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  1. silentwitness

    which feature will you miss the most in the s6

    hey was wondering what feature most people would miss the most on the s6 vote in the poll, for me the memory card is the most important.
  2. silentwitness

    s6 removable battery sort off

    I just came across this article you can remove the battery from the s6 but its quite a tedious process and you would void your warranty. http://www.zdnet.com/article/samsung-galaxy-s6s6-edge-removing-the-non-removable-battery/
  3. silentwitness

    s5 charging cover broke

    hey guys i have been using this phone for about 3 weeks and the damn usb cover broke off today :mad: Cheap design was just wondering if it makes sense to replace the cover and risk it breaking again or would be it smarter to invest a bit and go with wireless charging in which case i would not...
  4. silentwitness

    which phone to upgrade to?

    Hey guys im currently using the S4 and considering an upgrade but cant decide between the s5 or the sony Z2. What do you all recommend? I had a look at the HTC one (M8) but i didnt care for it much.
  5. silentwitness

    Help help stuck on boot screen

    Hey guys i upgraded from v 14 of omega(4.2) to the latest V18(4.4) did a full wipe/factory reset, dalvik etc and have also flashed the recovery that was recommended and after installing the update my phone is stuck on the booting screen with the omega symbol rotating. I have tried wiping again...
  6. silentwitness

    Root [International] S4 hang, restart then battery drain

    Hey guys my phone is rooted running omega rom, the last few days i have been having a very strange issue. My phone will randomly get hung then restart and the battery which was at approx 45% will drop to 17% and then it will restart again and drop to 0%. I need to do a battery pull and connect a...
  7. silentwitness

    Root [International] 64 gb micro sd class 10 + samsung galaxy s4

    hey guys i am currently using the s4 with a 64 gb sandisk card, i had used the same card in my s3 also and from the time i had the s3 to now when titanium backup auto runs(schedule) my memory card dies. I have to restart the phone and it shows up after that properly. I have since then got the...
  8. silentwitness

    Root [International] how to use lock screen widgets and pattern lock

    hey guys from what i have read up by default you cant use the lock screen widgets and a security option(password/pin/pattern) at the same time. Is there some sort of path/hack which would enable it. I am rooted btw. It seems like a waste if you cant i had installed omega rom(4.2.1) on my s3 when...
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    Root [International] firmware update encountered an issue

    hey guys i tried rooting my s4 via cf root method but it failed and now my phone shows me " Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again." I tried rebooting it and going into download mode or recovery mode but it just comes back to the same screen. The...
  10. silentwitness

    Root [International] siyah kernel dual boot question

    hey guys i was just wondering if anyone knows if it would be possible to dual boot a 4.2.1 rom and a 4.1.2 rom with siyah kernel considering they both are jellybean. I remember reading it was not possible to dual boot an ICS and JB rom together so do u think it would be possible to do this? I am...
  11. silentwitness

    Root [International] samsung galaxy s3 freezing

    Hey i am running NeatRom on my s3 and off late the last few days the phone has been hanging and freezing a lot. It get's hung while doing normal things like right now i tried opening whatsapp and it got hung. I was trying to backup data with titanium backup and it froze. However if i leave the...
  12. silentwitness

    Help Bc 1.1 + sgs3?

    Does the sgs3 support the BC 1.1 function? I called samsung customer care to ask them and they dont even know what the function is.
  13. silentwitness

    Help mx player + mkv

    hey i was trying to play a mkv file on my A500 and the video plays but i get no sound tried the same file on the S3 and it plays perfecrtly on mx player with video and sound. When i installed MX player it said it needed some addons from the market which i installed also. Was just wondering if...
  14. silentwitness

    Help free space showing wrong

    i had a strange file in my DCIM folder called ".thumbdata3" did a quick google search and found out that its safe to delete the file. It was 3gb!!! Now after deleting the file stupid android is not recognizing that the file has been deleted and hence my free space is showing up wrong. I have...
  15. silentwitness

    Root [International] omega rom

    hey i was running omega rom for the past 6 momths with no issue but decided to try another rom(NeatRom) had a few issues with it and ended up reverting back to omega but now when i open the dialler i can not see all the names written on top they seem to be cut out. I am attaching a screenshot...
  16. silentwitness

    Help Preparing SD Card: Checking for errors

    Hey i have a 64gb micro sd sandisk ultra class 10 card and every time i start my phone i get "Preparing SD Card: Checking for errors" which hardly takes 15 to 20 seconds to finish on my friends s3 with a 64gb class ten card also. On my phone it takes close to 2 mins and i can not access the...
  17. silentwitness

    Root [International] sgs3 + NTFS USB OTG (ROOT REQUIRED)

    hey i finally found a way to access ntfs hard disks/ pen drives on the sgs3(It Requires Root). There is a software which lets u mount the drive and u can access the same via file manager. A quote from the app description. I tried it on my sgs3 and it works great. Just thought i would share it...
  18. silentwitness

    Verizon 4.2.1

    Apparently you can now install a custom rom for verizon with android 4.2.1. How To Install Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean On Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 Using Custom Firmware [Tutorial]
  19. silentwitness

    Help com.google.process.gapp force close

    hey was receiving the error com.google.process.gapp when trying to sync google turned out to be the internet portion that was causing the issue so did some googling and found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757213 and followed the steps mentioned but it didnt solve the issue...
  20. silentwitness

    Help processes restarting on their own

    Hey i have the sgs3 running omega rom 4.1.2 and i have been noticing that some of the processes say restarting instead of showing the time they have been running. This is causing my default clock to get hung and i need to keep deleting the clock and re adding it again. Any ideas what could be...
  21. silentwitness

    Root [International] help endless boot loop

    hey i have the samsung galaxy s3 rooted with Omega rom have been using it without any problem for a while now, all of a sudden today the phone restarted and it keeps booting showing me my home screen and restarting again over and over again. I tried removing the sim card and memory card but it...
  22. silentwitness

    Help [Q] Battery drain while charging

    Hey i was charging my S3 with the stock official charger that came with the phone, i had put it on charge and the battery % was 26% i got up about 8 hours later and the battery had dropped from 26 to 14% while it was plugged into the charger and not being used. I am currently running Omega JB...
  23. silentwitness

    Help disable lockscreen via NFC

    hey could use a little help i am trying to disable lockscreen via nfc on my galaxy s3 but the unlock option does not work, i have 3 apps installed(Tasker, Secure settings, nfc task launcher) and set up all as device administrators also. I have set it up to disable lockscreen in tasker...
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