Dead Gear S: suggestions?

My Gear S died on me today.

Went running for first time with Gear S. Turned on GPS and tracking worked fine. About 50% battery at start of run.
About 1 hour later hit button on watch and no response. Thought it was strange, but thought battery died. Put on charger for several hours, but charge indicator didn't light up.
Held button for 30 seconds and 1 minute to see if it would reset. No response at all. Attached to several other cables and charge plugs plus PC USB port. Nothing worked.

Got this through eBay Buy.com deal two months ago. Not sure about warranty.

Any suggestions appreciated. Hate to see 0 go down the drain. Plus I like this watch!

jb

Call Recorder on Note 5 any suggestions?

Hey Guys,

I am looking for a way to record all incoming and out bound calls on the note 5. It is obviously simple with a rooted phone but does anyone have any ideas or methods to do this with a non-rooted phone. Would SUPER DUPER appreciate a method.

Thanks

Suggestions for phone not NOTE 5

I'm done with the Note series. I don't understand why Samsung is following Apple's greedy business ways. Any suggestions as to what to buy? I'm looking to buy really soon.

Thanks in advance! !

Sent from my SM-N910T using Tapatalk

Suggestions for tempered glass back protector?

I bought a generic one off eBay, but it is too thick for me. It is thicker than my nillkin screen protector and it interferes with the gripping of the phone

Water damage to Redmi 1S - Help/ suggestions needed

Hello friends,

Unfortunately my phone fell in water and now I'm not understanding what to do with it. Here is my situation:
1. Phone was in water for 15-20 minutes.
2. When I came to know about it, I took it, it was switched off.
3. I removed battery and removed the water that I could remove.
4. Kept it in rice for 6-7 hours. Tried to put battery and saw that there was red light even before I switch it on. The phone did not switch on after pressing power button.
5. Kept the phone again in rice for more than 24 hours. Also kept it in sunlight.
6. Tried to switch it on. Still I could see the red light even before pressing the power button.

I'm not getting what to do now? Can any one help/ suggest me in this regard? :confused:

Suggestions required for simple and stable ROM for I9500

Hello everyone

I have a I9500 with Exynos processor running android 5.0.1, Baseband- I9500DDUHOA1, Build number- XXUHOF3.

I was generally happy with My phone but all hell broke lose after last update. Battery life doesnt last more than 2-3 hours. GPS doesnt lock at all. The phone hangs too much. Wifi signal is poor.

I can factory reset the phone (Since I didnt do it since several OTA updates) but I am wondering even that might not solve the problem and I should flash some good and stable ROM.

My issue is I Dont Know which one is a good and stable ROM. There are so many options and I feel very lost. Therefore I would be thankful if anyone can guide Me to which ROM should I install. My goal is simple- a fast working stable phone. Nothing fancy required.

I have flashed ROMS on My earlier phone Galaxy S (I9000) so I am not a novice and can do it if instructions are provided in the thread.

Thanks in advance.

De-bloat list and FoxFi suggestions for OB6 on Lollipop?

I searched around before deciding to make a new thread. Did not see anything specific to what I had a question about, unless it is buried deep in another thread.


Is there a suggested de-bloat list for the Verizon Note 3 running on the OB6 Lollipop firmware? For NON-ROOTED phones.
What I have turned off so far has not caused any issues seen yet.
I would like to make sure that the packages that track data usage are turned off, as well as any apps that report back to Verizon.

Would greatly appreciate if someone could post even a partial list to get this started.



I would also like to add that I am using the free version of FoxFi and tether is working!
You install FoxFi, then when you try to check the start tether box for the first time, it will make you setup a lock screen pin/pattern. After that it will install a certificate.
Once you have that done, when you try to enable tether again, it pops up a message that will take you to the Default built in tether. Once you click to enable that, tether starts working.

Here is something odd I noticed.
You can go back into the FoxFi app once you are tethered and working, then turn off tether WITHIN the FoxFi app. The default hotspot app remains enabled and continues to work.
Anyone else notice this? Also wondering if the FoxFi data limit is still imposed after you turn the tether off in its app.

Help or Suggestions Upgrading to 5.0 or other custom ROM

Hello,

I am new to rooting and never had much success. This is my first successful attempt. I followed this guide

http://forum.xda-developers.com/gala...-2014-t2959613

and now have a rooted 4.4.2 Galaxy S4. SuperSU is installed and claims it disabled knox and Root Checker says I have root. I was able to change the file that disables continuous scrolling successfully but now I have another problem. I keep constantly getting this OTA upgrade notice. I don't know if I should do it or not because I dont know if I will lose root. I would like a bloat free lollipop or other custom rom and am open to suggestions. If you suggest a guide or method the more idiot proof the better because I really can't afford to jack this up.



On verizon, which hates rooting. Not worried about warranty because I have none. Its a used phone off ebay.

Android 4.4.2
Base I545VRUFNK1
Kernal 3.4.0
Build KOT49H.(Base)

Please dont treat me like I am stupid because I already know I am compared to most of you.

Thanks in advance for helpful criticism and suggestions.

Dead n5110 - suggestions?

I purchased a dead n5110 for 50€ on a whim, and I am getting nowhere with it. Hoping for input.

It seems to charge the battery - but with no activity on screen.
It appears totally dead - no lights or screen activity at any time.
Nothing registers on USB if I connect it to my linux machine while checking dmesg - it is as if it isn't there.
I have tried switching the battery and the physical buttons around with a functioning n5120 where they work fine (and the battery from the dead one reads 99% after boot), and the n5110 is just as dead with battery/buttons from the functioning donor.
I have tried all possible combinations of longpresses with volume up/down/power/home with no response.
I have tried disconnecting the battery overnight and powering on without battery

Am I missing anything? Can I be reasonably sure that the main board is dead? I can't switch around with the n5120 to test as it has a slightly different layout.

If yes - does anyone have a donor mainboard I can purchase? ebay etc are way out of my price range.

New to custom roms looking for gaming rom suggestions

I have an Xperia R800i that Im no longer using as a cell phone and would like to turn it into basically a handheld game player, something really geared tword running games well. I have no experience with installing or using roms other than official android updated ones from the manufacturer so any advice on one would be helpful. What I would like ideally is something I could set once and forget. I aim to just install a ton of emulators, maybe a few psp games, listen to music or maybe watch video files/movies. Phone service, Web surfing, apps whatever else I can take or leave.

Ive been looking around and saw this one Xperia NXT Gaming http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2173130
That sounds ok to me since I dont care about cellular service or messaging on this anymore, in fact this unit I think has a broken cellular antenna as it likes to keep losing service (is why I have another phone now) But if someone knows of something you think is better Id love to hear it.

Thanks in advance