Samsung Galaxy S6 - user opinions and reviews
- Stoon
- fwK
cliff, 08 Feb 2024Am still using it. Have one problem I set a password and locked the phone today,cI forgotten a... moreif you have TWRP installed, delete :
/data/system/locksettings.db
&
/data/misc/keystore
- samsung is good
- pdt
stay on android 7.0 or upgrade to 8.0
- Anonymous
- xEq
Anonymous, 29 Mar 2023You missed the point completely. The essentials that Samsung meant was a phone first-and-forem... moreyou made an error in your post, referring to the microSD card as non-critical. you see, this is, and even at the time of this phone, was a critical feature for me :)
(indeed, i no longer purchase flagships because of this)
- Anonymous
- n67
Specification sheets should not just mention the charging speed, but also the charging speed while the screen is on. This is important to know.
On the keynote of the S6 in 2015, the presenter Justin Denison said that he needs fast charging to be able to charge faster at the airport lounge. Unfortunately, the S6 (and several successors thereof) slow down charging to 6 watts while the screen is on, so charging is only fast in stand-by mode or while powered off.
In other words, Justin Denison can't read his emails while charging at the airport.
It took Samsung years to realize that slowing down charging while the screen is on is not a good idea. The more recent Samsungs thankfully maintain the full charging speed while the screen is on. If Samsung's intention was to prevent overheating, how come it even slows down charging when turning on the screen when the battery is cold? Doesn't make sense. This was one of the greatest annoyances back then.
Also, thankfully new smartphones are thicker to house a larger battery. This thin design trend from the mid-2010s was a very bad idea. Smartphone vendors know better now.
Also, flash is disabled under 15% of battery charge because the battery is too weak to power the flash. But wouldn't it make more sense if it only limited the brightness of the flash rather than completely disabling it?
If the battery has enough power for full-brightness flashlight at 16% charge, it should still have enough power for slightly less brightness at 15%.
- Anonymous
- 0}d
Remember the short-term thinking people who said "120fps video recording is unnecessary because screens only have 60 Hz"?
Now that 120 Hz screens are arriving even at entry-level smartphones, those 720p120fps videos recorded on the S6 can be enjoyed as real-time.
Too bad new Samsung phones do not encode slow-motion videos in real-time anymore. Samsung introduced real-time encoding on the S6 (file has same frame rate as was actually recorded), but later changed back to the inferior method of slowing down the video file, which is both bad for video editing and does not allow playback in real-time with sound.
While the S6 had many disappointing feature removals, at least real-time encoding of 120fps videos + audio track was a welcome improvement.
- Anonymous
- PEq
Anonymous, 17 Jun 2024Is this phone worth $7 in 2024? It's got a high res screen for VR If you are taking it as a collection, then yes, but if you are gonna use it for main device, well i suggest you to get Samsung Galaxy S9.
- Anonymous
- En1
Is this phone worth $7 in 2024? It's got a high res screen for VR
- lag
- pXn
cliff, 08 Feb 2024Am still using it. Have one problem I set a password and locked the phone today,cI forgotten a... moreif you cant turn off phone cuz your password, press and hold turn on button (not home) and volume down button at the same time. hold'em till black screen. then look on youtube "how to factory reset samsung s6" and there you go
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- y2g
cliff, 08 Feb 2024Am still using it. Have one problem I set a password and locked the phone today,cI forgotten a... morejust flash the stock rom or any custom rom available
- spectrum
- XVY
cliff, 08 Feb 2024Am still using it. Have one problem I set a password and locked the phone today,cI forgotten a... moreyou can unlock it by factory reset
- Anonymous
- 837
cliff, 08 Feb 2024Am still using it. Have one problem I set a password and locked the phone today,cI forgotten a... moreFlash it using appropriate stock firmware.
- cliff
- f0L
Am still using it. Have one problem I set a password and locked the phone today,cI forgotten a password . How can I unlock the phone? my model SM G920F.
- Xperia1V
- mXT
Xperia1V, 02 Feb 2024I still technically have this, it's just in a phone coma. I dropped it once and the scree... moreIt also smacked every other phone when I was in highschool. While everyone had a iphone 5/6 or my friends having a S5. Those were the days. Back when Samsung had a clear dominance when it came to features and innovation.
- Xperia1V
- mXT
I still technically have this, it's just in a phone coma. I dropped it once and the screen refused to display, and the noti light was just flashing blue. 4 years later and I raged with it once and the back glass fell clean off.. maybe I could try disconnecting the battery and try getting it to work..
- Anonymous
- f}Y
I bought it in May 2015. I still use it every single day! Everything is still original, including the battery. This phone fits in my pocket so easily. And operating it with one hand is super easy.
But now it is time for me to move to a new phone. I am thinking of getting S24. I can't find any other decently small power houses. The new design of small Samsung phones is just bad.
- Sam
- Nu6
This phone is by far de most powerful portable flagship smartphone I've used so far...... Indeed the battery is not dat cool... Buh I gat a power bank an so far m satisfied with this phone... It gives me everything I want in a phone...
- Samsung fan
- P@1
My old phone
- Ridwan N
- tA$
SRC29, 04 Nov 2023It says the battery can’t be removed. How do you replace it? Where do you buy a new one?I buy it from after market.
Backdoor was cracked so its more easy to replace the battery
- Henry.the.goaz
- Ixh
SRC29, 04 Nov 2023It says the battery can’t be removed. How do you replace it? Where do you buy a new one?Dunno, maybe go to a phone fixer or something...
- Henry.the.goaz
- Ixh
Yeah same bc mines haves the screen problems and it turns on and it takes too long to charge even tho I unplugged the charging port, everything stops 🛑
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