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[Microsoft Lumia 950/950 XL] Mighty_Ahti:
I just tried to open this app and it says it "experiences high traffic and cannot be accessed at this moment try again later" or something like this.
[Microsoft Lumia 950/950 XL] FC_Termi:
So the refund essentially doesn't work anymore I guess.

Do you guys know for how long this phone will be receiving support from Microsoft ?

I also heard that it did overheat quite a bit, making any contact with the phone uncomfortable, also affecting the battery life.

Is this still the case after the Redstone update?
[Microsoft Lumia 950/950 XL] Mighty_Ahti:
I recommend you change your mind. First few months it was overheating as hell. Even when idle or almost idle like messenger or fb. Now after some updates it is almost ok. But for example this night... going to sleep it was in power saving mode for whole day, at 80% battery, and morning, Im getting notification it has 9% battery. seriously something is wrong with this phone.

Next big problem: apps . FB sucks, posts are visible without content. Messenger, photos cannot load, when switchin between conversations it just closes, keyboard sometimes disappears. There is no usable ftp app, no terminal like app. Majority of apps are hard to use. And it lacks bit less popular apps like for example strava or maybe pokemonGo.

Gorilla glass is over-advertised, i got tiny scratches after 6 months and decided to use glass protector. Cortana features are hmm like developers did minimum of their capabilities. There is so much that can be done, but right now it using cortana is bit awkward and not as convenient as doing it on your own.

Yeah, I'd switch back to android :(
[Microsoft Lumia 950/950 XL] FC_Termi:
Thanks for your sincere reply Mighty_Ahti, it is actually great to read comments detailing the real life issues instead of just the positive aspects of this phone.

I actually thought that Windows Phone was more stable than Android. As for the battery, if I'm not wrong, the battery saver mode on my Windows 10 tablet drains the battery faster than normal mode, or at least it did several months ago.

The amount of apps ain't actually what I'm exactly looking for currently though, on my Windows 10 PC I have an equivalent for the essential Android apps that I usually use. Although the essential apps for a PC and a phone may differ a lot.

I thought that Cortana was actually among the best AI.

Except for the Gorilla Glass scratching test I guess all or most problems are somehow software related.

Since Microsoft actually sends continuous update to every Windows 10 devices do you think that the software related issues could be fixed in about 3 to 4 months ?

If they will actually support all Windows 10 devices for the coming years as they said.
[Microsoft Lumia 950/950 XL] Mighty_Ahti:
Lumia offers app still shows error.
[Microsoft Lumia 950/950 XL] FC_Termi:
Ok, guess it will be the case until Surface phone is announced next month then.

In the end this phone will only be a decent $400 photo phone.

Until a new price cut brings it under $400 following the Surface Phone announcement I mean.

Maybe I should have made a new thread for this.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Thanks to the people that notified me HTC changed the way to switch the radio band in Kaiser. BAndswitch and commmgrpro projects (Hermes forum) will be updated tomorrow. :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] e-dub:
yesssssssssss!

eric b
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
CommMgrPro project has been updated to V1.1.3

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=299070

Now upgrading Bandswitch to V2.4
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Bandswitch project updated to V2.4. Again now band switch works on kaiser.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=286844
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] RemE:
I was wondering, if I've installed Schap's 3G Comm Manager that allows me to tap the 3G key to turn On/Off 3G without resetting the phone, does Band Switch add anything more?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Well. Standard commmgr allows to change the band doing one change in the registry. It isnt exclusive of schap rom. This feature wasn before. But bandswitch adds many features, like change to 3g, not only auto mode. Change band with time limit (if you forget to go back to gsm the program does it automatically after some minutes. The same to control Bluetooth, wifi and phone. It allows to manage all the ras connections, connect, disconnect, always on and close idle connections (but no with registry tweak because It doesnt work correctly, but monitoring all the connections and data flow)...

CommMgrPro extends this concept to profiles that automatically changes depending on location (cell-id) and time. But these features are covered in their threads......;)

Dani
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Hi

One person had problem switching from 2G to 3G because phone didnt register correctly on network. I tested it in two kaisers without problems. It would be nice if someone could help me and verify if it works in his kaiser. Download: http://commmgrpro.com/db5/00454/commmgrpro.com/_download/BandSwitch.V2.4.CAB

Best Regards.

Dani
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] njxbean:
Mine worked just fine. Switched fairly quick too.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] e-dub:
program works GREAT! where can i get more skins at?

eric b
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Thanks :)...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Nice :). Are you talking about bandswitch or commmgrpro?. I suppose the last one because It is skin based. Current one was done by a fantastic Italian designer (skiZZO). Soon there will be more available although they are easy to do because Its only needed one xml file and images....(But It takes time to do a nice theme) :D

Dani
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] e-dub:
ah, ok. i just want a clean black theme. a tutorial would even be good lol.

eric b
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
There was a problem switching band if sim pin enabled. Fixed.

Fixed too phone on/off button.

Uploaded Bandswitch 2.4.1.

http://commmgrpro.com/db5/00454/commmgrpro.com/_download/BandSwitch.V2.4.1.CAB

BR

Dani
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] leon100:
I see that bandswitch and commmgrpro have the facility to disconnect after x seconds of idle time. How reliable is this?

I currently use PhoneAlarm which has the same facility but I noticed that the auto disconnect is flaky. I disabled any automatic updates just to be sure but the disconnect is often much later than the established period. The PhoneAlarm support forum states that this facility just sets a registry entry and it is up to Windows to handle the auto-disconnect. I checked the registry setting and it is as per the PhoneAlarm setting.

Hence my question as to the reliability of the bandswitch/commmgrpro setting...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Hi

I know registry tweaks dont work correctly to close idle connections. Bandswitch and commmgrpro explicitly monitors data traffic each x seconds and closes them when trafficis minor than 1 KB(because sometimes there are residual packets or control tcp packets flowing)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] laakness:
I also noticed that the registry tweaks did not work well or reliably. I installed the demo of Band Switch and it worked flawlessly...everytime...even when the device was asleep. My battery life has increased immensley.

I bought Band Switch the second my demo expired!

Great work Daniel.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gregross:
Daniel,

Is the way the communications are handled on the Tilt documented anywhere or did you have to reverse engineer it to figure it out?

Thanks,

Greg
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Thanks, Happy to know It helped you :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Hi.

If you are talking about connections (close idle connections, disable them, etc) then Its win32 api standard. If you talk about switch between 2g-3g then I did reverse ingineering of htc binaries. It was easiest on HTC Hermes, Universal and Athena but in Kaiser (Tilt) It was much more dificult (Strange calls to undocumented htc methods with variable parameters). I am scared about incoming htc models....;)

Dani
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ruebarb:
Is there a guide to indicate what all of the options do? How does the auto feature work, ect. Will it switch to 3G if need or only switch from 3G to Edge.

Thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Hi.

CommMgrPro has a guide because is a complex program. Bandswich was borned as a little program so I didnt guide but I will do one. Anyway there are some spontaneus guides in internet talking about the program, like

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/appl...sm-gprs-edge-modes-optimize-battery-life.html

ps: Auto mode is executed by the radio rom. (It isnt a artificial mode created by the program). This mode will switch to 3g if available and will switch to 2g automatically if 3g coverage is low.

Dani
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Buran:
I installed Bandswitch 2.4.2 on a Tilt/TyTN II/Kaiser and when trying to switch to G mode it now has no phone service or any network connection at all. Apparently I have a choice of a battery-sucking working phone or a long-battery-life brick. :(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] wisniak:
Commmgrpro or Bandswitch?

Hola Daniel,

I've purchased an AT&T Tilt, which will be unlocked.

Which of the 2 apps is better suited to use with the Tilt? (ie - is there overlapping of functionality?)

Thank you,
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] laakness:
You have to be sure that service is available when you are forcing it to a specific band. I find it best to put it on Auto mode and then have it close idle data connections after 60 seconds.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Hi wisniak.

All the features of bandswitch are included on CommMgrPro. CommMgrPro has much more features, like automatic profile system based in location (cell id) and time. But maybe you dont need it.....Its up to you :rolleyes: For example I ve set up specific profiles when I am at home and diferent profiles when I am at work and the program automatically knows where I am....

Dani
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] DarkDvr:
After installing bandswitch my phone no longer initiates HSDPA connection. I've used KaiserTweak to turn it in and it worked fine before I installed bandswitch. I've uninstalled it, but still - I get EDGE and rarely just standard crawling-slow "GPRS".

Is there a setting in the registry somewhere that may have gotten messed up? I really don't want to make a hard reset just because of bandswitch glitching out.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Hi. Cant you use bandswitch to select UMTS (HSDPA) again? Ok, if you uninstalled it or your license expired, open a registry editor and go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\OEM\UMTS and set the value OpMode to 0 (auto mode) or 2(UMTS/HSDPA). Finally reset the device

Greetings
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] DarkDvr:
Switching to 2 worked, thanks!

Since you seem to know this stuff - do you know why Kaiser stops charging when tethering through USB? It charges at first, but then charge light turns off and I start to slowly lose power..

I see the same thing with WiFiRouter app (tethering through WiFi to a laptop) and Kaiser connected to its own AC power adapter (pushing 1 Amp)... I just can't believe 1 amp is not enough to sustain phone in HSDPA connection... that's just plain weird.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] danielherrero:
Nice to know It worked.

In my case, when I use Wifi router, 3g and charging to 1 A then It charges slowly but probably It needs 800 or 900 mA. Recently I ve ordered a wall charger with 2 A. I will tell you the results...(It should arrive tomorrow) :)

Dani
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] DarkDvr:
Sweet, please let us know how it works and whether it charges or not... Cause I have a feeling it's not the AC charger (1 amp is a lot of power actually), it's the Kaiser that has the limitation
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topbanana4:
hi, im on EE in the uk and have been offered an update , I've been this before in the past but can't remember when I download the update ,where it is installed before doing the update can anyone help please
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivadow:
It matters not. You cannot access it without root. It is deleted after use. /cache if you are desperate.
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoscotton:
Hi

Ive noticed this problem recently and it surely came after the lastest security update in Brazil (but i'm not sure if they are related).

Whenever i'm using cellular networks, it stops working after a few minutes even with strong signal. I have to turn it off (or by disabling or airplane mode on) and turn it on again so it loads the wbsite/fb/whatsapp msgs. Then I repeat the proccess every few minutes, such annoying. Has anyone noticed this aswell? Is there a fix maybe?
[X Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joyousfrank:
Not that sure, but I'm also getting problems with notifications, I supposed it was the apps, but now I think it may be network issues, this is so strange because even when I have priority for FB, WA, Inbox, Outlook, I'm not getting push notifications.

Btw I'm from Mexico
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] l.f.hant:
Hi,

I'm not hopeful, but does anyone know if Samsung will see sense (like they did with waterproofing and a micro sd slot) and have an FM radio capability on the S7?

So far, I understand they have dropped IR; Samsung givith, Samsung taketh away ...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Pierreken:
Doesn't look like it:

https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/phones/samsung/galaxy-s7-edge/

See full technical specs.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] ChazyChaz:
maybe snapdragon 820 model but I dont think so.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] dejong12:
Probably not and I can't comprehend why. For example the Galaxy A3 (2016) does have FM radio. Why can't the S6 or the S7 have it?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] ChazyChaz:
think exynos dont havev
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] chong67:
I use Tunein app. Perfect sound.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] ibcenu:
When I ride the train to work. No signal so fm is perfect. Learned to live with downloaded tunes to hold me over
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] l.f.hant:
Tunein is indeed a great app and I use it - but it uses data, not FM.

The recently announced LG G5 uses the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset as the S7 so there is no technical reason why it shouldn't be there ...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] bergerstrasse:
SD820 Version

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=9686&view=1&c=samsung_sm-g930a_galaxy_s7_lte-a_samsung_hero

Exynos Version

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=9334&view=1&c=samsung_sm-g930f_galaxy_s7_lte-a_samsung_hero

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] l.f.hant:
I wouldn't trust pdadb's spec sheets for this.

In any case, for "Analog Radio:", they have "No information" for both links above; I'd trust gsmarena more, for the S7, they currently say "Radio	To be confirmed".
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] dejong12:
Samsung Netherlands confirmed that the S7 (at least the Exynos version) doesn't have FM Radio.

https://twitter.com/SamsungMobileNL/status/702558238122840064
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] l.f.hant:
Interesting to see that gsmarena state that the Sony Xperia X Performance does not have an FM radio whereas for the cheaper and slower Xperia X, it states it has "FM radio with RDS". Maybe gsmarena are just guessing this stuff too?

For FM radio, the status for this on the S7 remains at "To be confirmed" ...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] l.f.hant:
Thanks

I read that (thanks, google translate!) but can't see the reference to the Exynos chipset? The guy just appears to be asking if the Galaxy S7 has FM radio and the reply to this is, sadly, "The S7 does not have an FM radio." But maybe you're right - other phones using the 820 sport FM radios ...

I think I'll give serious consideration to LG's G5 instead an S7 for my next phone:

It has a removable battery

It has IR

It has FM radio

The only thing it lacks in comparison to the S7 appears to be waterproofing which I do find useful.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] dejong12:
Well the Netherlands (as like other countries in Europe) will get the Exynos version, so you could say that Samsung Netherlands answered about that version.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] l.f.hant:
Thanks,

I assumed the European version would have the 820 chipset.

Thanks for the clarification :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] I'mnotanumber:
I'm the same as you, currently using tunein on galaxy s6 and it's a massive battery drain. I read a statement from Samsung saying people who buy high end devices only use downloads or streaming, this was the reasoning behind the s4 fm radio absence. On gsmarena the s7 fm radio is yet to be announced, but I doubt it will reappear. I believe fm radio should be a feature of android devices but manufacturers seem to think on our behalf, check out Xiaomi mi5 and mi4s, that's what I'm considering.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Corwinder:
Samsung is looking at this all wrong. FM radio should be on all phones when possible. Consider a natural disaster. A few years back when Joplin, MO was hit by a tornado cellular services was nonexistent for a while. Those antennas not destroyed were overwhelmed. One of the local radio stations at the time was campaigning phone companies to put FM on their phones.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Lmax579:
So the S7/is actually the Samsung Hero?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Mjpowell:
Got to protect I heart radio, tunein radio and the rest! Or don't you know!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] KaptainRandom:
Got to play with SPRINT GS7 in Mesa AZ USA,

Playstore installed NextRadio

BUT...

Opening app displayed this message...

FM Radio is Unavailable

We'd love to bring yoy local FM radio,

but NextRadio doesn't have access to

th FM radio receiver in your device.

Let your wireless carrier know that

you'd like to listen to free FM Radio on

your phone with NextRadio!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Add45:
That's even more odd cuz usually sprint allows FM on all their phones.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] KaptainRandom:
Hoping the Sprint FM will be turned on via software update or rooted ROM
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] KaptainRandom:
I was just on Sprint's website,

Checking out compartives of gs7 & note5,

Both list NextRadio in 'Key Feature & Specs'

So, either the Sprint gs7 page is mis-advertising or

The store demo gs7 just does not yet have NextRadio 'turned on'.

There is hope for gs7 and NextRadio.

:)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] l.f.hant:
:confused:

If you are saying that there are alternatives to FM if you want to listen to a radio station, then, yes, I think we know. Please refer to the title of the post: "Does the S7 have FM radio"
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] dragon-tmd:
S7 and S7 Edge (Exynos) do NOT have a FM-Radio. I do have both devices for testing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] dodoma:
this is pure bull****. You pay 700$ for a phone and what do you get? no FM, no battery, sometimes no memory add and bunch of apps that take half of your space. I mean WTF are we paying here then!? Is this a lease? Do we lease this phones maybe?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] mybalsagna:
The Sprint version of the S7 has an FM radio. I just installed nextradio and it worked fine on my phone. I also tested turning on Tuner only mode which does not use any data and I was able to receive FM radio stations. Not sure if it is a carrier specific issue, but give it a try...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] dodoma:
whats the full model name?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] mybalsagna:
SM-G930P
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] skribe:
I can confirm: on my Sprint S7 the FM radio works fine out of the box. All US carriers are using the same hardware this time around, so if it doesn't work on your handset it's some sort of carrier lock.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] dodoma:
is it the same hardware in canadian?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] grmcrkrs:
T-Mobile has no FM radio

FM Radio does not work on the T-mobile version, confirmed.

SM-G930T 6.0.1
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] skribe:
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that. I just know that the US hardware is the same.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] NOSTALGIA:
i think ive seen it yesterday when i went to a samsung shop. not sure tho
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Corwinder:
AT&T says the S7 they sell has fm radio

---------- Post added at 09:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:40 AM ----------

AT&T says the S7 they sell does have fm radio

---------- Post added at 09:42 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:41 AM ----------
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] jagsaw:
One more confirmation that NextRadio is working fine on my Sprint GS7 SM-G930P
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] ^I'm_With_Stupid:
So t-Mobile and Verizon Snapdragon S7's won't have FM Radio?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] scott14719:
AT&T has requested that ALL phone manufacturers include and activate FM chips in ALL AT&T branded phones from mid-2015 and on. So it makes sense that the S7 should have an FM chip.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] urushiol:
I received my pre-ordered AT&T S7 yesterday.

No FM radio app was installed. I downloaded Nextradio from the play store, tested, it works!!

So I can confirm the AT&T S7 does have a working and enabled FM radio chip. Holy crap!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] mmm286:
Can you share the link of the application?

I can't see it in Google play

Thanks

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] jagsaw:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextradioapp.nextradio
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] sonhy:
no way, s7 has fm radio hardware and they didnt put in a fm radio app to highlight the feature? crazy... does it have an fm radio transmitter to transmit fm signals too?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] hammerjr:
for those that have FM working on S7 or S7edge, will it play via bluetooth? I know you need headphones for the antenna. On my old Samsung Omnia 2 (SCH-i920) on Verizon running Windows Mobile 6.5 it had FM and there was option to have it play from phone speakers (not headphones). If the phone was connected via bluetooth to a headset, I wanted that button to let it play to bluetooth instead of phones speaker, but it didn't. I found a program that would let it do so, but it wasn't real stable and I couldn't take calls when I was using it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] mmm286:
Someone could attach the apk.

I can't download in my country. Google play restrictions :(

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] skywalkr2:
Can confirm that it is disabled on the TMO S7. Nextradio states the carrier has blocked it with software.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] somehuman:
FM Not Enabled on Verizon S7

I can confirm that it is disabled on the my Verizon S7 (SM-G930V 6.0.1).

Nextradio states the carrier has blocked it with software.

SomeHuman
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] msnature:
For those of us that use our phones while we work out at the gym, it would be nice to have a tunable FM radio since many facilities have TV's set up so you can tune in your radio to the TV stations they have programmed. Now, I have to take my phone and a separate radio with while I exercise - what a pain!