Samsung Galaxy S5 (octa-core) - user opinions and reviews
- Anonymous
- wdKS
Hello everyone, I was going to get myself an S5 G900H, i wanted to know, is S5 still good in 2016 ? as it is in my budget and with some good specs !
- Giri Adithya
- D0ev
Vishu, 08 Nov 2016Update of 23MB available for download for bug fixes.What's the change after this update?
- jax
- Nu7V
yash92duster, 04 Nov 2016My Review After Using MM Stock OS & Custom OS I have my S5 G900H From the day it was la... moreWhat's d full meaning of XDA. And pls send me address site so dat I can upgrade mine. tanx.
- Original-Jamaican
- ri0C
After using Marshmallow for more than a month I'm ready to give a seasoned review. Battery life is the biggest concern for every smartphone user. Marshmallow does offer better battery life at least from my perspective. My S5 octa-core (G900H) is 2 years and 2 weeks old as of today. I am using the original battery that came with the phone and I'm still able to get a full day of fairly heavy usage before charging.
When I first installed Marshmallow, I would lose 1% of battery power after 2 minutes when browsing via Wi-Fi. However, I got to understand that the OS was studying my usage pattern and after a weel or so I saw improved battery life courtesy of the Doze Mode battery optimiser. After the OS and Doze Mode completed studying my usage pattern, I was able to access the Doze Mode feature once and for all after which I commanded Doze Mode to put ALL apps to stop running when the phone is sleeping. Only about two crucial apps cannot be put to sleep which is fine by me.
After Doze Mode was set up, in using Wi-Fi, battery now loses 1% of power usually after 5 minutes of browsing. Not bad for a 2 year old battery.
Now that the battery is out of the way I will talk about the other changes. Like I mentioned in my hands on review sometime ago, you have to input the password after a restart before you can use your fingerprint to unlock the phone. It seems annoying at first but eventually you get used to it.
The overall speed of the S5 is much faster (providing you did a factory reset and wipe system cache). The UI is clean and smoother. The lag I use to see in the CALL LOG is no longer there and bringing up the dialler is much faster (even faster than the iphone 6 as I tested against with my co-worker's iphone on Saturday). Marshmallow provides greater speed than KitKat and Lollipop.
My biggest gripe with Marshmallow is the way it handles the sending of e-mail. When an e-mail was sent previously you would see the word 'E-mail sent' in the status bar where the time time is shown right above the notification panel. Now you have to pull the notification panel down and if you are fast enough to pull it down before it is sent you will see E-mail sent in the notifications before it disappears one second after. If you look quick enough you may see an e-mail icon in the status bar with am arrow attached but that also disappears one second after. I send e-mails every day and the older method of seeing when mails were sent was useful. Nowadays I go to the sent folder more often to see if my mails were actually sent.
Other than the e-mail gripe I really don't have a problem with Marshmallow. I would recommend it to every S5 user.
- hrishibaba
- yQJx
yash92duster, 04 Nov 2016My Review After Using MM Stock OS & Custom OS I have my S5 G900H From the day it was la... moreThanks for great support Dev.
993- yash92duster
- X$v0
My Review After Using MM Stock OS & Custom OS
I have my S5 G900H From the day it was launched, its 2 years now and its a good phone out in the market for those who wants more features like IR Blaster, and tons of sensors
In Stock MM rom with Some Bloatware apps removed i get around 12hrs charge on high usage. Stock kernel is the reason for device to heat up and lag
In my Custom OS Like " Wanted Rom v7.0 "-( Full S7Edge Port Rom ) From XDA Site,
I get a good Battery life of around 22 hrs on medium usage and 14 hrs on high usage
With Custom Kernel - " GreenApple Kernel v1.0 " This gives device a good battery backup and Lag free.
With Note 7 roms device is consuming more juice so S7edge port roms are good for s5 g900h as per my experiance
I recommend this device to the ones who wants more good features whic samsung removed in their newer devices
Its Still a good device and even after 2 years samsung still gives monthly updates to it
Now it has October 1 security patch on it.
Its cost is also cheaper now in sites like flipkart its sold for around 15k only
so its a affordable phone with some good specs.
Good luck
From Yash92Duster - XDA Senior Member
- Original-Jamaican
- ri0x
After using Marshmallow for more than a month I'm ready to give a seasoned review. Battery life is the biggest concern for every smartphone user. Marshmallow does offer better battery life at least from my perspective. My S5 octa-core (G900H) is 2 years and 2 weeks old as of today. I am using the original battery that came with the phone and I'm still able to get a full day of fairly heavy usage before charging.
When I first installed Marshmallow, I would lose 1% of battery power after 2 minutes when browsing via Wi-Fi. However, I got to understand that the OS was studying my usage pattern and after a weel or so I saw improved battery life courtesy of the Doze Mode battery optimiser. After the OS and Doze Mode completed studying my usage pattern, I was able to access the Doze Mode feature once and for all after which I commanded Doze Mode to put ALL apps to stop running when the phone is sleeping. Only about two crucial apps cannot be put to sleep which is fine by me.
After Doze Mode was set up, in using Wi-Fi, battery now loses 1% of power usually after 5 minutes of browsing. Not bad for a 2 year old battery.
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- Anonymous
- MHy{
I am still using my S5 with stock KitKat because of the battery drain issues in Lollipop and Marshmallow. I have rooted my phone. But my concern is that even some small games like Riptide GP2 are lagging badly. Any way to resolve the lag in games? I think Mali T628-MP6 is really underpowered than Adreno 330 in Snapdragon 801 version S5
- Jt k
- rKvx
Souro414, 28 Oct 2016I guess it will work but 4G won't, you can use upto 3G..so you can't use the services.U can use data services of jio only on snapdragon and mediatek 3g devices....but sadly s5 comes with exynos
- KRS
- 7kts
akshay 2412, 01 Oct 2016Sir after update grayscale mode is short out .please replace it again.Grey scale will active from developer option under simulate colour space then monochromy
- Souro414
- PEWx
I guess it will work but 4G won't, you can use upto 3G..so you can't use the services.
- venki
- Xu@@
Hi, There is any possibility of using JIO 4G sim in our Samsung S5 SM-900H model.
- suresh
- wdL2
Smart 5, 23 Oct 2016J7 and s5 which can I buy?please suggest me?J7: 4g, slightly better processor, slightly better battery backup, big screen 5.5 inch
S5: better camera, all the sensors like gyro, step, magnetic, compass etc., notification light, compact design with 5 inch
- yaseen
- uudr
After the update icant got the suggested battery backup.Really sad what will i do
Main prbl is the battery backup
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