Samsung Galaxy S5 User Thread

[mc_gusto]

Hmm. That's weird. That fixed all my YouTube issues. Thought it might help you.

 

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5

Thanks for the tip. Just read about it elsewhere looks like an interesting little hack that might speed up other things. Just didn't help with this one little bug.

[LuisBOSS302]

Anyone had any luck with slim extended battery.

 

I just bought a 4350 mah battery on eBay so I hope it's good. I only had it for two days and it's a bit better than the stock battery.

 

My battery life on the S5 is awful. Tried everything to get Android OS and Android system to waste a minimal of battery but they are always my top 2 battery hoggers. On the stock battery I'd get 7 hours of life on heavy usage.

[mmark27]

Anyone had any luck with slim extended battery.

 

I just bought a 4350 mah battery on eBay so I hope it's good. I only had it for two days and it's a bit better than the stock battery.

 

My battery life on the S5 is awful. Tried everything to get Android OS and Android system to waste a minimal of battery but they are always my top 2 battery hoggers. On the stock battery I'd get 7 hours of life on heavy usage.

I never put anything but OEM batteries in my devices. Too expensive for cheap batteries. That's how phones burn up. I have 2 stock batteries I can swap.

 

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5

[mc_gusto]

Android L on the S5, interesting.

 

http://m.androidcentral.com/android-l-samsung-galaxy-s5

[mc_gusto]

Anyone get the new update?

 

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/10/02/samsung-says-the-sprint-galaxy-s5-should-be-getting-its-android-4-4-4-ota-g900pvpu1ani4-now/

[mmark27]

Anyone get the new update?

 

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/10/02/samsung-says-the-sprint-galaxy-s5-should-be-getting-its-android-4-4-4-ota-g900pvpu1ani4-now/

It's not rolling out yet. No announcement or source posted. Just a confused Samsung Help Page. Hopefully soon though.

 

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5

[jarablue]

I say the end of Oct we'll get 4.4.4. With this release being messed up so far on Sprint, I think there is an underlying problem. We'll be lucky to see it in 2 weeks. That's my .02 cents.

[jreuschl]

Now that you have used the S5 for a while, would you do it again?  I know it isn't the best RF-wise.  It is so tempting to order the Note 4 with the $200 trade-in credit, but the FCC RF values are at best equal and maybe a little worse than the S5

[mmark27]

Now that you have used the S5 for a while, would you do it again? I know it isn't the best RF-wise. It is so tempting to order the Note 4 with the $200 trade-in credit, but the FCC RF values are at best equal and maybe a little worse than the S5

RF perception is weak with the S5, but it's been usable everywhere I've been. I like a lot of other things about it but if you're basing it off RF, then you could do better. For me the IP67 is a big draw, so I wouldn't go another direction until there's a worthy successor with that. So that means I wouldn't look at the Note.

 

My biggest gripe is the slow startup with the camera, but that might just be a new Samsung feature as reviews show the Note4 takes a few ticks to open.

 

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5

[LuisBOSS302]

Anyone else having issues with the default messaging app regarding emojis?

 

Whenever people send me emojis I never receive them. Only time I find out what emoji people send me is when I open up Google Voice. I would use hangouts but it didn't work for me. On hangouts I wouldn't receive texts, texts didn't send, and multimedia messages were a pain. I stopped using hangouts since the last update when they changed the layout.

[mc_gusto]

Anyone else having issues with the default messaging app regarding emojis?

 

Whenever people send me emojis I never receive them. Only time I find out what emoji people send me is when I open up Google Voice. I would use hangouts but it didn't work for me. On hangouts I wouldn't receive texts, texts didn't send, and multimedia messages were a pain. I stopped using hangouts since the last update when they changed the layout.

I thought the emoji issue was with google voice passing it along. Even though you can see it in Google voice app, I always thought something gets lost in the handout. I never get certain emojis.

[LuisBOSS302]

I thought the emoji issue was with google voice passing it along. Even though you can see it in Google voice app, I always thought something gets lost in the handout. I never get certain emojis.

it's annoying. I hope it's fixed in the next software update.

 

If only Hangouts was more reliable I'd go back.

[Destroyallcubes]

So I had a nexus 5. It broke did an insurance claim, got a note 3, since they stopped the nexus 5. Just traded the note 3 for an s5. Well what I can say for sure the s5 has some damn well band 26 performance. I get band 26 inside my house even where my nexus 5 would not. Even my hotspot has trouble in some spots. How is everyones b41 signal strength usually compared to an older triband phone?

[greenbastard]

Did you get any sort of LTE on your Nexus?

[Destroyallcubes]

Did you get any sort of LTE on your Nexus?

Only in the right window or place in my house. Never while using it in my room. This is the best rf performer ive had.

[darickster09]

Greetings Everyone.  So I am trying to figure something out.  So I have hotspot on my GS5 and I use it quite a bit.  Well i recently decided to try out 5Ghz instead of the 2.4Ghz.  My only issue here is my Chromecast will not connect to 5Ghz wifi, only 2.4Ghz.  So I suppose my question here is, Is there anyway to keep both 2.4 and 5Ghz enabled?  I keep running into an issue when i enable 5Ghz mode 2.4 gets disabled and visa versa. 

 

Any suggestions would be great!  Thanks everyone.

[COZisBack]

Greetings Everyone.  So I am trying to figure something out.  So I have hotspot on my GS5 and I use it quite a bit.  Well i recently decided to try out 5Ghz instead of the 2.4Ghz.  My only issue here is my Chromecast will not connect to 5Ghz wifi, only 2.4Ghz.  So I suppose my question here is, Is there anyway to keep both 2.4 and 5Ghz enabled?  I keep running into an issue when i enable 5Ghz mode 2.4 gets disabled and visa versa. 

 

Any suggestions would be great!  Thanks everyone.

 

Nope. I believe when I was looking through FCC docs for the Note 4 that it will not allow simultaneous broadcasting of both. I'm pretty sure that would be the same for the GS5. 

[greenbastard]

Only in the right window or place in my house. Never while using it in my room. This is the best rf performer ive had.

That doesn't sound right. Did you mess with the radio or band settings? Because the Nexus 5 is a better rf performer than the GS5. Or maybe you had a defective Nexus 5.

[Destroyallcubes]

That doesn't sound right. Did you mess with the radio or band settings? Because the Nexus 5 is a better rf performer than the GS5. Or maybe you had a defective Nexus 5.

Nope nexus 5 had great rf elsewhere. My house is an RF black hole. Even found in Target I get LTE almost everywhere as I used to not get barely any.

[jnadke]

RF perception is weak with the S5, but it's been usable everywhere I've been. I like a lot of other things about it but if you're basing it off RF, then you could do better. For me the IP67 is a big draw, so I wouldn't go another direction until there's a worthy successor with that. So that means I wouldn't look at the Note.

 

My biggest gripe is the slow startup with the camera, but that might just be a new Samsung feature as reviews show the Note4 takes a few ticks to open.

 

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5

 

I compared my S4 and S5 side-by-side, the S4 was only around 2.5 dB better on Band 25 than the S5.

 

Of course, the S5 is a lot less power hungry and supports Band 26.

 

 

Also, the 1x800 reception on the S5 is about 10 dB better on the S5 than the S4.  There really wasn't a contest.

Edited October 21, 2014 by jnadke

[jnadke]

I had the opportunity to buy an S5 on Craigslist for $300 and sold my S4 (not Triband version) for $200.

 

 

So I joined the club for $100.  Very happy with the device and I'm not looking back at all.

 

B26 capability is very nice and the device gets 1x800 in my work cubicle (metal building) where my S4 would go to voicemail.

 

 

WiFi stability and range is stellar compared to the S4.  The S4 would struggle all the time on the work WiFi mesh network, the S5 hands off to other base stations without a hiccup.

Edited October 21, 2014 by jnadke

[mmark27]

WiFi stability and range is stellar compared to the S4.  The S4 would struggle all the time on the work WiFi mesh network, the S5 hands off to other base stations without a hiccup.

 

This for sure, solid hand offs on complicated networks.  The WiFi is probably too strong, honestly.  Keeps a signal forever away from my house (when on a dog walk) or walking to my car after work.  But that signal, isn't real usable.

 

Glad you like the phone.  I really wish it had a better camera in low light, but otherwise, I'm pretty satisfied.

[mc_gusto]

The low light camera really is horrible. Maybe my biggest complaint.

[darickster09]

Nope. I believe when I was looking through FCC docs for the Note 4 that it will not allow simultaneous broadcasting of both. I'm pretty sure that would be the same for the GS5. 

 

So how is that a safety concern?  Just curious.  Also do you know if devices that are actually hotspot are in the same ship?  The reason I bring this up is I have a chrome cast device on my TV and its only able to see 2.4 and connect to 2.4 wifi.  Ive recently discovered how much more throughput i get out of 5ghz on my phones hotspot so I keep it on 5, but after that discovery unfortunately I discovered the issue with the chrome cast only connecting to 2.4.  I have since gotten a temp fix for 80 bucks.  bought a network extender and the chrome cast connects to that 2.4 signal.

[darickster09]

Oh yeah also had one other question for GS5 users.  Is your phone constantly doing software updates?  Mine is and I am not sure why.  But it keeps brining up that checkmark in a circle saying software update.  This happens multiple times a day.  I am connected to B26 LTE at the time it happens.