Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo
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- Marc
- mp{
- 04 Sep 2016
This phone is so freaking slow. I came from using an iPhone 5 and iPhone 6 by the way, but I had to buy a new unlocked phone as I was moving overseas. I thought of moving to Android to give a try and chose this phone as it is relatively new and is in the S lineup so I was assuming that this phone will perform well. But boy was I wrong. This is the slowest phone that I ever owned. Constantly lagging, camera takes about 5 seconds to open. Had to uninstall Facebook because it was really slow. Messenger sometimes does not open. The screen freezes. That said, I will never go back to Samsung again.
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- billben
- 32V
- 04 Sep 2016
never had a problem with s5 neo works great for me, just glad I did not have a galaxy note 7
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- boston brande
- q{b
- 03 Sep 2016
I love Samsung, my last four phones were Samsung. I've gotten my girlfriend Samsungs for her last two phones. That being said, the S5 Neo is the worst phone I've ever owned to date. I originally had issues with its "check cover" problem popping up randomly 8-10 times per day. Now it just happens randomly a few times per week. The phone freezes up and locks on a black screen or white screen whenever it is put through heavy demand from apps. The two main apps people use, instagram and snapchat, the camera WILL NOT FOCUS. 45 minutes can be spent on a varying degrees of depths and distances, and you will still not recieve a clear photo unless using the camera app. Buttons are phantom pressed when typing, and by far the most infuriating design flaw of all, is they have increased either the sensitivity or proximity of the "back" button to the actual screen. So every time you hit ENTER or SEND on everything from websites and emails to messages and phone calls, you will instead be hitting "back". This has quite literally wasted hours of my life, re-typing massive replies, or waiting for websites to respond only to find out the enter key was never tapped. Lastly, after the new update, they decided to put a uselessly unclever cover screen for you entire phone when it is locked, so opening up my phone is now an additional step past the unlocking screen. 1 extra tap every single time I open my phone may seem trivial to complain about, until you realize the average person checks their phone 80 times per day. I am beyond annoyed with the amount of unthought out issues with this phone and It may even be bad enough to permanently ruin my opinion on samsung.
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- Some guy
- C54
- 01 Sep 2016
The phone charges to slow
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- Locked to Telus
- ysF
- 01 Sep 2016
Hello everyone. I got a samsung galaxy s5 neo sm-g903w and its locked to telus here in canada. Is there any suggestions from you to unlocked this . Because im not a telus subscriber so telus cannot unlocked it for me. Thanks everyone.
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- AnonD-497853
- mSn
- 31 Aug 2016
Anonymous, 30 Aug 2016my phone model number is: SM-G903W Canadian version contra... moreThat is probably correct - I don't see FM Radio in the specifications for your Fido branded version of Galaxy S5 Neo on Fido web site. There is also official NO Answer in the Fido forums: http://forums.fido.ca/t5/forums/forumtopicpage/board-id/Smartphones/thread-id/26507
At normal Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo the Radio app is pre-installed and can not be uninstalled. You may double checkup for the Radio app at Settings>Applications>Applications Manager.
It is probably possible to install some FM Radio apk from the XDA developers forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/themes-apps/samsung-galaxy-s5-neo-fm-radio-app-t3273152
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717236
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-mini/themes-apps/s5-radio-app-android-4-4-2-t2825175
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- Anonymous
- IDg
- 30 Aug 2016
AnonD-497853, 29 Aug 2016RTFM: http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201508/2... moremy phone model number is: SM-G903W Canadian version contract with fido , so still no fm radio icon found. .is the above model no contain fm radio?
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- AnonD-497853
- mSn
- 29 Aug 2016
Anonymous, 28 Aug 2016Not found fm radio appRTFM: http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/201508/20150807172337205/SM-G903F_UM_EU_Lollipop_Eng_Rev.1.1_150806.pdf page 76
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- AnonD-102409
- 7Xu
- 28 Aug 2016
sam, 26 Aug 2016 hi everyone l from Canada i bought yesterday S5 neo but ... moreYes go ahead and install the update...it's Android M by the way. Im also in Canada...planning to get one this week.
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- Anonymous
- 4X$
- 28 Aug 2016
Trooper, 27 Aug 2016The FM Radio is in your App list under 'R' for Radio.Not found fm radio app
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- Weng
- qb4
- 28 Aug 2016
I have a problem with Samsung s5 neo. I can't hold with the wifi connection. It keeps on scanning even though I have a strong wifi connection
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- Trooper
- mXt
- 27 Aug 2016
sam, 26 Aug 2016 hi everyone l from Canada i bought yesterday S5 neo but ... moreThe FM Radio is in your App list under 'R' for Radio.
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- pikard
- 3q@
- 27 Aug 2016
i have this phone 7 months now, and its ok..working perfect, on 5.1.1 nad now on 6.0.1...maybe some of you really don't know how to use it.
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- sam
- 7C0
- 26 Aug 2016
hi everyone
l from Canada i bought yesterday S5 neo but iam lokking for fm radio icon i didn't find it suppose in it.
second the phone airlet me to install new android version so did i install it ?
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- Trooper
- mXt
- 26 Aug 2016
Terry, 25 Aug 2016I have a Samsung neo and it's a great phone..maybe there's ... moreAnd hundreds of other owners too ?.
Ah!, Maybe we are using it wrong ?.
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- Terry
- StU
- 25 Aug 2016
AnonD-575921, 24 Aug 2016The Galaxy S5 neo is an absolute joke of a phone, it's an a... moreI have a Samsung neo and it's a great phone..maybe there's something wrong with yours.
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- Anonymous
- jdg
- 24 Aug 2016
Anonymous, 18 Aug 2016Should I get this or iPhone 5s?Get the neo it's great! And join the fight to help prevent apple from turning us all into limited capability phone drones 😀
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- Anonymous
- jdg
- 24 Aug 2016
[deleted post]Dude fix your phone. My Neo works fantastic and experiences none of the troubles you are having. Maybe get some of your 16 gigs back my expanding memory with a card a removing media from the drive. Otherwise take it in and get it fixed. It's no s7 but mine and everyone I've talked to really enjoys this $0 phone.
Sure beats up my iphone5😉
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- AnonD-497853
- mSn
- 24 Aug 2016
[deleted post]Unfortunately there was a fake Samsung Galaxy S5 phone from Chinese company Goophone. You may Google for "Fake Samsung Galaxy S5".
The Goophone company has fake versions of many Samsung phones including Galaxy S7 (also iPhone). Not sure if there is a fake Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo, however on eBay there were many such cases of selling fake Samsung phones. Be careful!
In case your phone is purchased from legitimate Samsung reseller you may ask them or Samsung support for your country to replace your phone.
FYI, camera app at Galaxy S5 Neo launches immediately from the screen saver with a slip of the camera button. I would suggest you to use pattern screen lock and SmartLock (Trusted Places, like home).
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- AnonD-575921
- i8x
- 24 Aug 2016
Anonymous, 07 Aug 2016I jave played modern combat 5 on my s5 neo that i have had ... moreThe Galaxy S5 neo is an absolute joke of a phone, it's an awfully slow laggy cheap cut down version of the S5. I ended up with one for my work phone, and the frustration it brings to me on a day to day basis is unbearable.
I find that I have to reboot the phone at least once or twice a day to even make it usable. The response time when you try to open a app is totally unacceptable. Just doing something simple as unlocking the phone with the pin can be an utter headache, I’m having to put the pin in multiple times and then the screen times out and switches of during the process.
Double tapping the home button which launches the camera app, can take between 5-10 secs to open.
What a pathetic heap of junk this phone is. I use a Galaxy s6 edge as my personal phone which is utterly amazing to use, it runs as slick and as fluid as the day I got it over a year ago.
So going between these two devices during the day is incredibly frustrating, and I find I end up using my personal phone for work because it does thing so much faster.