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[Ascend Mate 7 General] Sunshine32:
I did. It says the bands so I knew them. The bands the phone uses are:

2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G bands	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100

4G bands	LTE 700/800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 TD-LTE 2300 (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28)

the problem was there was some debate on the bands Cricket uses. Cricket is awesome but their Online Customer Service is very touch and go - talk to 3 different people and you'll get 3 different answers.

I've been trying to figure out the APN settings all day (with the help of a couple chat representatives) and it just doesn't seem like it's going to work. It shows 4G connection on the phone but it's just not working. Not to mention when you type in the IMEI number on the their site it says "incompatible." It doesn't say why it's incompatible, just that it is.

I'm going to an AT&T store tonight though and if I can get LTE through them I might switch to their prepaid plan and keep the phone. I don't know why it'd make a difference since they own Cricket but they claim it will. I'll lose a lot of data (10gb with Cricket vs 4gb with AT&T) but I never use even close to 10 anyways and it really would be nice to have service with someone who has physical stores around here.

Straight talk just said "sorry, phones not compatible."

Overall it was still my own fault lol, I just wanted to put it out there that way if anyone else googles it they might find it easier than I did.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] XDADEVX:
get timobile it works on 4g
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Sunshine32:
I would but we don't have TMobile in my area :( I checked already! They're getting closer to our area though so hopefully in a few years :D
[Ascend Mate 7 General] XDADEVX:
u know what there are special routers which u connect to internet ad you will get full signal in your home

and btw 3G + is still nice and fast so it isn't mistake .. remember u have mate 7 with great battery life..
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Sunshine32:
I use WiFi at home, yes. But I also like to use my phone out on the road and at work (no WiFi) to listen to audio books, YouTube, Pandora, etc so being able to stream things is pretty important to me.

Also, I'm not getting 3G either. It's just not working. I would be fine with 3G or HSPA+ but the problem is it's not loading at all and it's all glitchy.

I had the Mate 2 also so I definitely hear you on the battery! Hopefully the battery on this one will be just as good as my Mate 2 was :)
[Ascend Mate 7 General] XDADEVX:
uf no 3g ? maine god .. 2g is slow yeah.. where the hell u live?

u had mate 2 ? hmm why u didn't keep it ?? I have to disapoint you now mate 7 is not that great with battery as mate 2 .. mate 2 is the only smartphone with best battery in the world .. check websites .. parena garena batt tests .. mate 2 is on top battery life !
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Sunshine32:
No we have 3G & 4G LTE in my area regularly, just for some reason this phone isn't getting either on Cricket's network - some kind of compatibility issue.

I figured the battery wouldn't be as good as the Mate 2 - the battery on that thing was phenomenal! I accidentally broke the screen and it was starting to act up all the time so I decided to get the new one.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] XDADEVX:
check this guy from finland and his 4G+ (LTE-A) speeds :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=63651609&postcount=13

you should get mate s it supports twice bands as mate 7
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Bonnie1977:
Mine works perfectly on MetroPCS! :) Give them a shot if they're in your area.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] mscion:
Really thinking about getting Mate 7 or Mate 8 when it comes out. Love the 6 inch screen. What kind of download speeds are you getting on Tmobile? Also is Xposed working on it (Maybe kitkat only)? Thanks!
[Ascend Mate 7 General] kxhan15:
I can verify that I am using the mt7-l09 on straight talk in good old Sioux Falls S.D. U.S.A. with full voice and data working, even straight talk 4g data!
[Ascend Mate 7 General] fooshack:
I am on Cricket with no issues. I don't need 4g, but I notice when I'm in 4g areas it works.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] mscion:
Would folks post download speeds using speedtest app. Thanks!
[Ascend Mate 7 General] cryingthug:
MVNO

Why not use another carrier? Look up some MVNOs on the internet. The 6 inch screen is awesome!
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Sunshine32:
Unfortunately in my area the only 3 prepaid GSM plans are Straight Talk, Cricket, and At&t's prepaid GoPhone plan. We don't have T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Metro PCS or any of those things. Well, I should say I've heard of them and some areas have them but the area I live in they don't offer service.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Sunshine32:
What??? No way! I live an hour south of SF and it's totally not working on Cricket. I asked straight talk and they said the phone isn't even compatible with their service (granted their customer service sucks so maybe I should have just tried it lol). You get 4Glte all the time?

Anyways. I adjusted the settings now and I've been getting HSPA+ at home now fairly steadily so I think I'm going to keep it for now and give it a shot. The only issues I'm having is loading videos on youtube and my play store is having issues with the APN settings - it gets stuck on installing.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] kxhan15:
It goes between H+ and 4g. To fix the apn issue just download straight talks data app from the playstore. It will give you the exact apn settings for your phone.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] Sunshine32:
See if it would consistently stay on HSPA or whatever it would be fine. But the problem is that I bounce all around between HSPA to 4G then to 3G and then no service sometimes and the last thing I want is to be stranded on my way home from work in the snow with a phone that decided to go into no service mode and won't let me call anyone.

When it stays in the H+ it's fine (full bars) but when I bounce into 3g or 4g I'll have 1 bar or sometimes not any.
[Ascend Mate 7 General] mattwheat:
Do you wanna sell your Mate 7?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S6] spliff721:
I searched around but couldnt find anything up to date about changing the voice to a male UK voice. I want my phone to sound like Mr Belvedere. I named him Jeetz.
[Xiaomi Mi 4C] b3ava:
So I have stumbled across a bug that is rather frustrating. This bug was that I could not receive notifications in "real time"( if that makes sense) basically I mean very delayed. A fellow XDA member pointed me out to a thread that has a solution for this which goes as follows:

Settings-> Additional settings->Battery& performance -> Manage apps battery use->chose apps.

After that its pretty straight forward.

My current problem is that I still get delayed notifications in Wi-Fi. I have tested this out on about 10 different Wi-Fi networks. I am sure this is some stupid MiUi setting hidden somewhere making the phone go in a deep sleep state or a battery mode or something..

Before people start recommending installing CM, I am not interested in it, until CM bugs are fixed, Also this is not a solution that answers my question.

I hope the solution above has helped other people as it has for me, for the Wi-Fi issue any thoughts or suggestions are more than welcome.. (Haven't tried the IPV4 thingie I read in XDA but that doesnt seem like a solution that I can apply when I am at someone elses house or out =/ )
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mathieu3004:
Hi Guys,

I had my second handed S4 since 8 November and I noticed battery draining from the beginning. It's only draining while using the phone, when it's in idle it doesn't drain the battery. Also I found out that "Android System" took about 20%-25% of the battery (about 10% more then the screen, see the screenshot).

Things I already tried:

- Wipe cache partition; made my whole device crash (all apps Force Closed).

- Due to that I had to do a full factory reset; also didn't change anything, still draining

- Yesterday I flashed CM12.1 on my device which was a huge dissaster because the screen didn't respond to anything. So I had to flash Samsung there Firmware on it and I chose 4.4.2.

- 4.4.2 was defenitly better with the battery and there was not Android System eating up my battery. But the WiFi button stayed greyed out so I coudn't use that as my daily driver aswell.

- Now I'm back at 5.0.1 and the battery drain is still there even after flashing another firmware on it using Odin.

I already ordered a new battery to see if that may fix it. There is a chance the battery is false because i can spin it around on a table and it charges even quicker then is drains. Searched the internet for days and tried everything i could find without succes so far. Hope anyone can become my best friend and let me enjoy my S4 again the way it should be.

Thank you in advance,

Can't send my screenshot because I'm a new user, will send it when able to!

UPDATE: A new battery doesn't fix anything aswell.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
Factory reset your device being in Lollipop:

1. Don’t switch off the device, open the App Drawer menu.

2. Open Settings.

3. Go to Accounts menu.

4. Press the ‘Backup and restore’ option.

– you can optionally un-check the ‘Automatic Restore’ and ‘Back up my data’ option boxes.

5. Press the ‘Factory Data Reset’ option.

6. Then confirm by tapping on ‘Reset Device’.

– if you use a PIN or Pattern lock for your device, then you will have to enter in order to continue with the wiping process.

7. Press ‘Delete all’ option and wait until the process is complete.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mathieu3004:
Already tried, didnt fix it!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kimiraikkonen85:
I have the same dreaded problem with my Galaxy S4 GT-9515 (Value Edition) running on stock Android 5.0.1 - Samsung ROM. First, I thought that it was a defective battery, replaced with a new one and it still does NOT hold charge at least 1 day. It had SIM Card in it, I removed it for the sake of possibility of bad GSM signal, still the battery drains within a single day from %100 to %0 without any SIM Card in it. Crazy!

I found no solution and it's getting worse.

I investigated the processes and found out that the CPU-hungry process was "Android System", which consumes more than %80 battery when the phone is totally IDLE.

I strongly beleive that Samsung intentionally pushed the last system update (in 2017) to make it unusable rather than slowing it down, as I had another S4 which is GT-9500 runs fine when idle using any OEM battery that keeps it ON almost 2.5 days.

What should I do?
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Xileforce:
In the interest of keeping this topic easy to follow, lets keep the posts developer/development related. Off topic posts and questions will likely be reported. Warning From A Moderator: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64117749

Hello everyone,

This thread is for discussing, and furthering the development of aosp/cm for our devices. I and most others believe it is in the best interest of getting the port done if we all collaborate on it. I will try to update this op and post relevant information as it becomes available.

Cheers!

CM13 Working Repo

https://github.com/7420dev

Current Goals: Listed In Order Of Priority

1.) Fixing The Various Drivers(camera,etc.)

2.) Misc. Bug Fixing

Current Status:

Open Source Gralloc in testing. Appears to be working properly.(Screen Works)

List Of Working Drivers:

-WiFi

-GPS

-AP Hotspot

-Basic 2D Graphics

-GPS

-LED

-MTP

-Sound

-BT

-Texting(SMS/MMS)

-Mobile Data

-Telephony

Here's a video from [MENTION=4898097]arter97[/MENTION] booting cm using [MENTION=3350694]tdcfpp[/MENTION] gralloc:

https://youtu.be/fv0I45HtgtQ

Donating:

If you wish to donate, please donate to the people putting the most effort into this project! To make it easier these are the top two currently.

[MENTION=3350694]tdcfpp[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4114162]sktjdgns1189[/MENTION] and you can donate to him here: https://t.co/sf7R69JYqx tdcfpp is working extremely hard on porting gralloc, and making excellent progress. Sktjdgns1189 is working on hard on fixing various driver issues. So far he's fixed telephony, sound and WiFi to name a few. I will try to update this as more people contribute!

Do not ask for etas or test builds!
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Rekan_:
It will happen eventually, but it will be laggy, and buggy. There is no point, if people wanted AOSP or CM, they shouldn't get a Samsung/Exynos device.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] kiko3:
Is posible to port meizu pro 5 rom wich have same soc aas galaxy s6.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Xileforce:
I would be surprised if it was laggy. Buggy, most likely, but laggy I don't think so. I've used aosp on other Samsung devices and it was always faster than TW. I didn't buy my s6 with the expectation of aosp, but if it is possible, I would definitely like to try it. The exynos 7420 is an absolute beast, and if the 810 can run the nexus like butter, imagine what the 7420 could do.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Xileforce:
It could be possible. It will be interesting to see when the source comes out.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Rekan_:
Probably the older Samsung devices had their sources released and this phones sources haven't been.

And yeah, I had a smooth experience with my S4 and S3 with AOSP
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] wil123:
Pure Android 6.0 on galaxy tab S is not laggy at all! it's so smooth compared to touchwizz. On S6 it will literally flying :p
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] ennis214:
I don't know anything about how to achieve this.

But I found the Meizu MX Pro 5 firmware (Which have the same chip as s6)

download.meizu.com/Firmware/Flyme/PRO_5/4.5.4.1/cn/20151022054017/9e3d5077/update.zip

Hope it helps
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] woeds:
I know the end goal is to be able to compile Android for the Galaxy S6 from scratch, but I was wondering if it would be technically possible to create some sort of hybrid version. Although a complete AOSP version would be amazing, I believe a lot of users would be happy if someone could take the current kernel based on Samsung sources, so everything around boot and driver/hardware initialization should work, and put some version of the AOSP interface on top of that. Similar to how the Google Play Editions used to work. Is that in any way feasible?
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] tdcfpp:
One of the things I have done is to take a hal library and substitute it on stock with an open source one. That have worked on the i9300 with gralloc.

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One thing I would need from our kernel devs is a dual boot kernel. Would it be possible [MENTION=4898097]arter97[/MENTION]?
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] arter97:
Haha :)

I've been dualbooting my S6 since my kernel's debut.

This is a bit hacky, but it's working since S3 days.

This will give you a bit of an idea how it works :

https://bitbucket.org/arter97/andro...unt.sh?at=g920fi&fileviewer=file-view-default

First time I spun a CM build from bmc08gt sources, I dualbooted it with Touchwiz intact.

Obviously, ramdisk is not compatible. So to boot different ROMs, different boot.img would be needed but it's not a big deal (at least for me).

Even using the recovery as the handy multiboot solution is quite nice since I'd say the actual recovery won't be much needed during development.

BOOT = Touchwiz, RECOVERY = CM.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] tdcfpp:
Well, I don't want to re-invent the wheel. Is it possible to dual boot with your s6 kernel?
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] arter97:
By flashing the kernel each time, yes.

(Or using RECOVERY as a second kernel)
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Xileforce:
Couldn't we use an implementation of anykernel to allow ramdisk compatibility with cm and tw at the same time?
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] arter97:
Multibooting with a single kernel requires multiple ramdisk to be in a single boot.img

Anykernel method is not suitable with this.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Xileforce:
Oh okay I see what you are referring to. I meant in terms of not multibooting. As in if we wanted to develop a kernel that would work on both tw and cm, probably the only way to do that would be anykernel correct?
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] arter97:
Yes and it still requires some source changes to accommodate both CM and Touchwiz(MTP, etc) but still I don't like Anykernel method.

I will release 2 separate kernels if CM happens.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Paradoxxx:
You got time ahead then.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Xileforce:
Got it. I feared there may be some source changes. I've never been a fan of anykernel either.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] virulentt:
Found out that this app is compatible with the s6. I'm wondering if the tool would be able to patch your kernel [MENTION=4898097]arter97[/MENTION]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2447534
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] bio4554:
When the devs release the source, I will make the proper fixes for T-Mobile variants. Your repository looks good, about where I am. Just waiting for the source, should be any day now.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Xileforce:
The problem, as I see it right now, is we have plenty of people who can build the source, but only 1 or two guys who can actually fix the problems in it. For instance, I could compile cm12 or 13, but I probably couldn't fix the Camera. So basically, at this stage, I wouldn't be much help. If any of you have the knowledge to fix drivers, etc. I'd urge you to get in contact with them. In the meantime, I'll be patiently awaiting a source drop so I can start poking things :P
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] bio4554:
I know C++/C quite well, which is what the drivers and kernel are written in, I don't have any experience in building homemade drivers but I have to start somewhere! Devs seem to be keeping this for themselves right now. :(
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Xileforce:
Yea, sadly while the vast majority of us would have the decency to let the original devs push the first public rom, there's always gonna be that one guy who clones the repo, spends 30 mins compiling it and posts it on xda to be first...and then 70% of the people visiting that page just know that it's the first cm rom despite the fact that without devs like tdcfpp we wouldn't even have a working screen. As is usual, the few bad ruin it for everyone else. I suspect this is the main reason we have no source currently. But I could be wrong.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] bio4554:
Of course, I understand that decision by them. How do they know who to trust?
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Novek:
I would guess they have some questions to check if the one asking for access just know how to compile cm/aosp (which you find plenty of guides online with step by steps), or if they actually have knowledge of coding, debugging etc. I've got the "xda recognized developer" tag myself (back from the wp days), but I'm pretty sure I would never get private access to the source now-a-days as I only know how to edit code, not write new stuff. I guess many users following this thread, myself included, know how to setup a Linux environment, pull sources, cherry pick features etc, and then build - it's not hard, only takes time.

Since you know c++/c you may, or may not, be of help to the aosp/cm project. I can't know, but I guess one of the real developers would approve or disapprove you pretty fast if you contact one of them. :)

Best regards

Sent fra min SM-G920F via Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] arter97:
Just a pure facepalm with this thread.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] malybru:
Mod Edit

Thread cleaned again.

I am not sure what is so hard to understand here...

This thread should be about Developers collaborating.

If you are not actually contributing , please do not post.

Thank you

malybru

Forum Moderator
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] CTXz:
[MENTION=4898097]arter97[/MENTION] Will the ROM be arm64 or arm? Or better question. Are you forced to build arm64 on the exynos 7 SoC? Of course arm64 has only advantages but for ex. The exynos 5 is able to run arm64 but most roms if not all come with arm because the blobs are compiled for arm only.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] arter97:
We can choose, since blobs are provided in both 64 and 32.

We're most likely to go to 64.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Bajanman:
[MENTION=4517211]Xileforce[/MENTION]

Please let me know if you want to keep this thread open ok. Since the Rom is already released..

Thanks,

Bajanman
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Xileforce:
I think it's safe to close it now. Progress can be more easily tracked in the ROM thread now. Thanks Bajanman
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] gwolfu:
yeah for sure this can be closed

totally agreed
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] malybru:
Mod Edit

Thread closed at the request of the [OP]

malybru

Forum Moderator
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] arter97:
I'm gonna stick with my multibooting method cause it's the easiest on my development environment and I will not share how with my users.

That feature is not intended for end users.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] kerelberel:
Samsung as a company, or it's philosophy or modus operandi is standing in the way. The two main things are, they like to change so much stuff for their own needs which makes it difficult for devs, and two, they don't want to release source code (just mail them, they 'll happily respond).

I guess they care as being one of the biggest tech companies and the biggest Android phone company of having their own stamp on software and hardware. For a company of the size of Samsung, being so open with software, and using Google's Android without their own input is not something they want to do. They want to be their own thing. They do bring a lot to the table in terms of options, but at the cost of so many other things.

In a strange way, I would be okay with Samsung partnering up with Google and implenting their tweaks in the AOSP version of Android, and ditching Touchwiz.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] stormonya:
Thats a ****ty way of looking at it. Thats the reason why we are android users. we like the art of developing and customizing different devices to port and cross run roms.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Rekan_:
Sounds that way but it is the truth. This Exynos device is probably one of the worst for development (After S2). The S3, S4 and S5 at least had an working CM/AOSP that was good enough. If you want good Development, Don't buy Exynos.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Tyrany:
This was not supposed to be an opinion topic, guys if not contributing please do not post here
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] :
[MENTION=1828342]Faryaab[/MENTION] any help here?
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] giorgior.r:
Is it possibile to port this rom?https://meizufans.eu/forum/category/69/meizu-pro-5-firmware

It is not an aosp but maybe is Better than touchwiz
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] Xileforce:
It could help, but its going to have different drivers for display etc and I don't see any source there. That seems to just be a download for the ROM. I'll have to look more.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] WolfsFang:
With all this talk I wish I knew a way to help out, the s6 is my first sammy device after my s3, and that was the device that got me into custom roms and such.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] giorgior.r:
Maybe we can try to ask to meizu the exynos sources...i think that this is the last chance because without sources we can t do anything.
[Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge Unified Development] arter97:
Nice to know it boots, at least.

Screen is black, due to stock gralloc library not blanking the screen.

We need to get gralloc open-sourced and get it to blank, and then move on to 3D graphics(hwcomposer).