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[Galaxy S6 General] aLDoom:
Its not really fair to compare the Nexus 5X with the Galaxy S6. Nexus 6P would be a better comparison point.
[Galaxy S6 General] HKSpeed:
biggest advantage of the 5X is lower price. I would get the 5x as a temporary phone if my S6 died. I'd use it for a few months until I decide on a permanent phone, then sell it or hand it down to a family member.
[Galaxy S6 General] BrianXDA:
S6 all the way [emoji1] and soon with the new vulkan api. The 5x won't be able to run the next gen OpenGL.
[Galaxy S6 General] Mercz23:
What is the new vulcan api ?
[Galaxy S6 General] BrianXDA:
Here you go https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulkan_(API)
[Galaxy S6 General] Mercz23:
Are you sure s6 will get vulcan (API) ?
[Galaxy S6 General] BrianXDA:
I'm sure, along with the Android N update! I've read that any GPU that supports OpenGL ES 3.1 is capable of running Vulkan.

EDIT: The 5x gonna be able to run Vulkan too, my bad [emoji26] because it supports OpenGL ES 3.1 but the old nexus 5 won't. But still, I would go with the s6.
[Galaxy S6 General] Mercz23:
S6 will get android N ?
[Galaxy S6 General] Ave666:
Samsung will release two major update in two years for every its device. After that only security patch. Didn't you know that. Only difference is soon or later
[Galaxy S6 General] Mercz23:
Cool.
[Galaxy S6 General] Mercz23:
Ok i make my decision i will buy s6 32 gb sm920f global version.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Bad choice. The S6 is soon to be a flagship that's 4 generations old.

The 5x will keeps getting updates and be as fast as the first day you bought it because of stock Android. All the horsepower in the world won't save the S6 with any new updates if it even gets them!
[Galaxy S6 General] Mercz23:
Nexus will get one more update than s6 will be android O if it's called like this 8.0 :D on september 2017 s6 will stay on android N and it will be snappy and will perform well than the nexus 5x and the camera still will be better.

Edit:And finaly i want to buy a premium phone not like a kid toy.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Then you would be better off with a OnePlus 3 or a ZTE Axon 7.

The S6 has passed its prime. Almost every 2016 phone is more premium built than it.

But you're late to the party so you just want to be convinced that this is still a good phone so go for it.

I was a day 1 owner and there are so few of us around. Most of us ditched the phone between 6-8 months because we knew Samsung didn't care about it anymore after the Note 5 and the new S7. It will be ignored more after the Note 7.

Also Samsung is only obliged to update for 18 months after release and that's 2.5 months away.
[Galaxy S6 General] Mercz23:
Even ot sammobile have news that s6 will get android N :D

Edit:And you cant find more premium thing than the glass of the back on s6 dot.

Edit2:Even s5 got marshmallow it's second big update for s5 do you think they will leave s6 without android N .

http://www.sammobile.com/2016/05/19/exclusive-samsung-flagships-could-get-android-n-in-q4-this-year/

Edit3:And with the new android N will come and vulcan api and than s6 will perform even better.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Must be nice to be naive! Even if it does get N, it won't get much beyond the first update and it will be garbage because it will be an afterthought.

This is Samsung after all.

You've made up your mind and dug your own grave so good luck!
[Galaxy S6 General] Mercz23:
Lol :D i just like it more than other devices thats all oneplus 3 is big phone zte i think also was 5.5 inch i'm with G3 and i'm tired of big phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] umbrokhan:
all tech savvy and geeks know that samsung galaxy s6 and S7 Edge and Note series are the best phones.

most of us know galaxy S6 will get 2 major updates and the 3rd year you will get security patch only. look at the old galaxy S4 or S5 for proof.

S6 powerful CPU, excellent camera, good RAM, fast storage (UFS 2.0 flash storage). lots of features built in the software.

Nexus is good for fast updates and custom ROM.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Those that are tech savvy have already upgraded a few times since.

You're confusing a gear head vs a geek. Gearheads go based on specs and geeks go based on capability and future development.
[Galaxy S6 General] umbrokhan:
[MENTION=637262]LNJ[/MENTION]

So your using Apple iPhone?

Are you iSheep or Nexus fan boy?

---------- Post added at 11:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:05 PM ----------

[MENTION=637262]LNJ[/MENTION]

So your using Apple iPhone?

Are you iSheep or Nexus fan boy?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
I've owned everything and can be objective whereas you're blinded by sunk cost fallacy!
[Galaxy S6 General] flahyboy:
I have a galaxy s6 it is good. It is fast and it has a very good camera and a good ram usage. BUT i hate Touchwiz UI. I tried everything to flash cm 13 for galaxy s6 and i have got it. Now im statiesfied with my phonw because its running stock android operating system. If you like customization and want to flash custom roms or other features. Than i would choose the Nexus 5 because the for the Galaxy s6 ther aren't much customizations. Basically no one Customization.

Im 14 and live in Germany. Im sorry for my english :)
[Galaxy S6 General] sofir786:
I think build wise the s6 holds its own, glass and metal chassis is being used by many manufacturers but Samsung did it right. This is my 2nd Samsung device (previous one being an s3), I've had a HTC one m9, LG g3 and and iPhone 5s in the past and overall I think this has the best build. In terms of updates I'm not too fussed if it only gets N and nothing further, by the time the next android iteration comes along I would have upgraded anyway to whatever new handset is available, I'll probably get another Samsung device but the market is still competitive so you never know. Specs wise the handset still can hold its own to a certain extent, I'm happy with the performance, I know people talk about the lag and what not but I honestly hardly ever have it, it must be the way I use my phone daily, I very rarely reboot my device unless it's too flash something. If I could change this device it would be the battery, it really should have been a 3000mah battery, anyhow I just about squeeze a day out of it if I'm lucky. I carry a quick charge compatible battery pack around with me if I need to so it's not too much of a problem. I would still take the s6 over the nexus 5x
[Galaxy Note 4 General] scorpienez:
Free 75GB 4g data, unlimited calls & smsfor Note 4 owners- Indians Only(Reliance Jio)

Reliance Jio is offering free sims with unlimited data, calls & SMS for Samsung & Apple's flagship phones. I have personally enquired in nearby Reliance Digital showroom, Will get my sim today evening. For more instructions refer the link given below.

Models :

Galaxy A5

Galaxy A7

Note 4

Note 4 Edge

Note 5

S6

S6 Edge

S7

S Edge

How-to:

http://indianexpress.com/article/te...s-can-get-reliance-jio-4g-sim-free-heres-how/

MyJio:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jio.myjio

Note: Validity is 3 months post which Sim will be moved to commercial tariffs.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] vishal68:
Already using it. .. awesome speed
[Galaxy Note 4 General] scorpienez:
Great, Could you please share the promo Tarrif? Store Representative is not sure if there is 75GB cap on internet usage.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sushant1thakran:
Its unlimited data.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] sushant1thakran:
It's an unlimited plan.
[Galaxy Note 4 General] RishiChhikkara:
how much time does it take to activate this sim? i got it on Monday, still not activated
[Galaxy Note 4 General] scorpienez:
I got my sim last night, Any idea about how much time it will take for Activation?
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Ram121:
It's activated through the retailer from whom you have taken SIM. So should not take more than 8 hrs. As soon as he makes entry of received documents it's activated immediately.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
Not sure why this is happening. I have a Verizon stock S7 and have never tried to flash or anything. I've noticed that this error message pops up everytime I go to reboot while in reovery mode. Whether it'a a factory reset/format data or a cache format. I've done factory resets fine since this error message so I'm not sure what it affects.

Has anyone else had this and what exactly does it mean?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CVertigo1:
Does everything work fine, though?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
Seems like it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CVertigo1:
Have you done the condensed display mod? I believe that made mine say invalid argument. I should say that I never noticed it until after I did the condensed display mod, so I guess it could have been present before that lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
No have not tried modding anything. I only install from olay store and like pandora and spotify cracked versions
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
Called Samsung and they say a file may have been corrupted and I need to flash the os or something. They recommended I go to a best buy but that's an hour away.

Anyone know where I can get the files to flash it myself?

I've rooted phones before
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
Try this thread here:

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-galaxy-s7/how-to/how-to-notes-root-install-xposed-unroot-t3411039

Follow the "

RETURN TO STOCK

(unroot)" method and if what Samsung told you is true, you should be good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
Tried it, issue still persisted. Thinking I need to use a PIT file or something? I'm lost.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
Here:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s7/how-to/firmware-file-pit-galaxy-s7-s7-edge-t3345885

That should contain everything you need, just make sure to flash the exact model of your device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
Tried but it fails in ODIN.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
Which part fails?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] 96cobra:
Verify MD5, maybe your file was corrupted/bad download.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
I tried that one and same version but from a different site and the same thing. Cant seem to downgrade to the S7 release version
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
I cant remember right now. It goes for maybe 3 seconds and then fails. I really dont want to try again after like 5 factory resets. Im willing to try a new fix but not make it fail again and then have to reset all over.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
Authorization fails?

<ID:0/005> Odin engine v(ID:3.1101)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/005> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/005> emmc_appsboot.mbn

<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/005> lksecapp.mbn

<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)

<ID:0/005>

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
Are you absolutely sure you have the G930V?

Are you able to boot up the phone and use it?

Try disabling device administrators (all of them) and disable reactivation lock. Then attempt to flash via odin again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
Ya the phone works fine. Im just a paranoid person.

I am absolutely certain that its a G930V.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
Did you happen to try out the method I suggested then? You can enable those settings either after you successfully flash or if it still fails.

And I just wanted to rule out some possible obvious reasons as to why you cannot get it to flash, thanks for the info though, we're narrowing it down piece by piece.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
Can't find reactivation lock in my settings and really don't want to go through another factory reset... Did like 15 in the past 2 days. Annother user narrowed it down to just the way the code is written in the recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
Understandable, I would feel the same way. I guess just don't worry about it then until you ever feel the need to update your phone.

Just for S&G I went into my recovery and did not seem to have the problem you were having, I use the Verizon variant as well.

Good luck and sorry i couldn't figure it out.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
You don't get the red error a split second right before it reboots?

Did you mean OEM unlock by the way? I can try one more if you dony see it. Only 1 other has told me they see it and they had an att s7
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
Well how are you rebooting while in recovery? Mine comes up into download mode and doesn't give options to reboot so I just force a reboot by holding the power button.

But no, I did not see anything pop up when I restarted. I even tried selecting volume down at the warning message

Vol up: Continue

Vol down: Cancel

Home: Barcode

I don't have OEM unlock enabled myself, but I also haven't attempted to flash anything either, but maybe that's why you are unsuccessful at flashing. Let me look into that before you try it out in the event it could make things worse.

***Edit***

Ok, looks like you can try it with OEM unlock as well as make sure your USB debugging is enabled (I'm almost certain it is because Odin is able to see your phone).

But before you do that, what version of Odin are you using?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
I use Odin 3.11.

I boot into recovery by holding volume up, power, and home. Then simply select reboot now. When it says Verifying dMVerity tree or whatever, right after that a red error pops up for a split second.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
Try using the Odin 3.12 versions listed in the link I provided earlier in this thread (the one for flashing stock). There are two versions, both are 3.12 but try both if one fails.

And sorry for the long wait time for a reply, I work nights and stick to that schedule, even on weekends.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
3.12 doesn't load and that 3.12 with that weird name throws the same error
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
Is your antivirus possibly blocking it? And have you tried right button clicking on it and choosing Run as Administrator?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
No and yes. The normal 3.12 one shows a dialog box with chinese, opens, and then instantly closes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
What was located in the .zip files for version 3.12 that you downloaded and how are you opening Odin? Do you have everything extracted from the zip files placed into the same folder and running it from there?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
Yes. I gave up on all this. No need to worry anymore.

My new problem is my Samsung galaxy Tab E shows the unlocked padlock when i boot up. I never rooted it and I used smartswitch to reset and update it...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] CrossBones3129:
Just an update. It's like this by default apparently.

I got another S7 via warranty claim and it does the same thing
[SuperSU] PKSYHR:
I have a Nexus 5X on the Developer Preview 5 and twrp can't mount the data partition to flash SuperSu so could I flash SuperSu using the command line only
[SuperSU] :
It can't mount the /data partition because your probably encrypted. I'd recommend unencrypting before proceeding on the N Previews as I constantly had problems encrypted.
[SuperSU] PKSYHR:
Okay thanks I'll try that
[SuperSU] PKSYHR:
So I would have to flash factory then root then disable encryption then return to the developer preview correct?
[SuperSU] :
No you'd run fastboot format userdata which wipes your ENTIRE INTERNAL STORAGE beware. Make backups.
[SuperSU] PKSYHR:
So the developer preview doesn't force encryption at boot?
[SuperSU] PKSYHR:
Or would I format user data then flash supersu then boot into N 5
[SuperSU] :
This.
[SuperSU] PKSYHR:
Okay thank you very much for all the help
[Mate 8 General] copysat:
Disappointed !

huawei should pay attention to this feature.

i don't have to rise up the mobile each minute if its on table to use back fingerprint sensor access .

also I i don't have to root the phone to enable this feature .
[Mate 8 General] jbmc83:
isnt it enabled on the newer B3xx firmwares?

Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10
[Mate 8 General] Prof1977:
e

Nooooo
[Mate 8 General] kniffo80:
Forget about DT2W for Mate 8 at the current state of Firmware. I have root and enabled that feature. It's really disappointing, cause it's not working nice. And (what is more annoying) sometimes, you cannot wake up the phone. You have to press the power button a lot, to wake it up. This only happens when DT2W is active!
[Mate 8 General] copysat:
That's why we need huawei to listen to us it's really needed as I'm X mate s user! It's very useful
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Virus1x:
Does anyone have the new bootloader from the newest beta?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lazarost:
The bootloader is still the same as the Preview 4 (71.21) but the radio has changed from 36R to 39R.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soateufel:
Yeah it's still the same I was able to flash the ota and using the nexus root tool I was able to flash twrp and super user with no problems although I think facebook does not like the route because I I told my girlfriend about the newest preview and she is not all that tech savvy so what I ended up doing was just signing her up for the beta and and leaving it stock. I say facebook doesn't like the root because it doesn't work on mine but on hers it does.

But facebook is the only app I have seen that is failing any kind all of the other apps work really well I use yata for texting, the game boy emulator my boy still works really well but I won't get into detail about that right now . Most of the time if I ever need a boot loader or a radio or something of a system file , you can never go wrong with androidfilehost.com and the keyword you would look up is shamu. Just thought I'd give you a little bit of information I don't know how much you know but I actually posted the link two the newest preview as soon as it was available and I also posted that on the preview four forum on this site.

Here soon I am going to try and fully decrypt my phone Here soon I am going to try and fully decrypt my phone because I don't really care for encryption and also whenever you have your phone not encrypted I don't know about you guys but it's a lot faster for me. I will report back with any issues if any exist
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gadgetluva:
Can owners with the TyTN II ROM see band selection in the Phone Settings (to choose between Auto, 3G/WCDMA, GSM)? If so, could you post a screenshot or list out the values under the following in the registry:

HKLM/Software/OEM/PhoneSetting

Thanks for the help in advance.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Penske MB:
auto = 10

GSM (900+1800) + UMTS2100)=50

GSM (1900+850) +UMTS(1900+850) = 58

UMTS (2100+800)=30

Hope that helps. But why you need the value? just select the band and done with it.

Just select Network = GSM or AUTO(3G) for battery convern.

GSM/UMTS = auto
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gadgetluva:
Because there is no band setting in the phone settings. I'm trying to determine what is different here, and it seems like there is a difference in the registry. My registry settings for that page are COMPLETELY different.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] greg3d:
I have the band setting in the phone settings, looks nothing like what was posted though. I have three sub directories, "Band Type", "FDN", "NetworkType", each with several "ItemValue" Dwords, and "ItemName" string values.

In the root of Phone Settings:

(Default) (value not set) : string

ShowPIN2Page=1

ShowNITZPage=1

ONSDisplayRule=1

ShowUMTSBandPage=1

Enable3GLongNamePrefix=1

ShowALSPage=1

QOSTrafficClass=4

LongNamePrefix = "3G" (string value)

Attached is a Registry file for my entire "PhoneSetting" entry
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Penske MB:
Just load the HTC Rom on you Tilt. It works lot better than AT&T Rom. I also using TomTom 6. Works really well.

With HTC Rom, it links with my Mercedes Benz BlueTooth handfree, with AT&T it will not show all contacts and call history.

LOAD the HTC Rom, it work great!!! I have been using it for almost a month without freeze.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cleopete:
Been perusing the forums and I've seen a few anecdotal opinions on using one or the other, but not enough to catch a trend. Have we arrived at a consensus?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hkklife:
PD1 is the better of the two but still not without its flaws. Both run hot and kill battery life but PF3 is the buggier of the two. So far, nothing beat the original KitKat 4.4.4 build but the January 5.1.1 update, BOK3, is the best of the recent batch for battery life & reception.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weaverinva:
I sure do agree that they run hot especially withe GPS and/or hotspot active. So, confirming, with what you have have seen using the PD1 kernel for marshmallow is best? Can BOK3 be used for marshmallow or do I have to have a MM kernel for marshmallow; I would assume that.

I assume this is only for the kernel and the bootloader should stay at BPA/BPD with the safe update according to [MENTION=5868929]hsbadr[/MENTION].

Finally, I have been thinking of trying out a kitkat rom and a lollipop rom on my dev'd Retail N910V. Do you think that is possible? I would assume that I need to flash a kitkat kernel and the BPA kernel appropriately. But I can leave my bootloader at BPA1 or BPD1 correct?

Any tips/links for changing roms (kitkat, lollipop, marshmallow) appreciated.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] douger1957:
These are not kernels. They are bootloader/modem combos. I do not think it is wise to flash a Marshmallow modem on a Lollipop bootloader. I would also not be flashing bootloaders when I don't know what I'm doing. There is no instruction on this forum that requires flashing either bootloaders or modems by themselves. If you want a Marshmallow modem you have two options: flash the full firmware, lock your bootloader and lose root, or follow the procedure for upgrading to Marshmallow in the development section. You seem to be confused between the terms "kernel," "bootloader," and "modem." I'd suggest you do a bit of homework to learn the differences before you start flashing anything.

If yours is a true Developer Edition phone, you can peruse the Development section. I'm not aware of any KitKat or Lollipop ROM that is being supported, but most of those ROMS were created when you couldn't unlock a Retail Edition phone.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weaverinva:
Thank you for your response and concern. I have been flashing roms and items for nearly 6 years. I accidentially late last night flashed a bootloader when I was trying to flash a modem. I made a mistake. On the safestrap Verizon Note 3 N900V we often changed modems because some thought they saw better reception (placebo?) and they all worked even with the latest roms. Sometimes partial firmware flashes combines two of these items.

Mine is not an original developer edition. I take your's is. I will take your advice and peruse the development area. Even if unsupported it seems that some of the kitkat roms may have been the most stable. Just had an interaction from another person with a dev edition on that.