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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] lvnatic:
I will buy a galaxy s7 edge next week, but for now in stores only the exynos version is available in my country. Is it a good soc? Or should I wait more for the snapdragon phone?

On my note 3 the exynos chip was considered pretty bad, on both performance and battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] bibiner:
Exynos = Better CPU, Battery drain mostly from radio cell.

Snapdragon = Better GPU. Battery drain mostly from Android system (not sure is it fix able by update. )

If you're that person that love installing AOSP ROM. Snapdragon is your choice.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] lvnatic:
I will definetly root, most likely on day one, but I doubt I will be using AOSP roms.

Gaming on a phone isn't for me as well, I have my iPad or ps4 for that.

So the exynos runs better for day to day tasks?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] ChronoReverse:
For day to day tasks, there's no difference
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] BWA80:
For me I would prefer SD, cuz the ROM, kernel and mod development is much much better and I'm a flashaholic :D but in Europe only the exynos is available. And I'm scared there won't be so much to flash\development...

Am I right? How was the ROMs, kernels ect. on s6 edge exynos? Will devs come support us?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] CuBz90:
According to tests i've seen, yes.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] lvnatic:
Thanks for the replies, I'm going with the exynos then and I will preorder it as well, so I can get that vr.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] cepheid46e2:
These tests being?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
If your in Europe then it's not worth the hassle to get the snapdragon version IMO. That being said, the snapdragon has the better GPU, modem, higher single threaded performance, and more than likely a better ISP, DSP, etc and other blocks of the SOC. The exynos will have better multithreaded performance, just due to the fact that it has 8 cores vs the snapdragons 4, even though per core the snapdragons are faster. Like others have said developement will be noticeably less on the exynos. You will still get custom Roms but I wouldn't expect cm or aosp within a year, or ever. In dqy to day performance I would expect the snapdragons 4 very fast cores to be more responsive than the 4 slow cores and 4 fast cores of the exynos, especially considering most of the normal ui is processed on the slow cores and has to migrate to the fast cores when it needs it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Toss3:
What is your basis for these arguments? Seems like most people in this thread are just making stuff up without quoting any real-world tests. Even Anandtech stated that the SoCs are pretty much equal (as far as they currently know, and they have already written pretty extensively about both SoCs), and that efficiency is what is going to set them apart. I wouldn't draw any conclusions without actually reading a comprehensive comparison of the two.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] AhsanU:
I just pulled the trigger on an Exynos version, despite living in the U.S.

Reasons you might consider the Exynos over the SD820:

1) LTE Bands, the Exynos version has far more LTE Bands for use around the world. If you travel around a bit, then it makes a bit of sense to have a phone that can receive data, regardless of the network you're on.

2) Battery drain: it looks like both SoC's are plagued with one thing or another that saps battery life, but the SD820 has an alarming amount of drain from the Android system. It still has great SoT (screen on time), but it's still a worry nonetheless.

3) Carrier lock: If you find yourself on one network, then this shouldn't be an issue. But within the past 2 years, I have been on a AT&T, then a business T-Mobile line, then Google Fi, and now on an AT&T business line. If the phone locks to a carrier, then you might have to wait longer or pay to get it unlocked.. which can be a drag.

That being said, I'm sure the development for the SD820 version will be immense. However, I'm coming from a Nexus 6P, and feel like the stock S7E ROM performs so well, that I won't need to root or anything. Android has reached a level of smoothness that was not found on earlier versions, especially in tandem with TouchWiz of old (older Notes and S phones were laggy, really). So stock ROM with the ability to use Android Pay/Samsung Pay will be nice.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] geobow:
I just pre ordered the UK S7 Edge, hoping it'll be Exynos.

In the benchmark thread people are getting virtually identical Antutu scores across chips. It looks like the Snapdragon is throttling earlier than the Exynos though, they always have ran hotter.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] TeamSlayr:
In singel core performance, the SD is a few % better. But in multi core, the exynos is about 20% ahead. So it does seem to run better with the CPU. Also it seems to run cooler, so throttling should be better.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Toss3:
We need someone to run consecutive 3dmark runs on the exynos in order to know whether the gpu throttles or not, and if so after how many runs. We already know neither will throttle the cpu in geekbench, but the SD820 throttles the gpu a bit after two 3dmark runs.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] TeamSlayr:
Yes we should await further testing. Since the SD is released in America for some already, the benchmarks for exynos are hard to find.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
I'm pulling this from past experience with exynos 7420 kernel development, and every article ive read on the 820 and the exynos 8890, in addition to benchmarks on both and my own device. Qualcomm leads the world in modem technology. The one in the 820 supposedly has achieved parity with wifi. In addition we have the hexagon DSP and spectra ISP all of which can operate in a sort of HMP configuration to accelerate tasks. I would find it hard to believe that Samsung has caught up to qcom in these misc blocks of the SOC. But that's why I said most likely for that portion as I'm just making an educated guess. Single threaded performance is quantifiably higher on the snapdragon, all the benchmarks shows this, just as they show that the 8 core exynos scores higher in multithreaded scenarios. The rest about development etc is because Samsung doesn't release the proprietary hardware blobs we need to get a proper aosp/cm port working. Meaning we have to write them from scratch which takes forever. Qcom has always provided these in the past. The GPU also performs better in benchmarks, whether there's a noticeable difference in real life remains to be seen, still from all evidence the snapdragon beats out the exynos GPU. And my experience with the 7420 taught me that the small cores can have trouble keeping the ui smooth at all times, and we see the same cluster again on the exynos, only on a slightly improved node. Hopefully this explains the logic behind my post better.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Toss3:
Could very well be that the sd820 endas up faster than the exynos 8890 in day to day tasks, but the sd820 seems to be using a lot of mW in comparison to other SoCs(check anandtech's look at the mi-5). Its single thread performance is better, but on average there's only a 10% difference and the exynos is clocked lower than reference (2.7ghz and 2.4ghz). Both modems achieve the same speeds so the only thing that is going to matter in the end is efficiency. Still need to take a look at the GPU throttling on the 8890, as we only know the sd820 GPU throttles at this point in time. Personally I would have preferred the sd820, but if the 8899 brings better battery and better audio quality the difference in performance is worth it. Looking forward to anandtech's in-depth comparison! Don't really get why we haven't seen any reviews yet even though people have the phones already.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
Also awaiting the deep dive on both. Keep in mind though, that 2 of the 820s cores are clocked at 1.6 and have less l2cache to save power, and 2 of them are at 2.2ghz, so clock for clock they have very high performance. As for the power draw comparison, it was only an estimate to begin with, and ones got 4 little and 4 small and if it was only using the 4 small during the test that alone would be a noticeable power draw difference. It gets pretty complex with these big.little setups. I've also noticed the snapdragon version has a pretty high load average which should be able to get lowered with some modifications to the kernel.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] cepheid46e2:
Yup my SD820 is running full on SPay, Bluetooth, WIFI, NFC, Always On Display all without power saving mode and I get 8h SOT in 24h. Listening to a few posts of people beginning to learn the phones quirks within the first few days is not evidence of anything other than the phone being broken in. Spreading information like this gets people buying devices for unsubstantiated reasons. Please provide evidence if you're going to post stuff like this. You guys are just starting an echo chamber quoting each other with no evidence supporting your rumors.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] AhsanU:
I never believe people when they say they get 8 hours of screen on time.

And if you read my post carefully, you'll see the fact that I stated the SD820 still has great SoT, but just that there are issues with the Android system draining an alarming amount of battery percentage. This is not some baseless claim, there are multiple posts in the battery life thread showing the android system taking up 35%< of the battery.

Edit:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3321547

In case you were wondering which thread.

Again, it's just a strange thing that can maybe be fixed by a software update.

And while we're at it, how about you show screenshots of your supposed 8 hours of SoT?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
Considering I'm averaging 9-13% drain per hour of sot not on wifi and with screen medium brightness, 8h seems feasible. I just charge way before that lol. Once we get root we will be able to see what's really causing the issue. Can't wait.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] cepheid46e2:
Different chipsets can parse data differently. If you'll note not everyone is parsing the data via GSam so seeing increased system percentage means nothing. for example; if I use the Battery Details built into the ROM it will give me a 35% Android System use because it's lumping app use in with it. If I parse out the data with 3rd party it tells me that my Androis System use is in reality 6-12%. Exynoss likely parses differently because there's no evidence they're getting better battery life.

You don't have to care if I get 8h SOT but you should look at what people are posting and see the common denominators and investigate before suggesting people buy different devices. Especially within the first few days of a phone release, just my opinion. I also use Greenify Fast Dormancy if that helps. I found that hibernating the system apps actually increased drain.

* I just charged my phone 3h ago, 39.09m SOT and @ 92%. No offense but I'm not here to benchmark for you, just pointing out that you're jumping to conclusions.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] RCJ89:
It is Exynos.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] SonyXperiaS:
Now that its is almost 2 months, I can't figure out which one to go for, I am not much of a gamer. Mostly would use for browsing and other stuff. Can you suggest me which one to go for?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] M@rs:
I would go with the exynos: rootable, a bit better battery life, better headphone output

Con: no fm radio, weaker gpu
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] SonyXperiaS:
How weak is the GPU?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] M@rs:
Haven't compared it my self. Look for the comparison reviews and videos on the Web.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] SonyXperiaS:
Well looks like not muck of a difference, Single core is better for SD while multi-core for Exynos is best in class.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Maxissc:
I dont mean to bump this thread, but in case someone is still deciding. snapdragon version has A LOT better headphone output. i've tried both with Viper4android and Sony mdr-xb920 and the amount of volume and bass snapdragon wolfson's chip is able to deliver before distorting is insane

Also material construction seems to be better with sd (i only well-tested one of each so this may be not true for all of them)

On the other hand, exynos is more battery efficient, and feels somewhat smoother (has better multitasking experience)
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sguy156:
Flashed TWRP recovery and now when I install SU 2.49 phone keeps on saying root access is not properly installed . Is that due to the version of SU not compatible with 6.0 ??

How do I fix this ?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hitti2:
Try these, I believe they are what you are looking for.

http://xdaforums.com/apps/supersu/wip-android-6-0-marshmellow-t3219344/post64161125#post64161125
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sguy156:
That helped . How can I stop OTA updates or its better to flash a new rom instead ..
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hitti2:
Use titanium backup pro and freeze Motorola update service.

Sent from XT1575, Stock 6.0 MM, Systemless root
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
I own the phone and it has been 12mths which time I can change networks, I shouldn't have to

now pay again to use my phone on another network. The phone is Samsung galaxy trend plus GT-S7583T

OS is 4.2.2 can you please help me
[XDA Assist] NOSTALGIA:
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Thank you for using XDA Assist

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Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] generalriden:
No official release from O2 after all..yet XDA Developers Members manage to released a better version of ROM which is stable and faster. They upgraded WM5 of AKU 3.3 & AKU 3.3 ..

Now there is a Windows Mobile 6 Professional for our XDA Atom/Atom pure..

The teams who make this possible deserves a commendation specially Jiggs who is primarily responsible for doing this GREAT, FAST & STABLE ROM.

XDA ATOM_WM6 AKU 0.7

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=332692

XDA ATOM_WM6 AKU 0.3

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=330829
[Galaxy S 5 Android Development (Snapdragon)] Cvagoc95:
Hello there, is it possible to create a launcher app of the Galaxy S6/ S7 touchwiz without needing to fix permissions. I'm talking about a non-rooted phone! Or a Lollipop launcher modified to the galaxy app icons, animations, and features. Is it possible ??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] wierzciu:
Hi everyone!

I have one problem with my Note 2 ATT. Some time ago I was able to upload at him Cyanogena 12.1 everything beautifully, a few things did not work perfectly (it was not a version stable) on xda saw an android version 6.0.1 of BlissRom, only that the global versions of the Note 2, and I could not upload .. SEARCH xda forum and stated that he wants to upload Cyanogemoda that only 12.1 versions Nightly any luck and I do not have root, even if settings gives you access to Apps and ADB ..

I would now like to upload:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-2-att/development/rom-t3324243

But when connect phone and introduce it in recovery mode or rather try to do this, Odin does not see the phone ..

Some do the trick, what can I do?
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] TheBlueDuck:
I have a Tab Pro 8.4 mounted in my dash and it runs into my stock headunit via AUX cable. It's great when it's on, but it drains faster than it charges. Needing GPS on all the time doesn't help my cause.

I have tried my Jeeps USB port to tablet USB and multiple 2.1 amp power adaptors and none are enough to keep it running without the power draining. The next step would be hardwiring a cable to the battery, but I don't want to do that if it won't help.

I've also noticed that if the battery drains down all the way, my car chargers aren't powerful enough to power on. I need to use the samsung charger in a wall OR my Anker power block (not sure why the Anker works).

Does this specific tablet simply drain faster than it charges, regardless of charging source? If so, is this typical across all tablets this size or should I make a switch?
[Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2, 10.1, 8.4 Q&A, Help & Trouble] shakatu:
That's weird. My Anker 2.1 amp dual charger does fine with my 10.1" tab pro, so it should do even better with the 8.4" since that one has a smaller screen so in theory would use less power. I have used generic chargers in the past that are labeled 2.1 amp but don't really supply that much power...
[LG Watch Urbane] hugomc92:
I'm looking to build and image for our LG Watch Urbane and I wanted to know if anyone has already tried it yet or not

For who which doesn't know what's it http://asteroidos.org

Enviado desde mi HTC One_M8 mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teraghik:
Hi all,

Noob question I'm afraid, I've tried search (both on this site and a wider Google search), but can't find an answer. I'm hoping someone here can help.

I have an SGS2 running stock Jellybean 4.1.2, which I plan to flash with a custom ROM. In preperation for that, I have flashed Philz kernel so as to do a nandroid backup of the existing ROM (which worked fine) and an EFS backup. This also worked (via the Custom Backup of Philz kernel), but when I plug the phone into my PC I can't actually see the backed-up EFS files - I presume because they are hidden. I know they are there, because I installed ES file Explorer on the phone and in ES, selected the option to "show hidden files" - so the files do exist on my phone.

I am connecting to the PC via MTP. I would like to copy the (hidden) EFS backups to my PC so I have a secure copy in case of disaster. Please could someone point out how to do it?

Thanks
[E 2015 Themes and Apps] PseudoDev:
Hello there !!

Just found a Boot animation of Motorola Droid RAZR. Although the phone is old but the bootanimation is gold :D

A video attached for you to see the animation.

This is not a flash file. Use ES File explorer and place it in /system/media/ .

Remember to change the permissions.

The permissions should be -rw-r-r-

[YOUTUBE]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t8GLFSCqUis[/YOUTUBE]
[E 2015 Themes and Apps] ElDainosor:
Nice bootanimation, i will try it :) it would be great have a bootlogo too :)
[E 2015 Themes and Apps] Droid King:
Nice
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesecakePancake:
So this had to happen to me after flashing many phones for others, and when trying to upgrade my own HTC One M8.

I followed a guide on rootingthe M8 (sorry can't post the link) and when trying to flash the TWRP recovery things went wrong. The phone was stuck and it failed to boot. I managed to get it back into flashboot, but after spending too much time after my laptop I accidentally used the command; flashboot flash boot recovery.img

At this point; my phone gives the status unlocked.

I can access fastboot and use commands through the pc.

I can run HBOOT

Recovery won't work; the phone will boot and will not respond

C:\adb>fastboot getvar all | clip

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.0.U20410.1@50408

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main: 1.10.114.11

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) serialno:

(bootloader) imei:

(bootloader) imei2: Not Support

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m8ql_ul

(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8939

(bootloader) modelid: 0PKV10000

(bootloader) cidnum: T-MOB003

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 8e18db08

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

(bootloader) mfg-name: 0001

At this point I actually don't really care whether I flash it back to stock (not my preference actually) or use a custom ROM. Using it again would be great.

If anyone can point me into the right direction I would be very happy.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexi250:
Flash TWRP 3.0 again? I tried to root my Sense Marshmallow and was stuck in the HTC boot logo, I was able to fix it by just flashing a random ROM.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesecakePancake:
Well I didn't manage to flash TWRP 3.0 the newest versions give an error (Bootmagic check fail).

It seems like twrp-2.8.5.0-m8.img flashes well, however when I choose recovery the phone boots and goes black.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Inchworm333:
The good news for you is that if you can use fastboot, there is still hope. I have saved my phone multiple times from these same situations. Luckily, the fix is fairly simple. I found that by trying different versions of TWRP I eventually found one that worked. I am not exactly sure which one would work for you but eventually you should be able to find one. Also I suggest getting S-Off for your phone if you don't already have it. That way you would be able to install any rom for a previous version of android if needed. Hope this helps!
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesecakePancake:
Thanks for the tip.

I have tried all TWRP versions and all below the 2.8.5 version do write to the phone, however when I try to go to recovery the phone boots shows the HTC startup screen and then goes blank.

I would love to use S-off but, I will need to fix the recovery first :good:
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesecakePancake:
So as the key doesn't seem to tbe the recovery, which for some reason keeps failing.

Would it work if I could obtain an original boot.img ?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Hofs:
You do realize that you have the M8S and not a M8 right ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3114245
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesecakePancake:
I am not, I'll dig into it.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Hofs:
That's the culprit for not getting it to work. You need different files. Think the easiest way is to RUU it back to stock and start all over.

Just like roms. The M8 roms mainly do not work on the M8s (only when specified in the rom thread OP).

Here is at least a fully working M8s custom recovery

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=65397339
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesecakePancake:
Awesome, I grabbed the recovery and installed CM12.1