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[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
Wait until it is released. You need the 6.0.1 boot loader for the W8, which won't be available until the update is officially released.
[Galaxy S6 General] Cosmic Blue:
On rooted phones the best way might be through smart switch if it is an official version.

Flashing if it is a custom version. But we have to wait and see what is released and if another member has extracted the bootloader and modem.
[Galaxy S6 General] astatek:
I am only rooted .. what is the smart switch ?

If i understand all carriers who use SM-G920W8 have compatible bootloader and modem.
[Galaxy S6 General] Cosmic Blue:
smart switch is is the updated version kies.

it is the program that is installed on your computer to allow to connect your phone.

yes, they have compatible bootloader and modem, there slight difference between providers.

Since 6.0.1 is a major change there maybe new issues which require specific providers bootloader and modem.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheOneNoob!:
Anyone have experience with ACURA COMPUTERS in Surrey, BC, Canada or ATNE in Ontario, Canada? I just left my phone to Acura and they sent it to ATNE, I already opened a thread but I want your opinions.
[Galaxy S6 General] C2Q:
Does anyone have any experience with the Samsung repair center in Toronto (Sherway Gardens)? I just noticed that there is dust under my camera and want to get this fixed before my warranty expires. Rogers told me that they usually manage to have same day service at that store.

Also has anyone been denied for hardware repairs because knox is tripped?
[Galaxy S6 General] Ramsey:
Do you guys know if Marshmallow will have root? I'm not rooted now so that I can get MM via OTA and then format/reset phone and then root.
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
Yes it will have root
[Galaxy S6 General] D_Rail:
Am I the only one who's okay with not getting MM soon? I mean, I'm eager for the RAM update but otherwise I'm loving XtreStoLite 5.1.1, Hacker kernel and Xposed. I'm fine with waiting until the MM custom ROMs get the bugs worked out while our ****ty Canadian carriers take their sweet ass time.
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
How is your battery life? Mine on the same setup is savage.. at 60% battery with 3 hours on battery and 30 mins of sot.
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
That's absurd, there must be something seriously wrong with your setup
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
Yeah I don't know. I find about 15 mins of Bluetooth streaming from GPM kills about 10% of my battery. I flashed a new kernel today so I will see how it goes.
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
It's the standbye time that's really alarming. Try better battery stats and see what's running in the background and try optimizing all your apps. See if that helps
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
Yeah will take a look at that over the next couple days and see whats up
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
Hope it works out
[Galaxy S6 General] D_Rail:
See attached screen shots. I have Amplify and Greenify doing tons of work to help out.
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
Care to share your amplify and greenify setups? I also have those but not sure how best to tweak amplify.
[Galaxy S6 General] D_Rail:
Us Canadians need to stick together eh! http://xdaforums.com/android/general/guide-extreme-battery-life-t3095884/page891

See op on that thread.

This will help you out tons. I stayed away from anything that might screw with location. This can take awhile but you can do it in waves. I highly recommend using a battery monitor as mentioned because I'm confident you have a problem app or wakelock. I also have the MobileActiveRadioFix module on Xposed.

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One more thing: In Synapse I have GPU cranked to max and everything enabled in Crontab.
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
Thanks dude. Went through and had some serious alarms and wake locks. Limited a ton of stuff so hopefully get some improvements!
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
Thanks for the advice dude. I installed amplify but never actually limited anything. I guess I just assumed it would magically make the battery better haha. Reset my stats to track it but have already noticed a considerable improvement in standby battery life.
[Galaxy S6 General] pilotgav:
Since we STILL don't have MM...I was curious to know what custom ROM people are using?

I'm on "BacktoNote3" with Arter Kernel.
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
That's the best I've found.

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**** you Samsung and Canadian carriers, you all blow
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
I second that, have tried them all and always go back to that. Will be staying on it till mm arrives
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
Out of curiosity, what makes it better than XtreSto? I had BacktoNote on my phone for about day but found it weird to use after coming from XtreSto. Should I go back?
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
I just tried xtrestolite again so it's pretty fresh. Baktonotes overall smoothness is better and it's probably the only rom not only on my s6 but ever that just works perfect. There's is absolutely no bugs, no lag nothing. I'm probably going to be disappointed with marshmallows custom roms and want to come back to this. It's that good. If you do use it I would suggest using version 10 of the kernel as I've used all the kernels and it's the best. Use version 13 of the rom. Battery life is on part with xlite

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Also imo the smaller dpi is cleaner and more suitable for the screen size
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
Hmm ok. Will give it a flash tonight and see how it goes for the next couple of days.
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
Let me know how it works out
[Galaxy S6 General] Ramsey:
What do you mean by Baktonotes? is that a rom? Can you link me? Just want to check it out. Can't find anything about Baktonotes.
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3179857

Here you go It's called back to note3, it's in the s6 developer section

Sorry before I misspelled
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
MM Rolling out. https://tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=...share_tid=3356432&share_fid=3793&share_type=t

SM-G925W8 MM Update Rolling Out!
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
As we "speak", my S6 is being updated with MM Videotron!
[Galaxy S6 General] evonc:
Full PC5 factory image

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2Y_atB3DptbRmpnMmtMRTJPUHc/view?usp=drivesdk
[Galaxy S6 General] st0j:
I have the fido S6, G920W8. I see that two carriers in Canada have released 6.1.1 and I really don't want to wait for Rogers/Fido to release their updates. My question is by installing other carriers is it the same as waiting for my carrier to push the update? I understand that the bloatware might not be there but I disable that stuff anyways, I was just wondering if other carrier updates have different performance.
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
All Canadian W8 are the same firmware, without the carrier additional bloatware. Should have same performance, unless the carrier fxxxd up the firmware with his own bloatware!
[Galaxy S6 General] ere1nion:
Gonna wait a bit myself before jumping to MM, as we remember how good was the first 5.1.1 upgrade on our Stock was with Rogers at least. But looking forward to it.
[Galaxy S6 General] Lmetcalf:
Marshmallow?

Hi,

Just wondering if this is good to go on bell? http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G920W8/

Seems like 6.1.1 rolled out for eastlink.. I recall using that for bell last time.
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
So what is everyone's plan here? Run stock for a while? I think I am just going to jump right into XtreSto 3.1 and pull the bootloader and modem from the stock firmware.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
Biggest issues with MM have been SD card handling and some apps still not compatible as far as I've seen.

Since the S6 doesn't have an SD card I wouldn't worry as much about the big one. Do note that if you currently move large files like movies on to your S6 that you may not be able to with MM's format. A major pain..

No stupid Dnd like Google changes that I've heard of.

As far as the carriers and voLTE etc. I guess we'll see.

I might install it today.

It was much faster than 5.1 on my tab S. Don't think the S6 will be as noticeable but any bit helps.

Doing all the little root tweaks again is always a pain. Rename camera sound files, edit this preference file and that. I rarely remember them all..
[Galaxy S6 General] AwaKeN:
What is the easiest way to upgrade ? I'm on xtrestolite now, I have tried to backup with Samsung Smart Switch but it doesn't detect my phone, so I did some manual backups ... Should I upgrade to the Bell version and then root and install a custom rom ?

Thanks !
[Galaxy S6 General] bean72:
Anyone try MM yet, and is it any good so far? Is there any turning back once its installed, or are you pretty much stuck with it until a custom ROM comes out thats MM based?
[Galaxy S6 General] krazykat:
Eastlink and Videotron just dropped 6.0.1, can't wait for the other carriers!
[Galaxy S6 General] vundava:
I just updated with ODIN, I had BOL1 firmware recently flashed with ODIN. Funny enough, all my apps and setting stayed after. The first boot was rough, a couple of force closures. But now everything is peachy. I have a Bell S6 and used the Eastlink firmware.
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
What kind a question "Is it any good'! Millions of users are already using MM, mostly with great reviews!

To the point: My S6 with MM Videotron is functioning like a new phone again, TW is fast and the UI is quick.

Just a comment coming from other MM users:

MM needs time to optimize your S6 and it can take from a few hours to one full week, so it's recommended not to do major changes (root, un-bloating...etc.) at least for one full week.

- There is no going back from MM and yes, you're "stuck" with the best android firmware out there!
[Galaxy S6 General] bean72:
lol, I should have expected that answer. MM sounds like a pretty awesome firmware update, I was just making sure there were no obvious bugs/glitches for the Canadian variant.

You say not to root for at least one full week, but if one were to root, is there any methods for the Canadian variant?
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
I'll likely give it a go tonight. Coming from stock Rogers. I plan on doing a full factory reset and data wipe first though. I like to give my phone a fresh start on major updates and like most electronics with brains, it's a good idea to do this once in a while.

I should know better though as I had some of the major issues that were reported with the first two 5.1.1 updates that came out before they got it "right". Oh well I like to live on the edge so time permitting and if the update comes down at a decent speed, I'll likely take the plunge tonight with the Eastlink F/W.
[Galaxy S6 General] yohojones:
I just put the eastlink copy of 6.0.1 from sammobile on my Telus s6. No problems. Didn't even have to start fresh. Everything is working as it should.
[Galaxy S6 General] AwaKeN:
Same here but on a Bell network phone
[Galaxy S6 General] IUH1991:
Finally installed the eastlink firmware to my bell s6. ****ing beautiful
[Galaxy S6 General] crzykiller:
Took the plunge... everything is super quick and pretty much functions perfectly except the stutters... oh god. In the launcher, there are microstutters everywhere and it hurts my eyes. Installed the ESK on my Virgin S6.

Decided to flash xtrestolite deomod 3.1 and arter kernel 13.1 for marshmallow. Holy hell this phone is flying, fingerprint and everything works other than call audio sadly
[Galaxy S6 General] AwaKeN:
How can I install a custom rom now with 6.0.1 ? Can I choose any custom rom ? Or we have to wait for a W8 roms ?
[Galaxy S6 General] Lmetcalf:
http://www.recovery-mode.com/root/h...xy-s6-sm-g9208-android-6-0-1-marshmallow.html
[Galaxy S6 General] st0j:
On fido currently regular S6, About to download 6.01 image from sammobile. (anyone have a faster download link?) How do I go about changing the CSC to install it properly? I plan on doing a complete reset with this new version. Is a CSC even necessary?
[Galaxy S6 General] IUH1991:
You need to enter *#272*IMEI# into the dialer. I tried switching to eastlink and videotron to get the ota, but it didn't work.
[Galaxy S6 General] st0j:
Thanks!

Can this be done after flashing the new software with odin or before? And once its changed can It be changed back?
[Galaxy S6 General] IUH1991:
You should be able to do this at any point. Keep in mind, it will reset your phone every time
[Galaxy S6 General] Peek-A-Boogie:
Can someone upload the 920w8 mm file?
[Galaxy S6 General] bean72:
Agreed, the download shows that its going to take 10 hours :(
[Galaxy S6 General] IUH1991:
Which carriers have released MM today? Just eastlink and videotron?
[Galaxy S6 General] Johans_F:
Use Samfirm. Can be downloaded from XDA.
[Galaxy S6 General] evonc:
I posted a link earlier with the full image.
[Galaxy S6 General] bean72:
Connection keeps getting interrupted for me, I saw the name of the filename of the download with it though, and it matches the link that was posted a few pages back on Google Drive, thanks!

EDIT: Thanks [MENTION=4377503]evonc[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S6 General] st0j:
Yes just those 2 carriers have released 6.0.1 so far.
[Galaxy S6 General] BlaisegOne:
I am on fido and i installed the Eastlink version and i didn't need to change the csc. My phone was showing the software from fido and nothing from Eastlink.
[Galaxy S6 General] IUH1991:
Did you install via ota?
[Galaxy S6 General] BlaisegOne:
Nope, i did a clean install with odin.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheOneNoob!:
Pretty sure he flashed with ODIN.
[Galaxy S6 General] IUH1991:
Yeah, then you wouldn't need to change the csc
[Galaxy S6 General] Choquette:
Hi guys, Can I flash a custom rom from at&t or other compagny on a canadian s6 (g920w)? If yes wich companies?
[Galaxy S6 General] daubh:
I have a question. I am with Wind right now. I was wondering if I go ahead and flash one of the 6.0.1 Roms from Videotron or Eastlink, then Wind later releases an update, will I get it OTA? Or will I only obtain ROMs from Videotron or Eastlink?
[Galaxy S6 General] Cosmic Blue:
you would have to flash the wind update manually as phone will not be recognized as a wind device anymore. The ota will either be recognized as a videotron or eastlink device.
[Galaxy S6 General] Peek-A-Boogie:
EEERRRKKKKK wrong, im using eastlink's and wind works for me, but then agian my device is unlocked.
[Galaxy S6 General] daubh:
Mine's unlocked too. I wonder if the only difference between the Wind 6.0.1 and the Eastlink 6.0.1 will be the added carrier bloatware or if there are going to be modem changes.

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Think that might be better actually, since they seem to always be the first to release new updates for the GS6.
[Galaxy S6 General] Peek-A-Boogie:
yup got bloatware. Got a bell tv app, a my bell app. i tihnk the modem is same, but then again ive been trying to install twrp, with no luck. I rooted successfully though.
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
How did you root please
[Galaxy S6 General] Peek-A-Boogie:
http://www.recovery-mode.com/root/h...xy-s6-sm-g9208-android-6-0-1-marshmallow.html
[Galaxy S6 General] Choquette:
Anyone ??

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Anyone ??
[Galaxy S6 General] Firegrill:
Anyone figure out a way to get the default app selector back?
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
Thank you kindly
[Galaxy S6 General] camo_flage:
So its ok to flash the EastLink rom on a Rogers-brand phone right?
[Galaxy S6 General] Peek-A-Boogie:
No issues for me just can't flash twrp
[Galaxy S6 General] evonc:
Someone posted a link to arters twrp from the 13.0 kernel version in the S6e thread. Get the one for the S6 and it should work.
[Galaxy S6 General] Rakcoon:
stuck at black screen at boot with blue led glowing. anyone else?
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
Could you be more specific
[Galaxy S6 General] Rakcoon:
I'm quite experienced with android. It's my first time encountering the likes of this:

1) successfully flashed the MM posted on sammobile for 920W8.

2) reboots, and at boot, phone is suck at black screen with only the notification light glowing blue.

I waited around 15 minutes for it to boot, but it seems like it's stuck at that black screen.

Thanks-
[Galaxy S6 General] Peek-A-Boogie:
heres what you all need to know;

I flashed mm successfully, rooted it, and came to realize i couldn't flash twrp for some odd reason.

What i did was, i took arter's twrp http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/root-rooting-g920i-marshmallow-6-0-1-t3339394

flashed it via odin.

Gave me a bootloop, but thats okay, what i made sure i did was have a custom rom on my phone before so i could wipe and flash, unfortunately the only orm i had was CM 13, i flashed that so i could put noble rom on storage and flashed it, and everything's okay.

Works like stock, fingerprint works everything works fine except for call audio.

P.S the fingerprint reader is so quick
[Galaxy S6 General] anonymous13:
did you find that your call audio didn't work with the noble rom?
[Galaxy S6 General] Peek-A-Boogie:
Exactly.
[Galaxy S6 General] anonymous13:
crap. i guess we have to wait for a patch for 6.0.1. thanks for confirming it's not just my phone
[Galaxy S6 General] lizaSB:
Just flashed XtreStoLite 3.1 after upgrading firmware via SamFirm

Whole phone got wiped at one point, frustratingly didn't make an SD backup because I didn't use Smart Switch -- bit of a mistake

Used this TWRP (zeroflte): https://idlekernel.com/twrp/zeroflte/3.0.2-1/

Hacked together a call audio fix attached here

Reflashed our boot image from the update today and then patched it with root.

Call audio working.

Edit: Reposted the correct zip -- first version had too many replaced files and caused some quirkiness in the signal indicator. Apologies! Filenames were too similar
[Galaxy S6 General] SaHiLzZ:
Go into recovery and factory reset, and also check if it says DRK error at the bottom.
[Galaxy S6 General] Rakcoon:
Thanks.

Managed to fix it by loading custom mm rom and flashed it via twrp.
[Galaxy S6 General] jazenf:
What kernel did you install when using this audio fix?
[Galaxy S6 General] lizaSB:
As stated in my post, I used the kernel from our update today (boot.img). You can put it on your sd card and flash it with twrp. I had to flash root after because the phone looped until it was rooted
[Galaxy S6 General] jnhsd0319:
again... canadian mm for s6 doesnt have data toggle in quick settings...

no solution for now
[Galaxy S6 General] Choquette:
So I'm on a canadian forum and no one can tell me if we can flash a custom rom from other company on a g920w8 koodo lock phone (5.1.1)
[Galaxy S6 General] ere1nion:
Don't think rom from other s6 will work on our phone not like our good s3 that was same as att.
[Galaxy S6 General] jazenf:
Thanks I got it working now, I just gotta get my root back an I'm good to go:)
[Galaxy S6 General] AwaKeN:
Hi !

What are the steps you did ? I have downloaded the 3 files to have the call audio fix but don't know what to do with them !

- Callaudiofix

- boot.img

- root file

Thanks !
[Galaxy S6 General] jazenf:
I did....

Boot.img

Call audio fix

Root
[Galaxy S6 General] AwaKeN:
I'll do it later. This morning I did call audio, boot and then root but I had a boot loop after ... I'll reinstall and try your fix.

Thanks !
[Galaxy S6 General] Peek-A-Boogie:
Can someone upload the boot. Img pls
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Finally was able to hide the persistant "Do Not Disturb Mode Enabled" from the lockscreen on MM. This was always such an eyesore. When I come into work I NFC to switch my phone to DND mode, turn on bluetooth for my headphones and switch off WIFI and when I leave I scan again to reverse those settings. I know I am in DND Mode. I am for 5 days a week from 7:30-3:30. I don't need my number one notification all day long to be DND Mode Enabled. It pushes everything else down the list and out of view and I don't want that.

So for those wondering, when DND mode is activated, pull down the notifacation bar, long press on DND Mode Enabled and it will bring up the System UI settings. Then you can set it to hide on Lockscreen (It will still appear in the notification bar to let you know it's on incase you aren't sure or forget). This was not possible on Lollipop but it is now! Awesome!
[Galaxy S6 General] AwaKeN:
I have just tried and when I install the root file I have an error and have a boot loop ...
[Galaxy S6 General] daubh:
So I downloaded the Eastlink/Videotron MM ROM uploaded on Google Drive by evonc on this thread. I am about to flash using Odin. I am probably going to erase Nand. I was wondering if it's a good idea to check "Phone bootloader update"?

Trying to avoid voiding my warranty until next year at least lol.

I plan to change to csc back to Wind afterwards.
[Galaxy S6 General] Rakcoon:
NO
[Galaxy S6 General] daubh:
Already did :p
[Galaxy S6 General] theultimatetrip:
Flashed the Eastlink ROM 6.0.1 with Odin on my Rogers S6 SM-G920W8

No problems, works like a charm

Uploaded the Eastlink ROM SM-G020W8 to google drive

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7RJTnHtObzlVGpqckg4YzQ1VkE/view?usp=sharing

Enjoy :D
[Galaxy S6 General] ere1nion:
Did your phone unlock? or doesn't matter ? and why eastlink not videotron? less bloatware?
[Galaxy S6 General] theultimatetrip:
What do you mean by unlock. No real reason for choosing Eastlink, it just downloaded faster. Still got all the regular Rogers and Samsung bloatware.
[Galaxy S6 General] ere1nion:
carrier unlock, so you just put the file(decompressed once) in odin and go?
[Galaxy S6 General] theultimatetrip:
No its locked to Rogers for now, and yeah just unzipped to md5 and odin and fire. I didn't factory reset before going from XtreStoLite 2.4 Lollipop 5.1.1 to 6.0.1 so everything still there just have to re root and twrp
[Galaxy S6 General] AwaKeN:
You will have to install the voice call fix, because there is no W8 support for now for the xtrestolite. They are working on an upgrade now.
[Galaxy S6 General] theultimatetrip:
What is this fix for
[Galaxy S6 General] AwaKeN:
try to make a call, you will see :(
[Galaxy S6 General] theultimatetrip:
I already checked because I saw people were using a fix. Calls are working perfectly fine for me on 6.0.1.
[Galaxy S6 General] AwaKeN:
With no fix ? That's weird, I've installed it 2 times and it was not working ... Good for you then !
[Galaxy S6 General] bean72:
I pulled the trigger and installed MM, so far its looking pretty good! I had Arrow rom installed beforehand and it kept all my data when I did the update. Got a bit of bloatware from Telus, nothing too crazy though. Went to buy a coffee this morning and turns out my CIBC mobile payment app stopped working, so I'll have to call them and get it all resolved. Other than that its great, excited to see what my battery life will be like.

BTW, anyone else noticed the Samsung Pay app? It's telling me it cant connect when I try to open it, but I threw Knox out the window the second I got the phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] Rakcoon:
Call fix zip doesn't work. Can you clarify how you got call audio working?
[Galaxy S6 General] BlaisegOne:
I maybe wrong but you can use any custom rom that you want but you will need a g920w8 kernel .
[Galaxy S6 General] lizaSB:
The call audio fix is just one part of the fix to make audio work on international roms. The other half is a proper kernel.

As the update was just released yesterday, the only kernel I'm aware that has proper support is the one that was bundled in the update (the tmo boot.img would potentially work as well)

My exact steps:

1. Install xtrestolite and addons

2. Install call audio

3. Flash boot.img from update by twrp (flash image)

4. Boot into download mode and use autoroot for sm-g920f (i didn't have the zip on hand)

I have a feeling you could cut out steps 3&4 if you added our kernel directly to the xtresto image and replace the boot.img egdar uses with ours. His installer patches the kernel in the same way as the autoroot