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[Galaxy S6 General] dfg187:
werd. i was thinking the router too, but i have a s3, s4 and htc one at home running wifi analyzer, and none of those show erratic behavior. hopefully this update in June will fix something.. lol :confused:
[Galaxy S6 General] thegregulator:
No idea about future Dev support for the S6. You know the Nexus 6 will be well supported. Also don't know much about reverting back to stock but it was fairly easy to do with Odin on previous Galaxy devices.

I have had both the S6 and the Nexus 6. There are definitely pros and cons for each. The screen is definitely better on the S6, but that's fairly subjective and if you're into big screens the Nexus 6 is the way to go. The Nexus 6 screen is great but the S6 screen is phenomenal. The camera on the S6 is light years ahead of the camera on the Nexus 6 though. I seriously can't get over how good the camera is on the S6. The Nexus 6 has a nice camera but it's fairly average in terms of performance, at least from what I found. The S6 camera is the only thing close to what you'll get out of an iPhone 6 Plus, and I think the camera on the S6 is actually better.

I really miss the front facing speakers on the Nexus 6. Those were nice to have. The S6 is a better one handed phone, obviously.

You really can't go wrong and if I get rid of the S6 it will only be for another Nexus 6.
[Galaxy S6 General] jproy12:
Thanks for the info, I assume the new Nexus device will come out in November, like all previous models. I really like having the latest technology, and the S6 would be that.

As for speed and performance, which one is better? Opening and closing apps, games, etc? How is Touchwiz on the Samsung compared to the Nexus and Google? That's my biggest fear, that I'll hate TW... I haven't ran TW in for ever, always had a different ROM on my S3 and S4 and loved it!

Your input is appreciated, seeing as you have both devices :)
[Galaxy S6 General] thegregulator:
You shouldn't be disappointed with the performance of the S6. The stock launcher is quite zippy, and you can always install the Google Now launcher if you'd like.

I sold my Nexus 6 before 5.1 was released and I heard that made a big difference in performance. I was actually shocked at how many micro lags the Nexus 6 had when I was using it but that seems to have been fixed now. You'll like either one for sure. If you want a top knotch camera and subjectively better screen get the S6. If you want a bigger screen with front facing speakers and guaranteed updates and don't care about having the best camera get the Nexus. Both have wireless charging, both quick charge, and both are awesome. Really can't go wrong!
[Galaxy S6 General] jproy12:
Thanks for the info, the S4 is nearly the same size as the S6, wouldn't want something bigger like the Nexus 6, which seem to be 1/2" bigger in width and height.

Have you found any flaws with either of them? One outperforms the other? If you had to chose one (like me) which one would it be, the S6 or N6?
[Galaxy S6 General] thegregulator:
I'm still debating that. I have the S6 now. I'm not having any performance issues with the S6 and I haven't used the Nexus 6 since 5.1 dropped and I think that update unlocked some core functionality on the Nexus 6 which supposedly boosted performance. The battery life isn't great on the S6, but every time I consider selling it I'll get a picture that's so good I can't bring myself to do it. If the battery life was even as good as the Nexus 6 was for me when I had it (and my Nexus 6 battery life wasn't spectacular) I wouldn't consider selling the S6. But I'm finding I'm getting maybe 3.5 hours of screen on time in a day with the S6 given my usage and the Nexus 6 would give me around 4.5 hours with the same usage.
[Galaxy S6 General] Firegrill:
Anyone else got this update?
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
Not me yet...hope that doesn't lock the bl

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] Firegrill:
Waiting for someone to update to see what changes there are.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Which carrier?

**seems like Videotron http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/47276/G920W8VLU1AOE1_G920W8OYA1AOE1_VTR/

Should be able to change CSC to whichever carrier after *#272*IMEI#
[Galaxy S6 General] Firegrill:
Bell bought phone using a wind plan.
[Galaxy S6 General] thegregulator:
Just downloaded the update. Rogers S6. Still 5.0.2 though. Damn.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Probably just the ram management maintenance release with other small bug fixes.
[Galaxy S6 General] chuk48:
I installed the update this morning and now can't access certain features that I was able to yesterday. For example, I can't access band selection mode by keying *#2263#. Can anyone else who has installed the update try this and let me know if they experience the same thing?
[Galaxy S6 General] jipee296:
just did the update. *#2263# not working too..
[Galaxy S6 General] Fizwiz:
Smouth like butter :)
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
I'm pingpong rooted, so I'm about to backup my phone using Smart Switch and then root through there. The interesting thing is that it says that the update to 1.5 GB for me. Sounds like a massive update for me. I'll report back after I'm done.

http://imgur.com/Lrd0HcI

Edit: Done now. I'm still on 5.0.2. I wonder why my update was so much larger than everybody else's?

PS. I did lose root- the latest ping pong root isn't supporting me right now unfortunately.
[MENTION=4801792]Fireballfx[/MENTION]

Hope you're kind enough to pull all the files needed for the Ping Pong team again! ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] Firegrill:
It shows the same size if i connect to smart switch.

I wish I could help the Ping Pong team, but I'm not experienced enough to help them. Hope someone else gives them the necessary files.
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
Oh whoops. Sorry about that, it was [MENTION=4801792]Fireballfx[/MENTION] that did it last time. My mistake!
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Smart Switch doesn't do OTAs. It does full firmware hence the size difference.
[Galaxy S6 General] thegregulator:
I haven't noticed any improvements really. I'd be interested in seeing a change log. The update was 215mb or so.
[Galaxy S6 General] lizaSB:
Anyone interested in a deodexed, debloated and rooted version of the update? Finally managed to get this sucker booting
[Galaxy S6 General] chuk48:
Did this work for you before the update?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
As much as I love to debloat, I like the stock Samsung weather widget, Smart Manager, S-Planner, S-Health and so on.

What other crap can we debloat without affecting the useful Samsung apps?
[Galaxy S6 General] lizaSB:
I use health and splanner too, so I've left a bit of the framework of what I've got. I could easily package everything I've removed and you could add things you want or I could just throw together the Sammy apps and you can remove what you don't want.

I've removed roughly one gb in total though. There's quite a bit here...
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Nice. Btw why deodex? Are you actually adding mods to the rom?

I've always found odexed to be faster.
[Galaxy S6 General] lizaSB:
Mostly for a few quick systemui mods at this point in time and the color fade memory leak fix -- if the t-mobile update takes a while I may throw a couple extra in if I find the benefits over the currently available OCG roms appealing enough. This isn't anything I really plan on supporting long term, however

I'm currently struggling to get the bluetooth app deodexed though. So, there's no bluetooth at the moment
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Did you notice much difference with any of the memory leak fixes? I don't experience it much since I reboot every morning when I wake up.

Memory management really needs to be fixed asap. None of the minfree manager apps seem to make much of a difference.
[Galaxy S6 General] lizaSB:
The color fade fix definitely makes a difference. Still other issues present, but at least it's not as bad
[Galaxy S6 General] xperia_x10:
Been following this thread and flash fire thread and can't get a straight answer about using the flash fire app to install custom rom and kernel. Few people say it works and than other people say their knox was tripped with flash fire, so my question is has anyone try to used the flash fire app successfully to install custom rom and kernel without tripping knox?
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
If you flash a custom kernel or recovery via ANY method it trips Knox.
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
Unless your custom ROM and kernel is signed by Samsung, Knox will be tripped.

FlashFire itself does not trip knox. For example, using FlashFire to flash the modified Urban theme does not trip knox.

Hope that helps.

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
Wind mobile stopped taking preorders

Sent from my XT1064
[Galaxy S6 General] ky3bmu4:
Hey guys!

Where do you buy unlocked phones (preferably without carrier bloatware) without a contract in Canada?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S6 General] jmitr:
That is exactly what I did when I bought my Wife a Note 4 for her Christmas present.

I have the top 10gb share plan with 5 devices on it, Optik and internet in 2 locations (house and condo where older son goes to school) and home phone in my main residence.

So when I walk in and want to buy a phone outright, dam they had better not say no!
[Galaxy S6 General] xReaper7x:
I actually went into my local Telus store and asked them if I would be able to purchase it outright on launch, she said as long as they have "Stock" meaning not pre-orders there shouldn't be an issue.
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
I reserved a white 32gb S6. sounds to me like the edge is a worthless investment of 100$... Mostly in getting it for the camera, which I really miss from my time with the iPhone 4S. No android phone I've owned so far ever came close, especially is focusing speed/shutter speed. Battery life sounds more miss than hit though... If it is really too bad, I'll return it and probably wait for the Z4. The Z3 is a very good phone, but at this point, after seeing the iPhone 6 camera and videos of the S6's, I'm not buying a phone without phase detection autofocus on its camera sensor.
[Galaxy S6 General] shollywood:
Sounds like you should be buying a CAMERA, not a phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
I have a DSLR, doesn't really fit easily in my pocket.
[Galaxy S6 General] JLishere:
You can buy unlocked phones outright in Canada through:

- Expansys (pre-orders for S6 available)

- Costco

- Best Buy

- Factory Direct

- Newegg.ca

- Amazon.ca

- Walmart

- NCIX

- Sony (Xperia only)

- Google Play Store (N6 only)
[Galaxy S6 General] jayhoskins:
Black S6 64GB, shipped on the 2nd. :)
[Galaxy S6 General] EnIXmA:
Which carrier?
[Galaxy S6 General] leanne:
My 64g While Edge was shipped by Telus on Thursday the 2nd and will be delivered on Tuesday the 7th!
[Galaxy S6 General] jayhoskins:
Telus, I preordered the 128GB but I guess that one is delayed so they gave me the option to switch to the 64 and get 100$ bill credit. Canada post delivery date says the 8th so here's hoping :)
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
Wow damn jealous. Amazon has spigen cases for cheap. Check them out. Waiting for my device actually til Friday
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
Damn, where's my Bell pre-order :(
[Galaxy S6 General] EnIXmA:
Same here.. Bell sucks, they going to dtsrt shipping on the 10th, and we would be getting it by 15th given that 11th and 12th are sat. and Sunday..:(
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
That's why I'll pick it up in store...

Also, release date IS the 10th...
[Galaxy S6 General] EnIXmA:
Lucky you.. I should had pre ordered from a store too
[Galaxy S6 General] ysr84:
There will be a lot of Samsung S6 and S6 edge... don't worry it wont be like Apple and out of stock crap.... :)
[Galaxy S6 General] mandroid717:
hopefully i will be able to by a White 32Gb outright from Bell on the 10th.
[Galaxy S6 General] leanne:
I ordered the Spigen Air Cusion case which will also be delivered on Tuesday!
[Galaxy S6 General] xperia_x10:
thanx guys for clearing that up, I'm just wondering if flashfire would allow me to flash the android 5.1.1 update when it comes out, without flashing stock image with Odin to erase the root.
[Galaxy S6 General] peoples_flip:
I'd like to know the same
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
5.1.1 would probably come with new firmware too so not sure if Flashfire can flash beyond system and boot images.
[Galaxy S6 General] iamhacked:
what is the manufacturing date on your phones? bought one 4 days ago and it was made in March 25th
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
Is this a good deal guys?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...ocked-New-Extra-Gifts/271838324259?rmvSB=true

with a coupon, you can get it to $590, with the code CDTECH10
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
You wouldn't have 1yr warranty and it will work with big 3

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
It should. Its the international version, and it works on AT and T and T-mobile, which are similar to the Big 3 here. For the warranty, do you not still get manufacturer warranty?
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
That's why I'm assuming Samsung Canada will not cover warranty or repairs. It's not apple lol and yeah it has all the right bands for lte and 3g.

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Is that $590 USD?
[Galaxy S6 General] ankushkatari:
I still haven't seen the OE2 update for my S6 on Wind.
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
anyone know the best place to purchase a Galaxy S6 as of now? The only thing I can think of is Kijiji
[Galaxy S6 General] iamhacked:
I bought mine outright, without an account from a Telus store. It was probably corporate since it was in a shopping mall. Phone your carrier's stores to check.
[Galaxy S6 General] cee-ach:
Coming from only Nexus phones so far where there is only one version of the phone worldwide. Was wondering what the difference between the ATT, T-Mobile, etc versions of this phone are? I see whole different sub forums for each one. If I got my phone from Rogers, which one does my phone go under? Does this mean that if I want to root or use roms, I'd have to use only specific ones for my version?
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
you want the t-mobile forums. as its the exact same device hardware wise.
[Galaxy S6 General] Fireballfx:
Can you please confirm the PDA and CSC of your updated ROM version?

If it is the one available on SamMobile (PDA - G920W8VLU1AOE1 ; CSC G920W8OYA1AOE1 ) I'll extract the needed files for the PingPong team to see if it can be supported.
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
Thanks for the reply! Yeah, CSC is G920W8OYA1AOE1 and PDA is G920W8VLU1AOE1 .

Thanks so much.
[Galaxy S6 General] Fireballfx:
May 9th files are dumped. Will have to see if it still works with PingPong.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=60941204&postcount=90
[Galaxy S6 General] sharky2010:
I picked up the s6 black 64 gb. Love it, swapped the note 4 for it, held onto my g3. Great phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] c_86:
just curious... but does anyone have any ideas when we can anticipate getting CM? i have never owned a device right out the gate before... and have no idea typically how long it takes for CM to get builds out...

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] matus201:
Did anybody with Wind Mobile S6 receive the AOE1 update (the one that still keeps you on 5.0.2)? I don't mind waiting, as long as I know the update is coming. I am a bit afraid Wind is not bothering releasing updates other carriers (Rogers, Bell..) released.
[Galaxy S6 General] lizaSB:
You could always download the w8 oe1 firmware from the sticky and apply the update yourself through Odin
[Galaxy S6 General] matus201:
That is true. However, in case Wind is updating their phones, I wouldn't bother (as I said, I don't mind waiting - as long as I know it's coming).

That being said - flashing through ODIN erases all data and does not trip KNOX, is that correct?
[Galaxy S6 General] lizaSB:
I dont know if flashing those files wipes the phone or not... Definitely will not trip Knox though.

You can use the skip soft toolkit though, and package the system and modem in separate tar balls and that definitely will not wipe your data -- I've done that before
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Odin shouldn't wipe data but if your CSC gets picked up wrong, when you change it via the dialer method, it will wipe data.

My CSC always gets picked wrong as BMC instead of RWC.
[Galaxy S6 General] clazaa:
Meaning if I want to flash ROMs, I can go ahead with the T-Mobile version for my Telus S6?
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
Yes! You gotta flash looper R1. Such a fantastic ROM.
[Galaxy S6 General] C2Q:
Any news on the blue/green colors in Canada? I haven't upgraded to the s6 yet and honestly the blue looks amazing.
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
The black device is actually blue. Unless your looking at it in a room with no windows and no light source, then its as black as the box claims lol
[Galaxy S6 General] Firegrill:
Doesn't seem like it's going to come to Canada unfortunately.
[Galaxy S6 General] jnhsd0319:
Samsung Pay?

I heard samsung pay is a really easy mobile payment.

Is it possible to use samsung pay up here in canada? or is it still limited to a few countries?

p.s.

I'm looking to buy S6 outright from telus. Planning to unlock it as soon as I get it.

Do you guys recommend me getting the canadian g920w8 version or international g920f version.

W8 is a bit cheaper, but g920f seems like it will get faster update.
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
Kijiji 920w8
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Hi all,

I've now had 2 S6's (non-edge) in the last 2 days and both have issues with maintaining a Wi-Fi connection. I returned the first model, the second model behaves exactly the same as the first one. I did tests simultaneously with my G2 and my S6, the S6 was dropping Wi-Fi where the G2 never dropped once. It's an issue with the S6 for certain, I also tested Wi-Fi uptime on 5 other devices and they did not drop a single connection! The S6 drops Wi-Fi randomly every 5-20 minutes ,when it drops it goes to LTE briefly and then right back to Wi-Fi, this of course kills any kind of streaming you're doing.

This being said, I have tried the following fixes on my S6 one-by-one to try and capture the solution, however, none have any effect:

1. Turn off smart network switch.

2. Turn off Wi-Fi always scanning.

3. Turn off high-accuracy GPS (seemed to be a correlation between GPS pickup and the Wi-Fi dying, however, turning off GPS and using only Networks did nothing)

4. Forgot, then re-added the Wi-Fi network.

5. Factory reset the device.

6. Prayed

As I note, none of the above worked. I tried each setting, rebooted, waited for signal to drop and it always did. Nothing has worked.

Suggestions? Thank you!
[Galaxy S6 General] iamhacked:
You sure it's not your router's problem?
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
I'm pretty sure. I tried 6 other devices, they didn't drop Wi-Fi once. One being my G2, it was fine. I haven't noticed issues with Wi-Fi every before and I've set up many a network.

That being said, I hope you're right, cause I'd rather it be the router..
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Welcome back to S6 Wi-Fi issue 2015.

I've found moderate success with turning off TKIP encryption on the router side, I just noticed that my router was set for WPA2-PSK(AES/TKIP), however, the best implementation and one that works better with Android is WPA2-PSK(AES).

Setting it to remove the TKIP option, I've only had 1 disconnect where I'd normally have at least a bunch. Right now I am doing a streaming music test to see how long it will stream without interruption.

There's something going on here, these guys have the same issue, it's not their networks, they know what they are talking about too:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6-edge/help/wifi-dropping-t3079504/page3

This sucks, I need to get rid of my previous phone by tomorrow and now I'm left with a shoddy Wi-Fi connection, utterly ridiculous this was not caught in testing.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
No issues on mine with the Netgear R7000 router.
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Do you do Wi-Fi calls are stream a lot? Just want to ensure you'd notice the issue as some have.. [emoji4]
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
No wifi calls but Netflix is on 2 TVs most of the day plus laptop and phones.
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Netflix buffers so you would have to notice the disconnect and reconnect in the status bar... I wonder if you just haven't noticed yet. :(
[Galaxy S6 General] jnhsd0319:
Anyone bought S6 at the samsung experience store?

I'm trying to return it and get a new one due to pinkish tint at the lower half of the screen.

It's under 15 days period, but I was wondering if they would accept it easily or if i need to be stubborn.
[Galaxy S6 General] jaysim:
you shouldn't have a problem

its in your right to return something in the return period if theres a problem or even if u just dont like it
[Galaxy S6 General] jnhsd0319:
Ok, going there as soon as possible tmr!
[Galaxy S6 General] finster1974:
I feel like an idiot lol I have a wind galaxy $6 I traded my son had the phone unlocked because I'm with bell now I can't seem to get lte work on this wind $6 unlocked just 3g any help please on how to fix this I tried flashing.the bell stock rom but nothing changed and I'm really annoyed would flashing a T-Mobile rom fix this I'm not rooted either ...thanks went to settings no lte just wcdma and gsm grrr!!
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
Did check setting for mobile network and checked network mode if it's set to lte and also check apn

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
What is the APN set to?
[Galaxy S6 General] finster1974:
There is no lte setting just gsm and wcdma

---------- Post added at 03:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:13 PM ----------

Apn settings are correct just no option for lte

---------- Post added at 03:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:16 PM ----------

Name bell internet

Apn pda.bell.ca

Proxy web.wireless.bell.ca

Port 80

User name not set

Password not set

Server not set

Mmsc http://mms.bell.ca/mms/wapenc

Mms proxy web.wireless.bell.ca

Mms port 80

Mmc 302

Mnc 610

Authentication type not set
[Galaxy S6 General] Amb669:
You need to flash a new modem containing the LTE bands.

In a lot of cases a modem that uses 1700mhz (wind band) usually doesn't contain the appropriate LTE bands.

(Also keep in mind, That you should make sure you can undo the change, because if you lose the 1700mhz (wind band) and is you can't revert you will lose a lot of resale value of the phone.) In my area high end phones with 1700mhz band sell for around $100 more than the same phone without the 1700mhz band.

On a side note; LTE only really helps on download/upload speeds. In real world use in apps and such you can't even tell the difference between 3g and LTE.

If the current network speed doesn't bother you, I would just leave it alone.
[Galaxy S6 General] finster1974:
Thanks for the the reply ...which one do I need and where might I find it also do I need root to do this or can I just use Odin.....thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
Try getting into service mode

*#2263#

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
Wind uses 2100mhz AWS for its lte, just like tmobile. There is a high probability that the NV on your device does not have the LTE bands active needed for you to move services from wind to bell. Flashing a tmobile rom will not fix this either as this is all dictated by EFS/NV.
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
Wind doesn't have lte and wind uses 1700/2100 which is called aws

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] finster1974:
How is that done..?
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
Try using *#2263#

Sent from my SM-G920W8