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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestD0212:
Same here :o started this year with a S3 I was due to a upgrade with my phone carrier so I decided to go for the Nexus 5 great phone but awful battery life so I exchanged after one week for the G2 and that it's a great phone, the best one I had so far! But no sd card option it's a big no for me, sold it after 6 months and bought the S5(went for the safe option) I will try to keep it for one year :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Definitely the camera and sd card are the best features on the phone for me water resistant is a good feature as well but I have no intention of putting it on practice just to see if it works... Can be handy one day tough. I like the UI and there's not so much lag as on the previous versions and I like finger print scan... when works :rolleyes:... Battery and design are the downsides of the phone for me, but overall is a solid phone and I will keep it for quite some time.

P.S. The charging slot with that cover is a true challenge some times to open I will definitely get wireless charging for the phone
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphaola:
seems like its that time of the year for another change... iphone 6, note 4, xperia z3 even note edge is tempting.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kornfed:
once in 1,5 years
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _makaveli_:
On average every two years when it's upgrade time although I have to say the note 4 is looking very tempting . . .
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmwjnky:
1-2 times a year depending on if there are any new phones out I want to use. I like my S5 and have used it the longest out of having an S3 and S4 but I'm starting to miss the simplicity of a Nexus phone. I unless OSX Yosemite has some amazing integration features with the new iPhone 6 I'll probably get the Nexus X/6 this December when I get my next T-mobile JUMP. I may get it earlier and let the GF have my S5 since her S2 has seen better days.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kgyirhj:
First time I bought a phone it was a Nokia 3310. Anyone remember those good ones?

After that I have been given used phones for free or bought old used phones very cheap, and I have had them until they break beyond repair. Never used phones for more then Clock, Calling, little SMS and some rare occasions camera and MP3.

Now I bought my first smartphone, a Samsung galaxy S5 its a pretty big upgrade, imagine using an old sony walkman that is broken in pretty much every way possible and just barley useable for the last couple of years and jumping up to a new kickass phone.

I use it for pretty much everything, such a nice phone!

I hope I can use this SGS5 for 3-5 years at least. :)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XeLLaR*:
3-4 years

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartzld:
About 2 or 3 times a year

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G900F met Tapatalk
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cardozclive:
3 times a year. Each being a flagship.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuruBuilt:
When the S5 came out I knew I had to have one. Toilet proof, and it doubles as a remote control. If that's not enough for every guy to own one, I don't know what is.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Airax:
2 times a year. 1 Android upgrade yearly. Another iPhone upgrade yearly. This is what happens when you used to work in the industry
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roroflores:
I change it every 18 month
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jammypox:
New phone

Still have my S2 on WanamLite Rom but I'm awaiting delivery of S5 tomorrow. :o

So I change phones roughly every 2 - 3 years.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphaola:
Z3 is looking really good..damn so many choice. Back to rehab to stay on my current S5
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quinnaay:
Usually every year depending on releases. I've had a S4, Oneplus one and now S5 all in this year, i think ill be getting the Nexus when its out but depends on the reveal. Its been my craziest year of phone ownership yet!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syndragon:
Went from S2 to S5. So 2-3 years. I only change when its gonna be for something really better.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bihtip:
Every 1,5 year when I get a new contract
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atilla88:
Bought every device from the galaxy S line since the first one on launch day and 6 months ago a nexus 7 2013,really happy right now for this year
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpell79:
Every 6 months
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chromatica2:
In Australia, contracts are generally two years long, so...every two years.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesmashippy:
I usually keep mine for 18 months and then upgrade. Just got my Galaxy S5 today (I was a devout HTC user before this but they finally made a phone I liked better than the HTC phone that came out with it (the M8 looks bad)). My DNA before this was very reliable and I kept it for my entire 2 year contract with Verizon. But now they have the Edge program so I'll probably start upgrading every 12 months.

_____________________

Samsung Galaxy S5

Stock... For now.

_____________________

HTC Droid DNA

HTC Incredible

Motorola Droid X

HTC Eris
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwayan75:
Usually I change it whenever it crashes for good or if the CPU is getting too slow to support the enhancement of new apps (I guess 3 to 4 years would do)
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bassel_gustav:
i have sm-g900 i am at the most on wifi connection like more than 10 hours per day, i charge the phone like every three days

i am on pac-rom 4,4,4
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mocsab:
I am there too - S3, Note2, S4, Note3, S5 and the upcoming Note4 (preordered) I always sell whatever phone I had before and usually get a decent resale price getting much of my original cost back. I just like to have the latest and greatest - (my wife doesn't really care too much for my obsessions - LOL)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ztlov926:
I just installed hyperdrive RLS18 on my galaxy s4 m919, I just want to know if I also have to update my modem, it's currently MK2, I want to replace it with I9505XXUGNG4 since I'm in Manila, Philippines, is it ok to replace my modem?. Btw my phone is unlocked. Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] serio22:
NO! Only flash M919 modems.. MK2 is fine if the ROM is 4.3, if its 4.4.2 then you can flash NB4 modem if you wish to update it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ztlov926:
Thanks!!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bartkevitch:
Hey guys.. Today my Galaxy S4 stopped working...

No charging, No Leds signals.. the problem not is battery.. i don´t know what do.

If someone have similar case, please help.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpzzle:
Sorry buddy nothing to report here
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tkkg1994:
Was something special today? cracked screen? threw to the ground?

Can you enter download mode or recovery?
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HiJAK:
Hi all

Wondering if anyone can offer any advice on this...

I upgraded a lumia 920 to windows 8.1, after the update no apps would work including stock apps like internet explorer App Store etc.

I hard reset the phone by going to settings about reset my phone

After this was done it did not give me the option to add my Microsoft account to restore the backed up data and the apps still don't work. If I try to manually add a Microsoft account the option crashes and internet explorer and stock apps still keep crashing.

By crashing I mean as soon as I click them they try to open by go straight back to the main screen.

Can anyone help

Thanks in advance for any advice
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonbonz:
My advice would be to restore the phone using the Nokia tool. These links may be of some help depending on how you upgraded... http://www.nokia.com/us-en/support/faq/?action=singleTopic&topic=FA142987 or http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2515453. More info about the method you used would be helpful to anyone that may be of more help. Luckily the phone isn't bricked and still boots.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djamol:
Try HARD RESET again.

Minimum 2 times.
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HiJAK:
thanks for the replies, i tried to hard reset again just now but the same happened, it takes me through the set up process, when it gets to the account page and i click "sign in" it shows a white screen with:

"checking account information"

then doesnt ask for any login details and goes to the home screen, and the apps still dont work, I'm trying the nokia recovery tool now, will update what happens, :)
[Windows Phone 8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HiJAK:
Finally got a chance to do the nokia software reset which did the job fine, had a few apps which had a strange error and would not reinstall with an err 8000fff however after the update was redone it seemed fine, only crap part is all the text messages and calendar entries have been lost :(

thanks again
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRhyiku:
So it was originally on 4.3 and i was told to downgrade to 4.1.1 to unlock it so i did..

I ran the GalaxSim Unlock app to unlock it but its saying invalid IMEI now :/

I dont have a backup of anything what can I do to unlock it..

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tahir590:
You should to install 4.4 version to unlock it. It is the latest version.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRhyiku:
How would i do that?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
4.4 won't help anyone, you can't downgrade to 4.1 without an efs backup to restore. Pay for a code.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRhyiku:
Well I know the imei number its supposed to be (on the box)

anyway I can restore that?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delsus:
Usually when the imei is invalid it means you have damaged the /efs folder, the only way to repair this is by restoring a backup.

However first try flashing a stock rom again, just to be sure, if it's still invalid then the problem is definitly the /efs folder. Because the /efs is specific to each individual phone there isn't much we can do. Moral of the story is to make sure you make a /efs backup. The app you used should have a tool to backup the /efs folder, and this should have been done before trying to write to it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRhyiku:
I did copy the efs folder to my sd card before doing anytjing with it...

But copying it back just made it have yellow text on the homescreen...

I tried reflashing back to 4.3 but no solution...

EDIT:

After copying it again it made the text go away but my IMEI is still 0049...

Any help?

edit2:

FIXED IT, Got the IMEI back :)

Is there any guide now on how to unlock the phone? Currently on android 4.1.1
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xda_Noob.:
So you wanna root your phone, right
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRhyiku:
No, the phone is rooted and has a custom recovery.

I want to SIM-Unlock it so I can use any networks sim on it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delsus:
The easiest and safest way is to contact the carrier whom the phone is locked to and ask for an unlock code, they should give you it, but might charge (I'm not sure how much.)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .NetRolller 3D:
Try to do the nv_data.bin method.

You won't find the md5 value in the log (Samsung patched that a while ago), instead, run this on a Linux machine (or in the Android terminal):

(cat nv_data.bin; echo -n Samsung_Android_RIL) | md5sum
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darke5tShad0w:
Samsung updated the efs in one of the 4.3 roms and above. Your 4.1 rom doesn't recognise it as the 4.1 rom cannot read a V2 efs and since you started out with a v2 efs you cannot do anything with Rom versions below 4.3.

Restore your original rom or install a custom 4.4 rom regain your imei and either pay for a code or contact your carrier. This app is useless in your case..

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-imei-efs-stuff-i9300-including-t2393289
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRhyiku:
Yeah I eventually gave up, updated to CM11 and paid for a code and its all working fine now, thanks everyone for the help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexuweb@ymail.com:
where did u got the code ? and how much did u paid ?

regards
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iRhyiku:
I actually went into my local town, went into one of those "phone unlocking/repair" shops and paid £15 to get it done. Was done in 30minutes and works beautifully.

Using GiffGaff on a Orange Samsung Galaxy S3 running Cm11.
[ONE General] sahyf3r:
Please bear with me as i normally just browse and rarely post, but how do i know if a thread i started was deleted? I have no messages of notifications, and i can't seem to find the thread.

If it was indeed deleted, could someone tell me why it would have been, as i was only trying to give back to the community in a meaningfully way?

I have a oneplus one invite i'd like one of the hard working XDA developers or themers to have, and it only has about 14 hours left before it expires. If my thread is being deleted, please let me know so i can move to another forum in order to not let the invite go to waste.
[ONE General] eksasol:
They probably want you to post in this dedicated invite thread: http://xdaforums.com/oneplus-one/general/wishing-invite-soon-t2825090

But thanks for sharing.
[ONE General] vanessaem:
I'll close this thread so that you can go to the one linked above to post your invite.
[Moto X Q&A] beefamato:
This has been asked in other places for other phones, but I've never seen this answered. Here's the scenario:

1. I receive a group text normally

2. I respond to the group text a few times and it works fine as a group text

3. I respond again to the same group text and it suddenly sends my message to each person individually

This is maddening! I am using a VZ Moto Maker. Still on 4.4 cuz I don't want to ruin root. Using Handcent, but I've experienced this with stock app as well.

Any ideas?
[Moto X Q&A] dwhisent:
You can use Hangouts, it works for groups.
[Moto X Q&A] beefamato:
I'll give Hangouts a try. Hopefully it will solve this. Thanks. I wish Hangouts had the popup notification like Handcent.
[Moto X Q&A] dB Zac:
Talk to verizon. Group messages are sent as mms witch uses the data side of your phone. It could just be a sim card or settings issue on there side. Are you getting all of the picture messages you are sent and do your picture messages send without issue?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] kdskamal:
Hi !! I have just purchased the wizard(and sold the JasJar). I have tried unlocking the extended ROM but IMO, it only works for pre-AKU2 ROMs.. I m using 2.16.9.1 ROM.

my queries are..

(1) how do i unlock ext rom ?

(2) which the best AKU 3.2(or AKU 3.3) rom ?

ROM info..

IPL/SPL:2.16.0001

OS:2.16.9.1
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Woody_XDA:
The extended rom cannot be unlocked !
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
I think this might help you.

WIZARD Extended ROM Unlocker WORKING!!!

(I googled "unlock wizard extended rom" ... amazing, huh?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] kdskamal:
I followed that thread, but, it yielded no success :(
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] Dr Puttingham:
OK, now I'm confused. Your title says you want to unlock your extended rom but your post says you want to unlock your phone and you mention having a AKU 2.3 device.....

These are two totally different items.

To unlock your extended rom for keeping files there that url I gave you should work (though I'm quite happy to keep those type of files on my storage card, but that's me)

To unlock your AKU 2.3 phone you could .... click the link in my signature OR ... read the sticky titled "A Definitive Guide to Unlocking G3 Wizards" (they're the same thread)

Good luck to you whatever you're trying to do!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] __s:
in my case this unlocker works only for read, and if u write something to it and restart ur phone, they all gone, faria was discussing it in some of the threads abt this issue, and if i understand him right there's two probs here:

1. file size limitation

2. changes not applyed after restart
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafaa2:
i download Asphalt 8 from google play the first time it work but then when i open it show me black screen then return to home

ww w.youtube.com/watch?v=6NfrPU_WlMs&feature
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Dougshell:
I just bought a new Ringke Fusion case to see how it compares to my Spigen Ultra Hybrid and I think I am going to stick with the Spigen.

If anyone is willing to pay shipping from 23518 I will gladly ship the case out.

Come with the case and PET film screen protector.

Just let me know. Otherwise I will most likely trash it.
[Nexus 5 Accessories] Dougshell:
Someone already sent a pm.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SgtBuzzkilll:
A few days ago my USB port on my Telus SGH-I337m gave out, leaving me with no data connectivity and extremely limited charging capabilities.

I rooted the phone using ODIN and TWRP when I originally got it last summer, but i forgot all about that and brought it over to best buy for an exchange. We did a factory reset before the guy noticed it was rooted and told me to un root and come back. However, after the factory reset, I'm now stuck on the samsung galaxy s4 splash logo, but I do still have access to recovery booting. I've tried downloading stock and custom roms and flashing those to no avail. I switched my recovery manager from TWRP 2.5.0.0 to CWM 6.0.4.4, but still nothing. ODIN flashing is impossible because the USB port isn't working. Any suggestions?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Are you using super SU? There's an unroot option in it

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SgtBuzzkilll:
I don't have access to super SU at the moment. The phone hangs during boot at the Samsung galaxy s4 splash logo
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
You said you flashed cwm over twrp, if you did so you must be able to flash a rom too.

The bright side, if it's not booting you could take it to a best buy and they couldn't tell it's rooted

Edit, when you boot into recovery is it the stock recovery now, or cwm?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SgtBuzzkilll:
Any custom roms I've tried to flash have still left me stuck at the splash logo. Any chance you could point me to a stock ROM download? None of the stock roms i've found will install. And since it does still boot into recovery mode the guys at bestbuy will still know i have it rooted though right? worst case i might just drain the battery and bring it in since it takes about 20 mins to charge 1%.

edit: it recovery boots into CWM 6.0.4.4 only, hangs on normal startup with any rom
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
If it boots into a custom recovery, twrp or cwm, yes they're going to know you modified the device. But you're not going to be able to get rid of that without Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SgtBuzzkilll:
If I'm able to fix the boot error, would I be able to use mobile odin or super SU to unroot it?

Either way any other suggestions for getting past the splash screen?

What I've tried exactly is:

-boot into CWM recovery

-wipe data/factory reset

-wipe cache partition

-wipe dalvik cache

-install ROM from zip

-reboot

custom ROMS install ok but give me the boot error

stock roms don't install at all

And thanks for the help i do appreciate it :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
I'm not sure what to tell you. First, you're flashing the custom roms correctly and I'm not sure why they're not booting. I don't know what stock rom you're trying to flash.

Having the custom recovery is going to kill you at best buy. They'll try to boot into recovery to do a factory reset and they'll see you modified the device.

I don't know if mobile Odin works on the s4, I don't think so, but you'd have to boot into something first. And that's a problem right now.

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@SgtBuzzkill I'm not at a pc tonight but tomorrow I'll make you a stock recovery zip that you can flash in cwm. That will take care of the custom recovery issue
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] SgtBuzzkilll:
I managed to get past the splash logo. Turn out i needed to format all the partitions as well as clear them before installing a rom.

The stock roms i was (mistakenly) trying were the odin tar.md5 files. But now I've got mobile odin running and I found a couple videos with mobile odin and the gs4 so im going to give it a shot. The procedure recommends >50% battery though so I'm going to have to let it charge overnight.

We'll see if it works in the morning
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Starnel:
Reflash lastest 4.4.2 (Colombia) Firmware from Sammobile, Tick "NAND Erase All", "Re-partition" & "Phone EFS Clear", also put the unziped attached file on the PIT section.

This will completely wipe your NAND, this means a complete Full wipe of the whole phone, I also have a i337M from Telus & deleted all the remains of previus modifications that normal recoveries can't wipe. thus reformatting Boot, Cache, System, EFS & all other partitions to their correct state.

Make sure your Odin window looks as the attached image.

It will stuck at samsung logo after flashing, boot to recovery & perform a factory reset, and you are good to go.

King regards.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
Read the op. His usb port doesn't work. No Odin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Starnel:
Boot partition most likely to be damaged, Only Odin can repair it afaik.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] jd1639:
It's a broken usb port. It's hardware, not software.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flo7002:
Hi guys, I have the developer edition, and need help getting back to stock or any working rom. I have twrp recovery v.2.5.0.0 and the details from the fastboot screen are the following:

Unlocked

M7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH

HBOOT-1.44.0000

eMMC-boot

I had an older version of the Revolution HD rom installed, then I downloaded the newest version last night, tried to flash it following the instructions, then my phone was just rebooting back into recovery. I accidentally formatted my internal memory as well in twrp, so I can't try flashing again. Can someone point me in the right direction to get this sorted out. I'm kinda newbie, so please be as detailed as possible. Thanks!!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majmoz:
1. You need to update your TWRP to 2.6.3.3 or 2.7.1.2

2. You can use nkk71's Guide to return to stock. This is pretty straight forward since you have a lower hboot. You have an opportunity to go S-OFF, which would give you more possibilities if you want in the future. It is more difficult with the higher hboots.

3. The other option you could do is to run a RUU, after which you can get the OTAs and update your phone to Sense 6.

Option 2 or 3 will get you back to stock. Option 1, you TWRP is too old and will not allow you to properly flash the newer roms.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alray:
+1

newer roms all need to be flashed at least with twrp 2.6.3.3. so you could update twrp like suggested above and then use adb push or adb sideload from recovery to copy the rom on your phone and then flash it.

or

restore the phone using a x.xx.1540.x RUU