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Ok... So I just purchased the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-i727 Today! It has a GREAT option to Set Up the device online with all of your Info and the availability to customize your phone! You simply log into type in a Web Address and use the Code that is presented on the front of the device upon first boot. However after I completed all of the steps an "ERROR" message appears on the phone that stated connection was lost and I was provided another Code to use to set it up. Failed AGAIN! Great option if it would work. So I attempted again with another New Code. I just set up my G-mail Info and clicked Finish! Success... But so much for Easy Set-Up with the "Easy Set-Up Program. And to the BIGGER issue! While in "Portrait View" the following keys do NOT work; "R", "X", "D", and "@"!!! Wow, Not a good start! And to top that off while is "Landscape View" the above keys work without issue. However... The following keys do NOT work; "K", "J", "L"! I did a complete Factory Reset and still same result! Has anyone else experienced these OR any other issues with this device???? P.S. No update available at this time...
justagirl82 said:
Ok... So I just purchased the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-i727 Today
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No problems here. Take it back for service if your keys aren't working... if they are on the same part of your screen in both modes maybe it's broken.
Yet another RETURN!
Sorry about the Color.
...Yeah... It will be back to the AT&T store for me in the morning.
-Back to my Motorola Atrix 2!-
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Sorry about the Color.
...Yeah... It will be back to the AT&T store for me in the morning.
-Back to my Motorola Atrix 2!-
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No problem. Might want to give it another chance - It's pretty much the top performing phone out there. Just sounds like you got a bad one.
Definitely!!! I have pretty much owned EVERY AT&T phone worth having, including the Samsung Galaxy S II (Returned for the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket) and Samsung Infuse! Not about to give up on it yet!
why back to Atrix, just change the phone... maybe that one was defective....
I'll suggest not to use at&t ready2go crap. If you need to backup your data use kies.
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justagirl82 said:
Sorry about the Color.
...Yeah... It will be back to the AT&T store for me in the morning.
-Back to my Motorola Atrix 2!-
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Atrix 2 is wack as hell sammy is where its at bro
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OR...
Wait for the Nexus Prime.. .because... it has a curved display!
except the nexus prime is locked to verizon in the united states.
jason.hamilton said:
except the nexus prime is locked to verizon in the united states.
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DONT BELIEVE THE LIES........
it WILL hit other carriers, verizon may get a month of exclusive. but if you noticed at one point Verizon had that term " EXCLUSIVE " on there site for the nexus.
last time i checked that TERM is no longer there. i wonder why. BECAUSE ITS NOT
it will either T-mobile or AT&T. big Red aint got that much pull sorry.
the2rrell said:
DONT BELIEVE THE LIES........
it WILL hit other carriers, verizon may get a month of exclusive. but if you noticed at one point Verizon had that term " EXCLUSIVE " on there site for the nexus.
last time i checked that TERM is no longer there. i wonder why. BECAUSE ITS NOT
it will either T-mobile or AT&T. big Red aint got that much pull sorry.
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Seriously doubt that. We MAY get the opportunity to buy an unlocked GSM version, but I bet we don't see a subsidized version.
may not hit At&t....only Verizon though. Naw
Ah the nexus prime, were Andriod blew its shot to go head to head with the 4s. It should of released subsidized on all carriers a few days after it was announced.
justagirl82 said:
I did a complete Factory Reset and still same result!
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Hi justagirl82.
How do you do a factory reset on this phone ?
I setup a lock code and i can't remember it.
thanks.
Ok i found it myself.
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Anyone know anything about this?
https://glbenchmark.com/phonedetail...SCH-I535+(Verizon+Galaxy+S3)&testgroup=system
Could this be the Dev Edition firmware?
Update 1: I sent a source code request to Samsung. They take these requests seriously, so I expect an honest answer about what this firmware is.
Update 2: Samsung acknowleges the existence of the firmware and is curious how I know about it
There are reports of refurbs having it
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Where did you learn that? I've been seeing VRALG1 for replacements.
One of the guys in the IRC channel got 3 LG1 units that way.
htc_jewel is part of the google wallet workaround so it's likely this device is in the wild and in the hands of a modder...
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htc_jewel is part of the google wallet workaround so it's likely this device is in the wild and in the hands of a modder...
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was just about to say this, till i seen your post
The benchmark site is an aggregate of all Verizon S3s that have been benchmarked.
I thought the same thing about the htc_jewel thing until I realized that.
Someone posted that is the firmware he got from a US Cellular version of the GS3, that backbones on the Verizon network.
I just received a phone yesterday (07/24) and it had LG1 firmware.
henrys01 said:
I just received a phone yesterday (07/24) and it had LG1 firmware.
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They both end in LG1...
pray59 said:
Someone posted that is the firmware he got from a US Cellular version of the GS3, that backbones on the Verizon network.
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US Cellular firmware is R530UVXALF9.
Can someone with the ability to unbrick flash it and see what happens? Maybe it's what we've been waiting for.
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Can someone with the ability to unbrick flash it and see what happens? Maybe it's what we've been waiting for.
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I think the problem is no one has it, and can't seem to get a copy of it.
Well I tried twice today to get someone to slip up and let me get the file. They are very helpful until asking for that firmware, then they don't know anything. Seems like they want to act like it doesn't even exist.
Where do I find the firmware version? Build number reads vralf2.
We don't have it, but we are looking for it.
It almost looks like it is probably a first beta build that was out before the phone was released for testers.
Chances are if that is the case, you probably don't want it as everything about it probably sucks. Only way you would get it, too, would probably be if someone still had that firmware and/or when they did, did a dump of all the partitions.
Could be wrong, but that is my vote.
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If it was beta, I'd expect a VRALD label or earlier like the pre-release VRALEC firmware.
This is an LG1 firmware.
Finally heard back from Samsung. I've sent them requests in the past for my other devices, but I've never heard a response like this...
[SAMSUNG OSRC COMMENTS DELIVERY NOTIFICATION]
♦ classification : Mobile Phone ♦
♦ model name : SCH-I535_NA ♦
Dear Customer,
The version of I535OYALG1 and I535VRALEC is not released to market.
How do you know these version?
Please let us know about that.
Thank you!
Sincerely yours,
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Mine is I535VRALF2
I just got it last Saturday.
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Finally heard back from Samsung. I've sent them requests in the past for my other devices, but I've never heard a response like this...
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Maybe those are top government firmwares
VERIZON GALAXY S 3
So I went in to best buy today to have them flash my phone back to stock. I had talked with the guy the other night for a while and he was pretty open to helping me out no matter what. I left my phone with him while I looked around. When I came back he said that the sock firmware was flashed and that the updates were installing now. I asked what updates and he told me that since my phone came with MDL that is what was installed and that the updates had to be installed to bring it current. I asked him if he could have stopped the process before the updates and he said he could have if his boss wasnt there. He said that Verizon has a single package that won't allow this but that it's possible with att.
That would definitely explain why AT&T hasn't made the MF 3 updates available via kies yet
Just thought I would throw this out there in case it helps the effort somehow.
I'm kind of out of the loop on this latest update and Best Buy stuff. Why are people going to Best Buy to flash phone back to stock. How come ya'll don't just use ODIN to go back to stock?
I bought my phone the first day it was released. But I can flash AMDL with ODIN.
Once you update to MF3 you cant downdrade to MDL using ODIN or Kies and there is no image that will work with ODIN or Kies for MF3
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The day I got my AT&T branded s4 before the clerk handed it to me he said that he updated it for me wish he wouldn't have. I didn't know best buy could flash the firmware. Would be nice to revert so I could flash.
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Well the only way that would work is if they flashed MDL with a different bootloader...just like Att most of these best buy people have NO idea what they are really doing,
Samsung provides them a program and they just press some buttons...in the beginning it seemed like every best buy had to call Samsung and have Samsung walk them through the process
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I'm kind of out of the loop on this latest update and Best Buy stuff. Why are people going to Best Buy to flash phone back to stock. How come ya'll don't just use ODIN to go back to stock?
I bought my phone the first day it was released. But I can flash AMDL with ODIN.
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The official mf3 update came with a new bootloader which blew a qfuse that makes it impossible to flash anything lower than mf3 ...problem is we don't have an mf3 image to use for Odin, and than Samsung gave best buy a special program that allows them to reflash mf3 firmware
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Well the only way that would work is if they flashed MDL with a different bootloader...just like Att most of these best buy people have NO idea what they are really doing,
Samsung provides them a program and they just press some buttons...in the beginning it seemed like every best buy had to call Samsung and have Samsung walk them through the process
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The official mf3 update came with a new bootloader which blew a qfuse that makes it impossible to flash anything lower than mf3 ...problem is we don't have an mf3 image to use for Odin, and than Samsung gave best buy a special program that allows them to reflash mf3 firmware
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All I can tell you is that the Samsung rep told me it flashed MDL and then updated to MF3. I have no way to verify that so it's entirely possible he was blowing smoke.
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All I can tell you is that the Samsung rep told me it flashed MDL and then updated to MF3. I have no way to verify that so it's entirely possible he was blowing smoke.
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Could you just go back and ask him to reflash back to MDL for you? Just tell him you'll update on your own or just take the sim out when he flashes so it won't update itself.
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hmm all this sounds interesting, I may make the trek out to a best buy for some social engineering!
Please report back...... really want to get back to cm
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Yes please report bk
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Yes please report bk
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Let me see what i can do. I work for BestBuy (not Samsung) .
well, I am under a license suspension so it may be a bit b4 i can get out to a bestbuy,
But i have been calling samsung, and att customer support numbers, even live chatting. On every occasion, I have been told it's not possible to perform a downgrade. No reasons givin just it's not possible. Was even offered to send the phone to samsung for a free flash of firmware. Which when i asked which version it would be, I was told the latest.
Don't worry I will keep at it lol it's kinda fun messing with support
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Let me see what i can do. I work for BestBuy (not Samsung) .
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Just dont do anything that may cause you to loose your job, would hate to see that happen. Looking for information on flashing tools, or procedures used by tech support, not ppl at best buy but when you send it to samsung, or the provider. Any kinda of info would be nice, like names of software/tools etc.
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well, I am under a license suspension so it may be a bit b4 i can get out to a bestbuy,
But i have been calling samsung, and att customer support numbers, even live chatting. On every occasion, I have been told it's not possible to perform a downgrade. No reasons givin just it's not possible. Was even offered to send the phone to samsung for a free flash of firmware. Which when i asked which version it would be, I was told the latest.
Don't worry I will keep at it lol it's kinda fun messing with support
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My only thought is (from what i read in other forums and possibly here as well) that its not possible (qfuse and such). But i will see whats the dealio with their stuff.
Im not gonna attempt to lose it. I'm Curious. I have an S4 so this directly would effect me as well. I know everyday i see people getting phones updated via ODIN/Download mode. They always say its quicker.
And honestly MF3 isn't so bad now that theres an alternative with Safestrap from Hashcode. But i can understand the potential of having a full bootloader unlock.
No can do. The software will not go below the latest. There Is no option for it either. It only shows MF3 available.
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man...thats a bummer :crying: my phone had some weird hardware issue where the screen contrast was borked so I had to go through the warranty replacement department and now im stuck with mf3 firmware and no way around it :crying:
Are basically all new S4s coming with MF3 installed already?
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Are basically all new S4s coming with MF3 installed already?
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It's kinda of a toss up just depends on the inventory on hand at that location
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It's kinda of a toss up just depends on the inventory on hand at that location
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I'll keep that in mind. I would really like to get an S4, but I'm way too scared it'll come with MF3. Just feels like the odds of MF3 models ever seeing Kit Kat are very slim at this rate. Hopefully the 4.3 update that's scheduled to come out soon leads to new exploits though.
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I'll keep that in mind. I would really like to get an S4, but I'm way too scared it'll come with MF3. Just feels like the odds of MF3 models ever seeing Kit Kat are very slim at this rate. Hopefully the 4.3 update that's scheduled to come out soon leads to new exploits though.
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Do like I did & go to your good old local Walmart & ask them if they have one on MDL. When I got mine a week ago, the guy checked for me & all of the ones that he had were on MDL. They're cheaper at Walmart also. I paid like $135 ($65 cheaper than the AT&T store) & they threw in a $40 Walmart gift card.
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Do like I did & go to your good old local Walmart & ask them if they have one on MDL. When I got mine a week ago, the guy checked for me & all of the ones that he had were on MDL. They're cheaper at Walmart also. I paid like $135 ($65 cheaper than the AT&T store) & they threw in a $40 Walmart gift card.
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I would but there's literally no Walmart near me. Stupid city being against big corporations. We just got a Target this year. Is there a way to tell on the box what firmware it'll come with?
I know Samsung Pay was one of the biggest features for this phone, but I can't find it anywhere.
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I know Samsung Pay was one of the biggest features for this phone, but I can't find it anywhere.
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It has not been released yet.
I was just looking for that last night myself
Samsung is working on the 5.1 update right now for our phones. I'm sure it will include Samsung pay.
I've read June/July
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Samsung is working on the 5.1 update right now for our phones. I'm sure it will include Samsung pay.
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Hopefully verizon doesn't delay that and hopefully it includes the samsung browser though I doubt it.
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Hopefully verizon doesn't delay that and hopefully it includes the samsung browser though I doubt it.
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Yeah verizon definitely doesn't want us to have Samsung browser for whatever reason. I also hope vzw doesn't get lazy with the update as well. Seeing as how this is a new and very popular device it should at least get prompt attention for most of the year.
Ha we will get 5.1 by Xmas for us with vzw slow behinds
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I've found the link to be able to download the Samsung Pay Beta .apk file but I haven't figured out how to get it to install. Does someone else want to try? I'm stuck on a Samsung S6 Edge running 5.0.2. I wonder if you have to have 5.1.1 to run it.
Korea Link - https://kr.mpay.samsung.com/apk/main/main.do
US Link - https://us.mpay.samsung.com/apk/main/main.do
Is this available on old Samsung Phone?
Erm, is this available on Old Samsung phone? I have one samsung galaxy ace, will it works?
No you have to be on a carrier other than Verizon.
As of now they aren't supporting it.
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hopkinsdn said:
It seems Samsung has created a hotline in the U.S for testers. +1-844-726-7297
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I called today and they told me to download the Samsung Plus app from the Google playstore. I downloaded it agreed to the terms and logged in and then inside the app there was a link that said "Join Samsung Pay Beta". So far it doesn't do anything, but it seems promising that it might work tomorrow after the beta has officially begun.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.oh
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I called today and they told me to download the Samsung Plus app from the Google playstore. I downloaded it agreed to the terms and logged in and then inside the app there was a link that said "Join Samsung Pay Beta". So far it doesn't do anything, but it seems promising that it might work tomorrow after the beta has officially begun.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.oh
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This is promising that it even installs and launches. Hopefully we can side load if needed. Are you running 5.1.1 update or did it work on older firmware?
I'm running 5.1.1 on an ATT S6 Edge+ it wouldn't install in my Verizon S6 Edge whether that was because its on 5.0.2 or because Verizon isn't supporting Samsung Pay I'm not sure.
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This is promising that it even installs and launches. Hopefully we can side load if needed. Are you running 5.1.1 update or did it work on older firmware?
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I think I've officially been accepted! I just clicked on the Samsung Pay (stub) placeholder and this time it came up with a different sceen!
meek2100 said:
I think I've officially been accepted! I just clicked on the Samsung Pay (stub) placeholder and this time it came up with a different sceen!
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On your verizon device?
I highly doubt it. I just spoke to the people from SamsungPay and was told verizon is not supporting it as of now.
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I also installed the files and it starts but wont go past the first screen.
hope verizon pulls their heads out of their asses.
I find it sad that they are always last in releasing stuff. With all their capital they should be industry leaders.
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On your verizon device?
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Said he couldn't load it on his Verizon device. he should be posting in the ATT forum
Sorry, guys I originally had a Verizon S6 Edge but I switched to ATT and got an S6 Edge+ when they came out and Verizon said they might not support Samsung Pay. I'll make sure to switch forums.
Howdy, all.
I'm looking at purchasing an S6 and am wondering the likelihood of the Galaxy S6s at the Verizon store already having an OTA update installed that would prevent rooting? I don't know if all the S6s that Verizon gets are all on the same OS version from the factory or if the ROM that gets installed on the phone during manufacturing is updated as the carrier releases new OTAs?
Is the version of the ROM shown on a label on the box?
Thanks much.
If you get it from in the store the chances are pretty high since the update has been out for a little while now.
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I bought mine about a week ago and it was still rootable because I am rooted now. Just make sure you don't take the OTA that it wants you to when you get it. Go straight home and root
Yes, the firmware version is written on the box. I suggest taking a look at the box the rep brings out before you actually buy it. Just make sure you or the rep doesn't take any OTA's.
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I got mine 2 weeks ago and it was rootable. I specifically told the guy to NOT accept ANY updates at all, just activate the phone and hand it to me. He said "You're going to root it aren't you? Good for you. Plus it's safe you can return it to stock easy." My reply "I cannot confirm or deny any future plans."
I bought mine today. Did not take the OTA update and am currently rooted.
I would imagine that there are quite a lot of devices on the old version.
Do the new shipments contain the isocell or sony sensor?
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I would imagine that there are quite a lot of devices on the old version.
Do the new shipments contain the isocell or sony sensor?
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AOE2 out of box here and the isocell
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AOE2 out of box here and the isocell
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I don't think it matters what version it's out of the box. I've had two OC3's out of the box and they are isocell. I'm thinking the earlier builds have Sony.
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I don't think it matters what version it's out of the box. I've had two OC3's out of the box and they are isocell. I'm thinking the earlier builds have Sony.
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Bought the S6 and the S6 edge yesterday, S6 is rooted,(AOE3) edge not so much. Edge going back..lol
BTW how do you see if its Sony or isocell, and is their a preference ?
edit: Never mind seen over at another thread that I have an LS sony. Yesterday must of been my lucky day with the S6.
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Bought the S6 and the S6 edge yesterday, S6 is rooted,(AOE3) edge not so much. Edge going back..lol
BTW how do you see if its Sony or isocell, and is their a preference ?
edit: Never mind seen over at another thread that I have an LS sony. Yesterday must of been my lucky day with the S6.
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I've had both and they both take great pictures. Some like Sony better and some isocell. From a comparison I saw somewhere on the web I liked the isocell better. The colors popped out a bit to me but honestly you can't go wrong with either.
Watch out though. I got my phone a week ago at the VZ store. Right after the rep activated it, the OTA began installing without any prompting. I powered the phone off immediately to prevent it. I was lucky. I played it super safe and put it into airplane mode until I got home and was ready to root.
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