yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] laureanop:
It's because it's a Galaxy phone and we all get different constellations !

I'll think of it as a Galaxy phone Easter egg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] wund3rground:
I started a thread in the general S6 forum about this, hopefully it will get some more views.

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I really wouldn't care, but I take selfies with my kids a lot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] redline06:
Wtf :(

Try it on the 3.8MP setting, since the aspect ratio makes the image a bit more zoomed in my dots go away, I wonder if yours will still be there considering you have a lot more of them.

I see mine even with the lights on, granted its not very bright but still there .

See pic attached lol its on my forehead.

Why does this page keep rotating my images lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] wund3rground:
Blue dots are on everything for me except for 3.8
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] redline06:
Ahahah yes! I think you hit the nail on the head :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] redline06:
Interesting how when I use other apps such as Snapchat there are no dots.

Edit* NVM its still there on the Instagram Camera, kinda annoying :/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] laureanop:
Unfortunately, I don't think it's a software issue
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Alarand:
I tried all the qualities and I can't see any blue dots on mine, but really samsung... Another manufacturing defect? I wonder if they even have quality control at this point :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] sparkdave:
I have blue dots on my s5 but its on the 'outer' facing camera
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] wund3rground:
For what it's worth when I was in the T-Mobile store today getting a return there was a Samsung rep there. He said it definitely shouldn't be doing that and took pictures of my phone and samples of photos I had taken with the front facing camera and sent them to their engineering department.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] laureanop:
Called T-Mobile about my seven dot issue and they authorized an exchange for a brand new phone pending a factory reset I have to do before I get to the store. ( meaning if the factory reset fixes it then there's no exchange)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] redline06:
Yeah I got another one being sent to me, I had another issue too.

When the screen would kick up to full brightness that only happens in extreme sunlight I would get this L shaped shadowing on the left and bottom of the screen, about half an inch away from the edges of the screen, it was really weird.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ipaq_101:
No blue dots on mine, looks like a camera defect.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] laureanop:
Got mine replaced at the store today. Took the opportunity to upgrade to a 64 GB.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] redline06:
Youre welcome :P lol

Glad you got yours already, I called stores and they wouldn't do anything for me since I "bought it online" so I had to do it over the phone.

The 1st lady I spoke to wouldnt help me at all, she gave me two options; 1. Send the phone back and wait about a month for them to verify a problem and then send me another or 2. go on the website and get this "BUY IT AGAIN" lmao and send this defective one back, granted I only paid $160ish through my Jump program ($100 down payment for the 64GB and the rest was tax and shipping) I wasnt gonna go and do that again though, lady was out of her mind.

called again and this dude was more than happy to help, didnt even ask me to go into whats wrong with my device.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] laureanop:
Yeah the only way to get that replacement approved for in store exchange is to get the approval from T-Mobile technical support first after some basic troubleshooting
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] KingFaisal:
Dead pixels. Very common on camera lenses and the software usually corrects for it. However, in large batches it should be unacceptable. Get an exchange, software cannot fix it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] :
mine dont have it, am i doing it right? front facing camera, covering the lens so its blacked out and i dont have any of those
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] kill2010:
No dots here, unless I'm blind
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] _Dennis_:
Purple dots on mine, but they didn't show up at first, had to take a few pictures.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] _Dennis_:
After a factory for other reasons, the dots have gone away. Strange.

Now it came back after a bunch of random photos....hum.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] laureanop:
The reason why I returned mine was concern that the problem might get worse
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] _Dennis_:
Mine only sends to happen on dark/black pictures. Any picture with enough light to see the subject it does not occur on. I suspect it may be a combination of dead pixels and bad post processing. Debating returning the phone. Still in my 14 day window so I may take our back.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] laureanop:
Hey dude it's a $700 phone!! You shouldn't have to put up with blue/purple dots in your pics no matter how unimportant they are!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] _Dennis_:
Aye, I returned it, great excuse to spend the $100 extra to get the 64GB version lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] laureanop:
Bahahaha! I did the same thing and a switched a black one for a white one ( which I'm sorry for cause the notification LED gets washed out during daylight)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] _Dennis_:
I had the option, white S6E 32Gab (only edge they had) or 32GB or 64GB S6 in black. Choose black 64GB, I never liked wire phones. Talky width the US had the green one though. ....supposedly is really nice looking.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] bsanto9:
Yep I'm going to be calling tmobile right now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] nevrlow:
Same issue on my white 32g s6. Took it to the tmobile I bought it from just for them to look at it and see what they could do. They took my phone and plugged it into a laptop they had and I was like shoot, I forgot to unroot it. So their program was like nope phones rooted. Cause of defect "root" they gave me my 6 day old brand New phone back and said we have now marked your account as a customer who modifies phones and we will not warranty this phone nor will we replaced future phones you buy from us not offer insurance on any product you buy from us as long as your a tmobile subscriber. I was shocked. I've been with tmobile since sidekick days. Called customer service they loled and are sending me a new one. I think someone was mad they had to work on a Saturday ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ThePagel:
I hope you reported this person not just talk to customer service about it. I could understand not doing the warranty on this phone but I am dumbfounded that anyone would say the rest of that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] raserdk:
same in mine

I just got mine back from warrenty with a new front camera and i just saw now again I have blue dots But now it's over at the side F-ing annoying

It is not ok when you pay that much money for a phone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] baronsamedi:
Sound like they are not checking their refurbs.. I just got a replacement today and still got the purple dots
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] bernjc3:
Mine is pretty bad. It's been happening since I got the phone but only realized it was an issue in the past few weeks. I'll be taking a trip to the T-Mobile store shortly...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ThePagel:
Holy cow that's a bad one. If you have a spare phone you should send it to samsung to have it fixed. That way you won't get a refurbished phone with the same or different problem. All tmobile will do for you outside of your 14 or 20 day period is give you a refurb that probably wasn't fixed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] bernjc3:
Yep. I figured the same. I contacted Samsung support and they wanted me to mail my phone in which I could do since I have a few old phones laying around if I needed to. Thankfully, the magic of social media might help me avoid that. I'm trying to get them to send me a new one before I mail mine back so we'll see.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Anniebeebananie:
Mine are all over
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Anniebeebananie:
Thank you! My phone has had so many problems in the month I've had it...these purple dots, the stupid enhanced messaging popup, navigation/gps issues...I feel like I'm complaining too much but in reality, I paid twice as much for this phone as my last, I shouldn't feel like I've had a major downgrade.....grrrrr....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] weenypee:
I had the same problem.. They showed up more or less the same time when toggles started disappearing. Now theyre magically gone. Could it be related to the same issue of the disappeared toggles? Maybe the quick panel restore app also repaired it. I don't know but I think it's worth a try.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Anniebeebananie:
Here's how bad mine is. About a month since the first dot showed up. I'm returning my phone. I'm afraid they will blame me and not honor the manufacturer warranty. This is crap. I cannot take any sort of pictures with my kids together with this GARBAGE ALL OVER the picture.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ThePagel:
Have you tried wiping the cache in the stock recovery? Some have had luck with that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Anniebeebananie:
I wish I had some technical knowledge so I knew how to do that. I really shouldn't have to! A month later? Waste of money for a "better" camera.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Apzu:
Just a heads up guys. Had the same problem earlier today and went right down to the local samsung galaxy studio to have it fixed instead of shipping it to samsung (since I bought it off ebay and t-mobile refused it service).

I got to try some VR, eat some cupcakes, get a free shirt, tote bag, and some yogurt while my phone was fixed in about an hour. Camera is fine and nothing else seems on the fritz. Great part is they also replaced a slight scuff on the screen (free of charge!). Definitely an option if anyone's getting screwed over by carriers like I was but doesn't want to ship their phone to Korea.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] King Mustard:
I bought this phone yesterday (grade A) and I'm having the issue.

My phone is rooted and I'm using a custom ROM.

If I flash the standard ROM onto it (but of course KNOX has still been triggered), will Samsung still sort out this issue if I send it in?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Apzu:
Had an uncle send his in with this exact situation for the same thing, was refused warranty based on KNOX and had to pay. In his case it was a defective battery but I assume they will do the same for this issue sadly.....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] _Dennis_:
I'd have told them the knox warentee bit is for knox software, the battery is hardware. Unless they can dhow whatever I did to trip the bit caused the battery to fail then they will honor their warentee. Unless of course I did something to break the battery, then I'd accept I didn't get away with fraud lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ingenious247:
I can confirm, my wife's S6 had this problem (3 blue spots that appeared one day in the FFC when she was taking a selfie) I checked over and over, and the blue dots even show in the pics.. so I tried booting into recovery, clearing cache partition, and BAM! problem solved.

It's definitely software IMO.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] King Mustard:
Just did that. It did absolutely nothing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ingenious247:
Odd that it would be the same exact problem, but software on one unit and hardware on another.. weird
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] kidbudi:
So does anyone have a way of fixing this other than replacing the phone or camera sensor?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] King Mustard:
There is no way, it's a physical flaw.

I sent mine to Samsung.

1.5 weeks later, it came back identical, they did nothing :/

I sent it back.

1.5 weeks later again, it came back yesterday with the camera module replaced and now all is fine.

Still - 3 weeks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] kidbudi:
That's ridiculous Samsung sucks with this stuff
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] King Mustard:
When I had an issue with my iPhone 4S, I took it into an Apple Store and they replaced it there and then.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ingenious247:
If it's hardware, then please explain to me how my wife's phone is completely fixed after clearing the cache in recovery?

It had the EXACT same issue.. same blue dots (multiple) when using the FFC. Looked exactly like the examples in this and other threads.

Cleared cache in recovery, and have not had an issue since. I don't get it..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] King Mustard:
It's definitely a hardware issue.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] M37R01D:
I'm having the same issue with the rear camera

wiping cache did nothing

when you say replace the sensor do you mean replace the camera with the little cable that attached to it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] King Mustard:
Strange, I've not heard it happening to the rear sensor yet.

Yeah, they replaced the physical block.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] M37R01D:
OK thanks guess I'll order a new camera as well
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] jamboxboy:
I have the same problem with my s6 edge.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] claytonb:
Software maybe??

Seems like it changes for different apps like less noticable in the Google camera app.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] M37R01D:
Camera, Google camera, snapchat, instagram, all show blue dots in low light for me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] claytonb:
Strange!

Every camera app but Google Camera displays a blue dot.. Strange indeed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] 0Supermaster0:
Hot Pixels

Wikipedia tells us:

Thats not the information I wanted to get, so I looked up the German Wiki:

Translated with my bad english skills, this means:

Hot-Pixels at Digital cameras are ideally repaired by the Camera-Firmware from the beginning on. The hot pixel then is not used and the Camera Firmware calculates an average around the hot-Pixel-area. Because this is just all about subpixels of a certain color, for example green, you have to note that only the green subpixels around the hot subpixel are used to calculate the color of the hot subpixel. For this calculation it is necessary that the firmware knows the hot subpixel - a list of all hot pixels, subpixels etc... Usually this is done during the production process and gets programmed directly into the camera. Trough aging process and environmental influences, more hot subpixels can apper over time... for example three more hot pixels whose position the firmware has to lern new. Depending on the manufacturer and price range this is done automatically, manually, or there is not such a function once the parthas been assembled . Thats how Manufacturers can stand out against others, because its a very common thing to seperate cheap from expresive cameras. If "hot pixels" appear - you will see a bright spot on the photo at the same place as the sensor got the hot pixel. Red or blue hot-pixels will appear double as big as green ones because of the commonly used bayer-pattern.

So it is definitely a hardware-based Problem, which can - or in case of Samsung more likely - will never be solved with software-updates.

Same problem here btw:

[IMG="Hot Pixel Galaxy S6 (I attached the full resolution picture)"]http://www11.pic-upload.de/27.07.15/ukipk7uilif.png[/IMG]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] weenypee:
You can believe me or not but maybe it's worth a try instead bringing the phone back, waiting weeks without, loosing all data and so on.

The toggle fix solved the problem to my phone.

That's it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ambervals6:
What toggle fix are you talking about?

Sent from my SM-G920T

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It is 100% hardware yes.

Sent from my SM-G920T
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] weenypee:
It's called quick panel restore you can find it in the galaxy app
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] self_slaughter:
Thread necro, but heres my s6.

Only tried the front camera today lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] tyrone1:
Anyone who sent on phone to Samsung for warranty repair. Did they update firmware to latest? I on COF6 and want camera fixed but don't want software updated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] nhanhu87:
Guys try to use Google camera app....it doesn't show the blue dots with Google camera, only on the stock camera In my S6 edge
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Pissy^Pixie:
:P

Daugumnit u are a cutie!

That is all!

Oh & my blue dot star thingy is in selfie mode,

reg. mode & in my videos!

AFTER seein' every1 elses tho I'm uber GLAD i only have 1 & it's in same spot each time...

i juz call it my blue^ball visitor!

Seriously tho we are ALL part of tha

"Blue^Ball Crew"!!!

;) :D :P
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] srandal1:
Hello all,

I was making some tweaks for the pptp issues and accidentally deleted the ppp parms registry keys (that's why I'm a network guy and not a programmer!).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Ppp\Parms are the values I need. Thanks for any help you can lend. I looked at the MS Documentation but none of the default values they list look like the keys that were originally in here.

I have made a little progress with the connectivity issues with the pptp client to non-microsoft servers. If I ever get it completely working to my satisfaction I will certainly post...

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Mil3:
Value:

DHCPTimeoutMs

Value:

1000 (Decimal)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Minerman8bit:
Hello (I'm new here),

I am trying to install Ditto Note 4 on my Samsung Galaxy Note II (N7105) and am getting a status 7 error.

I tried to erase the assert (Notepad++) but I can't find assert there at all.

Will this ROM simply not work?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ARKaMAN:
I am trying to get back to stock firmware after using a custom 5.0.2 ROM. I've tried about everything I could find on forums/website and have come up empty handed. I have tried all the general stuff... USB Cables, USB Ports, Computers, etc. In the process of trying to flash back I tried going back to an older version of android which I guess was a bad idea, because that breaks the sound because of KNOX. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

When trying to flash MJA with Odin this is what I get.

This is what I get on the phone screen.

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SPH-L720

CURRENT BINARY: Custom

SYSTEM STATUS: Custom

KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0

KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1

CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30

WRITE PROTECTION: Enabled

eMMC BURST MODE: enabled

START [224, 1448]

SW REV. CHECK FAIL : fused : 5, Binary : 4

This is what shows up in Odin's log window.

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> L720VPUEMJA_L720SPTEMJA_L720VPUEMJA_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> sbl2.mbn

<ID:0/003> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/003> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/003> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ARKaMAN:
anyone? :\
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ARKaMAN:
Anyone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ROMANTiC KiD:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3025279
[Galaxy Grand 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android_smater:
Does is there is any way to port systemui.apk of android 5.0 which can work in android 4.4.x
[X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ironcladlou:
Apologies if this is against the rules in some way.

I know that for some devices, there are vendors who sell bootloader unlock codes. Is there anyone reputable who does this for the XT1097 on AT&T?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SorryLols:
Ok so, this is my first post on xda, and because my (sprint) Nexus 6 is stuck on a boot loop. When powered on, goes to googles boot animation, then says "Android is starting... optimizing apps # of 127, and then once it reaches the end, it just goes into the animation again. I somehow have usb debugging disabled, and oem locked. I have no idea what i did to cause this, but esentially I unlocked the phone, and rooted it, and then i tried to disable encryption, and thats where things went south. clearing chache does not help, niether does factory reset. Attempts at flashing factory images are fails. even the guy at sprint cant do it. Besides fixing it, my only other option is to send it in to google and get a reaplacement...for $200. PLease help me solve this issue and i will be eternally grateful :3
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamescable:
OK. So...do u know how to use fastboot? If yes...do a fastboot format data and fastboot format cache..also...do u have stock recovery or twrp?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Didgeridoohan:
I got that bootloop when I flashed a bad boot image. Easily fixed by flashing a good one...

But, let's clarify a couple of things:

Did you relock your bootloader while flashing?

Do you have a custom recovery (TWRP)?

If the answer to both of those are "yes", you might get out of this by using these commands:

fastboot format userdata

fastboot format cache

This will allow you to enter TWRP and restore a backup or flash a ROM.

If you didn't relock your bootloader you shouldn't have any problems flashing. Clarify what your trying to do, please (are you using a toolkit, etc).

If the answers are 1-yes and 2-no, then your probably SOL.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SorryLols:
The answers are indeed 1-yes and 2-no. What is SOL an is there any way of fixing it?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
SOL = "S**t Out of Luck". :(

There is currently no know way of fixing it.

Your only avenue is to RMA it.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSoulsHunt3R:
Hi , yesterday i decided to flash pekaka kernel for my galaxy note 3 because some people say that xmod can work with this kernel

so i had lolipop OS and rooted device , i installed CWM to install the kernel from it then i reboot my device but it can't continue booting. it stack with black screen after SAMSUNG logo

what should i do ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSoulsHunt3R:
i solved the problem , it's okay if you close the thread admin.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manushyan:
Why dont you share what the actual problem was and how you solved it? Might help somebody.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenny1991:
Not everyone can think about it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] TozABG:
Does any one have problem with build quality?

When I push screen(glass) on left side near edges it's moving down and up, like it's not properly bonded. Also right bottom corner of screen is not in same level as edges, so it's kinda sharp when you go with finger over it.

I am not sure, should I go and change device or its like that on every device
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Gcforreal01:
Maybe you should get a replacement I haven't noticed that on mine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] steelersmb:
I haven't noticed that but I did notice that when I was putting on a screen protector last night and looking under a light, you can see what looks like hairline scratches or marks on the glass. It's only when you hold the phone at certain angles that you can see them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] kregstrong:
Mine has a tiny piece of trash or dirt under the screen, very small but annoying
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android_smater:
Does there is any way to android 5.0 systemui.apk which can work on android 4.4.x

I am completely noobs