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[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
ESK Firmware is not a Wind firmware: Eastlink – ESK has full LTE options, same as Telus!
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Most phones with OIS have a faint mechanical sound to them when OIS kicks in. But I've never heard it described as grinding!
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
Here is an updated audio patch, let me know if it solves anything guys. https://www.dropbox.com/s/4mf8pdnsq...o_Patch_For_5.1.1_INT_ROMS_BOI8_BASE.zip?dl=0
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Yeah I realize that. 90% of the time it's just a fairly audible tick that you can hear which is louder than what it should be and everyone once in a while when lauching the camera app you can hear some whirring/griding of something inside the phone and the display on the screen will shake and flash like crazy as the camera tries to focus. This will go one for a second or two till it gets focus and then using the camera seems fine.

There is obviously some sort of mechanical failure within the phone. After having the phone ride around in my pocket for a while it usually does it really bad and a slight tapping on the camera area or setting it down on the table will cause it to do this upon launch.

I've been debating rooting and as a result tripping knox and voiding the warranty but I just haven't had a good feeling on voiding it for some reason on this phone. I'm glad I haven't done it yet cause it needs to be sent in. I guess my gut instincts on this were correct. Doesn't speak very highly of how I feel about this phone.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/help/galaxy-s6-camera-randomly-makes-loud-t3123724 Here are 9 pages of discussion on it. I can't search youtube at work to find the link but someone even posted a youtube video of the issue. If you watch it you can see it's pretty bad.
[Galaxy S6 General] risx:
Initial results are good, I am using the BIO1 modem
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
were you experiencing issues before hand?
[Galaxy S6 General] dkojevnikov:
ESK Firmware is the same as Wind firmware is the same as Rogers firmware is the same as Telus firmware. They just behave differently and install different bloatware depending on CSC setting. That's why when you are changing CSC the phone is doing full reset. So yes, this firmware is capable of using LTE but when it detects Wind CSC, it block the option that allows to enable LTE.
[Galaxy S6 General] iamhacked:
Really?
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Yes. I live in the same house and work at the same place that I did when I had my M8 and in places like my basement and my desk at work my phone would always retain a 4g connection on the M8. In those same places my S6 barely hangs onto the edge network often completely loosing signal.

I'm also back on my M8 while my S6 is out for camera repair and I'm not having any issues in my house or at work once again retaining a strong 4g signal.

So yes I can confidently say that my S6 sucks when it comes to cell connection compared to my M8 in the same locations.
[Galaxy S6 General] thuglifesk:
Am i able to flash this BOL1 BL and modem and patch on the S6 edge (G925W8)?
[Galaxy S6 General] lizaSB:
I only seemed to have this issue using international roms...

Flashed the new fix and so far so good... Received several calls this afternoon from work without any voicemail mysteriously appearing. :good:
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
audio patch yes, bl no, you will have to go to the edge bl thread and flash the proper one.
[Galaxy S6 General] icyescape:
I am running rooted latest 5.0.2. Trying to update to the new ESK rom via ODIN and rooting. I flashed the rom, reboot, then flashed latest twrp, went straight into twrp recovery, flashed the supersu file. But then im stuck in a bootloop with seandroid not enforcing message.

What do I do? Any suggestions ? thanks!
[Galaxy S6 General] force70:
Maybe im reading your post wrong but your flashing a rom with odin? Is the rom a zip file or .tar file?

Roms are almost always zips, which cannot be flashed via odin.

Sorry if i have misread something.

Sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
You're boot looping because you also need a custom kernel to root 5.1.1 the stock kernel will not boot with root it boot loops.
[Galaxy S6 General] risx:
I was until I installed your new patch, seems like some good magic
[Galaxy S6 General] Ludespeed:
Just wondering if any of you have found a good rom & kernel combo?

I'm using XtreStoLite with arter kernel but the rom hasn't been updated in a while so there's probably something better now.

Thanks for reading :)
[Galaxy S6 General] iamhacked:
That's weird. For me, the reception seems better than Nexus 5 or LG G3
[Galaxy S6 General] and2cs:
I am Calgary. I was using M8 before upgraded to S6. I have the same feeling. The M8 had better signal compare to S6. I lost data signal very often.

And sometime the google map saying I was in somewhere in Italy ( and the phone automaticaly switchs time zone to Italy), not sure its rom issue or other.
[Galaxy S6 General] risx:
Had a delayed txt yesterday, with the new patch + modem

I reflashed the old patch + modem & then my txt started coming in one after the other
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
This pretty much debunks that the patch has anything to do with this issue then, it looks more to be radio/network intermittent issues, which is not solvable by us. :/
[Galaxy S6 General] risx:
I guess we can see if others report the same issue, maybe it is just an isolated event
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
We will have to sit on it and see, I haven't had issues, but i turn LTE off in my area i'm in at the moment as the signal is poor. That could have something to do with my success.
[Galaxy S6 General] risx:
Yeah, probably. I read that switching to gsm also resolves the issue
[Galaxy S6 General] ulloobata:
Just received 5.1.1. on Wind.

BOI1.
[Galaxy S6 General] Antydoto:
ok, thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] lizaSB:
Getting delayed texts every so often on my end as well. Latest call audio update seems to have fixed the straight to voicemail issue though
[Galaxy S6 General] twizller:
Getting delayed text messages and calls goings straight to voicemail. Any fix for it? Is it caused by the phone or by Rogers network?
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
I'm sorry, can you explain to me what this CSC thing is? Never heard of it before...

Do you mean I could effectively Odin Videotron's or Eastlink's ROM (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G920W8/), and then change the CSC back and suddenly the phone would be running the Bell version again and would get Bell's OTAs with all their bells and whistles?
[Galaxy S6 General] Sevael:
That is correct.

Furthermore, it will usually detect your phone's carrier and will set your CSC automatically.
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
Wow, thanks! Is that true for all Samsung phones?
[Galaxy S6 General] Sevael:
I can't recall with which Android version they started using CSC, but it's certainly true of all Canadian Samsung phones running 5.0 or higher.
[Galaxy S6 General] Joe-Pk:
Finally received 5.1.1 OTA on Wind today downloading as we speak.
[Galaxy S6 General] caanda45:
]This is a way also to do it, not using Odin....from Post #1053 page 106 here, not posted by me, but tried and works splendidly...on Bell 5.1.1 by using the Telus CSC...Canadian CSC`s are ,

Canada= BMC (Bell), RWC (Rogers), TLS (Telus), KDO (Koodo)

...Give thanks to itzik_man, that is who I took it from, but others have also listed how to do it!

Backup your phone!!!

Before start, make sure you got the proper Telus and Bell CSC codes in the menu in step 1 !!!

1) Dial on your keypad: *#272*your proper IMEI and add # at the end of you IMEI No! Example: *#272*123456789012345#

2) Change the CSC to TLS (Telus), your S6 will be reset to factory setting

3) OTA will start update to 5.1.1 (don't use restore, set the phone as new!)

4) Repeat step 1 and change back CSC to your proper carrier, your phone will be (again) reset to factory setting

5) finish your setting as a new phone

6) Restore your initial backup
[Galaxy S6 General] C2Q:
Any news on the Rogers 5.1.1 OTA?

And how is the new Wind/Easlink 5.1.1? My s6 is only 3 weeks old and I have some awful awful standby battery drain due to 'Android System'. Hope the new update fixes or improves this.
[Galaxy S6 General] admiralderp:
Does anyone know if there's a way to connect to Telus public wifi using a custom rom? I'm using XtreStoLite so I don't automatically connect to them and they don't show up in the nearby connections list.
[Galaxy S6 General] theaenimal:
How's everyone's battery life? I've been on the same xtrestolite rom for the last ~1 month and a bit and my standby is back to ****. RAM management is okay but I'm seeing ~10% battery loss overnight and multiple charges during the day.

How are the other roms holding up? Anyone recommend one for battery life?
[Galaxy S6 General] brigon:
You don't want to do this because Telus has an older 5.1.1 with data freezing issues. Use Odin to flash the Eastlink version and you'll get a newer 5.1.1 which has that issue much less.
[Galaxy S6 General] caanda45:
Damn, good to know, I will odin the latest on the weekend. Will I still have to go back and change the CSC back to Bell?
[Galaxy S6 General] brigon:
No, your CSC remains and will automatically set the phone up for your carrier. I just factory reset for cleanliness since all the apps were still there after Odin and I wanted to see if the Eastlink 5.1.1 fixed the Telus issue with data freezing.
[Galaxy S6 General] caanda45:
Did it fix the data issue?

I have not had a data issues, was it widespread? Haven`t heard much only the issues with the Roger`s OTA.
[Galaxy S6 General] brigon:
The data issue started with 5.1.1. It is better then before on this newer version (Sept 3) but I'm still evaluating it as I haven't set up my Android watch as yet. Hoping Bluetooth doesn't contribute to the issue.
[Galaxy S6 General] caanda45:
Thanks, I have updated to the Eastlink firmware, found it has been fine....so far.
[Galaxy S6 General] theaenimal:
Anyone want to recommend a ROM for battery life? 2 months on Xtrestolite and my battery is back to stock touchwiz, draining like crazy on standby.
[Galaxy S6 General] kevinsirohyeah:
What version of Xtrestolite are you on? I'm on 2.3 and get pretty decent battery and standby (~7% drained every night), try upgrading if you're on an older version.
[Galaxy S6 General] theaenimal:
Xtre 2.3 and unikernal v7 with the battery kernal. My battery was great the first 2 weeks or so with the ROM but the standby drain has slowly creeped back.
[Galaxy S6 General] R3hawk:
Have you checked any apps that you recently installed? The same thing happened with mine but I went around my phone and cleaned it up and all was resolved.
[Galaxy S6 General] Firegrill:
I might do the same haha
[Galaxy S6 General] christx:
You can buy the phone outright from an actual rogers store and not those reseller rogers stores you find at the mall. They will only accept credit card, no cash or debit.

This happened to me when the HTC one x came out, no kiosk, or rogers reseller store would sell me it.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
I have been #5 in line with Rogers device registration for a regular S6 128gb since the opened registration.

Still just says Open. Not in progress.

Seems like they are a little late on getting the 128gb going.

Anyone else getting the 128gb S6 (Rogers or otherwise) heard anything?
[Galaxy S6 General] bnguyen8:
I'm with Fido and I'm #2 in line for a regular S6 128gb. Also still says Open.
[Galaxy S6 General] Sevael:
I just got my call from Rogers to let me know that my S6 is in and that I can come down and pick it up tomorrow morning. I asked if I could switch the black 32GB Edge that I reserved for a white 32GB non-Edge. He said that they're probably not supposed to, but he had no problem with it so he switched it for me. He put my Edge back on the shelf and put a white regular S6 in my bundle with the free wireless charge pad. :good:

He also mentioned that they're expecting a huge turnout tomorrow, the kind they normally would see on an iPhone release. So now I have to decide whether I want to go early and wait in line for an hour or two in order to have the phone earlier in the day, or go in later (once non-reservation stock is gone) and not have to wait in line.

Anybody know if Rogers outlets typically serve reservations first before walk-ins? Or is it just a first-come-first-served basis and it's just a matter of them holding that piece of stock aside for you?
[Galaxy S6 General] neotekz:
just got my shipping notification from fido with ups tracking, being shipped to a fido store. Hopefully i can pick it up tomorrow.
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
As soon as someone finds a way to root this baby post it here!

Can't wait to root!
[Galaxy S6 General] christx:
Just out of curiosity, what apps do you use that require root?
[Galaxy S6 General] Brava27:
Titanium backup, viper4android, adaway, root Explorer, etc.... Usually xposed but it's not working for lollipop touchwiz
[Galaxy S6 General] shollywood:
I have 128gb from Bell, hopefully coming today
[Galaxy S6 General] Harrison_K:
watching the shipment track it's way across canada since last night. it's out for delivery now. the end of my work day can't come soon enough!
[Galaxy S6 General] Sevael:
At my Rogers location in Winnipeg 15 minutes before opening and nobody else here. Guess the guy was wrong, no line-ups! :good:
[Galaxy S6 General] ex-28:
1 person waiting here with me. is it you lol I'm at kp
[Galaxy S6 General] Sevael:
Yep!

The store is packed now.
[Galaxy S6 General] KarlDag:
Got an email last night from Bell saying to go get it after 18:00... It's killing me, so I'll probably drop by in the afternoon and see if they have it
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
Hopefully?

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Still saying Open with no change for my 128gb with Rogers reservation.

Checked their site and it's reserve only for all models.

Can't even get the 32gb online today.
[Galaxy S6 General] ex-28:
Was no e to meet ya briefly I took Reg s6 as well 64 gig on my way home soon to set it up
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
Just got mine, there were couple of other people buying it to there also. seems like samsung has a hit
[Galaxy S6 General] Sevael:
Did they let you try both before deciding? I still haven't had the opportunity to hold an edge that wasn't tethered down.

I am loving this phone. There's a software update, about to do that. Then finish setting up.
[Galaxy S6 General] ex-28:
he really tried to get me not to open the edge version but i was a little persistent and he did i found it tricky to swipe screens with the edge and it felt alot smaller in my hand then the s6 , i have large hands so i went reg s6 , just installing update as well now , i checked out *#0*# from dialer to check the screen for bad pixels and sound ect no fading or anything , no scrathces phone is mint , got home turned on torch light for a few and went to dark room , flash stayed lit for a few seconds then went totally off , so nothing staying on . box says made in vietnam she's a keeper
[Galaxy S6 General] theaenimal:
Nothing out of the usual, but I'll take a look. Gsam shows a lot of android system activity (usually a good 20% or so of my battery life). If not that it's usually mediaserver but I think that's from my google music streaming.
[Galaxy S6 General] saj222:
Any feedback from non EastLink users who flashed the latest EastLink 5.1.1 "OI1" firmware? (Signal strength, multitasking improvements, other)

Also, does anyone have any idea if or when any form of cell phone payment will arrive in Canada?
[Galaxy S6 General] brigon:
For Android payments, I think you're going to have to look at bank apps. Royal, CIBC and Desjardins have NFC payments. It remains to be seen if Android Pay can make any headway up here seeing as how the banks banded together to present a unified front to Apple i.e. they have no intention of giving Apple the large cuts of the payment pie that Apple got in the U.S.
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
They have no intentions to give Apple a large cut of the pie because most banks and businesses are already set up in Canada with the technology. I don’t remember exact numbers but like 85% of Canada is already set up with the NFC tap technology whereas like 5% of the US is set up with it. Apple wanted the banks in Canada to pay Apple for their service and Apple wanted the banks to take all the risk on any hacking/mistakes/problems that might have risen. The banks all said screw that, why would we pay you AND take the risk when we are already set up to offer the service via our own apps and technology that we already have in place. In the US however with them really lacking the technology and the infrastructure they were willing to fork over the money to Apple because they have no leverage like we do up here.

Here is an article that discusses some of that. http://www.itbusiness.ca/article/apple-pay-coming-to-canada-may-be-dependent-on-banks-deal
[Galaxy S6 General] C2Q:
Just got the Rogers 5.1.1 OTA.
[Galaxy S6 General] duykhang524:
New firmware out for Rogers

BOI6 available on samsung-firmware. org
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Suretap is the tap and pay method that we have. You need the correct sim for it I believe.
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
Just installed the newest fido/rogers update, haven't noticed any differences yet.
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Are you expecting to notice any differences? Were you having data connection/delayed texts/straight to voicemail issues previously and are now claiming that this update did nothing to fix those issues?

Additionally, the Rogers boards are down but the Rogers Rep who posted first about the update said to do a full power cycle on your phone about 30-45 minutes after updating to provision the VoLTE on the device. He also mentioned that it may take some time to provision on the network side of things. So you may not see everything work correctly until after this. Once again the Rogers boards appear to be down so I am unable to reference that post at this time. One user also posted seeing no changes until he completed a power cycle and everything appeared to be running great afterwards.
[Galaxy S6 General] jnhsd0319:
I am guessing this new OTA from Rogers/Fido is not 5.1.1.?

Nevermind it is 5.1.1.
[Galaxy S6 General] saj222:
I took the update, waited an hour then rebooted. After which I enabled VoLTE and then successfully made a VoLTE call. This is in the greater Vancouver area.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Since VoLTE is new to us, any idea on when it actually drains battery? All the time or just on calls?
[Galaxy S6 General] unstabl1:
Got the 5.1.1 update a few hours ago, did not get it when it was first released a month or so ago.

Rogers SM-G925W8

Updated to G925W8VLU2B0I6

No probs with phonecalls. I could receive text msgs, but not send them.

Rebooted phone several times but still no luck sending msgs.

Cycled "Settings" -> "Network Mode" from "GSM/HSPA/LTE" to "GSM/HSPA", let it connect, then back to .../LTE" and text messaging is now working properly.

Edit:

And msgs stopped sending again.

Had to disable "Use VoLTE" in phone settings to get it working again.
[Galaxy S6 General] ChongoDroid:
Ever since upgrading the latest BL and modem I've been getting calls going straight to voicemail. It's weird because once the phone is awake I can't replicate but I have had multiple people report they can't reach me. Reverted to the N5 til I can pin point this.

Anyone else suffering from similar symptoms

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Ah nvm just read back a few pages and see I'm not the only one. Anyway to roll back to that previous 5.1.1 modem?
[Galaxy S6 General] tangocore:
I went ahead in install Eastlink 5.1.1 via odin (tired of missed call on rogers first attempt at 5.1.1) about 20 minutes? before rogers release it again yesterday. Should I go ahead and odin the new one or its just the same exact thing? (from settings its tell me am already on the latest upgrade)
[Galaxy S6 General] creaturemachine:
Damn why did they do that to their icons?

I think I know why, but damn.
[Galaxy S6 General] saj222:
VoLTE outbound calling works for me. I haven't had any attempted inbound calls to test with.

With VoLTE on, my inbound texts are delayed by 30 minutes and my outbound texts don't send. Turning VoLTE off corrects all texting issues.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
People with the newest Rogers/Fido 5.1.1 having issues.

Have you tried this?:

Update to 5.1.1

Turn the VoLTE on

Turn the phone off, pull the sim and leave it off for an hour

Put the sim back in and turn back on

If it's still not working right away leave the VoLTE/LTE settings on and don't touch them. Wait it out a bit.

Also note if you already had the bad 5.1.1 or are coming from something else like 5.0.2 so we can try to figure this out. Thanks.
[Galaxy S6 General] Bad Liar:
I had the original 5.1.1 update last month, and then flashed the firmware from Sammobile.com yesterday once Rogers released the new one.

I'm still experiencing missed calls and texts. I'm disabled VoLTE, and for the mean time I've ever had to disable LTE entirely.

My RAM usage seems to be around 85% every time I check, and from what I understand that was supposed to be resolved, no?

I've done two factory resets since yesterday and the issue is still ongoing. What the hell am I supposed to do now. .. sigh...
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
Please try this:

Update to 5.1.1

Turn the VoLTE on

Turn the phone off, pull the sim and leave it off for an hour

Put the sim back in and turn back on

leave the VoLTE settings alone and wait it out a bit if it's still not working right away
[Galaxy S6 General] Bad Liar:
Not sure why popping the SIM card out after powering it off would make a difference at all, but I'm down to try anything at this point.
[Galaxy S6 General] C2Q:
Question. Does Rogers have VoLTE? I can't see a setting for this anywhere at all.
[Galaxy S6 General] creaturemachine:
It won't. We're having to turn to superstition and bizarre incantations to get anything to work with this phone and/or carrier.

I too can't send texts with VoLTE turned on.
[Galaxy S6 General] Bad Liar:
I can't send or receive them with LTE turned on even if VoLTE is turned off, so there's that.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
It may seem that way to you but there is a method to the madness.

And.. Turning on and off VoLTE/LTE every few seconds isn't helping.
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Yes it does. Open the phone app and check the settings there.
[Galaxy S6 General] C2Q:
Thanks!

What does VoLTE do? As in, are there any drawbacks to using it?
[Galaxy S6 General] Bad Liar:
Well, you might not be able to send or receive SMS!

In a perfect world, I think it connects to calls quicker, and gives you better audio quality? (assuming both people have it, I would think).
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
I upgraded from 5.0.2 stock to 5.1.1 latest release from Rogers via odin.

Left VoLTE as is by default (Use when available).

Testing some things after 5.1.1 and all seems fine. Didn't have to do any extra power cycles or sim pull.

Installed UniKernel for root (Really a shame we have to do that... I prefer to stick with a stock kernel) All seems fine.

I'll report back if anything changes.
[Galaxy S6 General] zardoz99:
Woohoo!

A-Z app sorting has been re-enabled for Rogers version. Not just an EDIT now.
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
I had also been complaining about only having to hold the recents button to unlock screen pinning but I see now that have reverted back to the android standard of recents AND back buttons to unlock screen pinning.
[Galaxy S6 General] saj222:
I took the original Rogers 5.1.1 update when it first hit and then accepted the latest update yesterday.
[Galaxy S6 General] unstabl1:
After letting my phone "settle" overnight with VoLTE turned on, phone calls seem to work properly, and sending and receiving text messages are working like normal as well.

Will report back if things get messed up again.