Samsung’s Download Booster is Missing from AT&T, Sprint and Verizon Galaxy S5 Models

by Popa Loredana · April 13, 2014

Now, that many of you have started receiving Samsung’s Galaxy S5, we have also started receiving reports that the “download booster” feature is completely missing from certain models. For those of you who don’t know, this functionality allows you to combine both your Wi-Fi and LTE connections during downloads of files larger than 30 MB, so that you could enjoy improved download speeds on Wi-Fi and LTE connections simultaneously. It is true that the demo models from AT&T stores had no download booster, but we are used seeing that demo versions have certain features disabled sometimes, so no one worried about that. But now, it seems that all AT&T, Sprint and Verizon Galaxy S5 models have disabled this Download Booster function.

There is no Download Booster to be found

These aren’t just rumors, but it is true that the setting Samsung’s Download Booster appears to have been completely removed; we cannot even find a “Download Booster” toggle in the notification panel letting us to believe that it has ever been there and be sure that there is no option for adding it either.

And if you aren’t fully convinced, we can also tell you that the feature is missing from the product pages on the AT&T, Sprint and Verizon sites, not to mention that the Q&A section of Verizon’s page even confirms the fact that the carrier’s lack support for this Download Booster function.

T-Mobile is Offering Samsung’s Download Booster

What about T-Mobile’s Galaxy S5 version? The best part is that T-Mobile seems to be the only carrier in the entire US currently offering all the features that Samsung has initially included on the Galaxy S5. And although this hasn’t been confirmed on a live T-Mobile Galaxy S5 phone version, we can tell you that the company’s product page proudly lists the Download Booster feature as being present, so this is practically the confirmation that we have all needed.

As for those of you looking for answers, AT&T, Sprint and Verizon have been quiet up to now, but we are sure that things are about to change and we’ll receive further explanations in the near future.

Just stay close for more details! We’ll return with fresh info as soon as possible!