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    Help Unknown icon in notification bar and no service

    Hi guys, I'm new to this forum so I hope this is the right place for my question. First off alĺ I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 neo. (Sorry for my bad english.) This is what happend: I'm in Spain for two weeks with some friends yesterday evening (the second day of our vacation) we had some fun...
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    Date Setup Quick Question....

    Hello all - I want to change my date setup on my SM-G900V, that section is greyed out I can only change time setup only. Any ideas or suggestions on how to do this? TIA - bo1953
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    S5 broken screen - using HDMI/OTG cable - mouse won't work

    Broken screen. When I connect to Kies it wont allow me access because its locked of course. I've bought a HDMI/OUT cable. Connected phone charger to power it, hdmi to TV, usb to mouse, and connector to phone. Good news is I get a display on the TV. BUT the mouse won't work. If I disconnect...
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    Voice recorder is draining my battery?

    I am attaching a screenshot taken in the application manager (below). I was looking though my apps and most of them used 0 to 4% of battery. Inexplicably, the factory voice recorder says it used 24% of my battery since the last charge. My battery does drain fairly quickly. I have not used...
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    Help Apps installed before root cannot detect root

    I recently rooted my Galaxy S5 (running 6.0.1) and it went fine. SuperSU is working, Busy box is installed, and every app I've downloaded since rooting has been granted SuperSU access easily. However, the apps I installed before rooting cannot detect the root. I usually get a message along the...
  6. PleaseHelpAsap

    Root Samsung sm-g900v

    Hey I have a question I've looked all around the internet to find a solution to my problem which is: how do I root my samsung sm-g900v. if you have a solution to this problem please comment under this thread. Thanks. -PleaseHelpAsap ;)
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    Help Phone touch screen and buttons working but not screen

    I dropped my Samsung galaxy s5 into some water about two days ago and normally it wouldn't have been a problem since it is water resistant, unfortunately I have some big missing pieces on the top part above the touch screen. So immediately I took it out of the water (I'd say one second of being...
  8. ironass

    July security update rolling out for S5

    Samsung have begun rolling out the July Android security patch level: 01.07.2016 to the international G900F phones with their first release for Vodafone Italy on Product code OMN.
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    Google Calendar Time Question....

    Hello all, I prefer to use the 24 hour clock and I have searched and cannot find how I change this on my S5 from the standard 12hr clock to 24hr clock. Is there something I missed or are not seeing or is this not possible? Do I need to change calendar programs for this to happen? TIA - bo1953
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    Help autostart of audio

    Say I had been listening to Bron-Y-Aur Stomp through my Bluetooth onto my stereo in the car. The song ends. I stop Rocket Player (or whatever), turn off the car and leave. The next day I come back. When I start my car again, it will automatically trigger Bron-Y-Aur Stomp to play again (or...
  11. dalekman9999

    Help Samsung S5 900I Custom Rom Camera Crash

    Hey guys, Been having issues with my camera and custom roms, I tried to install Cyanogenmod a while back and it had issues then but I just uninstalled it thinking it was the rom, But now that I have tried to flash roms 3 different times with the same issue I am stumped on what this is, The...
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    Help Changing defaults on Samsung Galaxy s5

    On my phone, when I wanted to open a file, say a picture or video, it would ask which app I wanted to open it with, and it used to have the option to say if I wanted to use that app every time I opened that type of file, or if I only wanted to use it that once. After my phone recently updated...
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    Weird sound/pop-up issues after Android updates on new S5

    I bought a brand new Galaxy S5 for Verizon Everything worked initially, but then the updates began and the sound has become both very low and filled with static and cracking noises (only when using the wired headphones, no issue with the speaker w/o the headphones). Also, when I change the...
  14. striker512

    Samsung Galaxy S5 won't charge and turn on

    I bought an used Galaxy S5. The seller mentioned, that the phone won't charge and the battery just drained. So I charged it up again with my friends Galaxy S5 Neo to 100% and inserted it back into my S5 again. It didn't work. Then I plugged speakers into the phone and tried to turn it on. I...
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    Lost my Contacts Because I Changes SIM?!

    So, the story is: I went to Sri Lanka and bought a Sri Lankan sim and when I put it in, my contacts went. When I put my regular sim back, the contacts didn't come back. I tried many contact recovery apps on the app store, but no luck. The only thing that did work is wondershare. It showed me my...
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    Root G900a running 4.4.4 questions

    Hey guys... Let me start with I'm unfamiliar with samsung products lol. I was really big into Motorola and the XT models. Especially the XT912 And the amazing roms for that device. I've been out of the game for about a year but I just spent a few hours achieving root on my LG G Stylo for...
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    Root Cannot root G900V

    I've tried several times to root my G900V, and it has never worked. My phone is too new for towelroot to work, and besides that, all options besides the (fairly) standard method of Odin and SuperSU don't seem completely trustworthy. However, the Odin/SuperSU thing hasn't been working for me...
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    Cannot See Pics When Connected To Computer

    Hi, Normally when connected to a computer through the USB cable I see: Computer>Samsung-SM-G900V> and the some other options ( can't remember them now ). I would navigate to Card>DCIM>Camera and be able to see the pics there. Now all I get is: Computer>Samsung-SM-G900V and nothing if I click on...
  19. TheShadowf0x

    Root Samsung Galaxy s5V

    Phone Model: SAMSUNG-SM-G900V Hey everybody on the forums. I'm posting this because I can't find the answer to this question, but I am sure many people are wondering. I have previously rooted my Samsung Galaxy S5 from Verizon. I have had it rooted for about a year now and have not updated my...
  20. SpeekaDievs

    Galaxy s5 and Pioneer MVH-180UB

    Hi guys. So I recently bought the pioneer MVH-180UB car stereo and I want to connect it with my galaxy s5 (android 6.0.1) through the USB port, so it would charge and output audio to the car stereo, but i can't seem to get it work. In my stereo settings, there are two options Memory and App...
  21. shedevil7953

    Family locator app?

    I did a search but mostly found very outdated threads. My husband is showing signs of early dementia and he rides his bicycle nearly everyday. We live in the country and he takes different routes. If something were to happen to him, I'd have no way of knowing where to look. Can anyone...
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    Getting 410 Error with Marshmallow update

    Good afternoon! I am trying to update my Galaxy S5, and everytime it comes back stating that the download failed. When I got into settings it states an error code of 410. I called Verizon and they told me I would need to do a factory reset on my phone. I do not have a computer that I can...
  23. Atiom

    Help Stuck on 4.4.2 S5

    Been stuck on 4.4.2 KitKat although we've reached Marsh mellow; wanted Lollipop update since release and it's annoyed me ever since. Any help? Bought this phone from Amazon back in 2014 from Samsung, though the phone claims to have the firmware in Lebanon http://i.imgur.com/U4Ko8jK.png...
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    S5 GPS Problems

    Since I purchased my S5 ( currently running Android 6.0.1/ on Straight Talk Wireless) from Amazon it has been having problems with different apps that use GPS. Google maps (It shows my car off the road and doesn't have me in the right location, slowly changes/ jumps around where I am). Same...
  25. AZgl1500

    Verizon tried to update my S5 to MM today, but...

    it would not work. the message said "not enough room, it requires xxxx gB of space, and there is only 150 mB left.... that was no surprise, as my SuperBackups defaulted to saving backups of all the apps to the Local Device..... not a problem for me..... as it just might be the Straw that...
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