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    Thread (Q) Fast charging doesn't work?

    Had my S6 edge sinceand Thursday, never noticed fast charging ever working, always said "cable charging" I'm still within 14 days so I've contacted my provider Things I've tried - pushing the wire fully in - plug to plug - different USB cable I'm on 5.0.1 stock Any ideas anybody or...
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    Thread i9300 possible hard brick, looking for all files for Odin

    Hi all, Picked up an S3 i was planning to use for parts until I thought I could revive it. the phone gets to samsung logo then the green android man and then the green android man and quickly changed to the broken android men with a red triangle i've tried to do a re partition using a pit...
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    Thread S4 Makes "burning" noise

    Hi, I recently repaired an S4 by replacing the screen/midframe. I noticed it makes a strange noise kind of like something is burning, on some occassions it does go to the samsung logo then boots back up, so it's like there's a short somewhere. it sounds like it's coming from the charging port...
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    Thread Nokia Suite DOESNT load firmware

    Okay, so I'm trying to revive a dead l800 that is just stuck on the Nokia screen. I believe it's repairable as it goes into flash mode etc but when I search for product code RM-801 and try add firmware to start the process it does nothing, i looked in the files and it shows the firmware is there...
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    Thread So, what's this phone like to live with?

    I've just recently discovered this phone and upon reviewing the specs/design and of course the price I was quickly persuaded that this is a very, very good newcomer to the market. Recently, my i9300 died due to corrupt eMMC chip so required replacing which I'm sure you know isn't cheap. The...
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    Thread Please help, i9300 possibly bricked

    Hi, I flashes ArchiDroid last night, the rom worked fine and everything was going alright. When I woke up during the middle of the night I noticed the phone was on the samsung logo but didn't think anything of it. This morning the battery was dead and it was still stuck on the samsung logo, it...
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    Thread Boots to Samsung logo and just keeps restarting

    I can get it into download mode + recovery mode, but keeps rebooting at logo. tried factory wipe. completely stock. here's a picture ]http://dl-1.va.us.xda-developers.com/2/9/2/8/2/6/9/10668416_829527553754164_1709046890_n.jpg?key=2NJxF1hr-LOFooxPNFDfCA&ts=1410111073 anybody got any idea? just...
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    Thread [Q] Custom Rom bad for battery idle

    Hi, I'm off to a festival soon and usually I have to bring 2 standard fully charged batteries and a 4300mAh anker battery to get through because all the ROMs I use seem to drain my battery, idle or not. I have rooted my S3 since the beginning, going through a ridiculous amount of custom ROMs...
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    Thread Broken Microphone/Speaker?

    Hi guys, Got a gold HTC One Mini 2 about one month old, pretty much brand new, When I make calls I cannot hear what they're saying and sometimes they can not hear me. It's only sometimes when I can hear somebody but sometimes the person I'm calling can't hear me and it's just a crackling noise...
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    Thread Nokia Lumia 800 stuck on start screen, common fault?

    So I've had this Nokia Lumia 800 gathering dust in a box because I could never figure out how to restore it. I'm guessing it's corrupt firmware or something but I know it's a common fault on this phone. It's just stuck on start screen with the NOKIA logo. It does sometimes bring up the no...
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    Thread 2 Different Dates in Video Details?

    Hello, I'm just wondering if somebody can clear something up for me. I've taken a screenshot of my video details, in the date it shows 2nd of February but isn't the video title supposed to match it? it should say 2nd feb in title too Here's the screen: I only ask this silly question as it is...
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    Thread [Q] Phone turns off when taking a picture

    This has been doing my head in for quite some time, sometimes when I take a picture and flash/focus and then shoot it turns my phone off, to the point I can't turn it back on and I have to battery pull. I thought it was a ROM related issue (at the time I was on Ultima ROM 4.2) so just recently...
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    Thread i9300 LCD on i9305 Phone?

    Does anybody know if you can use the LCD from an i9300 and use it on the i9305? Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
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    Thread [Q] Nexus 7 (USB device not recognized)

    I'm trying to get my N7 rooted and with a custom ROM and kernal but it's not going so well. When connected it just shows as "USB device not recognized" on Windows 8. Prior to this fault I unlocked the bootloader and flashed CWM but it couldn't mount anything so it wouldn't let me flash it so I...
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    Thread Big problem (I think)

    I've tried rooting my Nexus 7 and not sure what's gone wrong. This is what happens when I load CWM. Prior to this point what I did was unlock the bootloader and then process to flash CWM, then load CWM and flash SuperSU from sdcard but it's gone a bit wrong. Anybody got an ides what the...
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    Thread Nexus 7 Digitizer Repair

    I've just bought a cracked 16GB Nexus 7 for £40 Prior to buying I read a few guides but another one I've read has got me confused. They say if the touch is affected the screen needs to be replaced but if not its just the glass. I thought the glass digitizer is the glass and responsible for...
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    Thread Where to buy mid frame for the S3?

    Hello, I am wondering if anybody can point me in the right direction of buying the middle part of the S3. The part I mean is where the volume button is and the other really thin piece on top of that. I'm not sure what it's called so trying to find it on ebay is proving to be quite hard...
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    Thread Insert SD card to use camera

    Hello, Everytime I want to use my camera it tells me my phone doesn't have an SD card inserted (which I do, and it's fully functional) This problem originally occurred after flashing UltimaROM when my internal was swapped with my external. The ROM used to be great but it was ridiculously...
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    Thread [Q] Won't get past boot screen

    I bought a I9300 as I was slightly mislead by the seller that the phone could be fixed and would get detected by the PC, which it doesn't. It's a i9300 and it's blue... and that's all I've got. I'm guessing it's on a stock ROM and stock kernal. When I attempt to charge the phone or connect to...
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    Thread Help with Orange Stockholm phone

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    Thread [Q] Titanium backup not letting me click install

    Never had this problem before, just flashed PA3+ and going to resore all my user apps + data but everytime I try to restore it doesn't let me click the actual install button. It's not greyed out or anything it's like that part of the screen doesn't work (it does by the way) on google people are...
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    Thread WiFi Tethering doesn't work on my computer

    When I set up my hot spot for a PS3 it works fine, connects without problems. When I connect on my computer it will take a while to connect and then it will fail, asking me to troubleshoot additional problems. Does anybody know how I can fix this? it's getting annoying, sometimes turning it...
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    Thread Anker 4400mAh Battery (Mini Review)

    I recently bought the Anker 440mAh for the very small price of £9.99 I was skeptical about buying this due to how cheap it is, to anybody looking for a cheap alternative, this is for you. Click HERE to view the battery on Amazon (UK) I've seen people saying some batteries will not charge or...
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    Thread Charging dock

    I've just bought an extended battery and was wondering if there was any sort of a dock that you can put the battery in and then charge from there instead of putting it in your phone to charge. I know the sizes will all be different so I'm not sure if there will be a universal one, does...
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    Thread TitaniumBackup won't back up..

    I'm trying to flash a new ROM so I'm backing up my current apps but every time I back up the apps it will finish and say complete/successful but when I try to find the backed up apps they don't show. I've tried creating a folder and placing them in there, directing the back up to the ext sd card...
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    Thread [Q] Accidentally deleted my entire photo album.

    Well I recorded a video but wasn't paying attention and tried deleting it. Instead I foolishly deleted the ENTIRE "Camera" folder containing ALL of my pictures. I searched online and read JB has a "undo" function but fail to see the button anywhere, I figured because my S3 is rooted on a custom...
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    Thread Questions

    Hey guys, I've been looking up on the surface and it's perfect for me. I've never liked tablets because of the keyboard issue so this is great for me. as I've never had a tablet or anything like this before so my question may be stupid but can I download programs and use them or is it just like...
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    Thread Quick question regarding micro usb to hdmi

    Hey guys, my phone has the tv catch up app which displays all my TV shows in HD but on my TV it's not in HD and I'm using an ariel because I don't have satellite in my room. My question is if I got my phone hooked up to the TV with a micro usb to hdmi will it display full 1080p on my TV? and can...
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    Thread Oh No...

    My 2nd topic in about 20 mins! I've just flashed Siyah Kernal but made a mistake and flashed an older version accidently (I flashed 1.3 instead of 1.7) Now my phone doesn't boot, it gets to the loading screen where it displays model etc and then stops. I can boot into recovery, I was thinking...
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    Thread Titanium Backup...

    I've just reflashed a new build of this custom ROM I'm using (Super Nexus to be precise) now I've done this before and the restore went fine but now I'm having trouble. For whatever reason Titanium Backup can't find the apps to restore.. or anything for that matter. I have copied a folder...
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    Thread [Q] Benchmark results

    Can someone explain this to me cause it's just weird, how the iPhone 5 beats the S3 in benchmark results by a small fraction when on paper the iPhone 5 is terrible in comparison, the s3 beats the i5 in every aspect in terms of tech, I just find it weird how it actually beat it. I would expect...
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    Thread [Q] Titanium backup restore now everything doesn't work!!

    I've just flashed SuperNexus and backed up all my apps + data for the first time, it's going through each app one by one on the installation, I assumed it would do it all in one go, is this normal? or have I done it wrong haha? edit2: after restoring apps + data I just keep getting spammed...
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    Thread [Q] So I'm finally about to root my phone, a few questions!

    I'm finally rooting my phone after months of messing about waiting for an unlock My phone is international model i9300 and I've been reading this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1695238 Looks really good, well detailed should be very easy with the help of chainfire...
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    Thread [Q] FF7/9 on the S3?

    I'm about to get ready to FINALLY root my phone after having unlock problems I really wanna get FF7 an FF9 hooked up on there, I understand there is the psx4droid emu and fpse but I cannot find a up to date guide for the galaxy s3 on how to get it all working with download links. I know you can...
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    Thread [Q] Using S3 for Xbox live connectivity

    I know this is probably a long shot but this phone can produce some pretty amazing things so I'm just wondering if this is possible. Right now I'm connected to Xbox Live by ethernet, my laptop goes to my xbox but it's beginning to annoy me as I'm only using the laptop for XBL connection (the...
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    Thread Jellybean arrives in October CONFIRMED by Samsung

    Source: knowyourmbile Sorry of this has already been posted!
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    Thread SGS3 to TV

    I know you can get a HDMI to micro usb but I do not have any other means of connecting (my TV is fairly old) Is there any other way of connecting?
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    Thread Goodphone i5 will sue Apple when iPhone 5 unveils

    Thought you guys might be interested in this, it's pretty funny because that is actually how the iPhone 5 screen looks but it's hard to believe they haven't patented it already. Here's the story: Here's the general specs of the phone (visit links to see full specs): - 4 inch IPS screen...
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    Thread 16GB Micro SDHC card class 10

    I've found one on eBay for less then £10 ($16) it's a 16gb class 10 sandisc Is that good? I thought it was pretty cheap but still wondering about getting a 32GB just in case, where did you guys buy yours from cheap?
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    Thread Why is it that very few people can unlock phones?

    This guy I know offered me £20 if I would unlock two of his Nokia phones, I thought it would be easy; just generate the code from the IMEI like BlackBerrys and I'm done But it's actually expensive to unlock old nokia models, with no free software on unlocking phones how do they do it? do they...
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    Thread [Q] Palm to pause feature not working

    EDIT: I originally asked a question but to prevent spamming I changed the title, ignore the first few posts. I recently just found out that I had a swipe palm to screenshot feature and a pause/play music with the palm of your hand, I've tried to do it and it does not work, I've even looked on...
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    Thread [Q] A couple of questions regarding sdhc card + screen protectors

    What's the difference between class? I see class 10 and class 4, class 4 is a lot cheaper then 10 but what's the actual difference? Does class 10 transfer files faster or something? and also can anybody recommend a good screen protector? I had one come free with my case on eBay but it doesn't...
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    Thread [Q] Hard reset from lock screen, forgot password!

    Basically I lost this phone which at the time I thought somebody stole it but it appears it's been in my house so now I have the neo again and my S3 (woohoo?) Anyway, I cannot remember the password at all. I didn't know anything about android when I had this and I don't really know how to...
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    Thread [Q] Samsung Galaxy S3 warranty, how to register?

    First off I'll start by saying I do not have the receipt anymore, I just have the phone and the box it came with and a manual inside. I've looked online but it asks for things I'm unsure of, can I still register for warranty without the receipt?
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    Thread [Q] The best anti-theft for android?

    Before purchasing the S3 I read up about it and found one called "Pray anti-theft" which was supposed to be pretty good. I installed it onto my S3 and it seems in order to track it my phone needs to be connected to the internet with the SIM card in tact.. Who is going to find a phone and leave...
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    Thread [Q] Final Fantasy 3 APK on unrooted S3

    So I've finally got my S3! Before I go into the whole rooting and custom ROM/kernal business I'd like to atleast play with the phone for a bit and make sure everything is perfect just incase I do void my warranty I understand you can download APKs on computer and put it on your phone and...
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    Thread Need some advice

    Well I've been in two minds weather to get the S2 or S3, I initially wanted a second hand S2 to get used to all the rooting and flashing ROMs and incase I brick it etc. Anyway, to save a life story. I have a chance to buy a new S3 for £300, 1 week old unused. The thing it she said it is an...
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    Thread Hello all!

    I would just like to know how to avoid bricking at all costs and what a custom kernal has to offer. What is a "safe kernal"? why is the stock kernal so bad? I've seen some ROMs I like and want to get started soon but read that the SGS2 can be hard-bricked. After reading this topic...