Galaxy S8 and Gear FIT 1st gen - steps counting - Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers

Hi Guys... So I got it - a brand new S8
Been using Samsung health from some time... and got confused how the steps are counted..
If I have booth devices with me at all times during the day... then in the evening, the app would show the recorded steps ie:
- phone 6000
- band 5000
- all steps 7500
So I don't know who to trust ?
... and yes, I know the X-Files phrase 'trust no one'... "_
Why the band and phone counter is so different?
The phone actually shows more steps than band...
And what is 'show all steps' option?
It is not simple sum of phone and band steps (it wouldn't have any sense anyway)... so what it is>
How to understand that?

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[Q] Galaxy S5 Models?

EDIT:
INTERNATIONAL VERSION IS 900F
So I found a list on GSMARENA that shows what each model of the S5 is
Available as:
Samsung SM-G900F/SM-G900H - for Europe
Samsung SM-G900I - for Asia
Samsung SM-G900K/G900L/G900S - for Korea
Samsung SM-G900M - for Vodafone
Samsung SM-G900A - for AT&T
Samsung SM-G900T - for T-Mobile
Samsung SM-G900V - for Verizon
Samsung SM-G900R4 - for US Cellular
Samsung SM-G900P - for Sprint
Samsung SM-G900W8 - for Canada
My question is, what would the standard international version be called?
Also, since they are all SM-G900, does that mean roms would be interflashable? the naming scheme for the carrier versions seems to have changed from the previous generation.
Is there any model as sg-900???
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In a vodafone shop in Australia last week, the one they had said SM-900X
trevagreene said:
In a vodafone shop in Australia last week, the one they had said SM-900X
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X - is a shop model. doesn't really attach to any continent/carrier.
jodvova said:
X - is a shop model. doesn't really attach to any continent/carrier.
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Ah, cool. thanks for the info. I thought It was strange since I hadn't seen it listed anywhere.
HassanM said:
Is there any model as sg-900???
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I haven't seen any SG-900, but I have seen lots of places list SM G900 if that is what you mean
Hellscythe said:
I haven't seen any SG-900, but I have seen lots of places list SM G900 if that is what you mean
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Yes... Actually thats what I meant... However I was trying to find out which variant was Exynos and which one was Qualcomm. ...
Thanks anyway. ...
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HassanM said:
Yes... Actually thats what I meant... However I was trying to find out which variant was Exynos and which one was Qualcomm. ...
Thanks anyway. ...
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http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/5414...s5-exynos-based-version-gets.htm#.U0om3_mSx8c
the 900H is exynos
jodvova said:
X - is a shop model. doesn't really attach to any continent/carrier.
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so does that mean I can install another region into my Australian version?
ie: from sm-g900i to sm-g900f?
SM-G900W8 - Canada
Hellscythe said:
EDIT:
INTERNATIONAL VERSION IS 900F
So I found a list on GSMARENA that shows what each model of the S5 is
Available as:
Samsung SM-G900F/SM-G900H - for Europe
Samsung SM-G900I - for Asia
Samsung SM-G900K/G900L/G900S - for Korea
Samsung SM-G900M - for Vodafone
Samsung SM-G900A - for AT&T
Samsung SM-G900T - for T-Mobile
Samsung SM-G900V - for Verizon
Samsung SM-G900R4 - for US Cellular
Samsung SM-G900P - for Sprint
My question is, what would the standard international version be called?
Also, since they are all SM-G900, does that mean roms would be interflashable? the naming scheme for the carrier versions seems to have changed from the previous generation.
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p0tent said:
SM-G900W8 - Canada
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Added, thanks.
I reached my max amount of giving thanks for today lol sorry
Hellscythe said:
Added, thanks.
I reached my max amount of giving thanks for today lol sorry
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hehe all good.
SM - G900 Fake
Sorry if you have already read this reply on another post, but I just want to raise awareness / get some answers (if possible):
Hi, I'm not trying to pun on anyone, but I bought a SM - G900 (*no letter after it), it is an international phone, it is factory unlocked, works with a micro SIM, I have a 30 Gb micro SD card in it, rooted, making phone calls and connecting to the internet via my provider's data plan (Ultra Mobile) and through wifi, but here's the truth about this phone!:
* It says that it has 16 Gb of internal storage (BIG FAT LIE!), even though I says that in the settings, you will fill it up with a couple of applications, and it will quickly state that there's not enough space, I connected it to my computer using MKT drivers, and it still shows those 15.something Gb, but the files in it just take about 3, including the ROM, and it says I only have 500 MB left.
* There's supposed to be a 1.27 Gb phone storage (1.27? Really? not 2 Gb, not one, but 1.27), and that fills up pretty fast too. And displays it as an internal SD card in the file browser.
* I added a 30 Gb micro SD card, I actually purchased this card specially for this phone ... Which now it's just a waste of money, it mounts, but, when I installed Link2Sd on the phone, it just keeps transferring the applications from the internal to the phone storage to the phone storage itself, I tried formatting the card as ext4, ext3, ext2, swap and it keeps getting reformatted to fat32 every time the phone detects it, it says that the sd card is damaged and needs to be formatted, so you're pretty much stuck to whatever the real storage amount the phone has. I even tried making a 2nd partition with Mini Partition tool and Aparted, but then, the phone doesn't mount the 2nd partition, only the first one.
* The pictures and videos taken from the camera, can automatically go to the sd card, but they get corrupted after a reboot with no option of recovering them, **ssed me of because I had taken a video of my 2 yr old son saying "I love you daddy".
* It is rooted, but not through a custom rom or anything like it, I mean, IT ALREADY CAME WITH A CUSTOM ROM! So it was already rooted, I tried One Click Root and the application said that the phone was successfully rotted, but Super User had not been installed on it, downloaded SU from play store, only to find out that the phone already had root acces, just had to install SU to give apps permissions.
* The screen mirroring on Samsung smart Tv's doesn't work, it's not even picked up as a media device when connected through USB to it.
* The battery literally dies after only 3 hours of use (as opposed to the battery life on the real S5) without any low battery warning.
* The smart pause and smart scroll doesn't work correctly, the videos pause as you are watching them and the scroll actually makes the screen twitch.
* Cannot download any Samsung apps to it BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY SAMSUNG!
* Doesn't come with the Samsung Navigator, you have to download google maps, and, at least to me, Samsung navigator is better.
* Driving mode NEVER enables, even if you enable it manually or put it in a dock.
* IT IS NOT WATERPROOF!
* IT IS NOT A RUGGED PHONE!
* CANNOT flash another custom rom to it (or at least I have been afraid to do it) because there seems to be nothing compatible with it and don't want to turn it into a brick.
* The IMEI on the phone DOESN'T exist on the IMEI check list!
* Even though I had to use the MKT drivers to connected to the computer, I tried the original S5 drivers and it doesn't connect, and the mass storage driver never installs succesfully, so no mass storage device driver for it.
* Custom recovery? Well, it already comes with one ... IN CHINESE! So you really can tell what to click without erasing the phone.
* Stock recovery ... it does have it, so you press the volume up button and the power on button at the same time, and you get the dead android logo, then you press volume up again along with the home key and you get into the stock recovery, but can't partition from there ... lame.
* No gorilla screen on this one.
* It cost me $300.00 usdlls, which is not fair, the phone does exactly the same and works the same as a $50 - $100 usdll phone.
* It is a replica, there's no original Samsung anything in it, even tried Samsung live support (the one that you can see the live representative through google hangouts) and the guy said ... literally ... and I quote: "I'm sorry, I can't give out any support for your phone because that serial number is incorrect (I sent him the picture of the sn from the sticker inside the phone), the IMEI doesn't exist and Samsung doesn't make a SM - G900 model, it has to have a letter at the end of this for identification", and then he just closed the session, without any further explanation, just like that, without noticing me that the support session had to be closed.
End point being: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS!
I have a sm-G900H, im from Central America
abidcastaneda said:
Sorry if you have already read this reply on another post, but I just want to raise awareness / get some answers (if possible):
Hi, I'm not trying to pun on anyone, but I bought a SM - G900 (*no letter after it), it is an international phone, it is factory unlocked, works with a micro SIM, I have a 30 Gb micro SD card in it, rooted, making phone calls and connecting to the internet via my provider's data plan (Ultra Mobile) and through wifi, but here's the truth about this phone!:
* It says that it has 16 Gb of internal storage (BIG FAT LIE!), even though I says that in the settings, you will fill it up with a couple of applications, and it will quickly state that there's not enough space, I connected it to my computer using MKT drivers, and it still shows those 15.something Gb, but the files in it just take about 3, including the ROM, and it says I only have 500 MB left.
* There's supposed to be a 1.27 Gb phone storage (1.27? Really? not 2 Gb, not one, but 1.27), and that fills up pretty fast too. And displays it as an internal SD card in the file browser.
* I added a 30 Gb micro SD card, I actually purchased this card specially for this phone ... Which now it's just a waste of money, it mounts, but, when I installed Link2Sd on the phone, it just keeps transferring the applications from the internal to the phone storage to the phone storage itself, I tried formatting the card as ext4, ext3, ext2, swap and it keeps getting reformatted to fat32 every time the phone detects it, it says that the sd card is damaged and needs to be formatted, so you're pretty much stuck to whatever the real storage amount the phone has. I even tried making a 2nd partition with Mini Partition tool and Aparted, but then, the phone doesn't mount the 2nd partition, only the first one.
* The pictures and videos taken from the camera, can automatically go to the sd card, but they get corrupted after a reboot with no option of recovering them, **ssed me of because I had taken a video of my 2 yr old son saying "I love you daddy".
* It is rooted, but not through a custom rom or anything like it, I mean, IT ALREADY CAME WITH A CUSTOM ROM! So it was already rooted, I tried One Click Root and the application said that the phone was successfully rotted, but Super User had not been installed on it, downloaded SU from play store, only to find out that the phone already had root acces, just had to install SU to give apps permissions.
* The screen mirroring on Samsung smart Tv's doesn't work, it's not even picked up as a media device when connected through USB to it.
* The battery literally dies after only 3 hours of use (as opposed to the battery life on the real S5) without any low battery warning.
* The smart pause and smart scroll doesn't work correctly, the videos pause as you are watching them and the scroll actually makes the screen twitch.
* Cannot download any Samsung apps to it BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY SAMSUNG!
* Doesn't come with the Samsung Navigator, you have to download google maps, and, at least to me, Samsung navigator is better.
* Driving mode NEVER enables, even if you enable it manually or put it in a dock.
* IT IS NOT WATERPROOF!
* IT IS NOT A RUGGED PHONE!
* CANNOT flash another custom rom to it (or at least I have been afraid to do it) because there seems to be nothing compatible with it and don't want to turn it into a brick.
* The IMEI on the phone DOESN'T exist on the IMEI check list!
* Even though I had to use the MKT drivers to connected to the computer, I tried the original S5 drivers and it doesn't connect, and the mass storage driver never installs succesfully, so no mass storage device driver for it.
* Custom recovery? Well, it already comes with one ... IN CHINESE! So you really can tell what to click without erasing the phone.
* Stock recovery ... it does have it, so you press the volume up button and the power on button at the same time, and you get the dead android logo, then you press volume up again along with the home key and you get into the stock recovery, but can't partition from there ... lame.
* No gorilla screen on this one.
* It cost me $300.00 usdlls, which is not fair, the phone does exactly the same and works the same as a $50 - $100 usdll phone.
* It is a replica, there's no original Samsung anything in it, even tried Samsung live support (the one that you can see the live representative through google hangouts) and the guy said ... literally ... and I quote: "I'm sorry, I can't give out any support for your phone because that serial number is incorrect (I sent him the picture of the sn from the sticker inside the phone), the IMEI doesn't exist and Samsung doesn't make a SM - G900 model, it has to have a letter at the end of this for identification", and then he just closed the session, without any further explanation, just like that, without noticing me that the support session had to be closed.
End point being: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS!
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I'm sorry, but did you really think you were getting an authentic S5 for $300. Also, were you aware you were buying a clone beforehand?
nbeebe24 said:
I'm sorry, but did you really think you were getting an authentic S5 for $300. Also, were you aware you were buying a clone beforehand?
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I already new it was a replica, but didn't know it had so many limitations, I have had an Orbit Z50 in the past, and that phone works great, I actually loved it, but had it stolen . I guess that what I was trying to say is that I payed $300 for a $50 phone (functionality wise). Oh, and now, it doesn't detect my sdcard either. I just wish I could just flash one of the SM - G900 ROMS into it, at least it will have a better ROM, Oh, and also forgot to mention, it DOES NOT have KITKAT, it has a "pimpped up" version of Jelly Bean
SM-G900M is for 4G Model in Chile, South America
zorrigas said:
SM-G900M is for 4G Model in Chile, South America
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So, we might be able to install a stock rom from that model from Chile and it will work better?
abidcastaneda said:
So, we might be able to install a stock rom from that model from Chile and it will work better?
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if it's a fake that you bought that it's unlikely that you'll be able to flash any S5 ROM onto it
abidcastaneda said:
I already new it was a replica, but didn't know it had so many limitations, I have had an Orbit Z50 in the past, and that phone works great, I actually loved it, but had it stolen . I guess that what I was trying to say is that I payed $300 for a $50 phone (functionality wise). Oh, and now, it doesn't detect my sdcard either. I just wish I could just flash one of the SM - G900 ROMS into it, at least it will have a better ROM, Oh, and also forgot to mention, it DOES NOT have KITKAT, it has a "pimpped up" version of Jelly Bean
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Buy a samsung S5 - a real one - and all your problems will be solved.

Autoswitch 2G/3G/4G

Hi guys, I own a S4 (I9505) for more than one year and didn't bother to tweak it (no time ). Previously I owned an S2 and S3, and played a lot with them (rooting, new ROM, etc). Since then I kinda missed the game, I confess I tried to read some instructions how to root/mod S4 and didn't understood completely the procedure
Now I need more battery time from my phone without switching off all the goodies (data, sync,etc...) so my first thought what regarding the mobile connection, which from my experience eats a lot, especially in 4G mode. So
1) I would like to recommend me a ROM that supports autoswitching of 2G/3G/4G modes, meaning that when the screen is off the mode would be 2G and once the screen is on the mobile data switch back to 3G/4G. I know that there are/were applications (like JuiceDefender) that could do this but they required a ROM that support this.
2) An application that do the above ! Juice Defender was an option but I see is no longer updated
3) A link to some clear/detailed instructions about the rooting procedure
Many thanks in advance !

SM-N910K Exynos (Korea verison) Working outside of korea but battery drain

Hello there i got SM-910K from Korea with LT-A Alleh , I live in uk with this phone i on 3 (three) network . Phone is working fine even the LTE ,apart of battery i can get maximum 3 hours of display on with this device on 3g or lte, Does anybody got this problem like me? It's a problem couse i got this phone from korea? Can someone tell me what i need to meet to use this phone here? Thank you
Aburel18 said:
Hello there i got SM-910K from Korea with LT-A Alleh , I live in uk with this phone i on 3 (three) network . Phone is working fine even the LTE ,apart of battery i can get maximum 3 hours of display on with this device on 3g or lte, Does anybody got this problem like me? It's a problem couse i got this phone from korea? Can someone tell me what i need to meet to use this phone here? Thank you
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Phone is always searching for radios, nothing u can do but try to use only 3g. If that does not work, try shutting down your data connection and use only wifi to see if that is the problem. Otherwise, you are screwed, that is the only reason why i got the snapdragon
My Korean one does not drain the battery, it is fine. I would imagine you need a patch or something as its not normal behaviour.
Hello there i am back now , so i rooted my sm-n910k and i installed amplify and now i can see where is the battery drain . I got battery drain from :
Service Name :
com.sec.android.app.soundalive
Wakelock :
RILJ1
I will also atach some pictures to find out if you got same problem like me
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Error wile searching network | Nexus 6P 32GB (H1511) | WTR3925 RF Transceiver problem

Hi All!!
I have a Nexus 6P 32GB (H1511) Model: Nin-A1. I bought it second hand in Israel (originally the device purchased in the US).
A month ago, the device stopped receiving cellular networks. When I do a manual search for networks, a message appears: "Error wile searching network".
I used the device regularly, there were no updates that day and I did not change anything in settings.
I took the device to the lab. The diagnosis: The software is fine, there is a problem with a Qualcomm WTR3925 RF Transceiver.
In the lab they demanded a very high price for the repair (250$), so I took my nexus without repair.
Now I don't know what to do ... I love my Nexus and I don't want to throw out my phone...
Overall I can replace the problematic chip, but before that there are a few questions:
1. How to diagnose that the OEM chip is 100% faulty, and not some other chip?
2. After chip replacement, is it necessary to flash it? Or is it just enough to replace it?
3. After replacing the chip, how can I check that there is no short circuit?
Thanks.
_bolero_ said:
Hi All!! I have a Nexus 6P 32GB (H1511) Model: Nin-A1. I bought it second hand in Israel (originally the device purchased in the US). A month ago, the device stopped receiving cellular networks. When I do a manual search for networks, a message appears: "Error wile searching network". I used the device regularly, there were no updates that day and I did not change anything in settings.....
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Until you backup and then completely wipe your phone you will not know. You need to get ADB/Fastboot working fully on your PC first and then unlock the bootloader / wipe the phone. Go to Google's developer website where the full images are located. There are complete instructions on how to restore your phone to factory stock. Only until you have a factory stock device running Android 8.0 will you know for sure whether it is a hardware problem. If you really need/want to keep your phone you must go through these steps first. If the problem persists, you can discard the phone knowing it was a hardware defect.
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All this was done. The problem is not solved.
_bolero_ said:
All this was done. The problem is not solved.
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Hello new phone.

Smart band for strength training?

Hi, I'm looking for some cheap smart band that can count manually or auto reps, sets, rest time (maybe detecting exercises) and can even store weights, like the old Google Fit (which I'm currently using on a laggy TicWatch E2). Does this currently exist? I could also use a third-party/XDA app for that purpose.
I think Amazfit may be the closest thing, but I'm open to other options. Looking for bands around $50-$80
Thanks everyone for your help.

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