Recovery log?

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[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] superjugy:
Hi everyone,

I have searched in the forums but I don't have any luck so far. I have found a post in how to install CyanogenMod 12 and 11 on unlocked bootloaders but unfortunately, I can't unlock my bootloader. I also found these posts regarding CM 10:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2593806

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2572514

But I'm not sure if this are the latest since some urls are broken and it hasn't been updated in a while. Anyone know what is the latest and stable CM version I can install on my locked Xperia S? and also some instructions would be nice. I currently have prerooted version 6.2.B.0.200 by DoomLord and I have some kind of recovery (CWM IIRC) if that helps.

Thank you very much =).
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] vishals16:
You can flash CM10 on a locked bootloader. The links for the first rom you mentioned are working fine. You cannot flash CM11 or Cm12 on a locked bootloader because they need a custom kernel as they have android versions higher than the stock. And so you cannot flash them.

Just download the rom and gapps. Place them on your sdcard. Reboot into recovery and wipe data, cache, dalvik cache. Then flash bot the rom and gapps.

Hope this helps :)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] superjugy:
Thanks! I got it working now. Finally.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] bitrate:
I'm getting really sick and tired of this.

My O2 is rebooting after a few minutes every time I use it. I have tried backing up and re-installing the OS but this didn't fix the problem. Is there possibly an issue with the soft reset button or something else ?

Any help appreciated.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] pbohemien:
Your posting is a time ago, I guess you already did what I recommend to do: A hard reset. As far as I know there is no possibility to read any system log files.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] bitrate:
I ended up reinstalling the OS + apps/data in corporate mode. Works ok now. It was probably a software issue causing the reboots.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i General] prashu_ps:
Hi bitrate......

You said Corporate images.... where did you get the images from ? I keep getting country id issues when I try to flash images downloaded from O2.
[LG Optimus G Pro] ysh648:
Hello

I'm nervous because this post first writing

anyway

Lollipop updated after the nfc error occurred

That has a At the time log

Symptoms may not react the screen by pressing the Home button and the Power button

I recognized a problem that can be solved very curious

I do not speak English well. Thank you for reading this long post. Thank you.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonmorris:
Since updating, I've discovered that I can no longer use USB Tethering or set up a wireless hotspot.

Or should I say, I can, but neither give the other device any connectivity - even though it works fine on the phone itself.

Anyone else having problems, or can suggest a fix?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartolo5:
Works fine here on 5.0.2 full wipe, nordic ftf, USA bought D6603 on AT&T USA network. Maybe they changed something on your carrier with 5.0.2 that needs your account to be provisioned for tethering on Lollipop. Sometimes depending on the carrier a different apn is used for tethering and the carrier can then block you if you are not provisioned. The APN's change often with every version.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonsmith709:
I'm on the same as you with 3 and can no longer tether although I can create a Hotspot and people can join, just no data......really annoying. Apart from that i like the update.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonmorris:
I've created a thread on the Sony Mobile forum, as I suspect this is a problem that isn't more widespread simply as people haven't tried tethering yet, or have assumed it was a network problem and maybe given up.

I am wondering if there's something going on where networks such as Three are now able to use another APN for tethering (as is now the case on iOS), but we are yet to be given the opportunity to select an APN for tethering? Or we have to add something in to the existing APN setting?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonsmith709:
I think its a Lollipop issue as the Nexus devices had it. I'll try tonight with a different network sim to see if it works.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trjcasper:
Can you post your APN?

I use T-Mobile.

Name T-Mobile Data

APN fast.t-mobile.com

Proxy not set

Port not set

Username not set

Password not set

Server not set

MMSC http://MMS.msg.eng.t-mobile. Com/MMS/wapenc

MMS proxy not set

MMS port not set

MCC 310

MNC 260

Auth type none

APN type default, supl,a-gps,MMS

APN protocol IPv4/IPv6

APN roaming protocol IPv4

When I first got my D6603 I couldn't tether. My APN protocol was set to ipv4 only. Making the change to IPv4/IPv6 fixed it.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonsmith709:
Cheers I'll try when I get home.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonmorris:
Changing to IPv4/IPv6 didn't do anything for me.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradmax57:
Im in the same boat, I posted on the 5.0 thread but just to say I think its just a three problem unfortunately as I know a few people who have the handset etc and they are fine with tethering if there not on three, EE for example works fine. I guess we will have to wait for a three firmware or UK 5.0. I didn't backup my original firmware from my three handset and cant actually find a three firmware?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonmorris:
It will be dead easy to change. Just flash the new firmware over the old and don't wipe.

I am wondering whether to try and use the iOS Portable Hotspot APN that Three introduced on its new tariffs, but I don't know the exact settings. If that works, Three might be taking advantage of a new feature in Lollipop that allows it to restrict tethering, and hasn't considered (or doesn't care about) the impact on people still on the One Plan.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradmax57:
I've flashed back to 4.4.4 for now, I don't really use much tethering tbh but its handy to have occasionally
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonmorris:
I can confirm it doesn't work on the Z2 after the Lollipop update either. Also on Three.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradmax57:
On a non uk rom again I presume?
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonmorris:
Yes, the same generic ROM.

In all my years of flashing firmwares, I've never had any such problems. Now if I'd flashed a ROM for the wrong variant and lost support for certain bands, fair enough, but data is working just fine on both the Z3 and my wife's Z2.. but tethering is broken.

If it works by the time a UK ROM is released, or specifically a Three UK one, I suspect it will only be because it has been fixed - not because there's actually a need for a specific ROM.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naujoks:
I can confirm that there thing on Lollipop isn't working for me.

On Three as well.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonmorris:
As I'm sure someone will say it sooner or later, did you do a clean install or an upgrade (no wipe)?

I did an upgrade. I cannot believe for one second that will make a difference, but it would be good to know if someone has the problem who did a clean install.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonsmith709:
I'm back on 4.4, I'll wait until the UK one is released to see if it makes a difference. I didn't try a different sim from another provider though, did anyone else? I do like what they have done with lollipop though and miss it already:p
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] runamonk99:
It stopped working for me, I found a solution to my issue and got it working. I posted the solution in the general forum.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naujoks:
Brilliant! That solved it for me!
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonmorris:
Thanks. Will try that later (but have no reason to doubt it will work fine).
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NickR:
Thanks worked for me.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgiraldo:
Same problem fixed in Colombia

Thanks! I am from Colombia. I use an Xperia Z2 and Movistar is my operator. I solved the problem of tethering with your instructions.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gmlogan:
Thanks perfect
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Craig89:
Worked great for me thanks. Z3 compact on Three UK
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jumvah:
Tether and Hotspot fix

Look at my post here...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=62315904&postcount=907
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bacefook:
This fix works

After reading various forums about this issue, I have noticed some bad advice that can actually damage the phone.

No need to root phone or change any developer settings or APN settings

This Fix Works; Go to settings then more then mobile networks then access point names then click the 3 dots at the top left corner, a bubble appears saying “reset to default” and tethering is working!

Two new APN's appear one for three (my network) and one under saying “3hotspot”
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonmorris:
It does now on the latest firmware, yes. This thread is very old and solved a problem then.
[Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hech_89:
APN type is THE problem for wifi or usb tethering!

Hey guys! This morning i had the same problem with xperia z5 on marshmallow! Neither wifi and usb tethering were working! I came to check here and i found answsers for UK carriers and so on, i'm in Tunisia and i tried to change the APN type, i just added dun so now it's default,supl,dun and i restarted my phone and hey, it works! :D

Thank you all for your answers, always so helpful! :good: