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samsung galaxy s5

  1. N

    S5 won't power on after screen replacement

    I am fixing a phone for a friend that had been in his back pocket and he sat on it and the screen cracked. I ended up replacing the bottom circuit board for the home button/back button because I had accidently torn the back button ribbon. After getting that switched, I was testing the screen...
  2. J

    Images Downloaded from Galaxy S5 Mobile Hotspot are Blurry

    Hello, Thanks for your forum, I am operating a Samsung Galaxy S5 and actually doing some travelling in India. I had a Vodafone Sim card put into my phone and am using my phone as a mobile hotspot to run the internet on my computer with. I am running my graphic design business from here...
  3. J

    Help HELP! Odd ad pop up after call

    I've been getting this pop-up, after every phone call. I don't know how long it has been going on, but it has been happening with every call. I've checked every setting, and ran avg. I would like to make it stop. Any suggestions? Pic attached is my screen shot.
  4. B

    Google Play Music & SD Card.... Help Please

    Hello all, I have struggled with this for the last 10 days or so. I have S5 G900V, A6.0.1 My issue is since changing out the 32g sd card for 128g GP has an issue with dl music to the card and playing music from the card. I believe that finally the music is on the SD card, but I cannot find it...
  5. S

    Google Pixel

    I was seriously considering the new Pixel phone until I realized there is no SD card slot. Why would google not include that feature. Seems like they are not paying attention to what the consumer wants. Samsung and Motorola both ditched the SD card slot at one point and ended up having to bring...
  6. run2eat

    double-tap full stop not working

    greetings. i do not see this posted, and i searched, but if it's elsewhere, please enlighten me! i have a galaxy s5 running OS 5.1.1. in the past week or so, the "double tap full stop" has (mostly) quit working. i am so used to using it that my emails and texts are now peppered with double...
  7. K

    How do I unblock my caller ID?

    I do free-lance work from home. I make between 80 and 100 calls a day. It dawned on me last week that I probably shouldn't be spreading my cell number all over the country. Dialing *69 before every call is quite tedious so I downloaded a few caller ID blockers to see which one I liked best. Well...
  8. K

    How do I unblock my caller ID?

    I do free-lance work from home. I make between 80 and 100 calls a day. It dawned on me last week that I probably shouldn't be spreading my cell number all over the country. Dialing *69 before every call is quite tedious so I downloaded a few caller ID blockers to see which one I liked best. Well...
  9. A

    Help "Used Space" doesn´t add up at all

    Hi! I have some issues with my storage on my phone. I get constant reminders that i have no more storage. Here's the problem though: the "used space" section doesn't account for some 6GB As you can see on the pictures below(sorry for the large picture sizes), my phone tells me i have 10 GB of...
  10. M

    Root Rooted G900T - Now what?

    I accidentally bought a G900V and as soon as I saw the ugliness of the Verizon ROM I decided I couldn't live with it. Not long after, I realized thanks to this forum I didn't have a choice! Stupid Verizon. I returned it and I now have a G900T - unboxed this afternoon and successfully rooted...
  11. B

    need help

    I've got a boost mobile Samsung galaxy s5 model SM-G900P. I rooted it and installed CyanogenMod. My phone is now telling me the model number is SM-G900F, and i can't get the cell phone network connection to work. Everything else is working fine so far to my knowledge, other than it won't connect...
  12. B

    Why won't my Flashlight app stop running???

    Hey all, I have seen this issue pop up often enough and I have struggled with this issue with my Samsung Galaxy S5 since day one. I have tried multiple flashlight apps but everyone ends up turning itself on and not turning off unless I restart the phone. And, sometimes that doesn't even work...
  13. B

    Custom themes

    How do I change my user interface after root; and is that called theming? I downloaded go launcher but after I installed a theme my home screen is all blacked out so I uninstalled it. I installed twrp manager and when I boot into recovery it's twrp. I had my old phone rooted like 4 years ago and...
  14. D

    Root Question regarding automagisk on galaxy s5

    Ok I wanna install automagsk on my s5 which is already rooted has SuperSU and Im not using any om or anything special like that, so I guess yu can say Im using stock rom? anyway according to this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/app-automagisk-automatically-disable-t3463475...
  15. B

    Root Custom roms

    I've got a boost mobile Samsung Galaxy s5 sm-g900p that i just rooted. I want to install a custom rom but i can't figure out where to go to download it. How do i install it and does it have to be done from a computer? I've got twrp manager installed, titanium backup pro, busy box, root...
  16. M

    S5 Freezing & Restarting Problem

    Out of nowhere my galaxy s5 started restarting itself yesterday and will not work. I read a bunch of articles and watched videos that told me to clear the cache and clear the data back to factory. I did both and neither have worked. I pulled the battery out for a few hours and put it back in...
  17. M

    S5, i9506

    I could never find a normal size phone. Thinking of i9506 or S5. Which would you all get? Performance seems almost same. I'd like to install CM. Thoughts? Thanks.
  18. I

    Unfortunately, Setup Wizard has stopped. What do I do?

    Hello, I bought this Samsung S5 off ebay for my dad, his old phomne crapped out, It is a G900V same as his old one. For Straight Talk. So I get the phone power it up and im sure the guy wiped the phone clean, It starts with the setup wizard. I start by clicking English, then it verfies the phone...
  19. T

    Create a folder inside of another folder on my home screen?

    I want to create a folder inside of another folder on my home screen. Is this possible? Is this possible without root? I have a Galaxy S5 running Marshmallow 6.01.
  20. AmericanHero

    How to remove "Top News" screen?

    I am using CM Launcher on Android 6. I had this screen show up all the way to the left that says "Top News" at the top, and followed by a bunch of news stories. No menu of any kind, and I have searched on how to disable it. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Jack
  21. Garrett poor

    Galaxy S5 Battery Drain

    Hey all, So I've had my s5 for a while now, and I've noticed the battery life is abominable compared to their phones. Note that I've bought a new Anker battery for it less than a month ago, and it performs the same as the OEM samsung. I go to school from 8 am to 3 pm. I unplug my phone at 7 am...
  22. Capybopy

    Texts are being received in Chinese

    Hi..This just started three days ago, quite suddenly. When I text my mom, who is on an iphone5, she receives some of my texts in Chinese. Not all of them, just some. It seems like it's the longer messages that it happens to.. It also happened once when I texted my daughter who is on an...
  23. B

    How long will Android security updates be supported?

    Title asks the question: How long as Samsung committed to providing Android security updates for the S5? Currently, I don't think there are any phones worth upgrading to from the S5 (taking into account price), but security is very important to me, so I'm curious as to how long I can expect my...
  24. J

    Need "selective" email sync

    When I have email set to sync, any email I delete from my phone is deleted from the email server. When it is set to not sync, I don't get emails and all of the deletions from my phone pass to the email server as soon as I set email to sync so I can get my new emails. I get hundreds of emails...
  25. T

    Photo/video sharing options

    Hi All, Since upgrading to 6.0.1 I am presented with many many sharing options every time I want to share an image or video. Some of the suggestions are contacts on Whatsapp and Outlook that I don't deal with very often and I really don't want then appearing on my sharing options every time I...
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