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[Galaxy Note5 General] fumiga:
Hi guys.

I need an advice. I bought an note 5 in a wirelesswave store and it cames with a problem in the fingerprint sensor. should i get back to the wirelesswave or directly to Rogers?
[Galaxy Note5 General] force70:
Id go right back to WW and get a replacement.

Sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Galaxy Note5 General] kojobaafi:
That's actually a good idea, didn't know you could do that. I'll look into it, thanks.

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Yeah I'm not a fan of screen protectors or front skins. Had one for my note 4 and took it off after a week. Ordered a back skin for my note 5 so we'll see what that looks like.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ChrisL777:
Skins don't do much for impact damage right?
[Galaxy Note5 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
No, not at all. All they would do is prevent small scuffs and scratches, but won't protect from drops.
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Man, after some work with package disabler pro this phone is awesome! It's 14:30 not, I unplugged it this morning at like 7:30, still sitting at 80% battery, the choppy scrolling is gone, most of the bloatware is gone.....
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
I didn't use one of the scripts (I found that some of the features they were disabling, I wanted to keep. I'm slowly going through the list and removing the ones I want to keep), but I disabled some stuff, I'm at 76% and I unplugged at 6:30!! Extremely happy with the battery life of this phone! Coming from a Note 3.
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Ya I've gone back and enabled a few things as well, but being able to do that makes all the difference.

Now I'm torn, should I keep the Rogers phone which I paid over $1k for or should I try to find something for $800 on kijiji. This phone I have now is perfect, no screen issues, no battery issues its perfect.
[Galaxy Note5 General] MMrrTT:
Anybody knows if Puerto Rico firmware for N920W8 has Russian language?
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
I think you answered your own questions! :p toi say that the phone is perfect, so why would you sell it? Honestly I've got a small part of me that's curious about the Huawei Nexus 6P on Tuesday, but that's about it. I'm about 95% sure I'm keeping this phone. Love everything about it! Such a good upgrade over the Note 3.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
I thinks he means to return the phone to Rogers and buy same from kijiji for 800ish.

Personally because everything is perfect, and the money is already gone, I wouldn't chance to get 'new' one with dead pixel, yellow pink screen, or some assholes deciding to report phone as stolen. I haven't been taken in yet, and I always take picture of the guy's drivers licence (I give mine out when selling) , just in case, or no deal, but I know a few that did.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
Ah, so you figured the choppy scrolling out? Any tips on what you did that helped? I know you debloated, but what exactly?
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
In all honesty I just used the "basic" xml file from the "how to debloat" thread and rebooted. I also have VoLTE off. I'm not sure if there's something else but the difference between when I was *****ing about it and after debloating and rebooting is ridiculous. Now I can basically open Chrome and scroll any page without a hitch. OH right now I am using adguard just as a trial but even without adguard it was great.
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Some great points and advice in your post! I definitely wouldn't chance it, but that's just my opinion. :good:
[Galaxy Note5 General] mostwantedd:
i want to root my note 5 canadian model but im reading reviews that after rooting deivce reboots after 20 30 mins or during calls etc, is it true? any good root method avaible at the moment?
[Galaxy Note5 General] SAV1337:
The biggest mistake I made was buying a Note 5 locked to WIND. No one will unlock it... Went to 2-3 different sites.

Anyone want to trade a Note 5 locked to WIND for one locked to Rogers?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Brava27:
Have you tried cellunlocker.net? Instead of telling them is wind, simply put Rogers. They will unlock it for $15. I did the same for bell phone and told them it was Rogers lol

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Arter97.com kernel roots and no reboots.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mostwant:
Thanks i checked the site and i cant find n920w8 version, it has 2 n920tw8 versions, can u direct me to exact lnk plz.
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Well am I glad I didn't buy a WIND one now.

I think I'll keep this phone. Anyone want to buy an iPhone 6 ? :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] Brava27:
Ughh N920TW8 is the N920W8 version combined with N920T version. They are basically identical.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
I don't know what you're talking about. In the dropdown window almost at the top it says *galaxy note 5*. That is what you select.

Anyways 15 American is 20 Canadian. So for those that are price sensitive quickphoneunlock.com is 16.99 Canadian, or 16.99 us they don't convert, so you might save 3 bucks.

Edit: And because I am, I unlocked for $16.99 CAD today.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
With all of the leaks (except the price) coming out for the Nexus 6P before it's announcement/launch on Tuesday, does anybody here plan on switching to that? I'm still on the fence, but I really love everything about the Note 5.. But having a beast of a phone with stock Android would be nice too!
[Galaxy Note5 General] force70:
Its ugly as hell from the back but 128gb of storage will make me at least have a look at it.

Ill have a hard time going back to a smaller screen than my nexus 6 though they should have stayed at 6".

And the camera has to be proven to be up to par this time although i highly doubt it will be anywhere near the level of note 5 camera.

Sent from my Nexus 6 or Note 4
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Haha, yeah that camera bar doesn't look too pretty.. Note 5 definitely takes the cake on design at least. Camera I'd say is probably better on the N5, does Huawei have a history of good cameras? Screen size isn't much of an issue for me.

I wonder if those rumors of a microSD card are true..
[Galaxy Note5 General] Brava27:
He's referring to arter97.com kernel
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Apologies. ? Thought it was about unlocking website.

To a answer correctly.

Yes it is marked sm-n920tw8 cause it supports t and w8 version.

Edit. Ugh. I see you did that. Thanks. Switched to stupid mode today.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Brava27:
The new arter kernel is working great.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Im switching between 5 and latest beta. They both run great. Can't tell the difference.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Well I'm keeping this thing. So next step will be root. Never used xposed before so would like to look at that.

So just as a quick question, have you guys changed your bootloader to something like TWRP? Change bootloader, root it, flash new kernel?
[Galaxy Note5 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
TWRP isn't a bootloader, it's a custom recovery.
[Galaxy Note5 General] SkimGuy:
Anyone know where to get a cheap note 5 that won't be blacklisted/reported stolen etc.? I don't want to try Kijiji as there are many sellers on there and you can never be too sure who you can trust.
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Doh of course... you got the gist of my question :)

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Yes there is a secret hidden place that I can't recall right now. They sell everything well below market value and everyone can be trusted.........
[Galaxy Note5 General] SkimGuy:
All right... Let me know if you remember. Thanks.
[Galaxy Note5 General] WizeGuyDezignz:
Yeah I understood the rest of your question, but just wanted to make sure. I'm on AT&T and unfortunately don't know the answer to your question.
[Galaxy Note5 General] DAGr8:
Just saying hi. Took a break from sammy but I'm back . I'll be reading for few days then decide if this phone needs a hand so far (few hours) it's pretty solid . Reason I skipped note 4 and sold note3 was the awe full reception cell signal.
[Galaxy Note5 General] KD35isaBeast:
Hey Guys,

I just bought a note 5 from wind. It is the N920W8 model. I am going to unlock it soon. My question is, will this phone work with other carriers once unlocked? I called both Rogers and Telus and they said their models are N920A and N920W8 respectively. What about the US carriers?
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
My experience so far has been very positive with the cell reception. I wonder if the new design has afforded them some better options with the antennas now being external (I assume in the frame). Nothing to complain about in terms of reception.

What I find incredible about this phone though is how big it is without being big. I know the screen is 5.7" but it just doesn't feel it. Even my mom picked it up today and she liked it.

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They're not, every phone in Canada is the W8 model. I bought a Rogers phone and it is W8.

You might want to read back in this thread, unlocking the WIND model seems difficult. I have no idea why but even the place I get my unlock codes from doesn't list WIND.
[Galaxy Note5 General] KD35isaBeast:
Thanks for the quick response, I appreciate it! What about unlocking it through Wind?
[Galaxy Note5 General] SAV1337:
You need to have the phone with them for at least 3 months before you can unlock. Tried that too...

I have the WIND model - I've been frantically looking for an unlock code for a week now. Tried CellUnlocker, UnlockBox, CanadaGSM, and a ton of other sites. Luckily, I've been refunded everytime by every site.

Need to use it with Rogers.

Almost to the point where I might sell and buy the Rogers version - not worth the headache.

Any other suggestions?
[Galaxy Note5 General] KD35isaBeast:
According to the Wind website, if you buy the phone outright, you can request an unlock immediately (upon paying the $30 fee though). You could give that a try and then use it on Rogers?
[Galaxy Note5 General] ameanl:
http://veruscase.com/device/samsung...alaxy-note-5-case-high-pro-shield-series.html

I have it and love it. Color: Steel Silver w/Zagg Glass
[Galaxy Note5 General] KD35isaBeast:
Hey Guys,

I have to make a decision. It's about whether to keep the Note 5 from Wind or not. The issue as mentioned previously is that I haven't unlocked the phone yet. I also have a 100 dollars added to the tab as that was the only way Wind would let me use a Visa. To unlock it I would be paying $100 for the tab and $30 for the unlock through Wind. If after unlocking the phone, I am unable to use it with other carriers, the phone is effectively a waste of $900. Should I unlock and try it or just return it and sign up for a new contract with the big 3?

Ant advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Well Rogers will sell you phone if you have existing account but are not eligible for a phone on that line. Downside is that they will add 50 bucks to the purchase price.

The way I did it is sign for $35 cheapest plan, for 2 years. Bought the phone for their month to month price. Cancelled plan 2 days later. Kept the phone. Owe them for 2 days of $35 service, prorated.

Trick is to get them to waive $20 activation fee when signing up.

I am eligible for a phone on both of my Fido lines, but yippee, we are getting note 4 in our lineup now. To add insult to injury, for a last year's full launch price. ?

Talking to rogers retention about porting over was a blind alley. At best they would do, I would still be paying $40 bucks a month extra if I took the phone.

Which with Fido I get for subsidized price, sell them, and help finance my phone habit.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] mrnovanova:
Did anyone notice how terrible the weather widget is? I keep getting redraws when I hit the home button from another screen. Other than that, no lag, no redraw. Just that one widget.
[Galaxy Note5 General] DAGr8:
Lol idan I moved on from fido to Roger's for that specific reason.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Brava27:
Do the Kijiji man. I did at least 10 times. Don't be paranoid. Or go to the phone company and pay a pretty penny.

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Hahahahahha
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Yeah, I just can't justify paying 40 bucks more than I'm paying now for the privilege of note5.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] DAGr8:
Idan what plan u got I had a very old original city fido but Roger's matched it
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Question; do we get Samsung Pay? I ask cause theres a sweet deal right now that you get $50 from the Samsung store for adding a card. I'm using package disabler and I don't see the app so can someone please confirm for me it is or it isn't supposed to be there?
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Nope, we don't get Samsung Pay... yet. It sucks! I saw that promotion as well, and I'd love to take advantage of it.

I'm not rooting specifically so that I can try out Samsung Pay/Android Pay when it comes to Canada. I just hope it works with the major banks out of the gate.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
I guess you'll be on note 8 by then.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Lol I really hope not! I hope to be able to use it.. Just not sure how long it'll take to get here :p

EDIT: You don't think we're ever going to see Samsung Pay in Canada? Or just not with with the Note 5?
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Can't be rooted to use it either? Damn... guess I won't be using it haha :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Line 1

Unlimited North America (now renamed to legacy plan) with 2500 text + 6GB Blackberry DATA (never owned blackberry ?, thought I might back in a day when getting data package) + call with name display + 3500 call forwarding. Using Google voice for voicemail. Eligible for max discount subsidy. Fido dollars still active. Credits taken away. Total $87.

Line 2

Unlimited Canada, with 3GB data, unlimited world text, mms, and video message, call with name display, visual voicemail (of course disabled in order to use conditional call forwarding) , 3500 call forwarding minutes. Using freephoneline for voicemail forwarded to Gmail. Packaged together under max plan. Discounted to $57 dollars. Eligible for max subsidy. Fido dollars active till next upgrade.

The closest Rogers got is to match the features and price for one year, that has to be renegotiated, without phones. Otherwise it's + $40 bucks for both lines, for that first year and + $80 thereafter, if not successful in renegotiating next year.

Note 5 ?

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As I see it, banks and providers here are entrenched, and have blocked spread of google wallet for years, while developing their half assed products. Closest came royal bank few months ago, with their option, that supports all phones running 4.4 or later, sadly after I moved all personal accounts to TD.

They also check for rooting.

I still have business account with them, but they want extra 13 bucks for the privilege of using their business online banking app. Not gonna happen.

It really all depends on Apple breaking ice. I just don't see it happening with either google or Samsung in a year that I plan on holding my note 5.

Btw I've been using Google wallet since beginning with my Canadian credit card every time I went to States.

Here I just tap my card in places that allow it, and amount is low enough.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] davanw:
There hasn't been any mention in this thread yet ( that I've seen ) so I wanted to make you all aware!

The T-Mobile development forum has a couple ROM options for our Canadian Note5. I am currently running DarthStalker, with Arter's kernel, and have Xposed up and running!

I had a lot of lag when scrolling in third party apps like Twitter. Even after debloating with root. But with this new ROM, the phone is as smooth as my Nexus 6 was.
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Thankfully for me my personal banking is done with RBC! Haha. Let's hope that you're wrong and that Samsung Pay comes to Canada during our device's lifetime ;)
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
For me, the straw that broke the camels back was when I asked for line of credit against my mortgage, and they were going to treat it as unsecured personal loan with 11% interest rate. Was willing to transfer mortgage to them but they wouldn't match rates.

TD Canada Trust stepped up to the challenge, gave me my line of credit at mortgage rate or less, and didn't even require mortgage transfer to them.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Yeah.. I mean, I definitely wouldn't consider the RBC mobile app a selling point for staying with the bank. If another bank offered me better rates I wouldn't have a problem switching.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ChrisL777:
TD gave me a teddy bear when I was 2 years old. I'm still with them (more than 20 years later) so I guess that childhood experience made me think well of them hahaha
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
It's easy to win you over! Hahaha
[Galaxy Note5 General] jtOttawa:
Right here, although looks like they only ship to the States:

(apologies - although not me selling the item, removed link to ensure I'm not violating forum rules).
[Galaxy Note5 General] Netuser:
which method should I follow to root my device, I have Videotron version ( I imagine it is same as Wind) .

And can we flash any ROM or Just T-Mobile ones ?

Thanks
[Galaxy Note5 General] Brava27:
If it's a N920W8 then yup. Just flash kernel via Odin. There are guides all over T-Mobile section.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Canadian providers must be kicking themselves for not providing 64gb option of note. It would probably sell more than both versions of the edge+ combined.

What am I saying. They don't give a crap either way.

But I am struggling to make this 32gb work.

It just adds extra work to my routine that I don't need.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
I upgraded from a Note 3 with a 128GB microSD to the Note 5 and I'm actually surprised at how little I'm noticing a difference. I have free space, and I've got a MicroSD card reader (using MicroUSB) on the way for the long car trips haha.

I guess it's because I've got less time to watch TV Shows and Movies on my phone and I don't game anymore haha. That probably used to account for a ton of space (along with TWRP backups). I guess if I decide to root that might change things but for now I'm good!

What is the majority of your storage space taken up with?
[Galaxy Note5 General] ChrisL777:
I'm sure they sell enough phones that - like you said - they don't give a crap.

This is exactly the reason why I'm considering a grey market phone... though of course I'd prefer to get it from the service provider themselves...
[Galaxy Note5 General] bibbyjai:
Got a question regarding my Rogers Note 5 that was bought outright. It's been more than 14 days of the remorse period.

I've been trying to SIM unlock the phone so I can use it when I travel to Asia and US with carriers in those countries. I've obtained the the NCK (Network Code Key to unlock and both carrier, third party unlocker have same code), but I need the MCK (unfreeze code) to unlock it at this point. I was stupid on my part that I entered the code wrong the first 3 times, now I think requires MCK for sure. I've done some research, my carrier and even a third party unlocker would usually be able to get it. However, in my case, which is odd, both my carrier and third party unlocker (tried 2 of them) can obtain the MCK. Even they are puzzled as to why. Just thought maybe some of you experts can help me with this. I called Samsung Canada directly, but it seems like an uphill battle to obtain the MCK (I'm trying still).

Is there a solution to this?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
I have to have titanium backup resident on the phone, otherwise it's just too inconvenient. Even after cleaning it still takes 3.5 GB.

Beside that my resident apps take between 6 - 7 GB. That is without games, because I can't afford to waste space on those now.

Occasionally I download roms and extract them to look through stuff. That is 3+ GB in case of one extracted rom and above, if I'm not deleting. Resident 1 GB of music. Few audiobooks, 2 - 3 GB at a time.

And now I have to be fastidious about deleting any videos I take with my phone, and clean cache regularly, cause those can eat through memory in no time.

To have to do this every few days is becoming a chore and a hassle.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Yeah, too true. Custom ROMs, backups and titanium backups were the reason I upgraded to a 128gb micro SD card haha. I guess for the time being I'm okay, but I'm hoping I won't have to do any serious cleaning or daily maintenance to be able to continue using the phone!

Real unfortunate situation for you though. Hopefully you can find some sort of solution, or upgrade later on to a higher capacity one if it becomes available!
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Oh I'm definitely in the market for unlocked black tmobile 64 GB version. Problem is there's never any of those for sale.

I'm not going to States before winter.

Robellus will definitely not bring 64 GB now.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
I hope you can find a viable solution in the meantime! :good:
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
So. How about that VoWiFi? Does anyone have any word on when we might see that on Android. I'll take rumours as well?.

Leave it to Canadian providers to launch VoWiFi on ios only, and VoLTE on Android only. Both subgroups of ims protocol, so you would think they go hand in hand, like the rest of the world.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] HeyYoWL:
Question to anyone with Wind here.. do sometimes have to cycle Flight Mode to get data reception back? Sometimes I'll be in a place with low/no reception, and when I go back to an area with good reception, data will not work unless I cycle the Flight Mode. It also seems to happen if it's in the midst of loading a page and I lose the connection (ex: loading page on wifi, connection cut, tries switching to data.. no go). It's really annoying. Also, for all your rooters, I hear that if you root your phone it tripe Knox and your warranty becomes null and voice. Is this true? I desperately want to root to put in an adblocker but am wary of having no support if needed.
[Galaxy Note5 General] ChrisL777:
How do you know they 100% won't?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Brava27:
I find myself doing that sometimes with bell and before Telus.

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Holy moly. Just sell it and buy another one lol
[Galaxy Note5 General] HeyYoWL:
Is this a defect in the phone or something? It's a nice phone, but this is something that's actually pretty annoying since where I work I sometimes have spotty reception. That and I hate this blue colour. :P
[Galaxy Note5 General] Idan73:
Nothing is 100%, but 99.9% I'm fairly certain.

In the history of smartphone sales, do you know of any case that they actually did that.

While there are number of cases where they would launch with higher capacity model, only to discontinue it after few months, after the initial stock is sold (most notably s3 32 GB).

I sincerely hope I'm wrong, but don't think so.

Note 5 ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] FunkyMcBain:
Does any one happen to know if there is a way for this phone to use the whole lock screen for notifications by default? It's annoying to have to have to expand every time.

I think I'm going to root this weekend and enjoy some exposed
[Galaxy Note5 General] jtOttawa:
This is a good deal - and only one left at the moment (apologies - although not me selling the item, want to make sure I'm not violating forum rules, so removed link just in case).

Grabbed one of these myself - it was an eBay listing, first 'grey market' phone I have bought - but I like my current cellular plan and don't want to sign another contract, or fight with Customer Service, so we'll see how it works out...! :)