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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Hockout:
I noticed the $40 activation fee when I ran the numbers on the VZW website for the Edge. I do not remember this fee the last time that I upgraded to the S4.

Does anyone know when the activation fee began?

I did research on the other providers. Sprint has a $36 activation fee, I did not see one for AT&T.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] hopesrequiem:
Verizon does NOT charge activation fees on Edge. I work for best buy. Att charges 40 on upgrade as well
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] S6ER:
I'm paying $15 a month on the edge plan plus $11 for insurance. I'll eventually take that off
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Raceit:
Has anyone had any luck telling Verizon to shove the $40 activation fee if you buy the phone without contract? Seem ridiculous to me to pay that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jasonbiggs:
I bought with contract and told them to shove it and they did
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jasonbiggs:
Thought I should mention. When I purchased the Edge online, and during the checkout process, there showed an activation fee = 0. so I obviously assumed that the activation fee was being waived. not seeing anything else about the activation fee I checked out. lo and behold guess what I saw on my first bill when I checked online? They secretly slid in the 40 dollar activation fee and that's when I told them to shove it. So the moral of the story even though you're not paying an activation fee up front like normal they may be erroneously sneaking it in your first bill.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] PACDEO:
I upgraded on the Edge plan, there's no activation fee for Edge. I also have a 10G family plan, and receive $25/month discount per line. I was getting the discount per line already while we were month to month. So when I did my math (not including taxes), I looked at it as the phone was $399 for the 2 yr contract 0n the 128G S6 Edge($349 with the rebate), but I would have lost the $25/month discount which over 24 months is $600. so that's $949. On the Edge pricing at $37.49/month, for 24 months, it is $899.76 (again before taxes). But I keep the $25 discount, so if I subtract the $600 that returns to me over the 2 years then the device price is $299.76. I figure no matter how you do it, VZW is getting their money, lol. They say you're eligible for upgrade when you pay off 75% of the device on Edge. Which would be 1 and a half yrs with equal payments. Does anyone know if they make you pay the 25% balance of the device to upgrade?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jasonbiggs:
You talking about the EDGE PLAN ! dope![emoji20] [emoji21]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] PACDEO:
I'm talking about the S6 edge phone on the edge plan. And according to a VZW rep, once you pay 75% you have a choice of how to upgrade. You can pay the remaining 25% of the phone cost and upgrade, keeping the device and choosing a new device , or you can turn in the device, get a new device abed the 25% balance is waived.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] mntnbkr:
Seems like it's a wash between the Edge upgrade and the 2yr contract upgrade if you keep your edge phone for the full 2 years. But here's something that no one has mentioned (I don't think): If you upgrade early with the Edge plan, you're basically giving back the $15/month (or $25 depending on your data plan) discount for however many months early you upgrade. Say you upgrade 6 months early after you've paid the 75% requirement, you're giving up 6 months worth of "subsidy" from Verizon.

It's a very clever way for Verizon to disguise the cost of an early upgrade and make us believe that we're breaking even, or even coming out ahead because we can upgrade at will. It's clever because instead of charging us for the upgrade at the time of upgrade, which can be a big turn-off for people, they simply deny you the "subsidy" money that you would be getting had you not upgraded... which is a lot easier for people to justify since the money isn't and never was in their pocket to begin with.

When it all comes down to it, we're still paying to be able to upgrade early.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] bball840:
That's a good point - Verizon will get their money regardless. It is just a matter of where they "hide" the costs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] joshw0000:
Where does the $15 a month extra for contract price come in at? I haven't been on contract in a while now (grandfathered unlimited) but in my day we just paid a one time $30 activation fee. There wasn't a $15/month fee.

I did similar math when the iPhone 4 and HTC Thunderbolt came out. The absolute cheapest option is to let someone else use an upgrade and buy it off Craigslist. The more you CL shop you start to find deals and see what phones sell for, which phones people want to trade for, etc. I learned that I could buy a Thunderbolt for cheap and trade it for a i4 which was worth it's weight in gold. I've been doing this as a hobby/spare cash every since. My wife allots me $2K for phones and such. Right now I have a M8, G3, Z3V, Turbo, 2 G Watch's, Nexus 10, Nexus 7, i6+, and i6 for sale. That's not including my 64GB S6 Edge, Moto 360, and 256GB i7 SP3 that I use.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Averix:
I ordered the phone online from Verizon, got it in the mail, went online to activate it and there was no fee. Or, you just swap your SIM card into the new phone if it's the same and no fee.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] radiopayola:
Fellow unlimited data person, here... Agree.

Side note: there's no way I'd still be with verizon if I wasn't grandfathered. I switched over from t-mo a week before unlimited data ended just to get grandfathered, and while "the network" is a little better in rural areas when I travel; it really doesn't add any benefit locally. I could get comparable plans on other carriers that would also end my international travel pain, so I'm pretty close to ditching unlimited data as it is. If I ever get my project fi invite, I might just take the plunge.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] arsmithsr:
Unless they recently changed something the Edge up was at 50% not 75%.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] brholt6:
I jumped on the Edge Plan towards the beginning and it was at 60%. I Edged Up to the S6 and now it's at 75%.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] arsmithsr:
Yeah I saw that now. I swear it was 50% when I signed the contract or at least that is what I thought but I looked now it does say 75% and you still have to give the device back. But when you do factor in the 25 dollar discount per month the actual payment is like 4 Dollars a month I am paying for the Note 4. So with that you are still saving money.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] seshaz:
6gb or higher plan you get 25$ discount
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] davidlee101392:
i should have waited, i could have gotten a great deal now :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] GavinMazey:
Just picked up a verizon s6 edge for my mom from best buy for $100 on contract. Just a heads up to anyone wanting the phone feel like we got a great deal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] mngdew:
It looks like keeping unlimited data became harder recently. Today, I went to a local VZW store to upgrade my wife's phone to an S6 edge via alternate upgrade method that worked wonderfully before. Surprisingly, the store rep alerted me that my wife's line would lose the unlimited data, that the alternate upgrade no longer protects the existing unlimited data plan. I asked him when did the rule change, and he said around the same time VZW announced the new S, M L, XL plans. I tried the online alternate upgrade, and verified this. The good old alternate upgrade trick to keep the unlimited data is forever gone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] parkerbickel:
I avoided upgrading before because of this but then my store alerted me that they offer a "MAX" plan to unlimited data holders. It's 6GB a month for that line for $30. Since I only average 4GB when I do heavy usage for me I jumped on it so I would no longer have to tip toe around to keep my unlimited. Ask your store if this is still available, they usually won't tell you unless you ask for it. They didn't tell me anything until I mentioned it offered me it online and then they gave it to me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Bxrider117:
I held on to unlimited data for a while. Then I was informed that I could to to a shared plan of 20gb for $100. After switching I have yet to break 13gb in a month
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virparam01:
I have Note 4 Australian version N910G.

But i am currently in India. Now whenever i install a Indian version on my note 4 it always shows roaming even in home networks.

But when i am on Australian version everything seems fine.

Need help how to solve this.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdomadia:
May your csc dose not change after flashing indian rom, install phone info app from google play to verify your csc.
[Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virparam01:
ok how to get over it.

like installing indian csc??
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] imaginarynumber:
hi all

is there anyway to force the phone to show you that it is connected to your bluetooth headset (ie. constantly).

when i first pair it shows the icon next to the vmail icon then it hides itself.

thanks in advance
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] towinguk:
did you find a way to do this ??

John...
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] hammermedia:
PhoneAlarm has a skin that show the headset icon on the today screen. I use phone alarm with the '1TOUCH' skin. It's quite nice.
[AT&T LG G3] sulpher:
I cannot load recovery on a stock device... even with SU it just says permission denied when trying to load it.. what am i doing wrong?

I've successfully loaded it before. I just had to flash back to stock and now it will not work.. adb shell or terminal on the device do the same thing.
[AT&T LG G3] shayneflashindaily:
Do you not ha e twrp installed ? ... Use flashify to install the IMG file of twrp.

2SHAYNEZ
[AT&T LG G3] sulpher:
This is what I get when I try it..
[AT&T LG G3] sulpher:
No thats what im trying to do.. it wont install twrp
[AT&T LG G3] sulpher:
Ah my hero flashify worked...ty
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phurkus:
Iv had My droid RAZR m for almost 2 years, on the 25th my contract expires and I'm gonna upgrade to an LG G3.

Droid RAZR m was my first phone that I ever rooted, unlocked bootloader, and installed custom ROM. I learned everything from this phone and XDA combined.

What's your future phone guys? :):)
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xKroniK13x:
Moto X Pure Edition in May.

Sent from my Blissful RAZR M on Tapatalk
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strife89:
Personally, I'd really like a 2014 Moto X. Alas, I don't see myself moving from my RAZR M anytime soon, as my contract's not up 'till November and I probably won't be able to afford any decent upgrade.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j27h:
I'm configuring a Sony Xperia Z3 Compact for a cousin of mine, and I think it's a great replacement for our Razr M: slightly larger (really slightly for a device packing a 4.6" screen) and full of power. One of the thing that lead me to buy a phone 5000 miles away was the compact size teamed with a good hardware that characterize our Razr M.

Another important thing: the battery life! Razr M was great at the time, and the Z3 Compact is incredible now! IP68 certification and 2 Gb of ram are a welcome addition too. Here in Europe you may buy it for 320 Euros and I think it's a great price for a device like that.

I've rooted and instralled a recovery on the Z3 Compact, it's easy... So I'm not going to miss the unlocked bootloader either!

So, if I had to choose, Z3 Compact is my replacement... but I'm too used to my Razr M for now... Let's wait and see!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s5610:
Moto X Gen 1 - an ideal smartphone, even on old Snapdragon S4 ) Compact, "edge-to-edge" 4.7, Motorola ))
[Samsung Gear S] zhyper12:
i've been looking around and i wasn't able to find any stock R750W firmwares for the gear s. could someone give me a link, preferably a mediafire, or mega download link. Thank you.
[Samsung Gear S] cipherswitch:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-R750W/
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nklenchik:
I'm kind of in a pickle. I have Flounder, trying to flash CM12 or AICP 5.1 ROMs will leave me with "Unfortunately Google Play Services has stopped" and shortly after, everything stops. Is there a specific gapps we have to use for these ROMs?

I've tried:

pa_gapps-modular-mini-5.1-20150315-signed

pa_gapps-modular-micro-5.1-20150315-signed

gapps-5.1.x-20150404-minimal-edition-signed

and none have worked. I can boot the ROM into the OS without gapps and it works fine.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peterk-1:
Are the gapps for 64 bit architectures?
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nklenchik:
Ohh you know what, that could be why! I think they're just generic 5.1 gapps.
[HTC Desire 500] darker2010:
I have fixed it, thread can be closed.
[Blu Vivo Air] DvDwx.:
Just a advice to Who here want to user Greenify on AmigoOS... DON'T USE IT... while greenify runs on background the System Manager stay running and sometimes they start make conflict and make Random reboots because conflict on registry management on apps and it only can be fixed with a factory reset (Data/Cache/Dalvik Wipe) ... making that you don't lose what have on SDcard but all apps installed will be deleted... contacts and messages too... so if someone stay with this problem.. there is a solution :crying:
[Blu Vivo Air] Ilxaot:
Thanks for the heads up (:
[Blu Vivo Air] jchen12:
instead of using greenify, i used the debloater tool by gatesjunior. I disabled system manager, do i even need system manager?
[General Questions and Answers] L0RDZ3RO:
I recently bought an Archos 50 Neon, it's a nice phone but with slight touchscreen delay (I hope you get what I mean by that).

I saw a firmware update for this phone but the link didn't work, NOT ANY link to a firmware update on the Archos website works! So my question is: Does anyone have a (custom) ROM or the file of the update. Oh and one more question: The update is only loading a update.zip file on the root of the phone, so if you can just name a costum ROM it update.zip should a custom ROM work without root? (this question has low priority)

Thanks For Your Help
[General Questions and Answers] sd_shadow:
Generally, no that will not work.

suggest you read [Q] Any ROM for ARCHOS 50 NEON by Stee Catsy

Because there is not a specific forum for your device, this thread will be moved to general/help
[General Questions and Answers] L0RDZ3RO:
But i need help!! :(

Please help me here I need a ROM and some rooting help because it didnt work on my phone
[General Questions and Answers] Mar974:
Hey Guys look at here ROM + Recovery [ROM] [MIUIv5-4.8.29] For Archos 50 neon [MT6582] [4.2.2JB] [CTRv2.7] :)
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] westz:
My headphone jack was broken so I called my insurer and got a repair scheduled. Before sending it in, I wanted to reset to stock for them. Afterwards, I'd flash a new ROM. I was running Mahdi from August 28th 2014. It was about time to restart fresh. Now, I downloaded the KDZ for my IMEI, which was D80220H. The last one I used before that was D80220F. Loaded up my flash tool, went to town. About 30% in it reported an error and quit. The app adviced me to reboot the phone, so I did. That's how I got where I am now. Phone does boot, but after the LG logo it goes into a black screen and shows up in device manager as QHSUSB_BULK. I've tried the guide for this, replaced all the partitions with the images from the D80220H KDZ, but it hasn't changed a thing. What can I try to get it working again? I've heard people say this phone is unbrickable, so I hope I'm not lost yet.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Tasssadar:
Downloads

1. Main downloads

MultiROM: multirom-20160207-v33-shamu.zip

Modified recovery (based on TWRP): TWRP_multirom_shamu_20160210.img

MultiROM Manager Android app: Google Play or link to APK

Kernel w/ kexec-hardboot patch (Stock 5.0 and 5.0.1): kernel_kexec_shamu_500.zip

Kernel w/ kexec-hardboot patch (Stock 5.1): kernel_kexec_shamu_510.zip

Kernel w/ kexec-hardboot patch (Stock 5.1.1): kernel_kexec_shamu_511-2.zip

Kernel w/ kexec-hardboot patch (Stock 6.0 and 6.0.1): kernel_kexec_shamu_601.zip

Kernel w/ kexec-hardboot patch (CM 12.0): kernel_kexec_shamu_cm12-02-50134cb9df.zip

Kernel w/ kexec-hardboot patch (CM 12.1): kernel_kexec_shamu_cm121-01-8f9e2418f2.zip

Kernel w/ kexec-hardboot patch (CM 13.0): kernel_kexec_shamu_cm13-01-677c36b09.zip

You need to have kernel with kexec-hardboot patch only in your primary ROM!

Mirror: http://d-h.st/users/tassadar​

2. third-party kernels with kexec-hardboot patch

Nicely ask your kernel developer to merge kexec-hardboot patch.​

3. Uninstaller

MultiROM uninstaller: multirom_uninstaller-shamu.zip

Flash this ZIP file to remove MultiROM from your device. It will erase all secondary ROMs. If you don't want MultiROM menus in recovery, re-flash clean TWRP, but it is not needed - those menus don't do anything if MultiROM is not installed.
​

4. Flashable factory images ZIPs

I usually release flashable ZIP files based on new factory images from Google, so that you can have clean stock ROM as a secondary system in MultiROM. They are not rooted, no anything, except for occasional small tweaks to make rooting with SuperSU possible. You can find them in this folder on basketbuild or dev-host.
​

Changelog

MultiROM v33
=====================
* Updates for Android 6.0 compatibility

MultiROM v32b
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* Add support for Android M preview (MPZ44Q). SuperSU 2.46 doesn't work on M
and breaks boot - don't flash it!

MultiROM v32a
=====================
* Fix pattern encryption password incorrectly reporting "invalid password"
when the pattern overlaps itself

MultiROM v32
=====================
* First stable release for shamu

Recoveries:

10.2.2016
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* Fix ZIP selector being set to wrong storage after flashing ZIP to a
secondary ROM

9.2.2016
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* Fix confusing "Unable to mount..." error message
* Fix flashing of some kernels into secondary ROMs (e.g. Elite kernel)

6.2.2016
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* Update to TWRP 3.0.0 (big thanks to nkk71 for doing most of the work)
* Use Material theme made by z31s1g - thanks!
* Fixes for 6.0 compatibility
* Fixes for SuperSU compatibility. Use BETA 2.67-20160203160253 (
[url]http://bit.ly/m_su[/url] ) or newer!

30.6.2015
=====================
* Update to TWRP 2.8.7
* Add option to duplicate secondary ROM into "Swap ROMs" section

6.4.2015
=====================
* First stable release for shamu
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] bradputt:
At last, multirom is official for nexus 6!

Congrads Tasssadar!
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] aoaleman:
Been testing this since its release. Always been awesome! Thanks Tasssadar. Been using MultiROM for awhile now. :D
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] wrongway213:
So glad to see this finally get a thread. So thankful for your work Tasssadar. Innovative as well as functional, love it!

I've been waiting until our device got a thread to ask this question, anyone who knows, feel free to answer - Some ROMs require a wipe of /system in order to boot. I believe I understand the flashing instructions as I have read them numerous times - you factory data reset to clean flash, wipe cache to dirty flash. How would one boot a ROM that requires a wipe of /system into a secondary ROM slot? Or for those users who mess with a lot of /system stuff and like to wipe on every flash, is there a way to do this for secondary ROMs that I simply missed? Or should something about the way MultiROM is structured, i.e. "All ROMs are separate" from the FAQ, eliminate issues in terms of needing to wipe /system for secondary ROMs? I figure I would rather ask a question I don't need to than find out the hard way given this is not standard flashing and thus not inherently obvious.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] D-m-x:
Nice work, like with your previous Versions. This will be awesome to use especially with the 64GB variant!
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] neriamarillo:
Amazing work. Thanks for all of it. Hope you got your N6 RMA back!
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] brando56894:
[MENTION=452513]tassadar[/MENTION]

I had this problem with the test releases also, but decided to keep it to myself since it was a test release, but the "key press to launch multirom" option in TWRP doesn't work. We obviously can't use volume down because that boots you into the bootloader, I've tried holding volume up while the phone is off and then pressing the power button, but it just continues to boot my rom.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Tasssadar:
That's exactly what testing releases are for - finding bugs and fixing them. Next time you spot something like that, report it right away, otherwise I might not even know about the problem :)

But somebody else reported the key-based autoboot not working, and unfortunately, on shamu, there is no way to tell if a key has been pressed before the kernel has booted up. I could add a short period of time when you could press the key and it would work, but then it would be the same as time-based autoboot. I will hide that option in next recovery release, so it doesn't mislead people.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] AmalD:
Awesome work :good:

I'm waiting for miui / any other good custom ROM port for nexus 6 ;)

Atm we have only cm12 /stock based roms :3 .

Anyway thanks for bringing this to n6 :good:
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Deathrowy2k:
Been running this a week or so works great for me, love being able to have a main rom and test out a bunch as a secondary.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] katyl:
Encryption on CM12?

Anyone else having trouble with encryption?

I had CM12 installed before today working fine with a pattern required on boot. Installed multirom, now I'm stuck at Multirom's pattern prompt, when I enter my pattern I get "Invalid Password" Wiped the device, including internal storage and reinstalled CM. Set a pattern again and it's stuck at the pattern prompt again.
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] demlv:
So I'm gathering that if I want to run a ROM off a USB drive, I can format it to extX and then let the image size grow (or shrink) as needed, whereas if I use a drive formatted NTFS or Fat32 I have to decide up front the image sizes.

Did I get that right?
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] C00lBeanz:
Following :D
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] dems86:
YES!

Thank you Tass!!!
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] C00lBeanz:
Quick questions: Would flashing kernels and other things normally be installed in the primary rom without any added steps? What about changing/updating the primary rom? Would wiping the phone wipe the primary rom only or all roms? Thanks :D
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Tasssadar:
Ups, I forgot to fix it in MultiROM (had the same bug in TWRP's pattern entry, it's was fixed there but I forgot to do the same in MultiROM). Fixed in v32a.

That's right.

Yes, just flash it as usual (in recovery, if you use fastboot to flash whole boot.img from some kernel, you'll have to flash MultiROM ZIP again or go to "Advanced->MultiROM->Inject curr. boot sector". Wiping your phone (if you mean going to "Wipe" and swiping the slider at the bottom for "factory reset") will wipe only primary ROM's data (it leaves /sdcard intact, and that's where the secondary ROMs are).
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] brando56894:
Haha this is true! I just assumed you couldn't fix it if you didn't have a working N6, also don't remove that option because I don't know if you changed anything or not relating to that yet but I just saw an update in MRM and flashed it and now I can hold volume up to boot into MultiROM!! :D
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] Minto107:
Wow nice feature for N6! Are you planning to support more devices? E.g. Exynos Galaxy S III LTE? That would be awesome!
[Nexus 6  Original Android Development] chris23445:
Yep, ROM by ROM. Flash it in TWRP like normal.