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[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] exxi:
Hey friends,

I'm holding an HTC 10 in my hands right now after I had the s7e briefly for a couple of days a month ago I decided to take it back and wait for the HTC 10.

Finally I got mine 4 days ago and I have mixed feelings about it. Obviously the s7 edge is better in the display, battery and camera department. The main reason why I returned the s7e is the stupid edged screen which I found irritating to handle and I didn't like how the display curves around the edges and cuts of text in some apps. The bending of light around the edges also irritated me.

The HTC 10 is one great device and I love the decide in general except for a few minor points. The camera is not as quick.

Still I find myself somehow tempted to switch back to the s7e but I am afraid I'll regret it again... Ohhhh ocd.

Maybe you can give me some good reasons why you chose the HTC over the s7e?

Thanks!
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Chord_Hugo87:
To me

-HTC is better screen, but thats a preference in what you like.

-S7Edge screen can be fix with a case, I got the Ringke fusion clear case and I dont hit buttons inadvertently when I type anymore.

-The edge can be turn off.

-If you dont like the edge, get the regular S7 with exynos processor.

The only reason that people may tell you to get the HTC 10 is because they think touchwiz is still slow. Boomsound speaker is another reason to switch however, you can get dual facing speaker with the S7 edge just look at my video I posted a few days ago.

Ultimately this is what it come down to:

HTC 10

HTC blink feed

Metal

Boomsound speaker

Samsung

All glass design

enormous S7 edge battery

IP68 water proof

dual speaker (only on exynos phone)

The screen is up for grabs but if you like amoled then Samsung is the way for you.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Sammae7:
I'm hoping BestBuy gets some unlocked HTC 10s in soon or I'll have to grab a Galaxy.

The number one reason I want an HTC 10 over a GS7 is build quality. The all glass construction of the GS7 is a disaster waiting to happen.

I've read far to many horror stories, not to mention all the drop videos, showing what happens when they hit the ground, even carpet.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] jbx74205:
I'm kind of in the same boat. I actually have both the S7 and the HTC 10 on my desk right now. There are a lot of things that I like about each one, but I'm torn between which to keep.

S7 Pros

- 5x5 app grid

- Volume and power buttons on the opposite sides of the phone

- Headphone jack at the bottom

- Quick settings accessible with one swipe

- FM radio

HTC 10 Pros

- Faster fingerprint reader

- "Capacitive" home button

- Cleaner Sense interface

- BoomSound

- Finally good camera

I like that the S7 is a little smaller and easier to manage with one hand, and Touchwiz seems to be a lot more refined. I think that HTC actually pared Sense back a little too much with the 10. There's not a lot of Sense left, but they kept the 4x4 app grid, which I really can't stand. On a 5.2" screen, it's really a total waste of space, and from what I can tell, the only way to fix that is to install a custom ROM, which I don't want to do until I'm sure I want to keep it. I'm also struggling because I feel like my S7 may have a defective display. The whites are kind of off and whenever I angle the phone slightly off center, the display gets a blue tint to it. I've never had an AMOLED display before, so I don't know if this is just how they are, or I have a bad one.

Any advice?
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] richii0207:
If you liked the S7e but hated the edges, why not just get the S7 and be done with it? You're in an htc section so you're going to get biased opinions.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Chord_Hugo87:
thats what a case is for. are you going to carry your HTC naked?

I drop my S7E once or twice about 4-5ft with a ringke fusion clear case and no damage at all.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Sammae7:
I always use a case.

Just stating what I've learned from some research. There is also a topic in the GS7 forum concerning the camera glass cracking out of nowhere.

Regardless, I don't want to spend $700 on a device and worry about the entire phone shattering. Worrying about the screen on phones is enough.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Chord_Hugo87:
if you use a case then how is it gonna crack?

thats like saying regardless if you have a case on the HTC 10 or not its gonna dent or scratch if you drop it. doesnt make sense.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Sammae7:
A case will protect metal from scratching/denting much better than it will against glass breaking. Glass is far more fragile.

Last winter I slipped with my phone in my hand. My phone slammed into the ground and the case slipped off one corner. It left a scuff mark on my phone. The GS7 would have shattered. Case or not, it's simply more fragile due to its build material.

I'm not calling it a bad device, just a fragile one, like the all glass IPhone before it.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] vahdyx:
Updates are important to me. Camera is second but it's okay. The HTC camera isn't very good IMO. And when I say "isn't good" I mean not a convenient camera. It takes great shots and what not but there's no oleophobic coating on the lens so smudges affect the image more. It's just unreliable for me for the auto photographer like me.

Battery could be better but for me it could be an app draining it.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] Chord_Hugo87:
the problem lies in that you have a crappy case, not that the glass breaks and you have a case.

yes its fragile material, but if you have a case I dont see how it will break. that being said, I always own the Ringke fusion minimal clear case, drop my phone (S6, note 5 and S7 edge) several time, nothing happen. granted the HTC 10 wont shatter but it'll leave a dent or it'll scratch and it'll be a sore eye regardless.
[HTC 10 Questions & Answers] epsix:
Dude....if you have second thoughts about it, just return it already. Grown ups do not ask these childish question.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] sarahdee35:
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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] ColoMtn:
This is a Step by Step guide to update from Lollipop build N920AUCU2APB2 to Marshmallow build N920AUCU2BPE5

Tools Required

1. ADB, download here, install with arguments Y, N, Y

2a If your current build is N920AUCU2APB2 download this update

2b If your current build is N920AUCS2APE3 download this update

2c. If coming from a different build number see Post #2 to manually ODIN back to PB2 then run the update in step 2a

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If you get "Error 403 Forbidden" on any of the downloads use the following work around:

Download the Chrome Extension 'User-Agent Switcher'

Once installed switch to the agent 'Googlebot (Googles Spider)'

Downloads will be working again

After the downloads have started switch the Agent back to 'Default'

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Thank you to [MENTION=5362801]bmatney[/MENTION] who uploaded the DL to here

MD5: 7941A2C689C5B141675593E3FA33FB9A

was tested on a Windows 10 64 bit machine.

Steps:

1. Backup everything of importance on your phone!!!

2. Now, make sure you have "show file extension" enabled in Windows, and add the .zip extension to SS-G920AUCU3BOJ7-to-U3BOJ9-UP, so it is now called SS-G920AUCU3BOJ7-to-U3BOJ9-UP.zip

3. Shutdown your phone

4. Enter recovery mode by pressing volume up, home and power button together

* A green Droid will appear on screen with the text Installing system update…

5. Using the Volume Button Navigate and the Power button to select ‘Apply Update from ADB’

6. Connect your phone via USB to your computer

7. Open a CMD prompt from your PC. Type cd

in my case: cd C:\Users\Danny\Desktop\Note5

8. Navigate to the directory that contains the update ‘SS-N920AUCU2APB2-to-U2BPE5-UP.zip’

*Note I had issue when the directory contained a space. Moving the update to a directory with no spaces resolved the issue.

Also moved the adb driver to the same directory 'C:\Users\Danny\Desktop\Note5'

9. Type adb devices. You should see 1 device listed

10.Type adb sideload SS-N920AUCU2APB2-to-U2BPE5-UP.zip

11. This took around 25 minutes to complete

12. Phone will now be updated Marshmallow

First time creating a How to post. If there is something not correct please let me know!

Thank you to

[MENTION=6759311]sand_bit[/MENTION] for his step by step guide in S6 forum here

[MENTION=5362801]bmatney[/MENTION] Mega upload
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] ColoMtn:
For those of you coming from a different builds here are the other links for updating:

From N920AUCU2APB2 to APE3 https://xdmd.sl.attcompute.com/agents/48725/1488/SS-N920AUCU2APB2-to-U2APE3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] creedicd:
I'm getting "cannot read 'marshmallow.zip' " error
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] blane3298:
i keep getting dm-verity verification failed update from adb is disabled
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] ColoMtn:
Did you make sure the directory had no Spaces and also move the ADB drivers to the same directory?

There are also users reporting that renaming the file 'marshmallow.zip.zip' fixes the issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] blane3298:
im new to adb. i have no idea lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] ColoMtn:
A quick google search says you may need to re-download the update
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] tr8ze:
Odin?

Thanks man - awesome stuff. Why Odin download? Needed at this stage? Or just ADB sideload?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] ColoMtn:
Just ADB sideload. Will update. Thanks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] darktrancer:
Will these steps work on an encrypted phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] ColoMtn:
Not sure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] mcepedaj:
I am on OJ1, do you think it will work? or is there any way to update from OJ1 to PB2, since I am not on the US and cant get OTA updates, thank you very much
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] blane3298:
any way this could be made into a odin flashable file?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] ColoMtn:
Try to update the url with in the original thread to reflect OJ1 and PB2 build numbers (can't look up the full build numbers right now). If that works use this same guide to apply the update.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] ColoMtn:
I don't know how to do that but side loading was fairly simple.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] bdevillier19:
so i can get up to the point of doing the "adb sideloade" command but i get the cannot read error. where can i locate the adb drivers? im new to adb and sideloading. thanks for the write up though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] ColoMtn:
Step 1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] bdevillier19:
step 1 of the tools required section? i've done that numerous times. it says the driver is installed but doesnt give me any info as to where the drive is at. thanks for the reply
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] TeldenW:
I'm trying to download the update from the Mega link provided earlier. It is taking SO LONG.

I'm getting impatient.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] Sengfeng:
Working on getting apps reinstalled... AT&T loaded more **** on this firmware than they ever have before. Ridiculous.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] jpkelly05:
Great for you guys that got this with no problems! I wish I had your luck. I get the crappy "cannot read" error. I understand I may have to redownload the stupid file, which I find ridiculous that 1 person's phone works and another's phone does not- with the same file . I wish the OP would be more involved and state what works when this happens or other idea's. I have 3 different files that I downloaded from different sources. There is a way to make this file into a flashable zip, but I don't know how and they only flash if your rooted. That would be extremely helpful. I have never been a fan of adb. It is not perfect. For anyone having problems- read the entire thread. Their are good ideas.

For me. I will try downloading the crappy file one more time. sigh

If that does not work, I will try to remove the stupid samsung & adb drivers, then reload adb drivers only and move them into my known update folder.

Another fun fact: If you get to the "cannot read" fun, after a certain amount of time, adb will wipe your phone and reboot.

Did I mention that I hate adb.

OP- please elaborate on this: "

Also moved the adb driver to the same directory 'C:\Users\Danny\Desktop\Note5'

. " Are drivers in C:ADB?

here is a adb driver tutorial if it helps anyone- I am still reading it. cross fingers. http://visualgdb.com/KB/usbdebug-manual/

That was good info but this site was better. http://www.howtogeek.com/125769/how-to-install-and-use-abd-the-android-debug-bridge-utility/

With phone power on normally, go to your device manager.

Find your phone in the drop down and select it.

Go to the driver tab.

Select driver details.

Open windows explorer and find the driver and copy/paste into your MM Update folder.

Opinion: Name the folder 1 in C://

Name the file 1.zip

Less confusion

FINALLY... omg. It turned out to be my laptop being the problem. Had to reboot it a few times. I had a problem where the icons at the bottom tray would not work. Thought nothing of it as it seems to be a Win10 norm for me. Once that was resolved, everything went normal.

btw 1.zip worked
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] Armenin2001:
Folks, has ANYONE been able to do a Video Call successfully?

What do we need to get that to work? Call AT&T and ask them to add a feature or something?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] spinedoc:
Lol, I feel for you man. I had that adb force wipe 4 or 5 times, scared the crap out of me the first time. Congrats on getting it to work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] mp46241:
I am having major issues with weak signal and dropped calls, I have been on MM for about 18hours and I dropped about 10 calls today. Anyone else having this issue and anyone know of a fix
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] Gary02468:
Thanks, very useful!

I find that my phone spends almost all its idle time in deep sleep, but only if I disable Bluetooth. With Bluetooth enabled, even if no BT devices are connected, the phone does not enter deep sleep at all. Is that behavior expected?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] Mickeylittle:
I got about 20 minutes into the actual update process, 94% and it gave an error and my Note 5 went black and then came up to the boot up screen. It has been sitting there for almost an hour and nothing I try will move it off that screen. If it leaves that screen it only does so for 1-2 seconds and comes right back.

Help...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] ColoMtn:
What happens if you hold the volume down and power button for ~20 seconds
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] norbarb:
When you make call there is on top right corner "call type" , press this to switch to video call. FYI both phones have to be on same network AT&T, in area of HD voice and capable to make video calls.

Long , long time ago in fare Galaxy S7 Edge.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] bbayer:
I opened a terminal window, changed directory to the one with the file to sideload and typed "adb sideload 'filename'", it showed me a list of adb commands. What command am I supposed to be entering? Thanks for the help.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] Mickeylittle:
Nothing. But if I press volume down, power, and home button I get a blue warning screen about installing a custom rom. Press up for a custom rom and it says downloading for a minimum of 30 minutes. Volume down cancels and goes back to the same screen I've seen for a couple hours now. Pressing the home button is strange and gives me show barcode?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] jack man:
I decided to try this but it's not seeming to be as easy as the instructions say. Can someone explain to me why, when I try to install ADB (as admin), it's not copying any files (in blue window, it says 0 files copied). Then when I run cmd with my phone connected and type adb devices, it says adb is not recognized as internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Ive got the phone's drivers installed. ive restarted the computer a couple times. nothing seems to be able to get the adb working right. any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] FtaWolf:
What happens if u type "./adb devices"

with quotes? Paste output.

Try.

./adb version

./adb devices

./adb sideload filename

Using MultiCam Black Tapatalk.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] bbayer:
OK. I finally got the correct version, 1.0.32. I do have to use the "./adb" to get the correct commands. I'll give it a whirl today. Thank you for your help.:good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] bbayer:
It stopped at 52% - failed to read command: undefined error: 0!

I'm trying it again but adding ".zip" to the file. Will see!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] nutathis:
Do I have to download the 6.0 first from this thread http://xdaforums.com/att-galaxy-note5/general/marshmallow-update-expected-t3334022 or can I just use the 6.0.1 link in this thread?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] FtaWolf:
Might got bad download also. Check md5 on file.

Using MultiCam Black Tapatalk.

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One from this op worked fine for me. Got from att servers.

Using MultiCam Black Tapatalk.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] bbayer:
Now I'm stuck. dm verify failed! adb not working. I guess its odin time!

MD5 numbers matched!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] Armenin2001:
Thanks but I know this. The problem is that is broken or not enabled in this build.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] Venom0642:
Weird cause my daughter can make video calls on her Note 5 i updated for her Marshmallow and i receive it on my S7 Edge and we can see each other in video call.

Running On Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge G935A Wicked Dark Carnage Theme

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You need to check location map on AT&T provider and put in your address to see what areas it works, not all areas work, start from there.

Running On Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge G935A Wicked Dark Carnage Theme
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] Armenin2001:
Wait so you mean with this exact build on your daughters Note 5 from AT&T she is able to now make video calls?

I'm confused because I can't and I'm in the coverage area. I know this because my wife's s7 edge is able to make calls literally next to my phone but when I call her it says unable to switch to video for me.

How about other folks here. You all are on att network. Can you all make a video call ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] srinathp1988:
Cannot read error

I am getting Cannot read 'SS-N920..... .zip'

Can someone help me out?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] jmcbride1983:
Disable Your Antivirus

For those of you that are still having issues with the error "cannot read [filename].zip".

I ran into this issue today for more than 4 hours on 4 different computers running both Windows 10 64bit and Windows 7 64 bit. Finally found the culprit. Try disabling your antivirus completely. I have Bitdefender Total Security and now I am smacking myself in the head for not trying to turn it off earlier. Turned off Bitdefender and BOOM, update no problem and no more errors.

Bitdefender never even gave a warning that it was even blocking anything.

I hope this helps someone. If it helps at least 1 person, then I would feel better that it wasn't just me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] srinathp1988:
I disabled by antivirus.

I tried downloading the update file multiple time

Tried renaming the update file

Tried pasting the file under ADB folder

Still I am getting unable to read error
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] jmcbride1983:
What antivirus are you using?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] srinathp1988:
Changing ADB version helped

**update**

I initially had ADBversion 1.4.2. I now installed 1.3 & it worked like a charm :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] android.gt:
Dude, you are my hero! Seriously. I have been going crazing trying this and that, still kept running into cannot read file. Disabled antivirus...BOOM, started sideloading.( knock on wood) still updating...at least its not reading cannot read file.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] jmcbride1983:
Glad to hear it. I beat my head on this one. Good luck.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] android.gt:
[emoji35] well nevermind, all it did was factory reset. Maybe I took too long to sideload and by default, just reset. I'll try again.

Update...tried again...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] lishuoxa:
move the zip file to the adb folder and change the name to "marshmallow.zip.zip"

then sideload marshmallow.zip.zip or marshmallow.zip (For got which one works...)

I tried this and worked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] Xmboy:
Thank you for this thread follow your step by step and everything is running sharp
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] norbarb:
Did you fixed VC or you still have problem. I got errors with switching to video all and I had to call technician in AT&T. According to them some phone need to have once more provision they line to receive and make VC. Specially if you putsches you phone 3rd hand
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] agfazio:
Dissappointed

Did all as described, went fine.

But no AT&T Messages Backup & Sync. I had all messages backed up but it just says " Checking Cloud, Try again later". Wont download old messages. This is not a good thing for me.

Any ideas???
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] bbayer:
Odin back to PB2 and all is good. I guess I'm one that will be stuck waiting for the OTA to come out!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] nutathis:
I updated last night after about an hour of failed attempts and the phone performance is noticeable better. The only issue I'm having at the moment is with signal bars. I seem to get only 1 to 2 bars in home, before this was not an issue. Any one else experience this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] 1Zero3forlife:
Make sure the APN is correct. Also, MM fixed the issue with the signal being wrong. When I went to MM on my Nexus 6, signal was always less but performance and call quality never suffered.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] neopolotin75:
My back up and sync is working but even on the previous version of Android it would throw that error message. Just try clearing the data/cache and keep trying. Att message back up and sync is garbage.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] nutathis:
APN is set as ATTNextgenphone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] bmwm3power:
I must send my Note 5 back bacause the display is faulty. Can i downgrade directly from PE5 to 2AOI6 ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] bbayer:
For those using mac osx, you need to run su before running any adb sideloads. I am now running 6.0.1! Just needed time to figure this out. Not many of us Mac users out there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] mosi-comp:
I tried to install the update from att server in Windows 10 64bit, first I had issues with adb which didn't recognize my device and the solution was downloading and installing of USB (Driver) ver.1.5.45.00

In the first attempt, the process stuck in 56% and I had to unplug the phone and it went to boot loop. By holding combination keys, I repeated the instruction and finally I managed to install MM update.

it wasn't necessary to download PB2 firmware and use odin to flash it as someone had said. If your phone stuck in update process, before any other actions, just try it one more time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] jaleesag:
Can you list your step-by-step instructions? I've tried to figure it out on my Mac and I can't!! I haven't used su before, so I'm researching that now. I can't get my Mac to recognize my Note 5 at all either...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] bbayer:
1st - do you have Android File Transfer app?

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Mac does not need Samsung drivers.

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Then I installed Android Studio. That will automatically install "adb" .

Do a Google search on how to get "su" access in the terminal app. Once you follow that on how to set a password for "su", you can run su in terminal before starting.

Most of the steps for Windows are close enough to follow. If you need more I can get some screen shots up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note5] InfiniteNomad:
Appreciate the OP for putting this together.