Samsung Galaxy S5 User Thread

[darickster09]

I wonder if they fixed an issue with hotspot.  When I would turn on hotspot in the past while on LTE it would work fine, and then if for whatever reason i dropped down to 3G or lost signal for even a second, Hotspot would totally turn off.  Wonder if this has been fixed because its a pain to have to reconnect all your devices constantly if you are in an area with questionable signal...  I am downloading right now.  all 366.65 MB of it.  lol.  

 

if you all didnt notice its got the number 666 in it.  LOL.  I just got a laugh out of that.  

 

Any issues with updating it on a rooted GS5?

[darickster09]

Oh also does download booster work????

 

Also wondering if what I saw on the Note Edge happened on the GS5.  On the note edge from what i noticed you could select band priority!  Anyone know if this is true not he GS5 now?

[darickster09]

Hey guys so I have a GS5 and it was rooted under 4.4.2, well I have tried going back to factory in all ways I can think of, but even in factory 4.4.2 I am still getting the Software update message of The operating system has been modified in an unauthorized way.  

 

Any way of fixing this so i can get the 4.4.4 update?

[Destroyallcubes]

Hey guys so I have a GS5 and it was rooted under 4.4.2, well I have tried going back to factory in all ways I can think of, but even in factory 4.4.2 I am still getting the Software update message of The operating system has been modified in an unauthorized way.  

 

Any way of fixing this so i can get the 4.4.4 update?

Did you use towelroot? Or twrp root?

[darickster09]

Did you use towelroot? Or twrp root?

 

towelroot...

 

I did a full unroot via SuperUser...

[Destroyallcubes]

towelroot...

 

I did a full unroot via SuperUser...

Hmm weird I'm about to see what happens. Maybe something tripped Knox?

 

Edit : so far so good at 32% no errors.

[darickster09]

Hmm weird I'm about to see what happens. Maybe something tripped Knox?

 

Edit : so far so good at 32% no errors.

 

I dont suppose there is a way to untrip knox?  lol.

[Destroyallcubes]

I dont suppose there is a way to untrip knox?  lol.

well mine worked fine. Idk what could be your issue, have you used any mods? You might take it in to a sprint store, and see what they say, given they can't find any proof of root or mods, you may get a new one.

[darickster09]

I am trying to reflash it with stock 4.4.2 and then ill try to update it.   I'll keep ya all updated.

[darickster09]

Hmm weird I'm about to see what happens. Maybe something tripped Knox?

 

Edit : so far so good at 32% no errors.

 

Hey Jeremy can you do me a favor when you get yours working.  Can you test out if Sprint "unlocked" download booster???  That feature has intrigued me since the S5 was released and the booster was not there on Sprint...  Thanks.

[Destroyallcubes]

Hey Jeremy can you do me a favor when you get yours working.  Can you test out if Sprint "unlocked" download booster???  That feature has intrigued me since the S5 was released and the booster was not there on Sprint...  Thanks.

I don't see it on stock 4.4.4 . I am waiting to root until towel root works for 4.4.4. So idk when I'd be able to test a mod.

[Destroyallcubes]

Anyone experience stock 4.4.4 saying it was custom software? It is completely stock and haven't even flashed anything to trip Knox or make it custom since the update.

[darickster09]

Well it worked!  I am now on 4.4.4    

 

Anyone experience stock 4.4.4 saying it was custom software? It is completely stock and haven't even flashed anything to trip Knox or make it custom since the update.

 

Jeremy PM me.  I think i have a fix for this.  

[mc_gusto]

Is the system update icon finally gone?

Still there!

[mmark27]

Can you take a screenshot of what you're talking about?

 

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5

[greenbastard]

OK, I've been burned bad before with updates, so I'll go ahead and ask 2 simple questions which are important to me.

 

1. Cell data reception. Is reception on B26 LTE better? Worse? What about B41?

 

2. Can towelroot still be used without tripping Knox? I cannot go back to using apps without tablet metrics. Its just a pet peeve of mine having all this screen space and having apps look bulky.

 

Thanks in advance for any answers thrown my way guys.

[mmark27]

OK, I've been burned bad before with updates, so I'll go ahead and ask 2 simple questions which are important to me.

 

1. Cell data reception. Is reception on B26 LTE better? Worse? What about B41?

 

2. Can towelroot still be used without tripping Knox? I cannot go back to using apps without tablet metrics. Its just a pet peeve of mine having all this screen space and having apps look bulky.

 

Thanks in advance for any answers thrown my way guys.

Look over the last 2 pages.

 

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5

[greenbastard]

Look over the last 2 pages.

 

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5

Sorry, got a bit exited there and didn't read.

 

I'd still like a few more people to chime in on reception. Each situation is different.

[Destroyallcubes]

Sorry, got a bit exited there and didn't read.

I'd still like a few more people to chime in on reception. Each situation is different.

Personally band 26 on fringe areas went down. Used to get it in a few locations i dont get it now. Band 25 seems about the same.

[darickster09]

Ok so here are my experiences with updating to 4.4.4    I had to completely reflash 4.4.2 firmware onto my GS5 using Odin because that was the only way to get my GS5 to apply the update, otherwise it said my phone OS had been modified.  

 

So after the update I am noticing several things that I like, and a few that i am not so sure about.

 

1. I am connecting to LTE better.  I.E. now the handoff between 3g/LTE (b25/b26) is flawless.  I have not been able to test B41 yet.  Only issue here is that where I live i am in a fringe area of LTE.  I am on the Florida/Georgia border and none of the towers in Georgia(my area have LTE on yet) so i rely on Florida LTE towers.  So my phone will constantly be swapping between 3 different LTE signals.  2 B26 and 1 B25 signal.  So I have issues with sending and receiving Texts.  Otherwise the handoff is awesome compare to in 4.4.2!

 

2. The camera is now great!  It loads much faster

 

3. The new release of Sprint Zone didnt come with 4.4.4 so now I'm back to the old on that (though i can't really say its that horrible, though I did like what they did to the new app on 4.4.2

 

4. Towelroot does not work on 4.4.4 on the GS5  (I have heard that the creator of TR now works for google closing these exploits, so i dont think there will be another TR version that comes out, but with that being said I hope that someone else takes up that area and comes up with a root for the OS.  

 

5. Signalcheck now shows neighboring Cells!!!!  

 

6. Con:  No root means no reset in SignalCheck.

 

7. good thing I had my MSL before the update, since there is no root I cannot use the MSL app to get it. 

 

8. in ##3282#  I found a new addition to those settings called "ItsOn"    it is in default of being in the on position,  But its blacked out, so there is no way to turn it off, and when you click more settings it says Intent Set.  So I am not sure what this is if its good or bad? Any opinions on this?  Also noticed LTE band 3 has been removed from Advanced settings.

 

Overall it seems that the new update has brought some good new stuff and I am sure that 5.0 will be even better.  

 

If anyone has any trouble with doing the update due to the issue I mentioned when I did my update please by all means contact me and I will help!

 

Kevin

 

 

By far the biggest thing I miss is the reset function of SignalCheck!  Wonder if there is anyway around this without root...

[clbowens]

8. in ##3282#  I found a new addition to those settings called "ItsOn"    it is in default of being in the on position,  But its blacked out, so there is no way to turn it off, and when you click more settings it says Intent Set.  So I am not sure what this is if its good or bad? Any opinions on this?  Also noticed LTE band 3 has been removed from Advanced settings.

 

 

That could be this:  http://www.itsoninc.com/news/sprint-selects-itsons-smart-service-virtual-network-technology-to-power-future-no-contract-mobile-services/

[mmark27]

NKB in testing.....guess what, ladies....Android 5.0

 

http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SM-G900P-SPRINT/NKB.rdf

 

 

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5

[greenbastard]

Is there a guide to root 4.4.4 yet (don't care for Knox tripping)? At this point, I can't use a phone anymore without root access

[UPdownLoAD]

NKB in testing.....guess what, ladies....Android 5.0

 

http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SM-G900P-SPRINT/NKB.rdf

 

 

sent from an underwater dust storm with my Sprint S5

See anything coming for the S5 Sport?

[mmark27]

See anything coming for the S5 Sport?

 

What's the model number for the Sport?  (ie, S5 is SM-G900P)

 

Nevermind, I found it G860P. 

 

I don't see anything past NJ2 (I'll assume you have NG1 on there now) http://device.sprintpcs.com/Samsung/SM-G860P-SPRINT/NJ2.rdf but that's still listed as 4.4.2