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Samsung S5 Abnormal Reset
The Samsung S5 I’m working on boots up, thanks to a vanilla firmware update that I found on the web. Once I flashed the firmware using ODIN, The phone booted up and went through the setup steps. After setting a Google account, I was left at a screen asking for an old Samsung account.
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Samsung Challenge
I’m happy with my Samsung S3, now that I’m running Cyanogenmod 12.1 on it. With the new OS, I don’t have the storage issues that came up with KitKat, but I still haven’t found anything to match the functionality of “Priority Senders” in Samsung’s email app (not for trying, I even tried loading the Samsung apps on Cyanogenmod, but they need Touchwiz ( Read more... ) -
Google to help improve Samsung’s Touchwiz?
One thing I noticed when I started playing with Cyanogenmod Android images on my phone was that the images felt much faster without Samsung’s TouchWiz interface. As most vendors do, Samsung has added quite a bit to the stock android images. Some of them are show-stoppers for me - I need to have the priority senders feature that Samsung’s apps have ( Read more... ) -
Upgraded
Since I last posted here, I’ve played with Cyanogenmod firmware images - since AT&T is limiting updates to my S3 to KitKat, I needed to take matters into my own hands to upgrade to Lollipop.
In order to install a Cyanogenmod image, I needed to Root the phone first. Rooting is a process where you give yourself elevated permissions on the phone.
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Moving Fun
My BBS runs on a 12 year old HP Celeron desktop, and it's been running non-stop, without a hiccup since 2008 or so. With 512 megs of RAM, USB 1.1 and IDE drives, it can barely run a cut-down version of Windows XP and the BBS, but somehow it manages ( Read more... ) -
Upgrade time
I’ve had to replace SIM carriers in both of my phones - a Samsung S3 and a S4 Active. The S3 is stuck at KitKat, but the S4 Active is being upgraded as I type this to Lolipop. I’m curious to see the new design and see if the lock screen notifications are improved over KitKat.
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Android Repairs
This is a series of blog posts documenting my switch from iPhone to Android. To read the whole exciting saga, click here.
One nice thing about the iPhone is the SIM carrier - it’s a metal frame that holds up well under repeated SIM changes. The Samsung Galaxy S3 has a thin metal carrier that uses friction to press the contacts against the card. ( Read more... ) -
Samsung Diagnostic Codes
Samsung Cell Phones - Programmer Codes
Suggested by: GodCube, 11 Apr 2007 | Print version
Type these codes into the phone where you normally would make a call.
#646# then press the Call button: T-Mobile Customers only, shows minute usage.
*#06# : Show IMEI.
*#9999# : Show Software Version.
*#0837# : Show Software Version (instructions).
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Chapter 12 - Android Battery Drain
This is a series of blog posts documenting my switch from iPhone to Android. To read the whole exciting saga, click here.
I’m moving back to my iPhone for a while - while I’m loving the Android environment, I’m getting about 8 hours of idle time out of my Galaxy SIII, and that’s just not enough flexibility for me during the week.
I’ve tried ( Read more... )
