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[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
It is 100 percent compatible, the only thing you have to make sure is to get unlocked one.

If you read back, it is very difficult to unlock with third party (although so far there's one confirmed way, but wouldn't bother, easier to shop unlocked in the first place).

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] mostwant:
How is chatr compared with wind?
[Galaxy Note5 General] nexxusty:
Your warranty is voided now. You know that correct? He rooted it, instant warranty denial.

Man that sucks.
[Galaxy Note5 General] LSD-25:
Hey guys, will a Windmobile Note 5 work with Fido?

I'm assuming all Canadian carriers have the SM-N920W8 version, but I don't see any LTE bands shown in specs on Windmobile.

I want to buy it outright without any term.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ChrisL777:
Man... where can I get a silver titanium 64gb one? I know HK has a 32gb version... does the 64gb silver not exist?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Never used them. They are using rogers towers so teception should be good

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But if you're thinking long term, right now Mobilicity is much better choice, as right now reception is still better than wind, due to lower congestion. And since they are Rogers now, being grandfathered, and living with sucks network will be a thing of the past, as they transition to Rogers towers in a few months or less. You will still get no lte, but hspa is plenty fast. Average 15-40 mbs vs mobilicity/wind 2-3 mbs.

Warranty talk, about grey market phone, touches on recent argument, is a moot point at best.

You do know, even outright, that phone is locked to wind? Through provider, 90 days rule applies. Third party unlock is available but more expensive than some other providers.

Wind does not have lte, and has therefore disabled it with csc. It will work fully on lte after changing csc to Fido.

Which brings another point, buy outright from Rogers, and it will instantly work on Fido, without requiring unlock. You might have to buy through someone that has Rogers account, or open cheapest plan yourself and cancel next day, keep the phone (buy it in full).

Also heard that bell will sell it outright without requiring plan. Unlock thingy applies.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] htc fan89:
I had a wind gs6 and getting lte to work when i switched to koodo was tricky the option wasnt there had to enable it...so best bet is to get a rogers one or get a telus one. They usually sell without contract no questions asked
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
So I got my 15 day "loaner" Note 5 today from Rogers and I have to say that the first thing I notice right away is the constant UI frame rate drops. It's kind of ridiculous for a phone like this. Christ my Moto X 2014 doesn't even do it as bad. I'm hoping that disabling services and the such will resolve this but come on... if I can't resolve that I'm waiting for the next batch of phones from someone else.

Aside from that, battery life will be huge factor for me. 32GB I don't really mind so long as I can actually connect a USB stick to it if I need to

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Cell Standby draining battery...
[Galaxy Note5 General] LSD-25:
Got mine from Rogers outright. Confirmed its working with Fido.

Loving this phone! :D
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Quick day one report for anyone who may be wondering about the Canadian models.

Battery: I've been off charger for 18h 16m and currently have 48% battery with 2h 33m display on time. My usage has been mostly WiFi but I've done stuff like stream music or watch some YouTube.

The only thing I've disabled so far is Voice over LTE as a way to try and curb that Cell Standby. Still though Android System is 19%, Cell Standby is 12% Screen is only 5%. Plenty of room for improvement.

TouchWiz: Touch Wiz actually isn't so bad TBH. Seems like after the phone settled frame rate drops are minimal now. I'm also running the Dark Material theme (hate the default)

Fast charging is incredible, when I got the phone it took 50m to charge from 50% to full.

Storage: OTB it seems to have about 24GB free, which I agree is annoying, it should be the full 32, and I'm down to about 20GB after a few apps and stuff.

Camera: Took a few low light photos last night and this thing is amazing

So far, I really like this phone. I'll be looking at USB OTG as a means to expand storage for like videos when travelling or music in the car or something. I usually store most of my photos on DropBox anyway but having USB OTG ability to dump photos off the phone to USB will be super awesome
[Galaxy Note5 General] Brava27:
http://www.amazon.ca/SanDisk-Ultra-...F8&qid=1442931422&sr=8-2&keywords=otg+sandisk

That is what I use and it's awesome.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrnovanova:
Hey Guys. Just sold my G4 to get the note5. The note5 I got is from bell and I'm with Rogers. I changed the CSC to make it a "Rogers" phone. I see the VoLTE option and the video calling but they don't work. Called Rogers and they say that they don't see my phone as VoLTE capable. Tried to get the Rogers firmware but there is no note5 firmware on sammobile. Tech support told me that I could try to find someone who has a VoLTE capable phone and put my sim in his phone to find out if it's sim related. Other than that, he has no idea.

Any body knows how to get VoLTE working on my unlocked Bell phone? Are all SM-920s not identical, hardware wise?
[Galaxy Note5 General] zontiq:
Hi, question regarding root for the Canadian note 5, can someone point me to a thread please?
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
They're supposed to all be the same, should be the W8 model. If you got something else I think it's wrong. All the carriers I've seen, Bell, Rogers, Wind, all use the same W8 model.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
R u sure it you're testing in volte enabled area. They are all identical phone for Canada. It is either sim, or coverage, or Rogers is artificially limiting to their own imei database.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] mKTank:
So, is there a reliable root method for the Canadian Note 5 yet?
[Galaxy Note5 General] mostwant:
Bro i have a question for u, if u bought the note 5 from a carrier here in Canada, was the boxsealed in a plastic wrap or it was like a slide case type of box? If possible can u show the box picture?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
He got it from Rogers, so it's sleeve box with 2 clear tamper stickers from 2 sides, set diagonally.

Note 5 ?

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Seriously? You miss the sticky in this section?

It applies to all note5. Stick with arter kernel for now.

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[Galaxy Note5 General] mrnovanova:
That's what I'm saying. The Rogers Rep could not give me a definitive answer though. I'll try to get a new SIM.
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Quick question for the group. I'm looking at purchasing a Virgin Mobile phone from someone in Ottawa. It's the regular W8 model, if I unlock anyone seen anything weird or funny that would limit my ability to use on Rogers?
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Virgin Mobile are owned by Bell, so I assume that it's a Bell W8 model, which should theoretically work on Rogers as well! I'm not sure about the bloatware and CSC though, that might need to be changed.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Good luck.

Who did you use to unlock?

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrnovanova:
Bought it unlocked. I usually use cellunlocker.net they're super fast my s6 edge code took 1 hour and a half to get.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ChrisL777:
Hey Force, have you had any issues at all with the Taiwan version? I'm thinking of ordering one from Ebay in silver (SM-N9208). Does it not have VoLTE or name display?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Force70 does not have that phone, or any note5 as far as we know. He just likes to check in from time to time, trying to be helpful everywhere, as usual.

He might change his mind in the future.

No. Taiwan version does not have VoLTE or name display (as far as I know we're the only ones in the world that use it this way from provider, which I might add is a standard protocol, but the rest of the world hasn't bothered to implement it, because culturally in most of those countries person that has account or has bought sim, is not the person using it. Alternatively google has its own implementation for name lookup for nexus devices, from yellow and white pages).

Even if possible to franken-flash Canadian rom to that phone and by miracle, enable those, you're sure to lose second sim support.

Also note that duos version sports cat6 modem compared to cat9 for others.

Weighing everything, personally I am in the market for black, 64gb, unlocked, t-mobile version. Sadly there's none of those for sale on the net currently.

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[Galaxy Note5 General] ChrisL777:
Thanks for the reply. In your personal opinion, how valuable do you find VoLTE and Name Display?

Is the cat9 noticeably faster (if you've had any experience with it)?

Only reason I'm even looking at the Taiwan version is because it's the only silver one I've found. And it's 64gb!
[Galaxy Note5 General] force70:
Yep i haven't taken the plunge just yet, if i do it will be a 64gb titan silver version.

I just like to keep up to date and help out when i can even without having the device.

Idan bro you got this thread under control, now i know who to come to when i need some N5 help! :thumbup:

Sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Galaxy Note5 General] ChrisL777:
You've only seen Taiwan with 64gb silver as well right? Cuz I can't find it anywhere else haha
[Galaxy Note5 General] force70:
I couldn't even find silver in 64 gb until just now on Ebay....not overly eager to buy a device from Ebay lol

I hope they surprise us and drop a 128gb unit but i wont hold my breathe for it

Sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
In my opinion, VoLTE is extremely valuable for us that still use it as a phone. In good old days when 3g hspa ruled, we were used to having fast phone connection. Then lte

dropped, and that turned into average 4-8 seconds before phone started ringing. It annoyed the hell out of me on the note4. To top it off, I frequently found myself in situations where after phone call I would show hspa full signal and no actual Internet connection. Had to wait upwards to 5 minutes for it to switch back to lte, or other usable hspa connection with Internet. That behaviour is a thing of the past now. The phone starts ringing almost immediately.

I mostly sport stock or very close to stock roms so this behaviour seems default.

As for name display, I have frequently used roms with and without feature enabled, and while I can do without, it is very convenient to have when you're using your phone as a primary business communication, where majority of people that call you, are not, nor will be saved in your contacts list.

Silver phone is definitely nice, but the only reason I'm leaning towards t-mobile, is precisely what I mentioned before. Hope that I will be able to get Canadian rom fully working on that phone, with volte and name display.

As for cat9. No you probably won't notice any difference in day to day usage between cat9 and cat6. All it means is that your phone will probably use CA only using 2 bands, on Rogers network, it will probably be joining band 4 with band 12 or 17 for a total of 15 mh8 bandwidth in certain areas. On cat9 it is possible to join 5 bands simultaneously, for a total of 100mhz bandwidth. In reality on Rogers network, we use band 7 with band 4 for total throughput of 30mhz. Although we can also join band 12 as well as 17 to the mix, I have yet to see it in real world.

Maybe. But it was so much more fun when you were answering questions. By nature I tend to be blunt, and lots of people on the forum have thin skin.

In the past, when I came across annoying, ridiculous, or lazy post, only seing your kind response stopped me from putting sarcastic remark. Although recently I noticed it getting to you as well ?.

So far, in this thread, I have managed to curb my instinctive responses, and people overall seem pretty nice.

There's definitely less basic knowledge as well as development compared to previous phones and tablets. But that's samsung target audience this time around.

Disclaimer: I seriously don't mean to insult anyone by last remark, and is just my personal opinion.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
[MENTION=4463570]force70[/MENTION] I wonder if Pacific mall stores have, or can get us our desired models?

My work hasn't brought me in that part of the gta in a while now.

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[Galaxy Note5 General] bibbyjai:
Don't mean to get completely off topic here, but not sure where else to ask. I bought two Galaxy Note 5 from Samsung Store outright for Rogers (I use Fido) and using it on the Fido requires no unlock, which is fine. However, I do seldom travel to the US and Asia and want my phone to be unlocked. Funny thing is, I unlocked one with a code provided, but cannot with the second one. Same code source, doubled checked IMEI and everything is correct, just keep saying "network unlock unsuccessful", no Freeze notice or anything yet. Does anyone have any clue why? I used the insert non Rogers/Fido sim card method to pull up the unlock menu. No go so far. Greatly appreciated if anyone can help. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
I'm not sure if anybody here is using QKSMS for their texting app.. But have they noticed a high battery drain using it? It's my top battery drainer according to the battery stats:

I got about 2 hours of SOT until I got to 25% battery (13 hours on battery total, roughly.)
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
I guess you should contact code source provider. Request them double check database (they have more than one), or refund.

I assume it's not same code for both phones ?.

Note 5 ?

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You know the story about man telling doctor. "it hurts when I go like this", to which doctor replies "then don't go like this"

Analogy applies.

It does seem high. Better try contact developer.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] bibbyjai:
Of course the codes for the two phones were different. :)

Tried getting the code provider the 3 other codes, they said it doesn't even come up for my phone and it is an odd case. Need you experts to help out!
[Galaxy Note5 General] force70:
I was there last weekend..only 32gb avail so far and no silver.

Ill keep checking though and post up if they get any 64gb in stock.

And yeah... Things have been getting to me around here on xda also. I have no problem taking time helping people who are new and inexperienced.. Weve all been there but there are so many people who are just flat out lazy and expect to be spoon fed everything.

Not going to happen.

I still do alot of helping via PM and will never turn anyone away if they are stuck.

Sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Honestly take that second phone back to samsung and straight replace it. Get a refund for the code, or ask them to unlock replacement instead. Complain about reception. It is known even from this thread they had few lemons reception-wise. There were few users via pm whose lte speeds were abysmal and resolved only through replacement.

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[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Yeah.. I knew it was high, just wasn't sure if this was something related to the device and the app (seeing as it's a new device it might need something patched in the app to minimize battery drain).

Hopefully I'll be able to get in touch with the developer.

Thanks for the help!
[Galaxy Note5 General] ChrisL777:
Thanks for the detailed reply :)

I can see myself living without name display, but what you just said about VoLTE is making me have 2nd thoughts. Sounds like the quality of the call would be a lot lower and will cause me other small annoyances if I don't have the feature.

Edit: Did a bit of searching and I see a spec sheet for N9208 saying it supports VoLTE. However, the sheet says nothing about dual sim. Maybe it's a different model? But I thought N9208 only came as dual sim..

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I'm going to check PMall periodically as well. That might save me the import taxes. I'll keep this thread posted if I see other models available (i.e. 64gb, other colours).
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
I also sincerely hope you're with Rogers or Fido because all this talk about VoLTE is pointless for now if you are with others. Quality of the call is already extremely good for a couple of years now on 3g as well with introduction of WbAmrCodec.. I was referring to amount of wait before phone call is connected and it starts ringing. Without volte reception has to drop to 3g, then dial out.

9208 might support volte from the specs, which does not mean it will work on our networks.... My note 4 supports volte from the specs as well.... So does iPhone 6...?. It has to be specifically baked into our firmware by the provider in case of android, or config file sent in case of iphone.

Our phone also has wifi calling capability (currently available only on ios). Doesnt mean we'll see it implemented before note 6.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] kojobaafi:
Do you guys still have the native video calling feature? I just realized it's no longer an option for me. Not sure if it got removed during the update. Here's a picture to show what I'm talking about. I'm with Rogers btw.
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Ugh... been loving this phone but just noticed the stuttering while scrolling and I can't stand it :(
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Yes, we still have volte native video calling option after update. Works only with the like phone (those that have VoLTE).

3g video calling introduced years ago, was also scrapped years ago.

Personally I only had issues with scrolling with apps that always had that issue.

The only niggle is in contacts with that search bar that if I swipe hard to scroll, it would only hide search bar then I have to scroll again, and it's reverse action. Just stupid.

Also, since rooting (yes I know you on trial ?), I use xposed app xuimod to improve scrolling, fling speed, fling distance, etc., as well bring back bounce back from past that samsung removed due to pressure from apple (which subsequently lost that patent, but Sammy never brought it back).

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[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Oh, that's great to know! I'm very tempted to just take the plunge and see what improvements can be made with rooting and possibly ROMs.

Need to find a decent case that doesn't add bulk though. This thing is tooooo big and slippery, I think it'll be hitting the ground once or twice in it's day
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
I feel ya. I'm absolutely in love with the look of this phone, but it's super slippery!! I want a case to protect it but I don't want to hide the beautiful design of the phone! I'm contemplating maybe just getting a Dbrand vinyl skin to make the back grippier, haven't decided yet.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
I got the vinyl skin myself from dbrand main competitor. Mainly because of fingerprints. The fact that it adds grip (not so much) is a plus.

Tried sides and a front. Took it off right away.

Wouldn't be caught dead with a case.

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[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Hahaha I don't want to ruin the natural beauty of the phone! Which style of vinyl did you get? The leather looks mighty pretty!
[Galaxy Note5 General] kojobaafi:
You took off just the sides and front or the entire skin off the phone? Why did you take them off? I find it slippery as well and I'm looking for alternatives, don't want to do a case.
[Galaxy Note5 General] force70:
Get the back coated from either zagg or ghost armour...basically a clear screen protector for the back.

Way better grip and no scratches... Been using these since my S3.

Sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Oh ya Ghost Armour forgot about them.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mostwantedd:
i bought a note 5 "unlocked" from a shop here, and when i put Bell sim it worked fine without any problem, but i when i went to Wind mobile and they gave their sim to check it, when my note 5 restarted after inserting wind sim it asked me for unlock code, that rep said its locked to bell, i called bell gave them imei number and they told me its not with bell, i went back to wind again and checked it again but its still asking for unlock code,

any idea whats wrong?

if its really locked then it should have asked me unlcoked code when i inserted bell sim,

anyone with any idea what to do?

and kindly quote my post so that i get notification.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
I got carbon fibre in black. Now looking into getting real bamboo back or real

leather one. Didn't pull the trigger yet.

I also got the dbrand dark titanium back, but as soon as I saw it, I didn't like it, so never tried it.

Just took off the sides and front. The sides just felt bad under fingers, although they really added grip and edge to the phone. As I am never happy with screen protectors (glass or vinyl), I manage to ruin it by fixing it. Then the rest of the front skin just didn't feel good with those extra ridges. It does give complete look to the skinning of the phone, but only at a first glance and touch.

It is only back that really fits seamlessly with whatever is installed, mostly due to the design of the phone that it smartly hides any ridges and gaps. On back install, you'd have to be really clumsy to mess it up. The results are almost guaranteed to look good. As for choices, it has to be something that does not clash with silver sides and blue/black front. So since black is universal...

Haven't tried the clear backs, but from what I see from other installs, it adds very good grip but it's still prone to smudges and glare, so not for me.

Note 5 ?

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It is definitely locked, whether it's bell, or one of its subs, like virgin, etc.... Instead of going to bell or wind, go back to the shop that sold you 'unlocked' phone and let them make it work.

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[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Anyone figure out wth this Cell Standby is about on these W8 models?
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Who makes a real leather/wood back for the phone? I know Dbrand had some for the nexus devices, but I didn't know they did for the Note 5.

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This almost seems like the best option for me! Keeps the beauty of the phone but adds grip! Might look into it!
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
You worry too much. ?

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Main competitor. Slickwraps. Same as one I got my carbon fibre sticker from. It is more expensive, and sold as back only, and the reason I haven't pulled the trigger yet is because they were out of stock on bamboo, and the real leather needs to be burnished for perfect fit. Also the grain of leather that I really like comes only in tan color. Me no like.

Both threads for Slickwraps and dbrand have some pictures in accessories section. Dbrand has better install video.

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[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Ahhhh, wow! I'll have to check them out! Thanks for the heads-up!
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Looking at a WIND phone right, would need to unlock for Rogers
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
What was the model type from Zagg that you've used before? The only one I found for Note 5 is the HDX, but it comes with a screen protector as well.

For Ghost Armor, I found this link: http://www.ghost-armor.com/phones/samsung/samsung-galaxy-note-5.html Which back cover would you suggest? Ghost Armor, Matte Armor or Carbon Armor?
[Galaxy Note5 General] force70:
Zagg now only has one type, at least at the kiosk in fairview mall which is where I always go.

I like the clear ghost armor, not a fan of matte..did the carbon on my note 3 and it looked pretty cool.

Sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Awesome thanks!! I'll take a look at it!