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[Galaxy S6 General] Rakcoon:
Can any awesome Rogers users upload bootloader/baseband for a poor Telus slave?
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
I'll have something flashable shortly.
[Galaxy S6 General] baconman4321:
Never though about that so you have a point
[Galaxy S6 General] nicemsp:
Oh, I thought you meant it has something to do with the fact that my phone doesn't work lol
[Galaxy S6 General] gp-se:
Have you tried doing a device wipe/reset?

Power off phone

Hold volume up , home button, and power button at the same time

Let go of all 3 once phone turns on

Use volume down to scroll to device reset/wipe

Use power button to select.
[Galaxy S6 General] -Mr. X-:
BL and modem have been tested packaged and are up.

Have at er guys

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/canadian-odin-5-1-1-bootloader-twrp-t3193292
[Galaxy S6 General] nicemsp:
I wiped the cache partition, didn't help.
[Galaxy S6 General] gp-se:
Try device reset from that menu
[Galaxy S6 General] twizller:
I have no issues with the update on my S6. I did a factory reset and wiped the cache after the update. What is this bug that they found which caused them to pull the update?
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
Will flash these tomorrow. You're a godsend.

Sent from my Deco stop
[Galaxy S6 General] ChongoDroid:
Thank you!!!
[Galaxy S6 General] nicemsp:
Did full factory wipe, still acting the same way. Calls go straight to voicemail, texts show up hours later, if at all, and in different order than was sent. Data connection doesn't work either.
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
After 12 hours with the 5.1.1 update, what I've noticed, what I like, and what I dislike...

What I like:

- Device is smoother, noticeable when launching the Recent Apps screen and loading apps like Google Maps.

- New *friggen awesome* animations such as in Google Alarm (icons at the top do crazy things now!), new push effects on buttons such as those at the top of the Notification Panel.

- VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) offers far superior call quality in my area.

- The ability to remove Quick Connect from the Notification Panel.

- Camera delivers 1 second load time consistently, previous 5.0.2 performance was not reliable.

- Memory management has improved by a factor of approximately 2.5x. Chrome would refresh after 2 apps opened previously, now 5-6 apps can load before Chrome refreshes. Still not great, but better.

- Silent mode is back and can be added to the Notification Panel as a quick button.

- Swipe to unlock is much more responsive.

- Fingerprint scanner is more accurate and faster.

What I dislike:

- WTF is up with having a video calling button, right on the front of the dialer, that is NOT functional on Rogers?

- FFS, the memory issue is still not fixed. My Nexus 7 2013 w/ 2GBs of RAM puts this device w/ 3 GBs of RAM to shame. SMH!

- Addition of extra bloatware like Samsung Gear. I just so happen to own an Android Wear watch, so this tees me off.

- The wait we endured for this, this update has the same feature set and bugs as the Verizon June update!

- Argh, still high battery drain from Google Play Services. It is still exceeding my Screen for battery usage, though, this is a known 5.1.1 issue fixed in Android M (ugh).

- LTE switching to LTE+ is still distracting as the "+" pushes everything to the left (in the Status bar) and draws your eye, they should have made the icon for LTE and LTE+ the same size to prevent this!

- If you previously added the Battery Usage Quick Setting, you can't remove it anymore!

An oddball finding:

- System Update has gone from being a dialog to being an full screen activity, interesting, but why?

That's about all I've noticed so far in 12 hours, a decent update with it's ups and downs, here's to Android M!
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
I wonder with this 5.1.1 if we can root without tripping knox like the T-mo thread.

http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-galaxy...-g920t-5-1-t3170312/post62595194#post62595194
[Galaxy S6 General] Sevael:
When did you reserve yours?
[Galaxy S6 General] Harrison_K:
April 2nd, and I was #419. A few days later, I was #418. I moved from the queue into 'in progress' yesterday.
[Galaxy S6 General] Sevael:
I wonder if that's why yours hasn't shipped yet. I reserved on March 2nd and was #16.
[Galaxy S6 General] Harrison_K:
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I have no doubt that's why. I was a little frustrated when I saw my queue number so deep into triple digits, but that's what I get for waiting so long to reserve my device. My hands were tied; it's gotta be better than waiting for a retail device though.
[Galaxy S6 General] froesei:
My 32 gig S6 arrived at the Rogers store in Winnipeg this morning. I just phoned them though, and they said they can't release it to me until tomorrow. Pretty disappointing.

*editing to add that I shouldn't complain, as I know some of you might not even get yours tomorrow!
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
That's dumb considering it's on hand and many people already have them.. Mine was just delivered from Telus. Will be waiting for me at home.

Sent from my deco stop
[Galaxy S6 General] jayhoskins:
I got my shipping notice on the second and it was delivered on the 7th.
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
Got email from wind saying my gs6 will be there tomorrow with the bluetooth speaker....
[Galaxy S6 General] Fizwiz:
I have a question. Rogers dont want to sell me a phone at fulle price without contract. If i take a a contract and in 3 days i cancel my contract. From my understanding, i will only have to pay de balance of my phone?

Do i have to pay something else?
[Galaxy S6 General] Sevael:
I'm pretty sure they'll still charge you for the first month of service plus the admin fee for activating a line ($25?). They might also have a minimum contract length, such as three months. You could potentially be on the hook for $200 (plus tax) over and beyond the suggested retail price of the phone.

I'd look into it before pulling the trigger. I recommend phoning Rogers and choose the prompts as if you were going to cancel an existing account. Once you get a person, ask if they are in the retentions department. If not, ask to be transferred. Retentions are the people who have all the info on cancelling, so they could tell you everything you need to know.

Try to call during normal business hours; if you call outside of business hours, you tend to get stuck with outsourced overseas phone agents who know far less than the local in-house staff.
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
I bought note 4 from telus, outright no problems at all and I wasn't even a customer. Rogers and bell were telling me I need a contract, so just get it from telus and unlock it and use it on rogers or whoever you want to.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Try getting it from Best Buy.
[Galaxy S6 General] Appok:
Bah i pre-order or reserved my S6 non-edge back in March and i was #55 in line, my status changed to in - progress yesterday and I phoned today cause I said i wanted to pick it up at the store instead of delivering it. The guy said they don';t even have the phones yet and waiting for shipment from Mississauga.

Hopefully the phones are on the truck today and delivered today and I can pick it up tomorrow :D

Edit: Fido is my carrier
[Galaxy S6 General] Firegrill:
I'm thinking of doing exactly the same.

Which wind are you going to go to(if you're in ottawa)?
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
rideau mall, and I got my email saying it be there tomorrow
[Galaxy S6 General] Firegrill:
Might see you there tomorrow!

Did you preorder?
[Galaxy S6 General] EnIXmA:
Got my edge delivered few hours ago..luckily no scratches...phew

https://www.dropbox.com/s/43zfkg07z3bf5pc/DSC_0001.JPG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2rn9fm2sfrb7b1x/DSC_0002.JPG?dl=0

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy s6 Edge
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
yes, comes with a free bluetooth speaker. Did you?
[Galaxy S6 General] Firegrill:
Hope they have stock for those who didn't preorder :s
[Galaxy S6 General] htc fan89:
I'm getting there before they open up...I know it's not going be that crazy like with iphone craze... but, I rather not take any chances haha
[Galaxy S6 General] evonc:
Won't work. We don't have the engineering bootloader for the Canadian variant.

Basically, you flash the engineering bootloader and then root. Then you flash stock one back. The engineering one will not trip Knox but it breaks fingerprint reader and other things.
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Can you explain the animations you are speaking of a little more? I'm not noticing anything differrent anywhere.

Also I didn't see a silent mode that can be added as a quick button.

I agree though that it seems snappier and the double click camera launch seems to be a little more reliable and on the faster side of things.

Haven't see any call or texting or data issues that some are reporting.
[Galaxy S6 General] twizller:
I am now unable to receive calls and text messages. How do i revert back to 5.0.1?
[Galaxy S6 General] c_86:
you cant... once you are on 5.1.1 you are stuck...
[Galaxy S6 General] vundava:
You should try to flash another 5.1.1 rom. Look under the development section.
[Galaxy S6 General] Rakcoon:
There is a call fix for w8's by MrX. It'll fix the call audio problem.
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
I'm happy to find that Samsung incorporated the audio changes found in the Note 5. We now have UHQ upscaling for audio and the audio output has also been tuned to preform better.
[Galaxy S6 General] ysr84:
ILL TEST on my G925W8 5.1.1 (update it first) then root it using the engineered boot loaders and report if it trips the knox or not.
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
http://www.android.gs/official-andr...amsung-galaxy-s6-and-s6-edge-canadian-models/

Not sure but I think they must have fixed the bug and are releasing it to all carriers. Let's hope so
[Galaxy S6 General] Nguyenxhoang:
Hi all,

I've had this weird problem after upgrading my bootloader n modem to latest on a sm-920w8.

While charging as soon as I hit 95 - 98 percent charge my phone stops charging n jumps to 100 percent but when I remove the charger it drops to 98 percent instantly.

Anyone know what I can do to fix?

Any suggestions is much appreciated.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S6 General] Rakcoon:
I suggest you clear cache, deplete the entire battery to 0% then charge it until it's fully charged.
[Galaxy S6 General] Nguyenxhoang:
I'll try a full discharge/ recharge cycle.

Thanks,
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Don't drain your battery to 0, there is no memory on lithium ion batteries. I hate to say it, but this advice is not relevant these days. Draining past 15% harms these batteries.

There's no such thing as clearing battery memory on Android either. All of those battery recalibration apps are frankly BS and Google had stated such officially.

Sometimes I notice quirks with charging too. The best thing to do is put they phone back on there charger till it hits 100% and leave it on for a few extra minutes. That's your best bet, fixes my oddities, like going from 100% - 97% instantly, every time.
[Galaxy S6 General] Rakcoon:
The purpose of draining to 0 is not to clear the battery hardware memory, it's to recalibrate software battery stats. Also, lithium battery conditioning still exists and is very relevant.
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
No. That's not true though. There's no software recalibration for batteries.
[Galaxy S6 General] Rakcoon:
Won't waste anymore words on this thread regarding this. You're misinformed about battery stats software. There IS a software component that manages battery levels. Otherwise, how would your phone know to prompt low battery warning or completely full?

Sometimes this software misreads the battery, and it'll shut off even at 20% battery remaining, thinking battery is fully depleted.

Re: formal education in comm network.
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
Sigh. Please Google it, I just did and I'm not wrong.
[Galaxy S6 General] NexusDro:
Neither of you are not wrong. Autom8r, yes there is no memory on lithium ion batteries and fully discharging them can shorten their lifespan. But if the phone is reading the the battery level wrong, it's ok to do a full discharge and recharge once in awhile to recalibrate how the phone reads the level, as long as you don't do it often. This is what I googled.
[Galaxy S6 General] autom8r:
They phone reads the battery level from the impedance of the battery. If the level is wrong, the battery is causing the fault. Draining it won't help.
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
Just gotta say, running xtrestolite with 5.1.1 bootloader and modem works perfect. So smooth and fast
[Galaxy S6 General] tangocore:
Is therrthere a specific guide to root & install twrp on Canadian 5.1.1? The guide I found required to check 'unlock OEM' in the developer option but I don't have that option. End goal would be to install xtrestolite
[Galaxy S6 General] exad:
Does anyone know if Telus released a 5.1.1 update yet?
[Galaxy S6 General] gp-se:
Is there a way to force the phone to re-download to current firmware? I'm on rogers 5.1.1 official OTA

I tried using Samsung smart switch but it said it cannot download the firmware
[Galaxy S6 General] Rakcoon:
Not yet...

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Make sure to install canadian s6 bootloader, and modem. Other than that, you can install any compatible rom (including xtrestolite).
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
What do you mean make sure to install canadian s6 bootloader and modem? Aren't these already installed by default?
[Galaxy S6 General] tangocore:
my s6 is with rogers, already updated to 5.1.1 via normal ota updates, wanted to know if they are specific to rooting & installing twrp on our model or I can go with the generic ones?
[Galaxy S6 General] brigon:
5.1.1 is out for Telus. Optimizing apps is going so slowly...
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
So Rogers apparently halted the rolling out of 5.1.1 after people were reporting issues with calling, texting and data connections. I never had any of these said issues but I was wondering what the status on this is? Have they resumed the OTA for people? If so, should those of us who had already updated before the stop expect another small patch to make sure everyone is on the same playing field? Obviously the phones that were broken after the update need a fix so I am expecting one for my phone too.

Just wondering cause I haven't seen any additional updates on the said issue or the fact that they pulled the OTA. Is it back on the table or does anyone know the status?
[Galaxy S6 General] nicemsp:
My phone was one of the ones that was broken after the update. 24 hours later it fixed itself though, without another update. So idk what to make of that.
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Interesting. I bet that doesn't give you the warm fuzzies. Did you engage Rogers when the issue was occuring? Did you get any information from them?

As for them halting the update, this is what I was going on. http://mobilesyrup.com/2015/09/03/c...ut-android-5-1-1-update-to-samsung-galaxy-s6/ Maybe they didn't infact halt the update. Naturally that article was never updated.

I did see in a few other places though that Rogers had a "bug" that was being worked on and resulted in a day or two delay for some other carriers releasing the update.
[Galaxy S6 General] cheema_gagan:
Just got update today morning on Telus
[Galaxy S6 General] ere1nion:
The bug was other carrier didn't release the update at that time.... Price and update must be simultaneously done[emoji12] [emoji35]
[Galaxy S6 General] nicemsp:
yeah i did, Rogers told me to make sure my sim card is in place :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S6 General] yiannisthegreek:
Depending on what carrier the other person is on could be the issue here as FIDO is a Rogers subsidiary in the same way as Virgin is a Bell subsidiary here in Canada... Now don't quote this as gospel but it COULD be a reason as to why your FIDO device works and the other persons device doesn't...

Just my 2 cents and I hope it helps...
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
I'm not so sure about that. I've been using this 5.1.1 update since last week on Rogers and I've never had any issues with calling/audio or any of the recent issues.
[Galaxy S6 General] yiannisthegreek:
May I ask what carrier you are with?
[Galaxy S6 General] Negan:
Anyone on bell get their ota yet?
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
I mentioned it in my post, Rogers.
[Galaxy S6 General] yiannisthegreek:
Right and the update that came out (however breifly it was) was from Rogers so... Say IF the other poster was with Telus or Virgin for example, that MAY be the reason they are having these issues with calls, texts, etc...
[Galaxy S6 General] dkojevnikov:
If your carrier did not push 5.1.1 update yet, you can change CSC to TELUS (attention: wipes all data on the phone), update to newest version and revert back if necessary after phone is updated.

The procedure is to dial *#272*Phone’s IMEI Here# in your phone dialer and choose the proper CSC.

As I already mentioned, this wipes all the data on your phone (does the factory reset). I changed my CSC from Wind mobile to Rogers but did not get any updates. Changed it to TELUS and got updates right away.

All credits go to this site:

http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-change-csc-in-samsung-galaxy-phones/
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
Good to know thanks for the tip!
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Did you get xtrestolite installed? What do you think of it?
[Galaxy S6 General] BlackRabbits:
Not who you were asking, but I recently swapped to xtrestolite myself. Battery life seems about the same, performance overall is FAR better. The UI is smoother and snappier, even after setting the animation scale back to stock.
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
Guys you need to try the back to not3 rom from arter97. Was using xtrestolite religiously until I tried it. If you really want to know how good this phone is you must give it a try!
[Galaxy S6 General] BrendenDonaher:
Will flash this weekend. Working 15 hours a day makes it tough to flash a new rom and not get screwed if something happens haha. Did you do the whole f2fs switch as well ?
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Are there any know bugs or features that are broken with this ROM?
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
As long as you follow the instructions you will have no issues. I didn't bother with the f2fs switch. From what ive read there isn't a real noticeable difference

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Works as good as stock, the only issue is the video recorder in the camera. Just make an adjustment in the settings before using it. I switch the hdr off then back on and it works perfectly.
[Galaxy S6 General] instigator008:
Works perfectly. Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 General] Negan:
Well thats interesting cause i get an error trying to run that code
[Galaxy S6 General] instigator008:
Did you forget the # after your imei?
[Galaxy S6 General] Negan:
Nope tried several times. Nothing seems to work to run any of the codes. Guess I have to just wait for the ota or sammobile to post it
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Obvious but your IMEI is correct? Maybe you wrote it down wrong before trying.

Nevermind. Tried mine and it worked. Tried again with an incorrect IMEI and nothing happens when I do that. So you error shouldn't be a result of that.
[Galaxy S6 General] gp-se:
anyone have a download link for the G920W8 5.1.1 Firmware? I know Rogers pulled the update, but Telus is still pushing it. Also all G920W8's have the same firmware, just the CSC is different.
[Galaxy S6 General] flexfulton:
Does anyone actually know if Rogers pulled the update and if they did what the status is?

I think there was just one article that claims they did but then no other reports or informaiton has come out on it.

So if I understand correctly, you are on Rogers and have yet to receive the update? This would be the first case I've heard of a Rogers customer still waiting for the update which would confirm they are still on hold.
[Galaxy S6 General] NexusDro:
It's interesting. When I switched the CSC to Telus, all my Bell bloatware are gone and I got soe Telus one (less bloated) but when I switched back to Bell, all the junk came back.
[Galaxy S6 General] caanda45:
Cause the Bell version has a lot of junk attributed to it.....Bell = Junk software....I used Titanium back up to uninstall a lot of the junk, then I went to far and uninstalled some important stuff and had to re-flash the rom I was on..lol....anybody using Windows 10 and Odin for flashing? Any issues with Window 10 and Odin or Smart Switch?
[Galaxy S6 General] NexusDro:
Lol ya, but what I meant was it appears that the bloatware from was built into the Canadian Rom. When I set my phone's CSC to Bell, i get the bloatware from Bell. When I set it to Telus I get the bloatware from Telus. This happens with the Samsung stock Rom before I did any firmware update.

I like Telus more now. Unlike Bell, it doesn't forcefully set my browser default homepage to Bell mobility. Is there any harm keeping the Telus CSC even though I am using Bhell?
[Galaxy S6 General] bill10:
No harm at all
[Galaxy S6 General] iamhacked:
I'm rooted, how do I update?
[Galaxy S6 General] Negan:
I found that on w10 only Odin 3.10.7 worked. Any other version didn't work
[Galaxy S6 General] itzik_man:
I am with Videotron; Changed the CSC to Telus, upgraded to 5.1.1 (got instant OTA), then change back to Videotron CSC with a perfect smooth running 5.1.1 (no root).

Also bought off Play Store "Package Disabler Pro" and uninstalled most Samsung and some Google apps and services, all this was done without root!
[Galaxy S6 General] caanda45:
Update to what? Have you flashed a custom recovery? Once that is done you can flash a 5.1.1 rom. Updates won`t happen till the Canadian providers drop the ota to us and SamMobile and other sites have it so we can Odin flash it to get back to stock to take a OTA.
[Galaxy S6 General] lgsshedden:
No issues using win10 and Odin or smart switch
[Galaxy S6 General] tangocore:
Yeah loving it (not the Task aosp (s3) or hyperdrive (note3) I had in the past but still great). Only thing is I still miss some calls (i notice them because of rogers who called functions) or late sms which followed since rogers official 5.1.1.
[Galaxy S6 General] Negan:
Here's some interesting info here. A few days ago I attempted the dialer code to change csc and couldn't even bring up the special menu options. So I did finally get it working. Here's what I did (some steps likely unneeded) First I odin'd the lastest 5.02 just for the heck of it. Tried again to enter the code (no luck). Then I downloaded the csc switcher app off of play and chose tls. it does the whole factor reset and upon boot I still had all the bell crap and interestingly enough my 4g data icon now would read LTE as it always should have. Tried dialer code again and still nothing. So I used smart switch to reinstall fw to stockify me so that i could eventually get the ota and upon bootup the dialer code did finally work! Changed to tls and as others said got the ota within seconds of boot up. A few hoops but better than waiting for Bell or Sammobile!

Now I can finally tinker!!!
[Galaxy S6 General] caanda45:
Why not just flash the bootloader and modem from here....http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/canadian-odin-5-1-1-bootloader-twrp-t3193292
[Galaxy S6 General] Negan:
Well im not used to seeing canadian threads like that since typically we don't get a lot of love so i didn't search for it!
[Galaxy S6 General] caanda45:
Lol would have saved you some time...
[Galaxy S6 General] yiannisthegreek:
This has my attention... I am with Virgin and wondering if this would work for me as well.

Can you please advise how you did this so I may try it? I am very interested in this...
[Galaxy S6 General] 10cheesecakes:
I was wondering the same thing. I know form past rooting experiences with the S4 that TMob and WIND phones are interchangeable and you can often times use the TMob stuff for WIND without issues.. however Ive tried using the CF-Auto root method using the TMob files thru Odin and nothing happens. How DO you root the canadian variants? I wanna try this xtresolite rom.
[Galaxy S6 General] tangocore:
Unikernel (gives root) and twrp through Odin

http://www.droidviews.com/root-and-...-on-samsung-galaxy-s6-running-lollipop-5-1-1/