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Last-chance recover - any ideas?

L
I was pretty gentle, but clearly I broke something. This would have been the second battery swap, so possibly something was weakened the first time around (not done by me), and it finally gave up the ghost on my watch.

I'm going to take another look to see if anything is obviously broken, but I'm increasingly thinking this is a lost cause. I suppose there's a world in which I remove the NAND Flash and install it in another (working) phone, but that's above my pay grade.

My own phone is an antique Galaxy S5. Removable battery, and if this happened to me I'd just pop out the microSD and stick it in my PC. I may never get rid of the thing.
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App launch from URL scheme very slow

Pete Miller
I have a Xamarin project in which the app can be optionally launched via a URL scheme from another app. On Android, when I launch the app by tapping the icon, the launch screen appears for about 5 seconds then the app appears, but when I launch from another app via URL, the launch screen sits for 25-30 seconds before the app runs. I don't see a similar problem on the iOS version.

I'm using the method and code provided in the Android docs to open the app via URL.

Has anyone experienced a similar problem?
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[ROM]-GamerROM ORION Coming Soon!

junior012
Cyberdev said:
Welcome to GamerROM ORION

GamerROM ORION is a all new OS designed by Cyberdev to bring faster gaming then our previous OS on the Samsung GALAXY S4.

This is not your ordinary OS to just not play games, you can use it as your daily driver and play games, surf the web, weekly security updates and features etc.


Features:

  • Your In Control (Your in control on how you want your device to run)
  • No latency & no space slowdowns
Download: (COMING SOON)


WE WILL UPDATE THIS THREAD WITH MORE INFO AS TIME GOES BY OR WHEN MORE INFO IS AVAILABLE!
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i wait you rom gamerrom eclipse for galaxy s5 klte
sources:
https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_samsung_klte
https://github.com/LineageOS/android_kernel_samsung_msm8974
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Location scanning in Flight mode?

Steven Curry
Airplane mode is a huge misconception when it comes to mobile devices, and I see a lot of incorrect answers on this one. Enabling airplane mode on a mobile device essentially kills power to all of your device's active radios -- Bluetooth, WiFi, mobile data, NFC, etc. In this state, your mobile device neither transmits nor receives active radio signals (emphasis added), i.e. radio signals requiring power amplitude from a baseband radio or modem for receiving or transmitting. There has been much debate as to whether active radio signals are capable of interfering with an aircraft's radio and navigation systems. Understandably, airlines would rather err on the side of caution.
While in Airplane Mode, however, your GPS sensor will remain active, receiving location and timing data, via passive radio signals, from a constellation of satellites known as the Global Positioning System, or GPS. Unlike active radio signals, the passive signals being received by your GPS sensor do not require amplitude or reciprocal transmission. Your device's GPS sensor simply "listens to," or passively receives signals being transmitted from space. This is the very reason that, although your phone can be in Airplane Mode, it will automatically adjust the time with the crossing of time zones. (Although not relevant to the Android OS, it is noteworthy that, for whatever reason, Apple devices also killed power to the GPS sensor when Airplane Mode was activated, on devices running iOS v8.2 and earlier.)
Now, back to your original question regarding location scanning while in Airplane Mode. Apps can utilize location data being received by your GPS sensor while Airplane Mode is enabled, but cannot use the combined WiFi and/or Bluetooth services needed for higher accuracy location determination. Because Airplane Mode completely kills power to both the WiFi & Bluetooth radios, apps can only use the location and time data being received by the passive GPS sensor. With the Android OS, turning location services off most certainly DOES NOT turn off your GPS sensor. To easily validate this, download a GPS sensor monitoring app from the app store, turn off all location services, and you will continue to see the passive activity of your GPS sensor and its receiving of time and location data. Turning location services off merely prevents most apps (but not all) from accessing your location data. Many system apps and processes continue to read your passive GPS data, even with location services disabled in device settings. (With superuser [root] access to the Android OS, the GPS sensor can be disabled by modifying activity flags within the sensor hardware drivers, typically located within the kernel.)
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[TUTORIAL] Everything you need to know about root

bridgesdanielle25
KingOfTheNet said:
Disclaimer: I am relatively new to this site, so i'm probably posting on the wrong forum page, lol
WARNING: As most people these days know, rooting your Android device WILL void your warranty. So if you do not want to obliterate your warranty, do not continue through this thread! Also if you decide to follow my tutorial(s) on how to root your device, do not point the finger at me for any damage that might be caused to your device.
The easiest way I can sum it up for you is this, root = jail break. Meaning you, as the user, now have FULL CONTROL over your device, with very very little limitations. With root you can receive so many benefits including, but not limited to, installing custom roms, recoveries, kernels, boot animations, and so much more!
Depending on if your device peaks the eyes of any Android developers, your device might not have a root method at all, its on its way to having a root method, or it a root method is available to install at your convenience.
If you are an Android newbie, there are many factors to consider before saying 'Yes' or 'No' to rooting your device. Your warranty and the well being of your device. What I mean when I say your devices well being is that you CAN NOT mess the rooting process up, doing so just might give you a HARD BRICK for Christmas.
Links to my tutorials involving root will be available when the tutorials are made public.
At first glance, rooting can sometimes appear to be a method of destroying your phone, but that's only if you don't know how root works. Rooting is actually really easy, I have rooted my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 and my Samsung Galaxy S4 Sprint with no troubles.
But, in a nutshell, rooting is basically giving you COMPLETE ACCESS & CONTROL of your device, like I said, with very little limitations, the only thing that could be stopping you is either an error message from Odin, your device might not have a root method online right now or boot loops.
That's my basic explanation of what root is, if you liked this thread, please feel free to read my tutorials and other threads down below (when they become available)
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Apps not showing in Settings

R
ocnbrze said:
where are you looking? there are a few places where apps will show up in settings. there's settings>apps and also settings>notifications.

all this depends on what phone you have, put they should be there. maybe a screenshot? or a better explanation on where you are looking for them.
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Thanks for your reply. I’m using galaxy 5. I was looking for application manager and clicked on Settings. Quick settings, network connection etc all showed, but the display stopped at Applications, showing only the header and would not scroll up to show Applications Manager. I tried this several times without success. I have just tried again and it has worked perfectly! Sorry!
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traveling abroad???

C
I have Motorola E4, and I checked the compatibility (thanks to the posters here for this thread to check it). The device is capable for GSM. I traveled to Taiwan, where GSM is used.

My carrier is Tello, using Sprint technology. Thus, when my phone was unlocked, it was in Sprint network, but only worked in the US.
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