yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] isangelous:
I think the only real difference is the design. The small one was released with the S5, so is styled like that, and the circular one was released with the S6.

---------- Post added at 12:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:06 AM ----------

I received my samsung wireless charger today. It works quite well with the Edge - as long as you get the phone fairly central it will charge. I was surprised how flexible it was in the positioning.

However, my previous QI charger (for the nexus 4) was the Choetech 3 coil, which is puck shaped. Although you don't gain any flexibility in placement to the left/right, it is much more flexible in how you place the phone top to bottom. This makes a big difference because the pad is the same width as the phone, but shorter. As long as you place the phone so the pad is completely covered, it will charge. I found it easier to place the Edge on this because your fingers guide it on to the pad width wise.

I also had trouble with the Samsung pad and my nexus 4. That phone is much pickier about placement on chargers and aligning it on the new pad is quite difficult. Sometimes it starts charging so you think it is ok then after about 5-10 seconds it stops.

On the plus side for the Samsung charger, the rubber ring on top is quite good. The Choetech doesnt have a non-slip rubber surface. This wouldn't matter for most phones but the Nexus 4 has a glass back and I had to put a couple of pieces of blutack on the charger to stop it sliding out of alignment during the night! I can't comment on the Edge in this regard because mine is in a case. I suspect it will move around a bit on a charger like the Choetech. It would be worth finding a different one with an anti-slip surface.

I haven't decided for sure yet, but I think I am going to return the samsung pad and buy another 3 coil instead. There is nothing really wrong with the Samsung when used with the Edge, it is just the puck shaped one is easier for me.

Edit: Ok. There is one big disadvantage with my old pad. Once the phone is fully charged it keeps switching on/off charge. The Nexus used to do this too, but the only effect was the notification led turning on/off. The Edge turns on the screen and does the charging notification sound, approximately once per minute.

The Samsung charger works differently. Now the Edge is fully charged the charger's led has gone green and it appears to be trickle charging the phone.

If I remember correctly from my Note 3, the charging sound can be disabled with root by finding and deleting the .ogg file. I am not sure if similar can be done on the S6.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] neotekz:
Was playing around with the Samsung pad using Ampere app and got about the same results. It would charge at about 350mAh and sometimes peak at 420mAh. The fast charger would average 900mAh and peak at 1020mAh. I have no idea how accurate at measuring current these apps are though.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] skiandsail:
As someone who actually has the S6 Edge and these Duracell PowerMats I can say: DON'T DO IT!

The PowerMats don't work at all with my S6 Edge with plastic case no matter how much I move them around. If I remove the case and move the phone around a LOT, I can sometimes get it to charge but it takes a lot of fiddling and more often than not, it simply stops charging.

I know it's not my PowerMat since I purchased a couple of them (work, home) and they both act the same. They're fine with my old S4 with a Spigen PMA back panel also.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] GoodRevrnd:
At some point the phone battery fills up and it stops charging, such that when I wake up my phone is only at 85-90%. Any suggestions to solve this issue?
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] Poetique:
Yeah... turn off whatever the hell is draining your battery 10-15% while you're not even using the device =/

Seriously, I woke up and my device was still at 100%. since being taken off the charger 5 hours ago, it's down to 97% and I'm sure at least 1% of that was from me doing a few things on it.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] GoodRevrnd:
Google Play Services and Google App were the highest usage since last charged. =\
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] adelmundo:
One reason why I use wireless charging (btw I have a Note 4 and my wife has the S6) is because I got sick and tired of microUSB cables wearing out. Let's face it, constantly plugging/unplugging microUSB cables wears out the "teeth" of the plugs. My situation is worse because I have kids (7 and 9) who fumble with these cords and they tend to wear them out quicker. Another situation is if you have your cord charging your phone and say it gets knocked off the table and it just happens to fall on its bottom landing on the microUSB connector: BAM another ruined cable. With wireless charging (since November after I got my Note 4 with OEM Qi back), haven't had to replace a cable as they just stay plugged into the Qi charger 24/7. Battery lasts all day so at night, I just set it down and forget it. By the morning, 100% charged. If I ever need to charge/top off, I can do it the traditional way, which is rarely nowadays.

Oh, wireless charging also does not wear out the microUSB port on your phone. My wife's Nexus 7 (2013) has a bad microUSB port now from constant plugging/unplugging, but at least wireless charging has extended the life of her tablet. I've had an OG Note 1 which also had a bad port over time from wear and tear (fixed it myself by buying a new charge port board from eBay).

TL/DR - Wireless charging prevents wear and tear/destruction of your microUSB cables and device's microUSB port.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] Poetique:
Ahhh the good old wild card. Yeah, Google Play Services will definitely do it.

Overnight today it only drained 2% of my battery in about 6 hours. I remember a couple of days ago it drained 7% or so in the same length of time. I made an effort to go through and disable as many useless services as I could yesterday though so hopefully it'll be a bit more consistent. I'm actually more than 24 hours in on this charge at this point and I'm still sitting at over 60% of a charge left. Gonna see if I can make it a full two days :p
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] jonasmckee:
Wow do you mind telling us what you disabled.. after much experimenting, i still lose about 12 percent when it stops charging till the time i wake up.. about 4 hours
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] GoodRevrnd:
I think if you have the google cards turned on AND high precision location it absolutely brutalizes your battery.

All that aside, I'm still finding the wireless charger a bit finicky.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] Poetique:
Frankly there's so many menus and submenus to dig through on this thing I honestly don't remember all of it. But as far as what I do remember:

Locations (set to GPS only)

Notifications for most apps (I found that on my last device this actually made quite a difference as some apps seem to really cause issues here even when no notifications are actually received)

NFC

Automatic Security updates

Automatic Google Play Store updates

Any and all "report to Samsung..." related things

Adjusted/disabled sync for various apps

Enhanced 4G LTE

Probably forgot a couple, but that's what I remember.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] PrOpANe84:
Got my Samsung wireless charger (at 50% off btw, thanks Samsung!), and I'm rather enjoying it. Thing charges pretty quickly in my opinion, i expected it to be slower. I would guess i get around 1% per minute.

What drives me NUTS is that my phone screen turns on any time i set my phone on the charger. So i have to place it on the wireless charger, then press the power button once the screen inevitably turns on. Is there any way to DISABLE this?? I know there is the No Wake on Charge XPosed module, but that's not currently compatible with S6.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] Poetique:
Does it not turn off shortly afterwards?

And how the hell did you manage to get 50% off? All I got was friggin 30% -_-
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] PrOpANe84:
No, it waits the full 2 minutes of my screen timeout setting to turn itself off.

When I bought my phone, Samsung sent me a coupon code for 50% off of up to $50 on an accessory purchase. Ended up working perfectly. After shipping and taxes, I think I paid $31 for the charger.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] Poetique:
Yeah that's what I meant. Forgot some people use long screen timeouts though.

As for that code, consider yourself lucky. As far as I've seen, most of us only got 30% -_-
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] neotekz:
What's enhanced 4G LTE?
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] isangelous:
You can't stop the screen from turning on. You could use Tasker to turn it back off.

You will need Secure Settings (the option is called "Lock Device"), and combine it with the Power event.

I just tried it quickly with usb power and it seemed to work ok.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] PrOpANe84:
Thanks so much for the reply isangelous. Being new to Tasker, i really don't follow your directions. I loaded the app, but can't find the areas you are referencing. Would you mind giving me a little more detailed directions?
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] isangelous:
Sure. You need this app too: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.intangibleobject.securesettings.plugin

Open Tasker and go to the Profiles tab.

Click the "+" icon, then State, then Power, then Power. Change Source to Wireless. Press Back.

It will ask for a task, click "New Task"

Give it any name, e.g. ScreenOff, and press the tick.

Now you see the task editor.

Click the "+" icon, then Plugin, then "Secure Settings"

Click the Pen next to Configuration. Under "Dev Admin Actions" select "Lock Device"

(The first time you do this you will need to tick "Device Admin Enabled" and give it the permissions).

Click the floppy disk Save icon

We get taken back to the action screen, so press Back

We should now be back at the task which will only have one entry (Lock Device)

If you press back again you should see your one profile and its assigned task.

Close tasker to enable our changes and you are done.

You may prefer to add a delay (Edit the task, and add a new entry. Under Task is Wait, then configure it for say 1 second. You can drag the entries so the Wait is first). But it worked fine for me in my quick test without this.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] PrOpANe84:
Beautiful directions isangelous. Thanks again, working like a charm!
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] freddirty:
I have the same problem, put the phone to the charger yesterday evening and in the morning it was on 74% because the charger stopped at 23:00.

I can see two problems:

1 .what the hell consumed 26% and without root it is not an easy task to find (congrats to samsung),

2. No tricklecharging? Is it a feature or a bug? If it is a feature then I'll take back the device to the store, because it is useless without it...
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] freddirty:
I've changed the new samsung fast charging adapter to a regular one, the charging won't stop at 100%. With the samsung adapter the battery was at around 30 celsius till reached 100% then when charging stopped cooled back to the 24 celsius room temperature. With a regular adapter battery kept at 100% and cooled back to 26 celsius after reached 100%.

I think samsung intended to take care of the S6 battery (because it is built in...) to prevent battery problems at least before the 1 year guarantee expires :)

IMO unfortunately this is a too big compromise for all the people who regularly would like to use the wless charger at their night desk and won't like the idea to start the day with not fully charged battery.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] KingFaisal:
The Duracell Powermat is terrible. Stay very far away. Waste of $9.

Also, how did you guys get the discount codes?
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] elbos2k:
Register your phone at the Samsung website. Then check your email to get your code. If it's not there, check your spam folder...
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] KingFaisal:
Damn only got 30% lol
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] velopirate:
Actually, the Samsung pad works great and does not get hot. Check out the decal on the bottom of the charger in the attached image. This is the FREE one from Best Buy.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] stureiney:
For my S6, I'm using a three coil wireless charger from CHOE. It's great! :)

http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Char...d=1429726742&sr=1-6&keywords=wireless+charger
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] East Upper Gooner:
I wish we got some discount with our phones in the UK, Samsung give us £0. lol
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] DevonSloan:
In case anyone is interested, I just did a charge time test with the Samsung wireless (round).

I keep the wireless on my desk as I work all day, so it was actually hard for me to drain the battery to do a test. I got it down to 55% (was hoping for 50%, but got impatient).

Recharge time from 55% to 100% was 1:23:29. Definitely not as fast as a 2A wired charger, but not bad.

There seems to be a few people in this thread that think wireless charging is dumb or a waste of money. True, I got this charger for free from Best Buy, but I would pay for it in a heartbeat after using it. It's crazy convenient to keep on the desk as I work and I don't have to worry about wrangling the cord when I use the phone or leave the desk. At home, I leave it unplugged until I go to bed, then use the wired 2A as I sleep. All very convenient.

As for questions about the wireless lowering battery life due to inconsistent charging times and amounts - I'm absolutely certain it's not a problem. Lithium-Ions (as well as LiPo and other lithiums) last much longer (lifespan) with partial drains and recharges than with full drains/recharges. If anything, rapid charging will have more of an impact than taking the phone on/off of the wireless all day. And if you are rapid charging a near depleted battery quite often, expect much a shorter battery life. Not a good plan for a sealed phone.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] isangelous:
That doesn't mean it is a 2A charger, only that the input is 2A. (Because of the high losses in the wireless charging process, if it outputting 1A it will need more than this in). The samsung charger is just a 1A charger, like all other Qi chargers are limited to.

I do agree it is a good charger though. Placing the phone on the charger in the correct position is easier than I expected (I usually put it down correctly first time), and I like that it properly trickle charges when full.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] apsis:
Has anyone found out a trick to disable the built in led's?

When I first saw the charger, I never thought it would be bright like that in the dark.

Maybe I will try to open it up and kill the led's.

Any other solutions?
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] derWolf_:
I got my charging pad for free from Samsung two days ago. It's ok - doesn't charge too slowly, looks nice etc., however I do not understand how this piece of plastic can cost 50 bucks (euros) in the big electronic chains. It is absolutely insane - this pad CANNOT cost more than 20 bucks, and that's provided that I feel generous. I really don't get Samsung's pricing policy.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] nay12x:
What I found weird was that when I went into Best Buy they had them on display and a S6 on it charging for display. But they did not have them for sale. They only had them for bundle packages if you bought a Galaxy S6.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] DevonSloan:
Best has/had a deal that if you purchased the S6 on the BestBuy website, then they will also send you the wireless charger for free. When I went in to buy my phone, I mentioned the deal, and he said that if they had them in stock, then he would give me one as it is easier for everyone to just get the phone in-store instead of online. They had them, and I got one.

Remember that the Samsung section is a Samsung run display area - they pay BestBuy for the floor space to advertise their product. What they have on display isn't necessarily what BestBuy has in stock.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] hahahayiji:
Samsung Wireless Charging Pad?Is it useful?I want to buy one!
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] otariq:
It seems to be convenient as you don't have to mess around with cables and can simply place the phone down at night. On the other hand, you can't really use the phone when charging wirelessly that's why I prefer wires.
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] otariq:
Does it come with an adapter? I'm looking for one that also has the adapter so I can keep my original fast charge in my book bag and use the wireless at home
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] alexxandru123:
I'm having problems with the s6 wireless charger. After I put my phone on the pad it start charging and after 10 min it keeps reconnecting. Does anyone experienced this ?
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] GalaxyNotesTx:
I bought my Samsung charger at Walmart for $35 .. its perfect... very cool. Dont listen to negative reviews... if you cant afford it , dont bash it...lol..
[Galaxy S6 Accessories] Bxrider117:
I use the energizer dual charger that has never given me a problem with any phone or tablet that I have used. However the same thing happens with my s6. It charges for a few minutes and then random continuous disconnect. However I have a Nokia charger at work and it doesn't do the same thing and never has.
[HTC One X] OmarElAdawy007:
I have a rooted htc one x with cyanogen mod 11. i have issues like the capacitive buttons are not working but they light normally they are just not working. and i have another issue with the screen and battery. when the screen gets hot even a little bot a big yellow tint appears on the far right of the screen and when the phone gets cold it vanishes gradually. and the issue with the battery is the battery is insane if i charge to 100% and use the phone a little bit the percentage goes down fast like from 100% to 85% in just 1 or 2 minutes of playing a game like csr racing. please if you have any solutions to those issues tell me please.
[Galaxy S 4 General] serdel_elo:
Very good info :)

http://www.androidstandard.com/android-5-1-lollipop-for-galaxy-s4-and-samsung-note-3/
[Galaxy S 4 General] Vahur_v:
Samsung may not release Android 5.1 for Galaxy Devices in near future
[Galaxy S 4 General] c.ozzy:
No Android 5.1 builds are under development for the Galaxy Note 4 or any other Samsun

Here the article (it's just a rumor)..

http://www.sammobile.com/2015/03/30...he-galaxy-note-4-or-any-other-samsung-device/
[Galaxy S 4 General] malybru:
Mod Edit

Please use the existing threads

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s4/general/lollipop-variants-roll-t3029711

Thread closed

malybru

Forum Moderator
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amir84:
what is better to use in case of lost Note 4? FIND MY ANDROID OF GOOGLE or FIND MY SAMSUNG of Samsung?

is it block the note 4 so no one else would able to use it or it just gives my to block and delete data..?

and the one that will find it be able to use it.....??
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariosraptor:
I use Cerberus. And also have enabled reactivation lock
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amir84:
what is reactivation lock ?

what about google or samsung?

anyway allways with andorid it will be possibile to use the phone also if its lost right....?
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keekooceeaou:
When reactivation lock is enabled, after factory reset you need to enter your Samsung account's password to use the phone.

Settings-->Security-->Reactivation lock

Also (not sure if it's a feature, or I just did something wrong), with reactivation lock enabled I wasn't able to flash any custom ROM/recovery with Odin.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thaevil0ne:
That is indeed what it does, I think it's a great feature.

With this option enabled: people will not be able to use your phone if it gets stolen.

(Of course until one finds out how to exploit it, and gain access.)

Along with that, you probably have more change to track it down while the thief makes attempts to unlock it.

(Or when the pawnshop who tries to sell it to will power the device on.)

Sadly this does not protect the device from its battery being pulled and the parts sold separately.

(Wish they would find a solution to this one, for example let a phone, phone home the serial numbers when new hardware is detected.)

Sadly I'm not sure when rooted this feature is still functional, it's the only reason holding me back from rooting, maybe someone can try?

Kind regards, Stefan.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdm9mm:
I use avast antitheft .. it will survive a master reset and willl let you control the phone , track it, etc....
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zabumba:
I'm rooted and have reactivation lock enabled. Apparently everything is working properly but until now didn't did a hard reset so I could not tell if it's gonna work.
[HTC One X+] Petertyuh:
I was a bit surprised to see the OmniROM thread closed, whereas on the Omni page itself it still gets updates.

http://dl.omnirom.org/enrc2b/

The last version, as we speak, is of 5 AM this morning. And there are a bunch of nightlies listed, all dating from March.

All kitkat though and what I can read from their pages there's no L update coming. :crying:
[HTC One X+] Lloir:
Unfortunately I no longer have the time to support CM AND Omni, so omni is considered IN MY OPINION abandoned for now, but if anyone want's to take over doing omni I will 100% support them in that.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] meehaa:
could someone tell me whats the minimum configuration to cook a ROM
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] baniaczek:
Win 2k, xp, 2k3 + .net framework

RAM: minimum: 1 GB (+very, very fast paging file). To cook comfortably: 1.5 GB

CPU: I was using Centrino 1.4 GHz and it was enough.

HD: 180MB free. If you want to make backup of every version (it is useful to find errors): 180MB per version. For example: I have backed up 29 subversions before releasing my 1st release, 13 subversions before second release.

Good text editor (I'm using UltraEdit).
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] meehaa:
low ram

is there possibilty of not booting, or bricking the device with a ROM whihc is cooked with a low RAM , like 256MB
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] baniaczek:
Less RAM - set a lot of virtual memory. Total (virtual + phisical) at least 2GB.

Cooking will be very sloooooooooooooow, but with good results.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] meehaa:
sectors

cooked a ROM with explodes latest kitchen, but at the end of cooking process it does not say anything about free sectors,

Im afraid to flash the ROM, since I may brick da device

any suggesion
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] kerio:
Only one : Do you really read the output given by the command shell?:)

And yes we are speaking about CreateROM.bat, but you know it since you read the guide and so on...
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] meehaa:
yes

yes I did, and dis is wat I got, it doesnt say anything about free sectore
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] baniaczek:
You have selected too many packages.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] meehaa:
defaults

its only da defaults that are selected, I guess it not much
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 Software Upgrading] meehaa:
ok, done

I guess it was the low, which causes the problem, upgraded my RAM to 1.24GB, now no problme,

:)