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[Nexus 6  General] mathieau:
I wonder if the fix used for the APIs in android M (or maybe completely new APIs) will be available soon for lollipop. Who has updated to 5.1.1 reports that there are not changes about ea exposure and I think it's ridiculous that Google's flagship has an embarrassing problem like this for that long.
[Nexus 6  General] simms22:
its not a nexus 6 problem, its a google camera problem. you can use/install whatever camera youd like on your phone.

also, on m, google camera has a few more little tweaks/features.
[Nexus 6  General] springer.music:
It is actually a Nexus 6 only issue on Android 5.1

Google said that they they disabled auto exposure system wide (not just in Google Camera) on 5.1 for the N6 as it was not performing as expected. This broke auto exposure in the standard Google Camera and also in other apps such as Camera FV-5.
[Nexus 6  General] walkerleigh:
Read comments 13 & 14. They admit it is a bug which was discovered too late to rectify in time for release.
[Nexus 6  General] andy o:
Well, deja-effin-vu. Exposure compensation is missing again on the Nexus 6p. Not in Google's camera app, not in any other app. Google just being Google I guess. Things every single reviewer that so-praised the N6p's camera missed, never mind that there are barely any significant new features in Camera 3.0.
[Nexus 6  General] defcomg:
i think i might know where google might disabled it give me libchromatix_imx214 / libchromatix_imx377 preview / snapshot from nex6p
[Nexus 6  General] EfficiencyGeek:
Logged as issue 196815 in AOSP

Exposure compensation bug has been logged again in the AOSP issues site. Hoping for an actual fix soon.

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=196815
[Nexus 6  General] xdatastic:
Manual exposure setting exists and works in AOSP Camera2 app.

Its only missing in yhe new Google Camera.

Here it is running on my 6.0.1/MMB29K stock Nexus 6.
[Nexus 6  General] andy o:
This is a new bug, apparently in the Camera 3.1 app on the Nexus 6, that just doesn't show the option for "manual exposure" (i.e. exposure compensation). Now on the N6 you can use exposure compensation with any other camera app, just like with the Nexus 5. The "old" bug that this thread refers to was system-wide, and it affected the Nexus 6 until Marshmallow. You could not use exposure compensation with any camera. But with Marshmallow now the Nexus 5X and 6P suffer from the same system-wide inability to do exposure compensation, and that's what that bug report is about.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ikeny:
This new "on-body detection" smart lock is supposed to keep the phone from activating the screen lock during sleep, as long as you have it in your hands, pockets or bags. This is available on the HTC One M8.

http://www.cnet.com/news/android-rolls-out-on-body-smart-lock-to-foil-device-thieves/

http://droider.eu/2015/03/21/how-to-use-on-body-detection-smart-lock-on-htc-one-m8-with-lollipop/

However, in my case, it does not work - the screen lock does NOT activate even after I put the phone down on my desk for at least a couple of minutes. I can still wake it by pressing the power button without having to enter a passcode or password.

Have you got a chance to try it? What is your experience?

[EDIT] Update - A couple M8 users reported the same issue of it not locking when left on table. Do a search of "one m8 but" to see the posts.

http://www.androidcentral.com/smart-lock-body-detection-now-rolling-out-lollipop-devices
[LG G2 Mini] jozka:
Hi, I have very inaccurate location based on the cell tower triangulation (in building), it shows me my location to be almost 100 m away outside of the building. (my friends with G2 and S3 has got correct location in the building , when they are on the same place as me).

Please do you have any tip, how to fix it? Or there is nothing I can do with it? (only to buy a new mobile)
[LG G2 Mini] bombaglad:
cell tower location is always inaccurate. your friends were probably using wifi location. in settings, these two are together called battery saving location. just turn on your wifi and you'll have the right location displayed, you don't need to be connected to the wifi network, you just need any kind of internet connection
[LG G2 Mini] jozka:
Well actually we have both switched wifi off (and we turned off the GPS in location menu). and we have the same net provider. I have even downloaded antennas program, and put it on the both mobiles, they are at the same place and both shows a different location.
[LG G2 Mini] Vagelis1608:
GPS is very poor on the G2 Mini, that's probably why.

Sent from my D620r [Stock 4.4.2]
[LG G2 Mini] bombaglad:
lol if you turn gps off, your phone just shows the last location it remembers.. also, it is possible that one of you has turned an option on, which enables for the phone to look up wifi location even when wifi is turned off
[LG G2 Mini] jozka:
yep, that would be the reason - their GPS can fix the location even in the building, so the last location is from the building... Thank you for your tips, I will not any more waste your time... Another lesson is learned, next time, when I buy a mobile, I will run a GPS test to be able to return it within 14 days of protection period...
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] riki66:
I just pre-ordered my galaxy s6 edge on amazon and i have a couple of questions:

1) Will the "Nexus Wireless Charger" sold by google work with my new S6 or i'll have to buy a new wireless charger???

2) Does the "Car wireless charger" sold by samsung charge slowly compared to "wired charging"??

3) I just checked my local samsung online store and only this car wireless charger (Model number: EP-HN910I) is listed. It also states it's for the galaxy note 4.

What is the difference with the one sold on the us online store (Model number: EP-HN910IBUSTA)??????

4) As for "wired car charger" i found this one by samsung (Model number: ECA-U21CBE).... will this charger charge the galaxy s6 as fast as possible in my car or there's something better??

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] isangelous:
Yes, the Nexus charger uses Qi so that should work with the S6.

Yes, Qi charging is slower than wired. Qi is currently limited to 5W (1A) for phones and as far as I know Samsung arn't doing anything to go higher than this. Samsung's car charger should be similar to your nexus charger. By wire it supports fast charging (~15W), but any decent 10W (2A) charger will be twice as fast as wireless.

Edit: I obviously havent tried this with the S6 and Samsung's charger, but my experience in the past is a good Qi charger will slowly charge a phone while you are using GPS with screen brightness turned up. It is slow though, the charger is barely providing more power than the phone is using.

I don't know the answer to this. I would guess there is no difference.

That is a 2A charger. (10W).

The phone supports faster but I am not sure if there is a suitable car charger yet. There may never be because Samsung's support page says fast charging only works when the screen is off so it is probably pointless in a car.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] tft:
wireless charging is much slower.. but not only is it slower, it heats up the battery more and puts more wear on the battery as well due to heat and wasted energy involved with wireless charging.

for car charger i would recommend the RavPower, it puts out 2.4A per jack and you can charge 3 deices at the same time and use your own USB cables.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OT7PJ60/

or the Anker, includes 1 cable, but 1 less port

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D82O68Y/

they also sell it for 2 bucks cheaper without the cable... both chargers have great reviews, and both will charge the phone as fast as possible.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] riki66:
Thank you very much for both of your help!!!

You cleared all my doubts!!

I just ordered the anker car charger from amazon!!!

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] bobn:
why not use a qualcomm 2.0 car charger. I do agree about the wireless charging.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] riki66:
The Galaxy S6 doesn't have a qualcomm processor so it shouldn't make a difference right??

Doesn't Samsung use a proprietary solution when it comes to fast charging???
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] bobn:
the QUALCOMM chargers (either wall or car) will work with s6 or s6 edge. The fast charging capability is a feature that I really like
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] tft:
it will charge, but unless you have a Qualcomm 2.0 phone any other phone you plug in will just "adapt" to the fastest charge rate in this case will be 5V @ 2.1-2.4A.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] bobn:
I tested an S6 with a QUALCOMM 2.0 charger and did get message that 'fast charger' connected. So S 6 and S 6 Edge will provide fast charge with a Qualcomm fast charger
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] tft:
did you measure the Amps and Volts? anything above 2A is "fast charge"

in order for it to be the "fast charge" it has to be @ 9 Volts not the typical 5V.

not saying the S6 won't work with Qualcomm, because i don' t have a phone to test the amps, but mostly only phones with Qualcomm chips are the ones that support Qualcomms own "fast charge" mode, and samsung S6 has no Qualcomm. one would think it would be a license patent thing that wouldn't be compataible with just any device..

http://www.androidcentral.com/these-are-android-devices-support-qualcomms-quick-charge-20
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] ilordvader:
Which One did you use ?

If possible Please list a few power banks that will Fast charge the S6 Edge

Please :)

Made a list of QUALCOMM 2.0 chargers:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6-edge/accessories/power-bank-capable-adaptive-fast-t3048671
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] Poetique:
The new Samsung Wireless Charging Pad being released alongside the Galaxy S6/Edge is actually a 2A charger.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] isangelous:
Does it actually output 2A to the phone? The sticker on the back says "Input: 2A", but it is normal for the transmitters to have a higher input than output current. I think they will have just put 2A to match the output rating of the wired charger it goes with. The S5 charger pad also says "Input: 2A" and that was a normal 5W pad.

The Samsung S6 Pad is listed on the WPC page as a "Lower Power Transmitter", which means 5W max. They did recently increase the Qi standard to 15W, but that is only a draft specification (called Medium Power) and they are not listing any products available with it at the moment. (And of course, it would be at least 3A in).

I am not saying it definitely doesnt support fast charging - TI have a transmitter/receiver solution which is 10W but also supports Qi 5W (though that needs 12v in so isn't used here). If they supported something like this though I am sure they would have mentioned it. Plus the need to support PMA on the receiver would have limited their choices of receiver chip. I wouldn't be surprised if they are using TI's solution, which is 5W.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] Poetique:
I wondered that as well, though I wasn't able to actually find any hard evidence one way or another. Even the listing for the item on Best Buy doesn't mention it (or at least it didn't last night). Might just have to take the wait-and-see approach with this one. Taken at face value though, the possibility is there. My gut says you're probably right though.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] dluxx06:
i have a spare motorola turbo charger (qualcomm 2.0 quick charger) that came with my droid turbo. I preordered the s6 edge and was wondering if the turbo charger will work with fast charging of the s6 edge? just want to clarify. thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] ilordvader:
When will we be able to buy it ?

any updates please
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] Poetique:
You'll be able to buy it about a week ago lol.

Keep in mind though it is indeed simply 2A input. Only 1A output.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] ilordvader:
oh that sucks

Now we have Power bank with Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0

better to get that then
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] Poetique:
Yeah if fast charging is what you're looking for that's definitely the way to go.

The alternative wireless solution is to simply get a wireless power bank, but of course that still won't charge quickly; though they are less cumbersome.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] netnerd:
i have s6 gold edge, it does show "fast charger connected" when connected to a charger with qualcomm 2.0 fast charge.

if it charging at typical 5v, this "fast charger connected" would not shows up.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] Poetique:
Frankly I'm not sure why he was convinced that there's some gimmick necessary for the S6/Edge to accept a "fast charge" from Qualcomm's Quick Charge 2.0 spec.

Electricity really isn't super complicated in this regard and there's nothing special going on with Qualcomm's tech. It's a higher input/output spec that can offer that works with any device capable of accepting it. That's all. No Qualcomm anything is necessary for it to work. "Quick Charge 2.0" is just a fancy name for a 9V/2A (or 12V/2A) spec. Any software tweaks Qualcomm applies to their chips is entirely irrelevant to using QC 2.0 adapters on other devices.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] krabman:
There is a little more to it than that. The spec calls for the phone to control the charge amperage to keep batt and phone temp from going too high and the chargers will only send out low amperage (varies depending on charger but lower than full boogie) until a compatible device tells it to pour the coals to it.

They do make quick charge car chargers, I have a Qualcomm 2.0 version sold by Verizon which works fine with the S6 and does quick charge it in the same time frame as the charger the phone came with. I also have another 2.0 120v Qualcomm charger and it also charges at the same speed as the stock charger. Since the S6 is compatible with both the Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge spec and the Qualcomm Quick Charge 1 and 2.0 spec I don't find this surprising. At a guess I'm thinking the technolagies are for all practical purposes the same thing.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] TheDudeAbides:
This phone doesn't do too well on my Nexus 5 wireless charger from Google. Dang thing vibrates right off the dealy.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] isangelous:
That is not quite true. You cant just put 9v out over usb. Although usb has many protections, you would risk damaging any device that was designed with the assumption the input is 5v. The usb spec says the voltage must be between 4.75v and 5.25v, so it is perfectly fine for a manufacturer to assume this.

Normally the only communication between the phone and a charger is resistance over the data line (by the charger) so the phone knows it can safely pull higher current. Without this phones should limit themselves to 500mA. Qualcomm Quick Charge is the other way around - here the phone signals to the charger what voltage it wants by applying a small voltage to the data pins. This way it can request different voltages for the different charging phases (ie, slow down the charge as it is nearly full), and any device that doesn't support this signalling will only get 5v.

There was no guarantee that Samsung's system would be compatible with Qualcomm's, though it was very likely.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] Poetique:
Of course there is. But nobody came here to read an essay on the subject so the surface elements of what makes it tick are enough to note the fact that there's nothing all that complicated going on. At least not to me, but once upon a time I studied to be a computer hardware engineer so perhaps it might seem complicated to others, and in my time as a CHE I found that most people really don't care to hear long-winded discussions about how things work. So while we could exchange novels on the matter, it would ultimately come down to electricity acting more like electricity and the S6/Edge's ability to accept more of it at a time.

So either way, the short of the matter is that because the S6/Edge were designed to function with Samsung's "Adaptive Fast Charging" the device also wound up supporting Qualcomm's "Quick Charge 2.0." The functionality you're referring to regarding a device being capable of determining basically how "safe" a charge is isn't unique to devices made in 2015 nor is it unique to Qualcomm chipsets. So while such functionality might be required by the spec, it isn't functionality brought about by the spec, and it certainly isn't new or exclusive to Qualcomm chipsets, which is what the point was.

You can put out 9V over USB so long as the wall adapter and device receiving the charge accept it. Obviously a device not designed to accept that wouldn't accept it. It's not as if fast chargers (or quick chargers) don't have some degree of backwards compatibility with older devices/specifications and the higher output is being forced to every device. Even if that were the case, all recent devices have some degree of protection that would more than likely simply refuse the charge entirely if it wasn't compatible

enough

to charge the device. We are well beyond the age of Blackberries and Nokia bar phones.

So while what you're saying might be true of the tech on the end of Qualcomm devices, the fact of the matter remains that the wall adapter doesn't care one way or another about any "signal" required from a Qualcomm device. Electricity wants to flow as much as it possibly can, always. So as long as the receiving device has the hardware to accept more power, that's what's going to happen. It doesn't care whether it's power from Quick Charge 2.0-branded electricity or not.

Also, most recent devices have some manner of determining to some degree just how much of a charge they're willing to accept at any given point during the charging process. Again, this is not something unique to Qualcomm chipsets nor is a Qualcomm chipset required to utilize such a thing.

There's never a "guarantee" with much of anything, but from a standpoint of assumptions, the smarter assumption would have been to assume it would work until it was proven that it wouldn't. There were more reasons that it would work than reasons that it wouldn't.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] isangelous:
No that's not true. Without a signal from the phone the charger must output 5v otherwise you risk damaging whatever is plugged in (it may not even be a phone).

What you are describing is how current works - the charger makes 2A or more available, the phone uses as much as it wants. Electricity isn't unlimited like you describe in practice (by design). If the charger can not provide the amount of current the phone is trying to use the charger will limit it, usually by rapidly switching off the power so the average is what it can provide. So, both sides have a part in the amount of current used. If qualcomms charger were designed for, say, 5v 3A charging then what you are saying would be true, but these chargers will only provide 2A at 5v no matter what the phone tries to do.

If the phone does not provide the exact signal Qualcomm has decided on (3.3v on D+, 0.6v on D-) the charger will not provide 9v, only 5v, and so only provide 10W. (Unless of course the phone provides the signal for 12v or 20v).

Yes, of course all phones will slow down the rate of charge as they near full to prevent overheating and damaging the battery. What is new here is they change the charger voltage at the same time (there is no need to - they could slow charge off 9v if they wanted - the reason it switches down to 5v is simply because it is no longer using fast charge, so the phone stops providing that signal). This is not important for the phone to be compatible with Qualcomm, but it is important because the fact that this is possible shows the phone is asking the charger for the voltage.

I am not saying a qualcomm chipset is required to do any of this. What I am saying is just because Samsung's adaptive fast charge uses 9v does not mean Samsung chose the same signal to ask the charger for 9v. They have so it all works and we don't need to worry. But, Samsung could just as easily have chosen to use some other signal and then the S6 wouldn't have worked with Qualcomm chargers, even though they both use 9v.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] Poetique:
:rolleyes: Yeah, alright.

Go back and re-read the original comment by the person mentioning a Qualcomm chipset being required and perhaps you'll understand why I said what I did.

Anywho, back to the actual topic.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] krabman:
Its interesting that my post was an essay and most people don't care to hear long winded discussions about how things work and you then respond with a post which was longer. lol I'm going to assume that despite that yours was not long winded and everybody was on pins and needles reading it.

The Qualcomm standard is supported by a required integrated circuit and controller inside the chipset and there is no qualcomm charger nor phone from any manufacturer that can use qualcomm quick charging without it and yes the smartphone negotiates the current and voltage which the compatible charger will then supply as directed by the phones on board controller

Oppo's standard also requires an integrated circuit/controller and this hardware in the phone also controls the supplied current and voltage from the charger.

The other two currently available solutions from Intel and Samsung have licensed Qualcomm tech which can be used royalty free and slightly modified some of the circuitry and controller logic but just as the vanilla Qualcomm their charge is controlled by the device via its integrated circuitry.

You said that " No Qualcomm anything is necessary for it to work" and that isn't true, hence my comment that there is a little more to it than that. No device will support any version of quick charging without the phone supporting it natively in hardware. No quick charging method will provide that extra juice without that qualcomm/oppo/samsung/intel hardware telling it to and all such chargers provide only the low power default charging without intervention from the handset.

Lastly Samsung didn't "happen" to support both standards accidentally and us stupid people are just now figuring it out, they claim support for both standards in hardware. This means some of us stupid people who shouldn't waste your time with our long winded explanations that would bore everyone knew it was going to work because they had read that the phone would have the support in hardware to support both spec before it was released.

Good evening.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Accessories] Poetique:
It's interesting that you got offended and made the poor assumption that I was saying your response was an essay.

Anywho, while I'm not going to bother further derailing the thread by humoring you with much of a response, I will say that I get your point. I understood your point before you said it. Like I said, there's always "more to it," it just isn't always worth saying. Sometimes a brief summary (which obviously is never the whole story nor 100% accurate to the exact truths of all things -> as that is the very nature of summarizing) is enough to get the point across, which is what people tend to actually be interested in.

By all means, write as many forum novels as you like (I actually prefer them normally, but like I said, most people are uninterested in such these days). I really, truly, don't care.

Adios.