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kyocera hydro life

  1. Incubus421

    Help Hydro WAVE not powering down...

    I am writing in the Hydro Life forum because AF doesn't have a forum for the Hydro Wave yet... Anyway, my phone doesn't turn off. When I press the external power button then tap 'power off', nothing happens. The phone won't turn off. I can restart the phone and it does infact restart. I can also...
  2. H

    Help In need of system folder

    Can someone please upload the kyocera hydro life system folder please
  3. Moore

    Root Best Current Method for Rooting and Android??

    I want any and all recently tested and proven successful methods of rooting your Androids. Any advice particular to the Kyocera Hydro Life would be great too :)
  4. sirj0nes83

    working WiFi tether for hydro life, I THINK

    I HAVE FINALLY GOT WIFI TETHERING WORKING ON MY PHONE ( ROOTED STOCK KYOCERA HYDRO LIFE C6530N) I THINK......USING TRVE WIFI TETHER APP. I DID THIS TO TETHER MY PS4 TO WATCH NETFLIX, WHICH ISN'T WORKING.... OTHER DEVICES CONNECT BUT IS VERY SLOW, AND BUFFERS A WHOLE LOT AS IF IT'S NOT WORKING...
  5. sirj0nes83

    working WiFi tether for hydro life, I THINK

    I HAVE FINALLY GOT WIFI TETHERING WORKING ON MY PHONE ( ROOTED STOCK KYOCERA HYDRO LIFE C6530N) I THINK......USING TRVE WIFI TETHER APP. I DID THIS TO TETHER MY PS4 TO WATCH NETFLIX, WHICH ISN'T WORKING.... OTHER DEVICES CONNECT BUT IS VERY SLOW, AND BUFFERS A WHOLE LOT AS IF IT'S NOT WORKING...
  6. nic2roper

    Help The weirdest boot problem? PLEASE HELP!! :(

    So I've had my Kyocera Hydro life for about maybe 5 months now and I absolutely enjoy and adore the phone, but I have a problem. At the 2 month period my phone was knocked out of my hand and the phone cracked, I was bummed but it was still working so I continued on. I would say 3 months past and...
  7. N

    Help Bootloop after Root & Disabling Apps

    I rooted my hydro life. Later on (after a couples of reboots, about five days later) I disabled a bunch of seemingly innocuous apps, such as metro* and music* (but not musicfx and not play music) and it was bootlooping (more details here http://androidforums.com/posts/6901294/ ). Thankfully the...
  8. N

    Help Can't close back cover

    I can't fully close the back cover, and it's my first time opening it. Anyone know how?
  9. V

    Accessories cases... any with built in screen protectors?

    Are there any decent cases for the life? Preferably ones as close to otter box as possible... I want one like the preserver or better.
  10. W

    Preinstalled Apps

    ????
  11. J

    Root update failed

    I can't update my Kyocera kydro life it always says "update failed your device will recover the original configuration" yes I do have root & I removed some pre installed apps I even tried hard resetting the whole phone & still Nada what's going on here?
  12. davism

    What's this morning's update?

    I just happened to look at the Kyocera website, and wow, the Kernel has been posted. At the same time MetroPCS starts sending an update to the phone. I postponed it, wanting to know what it is first. It would be just like Metro to update us once the old Kernel comes out so that basically it is...
  13. SpectralSnake

    Will there ever be a android 4.4 update for the hydro life?

    Will there ever be a android 4.4 update for the hydro life?I've seen posts on metro pcs's facebook page that kyocera has released the update but metro won't push it to phones so whats the deal will the hydro ever get 4.4 or is it stuck at 4.3 for good?:(
  14. mrrom

    Root Benchmarks

    This is what I got on quadrant lol
  15. Aldwinprime

    Help Kyocera Hydro Life C6530N Bootloop

    I recently bought a Kyocera Hydro Life C6530N and rooted it. i installed a program called "chainfire3D" and it was to late to realize that it's not compatible. now the phone is stuck on boot loop. how do i fix this? it's such a waste because the phone is just 5 days old. i was unable to backup...
  16. mrrom

    Root Apps that are safe to use on this phone!

    Hey everybody since I finally got my phone rooted I decided to make a thread on what apps are safe to use on this phone. That apps that I tested and have are Seeder paid from Google play, Greenify, Xposed,Gravitybox, GLTools and viper4androidFX works like a charm. Please feel free to post your...
  17. S

    Help Phone just turns off

    Hello, 4 times now my hydro life will just shut off. Everytime was when I was ending a call. As I take the phone away from my ear to hit End Call it shuts off. Will not turn back on until I remove the battery and put it back. Anybody have any idea's? Phones is rooted, some apps frozen but...
  18. gelige

    Kyocera Hydro Life frequently reboot when returning to home wifi.

    Anyone else having this problem? When I return home, and the phone switches to back to grabbing the home wifi signal if often has reset / rebooted itself. Its annoying, but I haven't tried to bring it in for service or exchange.
  19. E

    Source Code

    Not sure if this should be here or the All Things Root sub-thread, but anywho. I realize this isn't concrete BUT I figured I'd at least share a response I got from Kyocera. "Thank you for contacting Kyocera Communications Inc. This email message is in regards of your inquiry. We are sorry...
  20. S

    Lock Screen

    I Have a Hydro LIFE and a problem i've been having is that the lock screen won't show up sometimes. Even if I set a pattern lock, it skips the lock screen and takea me to my home screen. If I try to open some apps it will ask for for the pattern Is there a way to always show lock screen...
  21. L

    Root Hydro life top notch bootloader

    I have da same hydro life been wrkin on this god dam phone to try n gettin custom rom and recovery is your fone rooted to me well i dun no but i think so with the life wen first out of the box camera is realy good lik quality but i think as soon u root it tho the camera strts change i dun lik it
  22. E

    Phone battle!!! Hydro Life vs Galaxy Light

    As the title implies I'm about to start a phone battle. I realize I will probably get biased opinions, BUT, hopefully I only get replies from experience, not "opinion" if that makes sense? My wife and I have the LG Motion, but due to Metro shutting down we have to get new phones. We've been...
  23. B

    Pending Text

    My phone says "pending" on text messages that I sent but only to ONE person. I just talked to this person less than a week ago, could he have blocked my number? Why would it say "pending" to just one number? Help please?! :)
  24. S

    Using System Storage?

    Hi. I've recently purchased a Kyocera Hydro Life from MetroPCS seeing that it offers 5GB of internal storage. So I started downloading big apps like Real Racing 3. When it asked to update, it said that iI don't have enough memory. It seem to only be letting me use the "User Storage (1GB)" and...
  25. B

    Sim unlock code for Kycera Hydro Life ?

    I am looking for a 3rd party unlock code for the Kyocera Hydro Life . So far I have been unable to find vendor that offers it . Please PM (if against rules to post it) if you know of where it is available. -Thanks