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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] sci2:
So I got myself a shiny S6 at launch. I was upgrading from a Nexus5, which, if it weren't for positively atrocious battery life, I'd likely still be using. I have to say, performance-wise, using the S6 was underwhelming. I expected that 'wow this phone is FAST' feeling that I've gotten with every other phone upgrade I've gone through. Then I got used to it and went about my merry way...

Fast forward to a couple of days ago. I decided to repurpose my Nexus5 as my Home Theater remote using a Harmony Hub. I charged it, turned it on and was once again reminded at just how snappy the thing is. Made my S6 feel like a Prius. What I then realized was the the entire reason for this is TouchWiz. In comparing side-by-side, screen transitions, animations, etc. in vanilla Lollipop are either much faster, or simple not there. Samsung tries to add 'flair' and 'gee whiz' stuff which gives the user a false sense of sluggishness. So I fixed it...

TL;DR

In developer options - To get there, settings/about device, and tap build number 7 times. You'll then be a 'developer'. You'll then be able to access dev settings. From there, you'll find 3 options for 'animation scale'. Reduce this setting to either 0.5x or off. Sit back and marvel at how fast your phone ACTUALLY is. I also use Nova Prime launcher which has animation speed settings as well. Give it a shot and let me know what you think.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] glcK23:
I think I'll leave my transitions as is, phone is plenty fast, coming from rooted LG G3.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ingenious247:
I have to agree, coming from many "fast" phones like the Nexus series and HTC One series, I don't see any "slow down" from Samsung on my S6. Blazing fast.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] sci2:
To each their own. Don't get me wrong, the phone is blazing fast at tasks, but the task switching animations, etc., are very noticeable to me. With the setting at .5x, it's still clean, but quicker to move around the OS.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Cusa:
My animations are all set to 0 and its blazing fast.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] LNJ:
Unfortunately turning them down to 0.5 or 0 makes everything feel very abrupt and not fluid. The 1x makes the animations and transitions flow very nicely!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] Spider_Pig27:
I came from a N6 to this device & honestly they are neck to neck. The one better thing is the damn camera. If on google would step up there game & would have put in one heck of a camera I would have sticked to my shamu.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] KennyG123:
I opened and read this thread expecting to see something regarding data speeds and Samsung modems. I thought the Android animation scale options were widely known...guess not. And yes I say Android because it is not Samsung. The HTC phones and LG phones (the only others I have checked) are also set to the default of 1X.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] ipaq_101:
The S6 has been the fastest phone I have used, hands down.

Nexus phones maybe stock android but I find them pretty hideous and hate that they don't have capacitive buttons.

Calling a Nexus phone a Ferrari and and S6 a Prius is an exaggeration. Btw the camera on the Nexus doesn't compare with the S6 (which might arguable be the best camera on any smart phone right now), so the point of this thread is pretty useless.

Go with what you like and enjoy your Nexus 5.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] jonahtriangle:
I would say it is more like Nexus=Lotus and GS6=BMW i8. The lotus has no extra features, not even A/C or a radio so they can save on wieght. On the other hand the i8 has the power of a Ferrari but saves in energy with all the bells and whistles. I like all the bells and whistles on the GS6. Finally they got a cpu that can handle all the extras. It is for me the best I've used yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] glcK23:
Here's a tip, sell your S6 and use your nexus 5.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] cpufrost:
First thing I do after flashing or getting a new device is turn on dev options and kill all animations. Anything that appears to make things slower is bad. When I close something I want it GONE instantly. Ditto for PC and Mac. Leave the silly animations for cartoons and kids. ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] H3adru5H:
Stock Android is just better than Touchwiz in general. I love my S6. My battery life is phenominal. But damn I miss Cyanogenmod. I fired up my S4 and it does transition faster and smoother than my s6 does so OP has a point. Mind you this doesn't translate to processing power because in that regard my s6 completely demolishes my s4 but when an app is already open and loaded on memory my s4 is faster.

Please lawd please I'm begging you dev gods bring us CM12. I've been reading things about Cyanogenmod not liking exynos. If that's the case and they decide not to make CM for the s6 I'm giving this phone up when jump comes back around in six months.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] fineazbro:
i have apex launcher running with animation set to .05 everything smooth
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6] benjmiester:
Yep, that's the same trick that Apple uses too. Short duration animations or better yet, none at all, equal a faster (Appearing) Os. But that's just visual appeal. Luckily like anything on android, we can change that!

X2 on the need for Cm (or other aosp, I loved paranoid android myself) on this phone.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i Software Upgrading] saymi:
Alpine R.I.P.

Hello First of all to excuse the translation for the reason that my level of English is null and I must myself serve as tools like google to translate.

I have a problem and salary if some of you happens some solution to you since I no longer have but ideas. I have tried to change to the one language alpine (xdalli) and the result has been death.

The steps:

1: Copy original ROM (in English) with romupdate.

2: To pass copied ROM to the PC with ntrw.

3: Once copied to separate the ROM in three parts (header.nb1, ext.img and trailer.nb1) with split.

4: With the publisher hex workshop 4,2 to copy the head of the file header.nb1 removed from xdalli and to copy it in the file header.nb1 of 2020i_XDII_cambio_idioma_esp_by_ferdy (ROM in Spanish). Thus we would obtain that xdalli when loading the new ROM by SD in Spanish thought that this about English when really this in Spanish.

5: Once kept the file header.nb1 modified I have mounted rom.nb1 uniting the 3 parts with merge (before divided with split header.nb1, ext.img and trailer.nb1.) So it would be left header.nb1 modified, ext.img and trailer.nb1 are the original ones of xdalli.

6: To copy with ntrw in the SD.

7: To put xdalli bootloader with the SD inside and leaves message SD download press to power to flash.

8: Once fact this and finished updating reset.

9: And here it is where one dies.

These are the followed steps, now pda does not start neither in normal way nor in bootloader nor reset nor hard reset. KO

Some idea please, although is absurd since xda does not respond to anything.

Thanks and I wait for your ideas.

PS: of brave this the full cemetery. Who would command to touch xdalli to me. jejjejeje
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i Software Upgrading] Server:
Does it write anything on the screen? Or nothing at all? Try to remove and insert battery again.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i Software Upgrading] clustered:
get into bootloader, put in cradle n upgrade your ROM. g00d luck!

p/s:Enter to Bootloader Mode by press Power + Record Button and Soft Reset.
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i Software Upgrading] saymi:
hi clustered,

The problem is that it does not enter nor bootloader. If it entered already she would be alive.

greetings
[PDA2, XDA IIi, 2020i Software Upgrading] saymi:
hi server

I cannot write nothing in the screen and believe that the reason went that when doing upload before described to him loaded bootloader to me.

I have tried to leave the battery that exhausted days and when I put it in the base ignites the red light of load nothing else but.

Also I have tried to put it in load without battery and to tighten the button of ignition and nothing.

I have put myself in contact with pof to comment the problem to him and it has commented to me that a serious solution jtag and to load to him to bootloader new but not it encounter for alpine.

If some solution is happened to you but it would be arranged to make it since this dead now.

Thanks and greetings
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simjoc:
At first hello everybody, think this is my first post @ the forum. I just bought a broken Oneplus one from Ebay. The touchscreen isn't working at all. Now I tested the screen on a different phone and it is working. So the problem is at the motherboard. I just inspected the motherboard and there is one small thing broken/missing. I think the previous owner did it to disconnect the digitizer cable. Can somebody tell me what this is?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylanraga:
it would help posting a pic with more than five pixels
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ripj4ck:
Need a better quality pic bro
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simjoc:
Hopefully this is better. It's very difficult to get the picture sharp.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darklajid:
Hey.

I'm getting confused reading all the threads about what is and what isn't supported on this device so far. Plus, 'Knox' is a concept I don't get.

Background: Coming from a long line of rooted/CM supported devices (last one: OnePlus One, used by my wife now). This .. is an entirely different beast, starting from Odin or whatever that abomination is called to TW, Knox et al.

The hardware is amazing. The software is quite unbearable after spending an hour trying to remove bloat- and crapware or traversing pastel colored menus desperately looking for options that are trivial to find in stock images. So my ideal solution, if the pastel-touchwiz fairy would grant me a wish, would be to have a working CM. Which isn't an option of course.

- Can I root this device, preferably without running a big automation package on a Windows machine (the only thing I found so far was CF-AutoRoot - not sure what that is and if I want that)

- Can I remove more or less all TW traces?

- Are there unbranded EU (or in my case: DE) firmwares around, that at least remove all the Vodafone .. stuff I have to bear with? Only found links to US/CA stock firmwares so far

I'm a long time Android user, believing in the Year Of The Linux Desktop for longer than Duke Nukem Forever was delayed, but clueless about Samsung devices and the whole infrastructure here. Any pointers, any resources would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S6 Edge Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darklajid:
To document my issues so far:

- Both the Stock Firmware thread and sammobile don't seem to help - at least it isn't obvious if there is any compatible _unbranded_ ROM out there. sammobile explicitly offers a German (do I even care?) firmware release per carrier and I'm certain they all suck in similar ways. Do I need a German one? Are there well known sensible ones? I'm running en_US anyway, I don't even care about the language of the device.

- Looking at Odin right now, but I don't have a Windows machine except for my work laptop. Bah. :/ Heimdall seems a reverse engineered replacement?

- sammobile says "You should really look into Kies for firmware updates", but their link is confusing and mentions random Google Play apps. Going to the Samsung site and downloading Kies on my work laptop (not a good idea) I am greeted by gazillion "You should really download Smart Switch" popups. When I give in, the link opens Internet Explorer (?? Certainly not my default browser!) and redirects me to a German site. My OS is en_US. My browser - even IE - asks for en_US. Samsung doesn't care. I fail to find 'Smart Switch' as a concept that even applies to a desktop/laptop machine. All I can find is again stuff about a Google Play app and .. migration from iTunes or something. No installer. Can't find a download link.

So: Odin is for Windows only. Kies is complaining that the device isn't supported. The replacement cannot be found. Erm.. What? I'm sure you people have done this dance before. Help, please? Currently the device is a shiny, fully-charged brick without any apps/data/etc. on my desk, waiting for me to discover ways to make it work.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xosinchan:
Hey Brethren!

I was wondering if someone have a a copy of latest AOSP Browser for android 5.0.2 builds. Because I'm in love with ASOP browser and the foremost thing I like is pie control. Please somebody fetch this. I tried to extract one from cm12 nightlies but failed because they pack it all in dat file. Positive response is anticipated. Thank you.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krogoth:
Maybe someone with cm or aosp installed could attach browser?
[Redmi Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mangopeople:
Today after updating my phone from 4.2 to 4.4

touch stopped responding plz help..
[Redmi Note Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruffain:
Well brother the same happened to my dads phone but luckily it was only 28 days old so i might get a replacement from flipkart but u can try downgrading it to older version i tired resetting didn't help
[T-Mobile LG G2] vkky_:
i have LG G2 D801 3G not working after update Android Lollipop ... please help me what i can do :( :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axaion:
As the title says, im considering either of these, reason for 1st gent moto g is because i do not want a tablet phablet or a television in my pocket, which is also the reason im considering the S4 mini

Im located in denmark, i have no issues with installing customs ROMs, so touchjizz is of no issue here.

The S4 mini is about 100-200DKK more than the moto G, (20-30EU, if even that much)

Reasons I have for choosing the S4 are the following:

AMOLED display

Smaller dimensions

1.5GB ram

IR Blaster

NFC

And for the Moto G:

Water resistance

Slightly better PPI

Better brightness outdoors

Better ROM support (slightly)

Quad Core CPU (But lets be honest here, the 1.2GHz Quad core in the moto G is hardly any better than the Dual core 1.7 Krait in the S4 mini)

Not made of slipperly glossy fall out of hands material

So as you can see.. im just torn here, Im not even sure how much better the S4 mini performs with a custom rom compared to the ultra bloated touchjizz

Obviously i looked for reviews of them against each other, but every time they test both of them stock, and the S4 is severaly gimped by touchjizz i assume.

Halp! :(
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuffBuster:
I've just received my S4 Mini yesterday and I'm very happy with it so far. I think the S4 Mini if I remember right from reviews and in specs has a slightly better camera if that makes a difference to you . but the Moto G seems like a good phone.

I have yet to root or install a custom ROM due to warranty concerns for the short time being but I don't see match problems with the touchwiz interface so far. So when I do finally root and maybe install a custom ROM without the bloat which some of can be disabled on stock would run very smoothly indeed.

What GPU does the Moto G have?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sasank360:
Moto G 4G makes more sense. Yes I agree that moto falls behind s4 mini in RAW performance. But an optimised stock android UI yields better experience than buggy touchwiz.

Also Moto G 4G will get official android "M" from Moto. S4 Mini may/NOT get official Lollipop. Forget about "M".

I am not familiar with moto but s4 mini has superman devs live arco68 and F4k. So we do have solid custom rom base.

But being a 2013 device s4 mini becomes obselete more quickly. :(

Even I am having thoughts about new phone. My s4 mini worked splendidly over last 12 months, but recent "drops" resulted in heavy battery drain[hardware fault :crying:]

But here in India we get mostly dual sim phones which are a hell to work with [custom roms]. If I get galaxy S5 G900F for cheap I may buy that.

Otherwise I will wait and buy Moto G 3rd Gen :laugh: :p
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuffBuster:
Stock UI S4 Mini VS Moto G. Moto G wins. Custom ROM not sure...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axaion:
It has the same GPU as the moto g, Adreno 305 IIRC

[MENTION=600147]THE[/MENTION] rest of the replies; thank you for the replies, Im looking at both phones due to the custom rom support too, I do not care for stock at all (i wouldent run the moto g stock either)

Its too bad the moto G does not have nfc and IR blaster, im pretty sure NFC is going to be really good here in denmark soon.. (all bus/train terminals are going to support it for example)

The camera i guess both of them are fine to me

Its a tough choice.. the moto g is hyped quite a bit..

Oh, i forgot to mention, im on an S3 mini right now, which has pretty much the perfect size for me.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matesurano:
when I choose s4 mini there were many other good phones available. But the main reasons for selecting S4 mini were:

1. This is the lightest (only 108 gms.) and very small form factor android phone with such specs available( even till today also).

2.I did not like Touch wiz much, but as of today there are plenty of custom (specially Lollipop based) roms available for this device. And most of the roms are quite usable as daily drivers.

3.SUPER AMOLED!!! I used IPS LCD phones, but once you use S.AMOLED, i think it will be hard to go back.

4. For me phones should be light,small ( best size: Iphone 4) (i hate 5" bulks) and powerful.

on a side note, moto G is also a very good device.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axaion:
Yep, I also think itll be hard to not have an AMOLED display, my s3 mini has one (PenTiLe though..)

NFC is going to be important i think

the IR blaster is nice.. but dont care much about it..

Only reason im considering the moto g is..

1: Water resistant

2; Higer PPI display, slightly more sharp screen

Both the s4 mini and moto g has a nice thin bezel (1st gen at least)

Both phones are about the same price, normally id go moto g, but seems the S4 mini has a nice community, which is rare, and not just one person making roms for it.

Anyone have any information on the S4 mini feelings towards rain?

And how much did CM11/Carbon help?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axaion:
Anyone?

Kind of a deciding factor here haha :)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matesurano:
Did not get your question about rains!!!? And to me the best kitkat(4.4.4) Rom for my device (s4 mini duos)is PAC MAN KK. Still using it since last 3-4 months. very good rom.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axaion:
about rain, i mean does a little rain water, if youre outside and it rains, will it mess it up?, or can it at least handle that?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matesurano:
Hahaha!....your question really made me laugh. Well, technically speaking this device is not water proof or water resistant. it has got open ports(like usb/charging, speakers,mic etc.) so if any of the electronics contacts with water........you know the answer. Besides even if we get an water resistant phone, we would never ever get some water on it deliberately. So, if water resistance is important to, you better get a SONY xperia z series( they are being advertised as mil-spec type water resistant upto a meter or so).
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fburgos:
Moto g less ram is a killer if you're a heavy multitasker
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sasank360:
Another option is s4 mini plus LTE. Model number is I9195I

It has 1.5gb ram and 64-bit sd 410 chipset. Problem is samsung

launched that "plus" version without much publicity or fanfare.

So not a lot of people know about its existence. So not much development

with that device. However it should give solid experience as

1.5gb ram + sd410 is much better than sd400 with 1gb ram.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axaion:
Yeah, im getting the 4G version, not sure if the lotterly will give me the sd400 or 410 version though..

For rom support and community i hope the 400..

for performance 410
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axaion:
yeah, would be nice if there was roms for the 9195I since it seems to be overall better.

Sadly im not willing to drop rom support for a 10% better phone though, even when it does have nice battery life (I need my xposed, and non-touchwiz UI, haha)

So ive narrowed down where to buy it, just a few quick questions before i pull the trigger.

Does NFC work with CM and Carbon? both Kitkat and Lollipop.

Same question for the IR Blaster and 4G

Would kinda suck to buy the phone based on those two and the 1.5GB ram and seeing that two of them dont work if they didnt :)

Im from denmark so i assume its the international version.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hpsauce37:
I have a gsm galaxy s6 in the UK

To me the loudspeaker output volume is low, certainly lower than the first one i had and im wondering if its anything to do with a recent update.

To explain further, when the s6 was first released i had one of each (s6 and s6 edge) and the handset was on 5.0.1

I was not entirely convinced by the handset and decided to return them and go back to my iphone 6. One of the things i was really impressed with on the handset though was the speaker output. I remember this particularly as it really stood out and i can remember that when playing music or watching youtube that even on 1/2 volume it seemed as loud as any other phone i had used with plenty in the bank to go higher.

Anyway, after a couple of weeks i decided to leave the iphone and get another s6. This phone was purchased sim free and came to me fully updated to 5.0.2 (no further updates available)

I find now that with this phone the volume seems really low and find myself playing it often above the 3/4 mark and not far off full.

I know that these type of things are quite subjective but i am certain the earlier ones i had were much louder.

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed this or could give some suggestions as to anything that may cause the volume to be lower for any reason.

thanks
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hpsauce37:
Really only just me them?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] james_lpool:
Not just you, i also posted a similar post, i am also in the uk, i have an s6 that come with 5.0.2 already on it and my call volume seems a lot lower on max compared to my older s4.

I noticed theres a setting when making calls that says 'extra volume' when you press this, it doesnt seem to do anything?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hpsauce37:
For me its the loudspeaker volume when playing movies or YouTube etc.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unloaded1:
Not only you, same for me here!
[Moto E General] gracefang:
To the Devs of Moto E im willing to port my upcomming xperia rom and sense 7 mod for Moto E if you are interested contact me link to the original thread: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-grand-2/general/upcomming-roms-grand-2-sm-g7102-t3103332
[Moto E General] $qlM4n:
Thanks!

Good luck bro :)
[Moto E General] gracefang:
thank you :o
[Moto E General] nisu4717:
Pm me the link of sence ROM when available!!!!

I will test it
[Moto E General] gracefang:
hmm okay
[Moto E General] funnyboy1234:
Yes even I am ready. Pm me too
[Moto E General] gracefang:
Okay
[Moto E General] vrishabhs09:
Checking everyday for sense 7 anyways gud luck man ;)
[Moto E General] gracefang:
Not working on projects right now will do after my exams after in july
[Moto E General] gracefang:
kindly send me build.prop and media folder of cm12.1 thanks
[Moto E General] vrishabhs09:
Hey man sorry for getting this late but here are your files

Build prop link :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oyxvz9ssvkxinsv/build.prop?dl=0

And here is media file zip :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uyxu2t5kugakpu9/media.zip?dl=0
[Moto E General] gracefang:
That's mate will prepare the Htc sense 7 mod in few hours :)
[Moto E General] gracefang:
Htc sense 7 Mod released in themes and apps section be sure to check :D
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4218kris:
Anyone try a rom on vk810 from v500 or any other variants. I dont need 4g to work i dont have service.. Lol