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Android 5.1.1 OTA being rolled out on T-Mobile for the S6 edge!

RELEVANT TO US BECAUSE WHEN WE GET THE UPDATE, IT LOCKS THE BOOTLOADER.
IF THEY LOCK IT FOR THE S6 EDGE, THEY'LL LOCK IT FOR THE S6!
DO NOT TAKE THE OTA IF YOU DON'T WANT A LOCKED BOOTLOADER.
Unassuming Galaxy S6 edge users are in for a surprise, as T-Mobile appears to be rolling out a freshly cooked OTA based on Android version 5.1.1 Lollipop for the device. The catch, however, it is so far reported only on the T-Mobile network.
XDA forums user Sunderwear mentioned about the OTA a couple of hours back (at the time of writing this story). Urged by other users of the device, the poster also uploaded a video of his Galaxy S6 edge running the latest firmware. The video can be found at the end of this article.
As noted from the narration, the update also locks the bootloader on the device.
So, how many of you have already received the update? What do you think of it?
Source: http://www.sammobile.com/2015/04/29/android-5-1-1-ota-being-rolled-out-on-t-mobile-for-the-s6-edge/
Looks like someone in the Edge forum was able to downgrade the bootloader and flash TWRP but still, tread carefully.
Sunderwear said:
ok I downgraded the Bootloader ONLY and I was able to flash TWRP...dumping a system.img copy..
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Honestly I'm caring less and less about roms but I like the option. Here is some possible good news from a trustworthy guy
jcase said:
Korean variants seem to be getting an app that unlocks the bootloader, I bet we start seeing that for other variants as well (except verizon/att).
This is a good thing, not a bad thing people!
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ThePagel said:
Honestly I'm caring less and less about roms but I like the option. Here is some possible good news from a trustworthy guy
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Coming from the ROM Flashing mecca of HTC and finding a place in Samsung is.. weird to say the least. I find that there are only minor things I need that require root but I no-longer need the overhaul that I needed with HTC. It's too weird.

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Coming from the ROM Flashing mecca of HTC and finding a place in Samsung is.. weird to say the least. I find that there are only minor things I need that require root but I no-longer need the overhaul that I needed with HTC. It's too weird.
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I see you edited your signature!

If/when anyone gets this update try to grab the update before taking it. Also, the bootloader Doesn't actually get locked.

mikeyinid said:
If/when anyone gets this update try to grab the update before taking it. Also, the bootloader Doesn't actually get locked.
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BOOM. Bootloader news is great news

Isn't it odd that just one guy has gotten the update? T-mobile has sold hundreds of thousands of these units and only one guy got an OTA?
I'll believe it when I see it.

Is it possible to do the update if we are rooted? And I mean UPDATE not flash the entire new release.

ipaq_101 said:
Isn't it odd that just one guy has gotten the update? T-mobile has sold hundreds of thousands of these units and only one guy got an OTA?
I'll believe it when I see it.
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This type of thing might happen with a lot of updates. You need to remember the rooting/moding community is very small compared to the people who just use their phone as is. So if anything I think its weird that someone in this community got the update.

Hey I hope it's true, I for one hope it fixes the memory management and battery issues.
According to this guy, it looks like the XDA member was part of a "Soak Test", or he is a guinea pig. Hopefully it doesn't take months to test it.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonk...5-1-1/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix

ipaq_101 said:
Isn't it odd that just one guy has gotten the update? T-mobile has sold hundreds of thousands of these units and only one guy got an OTA?
I'll believe it when I see it.
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it's a leak...also camera is buggy...not a final version

ipaq_101 said:
Hey I hope it's true, I for one hope it fixes the memory management and battery issues.
According to this guy, it looks like the XDA member was part of a "Soak Test", or he is a guinea pig. Hopefully it doesn't take months to test it.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonk...5-1-1/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix
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Never.... EVER... take anything from that website serious.

JoeFCaputo113 said:
Never.... EVER... take anything from that website serious.
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Haha yeah, tech reporters are a bunch of iMorons as it is and love iCrap over everything else. I was shocked that they even knew what xda was.

Someone has the balls to try it on the non-edge S6?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6-edge/development/5-1-1-blck-tw-t3096994

timeToy said:
Someone has the balls to try it on the non-edge S6?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6-edge/development/5-1-1-blck-tw-t3096994
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I hope no one tries this. Both devices are TOTALLY different.

J-Hop2o6 said:
I hope no one tries this. Both devices are TOTALLY different.
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They're really not, actually. I imagine it would boot. My guess is touch screen wouldn't work though.

mikeyinid said:
They're really not, actually. I imagine it would boot. My guess is touch screen wouldn't work though.
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Yea, I remember reading about the touch screen not working or working in reverse.

J-Hop2o6 said:
Yea, I remember reading about the touch screen not working or working in reverse.
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Really? So it might work but register touches opposite of our phone?

nolimit78 said:
I find that there are only minor things I need that require root but I no-longer need the overhaul that I needed with HTC. It's too weird.
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This

Damn I wish this would leak for AT&T. 5.0.1 TW has a bigger memory leak than stock 5.0.1 on my Nexus. This needs to be rolled out ASAP, but I know it won't.

Lags and stutters on my Note 4 after Lollipop

My N4 is from Singapore and I updated it to Lollipop 5.0.1 due to OTA update that was always in my face. Since then, the phone experiences lags and stutters a lot to the point where it will be unresponsive for 5 seconds and above.
also, i have very terrible data connection. sometimes the data arrows move but my app does not load. chrome also lags and hangs intermittently.
i have reformatted and cleared cache via recovery. any ideas what i can do to help fix the phone? I am running stock unrooted Note 4. any help will be greatly appreciated.
p.s. I prefer not to root at this point as I want to be able to keep my warranty status intact. Plus xposed on lollipop doesnt seem to have much apps for me so sticking to stock unrooted.

I've been having this problem too, tried custom ROMs and tweaks, things improved but not that much
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FR34K-B1B0 said:
I've been having this problem too, tried custom ROMs and tweaks, things improved but not that much
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i used to love the note 4 so much. now its a pain to use with the way it hangs here and there. :crying:

skade said:
i used to love the note 4 so much. now its a pain to use with the way it hangs here and there. :crying:
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You could always return to KitKat
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FR34K-B1B0 said:
You could always return to KitKat
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just want to see if there's any other ways to try and "fix" it before going back to kit kat.

Downgrade to kitkat.

avercros said:
Downgrade to kitkat.
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I think you misspelled the word upgrade
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I flashed Kitkat back after Lollipop 5.0.1
I decide that I will not update my Note 4 any more ........... unless one day .......... there will be a better stable firmware.
I don't care about Lollipop .............. Lollipop is the most faulty Android version ............ keep away from Lollipop
Maybe we should wait for Android M in 2016

skade said:
My N4 is from Singapore and I updated it to Lollipop 5.0.1 due to OTA update that was always in my face. Since then, the phone experiences lags and stutters a lot to the point where it will be unresponsive for 5 seconds and above.
also, i have very terrible data connection. sometimes the data arrows move but my app does not load. chrome also lags and hangs intermittently.
i have reformatted and cleared cache via recovery. any ideas what i can do to help fix the phone? I am running stock unrooted Note 4. any help will be greatly appreciated.
p.s. I prefer not to root at this point as I want to be able to keep my warranty status intact. Plus xposed on lollipop doesnt seem to have much apps for me so sticking to stock unrooted.
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Same here! I brought the phone in for service and hoping it will magically come back with 5.1.1 fixing all these stupid bugs. Dont know why did Samsung ruin the perfect N910G! Sigh.

adidasfreak said:
Same here! I brought the phone in for service and hoping it will magically come back with 5.1.1 fixing all these stupid bugs. Dont know why did Samsung ruin the perfect N910G! Sigh.
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I know what you mean man. I took the adivce of everyone here and rolled it back to kitkat 4.4.4
will test out and see how that goes. otherwise i will let go of it and use the oneplus till note 5/next phone gets released.

ive never had any stutterings or lags whatsoever..im stock

I tried package disabler (yes, I know it costs money), disabled around 40 (non-essential) packages and my note is as smooth as when I first bought it on KitKat.

autosis said:
I tried package disabler (yes, I know it costs money), disabled around 40 (non-essential) packages and my note is as smooth as when I first bought it on KitKat.
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Please could you export and post this list of packages that you have disabled? I didn't know Package Disabler was a thing - sounds like exactly what I'm after!

Would also love to have that list !!!

skade said:
My N4 is from Singapore and I updated it to Lollipop 5.0.1 due to OTA update that was always in my face. Since then, the phone experiences lags and stutters a lot to the point where it will be unresponsive for 5 seconds and above.
also, i have very terrible data connection. sometimes the data arrows move but my app does not load. chrome also lags and hangs intermittently.
i have reformatted and cleared cache via recovery. any ideas what i can do to help fix the phone? I am running stock unrooted Note 4. any help will be greatly appreciated.
p.s. I prefer not to root at this point as I want to be able to keep my warranty status intact. Plus xposed on lollipop doesnt seem to have much apps for me so sticking to stock unrooted.
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have you noticed lock screen lag ? when I press lock button first brightness goes down and then screen turns off, it drives me crazy

citlee said:
Please could you export and post this list of packages that you have disabled? I didn't know Package Disabler was a thing - sounds like exactly what I'm after!
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Now the package disabler app got colour code for bloatware

Nope, seems to be yet another placebo fix.

Same for my N916S, the stutters and delays annoy me so much, hard to believe it's a stock rom, it probably happens to S5 5.0 as well
But unfortunately, no kitkat for me, my variant is shipped with lollipop out of the box, sign

Factory reset always helps after an OTA update. I had N910F, the European version snapdragon and just few weeks ago replaced it with N910C, UAE version which has exynos chips. I find N910C lags way less. Infact, no lag at all. It came with lollipop installed then I flashed stock Poland firmware as they had the latest.
Everything is working great! Using Google launcher. Hate Samsung's folders and I find Google now one swipe away much more convenient.
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AT&T Galaxy S6 OTA upgrade 3/3/2016

Anyone else receive this OTA this morning? I didn't see, or look for, a detailed change log before proceeding with the OTA push. Phone rebooted and is optimizing apps right now. I'll provide further details once it finishes.
I know, for sure, that I checked for new software within the past week or so and there was nothing available. I've been up to date with OTA upgrades since getting this phone on day one of its release.
Anyone know anything about this upgrade?

Model number: SAMSUNG-SM-G920A
Android version: 5.1.1
Android security patch level: 2016-02-01
Baseband version: G920AUCU3B0J9
Kernel version: 3.10.61-5927475
Build number: LMY47X.G920AUCU3B0J9
Security Enhancements for Android: SEPF_SAMSUNG-SM-G920A_5.1.1_0039

-_- security patch, not marshmallow
Edit: ATT site says device security and performance updates

Bastards

thanks for the heads up. Downloading now.

I installed it and really don't notice much of a difference. I guess this means no M for another 2 months at this point.

*EDIT*

dpw2atox said:
I installed it and really don't notice much of a difference. I guess this means no M for another 2 months at this point.
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Probably just updating security mostly since we were a few months behind. Could also be preparing our phones to take take 6.0 update since there's usually a small update before a big one. Wouldn't hold my breath on it though

dpw2atox said:
I installed it and really don't notice much of a difference. I guess this means no M for another 2 months at this point.
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Yup

At least there was only a month delay between when this came out for the international version and us

ian1 said:
At least there was only a month delay between when this came out for the international version and us
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Well we skipped a few months too so I'm not sure that counts

Don't try to apply this update if you've applied one of the leaked insecure boot images (for getting a root prompt). There's a check of the boot image built into the updater and if you attempt installation it will wipe your phone back to stock.
D**k move Samsung, d***k move.

I was a fool to initially think that the update juuuuuust might be Marshmallow. And then I thought, "I have AT&T. They would've made the announcement before just releasing the OTA. Hell, they would've made a big deal out of it, even; as if they're doing us a favor. " And so, I took a Valium and went to sleep.

This update seems to break mms for many of the users myself included verified with AT&T that is indeed related to it Samsung is on process of updating. Anyway if you happen to get it just boot your phone to safe mode and then use mms there and restart back to normal, it works after . And hopefully marshmallow will be soon

saketkutta said:
This update seems to break mms for many of the users myself included verified with AT&T that is indeed related to it Samsung is on process of updating. Anyway if you happen to get it just boot your phone to safe mode and then use mms there and restart back to normal, it works after . And hopefully marshmallow will be soon
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I'm still getting MMS texts, what was broken?

So far I've noticed my battery life is better than it was before, on the OJ7 update i had a very odd drain as well as issues with my bluetooth and wifi that were only fixed with a reboot......so far knock on wood they seem to be resolved but it should take a few more days to fully confirm. I did also try Enhanced LTE again and just as before I had a nice drain on my battery so they still don't have that working great yet (my area has weak LTE and switches between LTE and 4G on a normal basis).

schhy said:
I'm still getting MMS texts, what was broken?
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Pictures, wasn't able to send or receive. Some problem with the default app. Plus it deleted all my old pictures from the texts thread.
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saketkutta said:
Pictures, wasn't able to send or receive. Some problem with the default app. Plus it deleted all my old pictures from the texts thread.
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I use textra, maybe that's why i didn't get the problem

Probably, but I still got problems with hangout and mysms, when AT&T recommend me I use those apps.
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saketkutta said:
Probably, but I still got problems with hangout and mysms, when AT&T recommend me I use those apps.
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Factory reset might be your only option till the update hits, tough luck

Update Available 895MB

My AT&T Galaxy S5 (Lollipop) says there is an "update available, connect to wifi". Its 895MB so I'm assuming its MM.
Any problems going to MM from Lollipop ? How can I find if all my apps are compatible with MM ?
I just turned on wifi and it started to download. I turned off wifi for now so it stopped.
Have they addressed most of the bugs with MM ?
These may be dumb questions, but I hate to change things when they are going good as they are...

joey_xda said:
My AT&T Galaxy S5 (Lollipop) says there is an "update available, connect to wifi". Its 895MB so I'm assuming its MM.
Any problems going to MM from Lollipop ? How can I find if all my apps are compatible with MM ?
I just turned on wifi and it started to download. I turned off wifi for now so it stopped.
Have they addressed most of the bugs with MM ?
These may be dumb questions, but I hate to change things when they are going good as they are...
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here is ifo on update log : https://www.att.com/devicehowto/tut...tep_KB424848?make=Samsung&model=GalaxyS5G900A

After seeing the update availability on Sunday night (8/28), my wife and I downloaded and updated both of our S5s with the 895mb file from AT&T. Downloads took a little over an hour and updates about 20 minutes. No obvious problems and both phones seem as or more stable than with 5.1.1. Battery usage seems dramatically improved as well. We've each run through most of our favorite apps and nothing seems amiss.
Getting reading to change our SD cards to adoptable (internal storage) tonight. Hopefully that goes well.
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securityRx said:
After seeing the update availability on Sunday night (8/28), my wife and I downloaded and updated both of our S5s with the 895mb file from AT&T. Downloads took a little over an hour and updates about 20 minutes. No obvious problems and both phones seem as or more stable than with 5.1.1. Battery usage seems dramatically improved as well. We've each run through most of our favorite apps and nothing seems amiss.
Getting reading to change our SD cards to adoptable (internal storage) tonight. Hopefully that goes well.
sRx
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Hi, its been a few days since you upgraded to MM. Any problems come up ?

joey_xda said:
Hi, its been a few days since you upgraded to MM. Any problems come up ?
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No problems and although some people are saying battery life is unchanged from 5.1.1, that is definitely not the experience I'm having. My use is fairly consistent from day-to-day and I find i have about 20% more battery life left at the end of the day. However, I do no gaming of any kind and video is generally limited to youtube technical stuff and an occasional movie trailer.
Again, the experience is certainly not less than before the upgrade.
One disappointment however. Samsung does not support using the SD as an internal device, even though the OS does.
I'm now looking into rooting the device, but it seems a little early since MM was just released.
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securityRx said:
No problems and although some people are saying battery life is unchanged from 5.1.1, that is definitely not the experience I'm having. My use is fairly consistent from day-to-day and I find i have about 20% more battery life left at the end of the day. However, I do no gaming of any kind and video is generally limited to youtube technical stuff and an occasional movie trailer.
Again, the experience is certainly not less than before the upgrade.
One disappointment however. Samsung does not support using the SD as an internal device, even though the OS does.
I'm now looking into rooting the device, but it seems a little early since MM was just released.
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Thanks for the update.
So the phone does not see the SD card anymore with MM ?
I thought the AT&T version couldn't be rooted because the bootloader is locked..

joey_xda said:
Thanks for the update.
So the phone does not see the SD card anymore with MM ?
I thought the AT&T version couldn't be rooted because the bootloader is locked..
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I can see the SD card just like before, but one of the features of MM is to allow the SD card to be treated as internal storage so that apps can be loaded there. Unfortunately, Samsung has somehow caused this to be disabled on their devices (even on the S7 with MM). Rooting would be the only way past that as far as I know.
I believe there are instructions here on xda to root an AT&T S5, but only with KitKat at this point.
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securityRx said:
I can see the SD card just like before, but one of the features of MM is to allow the SD card to be treated as internal storage so that apps can be loaded there. Unfortunately, Samsung has somehow caused this to be disabled on their devices (even on the S7 with MM). Rooting would be the only way past that as far as I know.
I believe there are instructions here on xda to root an AT&T S5, but only with KitKat at this point.
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I was reading in another thread that Mobile Hot Spot is now disabled. Since your on AT&T, can you check on your phone to see if Mobile Hot Spot still works. Thx

joey_xda said:
I was reading in another thread that Mobile Hot Spot is now disabled. Since your on AT&T, can you check on your phone to see if Mobile Hot Spot still works. Thx
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Hotspot works for me. Unlocked, on another carrier though.

joey_xda said:
I was reading in another thread that Mobile Hot Spot is now disabled. Since your on AT&T, can you check on your phone to see if Mobile Hot Spot still works. Thx
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Since I use a MiFi for connectivity, I've never used the Mobile Hot Spot and don't have it on my plan.
I did check my phone for availability, however, and it's right there in Network settings. If I attempt to turn it on it just tells me I need to go to AT&T to get a plan. If you have a plan it should work.
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securityRx said:
Since I use a MiFi for connectivity, I've never used the Mobile Hot Spot and don't have it on my plan.
I did check my phone for availability, however, and it's right there in Network settings. If I attempt to turn it on it just tells me I need to go to AT&T to get a plan. If you have a plan it should work.
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I'm on a mobile share plan which says it includes Mobile Hotspot (which I have been using without a problem). Just wanted to make sure MM didn't screw it up. Thanks for checking. I guess I'll update it this weekend and see how everything goes

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I'm on a mobile share plan which says it includes Mobile Hotspot (which I have been using without a problem). Just wanted to make sure MM didn't screw it up. Thanks for checking. I guess I'll update it this weekend and see how everything goes
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Good luck and let us know how it goes.
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Can I go back?

I am interested in rooting my Samsung S6. I have been curious about the process on Android phones for a while. I am currently experimenting with Android development and would like to learn as much about the concepts as possible. My questions are; if you root a device as mine can you later go back to their (AT&T, Samsung) factory setup? I mean like what the phone came new from AT&T? Is there a way to back this state up so I can return to it? Any suggestions or information is cool. Thanks

pctechtv said:
I am interested in rooting my Samsung S6. I have been curious about the process on Android phones for a while. I am currently experimenting with Android development and would like to learn as much about the concepts as possible. My questions are; if you root a device as mine can you later go back to their (AT&T, Samsung) factory setup? I mean like what the phone came new from AT&T? Is there a way to back this state up so I can return to it? Any suggestions or information is cool. Thanks
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ODIN back to Stock is how you get back to original.
Now the bad news. The ATT S6 cannot be rooted unless it has very old firmware on it. I think it was back in the 5.0.x days.
I never rooted it so I cannot remember for sure.

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Now the bad news.
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That's cool; it is good to know this stuff before trying to do what is impossible. I have an S5 I could try, or I will just acquire a model that is good for rooting. I am interested in the concepts here, not so much fixing anything with my device (although that would be cool also). Could you recommend one? Why when using a program that backs up the Android (BackupTrans WhatsApp Backup) did I get a message that says "You need to root this phone"? Then it gave me steps showing how to do it. Are they just not aware of the limitations of this model (S6 AT&T)? Thanks

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That's cool; it is good to know this stuff before trying to do what is impossible. I have an S5 I could try, or I will just acquire a model that is good for rooting. I am interested in the concepts here, not so much fixing anything with my device (although that would be cool also). Could you recommend one? Why when using a program that backs up the Android (BackupTrans WhatsApp Backup) did I get a message that says "You need to root this phone"? Then it gave me steps showing how to do it. Are they just not aware of the limitations of this model (S6 AT&T)? Thanks
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I do not know about the S5. The ATT S3 is still getting updates and is rootable. They have Nougat firmware they are developing.
Most likely the software did not have something right. There are several versions of the S6, but the ATT version has a locked bootloader now.

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There are several versions of the S6
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I am imagining that there must be a way (website or something) to plug in some numbers from the back of it, to figure out what version you have? I mean something that lets you know what's possible? Thanks

pctechtv said:
I am imagining that there must be a way (website or something) to plug in some numbers from the back of it, to figure out what version you have? I mean something that lets you know what's possible? Thanks
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First simple check is in Settings-About Device
If it states Model Number is SAMSUNG-SM-G920A it is the ATT version.
Also, on the back of mine there is a label near the bottom. It is hard to read (faint), but it also states SM-G920A
Check those first.