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II have a Verizon S5 still running Kitkat. I would like your opinion on upgrading to Lollipop. I heard the original Lollipop version had bugs with battery life and alarms so I have not upgraded. I understand there have been a few Lollipop versions for my phone and would like to know what...

I am planning a trip to the United Kingdom and wanted your advice on using a phone in the UK. My Verizon S5 is stock and by the time we go I will have Lollipop installed (I have been delaying the upgrade). As I understand my S5 is unlocked and is a world phone but of course the phone is CDMA...

I have not yet upgraded to Lollipop on my S5 and want to hear from you all who were brave enough to upgrade about the bugs that appear to exist before I decide to upgrade. I have a stock Verizon S5 currently running 4.4.4 and not rooted What bugs are there? How is battery life? What do you...

Just upgraded plan\phone and now have texting included. Please help me understand the apps. I habe Samsung's messages, Verizon's messages+, Google voice and Google hangouts. What the dideference between the apps capabilites and which one should I use as my default.

I know this has been asked before but since Google stopped supporting the calendar sync I thought I would start a new post on the subject. I tried using CompanionLink but it gave me many errors and tech support could not resolve the issue so I would appreciate every ones suggestion on apps to...

I will soon be upgrading to a Verizon S5. I noticed on eBay that there are replacement batteries with capacities between 3800 to 4300 which state they fit in the existing S5 cover. It sounds too good to be true. Does anyone have any experience with these higher capacity batteries?

I have a Verizon S3 and will probably upgrade to a Verizon S5 but I am concerned about rooting (rooted my S3). When I upgrade to S5 I will want to root so that I can use the SD Card for apps to write to (Don't care where apps are installed but need apps to write to SD Card). So I would like to...

I have seen some people complaining about the radio reception of the S5. I will be upgrading in a short time and want to know how the signal strength of the S5 compare with the HTC One M8. Please give me your real world experience with radio signal strength.

I would like to root my Verizon S3 running 4.4.2 but the rooting instructions I have found either do not apply to my OS or the directions have broken links. So I would appreciate it if you could provide me a link or directions to root my phone. PS: What is also the advantage to...

Since I upgraded to 4.3 it sees that every once in a while my S3 "Loses" the passwords to all 3 of my home networks. If I click on one of the wifi networks and say connect it asks me for the password but if I do not put in password and instead I reboot the S3 then it connects to my networks...

If I use Chrome and have 2 or 3 tabs open and then use the Home button to leave Chrome does Chrome continue to use any battery? If so how is best to properly exit Chrome?

My wife and I each have an S3 and we can connect by wifi direct. I also have a Dell Desktop which has wifi direct (Intel card 6230) which has wifi direct. Our S3s can see the desktop PC but they will not connect. When I tap to connect it searches for a long time and then eventually gives me a...

I have a Verizon S3 and want a call blocker which I can use to allow all calls to ring normally most of the time but to allow only white listed numbers to ring normally at certain times. Since this is a Verizon S3 it it different than other S3s and I have already tried "blocking Mode" but it...

I Have Google Play set to update only with wifi but yet when I go to update and my wifi is off it still updates my apps. Is this a problem that only I have? Any fix?

I would like to use the S3 Blocking Mode feature but I have a Verizon phone. I was able to create a short cut for the blocking mode and then I set it up but it still did not work (Tried blocking everything except favorites then tried blocking everything) but it did not work. So I am suspecting...

I am looking for an app that will screen calls so that only a selected group of people will ring through to my phone. The trick is I only want that to be active at nights and during the day everyone can get through to me. I have no problem with manually starting the app at night and then...

When the screen is off my S3 screen turns on for maybe a second or less every once in a while. I think this has only been happening recently and could possibly linked to JB upgrade or maybe an app that I have installed. Anyone have a resolution?

I will be eligible for a Verizon upgrade in a few months but I want to keep my unlimited data plan. My wife will not be eligible for an upgrade but in previous times I was able to "give my upgrade" to my wife. So if I give my wife my upgrade and she gets a new phone will I still have...

With the stock S3 dialer I can spell out the name of a person and the dialer will find that person. My problem is if I start spelling out the person's first anme and then need to put a "space" in so I can start spelling out the last name I do not see how to get the "space" inputted. Does...

Due to some proplems that I was having I refreshed the media database but did not know that it would actually delete all of the Android supplied ringtones. Does anyone know how I can get the ringtones reinstaled (without doing a factory reset). If someone can tell me where they are stored and...

When I had a Bionic and plugged it into my PC the Bionic showed up as 2 different hard drives each with its own drive designation. When I do same for S3 it does not show up as a drive letter. I believe it shows up as a computer and then I pick phone or card. The overall impact is same except...

I am syncing my contacts on S3 with Gmail accountand the S3 is merging some contacts that are similar. The number of contacts on Gmail is correct (2150) but S3 has 2141 contacts, Is there any way to determine if 2 contacts are merged on the S3. I know that if I go into each contact I can see if...

My wife & I each have a Verizon S3 and both of us have custom rings for reminders and telephone calls. We both occasionaly "lose" our custom rings. We then go back in an reset the rings as we want and it again works for a while but at some point it will the setting of the custom rings...

I just got 2 brand new OEM batteries for my wife's and my S3. I am planning on fully charging them and then putting them in our cars just in case we need the battery and are not at home to recharge. How long will a fully charged battery stay essentiially fully charged if it is just left unused?

I am looking to increase my battery life and I have the following processes which auto start and I would like to know what they are and what will happen if I disable them: SyncMLSvc com.samsung.inputEventApp AvrcpServicesSamsung MAPServiceSamsung Media Hub Samsung Push Service Sync Service...