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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rossm1873:
hi, ive just purchased the galaxy s3 and i was looking to get it insured, i was wondering if anyone could recommend a company that is hassle free to buy and also to claim, as i have read a few horror stories about protectyourbubble.com when it comes to making a claim.

i was looking at gadget-cover.com and it seems hassle free to buy the insurance, but i was just wondering if anyone has experienced having to make a claim from them?

thank you in advance for any replies
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strongylad28:
Mine is inspired through my bank. Lots of accounts now you pay a little extra and they insure the phone for pretty much everything. I'm with Lloyds. I work for a mobile phone company and I've seen all sorts of insurance things and banks usually tend to just give you the cash to buy a new handset which is good as you may fancy a change or an update or whatever
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rossm1873:
thanks for your reply mate, what all do you need to do to get it insured with the bank? do you need to go in with the receipt for the phone ect..?

thank you
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bortak:
Think you just provide model and IMEI
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michael_P:
I'm a gambler myself, because I figure what I've saved in not taking extra insurances over the years(except home insurance) has easily saved me enough to buy this phone, Tv, computer and probably a holiday or 2.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriskinetic:
Myself and the wife use this company

http://www.gadget-cover.com/

we insured my S3 and her new HTC sensation xe (both on contract) for £10 quid a month for both,i thought that was a pretty good deal for a fiver each :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lpuboy87:
Was it cheaper to use gadget cover? When I purchased my sg3, O2 said they can add insurance for an extra 5€ a month on my bill and I can cancel it anytime.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rossm1873:
thanks for the replies

i just read something about gadget cover only covering up to £150, is that correct?

have you ever had to make a claim from gadget cover before chriskinectic? as protect your bubble are really cheap aswell but i have read some horror stories about them being a pain to claim from and they do anything not to pay out, so im thinking all these cheap companies could all be the same.

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriskinetic:
@Lpuboy87 , my wifes sensation is with o2 we had ALOT of trouble with them with regard to the insurance,first they said its was £6 per month,so we took it out with them,then we noticed the bolt on had no insurance cover so phoned them and they said the phone couldnt be insured for £6pm , the price was actually £7:50,so we agree to that and then weeks after noticed the bolt still told us the phone wasnt covered,phoned them again and again was told the price had increased to £10 per month,my wife told them to cancel all the insurance we would find it cheaper online , 2 weeks later we received a letter saying the phone was now insured at £10pm :confused:

phoned again and vented our annoyance and made sure the insurance was fully cancelled for good.

@rossm1873 No ive not made a claim before as i only joined them last week,ive never read that they only cover £150, can you link me to a page please ?

reading the PDF they supplied by email i see no mention of the 150 limit,but it does say you could be limited to one claim per year and the value paid out depreciates as the phones value depreciates over time

and the policy has an excess of 75quid

hope that helps :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lpuboy87:
ah alright, so O2 was giving you the run around. One person says one thing another says something else. When I got the insurance on my phone, I got copies of the agreement for my phone to be 5€ a month insured. We shall see what happens in the end. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriskinetic:
Basically yeah , so we just cancelled and went with some one else :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hboos:
bank of scotland/halifax do an ultimate reward account that gives you phone insurance for you and one other person in your house (have to set up joint account though) for £15.

But the excess is only £30.

It covers everything (calls, phone, accidental damage, loss theft etc)

you also get other benefits like worldwide travel insurance (basic) and RAC cover so it works out to be a good deal.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strongylad28:
Completely forgot to reply to the OP

Yeah with lloyds its about £12 per month, and that includes all sorts of goodies, travel insurance, phone insurance, AA breakdown etc, and my excess is only £30

I didnt have to provide a receipt no, just contract start date/end date (if applicable) IMEI, make and model

Hope you sort something out, having seen all the negative comments about o2 insure, I feel bad that I have to provide mobile phone insurance! Ive seen all the problems before myself, usually its just miscommunication and misunderstandings, but its a pain in the a**e to fix, because as we know, insurance companies love to pay out lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jroocan83:
Ok, I just rolled back from FE02 to EL29 via Sfhub's one click (preserved data) and all seems to be fine except I cannot open my contacts or the phone dialer. I get these error messages:

" The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again "

" The application Google Services Framework (process com.google.process.gapps) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again "

Any and all advice is greatly appreciated. I apologize if this has been addressed and answered before, I could not locate it in the threads.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] peanut1596:
Go back and redo it with a full wipe. Don't preserve data when going backwards like that to gb. From my understanding, bad things happen. Like feeding a gremlin after midnight.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Jroocan83:
I don't like gremlins :(

Ok, a full wipe...from the phone as in the same location where I clear cache, there is an option for wipe restore to factory, or do I need to download the full wipe one click, as opposed to the preserve user data that I used?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] peanut1596:
Just make life simple and go with a full wipe one click.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackhorses777:
Now that your back on EL29 its safe to do a factory data reset so that would be the easiest way, or download sfhub's full restore EL29 one click
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buff31:
Are there differences between say Chainfires rootong or one-click for rooting methods for a Verizon Samsung S III. I would assume ther is because of the Qualcomm vs Exynos processors. Are there any accepted methods now for the Verizon models. thanks...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lpuboy87:
from what I read this morning because I rooted my phone this morning, the root for the verizon model isnt known yet but if the current root out now dosnt work it will be made compatible.

I used mskip toolbox....follow it here:

MSKIP Galaxy S3 toolbox
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pcdocta:
As I could not find a thread about this specifically, I am posting this solution as it works for me.

On the Galaxy S2 SGH-T989 is where this pertains to though other users might encounter similar problem with other phones on simple mobile.

Stock 2.3.6 Rom

When you turn on the portable hotspot feature with this phone, what it does is disconnect your "Simple Mobile" APN and inserts and connects using a new APN called "Tethering". When you try connecting with your PC to your hotspot's ssid, it takes you to a web page on t-mobile.com informing you with an error 503 or some other error stating that its not available. I assume t-mobile is detecting that you are not their customer and blocks it.

it takes you here:

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http://androidapi.t-mobile.com/apppack/mvno.html

Error 503--Service Unavailable

From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:

10.5.4 503 Service Unavailable

The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server. The implication is that this is a temporary condition which will be alleviated after some delay. If known, the length of the delay may be indicated in a Retry-After header. If no Retry-After is given, the client SHOULD handle the response as it would for a 500 response.

Note: The existence of the 503 status code does not imply that a server must use it when becoming overloaded. Some servers may wish to simply refuse the connection.

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The reason is because that APN tries to connect to "pcweb.tmobile.com". What you have to do is once you activate your hotspot, you have to edit the apn (while it is running) and change it from pcweb.tmobile.com to simple.

No other setting is needed. I am using "APN manager" which I paid for on the market and it is well worth it. I have used it for other purposes besides this and it allows you to edit the APN while it is live. Hope this helps other simple mobile users...

Also, you have to edit this "Tethering" APN every time you run the hotspot and delete the last one as it will just keep adding the new one with the t-mobile settings every time.

Anyone else out there with another solution please post it..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] playya:
Have you tried foxfi and wifi tether?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pcdocta:
Looks like a good alternative. Thanks..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Yeroc Seyek:
Thanks!

This thread saved me! While I did not follow the instructions, it got me thinking to check the apn settings on my phone. As it turned out my apn was changed to a different apn when i turned on my hotspot and all I had to do was select my original apn again and tethering began to work! Awesome!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RichSPK:
I'm using a freetel FTU152D (Samurai Kiwami) on Simple Mobile. It does change the APN every time I turn on the Hotspot, but fixing the APN settings doesn't seem to do anything; other devices connect to the wifi, but still can't see the internet. Meanwhile, I still have internet access on the FTU152D. Any ideas?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nazcalito:
I've used my FTU152D as a Wi-Fi source using the dialog in settings and it works fine. Other devices can connect. My FTU152D is rooted with kingroot, however, would that make a difference?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RichSPK:
I rooted mine early on with kingroot, but unrooted it when I couldn't find any third party ROMs. I think I tried the Hotspot while it was rooted, but I don't remember for sure. I'll have to try it again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyP85:
Hi folks,

I would like to request that someone can port the Samsung Galaxy S III keyboard across so I can have it on my phone?

.apk please and install instructions also!

Would this be possible?

Cheers,

AndyP85
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaulN543:
Bump, me too! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Herman76:
Haven't seen it, but doesn't the s3 use Swype?

Swyped on my CM9 Galaxy Nexus
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyP85:
Hi Herman,

I don't think it is Swype to be honest. :confused:

I have attached an image of the Galaxy S III with keyboard showing.

Cheers,

AndyP85
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bopsch:
this seems to be just a themed default android 4 keyboard (layout is exactly the same)... thus, no real need for porting, is there?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyP85:
Is there anyway of putting a theme on the Android 4 keyboard?

Though to me it looks like the Samsung keyboard??? :confused:

Cheers,

AndyP85
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xami:
i think you removed my post ?? :mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyP85:
Nope, I don't remove posts.

What was it you put?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xami:
i attached the apk but now i cant see my post in thread
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyP85:
Its in themes and apps Rocky. I.have two of the same thread.

How do I install the .apk?

I posted in the themes and apps thread
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xami:
oh I am really sorryy for being harsh :o

i dont know how to install it :confused:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyP85:
It's ok!

Hmmmmmmm I am truly stuck as to why it won't install! :confused:
[HTC Desire S] Feantury:
If I update my radio with a previous one because the one I have now I think is working weird I'll brick the phone? In other words, installing a previous version is dangerous?
[HTC Desire S] ammenRA:
If you doing it right then it's safe. Just use adb and fastbot command.
[HTC Desire S] Feantury:
Ok thanks I'll try later.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krome45:
Hi i have a question, this is the first time i have done this but if i want to put android on my hd2 will i have to unlock it or can i just start doing the process, cuz i just got my hd2 and i wanna put android on it and some people say i have to unlock it.

So do i need to unlock it or no?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmour:
you can start from here and here.. and also this one..

when you have understand what are HSPL, MGDLR or CLK,

Radio and CWM recovery -just choose the appropriate radio and Rom for your HD2 version-

and flash that baby right away..!!!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ALI 9:
hey guys ive been wondering to how much u can over clock your xpeia neo without heating the phone thx
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] geekynoob:
4 posts... you have the right to spam the board..!

Every Hunman being is diff... all fingers are diiff...

How can all silicon chips made b same?? my phone heats at 1.5 ghz.. Try out for Yourself..

DONT SPAM the board..!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] ALI 9:
hey man i am not spamming i really want to know cause i get my phone heated at 1.2 i

hey man i am not spamming i really want to know cause i get my phone heated at 1.2 i wanted to know f there is sth wrong f i wanted to spam that would be on apps and themes :mad:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Madfysh:
Even if you use your phone, on stock 1GHz, for some time constantly, for example some app/game, it will get heated up.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] geondut:
Yeah, my neo (overclock 1,2ghz) get Heated up for just using some online app, like taptalk or twitter :(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] msd313:
My neo gets heated even if I play temple run or just angry birds other games that is far far away.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ZPaul2Fresh8:
For some reason I don't have this on my current ROM. Can someone hook me up? I don't have the option to edit images within the gallery.apk so I'm assuming is because this is missing...

www.TheShortBusRiders.com
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ZPaul2Fresh8:
222 views and no replies :-(

www.TheShortBusRiders.com
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] KLLSWITCH:
well for starters you might want to tell people what rom your on and which apk you talking about there are alot of photo editors
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ZPaul2Fresh8:
Its the stock photo editor. While in Gallery you can edit the photo with the s pen...

I'm on the objective ROM, but that shouldn't make any difference in this instance.

The above screenshot was loaded from gallery and what's missing is the EDIT function in the menu.

Got me?

www.TheShortBusRiders.com
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Agoattamer:
What you might be looking for is PhotoRetouching.apk. And it should be in system/app

For future reference it does matter what ROM. You should be able to pull it yourself from another ROM like flappjaxxx's base or the OnlyOne.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ZPaul2Fresh8:
I know it matters what ROM I'm using, that's why I said for this instance it doesn't matter. I have that app installed but still no editing like before...even reinstalled it. No difference...

www.TheShortBusRiders.com
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] KLLSWITCH:
heres the two apps

http://blownco.com/Apps/photo/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] deliriousbb:
Just wanted to thank you for posting things that help. its kinda sad that once people get what they want, they dont say thank you, they dont respond to give feedback. Well anyway, thanks for having good forum etiquette

Users will be users.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] KLLSWITCH:
yea unfortunately that's how xda has turned over the years it seems but you are welcome.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] travperk:
absolutely rediculous brother im sorry.

i clicked that link that i figured out later was your part of your sig.

i wonder if two hundred-something people did as well ?

anyhow, thanks for that. :)

cheers
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Intellectua1:
True.. this site has went down a bit as far as friendliness and people being helpful.. Everybody wants to pretend they know it all and bash people for asking questions.. This site was totally different when I got my Droid X July 2009 or 2010...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ZPaul2Fresh8:
Well to be honest it wasn't what I was looking for, and it's my fault for not knowing what i really needed. but here's a consolation thank you.

I still don't have the cool editing feature with the s pen like before...
[HTC One X] lukems:
Hey guys,

I've just had my HTC One X shut off on me.

I was running a video calling app (active), internet through pc tether via usb (+charging).

It shut off without any warnings, and it was so so hot (I hadn't realised).

Too hot, couldn't hold my lips to the camera for long, that kinda hot!

I'm running AHRD 6.

Any ideas?

Phone shut off because too hot? Destroyed phone because too hot?

Thanks!

+========= EDIT ==========+

Turns out I ran out of battery! (current drain greater than charge!)

*slaps head* *dunce*

Amazed at how hot it was, hand hot on the outside, inside must have been toasty!
[HTC One X] shuflie:
Try not to do too much when you are charging, running hot while charging will really shorten the lifetime of your battery.
[HTC One X] stuart0001:
More importantly, why are you trying to kiss your camera? :eek:
[HTC One X] DrAnGeR:
I dont wanna know what else does he put on the camera!! :D:rolleyes:
[HTC One X] lukems:
Haha, i was using my lips to gauge the heat! Nothing else :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jsnoop:
can i root my sgh-t989 after i update to ics. will i still be able to use ics and just have the capabality to remove bloat and all root fucntions?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] martybg:
if you are a developer you probably can, but if aren't you have to wait for somebody to release rooted version of this rom
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
Since it isnt actually out yet, we dont know what will work to root with any certainty. You just have to wait.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jsnoop:
thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] b.st0ne:
I just got this update. Without realizing I updated it. Now i want root :/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zonly1:
D'oh! :) It will be out soon, we have excellent devs!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] b.st0ne:
lol i know. The only thing is i tether it with my streak7 which is installedi n my car and use it as a gps and media center. with internet radio. I cant tether no more t-mobile app needs to be deleted via titanium backup which requires root!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jester450:
Already rooted

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1705591
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jfarhat:
You can root the new ICS ROM

It is rooted via the same old method used to root the original stock rom. you can get all the files either here on this site or from galaxys2root.com. the root site has a youtube video if you need a step-by-step hand holding.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jsnoop:
ok but it says its for the 9100
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] lin013190:
can you root now?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
You always could... It's the same method
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheManicGibbon:
Every image and video in the stock Android ICS Gallery app is displayed twice, how can I fix this?

This only happened a couple of days ago. I know the items themselves are not duplicated because I've checked with QuickPic, Root Explorer and Windows Explorer.

I have a Nexus S running a rooted build of stock 4.0.4. I've tried clearing cache and data of the gallery app to no avail. Any suggestions?

SOLUTION: Go to Settings > Apps > All. Find Media Storage and then Clear Data. Reboot the phone (I had to do it twice) and it will clear your thumbnails, recreate them and put everything back to normal.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agungdeppe:
nice info and solved!

but be carefull, If I'm not wrong,

clearing this data (Media Storage), also clear your setting for media, for ex: ringtones, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] wasa67:
Hey Guys

When running an android 2.3.7 CM based ROM, i run into these 2 problems.

1). When i have the chat window open on whatsapp, i have to manually flick the screen up to refresh the chat window to see new messages. for example. Let say im chatting with person B, I will see that person B's status is set to "typing", and then once they stop typing their status will switch to "Online". However i do not see the new message they typed, unless i use my thumb, press down on the screen and flick up to manual refresh the Window. IO have this problem only on CM7 based roms. Does anyone one else have this problem

2) Also, when i record something and send it to another person on whatsapp, the recording is broken, again this only happen on cm7 based roms.

I would appreciate it if anybody else could enlighten me on this issue

Thank You
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] voetbalremco:
Try reinstalling watsapp
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] wasa67:
I've reinstalled so many times. Keep in mind it doesn't work on any 2.3.7 cm based Tom..so I've reinstalled it from market many time. Thanks for you reply btw