I hope someone will be able to port it to our s5's soon after it comes out. Was a main feature I was looking forward to.
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/04/1...-kill-off-galaxy-s5-download-booster-feature/
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Yea, this was disappointing. Like my M8 without the power saving modes.. All this US carrier bull. At least with the M8 we have S-off already and have added the features back.. While it'd be awesome, I just don't see the exploits for the S5 coming as fast... But I didn't expect it to happen to the M8 that fast either.
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Crooke356 said:
Yea, this was disappointing. Like my M8 without the power saving modes.. All this US carrier bull. At least with the M8 we have S-off already and have added the features back.. While it'd be awesome, I just don't see the exploits for the S5 coming as fast... But I didn't expect it to happen to the M8 that fast either.
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You like the m8 so far?
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eh, just like with blocking mode on previous S devices, once we have root, we'll get it back. no biggie.
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You like the m8 so far?
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I'll step in. The m8 is the best phone I have ever owned. Period. . But I am buying the s5 tomorrow too. We will see
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You like the m8 so far?
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What mrbracht said. I even love Sense 6 and I'm a huge AOSP guy. Completely surprised. But in a few hours, that other flagship will be here.
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Wouldn't Verizon stand to potentially make more money with the download booster? If people are using data more when downloading they would be more apt go over their data limit?
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Wouldn't Verizon stand to potentially make more money with the download booster? If people are using data more when downloading they would be more apt go over their data limit?
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You're assuming that people who download faster are gonna download more stuff....not necessarily true....
And if it's not true, then all download booster is doing is taking up extra unnecessary bandwidth
Having the ability to go faster is all I wanted. I hate waiting for a download to finish just on my wifi because it is faster and like roms are usually more than 300 mb per update. If people didn't download more stuff it would still probably make some people upgrade another 2gb so they don't go over and take advantage of the download booster. That is what I would do. Another 10 a month for more data and take advantage of the faster speeds.
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I hope it will have the DL booster when it released.kinda boring for slow net users
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I hope it will have the DL booster when it released.kinda boring for slow net users
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It doesn't have it, and it's not likely that it ever officially will.
I really don't care, I do have unlimited data and download speeds are fast enough, plus I have an AC router at home, I hit 120mbs on my S4 on wifi and expect the same on my S5.
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I really don't care, I do have unlimited data and download speeds are fast enough, plus I have an AC router at home, I hit 120mbs on my S4 on wifi and expect the same on my S5.
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I am not care about that. I think it's download speed will more fast
Yeah i think also download speed will be more faster. hmm
Download Booster
There's another forum for the S5 that gives you a way using an alternate launcher to access download booster. The one thing stopping it once turned on is the ability to turn on the specific mobile network mode.
Nova launcher allows you to add shortcut then go to settings and find download booster. It's one of the selling points for the phone that I enjoy. I'm from a rural area so when I go home to visit I want to combine the connections when needed.
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http://www.bgr.com/2011/04/27/t-mobile-betting-1000-the-galaxy-s-4g-is-faster-than-your-iphone/
Cracking me up, I wish I could compete with my 4G vs theirs, I would so win! This only shows the network being faster, but our phone is TRULY faster now thanks to all the latest developments.
I think they were referring to download speeds, not overall phone speed.
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I think they were referring to download speeds, not overall phone speed.
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That may be something to compare though, process the higher speed internet faster. It also required loading a specific app, our phones would load the app faster.
Cool even though it's 2 months old lol.
The specific app was Speed Test by Ookla...
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So I am guessing no one beat the 4g?
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So I am guessing no one beat the 4g?
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idk about you guys but my phone can beat an iphone anyday anytime internet, performance and whatever else
**** my phones internet is better then my internet service provider D=
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**** my phones internet is better then my internet service provider D=
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All the more reason for people to come purchase one of my great mobile broadband products! </shameless plug> lol
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I have an HTC one x att, I was wondering since I am on vacation I would like to use tethering I have unlimited data. I was wondering is there anyway I could mask the data usage and tethering from art so they cannot see I am using it.
I am rooted, and I have tetherguard installed. Is there anyway to add apn so att doesn't find out I'm tethering or throttle my 4g data.
Thank you
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Is there anyway to add apn so att doesn't find out I'm tethering or throttle my 4g data.
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If you ask 10 people this (or do 10 Google searches), you're going to get 10 different answers. The bottom line is that no one quite seems to know how AT&T tracks/detects tethering or how they decide whom to go after.
I've been tethering shamelessly for years, first on my jailbroken iPhones and now on my HOX, and I've never gotten a single warning about it.
In my experience, the main thing is to keep your data usage down. Don't use it to move large files or stream video. In general, from what I've seen, it's the bandwidth hogs who get caught.
Various people/devs will tell you there are various ways of "hiding" your tethering, but I have doubts these people really know what they're talking about. Nothing is going to hide the fact that your Android phone has put in an http request to visit Microsoft update because your laptop wants to update itself.
Thank you and I was wondering since I have unlimited data do you know how much data you can use until att will send the throttling message.
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Thank you and I was wondering since I have unlimited data do you know how much data you can use until att will send the throttling message.
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It varies but 5GB is usually the threshold. I've gotten up to 4.8 without getting throttled.
Also one thing, if they do throttle is it for rest of life or for just till rest of billing cycle.
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I use foxfi and have not gotten a warning. Then again I keep the usage down.
If you plan on using 20 gb in movies expect to get caught.
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No I'm not planning on a lot its just I'm already on 1.5 gbs and still have 19 days
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Also one thing, if they do throttle is it for rest of life or for just till rest of billing cycle.
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I believe it's through the end of your current billing cycle.
How much data is to much? I don't want to send any red flags about my account which already may be to late because I'm at 12gb lol.
None I use 30GB and don't have a problem.
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None I use 30GB and don't have a problem.
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Thats alot of mobile porn.
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g...flew-over-the-cuckoo.gif#jack off gif 350x200
No I use phone as Wi-Fi hotspot to power whole house which is my iPad Mac Netflix on my tv and app and software updates and app updates. Also I update my nexus to the latest nightly builds at about half a GB done every 2 days it calculates correctly with no porn
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I use 250gb per month...
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Jeez, that's awesome. Take full advantage while you can.
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I have unlimited too, and I use around 5 GB without tethering and haven't heard anything from Verizon.
I also read somewhere that it's unlimited users on 3G phones that get throttled and have issues. Phones with 4G data don't get throttled or taken notice by Verizon. A quick Google search can show some talk supporting the statement, so that's something to think about!
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I use 250gb per month...
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Holy crap! And I thought my record of 113gb was insane! What do you do?
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I generally go through about 12-50gb a month...just depends on how much 4g time I can get my hands on lol.
a close friend of mine uses 60-80 per month streaming HD video (netflix, nhl gamecenter, nfl games, etc) and has never heard anything. Just another point of data for context
Oh yeah lol. I'm thinking about canceling my cable internet because I don't get the speeds advertised. Sad my phone has a better and more consistent connection than my cable internet.
We top 5% 4G users might be "flagged" in the future and be placed on "verizon network optimization."
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We top 5% 4G users might be "flagged" in the future and be placed on "verizon network optimization."
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I've been hearing that forever. Its not going to happen. Due to situations outside of my control I needed to ditch my unlimited. And I miss it ever day
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Why would we get flagged? We have unlimited data. We chose not to buy a phone subsidized by Verizon so that we can keep unlimited data.
I am the IT guy for a church and school and I've upgraded 10 users to 4G phones through eBay and Craigslist. One of our staff members uses 40GB a month, I use about 15 GB. All of us go well over 2 GB, but what does it matter? We have unlimited data!
It would stand to reason that AT&T users with grandfathered unlimited plans are more abundant than us since they can still upgrade through AT&T and keep unlimited data.
I don't see why anyone would get flagged. The number of unlimited data VZW users will only decrease over time. Verizon makes more money than anyone. They add towers practically every week.
I say, sit back, and soak up the data!
I run my entire house off my wifi tether. No cable, no internet only my galaxy s3....I'm a flashaholic... so i switch between roms almost daily. Running three cpu's and two phones off the connection. Grandfathered contact like a mug lol
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I run my entire house off my wifi tether. No cable, no internet only my galaxy s3....I'm a flashaholic... so i switch between roms almost daily. Running three cpu's and two phones off the connection. Grandfathered contact like a mug lol
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Those running there home internet off their Galaxy (or any phone via Wi-Fi tether), how does your family use the internet when you're not around? I often considered this, but doesn't seem practical.
lol you got me beat
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I use 250gb per month...
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Lol you got me beat on that one, i surprised myself had messed around and used 170GB ...still trying to figure that one out though:good:
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I leave the unlimited rooted phone at home. Works great runs my entire server network thanks to root
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Is there any way we can remove data throttle in our phones or is there a Rom that has it removed already I'm just tired of getting throttle, I guess that's what I get for being cheap please help!!!!!!!!
I think that only T-Mobile can set and remove throttles. Do some googling, you might find more information that way.
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Okay I should let's see what I can find
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Okay I should let's see what I can find
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Removing throttle is not possible. As said above only T-mobile can remove them because throttling is a server side thing. It used to be possible before because throttling happened on the user side and not on the server.
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Removing throttle is not possible. As said above only T-mobile can remove them because throttling is a server side thing. It used to be possible before because throttling happened on the user side and not on the server.
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That's what I was afraid you'd say... I love their new unlimited plans but starting data at 500mb is robbery. My phone could use that amount of data without me even trying.
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Chitown021 said:
That's what I was afraid you'd say... I love their new unlimited plans but starting data at 500mb is robbery. My phone could use that amount of data without me even trying.
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I'm still on the 30 dollar plan, and when I get a new phone its going to be at Verizon. Since the prices are pretty much the same, and my dad will pay it instead of me. So its a win win for me
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Did anyone notice verizon skipped the powersaver modes again....i wanted extreme powersaver.
Verizon blocked it so you can use data
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Verizon is really starting to piss me off! They shouldn't be able to mess with phones. Ugh!
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typeriz said:
Verizon blocked it so you can use data
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Too bad I have unlimited, haha so they can suck it.
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Too bad I have unlimited, haha so they can suck it.
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Same here hahahha, but I actually want to use it for the battery life, when we get root or sOFF we should bring back extreme
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Same here hahahha, but I actually want to use it for the battery life, when we get root or sOFF we should bring back extreme
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That is one of the biggest reasons i want s-off. So is there anyway we can tether?
I don't know HTC is sending me my phone on Mon
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Did anyone notice verizon skipped the powersaver modes again....i wanted extreme powersaver.
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Is that a normal feature on HTC devices or something? Because I've seen something similar on custom rom's, but never on stock devices (gnex, Droid X, 2012 and 2013 nexus 7's ).
Just looked for it and couldn't find it. How could they remove such an important feature that is a selling point?
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I was told by HTC support that extreme power saver mode is coming on an update waiting to get through Verizon approval. It will come!
Once we can edit files. I can bring power saver back plus remove icon it puts in your status bar.
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pmazz850 said:
I was told by HTC support that extreme power saver mode is coming on an update waiting to get through Verizon approval. It will come!
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Through Verizon approval. Considering their track record that's not very reassuring.
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Since VZW's version is the only One (capitalization intended!) that's been released in the US so far, maybe it's going to be missing for all local carriers. Android Central seems to think so, but also notes it's coming in a future software update (as others have mentioned):
http://goo.gl/Fv7uIF
Things like this are why I tried so hard for so long to stay with T Mobile. Their customer service is second to none, and they don't screw around with the phones. But their data coverage was just awful for me and simply wasn't improving...
Here's to hoping somebody finds a way to root this phone. I don't regret going from my 2013 One to the M8, but I do miss Viper...
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Hopefully bring back the block text message feature in the stock text messaging app as well! We have blocked call feature but for some reason they took out the block text message feature???