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[Galaxy S6 General] QAM:
Hola

Just asking, why would you want to wait on Rogers when Telus/Koodo have already released this new BOJ7 firmware? Or is it that you're one of those individuals that prefers to only use carrier released OTA updates?

Assuming you're not willing to wait, just download the latest firmware from sammobile (the same Telus instance) and apply it to your phone, then go in and change the CSC to RWC. I don't think you even need to root to change your CSC code, maybe someone else can confirm this.

ALL Samsung related firmwares for the Canadian / Caribbean / Mexico (among other countries) use the EXACT firmware, it's just a matter of which CSC code is used on your phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
I appreciate your input. I'm mostly hoping for an OTA so I know that's it's correct for my Rogers phone. I know all the phones are the same but using the Eastlink build as an example there can be different build numbers of firmware around for the different carriers even though it's the same device. So your statement of all of them using the EXACT same firmware may not be entirely true. Due to all the problems over the last 2 months, I want to know that I got the fix that was intended for my device with my carrier.

That and I assume Rogers can't be that far off.....Maybe I'll see tonight thought if I have some time to try the Telus FW. I know it's a 10 minute job but 10 minutes in my life with 2 kids under 3 and a house under renos can be a lot time to try and find free. That and if in the unlikely event something goes wrong, I really don't have the time to try and fix it. That's the other reason I haven't done it manually yet.

P.S. I'm posting this from work so no I could not be using this time to update the phone. haha.

Cheers.

Edit:

This was just posted over on the Rogers forums. My question is, why was Telus so much faster than Rogers with this fix? This leads me to believe that there might be a different build number for the Rogers fix than the Telus fix if they only finished testing the code today. And once there is a different build number it's impossible to know how it varies from another carriers release.

Re: Samsung Galaxy S6 5.1.1 Update

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So I just spoke with a higher up Rogers employee who was very helpful in telling me the story. Yes Rogers is aware of the issue and yes they have been testing a fix and that test was completed today. From there, there is not an ETA on a fix but at least we know whats going on and they are trying to fix it.

Let's hope its soon that we can put this to bed and move on.
[Galaxy S6 General] saj222:
Solution to ODIN problems

Ha ha, I am reading an exact copy of my life but only exchanging the renos for something else time sucking. I too only seem to have time to post to xda during the week. :)

I found 10 minutes last night to try and flash the Telus package using ODIN but it failed for some reason. I've never had an ODIN failure so I don't know how to proceed. Cable is fine, drivers, same computer I've used in the past for for flashing, etc. I suppose I could re-download the package but I don't think that's the issue. Solved: Did not have phone in Download Mode. Thanks to [MENTION=637262]LNJ[/MENTION]

I couldn't even change the CSC to TLS to take the OTA. OI6 firmware doesn't accept the *#272*IMEI# or whatever it is.

Hopefully Rogers will have something OTA soon.
[Galaxy S6 General] duykhang524:
Just flash it with odin it changes CSC automatically, I have a Videotron S6 and I update it everytime to the newest firmware without any problems.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
If you're on a broken 5.1.1 stock a dirty flash of the newer one with Odin should be fine.

You don't loose anything and are good to use your phone exactly as it was before the flash.

There is really no reason not to try it and see if it fixes such major issues like delayed calls and texts.

It'll take you 5 minutes.
[Galaxy S6 General] matus201:
[MENTION=1011414]QAM[/MENTION] is correct though. Samsung releases one build at a time, for everybody, and it is up to the carrier to decide whether they release that particular build or not. As a result, you can download the "Telus' build", change the CSC code, and it will become the "Rogers' build". Now whether Rogers decides to release this particular build or wait for next one, it is up to them and that is why you see different versions from different carriers. But if two carriers decide to release the same build, it will be exactly the same - the device modifies itself based on the CSC code and you can switch from one to the other.

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Doesn't it always factory reset your phone though?
[Galaxy S6 General] javencajes:
Bell: S6 Battery/Charging problem

It happened when my phone was at 15% or under at the time. I turned off my phone and let it charged to full. Now my phone wont stay 100% after charging, no matter how long I charge it for. After unplugging the cable when it says "100%", it drops down to 99%/98%. I came up with a solution for it, I let it continue charging after it reached 100% to make it completely charge(staying 100% after unplugging). But now, I noticed my phone wont even stay 100% after waiting for half an hour after it first reached 100%. It always drops to 99%. Also, my charging estimated time til fully charge was also messed up, 97% , 1min left. Im using the samsung charger that came with the phone. I never root my phone.

Other than "Go to bell/samsung store", can anyone help me?

I also live chatted with a samsung customer help. They told me to hard reset my phone, which I did but it didnt work at all. :(
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Fair enough but I found this in regards to Android's build numbers and release dates etc. "The date code is not guaranteed to be the exact date at which a build was made, and it is common that minor variations added to an existing build re-use the same date code as that existing build." Found at this site https://source.android.com/source/build-numbers.html. Is it not plausible to think that Samsung may in fact do the same thing which would result in us all seeing the same build date but in fact have minor variations contained within? We can speculate all day long but in the end, I would much prefer to use the release as put out by my carrier and not assume that all things are equal. Unless we can decomile all the code of each build and do a character by character check for any deviations, I don't think either of us can confidently say that one of us is right while the other is wrong.

To each their own and everyone can make their own decision on which code they want to use or if they think that all releases are equal beyond the build date attached to it.
[Galaxy S6 General] virulentt:
I'm with Bell, flashed bootloader + modem last night and experienced no issue at all. You should consider running a custom rom. I'm using arter97's back-to-n0t3 rom with his kernel. Good combination!
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Did you check to see if your CSC changed at all after the Odin?

There are 4 specific CSC related services that run that may cause an issue if the CSC is wrong.
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
I checked via the *#272*IMEI# check and it said RCW so I assumed everything was okay. Not sure how you pulled up the screenshot you are showing or what I should be checking for there.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
You should be good then. I haven't had any issues running that FW on Rogers. My issues is that the phone always defaults to BMC. I don't have VM activated and so far no sms issues. I use the Google Messenger app.
[Galaxy S6 General] pappcam:
So I have a SaskTel S6 running complete stock 5.0.2 and SaskTel is dragging their feet like Bell regarding the 5.1.1. update. If I Odin the latest and greatest on SamMobile (Telus OJ7 maybe?) it should recognize my current CSC code and not change anything or factory reset, correct?

This is my wife's S6 and she would be a little upset if it did do a factory reset. :)
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Changing CSC will factory reset. Mr. X I think figured out a way to do it without but you need root. It's editing some root files likes sales_code.dat and something else in the EFS folder!
[Galaxy S6 General] cboone:
I flashed the edge version via odin this morning on my SaskTel S6 Edge. CSC stayed on BWA and it did not wipe anything.

I was on the previous 5.1.1 release, so I'm not sure if that will make a difference.
[Galaxy S6 General] iamhacked:
Sounds more like a problem with Rogers
[Galaxy S6 General] matus201:
Wait so if I have fido csc, flash a "telus" firmware via odin, it will maintain the correct fido csc and not wipe everything? Is that correct?
[Galaxy S6 General] cboone:
This was the case for me coming from the initial Telus 5.1.1 rom. After flashing via odin the first thing I did was check the csc and confirmed it was still BWA (Sasktel)
[Galaxy S6 General] saj222:
Yes, this is what happened to me but insert Rogers for Fido in your message. It might be a good idea to take a back up with Smart Switch or something just in case. I don't think Smart Switch backs up your apps the way Titanium Backup does though, so keep that in mind.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Technically yes. Only Smart Switch and Kies **** up your CSC cause it wipes the whole phone.

In my case anyway!
[Galaxy S6 General] saj222:
I'm 99% sure that a custom ROM does not affect one's radio network performance. Only the modem.bin, RIL and carrier settings matter.
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
How does that sound like a Rogers problem to you? I said I used my HTC with great connectivity. Got the S6 and in the same day to day routine it was terrible. Then just a couple weeks ago I had to pull out my HTC again and service was fantastic. And finally when I got my S6 back in service from the repair shop, I'm back to poor connection in places my HTC had no trouble.

So I don't think you can say it's a Rogers problem when one phone doesn't work as well as another during the same day to day routine and activities.

If it was a Rogers problem, I would have seen the issue across both devices.
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
I would have to agree, I have a gentleman sitting across from me on the same table both of us with bell. He has a s4, I have an s6 he is all over the internet and I can barely get it to load. This phone sucks
[Galaxy S6 General] C2Q:
I have also experienced the duplicate text message problems on Rogers. I don't think it's a Rogers problem as I came from an S5 and there were 0 problems with that phone. I'm not sure if I've experienced the dropped/missed calls issue though. At work I can receive and make calls, but maybe there were calls that did get dropped without me knowing.

Regardless, this is unacceptable by Samsung.
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
I am on Videotron and experience most of the same issues mentioned in this discussion.

I been told by my service people it's the LTE network in combination with the latest 5.1.1 update.

Regardless, these claims by my carrier I have installed the latest Telus version 5.1.1 (Odin) B0J7.

Now my calls are going through including texting, with the little testing I did it seems OK (will keep you up to date...)

Personally I don't think it's a Samsung or the S6 fault, no other carriers are having the same issues (with the S6) as us the Canadians!
[Galaxy S6 General] virulentt:
I only flashed bootloader + modem and never experienced these issues. I've always used custom rom so i'm assuming that issues people are facing could be rom/driver related.
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
All my comments were for the none rooted users.
[Galaxy S6 General] MSSlayer:
I have done this and my CSC stayed BWA and did not factory reset. Until OJ7 I did have issues with previous 5.1.1 builds and missed calls, straight to voicemail. I have not had any of these issues now though.
[Galaxy S6 General] golfinggino:
what are you guys getting for battery life rooted ? just picked one up recently and stock getting a 4.5 hours SOT which I cant live with - if it doesn't get any better the phone will need to go
[Galaxy S6 General] TheGman125:
Can someone tell me if they have flash a tmobile rom to the 920w8s Roger devices?
[Galaxy S6 General] thatsupnow:
You know how you can increase battery life 10 fold?? Put the damn thing down and go outside and do something!! Are all of your "friends" digital or what?? Why can't you live with 4.5 hrs SOT??
[Galaxy S6 General] golfinggino:
I use my phone a lot for work and i'm use to 6 + hours of sot - I guess the average user would be ok with 4 hours sot certainly not a heavy user
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
You get high SoT if you're using the phone non-stop but over a 12-15 hours of standby, I get 3-4 hours of SoT from home to work and back. Sitting at home, I get about 4-5 hours of SoT for the same amount of standby time.

It's not the SoT that's weak on this phone, it's the standby time. Hopefully with Marshmallow, it gets better!
[Galaxy S6 General] iamhacked:
Does anyone else have this problem where it takes long to connect to data after being on wifi for long? I just get blank data arrows and no connection for a while. Not sure if it's a telus/Koodo problem
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
I am an average user with a S6 that has a standby of over 48 hrs and a regular usage (calls + data) of an average of 12 hrs (none rooted phone)!

This was achieved through uninstalling most none essential apps including Google stuff, and disabling 99 programs and other apps with "Package Disabler Pro".

The list of apps that can be disabled is in the General S6 section.

I still have about 40 apps on my phone.

Disabling this 99 programs and apps, reduced dramatically the background activities of my s6.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
I've had mine on standby for almost 58 hours with slightly less than 3 hours of SoT.
[Galaxy S6 General] matus201:
I have mine on standby for 12 hours with 2.5 SoT. I don't know how you guys are getting these numbers.. Are you on airplane mode with Ultra Power Saving on or something?
[Galaxy S6 General] pappcam:
So is there any change in the OJ7 firmware? One thing that really bugs me about my wife's S6 is that the app drawer can't be organized in anyway. There's no alphabetical sort and the apps are scattered across 4 pages when they would fit on 3. It's completely ridiculous that a phone of this price and stature has such a glaring oversight like that. I'm hoping 5.1.1 fixes this. A 3rd party launcher is a non-starter for my wife and this is something that shouldn't even be an issue on this phone anyway.
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
I just noticed that I have the whole "app optimization" battery thing. I'm on the OJ7 firmware (flashed through Odin).

Is it that I never noticed it before or is this part of the OJ7 updates?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Doesn't seem to work. Has been over 5 days and it hasn't optimized anything unlike the COI9 custom rom that notifies you after 3 days or monitoring your use and then optimizing the apps based on frequency of use!

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Turn off Google Location History and Smart Lock and you'll have a better battery life especially if you are out and about. Those 2 items kick into over drive tracking your every movement based on gps, wifi, cell and BT!
[Galaxy S6 General] saj222:
It's part of the update.

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You're in luck, app drawer alphabetical sort is included in this new build.
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
Really? The pop up of optimization showed up for me, that's why I noticed that there is actually the app optimization feature now.

Granted, I don't know what the COI9 ROM is like. Is there something different I'm missing?

Last night I had 0.2%/hr lost due to stand by over 6 hours. I usually have about 0.5%/hour per night.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
After a fresh flash, it audits your usage for 3 days and then pops up and says that it is ready to optimize. Mine says Optimizing 0 Apps. And when I hit details, it says automatically optimizing for all apps. That's not how it was on COI9 EU fw.

What you're probably experiencing is just battery management in new fw. The Doze like feature is not working the way it should at least for me.
[Galaxy S6 General] riksterinto:
Turn down auto brightness to about 1/10th.

Custom automated tasks can help quite a bit too. I have some tasks setup that automatically turn wifi and sync off when I leave home or work. Wifi eat your battery if it's searching non-stop for a signal. I also have tasks setup to automatically turn wifi back on when I get home(wifi connected actually saves my battery because weak cell signals at my house cause the phone to use too much power trying to stay connected).
[Galaxy S6 General] pappcam:
I assume people that get those numbers turn their smartphones into dumbphones by deleting and disabling almost everything.

I find it easier to charge my phone periodically rather than turning my $800 dollar phone into a glorified flip phone. Of course, IMO and YMMV and all that stuff apply here. :)
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Haha. I agree with you. It's like the car stereo competitions they have. Their stereos are so loud and in the contest the sound they play is just a simple one second tone and their speakers blow right after but it doesn't matter cause they were the loudest even though their stereo isn't practical at all and they weren't even technically playing anything anyone would normally listen too through a car stereo.

I feel like some Android users are always trying to prove they can get X out of their battery just so they can gloat and brag but they are going to extreme measures to do it and not using their devices in an enjoyable way. Sure turning down the brightness might be a nice battery saving measure but if I can't see the screen, I can't use the phone whether or not the battery is at 100% or 5%. I'd rather use and enjoy my phone and charge it every night than trying to get days at a time out of it. Crippling my phone doesn't make for an enjoyable device for me.

I know a lot can be obtained by automating tasks etc and I do the same. I'm more laughing at the guys who underclock the CPU, brightness always low as possible disable everything 3 times, all sound off, no vibe etc. Those are the guys I laugh at. Just so they can say I get 7 days of stand by time!

This is also IMO etc etc and I understand you may be in the middle of the bush no where near a charger for days at a time but I'm pretty sure if that's the case you likely have other greater concerns or you should put your phone away and enjoy the great outdoors. And if you are trying to use your fragile smart phone as a "safety" device for your backwoods camping trips you likely aren't far enough in the backwoods and you should have a SPOT instead if it's a life or death matter.
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
Your assumption proves how little you understand what's called "value added" in programming! After disabling 99 useless background bloatware programs and uninstalling 20 apps on my s6, I can do more with my 40 left apps, faster and over a longer period then your phone loaded with unproductive Samsung and Google programs with no value added! I have an optimize fully functional phone that can do more, much more then your s6 can do!

Comment - Only one example of unused services in the S6 background: There are 3 service programs for the Gear VR equipment (required only if you have one)!
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
I have nothing turned off except Google Location History and Google Smart Lock. Exchange, Wifi, BT and LTE all day and as long as LTE is good when I'm out and about, I get 3+ hours of SoT. If I'm just home all day it's 4+ hours.

So if you are not getting decent SoT, it's either one or more apps that constantly syncing in the background, spotty signal, weak 5Ghz wifi and etc.
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
What is the bootloader file name and its extension, once I unzip the md5 file (is it a bin or img file) ?
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Good news. A Rogers update is scheduled to start rolling out November 16th.

http://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/forums/forumtopicpage/board-id/Android/thread-id/31962/page/50

Update for Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 Edge users

Some of you have been experiencing connectivity issues with your Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 Edge devices over the past couple of weeks and we’re happy to report that a fix is on the way.

We’ve been working around the clock with Samsung to get the right fix in place and starting November 16th it will be rolling out in phases – If you’re wondering, the root cause is related to the latest Samsung Android 5.1.1 update.

It’s taken longer than we had hoped to get here and we appreciate your patience. Fixing the problem is a little bit more complex for us because of the VoLTE capability we offer on these devices.

Temporarily, we still recommend you follow the troubleshooting steps here if you’re continuing to experience problems.

Steps: Manually drop the device to 3G/GSM from the Settings > Mobile Networks> Network Mode options.

What we don’t recommend is flashing non Rogers software on your Rogers device – doing this can cause issues with performance and affect your phones warranty.

Thanks again to everyone in the forum who has shared their feedback on this topic.

RogersDarrell
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Note 5 ROM on Rogers works excellent already FYI.
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
I shouldn't have to run a custom ROM to have a working phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheGman125:
So your running a Note 5 rom on Samsung Galaxy Note 5? Is it a T-mobile Rom?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
It's just a port. Been around for a while.

Anyway VoLTE is only gonna work with Canadian based fw.

I have the latest Telus one flashed and manually changed the CSC to Rogers to be able to use VoLTE.

Hopefully the Rogers build is actually newer and not the same as the Telus build!
[Galaxy S6 General] TheGman125:
So what about flashing a T-Mobile Rom to the Rogers devices?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
As long as it is just the rom and kernel.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheGman125:
Just want to make sure that I clear... As long as I get a T-Mobile Rom and Kenrnel for my devices that it will run smoothly?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Yup.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheGman125:
Bruth... You just made my day.

Now, I have to find out about Rooting, Flashing, which is the best T-Mobile kernel and Rom
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Not sure. Their section is pretty dead so I don't go there anymore. Just run a custom F based rom. They normally include a unified kernel so everything works.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheGman125:
I am doing to see if I can get VoLTE working here in the USA because the devices doesn't even give me the options.

I found a Rom to give me the feature like the edge+
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
VoLTE and wifi calling is built into the framework and is only actually activated by the specific CSC.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheGman125:
What is CSC? And how do I turn that on?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
You need a rom that is multi-csc and has them intact.

The T-Mobile one won't have Canadian or European CSCs.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheGman125:
But If I flash the T-Mobile Rom to my devices... Won't I get the figures VoLTE and wifi calling by default?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Technically yes with a T-Mobile sim. However it may be tied to the T-Mobile modem too which you won't be able to get working on a 920W8 since the bootloader has to match the modem.
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
When LNJ said it's CSC specific it meant carrier network specific. Your firmware may include the VoLTE and WI-FI calling provisions, but if your carrier network does not support it, you wont be able to use these features on your s6!

As far as I know, the only Canadian carriers that currently support these features are Rogers and Fido.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheGman125:
So would I need to change the modem as well?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
It won't work. You can flash a T modem on a W8.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheGman125:
So I need to flash a T-Mobile modem to get VoLTE and wifi calling to work on my devices with the T-Mobile rom and kernel. Correct?