yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
No. It will not.

Though it is best to do a factory reset when changing between fairly different firmware. Like custom to stock. Or major stock releases.
[Galaxy S6 General] Ad.Shk2:
Anything on the data partition (pictures, backup, videos etc) should have no effect on a new Rom as far as I understand. The only thing that matters is the System partition.

Im relatively new to Odin due to a switch from Nexus phones to Samsung, so I just wanna be sure that my data will not be deleted if I flash a stock image through Odin.
[Galaxy S6 General] finneginsfast:
Soo Black Friday's coming around and this phone is getting fairly reasonable. I had a G4 for a while but wasn't overly impressed. Have been thinking about this phone now.

I'd be wanting to root for sure, Unibase or Unikernel? Or is there something else you guys are going with instead? Recommend this phone these days or no?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
I would probably recommend a Nexus 6P over the S6. Updates will become a whole lot slower come February/March when they release the S7!
[Galaxy S6 General] finneginsfast:
Thanks, appreciate your perspective.
[Galaxy S6 General] Ad.Shk2:
+1
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
You're welcome. The S7 will get updates first followed by the Note 5, then the S6 Edge +, and then finally the S6/Edge.

It's the nature of the beast when a manufacturer releases 3 flagships a year unfortunately!

I would stills get the S6 but only if it can be had for cheap.
[Galaxy S6 General] prabjeetmaan:
S6 bell buil prop

Can anyone share s6 bell build prop stock.?
[Galaxy S6 General] Jazznax:
Can someone post just the Canadian modem? I messed up badly
[Galaxy S6 General] Ad.Shk2:
Try this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ff504jz72g4etg2/G920W8VLU3BOJ7 Modem.zip?dl=1

For further information:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/canadian-odin-5-1-1-bootloader-twrp-t3193292
[Galaxy S6 General] Jazznax:
Thanks a ton. Worked like a charm
[Galaxy S6 General] Joe-Pk:
BOK1 released for wind today. Downloading as we speak.
[Galaxy S6 General] ankushkatari:
Seconded
[Galaxy S6 General] Ad.Shk2:
Anything noticeable in the new firmware?
[Galaxy S6 General] space_eyes:
How's is it... wonder what modem is used. I could use a chance at faster speed... any tricks in that department. I haven't had a chance to try any other modems.
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
Thanks for letting me know. I'll definitely be doing this. It annoys me... haha.
[Galaxy S6 General] BiggTeddy26:
Dudes i got a 64 GB by walking in Store. Paid 860 upgrade off contract screw waiting
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
You didn't pay any tax? Supposed to be 940 something with tax

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
Same here, very slight movement is possible. Doesn't about me though, looks like it's how it should be.
[Galaxy S6 General] Larxia:
Bell Winnipeg

For anyone who is looking for an S6 or S6 edge on Bell in Winnipeg, I work for a dealer and we have quite a few in stock.

We can also drop the phone cost down from $249.95 to $197.99 for the S6, or 297.99 for the edge (on a 2 year) :) :good:

Also, for those of you having issues trying to buy them off contract.. From my experience working in mobile, only the corporately owned stores will sell the phone at full cost. Most dealers don't allow their staff to sell a phone at full cost (since the company won't make any money off the sale).
[Galaxy S6 General] canadianultra:
Got a s6 32gb black from rogers today, I was surprised they had it in stock because it just came out. All I can say is that it is a huge upgrade over my s3.
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
S3? Wow that's old haha
[Galaxy S6 General] BiggTeddy26:
No that if you got edge.
[Galaxy S6 General] pyro2787:
Does anyone know if I buy the S6 from Telus and get it unlocked, would I be able to use the phone with wind mobile? I was looking at the Telus website and the specs don't list the AWS frequency with the bands 1700/2100 MHz. I was told if I get the phone unlocked I wouldn't be able to return it so I wanted to make sure it would work before I buy it.

I'm from Calgary, I called random wind stores already and they all told me that wind has no more Samsung phones and any phones that come in would be used to fulfill preorders first.
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
Edge is more expensive

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
If anyone wants to root Canadian variant, Chainfire file for 920F is working!
[Galaxy S6 General] Sevael:
If you've done the root, can you check something for us?

Try booting into stock recovery and see if it works as normal or if you just end up with a black screen.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
I get the menu

reboot phone

wipe data

bla bla bla

bla bla bla

reboot into download mode

etc...
[Galaxy S6 General] Sevael:
So Chainfire fixed that. Great to hear. Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
I looked briefly at the Bell website and the specs they list for the S6 include AWS bands, since the versions are identical between all Canadian carriers, purchasing the Telus version should allow you to use the device with Wind Mobile. Your other option is simply purchasing the device from Wind Mobile, you wouldn't need to unlock it then.

http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Products/Samsung-Galaxy-S6/Specifications.tab
[Galaxy S6 General] pyro2787:
Thanks for the reply! It doesn't list the frequency 1700MHz, does that matter? Sorry I'm a noob. And I would love to buy from wind but unfortunately they won't have any until they finish fulfilling all the preorders which can be over 3 weeks according to wind employees.
[Galaxy S6 General] ryan102:
I'm heading over to Toronto 1st of May from the UK. I want to pick up an S6 to bring home and use it with a network here. How difficult will it be to walk into Bell or Telus and get one outright for $730(Bell)/$750(Telus) and walk out?

I see I can get an unlock code online for about $20-30 which is ok but it seems getting the phone itself will be tricky.
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
You're better off getting it on kijiji. Lower price and less hassle
[Galaxy S6 General] ryan102:
I did think of that but I don't want to risk getting something that's stolen.
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
I've purchased numerous phones of Kijiji. Don't be paranoid. Ask for a receipt and box and you're good.
[Galaxy S6 General] Joe-Pk:
Battery Optimization within smart manager the same as the other carrier OTAs. Takes 3 days to begin optimizing, however i did notice that Snapchat was turned off from optimization for some reason.

Other then that I haven't noticed any major changes.
[Galaxy S6 General] C2Q:
Battery life is still terrible even after a few weeks of the newest update :(

Optimization is good I guess, but battery drain on idle is still horrendous, losing about 1 - 1.5% an hour overnight. I have basically everything optimized, yet I only get about 3 hours SOT from 100 to 0.

I'll wait until Marshmallow before I root and Greenify everything
[Galaxy S6 General] ravedave2005:
Hey guys,

anyone on Fido thats having trouble with dropped calls and sometimes when people call me they, i hear them fine but they say they can't hear me

There's a discussion going on on Fidos website and they are saying that the latest update BOJ7 should have fixed these problems, but many users are still complaning that it is not fixed

Im not rooted, nothing custom .
[Galaxy S6 General] KAPABLE-K:
Yes, I experience drop calls and the same text message multiple times.
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
I don't get or place a lot of calls so can't really comment on that but I know when my phone is on the EDGE network (in one of the labs at work where I can't get 4G) I get pretty much every incoming message 3 times and my wife tells me that she is getting my messages multiple times.

So there are still some funny things going on.
[Galaxy S6 General] KAPABLE-K:
I agree I don't think they got the stupid VoLTE working correct and the last update was just a fix to get the phones working until they figure out the network.

What I don't like about the situation is they put 100% of the blame on Samsung. When you call in they tell you they have to wait on Samsung and there is nothing they can do the problem is with Samsung and Fido don't release the updates. So people that don't know how it works believe it. I ask them so is it Samsung fault that Apple users are having the same problems that usually leave them with nothing to say.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
I think the issue is not universal. Mine never had any of the issues you guys are having on Rogers. SMS and calls work without issue with VoLTE and LTE all the time. Maybe it's just certain towers in certain areas that are causing havoc!
[Galaxy S6 General] ravedave2005:
A MOD from the Fido Forums contacted me and reset my signal on fidos side last thursday, but its still the same problem..

I might go back to my LG G4 until they figure out whats wrong because its getting really annoying
[Galaxy S6 General] oneurt:
unlocking phone

I purchased an unlock code, and it is not working. Is it possible that a phone cannot be unlocked? I purchased the phone from SaskTel and got the unlock code from them.
[Galaxy S6 General] Sevael:
I have unlocked several Canadian S6s with unlock codes purchased on the internet, so it definitely can be unlocked.
[Galaxy S6 General] pilotgav:
I'm on the Weta rom (awesome rom by the way) and I'm not getting the option to use VoLTE in settings.

I THINK its a CSC thing.

Does anyone know how we can change our CSC on the W8?
[Galaxy S6 General] GLRobichaud:
If your ROM (Weta) support Multi region CSC, try

*#272*<IMEI>#

*Replace <IMEI> with yours.

Remember, this will

wipe

your device.
[Galaxy S6 General] oneurt:
I will try and see if I can get a different code. Thanks for the input.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Even if it is multi csc, it may not have the Canadian CSC as part of the options. Most multi CSC roms only have European or Asian CSCs since that is most likely the base they are made from.
[Galaxy S6 General] mukhtar.patel1:
I have got a g920f.

Very soon I will move to Toronto.

Does g920f support LTE bands in Toronto
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
What carrier. Rogers uses 4/7/17.
[Galaxy S6 General] mukhtar.patel1:
I have no idea which carrier I will go with.

Which one is good in terms of coverage and data plans and of course I will have to choose a carrier who's bands my phone supports
[Galaxy S6 General] r00t_user:
Bell has the best coverage in Canada 4G and LTE wise but if your not going to share your data with family it isn't worth it all. (Same with Rogers). Fido is great if by yourself.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
Rogers beats Bell by a fair bit in Ontario.

Sub carriers like Fido are cheaper for a reason. They do not have exactly equal service to their parents. If you never leave a main city you should be fine but if you travel you'll want to stick with the main ones.

Your F version will work okay on all GSM networks for now.

You can probably wait until your next phone to get a Canadian model if you will be here that long.

Or sell and replace if you want. Depends on your situation.
[Galaxy S6 General] Joylesstuna:
That's a myth you totally get the same coverage as parent companies if you go with fido,koodo or virgin. Pick your poison but Koodo/telus covers the most of Canada but not always with LTE.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
I'm pretty sure it's not a myth.. Unless things have changed very recently but I doubt it.

The same goes for ISP's. The resellers will try to say Bell DSL is Bell DSL but it's not. Even if it's a sub brand owned by the parent. There is a reason it's cheaper.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Bell and Telus have no capability to fallback to 2g since they didn't have an existing GSM network. So if there is no Bell or Telus 3g in some of the areas you go to, you won't have any reception.

Rogers is best in Ontario. Telus is better in the West and Bell is better in the Atlantic provinces.
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
Canadian carriers using domestic roaming agreements to fill in coverage gaps

No matter who is your provider, domestic roaming deals have been signed (with no extra fees to the users) between Rogers (including Fido), Bell, TELUS and Videotron that will practically extend coverage and offer seamless roaming, also called soft handoff, between carrier partners in areas with poor or absent service. As a result, fewer calls will be dropped when transitioning between areas with good coverage and those without.
[Galaxy S6 General] space_eyes:
Dang. Can't use the Canadian tire pay app
[Galaxy S6 General] Ad.Shk2:
Fido is a Rogers company. They use the same BTS everywhere. Do you expect Rogers to set up a new infrastructure for Fido? The only difference is the brand name and the market that they cater to.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
In theory. Sort of...

But it reality your carrier still makes a big difference.

If you were to travel more and knew someone on another carrier you would see.

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They don't need a separate infrastructure for the service to be different..

There has been ample information about this over the years. You should find some if you search.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
You have an extremely idealist view.

Possible use of other carriers network does not mean all are exactly the same.

We have all been wrong in the past and at the time thought we were right.
[Galaxy S6 General] Ad.Shk2:
There is no difference in anything "network-related" between the two - its the same company. You might wanna "search" some. The only difference is the market they cater to. Fido has cheaper plans, but has a smaller phone lineup, bad upgrade policies, very few new phones introduced in a year, no data sharing etc. Rogers does give you all that, but it comes at a price.
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
I gauss

I understood by your rhetorical answers you don’t like to be wrong?

But if I will agree with you, we both will be wrong!
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
Who cares!!! Why don't you guys swap phone numbers so you can ***** about phone plans to each other and leave the rest of the forum out of it! Move on!
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
Hay you smart boy, sometimes its better to shut-up and play dumb, then open your mouth and erase any doubt...
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
Lol you seem intelligent enough, so why don't you take your own advice.
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
Touché!
[Galaxy S6 General] pilotgav:
Has anyone heard anything about a firmware/modem update being released? Why are all the US versions getting constant updates and we get nothing?

We're still at 0J7

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Agreed!! Moderator can you please remove this crap?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Samsung agreed to monthly security updates but the carriers seem too lazy to oblige.
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
If anyone is interested it looks like the bell network has no idea when we are getting the lollipop or the marshmallow update. This is what technical support just informed me. The reason bell hasn't received the update is because there is encryption issues with bells bloatware and the update itself. When I asked how much different the marshmallow update as far as encryption going to differ from the lollipop firmware she said and I quote "we will have to wait and see I guess, I can't give you an answer to something I have no idea about" So in other words they have no idea what's going on with either update.
[Galaxy S6 General] pappcam:
That's why I flashed the latest 5.1.1 Telus update with Odin. I'm on SaskTel but they generally follow Bell and are still on 5.0.2
[Galaxy S6 General] jnhsd0319:
Has anyone sent their Samsung phones (Not just S6) for official warranty centers?

Seems like the glass panel on top of the actual screen is trying to come off..... and I was wondering how long it takes for the

warranty center to fix/replace my phone and mail it back to me.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
If you are on Rogers, just ask for an advanced replacement. They send you a replacement for $35 and you have 15 days to send your old one in.
[Galaxy S6 General] jnhsd0319:
I'm on fido, and I bought the phone outright from Samsung experience store.

Would they (fido) still offer me a replacement phone?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Nope. You would have had to buy from your carrier.
[Galaxy S6 General] Ad.Shk2:
Call them.... My understanding is that they should.
[Galaxy S6 General] jnhsd0319:
Well I found a replacement phone (HTC M7, rogers, which i dont mind using for a while)

But the real question is how long would it take for them to fix/replace the phone?

M7 is still functionable but I would still want my S6 as soon as possible.

Any experience with actually sending the phone to Samsung?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
No idea how long it would take. I know Sony took almost 2 weeks when I sent mine in a few years ago!
[Galaxy S6 General] space_eyes:
And consider the possible longer mail times this time of year
[Galaxy S6 General] Ludespeed:
Does anyone know of a completely stock W8 kernel I can flash?

Every custom kernel I've tried (hacker; arter; simpl; uni) either has color issues or Oculus home won't start.

I'm on Arrow rom and would like to avoid having to use stock firmware; thanks!
[Galaxy S6 General] jnhsd0319:
2 weeks, not bad.. i guess? Lenovo took a month and a half to fix my thinkpad.

Hmm, I will wait until the new years. I got warranty until June so it should be okay.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
See if they have a chat line and report your issue. Then call even and make it known that you have tried everything and ask if they can do an advanced replacement.
[Galaxy S6 General] johnbirtsoceity47:
Getting the Gear VR to work has been such a struggle. Couldn't get it working properly on any custom Rom except Wanam with Arter kernel (and now my LTE no longer works again). With Weta it would launch but then fail to download any apps. If you find a solution please let me know!
[Galaxy S6 General] Ludespeed:
Have you installed gear vr support through XtreStoLite addon package? https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347835286
[Galaxy S6 General] LeonPhelps:
What is the preferred rom being used by most rogers users.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
If you are okay losing VoLTE, any of the 920F based roms will work with the proper kernel.
[Galaxy S6 General] LeonPhelps:
Whats the downside to losing VoLTE ?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
While on a call, you maintain LTE speeds for data. Without VoLTE, it drops down to HSPA during calls.

Also supposedly better call quality as well but I can't say for sure cause I've never had issues with call quality!
[Galaxy S6 General] space_eyes:
In other news... Shaw buys Wind Mobile
[Galaxy S6 General] ere1nion:
in another word, will be called shawind...

Throwing pixels at you
[Galaxy S6 General] Bad Liar:
Hi, I'm using an Samsung Galaxy S6 with the latest Rogers update of 5.1.1 and everything was working fine until yesterday.

I decided that rather than having my battery automatically optimized, I set things to manual so that I wouldn't get the notification every day.

After a few hours, I realized some apps weren't working well, and rather than going through everything, I just set it all back to auto since it was a quicker solution. The apps are working fine.

But now whenever I turn the phone off and then boot it up again, or occasionally when I unlock the screen, my phone will vibrate for a second or two. I checked and Smart Gestures is disabled, as is Notification Reminder.

A setting somewhere must have been changed, but I have no idea what it could have been.

Does anyone have any pointers?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 General] space_eyes:
Yup sounds like you enabled the Beaver Detector. Sort of like the north american house hippo detector it vibrates when one is close by. Try seeing if it works in the same areas or if it's moving around.

I would recommend a restore to factory, reluctantly. That is when you give up searching. But it is an odd one having the haptic feed back, there's countless options, even haptic feedback for wireless and network connections, just from waking too. Do all your notifications play a sound? To eliminate from it being your settings as opposed to an app that may have changed.
[Galaxy S6 General] Bad Liar:
Why would I need a Beaver detector when mine is always following me on a leash? That seems so strange.

My notifications all play a sound, but I always have the sound turned off. Once I'm home, I'll turn sound on and see if this causes a sound or not.

Where would I even change the haptic feedback when it connects to wireless networks? I can't find that, though I did think that that may have been an issue.
[Galaxy S6 General] n3xx:
I'm on 925w8 telus with stock b0j7 5.1.1 and i used unikernel to get root but I got seandroid warning on boot and I can't find a recovery to flash anyone know? I tried the tmo ones they don't work I tried a few others around people claimed work but while some flash none will actually let me boot to recovery.

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[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
FYI..

OL1 is up on sammobile
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Bell finally wants to join the party!

I have to say that they are the worst carrier for updates in Canada.
[Galaxy S6 General] evonc:
Uploaded OL1 BL and Modem from Bell Image. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64430351&postcount=200
[Galaxy S6 General] pilotgav:
Am I correct that even a bell firmware update will work on any other w8 phone?
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
Yes, all W8 firmware are compatible. I was using for a while a Telus firmware on a Videotron S6 with no issues.
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
Just updated my bell phone to the latest update with unikernal performance settjng and it is like a new phone. Never thought I would use anything but the note5 port but it looks like I have a new daily driver.
[Galaxy S6 General] pilotgav:
Latest update of what??

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Does anyone on a custom ROM have VoLTE enabled on Rogers? I'm on Weta, but I haven't had luck with any ROM.

I'm curious as to what ROM everyone thinks it's best for our phones?

Gavin
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
Bells latest update, there 5.1.1 release
[Galaxy S6 General] QAM:
Hola

Can anyone confirm if there is a way to get the new Marshmallow beta firmware to work on our 920W8 devices? Particularly being able to use our current baseband...

"So what you want me to do 'bout that?"
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Custom roms won't allow VoLTE. It needs the proper CSC with corresponding fw.
[Galaxy S6 General] tnimk:
Hey there,

I've just picked up an S6 locked to rogers. I think I know how to root, but in terms of installing the custom rom, is there any limitations from the ones available in terms of us having a canadian phone? I've rooted my Samsung Tab S and asus transformer, but never one with a sim/carrier. So just want to make sure the phone still works after.

I'm thinking of a basic de-bloated rom like this one:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/development/rom-pure-stock-extralite-v1-0-t3232498

Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 General] virulentt:
Canadian variant (W8) is similar to T-Mobile Variant. You can flash any international ROM, only issue is in-call audio... there's a patch you can flash over your ROM to fix this : http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/general/fix-patch-flashable-call-audio-fix-t-w8-t3121957
[Galaxy S6 General] Ad.Shk2:
Most ROMs now come with the patch (option during installation).
[Galaxy S6 General] tnimk:
Thanks!

In looking at the rom descriptions they don't specifically saying T-Mobile variant, but they do reference w8.

Based on that I think I should be good?

Thanks again!
[Galaxy S6 General] Ad.Shk2:
Yep, you should be fine. I'm on XtrestoLite 2.4 with hacker kernel. No problems at all. And when installing a ROM don't look for "tmobile" variant, always look for W8, that's your device variant.