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[Samsung Gear S] Andycar:
OK, so I wanted to share something that might be useful for people who has the Gear S warranty expired already (like myself :) ).

In my case, the corrosion was pretty bad when I noticed it, and as a bad luck I noticed this in just a few days after the expiration date of warranty.

So I decided - what the heck - why not to try restoring brass pads with Wood's alloy? :)

Here is what I used.

1. Cleaning the pads with "spray cleaner for contacts"

2. Using some flux all over the contacts to make the brass wettable by Wood's alloy.

3. Having tiny bits of Wood's alloy ready (melting temparature ~70 C).

4. Making shure to use the most delicate soldering tip set at the lowest temperature (T=120C in my case at the soldering station).

5. Using the microscope to work comfortably. <-- (Not a good idea to even try without this one...)

6. Melting the tiny bits of Wood's alloy right on the soldering tip and placing them into "craters".

7. Trying to place some additional metal on top of brass pad to make it "flat" <-- This is still Work in Progress, it's hard to cover all pads uniformly.

My intermediate result is on this photo:

[IMG="Restoring _brass_pads_with_Wood's_alloy.jpg"]https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B-WWoHMICGTgWk81cWFFX3Q4UTQ[/IMG]
[Samsung Gear S] pullasuti:
Oh great, so this too is a common problem? I thought it was because I had to prop the broken charging cradle with whatever was handy, and that was scraping the contacts off. I guess I'll be heading to the Samsung store then.
[Samsung Gear S] stm8:
I wouldn't say it's common. Only a handful of people have reported it, from what I can tell.
[Samsung Gear S] lvlrdka22:
I think it's common among those who exercise a lot with the watch, because of the sweat. It might be a month or 10, but corrosion definitely will occur.

Mine is nearly out of factory warranty, and I just sent it in for repair (RSI, Plano, TX, in the US). I specifically asked to have the charging contacts repaired (holes from corrosion, I run with the watch), and the tech claimed it was repaired by swapping the cradle. A supervisor at the repair center told me that it's part of physical wear and tear, and would charge for repairs. I called Samsung support, and was promised that the watch would undergo a reevaluation, and I would get a call back when the reevaluation was done, but neither of those ever happened.

Looks like I won't ever be buying Samsung anything again (had another horrible experience with RMA and miscommunication solely on their part before this; I had thought it was the exception, but apparently not), nor will I recommend them. In fact, I'll just try to sway anyone I know towards non-Samsung.
[Samsung Gear S] Ruben Cisneros:
Q-Tips

After my morning run, I dry the bottom of my Gear S and then I use q-tips to dry the contacts
[Samsung Gear S] lvlrdka22:
After opening a BBB case and having a conversation with Samsung's office of the president, they finally sent me a replacement.

Here's my solution to the corrosion issue:

I was going to use the aluminum band adapter (ebay seller, also posted here), but the adapter I was sent is not bent correctly, and it doesn't close even without the watch band.
[Samsung Gear S] Sybilishere:
My contacts are corroded and I have had my watch for 1 1/2 years. My smart watch is out of warranty and I have no insurance on it. So guess what? I'm S.O.L. :(
[Samsung Gear S] flipq88:
My friend has had this issue with the gear neo 2, and the gear s. He's had them replaced around a total of 5 times. I've never had the issue.
[Samsung Gear S] Hige10:
Corrosion still happening

Here we are my 3rd watch in after getting it replaced every 3rd freaking month after wearing it.... 3rd watch in and the same ****ing problem over and over.... I've had it grrrrrr Kept asking to talk to supervisor today only to have the representative hang up on me I wrote Samsung corporate a very very angry email about this lack of customer service and them not properly addressing this wearable very obvious defect! Won't let me upload pictures...
[Samsung Gear S] hamlet001:
A pin from Logic card is broken. Do you know where can i to get logic card for gear S? i live in Colombia
[Samsung Gear S] mahyarSAMSUNG:
this is my poor watch Too :( :(

---------- Post added at 09:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:54 AM ----------

why samsung company dont test this watch under hard cituation like salt area and hand sweat ???! ???
[Samsung Gear S] Hige10:
Gear S

I've been fighting Samsung Customer support for almost 3 weeks now and finally they budged to upgrade me to the Gear S2 I complained and submitted all my evidence of 4 watches I've sent back each with in 3 months of use its taking forever but they agreed to upgrade it to S2 problem is some idiot at the repair center ****ed up and sent me a S gear instead of Gear S2 So now gotta wait all over again for RMA label and get proper dam thing this time...Mine seem to have corroded in 3 months all like clockwork got sick of sending them back
[Samsung Gear S] AltoSax:
Finally fixed my Samsung Gear S

So, same old corrosion problem here. Samsung Israel said the contacts corrosion is not under warranty. Referred them here, told them I'm not the only one with this problem, they said as long as Samsung does not declare this as a bug they will not fix it. They were willing to sell me a refurbished watch for ~$240... Didn't happen.

Due to the fact Samsung's warranty is useless I decided to fix it myself.

First I tried to re-solder the contacts (1), no success here.

I then opened the watch using a hot air blower (there are several video guides on YouTube).

I found out the contacts are part of a small PCB connected to the back side of the watch. I'd removed it (2) and went online to find a replacement (Search for "sm-r750 charging connector" on eBay).

I ended up ordering 2 PCBs for $6.74 each including shipping to Israel. (We know it will corrode again...)

It arrived today. As you can see, there's a small white plastic you need to peel off from the adhesive (3).

Peeled it off and put it in place (4+5).

Closed the watch and connected it to the charging cradle (6).

Success! It's alive!

Unfortunately, I'm a new user and I can't post the fix process photos. If you contact me privately I will send you the Dropbox link.
[Samsung Gear S] AndroidState:
שמח שעבד. אילו חוצפנים. אני משדרג לs2 כי יש לו טעינה אלחוטית. חבל שעל דבר כזה אני מוותר על שיחות קוליות...
[Samsung Gear S] aj_vogtman:
very cheap part

Good news is the part is only 7 quid. Bad news is I don't like opening this watch.

http://tinyurl.com/zu2yfqf

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Samsung+Gear+S+Battery-+Motherboard+Replacement/50495
[Samsung Gear S] Nighthawkob:
Hi Guys,

in Germany its is nearly imposible to get this connector and seller in the USA to not send it to Germany.

I just use liquid silver to refill and reseal the contacts. It is the same silver u can use th fix broken currcuits on electronic boards.

After filling the conract up just wait an hour for drying and u can use ur clock again. When silver is gone, just refill.

Works for me for over a year now without problems. U just have to take care u do not shortcut the conacts. If u do, just remove the silver from the plastic after drying.

U can fix that problem without opening the watch.

Maybe it works for u too.
[Samsung Gear S] snipestech:
What liquid silver do I need?

Thanks In advance!
[Samsung Gear S] Dertyc:
I have replaced the charging cradle twice for my Gear S. And honestly I have bought a lot of Samsung equipment from T Mobile and all my chargers have gone bad way to soon. I have 2 Tablets 1 I don't think is charging correctly but at least it will charge. The other won't charge at all. And a lot of other equipment issues. And I take very good care of my equipment. I want to blame T Mobile for this and not Samsung themselves but now with the recall of the Note 7 I don't know anymore. I still plan to buy more Samsung but right now I just bought replacement cradles for my Gear S watch and even though it's been close to a year since I used my watch it appears to be charging. There is a full body shield that is supposed to stop contacts from getting moist when u sweat. I may look into it if it looks like I will b using my watch for awhile from this point on.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] ctohang:
May I know is it possible upgrade my Hermes Flash Rom size to 256MB just like HTC Kaiser?

Thanks!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] boz:
In a word no!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] addcancercat:
But I don't have access to a computer right now. I have everything backed up. I have downloaded the radios, bootloader, and 5.1 custom rom. Is it a dumb idea to go ahead and flash through TWRP? Or should I wait until I have access to a computer in case something goes wrong?

Tappin from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
make a nandroid backup in twrp recovery, then flash your rom(supersu, and gapps). or do you need me to hold your hand?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunit34328:
by far the EASIEST method to get to 5.1 is found in this thread (be sure to give thanks to the OP):

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/development/fxz-nexus-6-recovery-flashable-fastboot-t3066052

be sure to follow the steps he listed out in the OP and you WILL NOT lose any of your data/apps/texts/etc.

how do i know its the easiest method? b/c im a noob and struggled with all the other methods including fastboot. i soft bricked my phone and had to restore it by flashing a custom rom. let me know if you have any questions and i'll try to help if i can.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
thats not the easiest method. the op is on 5.0.1 with twrp recovery. he wants to flash a custom rom. all he has to do is download the rom, then flash it in his twrp recovery, with gapps, and supersu. thats much easier.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0087:
Absolutely +1 to this! :good:
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunit34328:
haha i missed the part that he wanted to flash a custom rom. just thought he was trying upgrade to 5.1 which was what i wanted to do. thanks for the clarification!
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwdan:
95r radio.

I'm on liquid Smooth Rom 5.0.1. And want to go to 5.1. Do I flash new radio. Reboot with new radio and old rom. If it boots, go back to recovery and flash 5.1 rom? Or flash rom then new radio?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
ether way, it doesnt matter. you can flash them at the same time as well(if its a flashible zip radio) :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veli69:
Guys with phones from motorola or google what are you LTE speeds on verizon? Debating grabbing one just making sure there are no unexpected issues
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
it will differ for every single person and time of day. anywhere from 1mbps download speed to 40+mbps download speed. data speeds depend on how congested the towers are, and your personal location.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veli69:
Thanks I know it varies based on those factors., i am surprised you took the time to type that:p

Has any one run speed tests on verizon, I have seen some posts and videos showing the nexus 6 wont do more them 10mbps on verizons network. Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
it was VERY slow at work earlier today :angel:

anyways, ive seen verizon lte speed tests, and many were over 10mbps. btw,, im not on verizon.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndoren:
Absolutely untrue. I have a 64 Gb version of the N6, purchased directly from Motorola. I typically see speeds up to 10 Mbit/sec on Verizon's LTE Band 13. On their XLTE Band 4, I typically see at least 40 Mbit/sec (of course, varies on condition), and often more than 40.. My city is about 50% XLTE. HD calling on Verizon works fine, too.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diocat:
I am all over the San Francisco Bay Area and these are my speeds in various places and dates on the Verizon network. You can see there are some places where it screams, and some places where it just sucks. My phone was bought from Motorola.
[XDA Assist] geocrasher:
Hello all,

I'm fairly new to the tablet scene. I have a Kindle HD6 but wanted something running plain Android, not KindleOS. Enter the tablet in the subject line. $50 for a 1024x600 IPS display with 8gb storage, 512mb ram, it was just too much to pass up. I have been messing with it, and overall its fair to good (especially for the price!). But, I am having a heck of a time finding information on rooting it. This is the exact tablet:

everbuying.com / product743323.html

I'd like to be able to move apps to the sd storage, setup a web server it (accessible via hot spot) and things like that. I have a decent Linux background, but tablets are mostly new to me. If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd sure appreciate it. Googling for things like "rk3126 root" and "h701 root" are getting me nowhere fast. Thank you so much!
[XDA Assist] jd1639:
Thank you for using XDA Assist. I think you got what you paid for. There's really nothing on XDA about your device. Try asking your question here,http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2259645

Good luck!
[XDA Assist] geocrasher:
Thank you! I will do exactly that :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] fasthair:
I'm wondering if I can use a Nandroid backup to restore KitKat after I flash a Lollipop update in TWRP? I need KK for work apps but wanted to play with LP at home and was just wondering if a person could flip flop back and forth using Nandriod back ups.

Also while reading to research this I saw where people were having issues flashing the LP OTA from KK 4.4.4 via TWRP because of the software was being reported as the wrong version of Android (4.4.3) on the tablet. It appears that this was resolved with the updated version of TWRP so I installed the latest version 2.8.6.0.

So will this work or am I stupid for thinking it would? :)

thanks,

fasthair
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] fury683:
I think just to be safe it would be better to reflash the KK firmware and then restore from the nandroid. I've never tried it, so I could be wrong. I would wait for someone with direct knowledge of the process to chime in so you don't brick.

Obviously you'd need to backup the nandroid data somewhere other than the tablet because it would be wiped when you reflash.

Another option could be using the factory images, assuming you bootloader is already unlocked (probably is if you're rooted/etc). When I upgraded from 4.4.4 to 5.0/5.0.1/5.0.2 I removed the -w flag from the batch file that wipes data. I don't know if you can use factory images to go backwards without wiping. I know you can use the factory images to go back, but not sure if you can do it without wiping.

Again, I'd wait for someone with experience chime in before trying anything if you aren't sure.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Aerowinder:
You can go back and forth no problem. Just don't mix the system and data partitions. They need to stay together. 4.4 system files with 4.4 data files.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] fasthair:
Just so I'm clear on this "don't mix data" part. The Nandroid backup will keep these data partitions separate in the separate backup folders if I'm not mistaken correct?

Thanks to both of you for the help.

fasthair
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Aerowinder:
Yes it will. I meant that if you restore the system partition (from 4.4 to 5.0 or vice versa) that you need to restore data with it (and boot).

If you were on 5.0, and wanted to go back to 4.4, but only did a restore on the system partition, you will probably bootloop.

system, data, boot all must stay together.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] pargas:
Why not use multirom? Works flawless for me.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] fasthair:
Solved

I hadn't really thought about multirom to be honest.

Thanks everyone for your replies. I flashed LP after backing up my stuff. For whatever reason I couldn't get it to flash in TWRP using the update file Google pushed to my device some time back. Even after installing the latest greatest 2.8.6.0 it still came back with the error about the wrong version (4.4.3 in my case) being on my N7. So a fresh flash of LP with a wipe and I'm good to go.

Must admit I kind of like LP all though I'm not crazy about all of the white ever where or how it a takes 3 or 4 clicks to do what was 1 or 2 clicks on KK. Plus Plus I think KK was much better to look at instead of this Material Design UI but it is what it is. Going to have to go hunting around here for a transparent theme for the Google Search so I can have my transparent search bar and app drawer back. Anyone know of one?

Anyway thanks for the help everyone,

fasthair
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] stanfna:
Is there currently a way to remove these? or do we have to wait for root?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] joeliotta:
God, I old love for this.. I'm sure we have to wait for root though. More than half my notification panel is covered in stupid icons that I know is on.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biswasd:
Hi all - can someone with a m9 developer edition indicate whether there is anything on the box that says developer edition? i just took delivery of my alleged developer edition, but nowhere on the box does it say so.....

thanks in advance.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theloneranger08:
No, it doesn't say it anywhere. If you boot into recovery though you'll see that the bootloader is unlocked.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markwebb:
That is correct: already unlocked. I just can't seem to root it for some reason. ;(
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
Flash TWRP 2.8.6.4 beta from here > http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59745198&postcount=3

Make a Nandroid backup

Reboot Recovery - choose yes to root on exit

then flash the SuperSU posted Here >> http://xdaforums.com/apps/supersu/2014-09-02-supersu-v2-05-t2868133

reboot, you now have root
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markwebb:
Thanks. I have read all the threads and have all the files but for some reason it won't root. I can't adb and device hangs. BTW, am not a newbie, as I have been rooting since og droid, bionic, lg3, HTC one max, nexus 5 and 6, Samsung S4 and 6, moto x 2013 and 2014, HTC m7 and now this which has become my least favorite phone.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
their is no adb involved

boot to the bootloader choose download mode

make sure twrp is in the fastboot folder and type

fastboot flash recovery twrp-recovery-2.8.6.4.img

fastboot erase cache

fastboot reboot-bootloader

after reboot choose recovery / make a nandroid / exit / choose reboot recovery / say yes to root

when it boots back to recovery copy the supersu file to the phone and flash it

if your still having problems update your fastboot / adb >> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markwebb:
Tried numerous times: doesn't work. I already have an RMA from HTC to return.
[One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markwebb:
After hours phone finally got recognized. Even on newer updated desktop it took numerous tries changing USB ports, cables, etc.

Installed twrp, rooted and s-offed.

I really don't know what the issue was in getting this phone to be recognized.

Ît also gets way too hot!!! Was up to 51c during recovery backup.

Since HTC already issued RMA good for 30 days, this may not be a keeper.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fivekazzy:
So I recently installed the google play edition ROM (5.0.1). My issue is I cant send nor receive sounds during a call. If I use a external headset, all is well and I can talk/listen over the external headset (be it Bluetooth or wired), or I can swap the over to the phone speaker and it works. However if I place a call without a external headset connected, the phone earpiece, nor the speaker work. I've looked into the no sound issue, but it seems that's been since taken care of. I've tried other ROMs, (bare-bones kit-kat, and CM 12 nightly) and still no sound. Any ideas?

For reference I'm running Verizon HTC M7. Lollipop 5.0.1 Google Plus Edition v2.06, installed with CWM.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fivekazzy:
Calls work when I flashed CM 10.2 and 12. but not for other ROMs. So its not a hardware issue. I really like the GPE 5.0.2 ROM by santod040 , but there is no sound when calling, ever, not even in the first few minutes after boot. How can I fix this. I'd be happy to provide any debug info as needed
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] STEyeAndroid:
I used the LG Flashtool to revert my D851 back to stock last night. It is on 10c (4.4.2) and every time I try to force an update check, it says that it is already up to date. Thinking that it could just take a little bit of time to pull the OTA I waited all day today checking periodically to see if it can pull the OTAs. I have reverted my phone back to stock on a number of occasions and it always pulled the OTAs without a problem, not sure why it isn't this time? Any suggestions?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsbighead:
Just to be clear, you have a

Valid T-Mobile Sim inserted

Clean ESN

Are currently in North America
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] STEyeAndroid:
Yes, Yes, and Yes.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] STEyeAndroid:
I just downloaded the LG PC Suite which allows you to update your phone via computer. Initially it says "Software upgrade available", then it switches to say "Your device has the latest software available from the LG Mobile Support Tool". I am running D85110C which is the base build with the TOT file.
[G3 Accessories] Billy Madison:
I learned from description of TP-LINK Archer T4U that

So I assume I can connect my smartphone to my USB-stick equipped PC by 802.11AC 5GHz connection without any 802.11AC nearby routers

Now, my question is, whether it is only TP-LINK Archer T4U which can make a SoftAP under Windows or any other WiFi USB-stick can do the same trick? Does that depend on Windows or vendor's drivers and software?
[P3600 General] TROTAMAR:
Is there any possibility to install just the pocket office from WM6 in a Triny with Spanish WM5?
[Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4f1050:
Is there a way to add phone capabilities to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (T-Mobile 4G LTE model?) I used to have a Sprint HTC View and I was able to make and receive phone calls using a bluetooth headset. Looking for similar approach but for the Galaxy Tab 3....
[Asus Transformer TF700] LukeJackson1993:
After finding my infinity collecting dust on a shelf, I've decided to boot it up and start flashing again. Looking to flash ZOMBi-POP OMNI KANG BETA 6 5.10r5.

I've seen in most ROM threads about using Data/ROM2SD to improve performance because the TF series of tablets suffer with below par eMMC.

Questions:

1. Is it worth it? Is it difficult?

2. What's the difference between Data2SD and ROM2SD? Which is better?

3. What is the recommended size microSD card (Class 10) to buy?

4. Will I still be able to put media on the internal memory? Or is everything better being put on the memory card?

Current bootloader: 10.6.1.14.10-20130601

Current ROM: ZOMBi-POP 5.0.2 Omni Deodex

All information is appreciated, I have no idea about this stuff....