yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
I absolutely did NOT knowingly upgrade my firmware. Yes, I know that under normal circumstance, flashing ROMs do NOT change firmware. BUT somewhere along the line, my baseband did change to OE or some such instead of OCG. Could have happened with an Odin install of a ROM. Don't know. But that said, been around the block here a very long time. Ane since the other user here stated he had the same issue as me, something weird had to have happened. I KNOW when I upgrade firmware. I have ONLY installed the stock OCG TMobile setup via smartswitch, or tried out various 5.1.1 flavors. I can tell you this much, not on the current V2 TWRP, but the prior TWRP I was using, I was blown away to see firmware settings such as radio , and bootloader I believe in the list of what to backup or restore. So quite possibly I restored or backed up and then restored using the older TWRP with ALL those options available. I can say quite candidly I wish the current TWRP we are now using had those extra abilities to backup and restore. I know I am not dreaming this either.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] gdmlaz:
This looks interesting...... If somebody can cofirm it works I'll flash this rom basically what is making me wait before flashing this..... I can't deal with the ram management and the horrendous battery life in 5.0.2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] boosting1bar:
Doesn't work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] bamfsig45:
you tried it on this ROM and a no go? or it doesn't work on anything?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] boosting1bar:
Doesn't work on this ROM, doesn't work on a lot of others either if the comments on YouTube are to be believed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] gdmlaz:
Well did you try it personally or heard from other people it doesn't work ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] boosting1bar:
Why would I comment on it if I hadn't tried it personally?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] bamfsig45:
I just used it on a Lenovo Tab 2 10.1 inch that just came out (running 4.4.4) No known root yet for this tablet, and used it to root it. Verified root with root checker and also edited the build.prop in system via root explorer. Just did a simple dpi change and rebooted. Works great. Now is there a Chinese eye looking at me through my camera, are they stealing my precious porn on my sdcard? who knows. lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] boosting1bar:
haha good to hear it works on some at least, even at the cost of your porn ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] iGordy101:
Yes thats the rom im on!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] gdmlaz:
Seems like sprint got their update today to fix the memory leak and other things hopefully tmobile pushes ours next........
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
I just installed via TWRP the full version of 5.1.1 in OP. IT UPDATED MY RADIO TO OE6!!!!!. I am looking at it right now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
Didn't work on my Edge, using the latest 4.xAPK and 5.1.1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] gdmlaz:
Just couldn't take anymore of 5.0.2 the battery seems like it drains by itself so i went ahead and flashed this........ I guess I will miss root for a little just want to see how much improvement I get in battery life, Is gotten so bad that at this point i rather not have root but have some battery life

I did lose my haptic feedback after first restart like others mentioned before coming from a clean flash......

I COULD CONFIRM IT FIXES THE HEPTIC FEEDBACK ON BACK BUTTON

btw [MENTION=2346758]eousphoros[/MENTION] if you want to post this workaround in the first page for people that want the heptic back
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
Well Have the feeling that we will see new firmware sooner than later which will fix a lot of stuff. For now...I am close enough to plug in sources to just recharge a little more often. Haven't had a chance to see how the debloated ROM for the S6 (not Edge) will fair on battery using the KT kernel. I like my brighter screen. You like the better battery times of 5.1.1

It's just going to take time to start seeing this stuff fall into place. I guess It's a little disappointing that with the S5 I could routinely flash international F versions on my TMobile variant S5. I think I was the first person on XDA to actually report this....If not the first...one of the first, flashing the first International Omega ROM I believe and reporting success on the TMobile site. The S6 killed this :(

Curious if you are using the full version of 5.1.1 do you see your Baseband changed to OE6? It just did this for me on a test install. I have since Odined the firmware files back to OCG.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] gdmlaz:
Yeap also came from the s5, No idea how the battery time is on 5.1.1 since I just flashed it but keep hearing from dev and other users that is way better than 5.0.2 which I can't deal with anymore and also the ram management is just insane my galaxy 5 was handling apps 100x better than how this phone is doing on 5.0.2 one of the reasons I made the jump to this today, I miss root since i use it often but if my battery lasts thru the day i will sacrifice till chainfire finds a solution...... My basebad did get changed to OE6 when i flashed this thru TWRP also
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Trev420:
So I was curious and my baseband was changed as well. And it was.

Using smartswitch will turn things back to normal right? Will do that when I get home and flash that S6 rom and see if it fixes my brightness issue as well.

You mentioned two TWRP versions. Why is this v2 better then the previous? Was it only better for this 5.1.1 rom?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] gdmlaz:
New baseband should be better don't see why you guys would wanna go back to the old baseband ??? And newer version of twrp is better overall the first twrp had bugs and couple things dint' work is better for everything..... the v2 basically fixes the old bugs from v1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] nsdapm27:
Because we were getting much faster Internet with the old baseband, and don't know about twrp i didn't change that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
I can verify that OCG baseband here in Las Vegas is way better. I have a test spot I go to. And in that same spot I see a huge difference using the same server etc with speedtest.net. So for me I can verify this. It's not subjective. Newer doesn't necessarily mean better. Learned that a long time regarding firmware issues. But that said, I have to go back and read the OP really carefully, and no disrespect to the person that ported this or put it out there for us, but it's the first time I can even think of that a baseband update was in a ROM that we install via flashing. I would usually think Odin and now smartswitch would be reserved for changing the baseband.

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No doubt that battery issues are much improved with 5.1.1, but root for me is more important. When the release is official is when Chainfire will do his "magic".

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Wow...what a find. Now if only the display would be as bright as the S6.....OK I know....this has been beaten to death :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Itaintrite:
Do you guys just hang out in the sun all day long? Cause I have yet to encounter a moment where I wished the screen was brighter :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] gdmlaz:
I have to agree with you on the screen thing..... My screen is bright ass **** I don't see why people want it to be brighter I must not be understanding what some of you guys are saying...... And trust me I need root bad..... But I rather have a phone with battery than a dead phone with root lol.... Been using this all day and looks like battery is a big improvement from 5.0.2 I will try it at work all day tomorrow but It seems to be putting a smile in my face for once lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
Don't understand why some of you guys want to bash an issue which is important to some users here. The why.....simply because it bothers some of us here especially when you want to show off your phone and it's duller looking to me than my wife's two year old Note 3 when I am looking side by side to her phone and mine looking at the exact same source for comparison. Again, go to a Tmobile store sometime and ask to see BOTH S6 and S6Edge phones side by side. Until you do, you may think your screen is bright enough, but the additional brightness under the most conditions I use my phone just makes it appear that much sharper, besides the brightness. The screen just seems to pop more in the pics I may take and look at. Can't describe it much more. You would have to see it for yourself, then....make a judgement. I guess a better question would be...why does an S6 screen overall look better when viewing than an S6 Edge. Leave out the brightness statement. Until you see them side by side, then no...you couldn't understand what the few of us are seeing and what was or has been already reported when these phones first came out.

Guess I will go to my corner now. Said enough on the issue.

EDIT: wanted to see if the PingPong root would have possibly solved the rooting our 5.1.1 ROM here. Even editing out the radio.bin file in the ROM, so that the firmware would not change when flashing with TWRP didn't help since Build prop file still reports the different build numbers and guess without root you can't edit the build prop file to begin with. The PingPong root site said update to include phones with the Tmobile firmware ending with OCG. But since Chainfires root file for the 5.0.2 older Android already works, saw no reason to even play around with trying an unrooted stock phone to see if this works. But for those here that want to see if they get better data connections with OCG vs the OE6 radio, use Winrar or whatever to delete the radio.bin file in the unzipped 5.1.1 files here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] rafaelpinaf:
If I install this ROM, can I unlock the device for another gsm carriers with the provided unlock code?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ktetreault14:
If it doesnt root because of build.prop just change it on pc and put it in rom with recovery
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Itaintrite:
bash

informal

verb

1.

strike hard and violently.

"bash a mosquito with a newspaper"

We simply stated we don't see the need for this "issue" to be fixed. If you do, good for you. No bashing or wanting to bash involved. Don't be such a drama queen.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
There's always someone in the crowd that has to stir the pot. Been a while since I have seen such on XDA. Guess there's still a few around. I already had stated I said enough on the subject. The Drama Queen comment was uncalled for. It's like the pot calling the kettle black, IMHO. "WE Thaink U" :rolleyes:

MOD's...please delete or clean up if you wish.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] boosting1bar:
Drama queen and insistent on always getting the last word lol. Ironic that you'd bring up the pot/kettle analogy whilst trying to fire your final volley.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Dovigoldberger:
Would the gear vr work on this rom?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
Alright. I guess you got my goat enough to do some searches here. Please read my entire post, before drawing an opinion of me or why I am writing this reply. You were decent in a reply to be I believe about the wifi settings being remembered correctly after editing the buildprop file. Plus one for you. Now, it's interesting that a software bug verified by others, but bothered you enough to return your phone per this post

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6-edge/help/6-edge-night-clock-t3070026/post60135833#post60135833 is OK. You posted pictures. I can post a side by side pic of an S6 and an S6Edge too. Not going to. Don't see the need to. But your screen issue, which others see as a software bug...sounds familiar..... was enough to have you return your phone for another one. So...I'm the drama Queen by stating what some of us feel is a software bug. But on the other hand.........

I rest my case. No reply necessary, but I'm sure I will get one.

PS...I read the last 3 or 4 pages of that thread and no where was Drama Queen being invoked. A fair number of users including you had your screen issue regarding the clock/grey screen that seemed random across many model lines, carriers and colors. While one user there seemed to feel it was a hardware issue, the predominant user replies seem to point to software. And there was one reply from a user that specifically talked with Samsung that acknowledged this issue. I just got off the phone with Tmobile support. They passed me on to Samsung support. Samsung support stated they agreed that looking at an S6 side by side with an S6Edge, the screen currently would be brighter on the S6. They said a future update would address this issue. I'm satisfied now that this has been reported. Samsung stated this was one of many issues, including battery, memory leaks, guest mode, and a few other things mentioned would be addressed in OTA updates. And they also acknowledged the edge clock issue as well being software...to me. OK, can we now agree to just get along and stop with the finger pointing and name calling....please!!!.

OH...and I was reminded that they knew I rooted my phone and that this would void their warranty, as if I never knew that :laugh:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] boosting1bar:
Correct. I had an issue, posted about it with some pictures and returned the phone since some people reported not having it. You continue to prattle on and on and on about the sunlight "feature". I believe all anyone is trying to point out is that if you're that unhappy with the bug you should take your phone back and trade it for an S6 to remedy the problem, but I'm sure you won't. You'll continue your passive aggressive "this is all I'll say about it" and "I don't need a reply but I'm sure I'll get one" posts to continually try to get your last word in and seem like the bigger person. Hey, you win. I have spent enough time trying to point out the flaw in your line of thought but it's not getting through. I hope your software bug is addressed in a future update and you can change back to an S6E rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
I don't want An S6. I like the Edge. Samsung acknowledged this IS A BUG. I was only trying to point it out, much like the three or 4 pages of clock issues and grey screens, reported in the thread you were involved in. This is not an I win or you lose issue. That's my point. Never meant for it to be looked at this way. And FWIW, I have used both 5.1.1 versions as well as the S6 ROM. Battery life became an issue for me today, so I am on the V2 Debloated 5.1.1

And all I can do is try to answer you in a polite enough manner....nothing more. Until any known bugs are addressed it's a no win situation for any of us here. I certainly wouldn't call that flawed thinking. If by flawed thinking you mean my trying to get in the last word, you would feel the same if I addressed your issue with a reply like "We just don't have the same issue you appear to have. I never had any clock issues on my end. Why would anyone want a brighter screen "reply" For me that was demeaning. I don't think it was you either that gave the "We" reply. Just trying to show here that there are two sides...legitimately acknowledged by Samsung, to what bothers me. No, not enough to return for an S6.

Just found a review of the S6 and S6Edge when they came out

Scroll down the page a bit, and I guess "my issue" was pointed out. Copy/paste of the one paragraph:

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2015/04/13/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-review-early/

Galaxy S6 Edge Display

The Galaxy S6 Edge display looks great, but not as good as the Galaxy S6 display which is a little more vibrant and bright. Swiping on the curved edge feels wonderful and the curved display on the Galaxy S6 Edge definitely carries a cool factor with it. Two downsides to the curved display are that the text can sometimes wrap to the edge on webpages distorting it slightly and the curved edge can pick up a more glare in bright areas.

******The More Vibrant and Bright...specifically.*****
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] gdmlaz:
Can you guys stop arguing and filling this thread up with pointless arguments back and forth, Just makes it harder for people looking for answers to have to go thru all this pointless arguments
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ktetreault14:
Wow guys
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] nvict:
Just wondering if this ROM comes with T-mobile bloatware and spalshscreen/logo on boot?

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] boosting1bar:
The regular version comes with everything, the debloated comes with most everything removed. I believe the mobile hotspot, device unlock, and splash screen are all that remain on the debloated from what I recall.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] chadgauth:
For those of us that have root with PingPong root that haven't tripped Knox, is there any chance that this rom will work with FlashFire?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
KitKat you could do that easily. Can you tell me what one/you use to decomplile the system.img file under either Mac or Windows. Not a Linux type. Before Lolipop it didn't take much effort. The ROMs now are packaged totally different.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] COCODRILO45:
Sorry do you got a link for radio oe6 did you flashed via Odin or is it possible via twrp thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] chadgauth:
I used PingPont root with my 5.0.2 stock rom keeping Knox 0x0. With FlashFire, you can use the Evergreen root option to maintain root on future OTA updates (or certain ROMs if they don't include root). I just did a system backup of boot/system/data with FlashFire and I'm considering trying to flash this ROM with flashfire. If it includes a bootloader, I will have to strip it out from the zip first and flash that via ODIN, but hopefully I'll be able to have 5.1.1 with root and Knox 0x0.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] shawndotting:
can someone help

i flashe dthe 5.1.1 successfully, cant seeem to get smart switch to work to get back my contacts stored.. is there another way to restore my data stored on my pc....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] shawndotting:
how to convert .spba to csv

i cant sync with smart switch but i opened the folder where my stuff is backed up..is there a way i can convert .spba files to maybe csv..i really wanna get back my contacts...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
No...the rom here came with Radio.bin in the zipped files., So basically install the rom via TWRP and you get the baseband included.

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The 5.1.1 ROM uses the stock bootloader. Still think what you are trying to do will not work. 5.1.1 is NOT rooted by itself. IT will install files that will include references to OE6 rendering PingPong Root useless to begin with right now. Just don't see how you think this is going to work :(

Which is why I was asking around about editing build.prop outside of the ROM, but that means using a utility that can open and edit the system.img file when unzipping the ROM here. It's totally different from Kitkat and having easy access to a system folder.

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Why aren't your contacts simply saved in your Google account?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] COCODRILO45:
a ok cool im going to flash it right now i just thought the radio had to be flashed separately usually in other roms it wouldn't update the radio for other phones i had thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
Yeah,,,,really unusual to have a baseband update via ROM flash. That said, some of us here including me get much better data connections with the older OCG firmware. So realize once you upgrade, you will have to Odin the stock OCG stuff to go back. I haven't found an individual Odin flashable file for basebands with our phones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] COCODRILO45:
a ok cool thanks i might just wait then for custom rom then or another update that dosent have the data connection problem
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
If you want to just keep your stock OCG baseband, but try the 5.1.1 ROM, simply use a utility like WinRar, extract the zipped ROM, and delete the radio.bin file. Save it then flash with TWRP. Now you will be running 5.1.1 with the OCG firmware. And again, I am NOT saying this ROM has data connection issues. I am saying ONLY that some users here including me, have better data connections with OCG. Others feel nothing wrong with their data and flashing this rom which will update baseband to OE6. I am giving you the best of both worlds to try. Just realize too, 5.1.1 is NOT rooted. So just keep a good Nandroid TWRP backup using the V2 TWRP file mentioned here in OP, BTW. That way you can go back to rooted 5.0.2

Hope that helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] rafaelpinaf:
My phone is locked for T-Mobile sim card only.

If I install this ROM, will it ask for unlock code and then sucessfull unlock the devide for another carriers?

Thank you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] mikeyinid:
This zip includes the radio. That's why you don't have ocg
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
Figured that out and since deleted it from the zip. That way I can keep my OCG and this ROM, which is my preference when I flash it. Now, if someone here could give me a step by step to opening system.img file so that I can get to build.prop and edit out all the OE6 references. Then I believe we could use PingPong root on this ROM which does work on 5.0.2 OCG based Tmobile phones now.

I use a Mac desktop and run Parallels which gives me a virtual Windows 8 setup. Works fine for Odin but when I try to use utilities like ext4Unpack.exe , they can't open up the system.img file, won't work in a Virtual environment. Also tried simply renaming the system.img to system.iso. Windows 8 will mount iso files natively if you associate them with explorer.exe but again, because I am in a Virtual Windows Environment can't use any utilities myself. Maybe some here here could try this on their end. My thinking is it will work and allow us to get root on the leaked 5.1.1 setup. But it's only a working hypothesis on my part. I'm sure PingPong rot is basically looking at Build.prop for referencing supported setups and one user here already verified they did have PingPong root latest version which BTW does use SU 2.46 I believe too, to gain root on 5.0.2 setups.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] chadgauth:
I got us in the queue for PingPongRoot support. I modified my build.prop with TWRP and wasn't able to trick the current version of PingPongRoot, perhaps if we are officially supported we can get root.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/root-pingpong-root-rom-workshop-thread-t3104639
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Docmjldds:
Can you explain how you "modified" Build.prop with TWRP. And did you also delete radio.bin file from the zipped ROM, to retain OCG baseband.

I see OE6 in the waiting Que now, so thanks for that anyways :cool: