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[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] imarsh72:
I just changed back from a cheap LCD screen back to an amoled screen and replaced home button at same time, afterwards I noticed poorer battery performance but thought It was the screen.

I started using fingerprint at the same time as the previous button didn't work
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Privateblood:
Hi. Thanks again for continuing to support the beloved S5. My biggest gripe with this ROM is that my standby battery drain is much higher compared to the stock ROM. As a person who doesn't actively use his phone that much and only checks it for mails and messages, I need my battery not to drain so much while it sits idly most of the day. Stock ROM does an OK job at that, and I can use the phone around 1,5 days until around 50% battery is left, which is when I usually charge my phone.

When I asked the same question a few months back, the reply I got was that the battery life should be even better on Lineage, but I'm starting to think that by that people understand battery life as the active usage of the phone (screen on time), but my issue is with the standby battery drain, and I tried several versions of the ROM with no improvement on this matter, where my battery gets rapidly drain even when the screen is off without any notifications. Can there be some improvements made on this matter? Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] curiousrom:
LineageOS 16.0 S5 Battery Usage @ Idle - Test

You are comparing apples to oranges. Surely you don't have the exact same setup & the exact same apps as you did on stock Samsung and maybe your battery got older since the last time you were on stock.

I get between 0 & -0.2%/hour battery usage at idle.

That's with my old S5 OEM 2015 battery, on WiFi, sync & Data enabled including Gmail, WhatsApp & Reddit, default Balanced power profile, Play Store auto-update disabled, on a Galaxy S5 G900M LineageOS 16.0 klte + Open GApps Pico + LineageOS AddonSU, no custom kernel or system mods of any kind, 200+ third-party apps including 20 with root privileges.

Optimize as described in S5 Remove Animations UI Speedup Test - Taming Google & Apps.

Follow the links for tips + idle battery usage analyzing apps & screenshots in S5 New Battery Life

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[MENTION=9621336]Privateblood[/MENTION] - edited to add: Try this:

Install GSam Battery Monitor and give it all the permissions it wants.

GSam > triangle (Delta) menu select > Since Screen Off.

Create a GSam icon shortcut for quick access on the Home desktop.

Use the S5 & discharge the battery to 90% or less.

Connect to Wifi or cellular data like you do normally.

Clear Recent apps & disable clock alarms if you have any.

Disable lock screen if you have that.

Don't touch including don't move the S5 for at least 6 hours.

As soon as you turn on the phone open GSam & take a screenshot as fast as possible. The reason is that the display on eats a lot of battery & will skew the results.

Then you can explore the different panels in GSam & make additional screenshots if you wish. Important ones: Phone Radio because cellular reception quality may affect battery usage & Held Awake to make sure the device Light & Deep sleeps (Doze).

I attached a GSam screenshot where you can see 0% battery usage in 8h 25m. :eek:

I'm pretty sure is not really zero as there are no decimals except for the %/hour so maybe it's from 80.9 to 80.1% for example but still it's less than 1% of battery usage in 8 hours & 25 minutes of idle time.

BTW there is a GSam user guide which is a little bit dated but informative.

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Maybe you could do the same GSam test as described above 2 times: first with screen lock but without any registered fingerprints then again with screen lock + fingerprints? And don't change any other settings so not to introduce other variables.

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[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] pacard17:
Hey guys,

Having a real rough time with this rom. Was hoping for a little direction.

1. Are the nightly builds the most stable releases? Or is there another official release I should be using. (I followed the link posted at the beginning of this thread)

2. Assuming I'm using the most stable release, here's what's happening. After syncing my contacts to my laptop via myphoneexplorer (local device account; not google acct-refuse to put anything on their servers), after I restart the device, the local phone account and all contacts within are removed. I'm completely stumped. Any recommendations? (No ext sdcard in use, 900v model, if I delete the google acct, the behavior seems to stop)

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] guest4711:
I had this problems years ago when I did a dirty flash coming from another ROM.

Make sure to perform a clean install (wiping system, cache, dalvik *and* data, so backup your valuable data before!)
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] pacard17:
I'm 1000% sure I did a clean install. I'm anal about that and didn't want to do a ton of work....only to wind up w a problem like this. Uhg. Any other thoughts?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] curiousrom:
MyPhoneExplorer Contacts Sync Problem - LineageOS

Yes.

No.

Looking at the MyPhoneExplorer website they have MyPhoneExplorer 1.8.12 with "adaptions to Android 9". Is that the version you have?

They have a forum linked in that page. It's mostly in German but there is an English section.

To make the log short & relevant you could reboot, sync contacts with MyPhoneExplorer & then use SysLog to quickly capture a logcat.

Then reboot to reproduce the problem & capture an other logcat.

Then attach both logcats to a post in that forum.

SysLog's Play Store & Github pages explains how to give the app the required permission via adb if you don't have root:

adb shell pm grant com.tortel.syslog android.permission.READ_LOGS

Syslog on GitHub with F-Droid + Play Store links.

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Not a fix but I remember a post by a MyPhoneExplorer user with a similar problem. His workaround:

MyPhoneExplorer > export to VCF.

Copy VCF to phone.

LineageOS Contacts > Settings > Import > .vcf file.

Maybe you could try to sync again w/ MyPhoneExplorer after doing that.

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[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] pacard17:
Thanks for the input. I have root so if updating MPE doesn't work, I'll see what i can uncover w logs or just start over again. Uhg
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Anikscha:
Look at the attached screenshot first...

NO, but friends hang around here a lot and if one of them used my device, I will still walk in front, YES, without asking!

Surveillance and aggressive data mining are growing unscrupulous. That’s why alternative projects come up and some successfully.

Algorithms taking over our future and the Cambridge Analytica scandal is a well known example or lesser known AggregateIQ.

Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom!

[MENTION=3946657]xanthrax[/MENTION]

Feel free and act as needed, we will accordingly. :cool:

My statement is here, but the one from your team to clarify the issue is still missing, but essential for trust!

Wouldn’t that post exist, it had to be made.

"Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is not different, than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say."

To prevent wrong conclusions:

“Anikscha” means “Impermanence” in Tibetan philosophy (same pronunciation, spelling differs)

Grown up around "Woodstock" times, we are used to social rise-ups, but our future won’t be hit by algorithms based on data mining as much as your future…!

Take care
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Rhino42:
sd card issue

hi guys,

running latest nightly build on g900f. I have issues with my sd card. LOS says there is a problem and tries to format the card. that fails, just won't finish. I cant access the card through file manager. I can access through LinuxPC. Did a backup. All Files are undamaged i suppose. Also its vfat format.

I had AOSP Extended Pie before and it was the same issue. And before that an ages old rooted cyanogenmod, i believe, but dont know any further, since the device is from a friend of mine.

Any suggestions please? Thx, in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] J-Lindo:
You might have better luck formatting to Fat32. I'm not sure how well Android does with vfat.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Rhino42:
I read that osmosis wrote vfat fat32 or exfat is the way to go, also to make that on the phone.

I formatted in twrp, it was successful, still same issue tho. after that I formatted on the phone again. And again says succesful and ready to use, but same issue as before...

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Nevermind. Sd card is broken. new one is working. thx anyways
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] sharktm:
probably a big security flaw: you can use the drop down menu with the screen locked, things like disabling the location or airplane mode does not require the unlock pattern/pin/etc. (which make useless the device erase/localisation in case it's stolen, if someone just can disable the location and put the phone on airplane mode without unlocking the screen).

just disabling the mobile data (which can be disabled anyway on the airplane mode) or modifying the drop down menu or accessing settings seems to require the screen unlock....

tested on the most recent build 20191020 and 17 octomber pico opengapps version.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] pru1:
I recommend EdXposed and NoQSInLockScreen module.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] rankin1:
Yes I find that a flaw as well and also access to the power menu on the lockscreen
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] pacard17:
Issue RESOLVED! Tried everything I could think of short of deleting the rom and starting over. The phone simply wouldn't allow me to create a local phone account exclusive of my google account. It seemed like the second I connected to my google account, it would delete the phone account.

Solution: Installed MyLocalAccount from Google Play. Made by the same company that makes MyPhoneExplorer. Rebooted and the contacts were still there. If anything changes, I'll let you guys know, but I think I cracked this riddle. FINALLY!

Appreciate everyone's assistance! Now if i could just get time stamps on my sms via Mood Messenger! lol
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] xyz_969:
I agree, this is pretty bad and should be fixed.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Joe333x:
Does it bother anyone else that the folders on the launcher are always circles even if your icons are squares?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] kurtn:
No
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] dtr.:
Suddenly I can access my dropdown menu from my lockscreen ?? Before entering my pin !!!

Please fix this asap as this is a major security flaw _ thanks for your time and resolution of this issue

Klte SMG900f 20th October nightly RoM

Magisk 20 rooted
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] kurtn:
To report a regression, you have to name a version that worked well in that topic.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] dtr.:
Just updated to 22 Oct same issue I can access my dropdown menu from my lock screen before I enter my pin . . .

Will do a complete wipe / format data / reboot recovery then install 15.10.ROM via fastboot and PC I'm hoping this fixes this issue as it is s very bad security flaw being able to access a dropdown menu in a lockscreen before entering a pin really really is NOT good . .

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Me too just noticed this on my phone v bad security flaw needs sorted out asap
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] kevin#34:
recently I noticed that youtube app is not updating anymore (latest update was july 30th) and neither playstore propose update...

anybody experiencing the same?

I have Klte SMG 900F with 18th October nightly ROM
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] sharktm:
yes, play store installs only this older version on both nano and pico gapps.

I updated youtube to the latest version using the .apk from apkmirror.

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also the accessible drop down menu buttons with the screen locked seems to be a stupid "feature" on many other phones with the most recent android version even on stock roms.

like the newer galaxy s10 for example:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s10/help/disable-swipe-menu-lockscreen-t3914058

security on android seems to be a really bad joke.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] kevin#34:
ok, I will download latest version from apkmirror as you suggested, thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] cexcells:
I have a stock galaxy S8 and I can access this the same way from the lock screen. It is the default behaviour.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Reverse-anastomosis:
Unless you guys are not reporting the whole story then this is a feature, not a flaw. Have you actually tried toggling anything in the menu? Anything intrusive requires entry of the pin. Arguably being able to toggle GPS on and off would be considered intrusive, but you can remove that icon and then it cannot be changed without the pin. To my knowledge this is standard behavior, not a bug or security flaw. [MENTION=4122877]curiousrom[/MENTION], are you back online yet? Could you weigh in here?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] xyz_969:
To be fair, this is not just a LineageOS issue, because I tested several other phones (Motorola, Nexus 5X, Samsung S10 etc.) and all of them behave the same. Even an iPhone allows this.

As for toggling anything intrusive - yes, although it depends on someone's definition of intrusive. It is possible to toggle anything that's on the tiles menu. This means airplane mode, location, LTE data, everything. The tiles are not editable, so it's not possible to access something that was not already available there.

So if someone is worried about a would-be thief turning on airplane mode to avoid remote locking or wiping, the corresponding function should not be offered as a tile and problem is solved. Of course, this means some loss of convenience... but based on this, it seems indeed to be a feature rather than a flaw. It's up to the user to configure what is accessible and what is not.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Reverse-anastomosis:
What's funny is that not everything can be toggled without a pin. My VPN tile requires a pin to activate.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] dcarvil:
My Pixel 3 running stock Android 10 is the same - some tiles can be toggled without a PIN, and some cannot.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] pacard17:
...and the struggle continues. lol. dog somehow got hold of my ext-sd card sitting on the table (i had taken it out because somehow it got corrupted moving it between 2 S5 phones). So need another. what's the max size card i can use w/ the S5 running lineage 16? Is it still 128gb? figured i'd ask before i buy another. just wondering, is the size limitation a hardware or software limitation?

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not sure why i can't make this a separate post but on another topic...

interesting development. phone was working fine. put it in airplane mode and flew across country. turned the phone on....no data. phone acts like there's no sim card in it. if i put the sim card in my old phone, it works fine. but it refuses to work in my newer S5...which worked the day before. any suggestions?

data saver off, background data enabled, data enabled. phone won't let me modify apn or add a new apn either (if that helps diagnose at all)

thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] curiousrom:
S5 No Cellular Data - Micro SD Card

"turned the phone on....no data. phone acts like there's no sim card in it" - what does that mean exactly? Just no cell data or no network so no phone calls or SMS or IMEI in About phone? What does it say in About phone > SIM status?

See S5 LineageOS super clean install which includes links to update modem, restoring EFS partition backup & formatting Micro SD Card.

AFAIK 256 GB is the max for S5 as per https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s5-6033.php but Samsung support - What size memory card does my Galaxy smartphone accept? says 128 GB.

How old is your SIM?

I am asking because on S3 i9300 LineageOS 14.1 for 2 weeks I could receive but not send SMS. Then I bought a Galaxy S5 SM-G900M & on LineageOS 15.1 official inserted that old SIM and still had the can't send SMS problem + was not getting LTE.

Went to my network provider's shop & got a new SIM & LTE appeared instantly on the status bar after booting it. And the SMS problem was solved.

Some network providers do not provision the SIM properly or block provisioning on custom firmwares. Some even block the APN settings panel.

The workarounds: insert your SIM in an other phone with stock firmware, send an SMS & wait for 10 minutes for provisioning. Or get a new SIM.

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What is your network provider? Do you have a prepaid plan? Are you sure that data is enabled for it?

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[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] pacard17:
I have 3 S5's. Just put the sim card in a third phone. No issues. Working as expected. So right now it's limited to just the S5 w/ LOS 16. Using StraightTalk. Never experienced this problem w/ the other 2 S5's. When it's in the phone giving my trouble, SIM STATUS = "NO SERVICE" = no data, no sms, no phone calls.

There's is zero chance that it was a dirty install. I always wipe everything first. Always. Just don't want to deal w/ any doubts arising from dirty flashes.

Can't see how this helps. The SIM works fine in two other phones and was working fine for the phone in question until I flew to a different destination and turned off airplane mode. Maybe i'm missing your point.

Hmm.

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Anyone using a 256GB sd-card in their S5? Want to confirm it's use before i buy one. Thought 128GB was the max but GSM Arena says max is 256GB.

Thanks,
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] curiousrom:
Re: S5 No Cellular Data G900V

"I have 3 S5's. Just put the sim card in a third phone. No issues..." - No data points so that limited info does not help to troubleshoot in anyway. Exact model? OS? Modem?

"IM STATUS = "NO SERVICE" = no data, no sms, no phone calls." - See EFS Partition link mentioned above. Several S5 G900V users reported in this thread solving a No Service problem by restoring a EFS Partition backup in TWRP.

Edit: [MENTION=2077790]pacard17[/MENTION] - See No Network, No IMEI, No SIM & EFS Partition Restore Fix.

"I always wipe everything first." - Wipe is not the same as Format Data. See link mentioned above.

"Can't see how this helps. The SIM works fine in two other phones" - Search web with SIM provisioning. Old SIM have old embedded software & are bad at it. I gave you the example of old SIM in my S5 w/o LTE & instant LTE with a new SIM. So age of SIM does matter.

They are cheap anyway in USA so why not get a new one?

"StraightTalk" - Straight Talk is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) which is marketing speak for a reseller of network services. It's not a real network provider & sometimes they switch which real network provider they are using depending on the nearest cellular tower.

Several S5 users reported problems with MVNO's & often compounded by old modems.

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[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] g3llings:
G900V LTE Issues

Hi everyone,

I have been running this rom since LOS 15, but lately I have been having LTE issues on Verizon. Setting Preferred network type to CDMA+LTE/EVDO or GLOBAL seems to make everything work, but LTE sometimes ranges from 0.1 mbps to maximum around 10 mbps, but typically stays below 3 mbps. I update about once a month hoping something changes, but no luck. Currently running the 10/07 nightly.

I went and got a new SIM card today since I was running my original 5 yr old SIM, but no change. Flashing an EFS backup sometimes helps to boost speed closer to 10 mbps, but not always. Maybe my EFS backup is corrupt? Hoping to keep this phone going as long as possible!

Edit: forgot to mention that my service is always labeled as Roaming Indicator Off. I tried a switcher as someone mentioned on here previously but that caused me to have no service.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] Reverse-anastomosis:
For some reason on KLTE(g900v) with lineage 16.0 I always had trouble like this. I just kept a known working backup of the EFS partition on the phone. Whenever it would do this I'd go to TWRP and restore the working EFS.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] pacard17:
Will go through the EFS steps linked above. I hadn't made a full backup yet of the new ROM, so I'll have to do it the long way.

anyone using a 256GB sd card in their S5?
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] g3llings:
[MENTION=4122877]curiousrom[/MENTION]

Thanks for the help curiousrom!

I downloaded both apps you suggested and will let thebattery monitor run throughout the night and day tomorrow. My signal graph is all over the place from playing with preferred network settings and swapping SIM cards today... It seems to have pulled in data from before the app was even installed. Network Signal Info caused my phone to freeze whenever it was running (using too many resources?), but I did manage to get a screenshot of it running.

I did look at SIM status under About Phone a few times today and it seemed to sit around -95 to -105 which said "good" to "fair" in a chart I looked at, which is what made me switch SIMs. I saw as poor as -122 tonight with the new SIM. I live in a small town so it makes sense signal wouldn't be the greatest (it shows 2 bars sitting on my couch) but I work in the city with many cell towers and have full signal, which is where my LTE speed on Ookla shows below 1 mbps most of the time.

I will try to update the modem, I believe that's how I got service working on this ROM in the first place but I can't remember. I know at one point I had to go back to 15.1 and do a backup, so my EFS could be from that. Hopefully that helps, and I will make a new backup and give an update.
[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] curiousrom:
Re: S5 LTE Download Speed Variations

That's weird. Try uninstalling it, reboot & install gain. Maybe it does not like CDMA phones?

Logs are much better to troubleshoot. You could try Network Monitor (Play) or Network Monitor on F-Droid. Works on my S5.

Big city = tons of people using cell data during work hours so slow speed if provider's equipment is old.

A good comparative download speed test would be 2 phones next to each other connected to the same provider & repeating the test 5-6 times.

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[Samsung Galaxy S 5 Unified Development] g3llings:
Test results

[MENTION=4122877]curiousrom[/MENTION]

Here are some results after reflashing the latest modem. It seems to have helped.

Testing from my house with 2 signal bars (~108dbm) consistently produced 9-13 mbps where before I would get 3-8 mbps, typically closer to 3. The service was also labelled as Verizon Wireless in my notification panel.

After waking up this morning I noticed that it is once again labeled as Roaming Indicator Off which makes me think something is still not 100% correct, but tests on the ride in got up to 50 mbps near a tower!

After getting to work I did a few tests at full signal (~78dbm) which according to network cell info lite shows a tower in my building. That made me realize any issues here are due to a private cell tower. This showed anywhere from 0.25 mbps to 9.36 mbps.

I will confirm after work that my LTE is still working correctly, the Roaming Indicator Off makes me nervous.

Thanks again for the help, and thanks for the help with attachments!