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[Galaxy S6 General] ValouSydney:
Really guys? Another comparison of these 2 phones which have been release with more than 6 months time!

Honestly the GS6 is a great phone but compared to an iphone 6, it doesn't bring much...

A new phone is suppose to be better but the small difference with an iphone 6 is just ridiculous!

The design is not as good as the Iphone 6, which is really comfortable in hand (and I don't even speak for the S6 edge), the battery is also not as good as an iphone 6....

The electric plug of the iphone6 is way better !!! No comparison possible!!! You can insert it very easily.

The screen has more pixels but still, pictures look better on iphone6!

However and also the main reason I will always choose Android rather than iOs is the software!

I can do pretty much all I want with this phone!

Cast the video I just downloaded with torrent on my smart tv...

Really easy file transfer between any devices...The list will be too long!

And for an Android phone, the GS6 is just the best one at this time!

To sum up I am really happy with this phone and hope that the overall design will keep improving with the future samsung phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] i9100g user:
14nm or the soc is not causing the drain,

if any thing it would have been worse in battery without that.

Its most efficient exynos soc till date and still ahead of S810 in terms of efficiency.
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
Guys, can someone tell me what the big deal is with iMessage? How is it compared to WhatsApp? Everyone seems to love iMessage and I really have no idea why.
[Galaxy S6 General] ValouSydney:
Imessage is only for iOS, whatsapp is for both.

And really i don't understand! In my opinion whatsapp is way better and cross devices.
[Galaxy S6 General] Apoxx:
Well according to Gsam battery monitor, the main drain is Android system, which is like hundreds of processes, so it's kinda hard to pinpoint what exactly is wrong.

My S5 had this same bull too. God I regret coming from the iphone now, android just never seems to work properly without custom roms.

The main reason I like it is that it's seamless, requires no signup (except enabling it in settings), and it detects automatically if the recipient has an iphone and then sends it as a free message.

It's not that good of a message app, it just works really well.

This is one of the situations googles "openness" works against them.
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
So it's exactly like WhatsApp?
[Galaxy S6 General] Apoxx:
Nope, not at all the same. If whatsapp just required your recipient to have an android then it would be the same. But whatsapp requires them to have the app, and to be registered, plus it does not allow you to send a message to them if they don't have the app.

And on top of that, it costs money to be a subscriber.
[Galaxy S6 General] :
Try check out my battery guide located here: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/general/guide-to-battery-life-t3092593

Yes, Android don't "just work" like IOS, which is one of the things I like with Android. If you know what you're doing, after a little setup, things work just as well. I can live with, apps crashing at times, when I think about how much more the OS can than IOS. I have Tasker + lots of plugins, Google Now, Autovoice, SetCPU and many other root apps + all the normal apps like messenger and so on.

So of course something will crash, compared to IOS, where only the things you open, are running. Most IOS users I know, have 2-3 apps. Facebook, Messenger and a game or two.
[Galaxy S6 General] Apoxx:
Thanks, I'll look into that.
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
iMessage is also an app, is it not? Albeit one that comes preloaded on every iOS phone. I feel like it's just a data message app integrated with the SMS app.

Regardless of how it comes or what you have to do to use it, do they both work the same way and provide the same functions is what I'm trying to figure out.
[Galaxy S6 General] barondebxl:
Man i have to disagree with you on the battery life. Its not bad at all, at least for me and its to the point that now i no longer check my battery stats except yesterday, i was just playing with the phone and noticed that i had 17 hours off charge with 4h50 min of screen on time with 17% left. That to me is very solid considering the 2k display and the 2550 mah battery. Granted im rootwd and running a custom rom.

I totally agree with you on the lack of notification light on the 6plus. How could i forget that lol.
[Galaxy S6 General] Apoxx:
Yes it's the text messaging app for iphone, and as you know, iOS is quite the closed system, so it does not allow you to change the default messaging app.

If you text another iphone it will be sent as a data message free of charge, and if you text an android, it will be sent as a standard text with your carrier rates.

It basically does the same as whatsapp, but it's seamlessly integrated into the OS without any requirements to sign up or change between apps to send texts or data messages.

I love it, but it's not enough to keep me on iphone. I still wish android had the same thing built in. (and no, hangouts really isn't an option lol)
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
Gotcha. That's what I thought. I can't for the life of me figure out why everyone goes crazy over iMessage - this is one thing that's frequently listed as something someone will miss when they switch to Android. Just download WhatsApp - same exact functionalities but you can chat with everyone, no matter what OS they are using. Sure, it takes 3 minutes to set up and costs $1/year, but that's really nothing to complain about. I'll pay $1 a year gladly to be able to communicate with everyone versus being stuck in a closed system.
[Galaxy S6 General] Apoxx:
The only problem is that it requires all your contacts to install and setup the app, plus pay the fee. I installed it earlier today, and out of my +/- 50 contacts in my phonebook, only 7 had it installed, meaning I can't reach the rest of them unless I switch to the text messaging app. Suddenly it's not as convenient anylonger.

What whatsapp is doing theres a million apps that's able to do. viber, Facebook Messenger, Line, Kik, Kakaotalk, Wechat, chaton, and so on.

So yeah, I can definitely say imessages is a thing I always miss when away from iOS, but as I said, it's not a dealbreaker not having it.
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
You should tell them to join the 800 million users around the world and download it!
[Galaxy S6 General] dfg187:
Love the Apple fanboys that switch over to Android.

Bro,Apple makes their own phones and supplies their own apps made for their OS. Most apps made for Apple then get "converted" to Android, I'm assuming.

Android has to cater and share to soooooo many different phone companies, all trying to find their own uniqueness. If it was just Android and say Samsung tied the knot exclusively.

Android would >>>>>> Apple.

Down with iTunes! hahah
[Galaxy S6 General] Apoxx:
That's not the point, as long as you have to ask them to download the app and install it it can't compete. Plus I still have to switch apps whenever I wanna talk to someone who does not have it. This is where imessages win, it's just always there and automatic.

That being said, if I have to ask people to download a messaging app to talk to them, I'd have them download one of the free ones instead.
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
iMessage loses automatically on the fact that it is closed. Good luck finding a free message app with more users than WhatsApp.
[Galaxy S6 General] Apoxx:
It could have 4 billion users worldwide for all I care, as long as my contacts don't have it, it's useless for me.

What does it matter if it's closed? You can still have whatsapp on your iphone. I can't see anything negative about being able to automatically reach all your contacts with iphones with free messages, closed or not.

But it comes down to preference, I don't wanna turn this into a war, just saying I totally understand why people miss it coming from iphones.

There's nothing fanboy about this discussion, it's just discussing pros and cons regarding 2 popular mobile platforms.

I've had Androids since the first Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) and Apple since the first iPhone, so I always know what I'm going to when I switch, but I still miss certain things when I do.
[Galaxy S6 General] iamsloany:
Changing it myself

So my upgrade was due last Friday from my Nexus 5 so out of curiosity I decided to get the iPhone 6 64GB it's been 2 days since it was delivered and I'm just an Android fan at the end of the day, I find iOS very clean and easy to use but that's it, it's too basic for my liking so I've called my provider and now awaiting my delivery to exchange for a 32GB gold S6.

Hail Hydra ?
[Galaxy S6 General] barondebxl:
Thats an if that will never happen so let us stick to reality ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] ashirokung:
I have i6 and s6.

S6 is the best phone for now. Knox is very good. Camera is the best. Screen is beauty. etc.

i6 is limitation for many thinng. Slow amnination. Only one thing that i6 better than s6 is iCloud sync.
[Galaxy S6 General] bhavstech:
iphone x

pros:

smooth ui, premium ui feel

cons:

everything the whole damn restricted ios

a "little" smoothness at the cost of yesterdays technology is not acceptable

S6

cons:

heavy UI (but great)

Slow updates(cant blame samsung it starts it work asa google releases the latest source code)

less smoother ui(well it appears smooth to me but people say ios is more smoother)

pros:

everything else!
[Galaxy S6 General] Jonathan-H:
Don't get all this "Ios is smooth as butter, ios doesn't lag or stutter" blah blah blah. I have yet to see an iphone that doesn't lag or skip somewhere. Usually it's identical to Android. Any app that requires data to pull info as it scrolls, like facebook, will lag or skip or stutter, and that includes on iphones. Iphone 6 and 6 plus still look and feel like toys and are to be fair, butt ugly.
[Galaxy S6 General] ipaq_101:
Android gives you choices in all forms and factors and as such the OS has to be more flexible to allow compatibility with various hardware configurations, so perceived perfection is hard to achieve with that goal in mind.

There are

billions

of people in the world that cannot afford Apple products, Android has created an OS that is suitable for high end and low end users and it gives people a chance to use a smartphone to enhance their lives.

So that is why I don't buy the argument that iOS somehow has a premium designed OS, Android does more and supports different hardware configurations, it's flexibility in allowing to do so is what I consider Premium design.

Both operating systems are different, but at the end of the day they let you make phone calls, text, and surf the web, so really it's not a big deal, do what makes you happy.
[Galaxy S6 General] il buono:
I experienced some lag and quite a few app force closes with the 6+. Difference between the iOS force close and android, is that on iOS the screen just turns black momentarily and you're kicked out of the app. No dialog pops up. Probably to create the illusion that nothing wrong just happened. Still had a great experience though with the 6+. Solid camera and the battery life was amazing.

Sent from my GS6
[Galaxy S6 General] grom96:
a few things.....

You simply can't call someone stupid because they like iOS , iOS is an advanced operating system, sure it lacks features but sometimes on my android I have features that are just a waste of space, like a heart rate sensor, really.... Who uses that....?

Also think about this for a second, if android was a closed platform, Samsung, lg, Sony etc wouldnt make smart phones unless they had there own OS , Samsung etc without android is nothing.

Stock android really does lack features. Too many people compare a lg or Sony phone etc with android on it with an iPhone, that's really unfair because that's not stock android ....

I'm not a fanboy and I like both OS but calling people stupid because they like iOS is like saying people who work for apple don't know anything because they can't make a good OS

Both OS do the same things just in different ways.
[Galaxy S6 General] zathus:
Maybe I just have bad luck with apple but I see lag and shuttering on all my apple devices. Wife's iphone 6. My ipad air. My daughter iphone 5s. My bros iphone 6. Yes, android has lag to but to me it's pretty lateral between smoothness on my s6 vs iPhone 6.
[Galaxy S6 General] samdroid711:
Actually switched to iOS from android late last year. iOS is quite a refreshing change even with the much more closed mindset. You do get quite a few benifits with the closed os, being able to set permissions/data access/preventing an app to run in the bg feel like missing luxury now. Two thinks I have to give to the iPhone: Stellar customer service (Had bluetooth issues? A restore didnt fix? Here new device.) And not giving a crap what ylu do to your device (I jailbroke both my iPhone 5s and 6 with a restore all you need to remove the jb.)

Switching back to Android, really opens your eyes to what you really are missing. Being able to access your file system without a mod, sharing files/links/photos to almost any app and being able to just drag and drop files i to your phone (the iPhone felt like I didnt really own the storage on my phone...) Battery life and general "packaging" of TW could be much better, the fragmentation goes as far as the S Health app not being able to record your heart beat as well as your VO2% at the same time. I think Samsung should have done a bit more than just ripping out the under used features, it just feels like it was a last ditch attempt to speed up the phone. I couldnt believe power saving mode doesnt even allow us to pick which aspects of it to apply.

Oh and I do miss the iPhone camera. Still a tad quicker to access and take a shot vs the s6. (Had jb shortcuts as well as using the touch ID as a capacitive button)

Tldr: SG6: Great Android phone, could be made better with some basic feedback from testers/more thoughful modifications. iPhone, does what it can do almost perfectly but iOS and hardware limitations (1gb of bleeding ram) let it down. /the s6 probably has less ram free than my i6/ (At least 400-500mb free on the i6 currently 350mb free on my s6)

-edit-

quick rant to samsung:

WHY THE FEK DID YOU HAVE TO STUFF A 2K SCREEN ON THJS BEAST?!!!??? HUH? IMAGINE THIS PHONE WITH 1080P. IT WOULD ****ING FLY. THE DPI INCREASE IS BARELY NOTICEABLE. THE PERFORMANCE AND RUNTIME INCREASE WOULD HAVE MADE THIS THE SMARTPHONE TO OWN.

-rant end-
[Galaxy S6 General] tee00max:
After using the S6 for a little under two weeks I have decided to take it back and return to using my 6+. I don't have to list the pros and cons of each because we have seen that list on many occasions but the main deciding factor for me was of course battery life and the fact that you have to disable so many features to even get "ok" battery life.

I know there will be some people to report that they have not turned off any services but I like to use my device for what its worth and if I paid almost $1000 for it then I want to use all of it, not disable half of the phones services to spare some battery life. The S6 was an excellent phone but I am more happy with my 6+.
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
Well looking at the list of your previous devices, you certainly can't be accused of being an apple fanboy!
[Galaxy S6 General] tee00max:
Yeah I never have been a fanboy of either platform. Android is where my heart is because I love being apart of the XDA community and the whole rooting concept but that has gotta a little old to me. I have been doing it for soooooooooo many years and now I find myself just wanting a device that works well and consistently. I find I get that balance with the iPhone.
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
Totally appreciate where you're coming from. I used to be a serial tinkerer, then i had kids!
[Galaxy S6 General] tee00max:
haha, Yeah that was in college when I had the time to tinker and load CyanogenMod up and tweaking kernels and all this and that but now I go to work and come home so I just want something that works lol.
[Galaxy S6 General] Guitarfreak26:
I got the same feeling, i like the s6 but battery is a killer. Might get a 128gb plus again, ios just works well and the battery is amazing
[Galaxy S6 General] tee00max:
Well even though I have to quit saying battery is better because they are two different devices with one being a so called phablet and the other isn't. But either way I just require a phone to have better battery life than the S6 for me.
[Galaxy S6 General] zathus:
My distaste for iphones is purely based on my hatred of apple. The phone itself is just fine in my eyes. The company that makes it should ashamed of there business practise. The apple watch is a perfect example. How can you posable charge that much for what your getting? It's a company taking full advantage of ignorant people who don't really know what there money is buying.

That said! Lol I can see why people would prefer iphones. It is a much more streamlined os. At the cost of features and openness but if those are things that don't matter to you then enjoy!
[Galaxy S6 General] godutch:
when you see android system on top it's actually never android system but a buggy app which keeps the system awake with a wakelock but ever since kitkat this has become very difficult to diagnose. Really a dumb idea from Google to hide all these battery stats from the user.
[Galaxy S6 General] lehongwang:
in my opinion, samsung did the best and newest hardware for s6, equal to ip6

. but the bad is android, cannot compare to ios, so, please blame google, not samsung
[Galaxy S6 General] buck1623:
Well I am coming back to android and the galaxy series after my hiatus. I left when the galaxy s4 received an update that gave the phone 4 hours battery life constantly. Stuck with iPhone from 4s all the way up to 6 plus. When I found out that the battery issue was finally solved I came and bought this 6. I LOVE it. Battery is on par with the iPhone, and the phone performs better and is hardware wise light years ahead. I'm glad I made the decision and now I will be upgrading to the 128gb version. Thought about the 6 edge but when I held it in hand I knew it wasn't for me.

Sent from my SM-G920P
[Galaxy S6 General] Perseus:
This Thread is likely ignite significant passionate discussions and is showing signs of it already.

Thread Closed.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saarav242:
Hi Guys, Good Afternoon

Anyone can please tell me what is SIDE LOAD ?

It's same as root or jailbreak ?

Also suggest me how to do this ? I got Lumia 640 for doing some practice.

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bawwsss:
close this please mods.
[Note Edge General] meraz9000:
They say I can get anything...It could be true...but I feel bad for the forgotten ATT users hoping to one day receive the update but worry not I present you the official Odin flashable tar files to manually update your phone to the newest Android version or in case your phone is bricked.

N915AUCU1BOC6

https://mega.co.nz/#!CdlEDYia!rdNO87PS8nUk5MPI-tFvz-wry2G92E1wV4n-Vp8R_rE
[Note Edge General] IceTwig:
wow... that's a long time uploading :)
[Note Edge General] motumbo:
+1
[Note Edge General] meraz9000:
Link is up
[Note Edge General] IceTwig:
Quick Question Sun, Have you tried going back to KK to see if it's possible on the N915A?
[Note Edge General] meraz9000:
im pretty sure it is possible as other note 4 models you are able to do it
[Note Edge General] rquinn19:
Probably possible if you can find it anywhere.
[Note Edge General] IceTwig:
what about if you do this on your 4.4.4?
[Note Edge General] motumbo:
Just to let you know, I flashed this lollipop tar using odin 3.09 with no issues. I tested lollipop for a few hours and then returned back to stock kk using Kies extracted tar successfully too.
[Note Edge General] fartinghyena:
Thanks for posting this! I was unable to update to Lollipop over Wifi/OTA. AT&T was of no help, the Samsung rep at Best Buy just looked confused when I asked if they could flash my phone (He said he'd download the latest version, but didn't think 5.x would be available yet). I had ever used Odin before, but installation was easy, and my phone seems much faster. Battery life seems a little worse tho.
[Note Edge General] dnp77:
Deleted
[Note Edge General] IceTwig:
Did you use Titanium to restore your stuff? or just started from scratch both times?
[Note Edge General] a_fuegon:
Where did you get files to downgrade from? Many people wanting this update and mine was forced. Hate it. My phone is now sluggish, battery life severely affected and the modem is crap. I can't even send a text message from my house. All these issues were non existent before upgrade.
[Note Edge General] IceTwig:
From Here
[Note Edge General] Godless origin:
n915a lollipop update

i tried flashing the lollipop tar file but keep getting invaild binary while trying to update in odin ,,,,, any suggestions ????

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[Note Edge General] meraz9000:
Worked fine for everyone else. Either you don't have the att note 4 edge or your download was corrupted
[Note Edge General] Godless origin:
i have att N915A bbversion N915AUCI1ANK2 ON 4.4.4 and have since done a freash download on pc's and still get the same error msg ....
[Note Edge General] scabbie1980:
Do this give us root?
[Note Edge General] IceTwig:
KingsRoot will give you "TEMP" root on 4.4.4 which is the "ONLY" method available at this time.

This thread is an extension to that where it removes kingsroot and applies SuperSU

BUT the device has to be on KK

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Are you using the latest USB drives and are you using the "ISSUED" Samsung cable? I know i have gotten several problems with ODIN if either of those are not right.
[Note Edge General] alexlory:
Thank you Sunderwear

I install your file Lollipop 5.0.1 on my Note Edge Att with my Macbook Air with Parallels Desktop and Windows 8.1 software emulation and the update work perfectly.

Alex
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] miki89:
Can someone help me installing xposed framework on 5.0.2? i tried installing the latest version which devs said it has fixed for sony, but i m constantly in bootloop when i tried to install it..does someone already try xposed or using it?
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] rrd84:
same problem, no success yet, always bootloop.

Tried almost all solutions, from discussion thread(s).

few root apps are not working properly, as no xposed framework for LP

Hope they will fix it sooner.
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] rootlinux:
There is a beta for lollipop that works with some modules. It is posted on xda.
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] miki89:
did you try? :)
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] rootlinux:
Yes, worked my my G2.
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] Andrey Piekas:
Your smartphone is an LG. It has nothing to do with our smartphone.

Some devices have the problem with Xposed, and T2 is one of them.
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] rootlinux:
You are correct but the post simply said xposed isn't working with lollipop.

I am not on an LG at the momment but it did work with LP.

Some modules may or may not work.

The xposed thread says it doesn't work on Samsung but it does on mine.

Trial and error.
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] chupes_on:
Even if the post "simply said" xposed isn't working with lollipop, it is on the T2-Ultra forum, so please don't mislead us with non relevant information.

The owners of the T2-Ultra rigth now are facing several problems with the recovery and the xposed, and we are looking a way to make them work, so please respect that.
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] khaja1991:
then can u please tell u the solution to install the xposed frame work on sony t2 ultra dual..............iam waiting for that.................
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] aidy.lucas:
Use gauravs deodexed z1c or z2 port for t2u the only way to get it to work on lollipop
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] khaja1991:
Can u please post the download link and procedure..... Thank for ur quick response..
[Sony Xperia T2 Ultra] aidy.lucas:
Look in the t2u Android development section
[Other SmartWatches] bilalk16:
smart watch u8 clone orjinal firmware please link