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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] morpheus9394:
What method are you using to transfer apps & data from your current phone to your S8?

In the past I've been able to root my phone straight away and use Titanium Backup to transfer everything I needed to my new phone.

But seeing as the S8 is so new and hasn't been rooted yet I was wondering what you guys were planning to do about your apps and data?

Has anyone use Google's Tap to Go or Samsung's own transfer wizard that runs when you first setup the phone? Or perhaps there is a better method?

Or do I really need to bother at all, just sign into my Google account, download my apps and everything should just work and be there? Is it as easy as that?

It has been such a long time since I've had to do this. My current phone is a Note 4 which I've had for 2yrs and before that was a HTC One M8 which was rooted and I had that for 2yrs and before that was the Google Galaxy which was also rooted.

What are your thoughts?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] androidbuff123:
Use the OTG method (phone to phone). That should be the fastest.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] amyf27:
This time around I set up my new phone manually. There were a couple small things that I bluetooth transferred just for quick reference and I do have some stuff backed up on g cloud so I may put those on as well

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] morpheus9394:
What is the OTG method? Are you talking about using a OTG cable to link the phones somehow?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] truckerdewd:
I used the built in Samsung Smart Switch. Worked great to transfer my data from my iPhone

Sent from my wickedly kewl Galaxy S8 using my fingers. Duh!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] mortuus82:
easiest is smartswitch for sure, did that for s5-s7 but i asume it works either way as long as u have a samsung
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] mrspock08:
This time around I went ahead and just used Samsung's Smartswitch method. Plugged in my S7's cable to the S7, with the USB to USB-C adapter (included in the S8 package) to the S8, and it auto-started the Smartswitch process on my old S7. It transferred all my apps, with their data, along with the homescreen settings, etc. I did need to reset a few apps, so make sure you have viable backups of important stuff. As an example, Carango didn't transfer over my gas mileage & car records, so I had to pull those back from a cloud backup, and while all the files for BeyondPod transferred over fine, I needed to do a restore from backup in the app to get its settings and update times loaded properly.

All that said, it's probably about the smoothest process I've had for transferring everything over. Seems to work at least as well if not better than Google's built-in thing, and it's a bit quicker.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] FluxionFluff:
Gonna be using Samsung's Smart Switch. Easiest way, I think. Did it when I went from my S3 > S6 and will do so again, S6 > S8.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] morpheus9394:
Thanks for the replies. Looks like Smartswitch is the way to go. I will give that a try tonight. Thanks everyone.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] BornAgainAndroid:
Did you have any issues with it? I couldn't get it to work with my iPhone 7. It kept losing connection at 99%
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] truckerdewd:
Yep it worked fine. Never lost connection once

Sent from my wickedly kewl Galaxy S8 using my fingers. Duh!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] tiho5:
I tried smart switch from s7 edge and it only transfers the apps, without any settings. I might as well have download these apps from the play store. If that's the way this works, I don't see any reason why to use smart switch.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] thedicemaster:
smart switch includes internal storage data, and discontinued and sideloaded apps.

for the data/settings you can use helium, you need to install and activate(using a PC) it on both phones once and then you can see all transferable apps from the other phone and copy their data over as needed.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] tiho5:
Than you. I did that thing with smart switch just to check it out. I always use titanium backup for the purpose, but root is needed first...

Never used helium before. I'll check it.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] androidbuff123:
Smartswitch and OTG are the same.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] morpheus9394:
Smart switch didn't work for me. I think it was because my note 4 is rooted so I ended setting things manually.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] tsalonia:
What if you no longer have the previous phone, but you do have the backup of a previous device on Google Drive? I had a Pixel running 7.1.1 previously, but returned it. Now i want to restore the Galaxy S8 from that backup, but it does not seem to recognize the backup. When i first start up the S8, it just logs me into my Google account, but never asks for the restore option.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] chowdarygm:
If you have lot of pics, move them first manually and delete them from IPhone and try smartswitch again. This resolved my issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Semantics:
This may sound odd, but I haven't even set my phone up yet. I put my screen protector on and it came out flawless and works well with my TPU case (no lifting). So I'm going to wait until I get my promo bundle (Shipped 2 day) put my SIM and MicroSD in it and then use smartswitch. I'm not going to keep tempting fate by taking the phone out of the case and messing up the edges of my screen protector. OCD much? You bet!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] raghav2511:
Did you transfer data from WhatsApp and Apple Health?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] mortuus82:
well no i have whatsapp data saved on sdcard and history is synced saved to google drive, and dont use apple health..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] antawnm26:
Did it transfer all your SMS/mms from your iPhone correctly
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] truckerdewd:
Yes it did

Sent from my wickedly kewl Galaxy S8 using my fingers. Duh!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Eddie Hicks:
It was time consuming and tedious, but I just downloaded and configured the apps I want on my new phone. I don't want to end up transferring a lot of junk. I want a clean start.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] kongsse:
TunesBro PhoneTrans. The official Smart Switch app doesn't work. It was stuck on 50%. Then I found out this tutorial from Google and helped me solved the problem.

Resource: https://www.tunesbro.com/transfer-contacts-from-iphone-to-samsung.html
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] marcox92:
Didn't find the right place so I try question here

On My S8, the default folder for save is Samsung account, limited do 15 Go

How to switch to android account to get additional free space.

When I try to do it it says" blocked by administrator (that means (Samsung)

because I am the administrator of my phone as I am a single user
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] Ankit07683:
7 days ago i dropped my honor 5x in water i had taken it out quickly and dried it with hair dryer and put it in rice for 7 days

After 7 days when i connected my charger to phone it shows a red battery sign and also led started blinking red after 3 or 4 minute led goes blue and screen goes black.

I again connected charger after some time but same happened again and again

Why it is not charging is it a sign of dead battery due to water

Please help me
[Honor 5X Questions & Answers] gopinaidu77:
No the battery is still alive . Charge it for one full night and check again
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Faxo:
Hi.

I am using this rom.

Wich is the best Kernel for it?

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[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] liam_davenport:
Best custom kernel is user's choice right now my personal favorite KronicCore many optimizations + Features
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Noob02:
My favorite is Experimental X. By the way, how do u apply dark theme in rr?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Faxo:
Substratum theme engine. Swift Black
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Faxo:
Link?
[OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers] Noob02:
https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-3/development/kernel-elementalx-op3-0-01-t3404879/page428
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] JUSMEJOSE:
This is official Nougat firmware use this to update or just want to update

CP_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar

BL_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar

AP_VZW_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar

CSC_VZW_N920VVRU3CQB9_N920VVZW3CQB9_CL10809541_QB12868949_REV00_user_low_ship.tar

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=817550096634763863
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] sevenalive:
waiting....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] motiam4:
Please upload it.waiting..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] JUSMEJOSE:
link is up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] NeeN90:
thnx man ;) u saved me a lot of headache with that upload :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] jazzdglass:
I thought I saw a Google forms link on your signature 2 days ago asking who wants unlock? I filled the form. I hope to get a free unlock for my tmobile s7. It currently $70 on eBay. Been going up since last month. ?

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Will this procedure clear data? Factory reset?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] ynag:
Can someone please confirm if this clears existing data? I thought Odin doesn't work in this case because of the locked bootloaded on Verizon?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] gregcapps:
Yes, it probably will. If you are that worried about it, backup your data first. Odin will work even with the bootloader locked. Locked bootloader does not prevent you from loading official firmware.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] Freakyd9984@gmail.com:
What app can we use to back up all data like apps sceen layout ect... since we don't have root on Verizon, I know we can't use titanium back up because we don't have root bit is their a similar app to do what that does
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] gregcapps:
Not sure you'll be able to preserve that. I was referring to user data, not system data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] ramiss:
Helium or My Backup Pro, but they are limited without root, which means some data can be restored, but not all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] patrickpingpong:
I extract and I get several files? None of them being .tar files. Does anyone have the 4 files to flash in odin? Am I the only one who didn't get the 4 files mentioned when extracting the Md5? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] patrickpingpong:
Nobody?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] MrMike2182:
You have to go in odin and select PDA and then add the entire md5 file! If you don't want to do it that way, then you have to download a zipping app like 7z or similar and create the .tar yourself.. Which is pointless unless you're planning on flashing 1 file like the boot.img for a reason or other.. The md5 file has all of the files that need to be flashed there's no need to unzip the files. Just flash as is!

If you're downloading from the OP then you need to unzip the file from the .zip because you can only flash .md5 or .tar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] patrickpingpong:
Thanks. I have issue of my note saying "searching for signal" with full bars until i make a call. I dont think flashing the full file in Ap reset my modem to stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] MrMike2182:
Try flashing a modem only file then which is for that signal.. Also boot into recovery using the 3 button combo and clear your Cache after a flash..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] patrickpingpong:
I've cleared it after flash and no fix. Does anyone have a modem file I could use. Does it have to be from the same firmware version? Sorry just not really experienced just need to fix this phone it's killing me. I got it off Craigslist don't know the history of it I just know that flashing a fresh stock rom didn't fix the issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] MrMike2182:
Is it an actual Verizon phone? And do you know for sure that it's Verizon? Go into settings then about phone and tell me what model it says. If it says other than SM-N920V then it's not a Verizon one.. You can only flash firmware for a specific carrier.. Also check the APN settings too.. And about the modem no you don't have to use the same exact one from the same firmware version you can try a different one however I don't think that'll fix the problem.. Try checking the APN settings first.. Also if you just dropped a sim card into it without first giving Verizon the IMEI then it's not gonna work! You'll have to give them the IMEI and if the IMEI is bad the phone will never work at least not with Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] patrickpingpong:
It is indeed n920v clean imei through verizon prepaid. It gets apn through SIM card which is accurate I have signal T all times and internet/mms work. However when I boot my phone or randomly every so often it will say 'searching for service' throughout the day while still full having signal. During this time I don't receive calls/messages/internet notifications and it is stuck that way until I notice it and dial my voicemail which it then displays "Verizon wireless" and then all notifications come through.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] MrMike2182:
Maybe try using this downgraded version from my Android File Host and flash it using odin but before flashing take the sim card out and after it's done flashing immediately do a factory reset by holding the power and volume down button and after the screen turns off and then back on select shut down and then boot into recovery and do the factory reset after it's finished put the sim card back in then turn it on and go through all the setup and see if it works.. Let the phone charge some first don't try doing this at 3% battery cause if it shuts down in the middle it can brick the phone. Not likely but it could.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=889764386195900074
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] patrickpingpong:
Thank you I'll give it a try
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] MrMike2182:
Did that help fix the issue?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] patrickpingpong:
I'm downloading now at Starbucks it'll be a while I'll report if it is a fix or not. I was under the impression that the 4 slots in Odin need to be filled with their individual files in order to flash everything to stock however I will definitely try this and thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] MrMike2182:
You don't need to fill all 4 slots in odin at all.. Just unzip the file after it's done downloading so it turns from .zip to an .md5 file then open odin and select only the PDA slot that's it nothing else! But before you do that, go into odins option tab and uncheck automatically reboot so the phone won't reboot right away and then do the flash but odin may end up saying that it's not responding but just leave it alone it has to check the 4gb file so it does that for whatever reason but it'll fix itself.. After odin says success then disconnect the phone and hold the buttons like I said so you can select shut down that way your first boot up is to recovery so you can select factory reset..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] patrickpingpong:
It appears to have worked! It says searching for service for 5 seconds then says Verizon wireless automatically and I can receive calls and everything without having to first make a call to connect to the network. I'll keep an eye on it for a few days to make sure it doesn't randomly become disconnected again but looks like a fix. I think it was rooted on nougat by previous owner and somehow left with that issue even after flashing nougat stock. Downgrade seems to be the fix for whatever happened. Thank you I owe you one! And BTW if anyone cares the new Sim cards for straight talk/net10/total wireless are giving me full Verizon lte speeds on prepaid news to me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] MrMike2182:
I was pretty sure that my version of the firmware would work since I made a few changes to it so people could downgrade back from Nougat because they didn't like it for whatever reason.. Downgrading has pretty much been blocked mostly now anyway! I don't think it's possible that your phone was rooted on Nougat because we don't even have root for Marshmallow 6! All we have is console root and it's not really worth it.. When your phone says searching for service it's okay mine does that to right after a reboot! There shouldn't be to much bloatware on that one either.. If you don't want to stay on it you can always upgrade it again but I can't say it'll work the same way that it does now..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] patrickpingpong:
Yeah thanks I don't know what the issue is I'm staying where I'm at you are the man!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] patrickpingpong:
Only issue I'm having now is no volte. I can't find out how to enable it without root/iot hidden menu like previous versions. The only way to turn on in settings is through 'my verizon' app which doesn't work because I don't have a Verizon account. Don't see any solutions in these forums anywhere for enabling volte. Also blue circle with notification above home screen all the time because my phone thinks it's connecting and disconnecting from charger or USB device. Sorry to post again here again
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] scallahan2:
So did anyone get this root to work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] phihnp:
Could anybody let me know whether you did this rom successfully? And give me advise which steps I have to do. My phone not root yet.

Thanks and Best Regards.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] pbman1953:
Question, are these type downloads bloatware free versions?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] adityadirga:
HELP ME

if i flash SM-N920V with latest firmware it will lock network?

i have N920V with ROM N920F its stuck on lollipop, and i want to flash it Nougat or Marshmallow,

i use indonesian simcard on it

thanks for your help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] majidkorai:
For me it didn't :). I flashed the Nougat (7.0) as provided in this thread.

Verizone says they don't lock LTE phones.

check "device-unlocking-policy" on verizone website.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] nanaite:
Bootlooping Note5

This firmware update did not stop my Note5 SM-N920VZDA from boot looping, instead, the phone now shows custom when I try to boot it up. PS: the phone does not boot to recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] fahadalishah:
Download error

The file is not being downloaded there is some error like searching mirrors then error.. kindly help me to download....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] hagayil:
Nougat for note 5 sm-n920v

HI,

How can i get link for download the nougat firmware?

Hagay
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] uknow:
Will these csc work on sprint unlocked running on verizon (everything else works lte,mms etc)I'm trying to get volte and advanced calling to working
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] selma2018:
Aider moi svp

Quel est le meilleur firmware pour Galaxy note 5 pour l'algérie ???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] patrickpingpong:
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post I have spent all day trying to find a solution to this issue and haven't found My help. MrMike2182 you helped solve my "searching for service" issue with nougat I was having by flashing your downgraded version of Android. My note 5 was ruined yesterday so I purchased a used Verizon s6 and am now HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE ON THE S6? What are the odds how does this prep happening to me? What was so special about the files you had me flash that fixed my network issues? I am totally desperate if Anyone could help or point me in the right direction. Every time I restart my phone I have full bars/LTE but not connected to verizon it just says Searching for Service until I make a call then it says Verizon Wireless. After a while it will go back to Searching for Service until I dial a call then I connect to the network again. In between I can receive no calls or texts. I have seen a few others from other phones with this issue that they seemed to have caused by rooting however I don't think this phone can even be rooted. Anyone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] MrMike2182:
The Note 5 files that fixed your problem the first time are my personal files with certain edits and changes.

For the S6:

Find a firmware version that's either the next one or the previous one and extract it and look for modem.bin and then zip the file as a tar and then use odin to flash it and then see if it works. If not try another modem.bin from another one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] patrickpingpong:
Thanks for the help although I am boarderline flashing retarded. I am on 7.0 DQJ1 and I downloaded G920V_G920VVRU4CPK2, 6.0.1 I think from a s6 nougat forum OP that included older firmware files. I extracted it and I get 4 files: AP.. BL.. CL.. and CSC..; all which are MD5 files. Im guessing the modem is in the "CSC_VZW_G920VVZW4CPK2_CL8352520_QB11575015_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5" file ? can I just flash this csc file in odin by itself without any issues? I cannot get any extraction programs to extract an MD5 file. Any help would again be very appreciated. Thanks again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] MrMike2182:
Don't try to extract it while it says md5 at the end first delete the .md5 part so it's left with .tar and then extract it.. Use the rename file feature to delete the .md5 part.. And you can flash anything as long as you are still using bootloader version 4 ..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] pikux:
I know this is reviving an old thread but I wanted to take the time to thank you for this. I had the exact same issue as the other poster. Searching for service on new boot and sometimes randomly other times. Full data service, but no calls or text until I placed an outbound call. I also had an N920V of unknown history (used from craigslist). No Nougat flash worked but admittedly I never did try to clear the cache before I flashed this one so MAYBE that would have fixed the issue. I flashed several versions of Nougat and did a factory data reset several times but only this downgrade firmware fixed it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] pikux:
Sadly I tried to upgrade back to nougat (using smartswitch to RA1 version) and it still didn't work for me. Still stuck searching for service until I made a call. The problem with this downgrade firmware though is that the DJI app isn't working for my drone and unplugging the USB cable instantly reboots the device. The whole reason I upgraded from my note 4 is for a better DJI experience.
[Xiaomi Mi 4] sajedn:
Hey everyone, i just got a new mi 4w and updated it to miui 8.1.6 , everything works pretty fine, except battery! It just dropped from 100% to 88% in 5 mins with off screen.

Is it just because phone is new and battery needs to be calibrated or it's​ a hardware failure ?

How can i calibrate it, if so ?

In normal usage it dropped from 88% to almost 65% in 30 mins (screen was on this time)
[Xiaomi Mi 4] Pandotaz:
Try factory reset, if this doesn't help, reflash the ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] EvoTillIdIE:
With my S8 I noticed it would connect to Wi-Fi randomly going down the road. It was always an xfinity WiFi but it wouldn't really have service. found out hotspot 2.0 is crap turned it off and now no problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] AwaKeN:
I don't see this option on my phone, where is it located ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] EvoTillIdIE:
Advanced Wi-Fi settings
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] DrBoomStick:
I have the same problem with my s10 except I found it but it's grayed out how do I turn it off it's really bugging me