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[Galaxy S6 General] Amb669:
I don't own a S6 so i'm just generalizing here, But I've gone through this exact issue 3 times before on 3 different devices and here's what I can tell you:

Well, The S6 uses a exynos chip, So that makes QPST useless as QPST is only good for QUALCOMM modem modification. (This works on any Snapdragon based chip)

Root and custom recovery are required to flash just a single file like a modem i'm pretty sure. (This is your best bet, But there probly isn't a recovery for the S6 yet i'm guessing)

So that leaves the last option that I know of. Find a way to unpack/repack the stock rom and simply delete the modem.bin and replace it with a modem.bin from another official Samsung rom that contained the LTE bands then repack the files back up and flash using odin. (I have done this little trick on a few galaxys and a couple LG phones, The difficulty of this approach is finding a program that will unpack/repack your stock rom)
[Galaxy S6 General] finster1974:
Got into it switched to lte for data but couldn't make calls is there a preference one I need.to select
[Galaxy S6 General] Amb669:
Different carriers use different bands, The LTE band that you want to select depends purely on what carrier you use.

Is your data working? or is it just your calls that don't work?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
All Canadian models are identical. No need to enable or disable any bands. They're all working based on the network you connect to. Have you done a factory reset with your Bell sim in it?

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Also check to see if your CSC is correct. #*272*IMEI# in the dialer and choose BMC
[Galaxy S6 General] finster1974:
Switched had it to lte and data changed but was unable to make calls but could still use data

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Yes I did do a factory reset tried your code but got nothing
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Replace the imei to your IMEI number.
[Galaxy S6 General] Amb669:
The wind version of the galaxy s3/s4/s5 phones contain a much different modem than the bell/rogers version. I would assume the S6 would be no different, But maybe it is.

After looking on the Wind website I noticed they don't list any LTE bands for the S6.

Also I just wanted to point out that I have the 100% opposite of the OP going on with my LG G3.

I replaced my modem with one that works with wind and lost access to LTE, Doing the opposite of what I did would be a good solution if there's a way to flash a modem onto his phone.

(So basically i'm in the same boat as the OP, But on purpose. And the solution to get my LTE back is all in the modem.)
[Galaxy S6 General] finster1974:
Got it working did the service code played around lol selected lte-wcdma and it worked thanks a lot for the help!!!!

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Was aware of that thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Newer phones support a wider range of bands thanks to Apple leading the way. Even the M8 was only 1 model for the Canadian market and it supported all the Canadian bands including Wind.
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
Does the Canadian Model still suffer from the aggressive memory management and leak many people are complaining about? I really like the phone, but the fact that it cannot run more apps in the background than my Nexus 4 is a dealbreaker.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
All models exhibit it. Hopefully fixed soon. Rogers said 5.1.1 will be released this month.
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
Lol how many apps so you want it to run? I have experienced no such issues.
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
all it takes is 4 apps in the recents screen to trigger this issue, this is a widespread problem with S6 as of now.
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
It's a problem with android 5.0 not just gs6

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
My Nexus 4 was fine when on 5.0. Now its on 5.1.1. I think Samsung is supposed to fix it with an update this month.
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
I had the same problem on my nexus 6...yeah 5.1.1 supposed to fix it.

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
The S6 suffers from ram management + the 5.0 memory leak. We feel the ram management way more because it is consistent. The Android memory leak happens overtime. Reboot every day and you will rarely notice it.
[Galaxy S6 General] ex-28:
just rooted my s6 920w8 with pingpong root , A0E1 supported now :)
[Galaxy S6 General] finneginsfast:
Sorry for a potentially dumb question but is this the same model as the Telus S6? Or does Pingpong work for the Telus model?
[Galaxy S6 General] ex-28:
all supported models are in the op .if you check the model number in the compatibility lists .
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
So in terms of the RAM management issue, how much does it hinder your experience with the S6? I really like the phone, but something like this on a 2015 flagship is not acceptable, especially for the price of this phone
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
If you are not ocd in checking resources. Every day use kn a good rom you dont notice the issue of the ram being 80% full at any given time. Granted i suspect this will be fixed kn the 5.1.x update but we will have to see. You notice the ram a lot when fast app switching. Apps further back then 4 jn the list have to redraw because their ram resources were pushed aside for the other fore facing apps.
[Galaxy S6 General] BiggTeddy26:
<Mod Edit>

Hahahahah My phone has no issues. My phone never drops. It your dam router. G2. And cant go by that. Cause one peice of hardware may act different eith others phones. Newer phones have newer attennas. My S6 is rooted and beautiful
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
On Rogers OS update page, it says our S6 will get 5.1 this month. Let's hope it includes a memory leak fix! I will not buy the S6 until this is fixed
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
now that we can flash international roms, no real need to wait for the bloated carrier roms.
[Galaxy S6 General] xperia_x10:
How do you flash international roms without tripping knox?
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
use flashify and a rom that will flash with it or the odin tar just dont flash custom kernels
[Galaxy S6 General] xperia_x10:
cool, thanks for that info.
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
Since your on stock kernel you will have to flash the call audio fix for the F roms with flashify as well.
[Galaxy S6 General] BlackMamba08:
Hi guys,

Not alot of info for Canadian users except for this thread. So thanks! I own a note 4 but will be modding an s6 for somebody I know. I have a couple questions

1.) Best root method for us cdns?

2.) Xposed working?

3.) Any other mods or tweaks that you guys would recommend that would work on cdn version?

4.) Is there any stock touchwiz rom that is deodexed + debloated? and/or any other roms?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
You can take sometime and research yourself.

No xposed, Chainfire root works fine etc....
[Galaxy S6 General] space_eyes:
I have root, there's a few quick step by steps googled, some need updates but newest app/method quick and painless. have TWRP latest version quick and easy as well.

Haven't ventured into ROMS yet, still looking into knox stuff.

Sweet thread.
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
In your opinion, is the S6 the best android phone available for us Canadians at the time being?
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
You unfortunately won't get a unbiased answer here in the Galaxy S6 forums.. We bought the S6, so we sure do hope it is the best haha.

It's all down to preferences, what you need in a phone, and price.

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
I meant from your usage with the phone, how do you find it
[Galaxy S6 General] space_eyes:
What would have made this phone awesomer is if it was waterproof...
[Galaxy S6 General] creaturemachine:
Wouldn't want to cannibalize S6 Active sales!

Coming from a nexus 4 any phone would be a step up, but I'm glad to be back on S-AMOLED. I've owned an OG Galaxy S and I'm also glad to have skipped the ugly years of touchwiz.
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
I am thinking of moving from my Nexus 4 as well? Do you find you miss stock android though? And secondly, I am just waiting for the 5.1 update to be pushed so that the RAM issues are resolved.
[Galaxy S6 General] creaturemachine:
I'm not missing it yet. In fact I've had no issues switching. If updates lag behind at some point in the future there's always CFW.
[Galaxy S6 General] matus201:
I'm coming from Nexus 5. I think it is currently the best phone on the market; however, that is assuming the really annoying RAM management bug gets fixed.

iPhone 6 is probably very close, and I feel that iPhone 6s will be better (assuming it doesn't screw anything up, and improves some iPhone 6 features)

(these are my opinions)
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
You are in luck! IF you are ok with rooting your phone, a user on the T-Mobile thread has already found a fix for the RAM today!
[Galaxy S6 General] matus201:
yea i'm following that thread. I'll wait a few days to see how well they manage to tweak it. If well enough, I'll pingpong root my phone and do the tweaks for sure!
[Galaxy S6 General] xxbeanxx:
Mind linking for future reference?
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
I just messed up my build.prop. Could somebody post up theirs for me please?
[Galaxy S6 General] matus201:
This is from Wind Mobile version, FW xxxAOCG. The latest FW (OE1 or something) has a bit different build.prop.
[Galaxy S6 General] MizuRyuu:
I read about the S6 Active for AT&T and it sounds amazing. Considering we didn't get the S5 Active until late Sept last year, is it possible to buy the S6 Active outright from AT&T and bring it back to Canada to unlock?
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
So in terms of flashing ROMs, which ROMs are we allowed/not allowed to flash?
[Galaxy S6 General] Bergkampca:
Rooting My s6

Hey everyone, I have looked around for the stock firmware for the the g920w8vlu1aoe1, but I can't seem to find any definitive answer as to whether this firmware is supported for rooting yet. Can someone confirm for me if I can root my s6 which has the above firmware update installed? I'm not looking to flash any custom ROMs or anything, I just want to get rid of the Rogers BS bloatware and install ad away and titanium backup. I've got the latest version of odin and samsung drivers installed, I'm just waiting for the tar.md5 file.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
Sammobile.com I got it from there. I rooted from that firmware too. No issues.
[Galaxy S6 General] Bergkampca:
Videotron?

So you rooted using the firmware for Videotron?

2015-05-18

Carrier - Canada (Vidéotron)

Version - 5.0.2

PDA - G920W8VLU1AOE1

CSC - G920W8OYA1AOE1

I was waiting to see a Rogers firmware before trying this even though the PDAs and CSCs are the same. And this will work without doing anything screwy given the fact that I'm using Rogers?

Thanks for the reply, I'm just not too sure about this and I don;t want to f my phone up.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
You can change the CSC after you flash it. *#272*IMEI#
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
Yeah, it doesnt matter which one you flash, they are all the same.
[Galaxy S6 General] Bergkampca:
I just tried the Videotron one and it didn't root so I'll try the Bell one later tonight.

Thanks again for the assistance.
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Can not wait for Rogers ota. Hope it fixes my WiFi bug, looks like it won't though from what I'm reading...
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
What method are you using?

Odin flashing twrp and then flashing supersu works fine.
[Galaxy S6 General] Bergkampca:
I'm using Odin 3.10.6 and then I add the MD5 file to the AP part of Odin, it loads, everything is going fine. At the end Odin says PASS and success 1/Fail 0 and it all looks good, but Super SU says there is no SU binary installed and root checker says the device is not rooted. Did I miss a step? This is what I did for my last Samsung phone, S3, and it worked no problem. My current phone, S6, works fine, it just didn't root.
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
Huh? Whatever firmware you flash, it should boot fine. Root then afterwords, if it doesn't root, the ROM is not to blame.
[Galaxy S6 General] Bergkampca:
I'm not blaming the ROM, I'm blaming myself for missing a step somewhere along the way...

Any thoughts?
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
Well I had the previous ROM and updated via Odin, then I re-rooted using Chainfire and that was that.
[Galaxy S6 General] Bergkampca:
Okay I ma definitely missing something. I run through Odin and I get Success 1 / Fail 0 and PASS in green letters at the top, but then Super SU says the SU binary is not installed and Super SU cannot install it. If I just upgraded to Android 5.0 then i need to manually re-root.

So, at the risk of sounding like complete noob, in case that wasn't already clear, how did you re-root using Chainfire? How do I get the SU binary installed? And how do I generally do a manual re-root like the Super SU app says I should? Should I be doing something with TWRP?

I used towelroot for my S3 many moons ago, but does not appear to support the S6.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
If you already have the firmware flashed via Odin, then get the Odin version of twrp and boot into twrp and flash the supersu zip.
[Galaxy S6 General] Bergkampca:
Well my productivity at work was about nil today, but I did root my phone :)

Many thanks to Elisha and Brava27 for their help. If anyone is having the same issue as I was just follow the thread back for the last day or two and use this link:

http://www.droidviews.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s6-and-install-twrp-recovery-all-models/

Note that I did tip the Knox counter and have voided my warranty, but hey, I did the last time too and the phone was fine.

Thanks again folks for putting up with my stuff.
[Galaxy S6 General] OptimusOBrien:
I flashed the latest version of TWRP today and now my screen touch is off to say the least. If I want to turn the phone off or do anything with it its now the opposite side. For example, When I try to turn the phone off I have to hit cancel for it to actually turn off the device. I tried using Odin to go back to stock but that had no effect. Anyone have any idea what I can do to fix it? I have the Wind Mobile version of the phone as well
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
I heard about this issue. There is a fix but you'd have to look it up
[Galaxy S6 General] OptimusOBrien:
Any suggestion on where to look?

Edit this thread has the fix

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/help/reversed-touch-accidentally-falshing-t3091069
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
found an awesome deal on the internationl S6 for anyone interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271874427768?rmvSB=true
[Galaxy S6 General] jnhsd0319:
Do canadian galaxy s6 not have a data toggle?

The new app/patch did not work for me, and I did not have it even before the problem came up.

Is this only me or everyone?
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
It never had it in the first place. If you're rooted, you can add it in through sqlite editor.
[Galaxy S6 General] thatsupnow:
I successfully managed to unlock my sm-g900w8 locked to Bell using my code and #7465625*638*# from the dialer
[Galaxy S6 General] iamhacked:
I have a Telus Galaxy S6 without a SIM card. When I disable flight mode, the signal bar fluctuates between 1 to 5 bars even though in the status it just says -113dBm.

Are the signal bars actually telling me the reception of the Telus network?
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
Try the alliance ROM.
[Galaxy S6 General] ulloobata:
My Wind S6 never had data toggle. But after installing Data Toggle fix app from XDA, I was able to get the toggle back. I have uninstalled the apps since but toggle remains.

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Hi,

I have Wind s6 and missing Download Booster.

Does every Canadian model is missing this feature or is it just Wind model?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Does Wind have LTE? I think you only have it if you're carrier has LTE-A or LTE on more than 1 band. And not just the lower LTE speed.
[Galaxy S6 General] ulloobata:
I see.

No, Wind doesn't have LTE.

Thanks for your reply.
[Galaxy S6 General] Trekkk:
Has anyone here had a hard time unlocking Galaxy S6 with Videotron?
[Galaxy S6 General] virulentt:
Stock rom? sm-g900w8 or sm-g920w8? im on XtreStoLite 1.5 and it doesn't work.
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
I just tried running some service mode dialer codes but I keep getting the invalid MMI errors. Not a single code I've tried works. I remember it used to work when I first got the S6 on the original baseband... and haven't tried it again until now, using the AOE1 baseband. Is anybody else having issues?

I'm on Rogers, but I'm wondering if other people are having the same issue.
[Galaxy S6 General] iamhacked:
Anyone else having a problem where the phone randomly freezes for like 30 seconds, even dropping the WiFi connection? I don't know what the problem is.
[Galaxy S6 General] javencajes:
[Bell] Warranty Help

I purchased a SGS6 recently and it got a small scratch on the screen and small dents on the metal side few days ago. I have a Premium Warranty Plan which it indicates that it covers Physical damage bell.ca/Mobility/Promotions/SmartPhone_Care_warranty_plans

Do scratches count as physical damage? How about dents? Does Bell cover the scratch/dent damage? Do they replace it with a new one or refurbished? What if its lightly scratched, do they still accept it? How much are the fees to repair or to replace?
[Galaxy S6 General] virulentt:
From what i've heard, the waranty is that you pay the first 250 bucks and they pay the rest of the phone. You can also only use that twice a year.
[Galaxy S6 General] javencajes:
[Bell] Warranty Help

Is it the cost for a new replacement?
[Galaxy S6 General] virulentt:
Its like a car insurance police. You pay the first 250$ and they take care of the rest. It could be a refurbished device though, i'm not sure :/
[Galaxy S6 General] ex-28:
Quick question for those on rogers by default should we have the mobile data icon I'm stock root no recovery and don't have it, i also tried the fix Samsung released in there store but no luck.

Sent from my SM-G920W8
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
No, by default, there's no mobile data icon for Rogers.

You can enable it via sqlite editor though.
[Galaxy S6 General] thatsupnow:
On stock rom sm-920w8 is what I meant
[Galaxy S6 General] jnhsd0319:
I wonder why Rogers didn't put it there. Would they integrate it in 5.1.1 update? hopefully yes
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Come on Rogers, please make the June update timeline you promised previously...
[Galaxy S6 General] risx:
Last ota from Rogers was on a Sunday afternoon
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
Canadian users of the S6, would you recommend a get this variant or an international one?
[Galaxy S6 General] iamhacked:
where are you going to get the international version?
[Galaxy S6 General] oxxshadow:
A friend of mine has recently picked up an S6 from an ebay deal where they were selling the phone for $529.99 He decided to keep his Iphone 6Plus so he offered it to me. The only thing I am wondering about is warranty.
[Galaxy S6 General] space_eyes:
International one would have more band support?
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
If it happens tomorrow that'd be the first Canadian update I've ever got on time. Knock on wood, I really want these bug fixes! :)
[Galaxy S6 General] 2xbass:
Can someone list the full set of 2G/3G/HSDPA/LTE bands for the W8 model? I don't know why this is so hard to find out. Samsung has so many damn model variants. I have an unlocked W8 and will be in Europe next week. I think the last time I was there I used a Nexus 5 and had no problems. I found one listing for the W8 that does not list 1700 for 4G which I don't think is true as as I was using my S6 on T-Mobile in the US recently (although it's possible I was on their 1900 network). Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S6 General] space_eyes:
I think you'd have to dig in for that info per carrier...
[Galaxy S6 General] creaturemachine:
You can do a comparison of the variants here: http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=7848&c=samsung_sm-g920w8_galaxy_s6_lte-a_samsung_zero_f
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
No need to get so specific for Europe. You should be fine most everywhere. You'll still have data and a decent speed in most of western europe.

Probably Vodafone (Orange second) will be your best bet but it does depend on where in Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_network_operators_of_Europe
[Galaxy S6 General] virulentt:
Still no update for w8 on 5.1.1? :(
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
I was checking like crazy... I suppose they are missing their June window that they previously announced.

Ya know, wouldn't it be nice if this was figured out by now. Imagine a system where updates are clock work... I'm dreaming I know, even Nexus line doesn't have that anymore...

The first carrier who nails this, I'm switching to.
[Galaxy S6 General] 2xbass:
What I'm particularly looking for is LTE coverage in the UK. From what I can see they use 800/1800/2600 for LTE and EE has the most coverage. It seems the W8 doesn't support any of these LTE bands. This is, sadly, one way in which Apple has their act together with much more frequency coverage on the iPhone and less model variants.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
2600 should be supported since it's what Rogers and Bell use of aside from AWS.

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Band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 17
[Galaxy S6 General] 2xbass:
Hmmm. I don't see 2600 listed on the W8 techsheet at pdadb.net.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Just go by the band numbers on the Carriers site like Rogers.
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Come on Rogers... Canada surprise please!
[Galaxy S6 General] virulentt:
The first carrier to release a new OTA i'll flash the modem/bootloader. I'm already running XtreStoLite 2.0 which is 5.1.1. Only thing that isn't working is the fingerprint scanner since im running an older bootloader.
[Galaxy S6 General] real1st:
Anyone figure out how to use flashfire to flash roms? Without tripping knox.. on a w8
[Galaxy S6 General] nvict:
No other website to check for websites besides sammobile.com right??
[Galaxy S6 General] jazenf:
I was using a custom 5.1.1 rom for a bit, but it had too many glitches. So I downgraded back to stock an I'm just waiting for the update.
[Galaxy S6 General] nvict:
Waiting impatiently... C'mon monopolized carriers!
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
Could check the Rogers update schedule just to check if it's out.

http://communityforums.rogers.com/html/assets/OSUpgrade.html

Of course it's "Coming Soon!" right now.
[Galaxy S6 General] dtlaon:
hi guys

i have galaxy s6 from Canada my brother bought it for me

the problem is that i'm from Israel and my device says that is network locked is there a way to unlock it?

i paid for a unlock cod to open it from the Canadian "unlock.canadagsm" website but it didn't do anything

can anyone help me please???

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[Galaxy S6 General] yiannisthegreek:
Anyone know when the 5.1.1 update is coming for us Canadians? I'm on Virgin...
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
You may have to put in the sim of the original carrier first before the unlock.
[Galaxy S6 General] virulentt:
You need to flash a rom without a kernel. Kernel or Custom Recovery would trip your knox warranty. But you might not be able to OTA after. I don't understand why some people wanna keep the knox, it won't give you anything except Samsung Pay, which is not released yet, might not work in Canada and Google might come with an alternate solution.
[Galaxy S6 General] yiannisthegreek:
Has anyone in Canada received the 5.1.1 update yet?
[Galaxy S6 General] matus201:
If sammobile FW database is to be trusted, nobody received 5.1.1 yet.. And the Wind Mobile version of S6 is the only one that's stuck on older OCG version. Everyone else has at least OE1.

I was just thinking.. If I flash t-mobile firmware, will my phone keep working? Will I be on T-mobile's update schedule?