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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Poetique:
Well... the only cons are the same cons that every review mentions. Lack of SD card slot and price. Also the speaker quality is obviously lesser on the S6 if that matters to you.

The only other consideration is how much you care about rooting/unlocking/custom ROM support, which will certainly be stronger on the M9 just because it's a Snapdragon device. At least that's how it'll be initially.

Other than those, the M9 loses in every other measurable area.

So really the M9 Vs. S6 issue comes down to how much the price difference matters, how much you care about "3rd party" support, and whether or not you need a SD card slot.

Edit: Suppose the M9 warranty program is worth considering as well.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
How's battery life compared to the G2? My M9 doesn't come close to my previous G2.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlxxxsracer:
We'll, my G2 was running aicp 5.0.2 with custom rom which I could easily go 24hrs and be fine.

So far my s6 has slightly less battery life. But i can quickly go from 15% to 100% in an hour. Balances out. I'm using the s6 a lot to get things setup and such, so not quite a fair comparison. Letting the battery settle in for a week.

I do see a speed difference between my g2 and the s6 though

I'm even kinda been on the fence to keep my G2 and hold out what's to come in the fall, but that is very unlikely for me to do.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
The s6 is faster, or the g2? Same here with waiting. I wanted to wait for the g4, but with T-Mobile's jump, I'm able to upgrade every 6 months. So, no biggie if I wanna go back to LG at the end of the year.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tenxo:
Here's my thoughts on the s6, instead of me writing a long post.http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/impression-unprofessional-review-t3068089
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
Thanks, I've read it already [emoji106]
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asdfvtn:
I haven't gotten the S6 yet since I'll have to wait until April 10th, and I'm also coming from a G2.

The S6 will definitely be faster- even though I really do enjoy my G2.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopri:
All the Bestbuy locations have the S6/Edge on display. I suggest you check them out in person.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
If you are coming here to ask you have already made your decision. To be honest if you are interested in a G4 id wait until its announced and compare that to the S6 then get a device.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] play2lose:
I'll tell you why you SHOULD return your One M9. The S6 is by far the biggest leap I've ever seen in a phone, and I've had every major LG/HTC/Samsung phone from the past 3 years lol.

It truly is a home run.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliHTCDHD:
Keep m9 for a bit longer to see if anything changes in terms of camera and battery performance. I think a person should keep a phone for a least two weeks to get a good impression. Also go on HTC thread to see camera tricks. I'm getting m9 tomorrow and I will see if it will meet my great expectations as I'm coming from a phone that's three years old.

I would only buy s6 if camera was the main thing but for me it isn't and the negatives of the s6 outweigh my liking for the device. The soc difference isn't big in reality and I think they both have inconsistent battery reviews from people, so they are similarly disappointing. Design and ui are a personal opinion but I think m9 is better.

Go with whatever you like tbh and I hope whichever phone you choose you have a great experience :)
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ingenious247:
This thread is unnecessary. The M9 is a major fail
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
I think that's a bit harsh. My only gripe with the phone is the camera.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ingenious247:
Only Gripe? Having a camera THAT bad is a HUGE fail on HTC's part, when the biggest weakness they've had since the M7 fiasco was their camera

All they had to do to save their company was fix their camera and put a 2K screen in their new flagship.

Instead, they did neither. I predict either a buyout from Samsung to grab patents or HTC simply going out of business in a year.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
Screen is a moot point no real difference with 1080p its just a numbers game tbh. iPhone 6 has a lower resolution screen and funnily enough it also looks fine.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aliHTCDHD:
Thank god they didn't put a 2k display and the camera isn't an epic fail. They haven't pushed the sensor to what it is capable of. Also manual control says a different story. I doubt they are going bust this year and I think they would rather die then sell themselves to Samsung. I do hope they do get bought by another respectable company so they can be in a better position. They just need more money in R&D and marketing.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ingenious247:
No, it's not. Maybe you're part of the population that can't tell the difference, but trust me, I can.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
Well, I went to Best Buy yesterday to check out the S6. I immediately came home, called T-Mobile, and processed my exchange of my M9 for the S6. IMHO the only feature that the M9 wins is the speaker, but the S6 honestly didn't sound bad.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ste1164:
You really can't with any unless you look close. Only ones I can see the difference with is 1080p amoled screens. But I have used a note 4 then an iPhone 6 without caring much between. I wasn't super sad to see the 2K display go. Plus if they stuck with 1080p the battery life on the S6 might have been decent.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkcarp94:
I don't understand that logic. You use the phone in its final form. What it was like before you use it is really immaterial. If we're voting on which phone was most improved from its previous incarnation that is one thing but in terms of which phone to use now what the previous model was like is rather a material.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CLARiiON:
Other than audio, what exactly HTC did better in M9? Design and interface are subjective opinions, and they are good for both phones.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nothingshocking:
I have to return my S6 for the One M9. The S6 does not support MHL and so that means no hdmi out. I have to have this for my AppRadio 2. Miracast is awful on the S6 as well.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diri:
Are you sure it does not support MHL? ... According to gsmarena it does ... "The Samsung Galaxy S6 features a microUSB 2.0 port. It's slower at transferring data than the USB 3.0 port used in a few Samsung devices, but it has a standard size plug and it offers Quick Charge 2.0 and MHL 3.0."
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
Here's an adapter for it.

http://mobile.walmart.com/ip/Insten...00-Note-II-N7100-III-N9000-Version-2/28944231
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nothingshocking:
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/galaxy-s6-vs-one-m9,news-20525.html says no and the Walmart adapter did not work. I just can't find anyone who's actually gotten it to work.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadaress1:
Looks like it doesn't, thats not good.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nothingshocking:
Looks like I will be having to return the phone. I can't afford another car stereo, just to use the S6.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ingenious247:
Get a $60 Bluetooth radio transmitter
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrSmith317:
So how are you liking the S6?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
I don't know yet. It was just delivered about 15 minutes ago.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanson68:
The S3 had the same issue -- only the Samsung branded MHL adapter worked, possibly because of pin arrangement:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/8/3072869/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-hdtv-adapter-mhl-1080p
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrSmith317:
Well ignore the kids and work for a few days....priorities. haha. Hopefully the G4 drops this month...I'm tired of waiting and since you said the M9 was a disappointment I think the G4 may be my only hope for a new phone.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
My only issue with the M9 was the camera and the battery life. Otherwise, I thought it was a great phone. I just couldn't justify a brand new phone with a camera that couldn't rival 2010 cameras.

I heard 4/28 for the G4 announcement.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nothingshocking:
Got my Appradio working with my S6 via Chromecast and will now be keeping my S6. The OEM Samsung mhl adapter does not work with the S6 however.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanson68:
Maybe they gave up on MHL because of Chromecast. It's 1000x more convenient to use.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cashisback:
Had my HTC one M9 for 12 days before deciding to go with the S6 yesterday. I have not received it yet but looking at the reviews I'm pretty glad I did. I know it's silly but what done it for me was the finger print reader, heart rate monitor and probably the nicest screen.. ever.

I'm pretty confident I've made the right decision.

Good luck!

How have some of you already received your S6? I'm in the UK and the release is not until the 10th

:confused::confused::confused:
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanson68:
With the right tweaking, you can get nice pictures out of the M9 with a little effort. But this side steps 1) you can get nice pictures without any effort on the S6 and 2) what about video? The M9's camera isn't a complete loss for photography, but good luck getting watchable video out of it.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reubenskelly1992:
Same here. Had m7 then m8 and love htc but the m9 isn't much of an upgrade for me. Would feel like getting the same phone with a slight upgrade. I too get my Samsung s6 in 2 days on the 10th and I can't wait. Like you said fingerprint scanner. Amazing screen. Fast. Heart rate monitor. Amazing camera. Decent battery. Lovely design. New improved touch wiz. I'm very glad I went for the s6
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
I received my S6 two days ago. So far, I'm very happy I made the switch. The camera is amazing, the screen might be the best I've ever looked at. And there is none of the "touchwiz lag", like on earlier Samsung devices. They seem to have cleaned it up nicely.

Now, I'm just waiting for my case, which should get delivered Friday.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YandereSan:
Hate to say it, but the M9 is a wonky metal brick with an unintuitive, difficult to use layout. Yes, it has great sound, but that's where it ends.

The real question here isn't M9 vs S6... It's the LG G4 vs S6. That's the real S6 competitor right there. The G4 has a crispy-clear screen, great battery life, better camera (in my opinion), sd card slot, and a removable battery.

No fingerprint reader, but it's a very nice phone. You said you came from an LG... I'd highly recommend looking at the G4 in the next few weeks.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vegetaleb:
Whatever the manual tricks people used for M9 camera the results were still far to compete with S6, the details at 16mp and 20mp on M9 are ridiculously washed out like a cheap old phone while the S6 camera is as good as a Canon pocket camera
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hajyihia:
how did you decide that the G4 camera is better? battery better? you cant judge based on specs alone..
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
Yes, I'm curious to find this out too. I had a G2 for 2 years, and it had good battery and camera, so I would assume the G4 will. But, you can't know that until the device is actually released.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hajyihia:
exactly, the G3 had a good but not as good as the G2...and the camera was good but no where the S5 camera....i am sure the G4 will be very good...but better than the S6...i dont think so...at least in terms of specs...
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ledvedder:
Well, it would have to be pretty amazing to beat the camera on the S6. I've had a lot of phones, both Android and Apple, and I've never experienced both the speed and the quality of the S6's camera. I'm very pleased that I exchanged the M9 for it.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YandereSan:
I'll redact what I said. I was judging it purely based on the software. G4 utilizes Camera2 API in their default camera app, and at the time I didn't realize all of the fancy features like raw and shutter speed were coming from that. S6 has somewhat flaky support for it. I tried using Manual Camera, and it causes my phone to reboot.

Hardware-wise, S6 has better macro. They simply need to fix their Camera2 implementation.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanson68:
It's amazing that after one generation of faked bokeh on all the flagships, the S6 comes out with an honest to goodness macro mode.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NumberTwoinQQ:
one of the main reasons i would say is the s6's lack of sd. Also, the m9 has its awesome stereo boomsound speakers which are nice and loud
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
I have the S6 for 2 days now and after the dissapointing S4 and 5 this one is truly amazing imo:

- Great camera, also in low light conditions

- Fast and fluid apps/widget opening and no traces of lags/stutters at all

- Good fingerprint scanner for unlocking etc.

- Nice design, though i use a transparent case for accidents

- Storage is no issue, i have the 64GB model.

- Sound/speaker is satisfactory and pretty descent.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] johnny--2k:
I have tried SK Tools, and even that did not get rid of it. I can seem to get rid of this notification at all. I did a soft reset last night at dinner because it was running slow, then all of a sudden, it just kept vibrating every 3-4 minutes but there is no notification message coming up on the screen.

It stopped for a while later in the evening, but started again this morning at 7 which is when I had my OLD alarm set for, now there is no alarm. Still showing me the notification light (orange) though.

Turned off all alarms, all vibrating notifications, and the phone is on ring. Still vibrates every so often for no reason, and the orange light at the top is blinking every 3 seconds....

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thanks,

John
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] MikeChannon:
Just to check you cleared all duplicates in the notifications queue using Sktools?

Did you perform a soft reset on completing the removal (sometimes doing this too soon stops the changes) ?

Have the duplications and any scheduled alarms actually gone from the queue?

Mike
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] todd_jg:
Heh, I am like mikechannon's follow-up poster today :D

Anyway, I find SK Tools a little confusing to use for this.

Just to verify, did you do BOTH steps of...

1. Mark duplicates and

2. Delete all marked

How many dupes did it mark?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] yildi:
Hi,

Is this a notification in relation with phone? If yes, are you using PhoneAlarm? PhoneAlarm will keep to harass you with the notification as long as you have not clicked on the icon corresponding to the notification (and that normally indicates "1" telling that you have a waiting notification) in order to open it and to dismiss it. I do not know if this is the problem but since it is a possible source, I wanted to point it.

Good luck!

Murat
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Dinty:
Hi, I don't know if this will be of any help, but i installed some Chinese character software which turned out to be for WM2003 instead of WM5 and that started playing havoc with my notifications in the same way (they wouldn't go away). But once i removed it, everything went back to normal. So perhaps this could be due to you either using foreign language software, or something for WM2003 or both. Good luck with it :)
[Greenify] Pupet_Master:
Hi [MENTION=4376588]oasisfeng[/MENTION] after the latest update that it allow Greenify to enable the Xposed features on lollipop i started to have some issues.

The Xposed app it self on the module download page (any module) force close and same for the calendar app (not google calendar, the stock one).

After i disable the greenify xposed module the apps work fine again.

I'm using the Moto G 5G/LTE XT-1040 with SaberMod CM12 ROM based (peregrine).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4] heXacode:
Suppose to be another April fools thing. I don't know where to put this thread so I put it in General section for more to see.

Play Pac-Man on Google's Maps for a limited time.

There are clues when you click Insert Coins. It'll take you to a Web page to disclose the clues. Only one I found was in Washington D.C.
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheReal V:
Hello everybody !

Well I'm new at this multiboot 'hacking'' I just did it today, and I have a question.

Am I able to flash custom kernels? Would it result in any issue? or it's ok?

I aprecciate your help
[G 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joshpower9:
I'm pretty site you can only flash pinkman kernal because it is hard boot compatible

Btw wrong section
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob_ross:
I did something stupid and flashed this Bootloader with odin on my Sprint GS5 US G900P. After the flash seemed to go ok it just re-boots and stays on the Sprint Logo. I can Vol up and down to get to recovery and Download mode but I'm not sure what I should be re-flashing to get my phone to boot up again?

Can someone help please?
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob_ross:
I re-flashed my boot to NE5 Galaxy_S5_spr_Stock.Kernel_NE5.tar from here here. Now it gets past the logos and starts to load but freezes the little google loading animation and then goes to screen black
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AEkiz:
try this

as you can enter download mode

just flash stock firmware

before boot phone go to recovery mode (after flash)

wipe all

wipe data factory reset

wipe cache partition

reboot
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob_ross:
Thanks for the suggestion AEkiz. I couldn't find a stock firmware. Links seemed to be dead around here and I couln't find it on the Samsung site.

However this has semi-worked for me:

I flashed 5.0 imgae SM-G900P_OA6_FullRestore.exe

Install seemed to work just fine.

Then I reinstalled my Backup of (Mystery build) 4.4.2

Installed Galaxy_S5_spr_Stock.Kernel_NK4.zip form the file All_Kernels_thru_OA6.zip via Odin

Then my device just booted!

But there are some issues:

1. My device still says it's running OA6 even though I flashed NK4. Oddly enough it

WAS

on NE5 in the first place but when I tried to flash and NE5 firmware it got stuck on the Google logo. now I'm just confused on all these Nxx versions.

2. My fingerprint scanner is now dead.

3. My camera has a bunch of funky artifacts so I can't really use it anymore.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AEkiz:
Seek firmware for your phone in these sites SamMobile or Samsung Updates
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xiaohan:
Just received the notification for the Lollipop update for my International LTE version of Note 3 bought in Macau.

Quite a large file over 800MB.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Plug a HDMI lead to a tv set and mirror the screen output.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bilalS3:
hellpppppp xda

hello XDA DEVELPOERS

i want some help

i have some problem with my SGS3 gti9300 i recently buy a used s3 about 4 months ago my phone is working good but few days ago i have charging issue my phone stops charging i tried to change cables or plugs but nothing happens then i restart my phone (i never do anything with the phone like custom roms r flashing etc ) and it stuck in factory mode like this

FACTORY MODE

MODEL:GT-I9300

CUSTOM BINARY: INSTALLED YES (1 COUNT)

CURRENT BINARY :SAMSUNG OFFICIAL

SYSTEM STATUS FFICIAL

and this stucks in this i tried to pull out the battery and when i put back after few min it works fine and my phone start charging but after 1 day this problem is again occured i repeat these steps and this works well but only a short period of time when i restart my phone it goes to factory mode and stops charging i do factory reset by keys and from menu also but my problem not solved

heeeeeelllllpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
Don't hijack other threads with irrelevant problems.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WartuneBteam:
Thank you very much, I will do it and hope to have a good result, thanks again!
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kenny6d0:
Hi all, I recently just updated my Note 4 to Lolipop 5.01 through Odin after formatting the phone in TWRP before installing. I also backed up my apps and reinstalled them with Titanium backup.

Whenever I try to use image clip with the S-pen and share an image to Whatsapp or Email, I get this message on the share via screen "No apps can perform this action." I attached images of the problem on the post. I was just wondering if anyone could help me with the problem as i'm quite clueless as to what the problem is,

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] ahoyboyhoy:
On a 2013 LTE Nexus 7 with the latest 5.0.2 installed, my home button doesn't work. The back and recent apps buttons work fine, but the home button doesn't do anything. Like the rest of the buttons, it responds to touch with an animation, but it doesn't take me home, ever, and it also doesn't launch Google Search on hold. I've read in other posts that there should be a "Home" menu option in Settings under the Device section, but I don't have that either. Another oddity, quick settings pulldown from the status bar isn't working. I can pull down the notification tray, but cannot pull down the quick settings above it.

Doing some tinkering of my own, I can tell you the following:

Wiping the data partition resolves the problem, but I'm trying to keep my user accounts, home screens, apps intact, hence my continued search for solution

Using a different launcher (Google Now Launcher via Play Store), the home button works fine but I'd rather use the default system Launcher

Reflashing the factory system image doesn't resolve the problem

There are no force close error messages

Clearing data/cache for the Launcher app doesn't resolve the problem

Clearing all cached data (through the storage menu option within settings, for each user) also doesn't resolve the problem

I have been tinkering (root, multirom, etc) but right now I'm on a fresh, unrooted factory system image, but with my "dirty" data partition (I'm trying to keep my user accounts, home screens, apps intact)

Any ideas of what might be upsetting the Launcher app? Next steps?