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S3 Hardware issues

HI,

so I've bought an S3 from eBay advertised as new.
Obviously it is not the latest model but the phone is charging very slow, which I would not expect with a new phone. (I've also had it only one day)
In addition the browsers are constantly freezing and crashing the phone

When I took off the void sticker, no remnants were left behind to say void.

Is this what I should expect with an old model or is it possibly not new?

TIA
i would also like to add that in this day and age old phones like these are really only good for communication purposes only. most apps these are more robust and requires higher specs. to really have a good functioning phone that can run apps, use the internet as well as make phone calls and texts needs at least 3gb of ram and 32gb of storage.

.......so do not expect out of this phone.

Bixby whole remove

Just found this, a disable list for Bixby:

samsung bixby :
.\adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.settings.bixby
.\adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.service
.\adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.agent
.\adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixbyvision.framework
.\adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup
.\adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.app.spage
.\adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.bixby.agent.dummy
.\adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.android.visionintelligence
.\adb shell pm disable-user --user 0 com.samsung.systemui.bixby2

Boot loop...

I still haven't given up hope...

I think I've made some progress.
Despite the phone not being recognized by my computer, I decided to try and use the MTK Flash tool
on my phone.

After some initial hiccups (not working at all) I did manage to flash the original ROM to the phone successfully!

But... there was no life to the phone.
The boot loop was gone and the buttons (On/Up/Down vol.) had no effect on the phone.
Also the charging light still does not come on.

So a successful ROM flash but still clinically dead.

P.S. I should also add, I opened up the phone before the ROM flash and disconnected the non-removable battery but it didn't stop the boot loop at the time, once the battery was re-connected.

USB otg for Moto e5 go...how does it work???

OTG should be plug and play. And a quick check reveals that the e5 Go should support OTG (I'd be a bit worried if any phone these days does not).

What OTG connections have you tried to use? Just in case it's a specific device or app that isn't working.

The weird thing is that I had this exact same phone before and was able to use the OTG functions. I broke that phone and bought the exact same phone and can't get it to work. Mind you it wasn't as simple as plug and play, I had to use developer options to turn on USB debugging and put the USB configuration in MTP. But that isn't working now for this phone. I can't remember if I am missing an important step or if it's some glitch with this new phone?
But I have tried using a OTG cable and a OTG card reader...neither worked.
Thanks for the help!

Help Phone won't stop beeping, help please.

Wouldn't it be funny if he just accidentally set the alarm clock or a calendar notification or something? lol
No it wouldn't be funny!! (Actually be funny as Hell) how do I know? Because I've done it, accidentally of course (of course) and I still catch hell from both my Asian sister's and the Russian one looks at me then the phone then busts up laughing. Cool. I laugh at her cause her back always hurts from carrying those Big"Air Bags"..

Apps Add so files to Android NDK project (UnsatisfiedLinkError)

I trying to run my app (GTA SA Mobile + SAMP Android + Bass lib) but it crashes after run. This crash appears when i include any library, for example i tryied it with libsqliteX.so
Otherwise, when i compile without (bass lib) it runs good.
I compile with cygwin + APK Easy Tool->compile.
APK file:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=172_LWbFNegGAb7GmdiWO8uQ799UlBRXf

Here is a log:
https://pastebin.com/yECu4uHf

Android.mk file
https://pastebin.com/4wTHzrLb

Application.mk file
https://pastebin.com/Xd25rdsW

Files structure:
https://pastebin.com/G7bTAg2b

SAMP Android source code (I changed only Android.mk file and put bass libs into vendor folder):
https://github.com/4x11/build69

I don't know what can i do, i tried anything but nothing works.
My steps is very easy:
1. Compile libsamp.so via cygwin
2. Put libsamp.so and other bass libs into APK (build69v108.apk\lib\armeabi-v7a\)
3. Use APK Easy Tool -> compile
4. Run an app

Tested on phone:
- Redmi Note 7
- Android ver: 9 PKQ1. 180904.001
- MIUI ver: MIUI Global 10.21 stable
- Core ver: 4.4.153-perf+

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