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Changes in 5.1.1

Figure it would be nice to have a thread of changes we have found in 5.1.1
For me the UI feels a LITTLE more responsive, nothing major. That's all I have seen.
What about others?

For me so far it has been better standby time. Battery.

I notice somewhat better performance in general, phone just feels a little snappier. Battery life obviously can't be judged yet, might factory reset later if it gets worse (stupid Google Play Music device limit).
This is super minor, but I notice that the time it takes for the phone to verify the encryption passphrase is about half of what it was. And most people will likely not care about this either, but the T-Mobile jingle aligns with the T-Mobile white screen during boot up now.

Agree it's very very early, but I had pretty bad battery drain for the first few hours after I updated. Cleared cache via the stock recovery and it seems to be much better.

Definitely feels snappier.. I've noticed slightly better battery life.. But I can't really tell yet.. Just gotta use the phone and figure out any immediate changes

se1000 said:
Agree it's very very early, but I had pretty bad battery drain for the first few hours after I updated. Cleared cache via the stock recovery and it seems to be much better.
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I just cleared my cache with stock recovery too, and when it rebooted, it said the update failed, which is strange since I updated it 11 hours ago, and I'm definitely on 5.1.1.

stevessvt said:
I just cleared my cache with stock recovery too, and when it rebooted, it said the update failed, which is strange since I updated it 11 hours ago, and I'm definitely on 5.1.1.
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I noticed that too. I had to reboot twice into recovery (had to go back into Android because I needed to decrypt my phone to clear cache). Both times it said "Installing system update". No ertror mesage, though.

Updated this morning. Played around with my phone for a bit and then did a factory reset for the heck of it. So far it's pretty decent. I like the new camera feature and the removable S Finder and Quick Connect boxes too. I've been running it with everything turned on for almost a month and was getting great battery life. So far the battery is doing pretty good as I'm using it quite heavily.
Launched from my?T-Mobile Galaxy S6 ? 5.1.1 ?

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Updated this morning. Played around with my phone for a bit and then did a factory reset for the heck of it. So far it's pretty decent. I like the new camera feature and the removable S Finder and Quick Connect boxes too. I've been running it with everything turned on for almost a month and was getting great battery life. So far the battery is doing pretty good as I'm using it quite heavily.
Launched from my?T-Mobile Galaxy S6 ? 5.1.1 ?
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What new camera feature?
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What new camera feature?
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Adjusting the brightness on screen while using focus before taking a pic.
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What new camera feature?
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philliman said:
Updated this morning. Played around with my phone for a bit and then did a factory reset for the heck of it. So far it's pretty decent. I like the new camera feature and the removable S Finder and Quick Connect boxes too. I've been running it with everything turned on for almost a month and was getting great battery life. So far the battery is doing pretty good as I'm using it quite heavily.
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Rooted still?

Brava27 said:
Rooted still?
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I wasn't rooted to begin with. 100% stock.
Launched from my?T-Mobile Galaxy S6 ? 5.1.1 ?

Has anyone noticed better battery life after factory resetting post-update? Considering doing it now.

Anyone know how to access guest mode ? I can't seem to find it

It wasn't included in the update.

I believe that tmobile my account app is the reason why my data keeps turning back on.
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I can now see the time remaining when i set the alarm clock. It wasn't there before the update.

jhun80 said:
I can now see the time remaining when i set the alarm clock. It wasn't there before the update.
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I didn't know how important that was till I didn't have it in this phone

Update notification 7/9/15

Downloading now 146.36 mb update will post screen shots after update. Hopefully at least fixes reboot for null ssid wifi bug and bluetooth breaking up when on phone calls.
G920A
I337 stock NJ4, rooted, unlocked
Sm-T537A NE1stock, rooted

I got the update too. Only thing it says is update from OE2 to OF3. Still 5.0.2. I don't notice anything else.

I'm holding off taking this as I suspect it will break ping-pong root. Wife is taking it now on her 925.
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Kernel date on the OF3 ATT update is June 18, so well after the May 15 cutoff date for the patch. It should be assumed that the ping-pong exploit will NOT work on this update, unless proven otherwise.

I was holding off on this update because I was planning on rooting today. I woke up this morning to the phone updating on it's own. So much for rooting.
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active is getting it too! hopefully this fixes the memory leak

Do we know if it does in fact wipe root?

This update seems faster. Well, it probably is because it's a newer kernel but it's not night and day.
The one change that is obvious is the signal. I have had no signal in my town for the past month, others have said the same and there are some threads about this issue.
I don't have any signal problems now (so far) so that's a good sign.

Hippoman13 said:
This update seems faster. Well, it probably is because it's a newer kernel but it's not night and day.
The one change that is obvious is the signal. I have had no signal in my town for the past month, others have said the same and there are some threads about this issue.
I don't have any signal problems now (so far) so that's a good sign.
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Feels faster (more smooth) to me.

My first 30 minutes seems like it's much faster too. I only waited 30 minutes to post this cause I usually don't make it past 5 minutes before it slows down. So far so good. Going to hit the upgrade button on my wife's S6 now too.

We need odin files.

If you guys can hang tight for a day or two I will post a rooted FlashFire version.
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Didn't update the bootloader or recovery
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Att changelog notes below:
Instructions:
Update summary
Effective July 9, 2015, AT&T will release a sofware update for the Samsung Galaxy S 6 (G920A). This update will be made available to customers via Firmware Over The Air (FOTA). A Wi-Fi connection is required for the update.
Software update includes
Find My Mobile and Reactivation Lock enhancements
Android OS security enhancements

jayrod88 said:
Att changelog notes below:
Instructions:
Update summary
Effective July 9, 2015, AT&T will release a sofware update for the Samsung Galaxy S 6 (G920A). This update will be made available to customers via Firmware Over The Air (FOTA). A Wi-Fi connection is required for the update.
Software update includes
Find My Mobile and Reactivation Lock enhancements
Android OS security enhancements
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Ya, nothing really important for me

I'm using stock unrooted now and (thus far) it has fixed some of my biggest annoyances. UI is much smoother (but I'm not using TouchWiz anymore), standby battery has been non-terrible, and I haven't had any huge memory issues. With that said, these things don't always crop up in the first few days.

designgears said:
Ya, nothing really important for me [emoji14]
I sent the rooted OF3 images to @scrosler he will probably post them soon and update his rom.
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Actually, here are the stock pre-rooted OF3 files.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347772576
Restore in FlashFire. No support or guarantees from me. Use at your own risk.
If you flash this, DO NOT UNROOT!!! PingPong root has been patched, there is no known root method.
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Will try this. Does it delete everything?
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jlongrc said:
I'm using stock unrooted now and (thus far) it has fixed some of my biggest annoyances. UI is much smoother (but I'm not using TouchWiz anymore), standby battery has been non-terrible, and I haven't had any huge memory issues. With that said, these things don't always crop up in the first few days.
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Fix signal issues? If you had any.
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jlongrc said:
I'm using stock unrooted now and (thus far) it has fixed some of my biggest annoyances. UI is much smoother (but I'm not using TouchWiz anymore), standby battery has been non-terrible, and I haven't had any huge memory issues. With that said, these things don't always crop up in the first few days.
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I concur, memory stays about 1Gb free for me now, which is sickening but acceptable.

Cbass15 said:
Fix signal issues? If you had any.
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Well I was getting huge battery drain from the HD Voice option being selected on OE2. I just checked and when I went back to stock it enabled the HD voice again without any big problems w/ battery life.

Update- the ear piece sound much better for calls, but a lot of people I talk to say I sound a lot worse. Wanted to see if anyone else has similar feedback?
I turned off "enhanced 4gLTE" for HD voice and everyone says I sound much better. I don't live in an HD voice area according to the coverage map, so I don't know if that matters

I am rooted with PingPong, is there any way to block this OTA update?

rednesss said:
I am rooted with PingPong, is there any way to block this OTA update?
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You won't take OTAs rooted.

Speed up your rooted mate 7

Afternoon all now firstly this is not an add Ian in no way affiliated.
I tried out a program call L Speed found on the play store and after applying some settings my phone feels new again very snappy, antutus 3d section has never worked for me but after using this program it now works, don't know why but it does. Give it a try and see what you think.
Cheers
John
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One of the kernel modifiers that works by altering setting in RAM. You can get improvements for sure but be careful.
I used to run a kernel modding app in KitKat ROM but now on Lollipop the phone runs nice without it so I don't use a kernel tuning app anymore.
I have Xposed but even then, only a minimal number of modules. You can create an unstable device by these types of mods.

Can you tell us which settings exactly you have in L Speed? A screenshot would be enough because when I tried it I didn't see any improvement

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I'm probably as big of a skeptic as you get when it comes to these miracle "speed up your phone now!" kind of apps, but hear me out:
I installed this after it popped up whilst lazily scrolling through the Play Store. I remembered reading a post title about it somewhere and figured I might as well laugh at the massive scam when it starts asking for IAPs or something.
But wow, it really helps. I mean it has only been running for about 30 minutes, so I can't say much for the battery life improvements etc, but here's what has noticeably improved thus far:
- "Smoothness": Enabling the UI tweaks rewarded me with buttery smooth scrolling, window switching, even SwiftKey (which, whilst being a great keyboard for a multi-lingual, has always fallen behind others in terms of smoothness) is now on IOS levels of responsive, for now. I'm running 5.1.1 (B324), which is already a massive improvement over the choppy mess that was 4.4.4, but this made animation smoothness on-par with the latest flagships.
- App loading times: Vastly improved. The HAM7 isn't bad at this, but not exactly great either. I'm assuming it's the IO tweaks that 'fixes' this, as app loading times are way quicker. Even the app switching window, which is notoriously slow to load up on the HAM7, opens up very hastily (not instantly, but MUCH faster than usual), even when you have 3-5 pages of apps open. Hell, even the camera doesn't waste time opening.
And perhaps the most impressive improvement: Faster streaming. I know, this sounds like snake-oil, right? Wrong. I live in East Africa, our internet here is horrifically slow compared to European countries (my company has a 7mb/s line, which is one of the fastest lines available in our area). Streaming a video in 1080p is something one can only dream of. I took a quick look at YouTube, ramping the quality up to 1080p, and it plays! I mean I still have to leave it for around ten seconds to buffer a little, but after that I'm golden. I'm baffled, I honestly don't want to believe it, but yet it's happening right before my eyes. I will test this on other streaming services (Netflix and ShowBox) later and update this post with my findings.
So there you go. A totally skeptical non-believer converted in 30 minutes. I can't tell you how this works, all I can say is that it does, at least in my case. The HAM7 running 5.1.1 really isn't bad in terms of every day performance, but this makes it a lot more bearable (I hate EMUI).
I'll update this post with further findings tomorrow.

My divice is unrooted and Benchmark result i better!?

ronnie72 said:
My divice is unrooted and Benchmark result i better!?
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Impossible. This application uses modifications that are impossible to make or you're unrooted.

I think what he is saying he hasn't used L Speed and gets a better score?
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snake65 said:
I think what he is saying he hasn't used L Speed and gets a better score?
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Yes, not used L Speed and the phone never been rooted.

Well I don't know about your phone but this has given new life
To mine,very snappy.
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Lots of factors affect it. Rooting and modding can slow it down, for instance I can assure you installing ViPER4Android will slow it down, but sounds oh so good.

Don't use viper. But yes depending on the amount of apps etc does affect it. Using always on display now and love it and not really much of a battery hog, I love coming back to my phone and don't even touch it just glance to see if I have missed anything.
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That looks great, where do you get it from?

http://www.androidsage.com/2016/04/...and-samsung-galaxy-s7-on-your-android-device/
That's the link is not on play store.
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Any chance of root being patched on non-exploding Note 7 2.0?

I'm waiting for the new batch of Notes to arrive and got me wondering if Samsung might or could do something to stop root. It doesn't seem like they could or really have the time to worry about it with all the problems currently. Also, with a bit of a bad stigma, do you think they will sweeten any deals to get people to buy these former bombs. Personally I love that Samsung is taking a hit and getting knocked down a peg. I still love these phone but all of the sudden the 1% rooting community has a little bigger effect on sales.

That tiny routing community... against the fees they can make from Samsung Pay. Think about it.
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There are August and September Android security patches that the Note 7 didn't get. Anyone short of a Samsung project engineer that thinks they can answer that question is probably full of it.

I think a lot would have to change to make the kernel leak not work. And yes , I don't think Samsung will care about us tweakers still but I still like war ching Samsung squirm just a little.

I think the real question is will Samsung be updating this phone at all or will it become the unwanted step child

mgbotoe said:
I think the real question is will Samsung be updating this phone at all or will it become the unwanted step child
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We were promised Nougat. Samsung has pissed enough people off with the battery issue. Let them deny us that.

douger1957 said:
We were promised Nougat. Samsung has pissed enough people off with the battery issue. Let them deny us that.
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Yes we were promised before the end of the year.

This is what I want to know before returning my loaner. Ive been hearing mixed things.

thegameksk said:
This is what I want to know before returning my loaner. Ive been hearing mixed things.
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Root is working with replacement. I used jovys method and everything went smooth

dagod80 said:
Root is working with replacement. I used jovys method and everything went smooth
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Is that the one off the leaked sprint firmware? Can you link to the thread?

dagod80 said:
Root is working with replacement. I used jovys method and everything went smooth
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is that also after the update that makes the battery bar green instead of white

chocolatet said:
is that also after the update that makes the battery bar green instead of white
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No I haven't took the update. I'll let somebody else be brave and try that one. Hopefully jovy puts out an updated rom with the new firmware.

The new update is not rootable and you won't be able to go back to PGC if you take the update. If you really want root i advise you to NOT let the rep power on/ setup your phone.....it will likely grab the update and you'll be doomed. Best practice: Do not place sim in device OR connect to wifi Until you have root.

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The new update is not rootable and you won't be able to go back to PGC if you take the update. If you really want root i advise you to NOT let the rep power on/ setup your phone.....it will likely grab the update and you'll be doomed. Best practice: Do not place sim in device OR connect to wifi Until you have root.
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A little extreme lol... The update is 400mb so on LTE that will still take a bit to download, which you have the option to pause for quite a while (this is what I did while I rooted it). You just need to pay attention to the phone.

merak69 said:
A little extreme lol... The update is 400mb so on LTE that will still take a bit to download, which you have the option to pause for quite a while (this is what I did while I rooted it). You just need to pay attention to the phone.
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Tell that to the people that got the update without knowing it....and the others that think their phone shipped already updated because it happened so quickly. I'd rather be safe than sorry....ymmv
***Also "will take a bit to download" ?? ROFL
I see speeds of 25-65 Mbps @ 65Mbps the file takes about 45 seconds to download fyi...
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My replacement phone was downloading it real fast, but it let me pause it and then I rooted it before it applied it.

kaboomx said:
My replacement phone was downloading it real fast, but it let me pause it and then I rooted it before it applied it.
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Did u root it with the sprint software. If i root will i losr samsung pay?
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soulja4187 said:
Did u root it with the sprint software. If i root will i losr samsung pay?
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Yup you'll lose Samsung Pay, Secure Folder and SHealth (if you update SHealth after rooting)

Question SM-G998B AUE1 MAY UPDATE

You can post what you feel about the update here .
For me
1) qr code in camera app is way faster
2) camera doesnt heat up the phone now
3) gaming also runs cooler
4) animations are better
5) expect an sot of 1h more than you got with april update.
Looking for more changes ..
Tell me in comment .
I think samsung is doing a great job ,
I was about to trade off my s21 ultra with mi 11 ultra , but this update has stopped me doing so.

I can't wait until my phone recieve the update.
This is so promising that samsung still fixing and adding new features every month.

I would say a 10% better everything even though it might be a placebo. All running smooth. Used the camera a lot today for pics and videos. Youtube, browsing and etc, and now 3:33 SOT and battery at 46%. I guess that may be a tad better than before. Camera seems better too somehow.

Khalid Madkour said:
I can't wait until my phone recieve the update.
This is so promising that samsung still fixing and adding new features every month.
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I think they are moving towards apple kind of ecosystem and software.
And if they can do that , i am not leaving samsung for as long as they maintain that .
They still need to work on animations , accidental touches, and 60-120 hz management in some apps

aj7400 said:
I was about to trade off my s21 ultra with mi 11 ultra , but this update has stopped me doing so.
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I think you were about to shoot yourself in the foot, and saved yourself!
AUDA or no AUDA, that would have been a bad sauda.

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I think you were about to shoot yourself in the foot, and saved yourself!
AUDA or no AUDA, that would have been a bad sauda.
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Sauda khada khada

Can someone post the link to the update? I haven't received it yet so getting impatient

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First full day with May's update. I did a clean install via Odin since it was the second update in a row of over 1GB.
Everything is running smoothly. Battery I think is maybe 5-10% better but have to give it a few days. Can't comment on the camera yet. Usage is on WiFi, 120Hz, FHD+.

Is it officially out for india?? I haven't got it yet!

It is official
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Is it officially out for india?? I haven't got it yet!
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It's officially out for India, however the OTA rollout seems to be taking some time.

something wrong with european Updates (less DBT). No Spain, Uk, etc.

cheekrox said:
Can someone post the link to the update? I haven't received it yet so getting impatient
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Try Frija, its very fast to download it.

wise advice. I only use one time to install PHE before change CSC, then always wait for OTA

OKay, will wait it out then. Last month I received the update on April 9th; so this time I presume it will be similarly timed.

I'm able to achieve 10hours Sot (48 hours cycle) on this release, prior to that the sot was in the 8/9 hours. I mostly use browser, youtube, youtube music and ocasional gaming (Wild Rift)

On Vodafone model in UK so I expect it will be a couple of weeks before I get this but it sounds like it makes what is already one of the best phones money can buy even better.
Great to see Samsung get the Exynos up to near Snapdragon levels of quality at last.

Unlocked exynos UK here, no sign of the update yet. I've read it improves the shutter response, which would be great!

jamesbilluk said:
Unlocked exynos UK here, no sign of the update yet. I've read it improves the shutter response, which would be great!
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It really does improve the shutter lag!

iamnotkurtcobain said:
It really does improve the shutter lag!
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Nice! Very much looking forward to getting the update now.

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Nice! Very much looking forward to getting the update now.
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Photo processing seems better too.
Look at this photo I took today. It's sharp, detailed and HDR is awesome.