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My phone galaxy GT-I9003 is stuck in flight mode and not able to detect Sim card.
I want to disable the airplane mode in order to return to normal state. After a long press on power button, I do have the "device options", however nothing happens when I press Airplane mode (airplane ...
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copying music, pictures and movies from a galaxy s 4g to the pc
My daughter would like to copy (not transfer) her songs, pictures and a movie she has on her Galaxy S 4 G cell phone over to our PC. How can she do this?
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samsung gt i9000 does not start
I flashed my Samsung Galaxy S with 4.1.1 through Odin. But I didn't like it, so I wanted to restore it to Android 2.3 -- and and while restoring it, my computer suddenly restarted and my mobile phone ...
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How to flash a custom recovery with heimdall (without touching the main system)?
The first recommended step in the installation of CyanogenMod on Samsung Galaxy S is flashing a custom recovery like ClockworkMod or the one from Replicant with a command like:
heimdall flash ...
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If I flash a custom recovery img, will I be able to boot the normal old system?
Can I flash a custom recovery (say, the one from Replicant with heimdall flash --kernel path/to/recovery.img, or ClockWorkMod) and then be able to boot the old system?
Without reinstalling the main ...
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Which modem firmware for Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000) works best with the mobile networks in Russia?
Trying to use a Samsung Galaxy S device coming from China or Korea in Russia lead to the observation that the quality of the connection to the mobile network is much worse than on Samsung Galaxy S we ...
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question about Skyfire browser [duplicate]
Where to find Skyfire2.0 for android, coz there is not option to download it from android market, need it for games playable on facebook which are supportable only through that browser, all other ...
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Is there a special boot mode to boot into a system with root access (on Galaxy S)?
What if the Samsung Galaxy S I've got has already been rooted?..
Is there perhaps a special boot mode which would boot into the system with root access?
Or normally, a "rooted" device always boots ...
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Custom ROM to improve Galaxy I9000 battery life (if mostly standy)? [closed]
I have a Galaxy S I9000 (2.3.6, Gingerbread.XXJW4) and use my phone minimally (mostly just on standby). I would like a least a couple of days, and hopefully a week or two between recharges if possible ...
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Galaxy S I9000 doesn't start
I flashed my Samsung Galaxy S with 4.1.1 through Odin. But I didn't like it, so I wanted to restore it to Android 2.3 -- and and while restoring it my computer suddenly restarted and my mobile phone ...
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How do I bypass the Verizon activation on a Samsung Galaxy S?
I want to use a Samsung Galaxy S (model sch i500) in WiFi only mode for development and testing purposes. The device has been factory reset and boots to the Verizon activation screen. How do I bypass ...
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What will I lose if I reset my samsung Galaxy SI (GTi9000)?
I've had this phone for two years so all my photos are saved on the actual phone (not a micro SD card). I'm wondering if I reset it, will I lose all the photos saved on my phone? I'm not bothered ...
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Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 can't receive incoming calls
After updating to version 2.3.7 of Android the device can't receive calls.
Although it can call. The caller to my device is said to line was busy always, it happens from any kind of callers. Need to ...
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Upgrading a Samsung S GT-I9000 (to anything >2.1)
I'm new to Android, but my sister recently got a second-hand Galaxy S GT-I9000. It runs on 2.1, which means that it does not have Google Play. Apparently 2.2 does, and the device seems to be able to ...
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Connect to exchange server with certifcate based on own CA-root?
I am owning a galaxy s plus with the latest 2.3.6 firmware available for that phone.
I want to connect to my companies exchange-server. Our company has defined an ow CA. With this all user ...
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Samsung Galaxy S1 Fascinate frozen at recovery screen
I have a Samsung Galaxy S1 Fascinate.
It's frozen at the recovery screen. I tried to reboot my phone (pressing power + vol up + vol down buttons at the same time), but the screen is still stuck. It ...
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Samsung Galaxy S has become very slow
My phone recently has begun to become very slow. At certain times of the day, the phone will completely stop working and will have to be turned off by holding the power button. Sometimes, the lock ...
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Galaxy S GT I9003 stuck in flight mode and no sim card detection
My phone galaxy GT-I9003 is stuck in flight mode and not able to detect Sim card. I tried factory reset and went to service center. Service center guys upgraded software but still stuck in flight ...
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How to install Cynogenmod on a Galaxy S w/ Android 2.1
I got a Galaxy S today. It shows a "Firmware version 2.1-update1", which I suppose is Android 2.1.1. I want to install an up-to-date Android version on it, so I thought I'd turn to Cyanogenmod. I have ...
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Why My android device show less RAM and Slow at Jelly bean?
I bought a new Samsung galaxy S Advance(GT-i9070). It came with Gingerbread. It was actually a phone with 768 RAM. I clearly verified this with the shop when I bought it. Last day I upgraded my phone ...
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failure of sending multiple messages
I have a Samsung Galaxy S (GT-i9000), running Android 2.3.4.
I cannot send a message that includes more than one page of SMS. The message sending fail if it includes more than 160 characters. I can ...
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Phone won't turn on after attempting to upgrade Galaxy S to ICS
I tried upgrading my Galaxy S to ICS like I did my Galaxy S2.
I used the exact same steps. However, Odin froze and shut down. So, I unplugged the phone, powered off, and went to power back on in ...
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How to delete gmail account in Gmail app on Galaxy S3? [duplicate]
How to delete Gmail account in Gmail app on android (galaxy s3) without resetting to factory settings?
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Jelly bean upgrading Problems
My new Samsung Galaxy Advance S is running with android Gingerbread. I am thinking to upgrade it to Jelly Bean. I am very new to Android devices.
I have following basic questions
Are there any ...
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Galaxy S I9000 is showing a flickering screen after a troublesome boot
My galaxy is not rooted, but I tried installing original android package to this phone using odin. I have tried reseting, clearing cache, formating memory etc. Nothing works.
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Galaxy S GT-I9000 is slow
My GT-I9000 takes ages to come "alive" after powering up. It has been slow for a while, but now it has gotten even slower, anything up to 10 minutes sometimes. When it activates, everything works ...
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Charging battery while rebooting Galaxy S 9000
I downloaded ClockworkMod Recovery using heimdall in my Galaxy S 9000 via USB. On the terminal, I got the message shown below that everything was successful. Once it tried to reboot after showing the ...
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I can not reboot my Glaxy s 9000
I was running CynogenMod 10 successfully on my Galaxy S 9000 till I got an update message which I unfortunately applied. It seems it could not get access to my apps installed to sdcard. Unfortunately, ...
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galaxy s video not listing all videos in my gallery
I've noticed that my Galaxy S doesn't show all of the videos that are in my gallery area. It seems only to show a percentage of them. If I want more of my videos to be available, I have to delete some ...
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Internet not working on my Samsung Galaxy S i9000
Recently, my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 will not let me go on FB, Twitter, or anything that requires Internet. It will also not let me download anything from the Market.
Any ideas?
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Flashing Cyanogenmod9 - Kernel via Odin
EDIT: I think the question is more confusing than helpful. I leave it up simply because something else has been closed as a duplicate to this.
My problem was finally solved by flashing a completely ...
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Missing edit icon on Galaxy S launcher
I am trying to change the 4 icons that are along the bottom of the screen on my Samsung Galaxy S. All the answers I have looked at say 'press menu and then select edit', but I don't have an edit ...
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When I'm turning on my internet connection(3g) on galaxy S PLUS, it starts to screen shot itself
When I'm turning on my internet connection via 3G on Galaxy S+, it starts to screen shot itself - aproximately 8 times a minute. And this resulted in all my applications shutting down after 3 seconds. ...
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How can I remove the SIM lock from a Samsung Galaxy S?
I bought one from bell Canada, and I can't put in a SIM card from any other service provider. Does anyone know how to unlock this phone?
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Samsung Galaxy S: phone won't send or receive calls and text messages
I own a rooted Samsung Galaxy S, running 2.2 Froyo. My service provider is AT&T.
Every so often, around about once a week to once a month, my phone will unexpectedly, without warning, enter a ...
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SGS i9000 runing devil kernel JB gets keyboard error + play store error
so about 3 months ago i flashed my phone for the first time using devil kernel (im still a noob with this stuff) and one day writing a message I clicked the "speaker" (the one you get to speak to your ...
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Where can i download the original music and player app for Samsung i9000 to be used with Android 4.1.2?
On the i9000, I have updated the ROM to Android 4.1.2. I would like to re-install the original music player as well as the video player.
How do I do this?
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SGS with CM10 says sdcard is full although there is plenty of space
I've been using CM10 on my SGS for almost a month now and yesterday the sdcard became full somehow although it isn't.
I can't take photos or download files.
The SD-card has plenty of space, in fact ...
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Windows 8 driver error with SGS
Got a new computer with Windows 8 64 bit, In the last day, I tried to connect my Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000) but get a driver error when I plug it in. I tried looking in the Samsung's web site forums, ...
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SGS running CyanogenMod 10 headphone volume cap
Is there a way to increase the max volume cap for SGS running CM10, please?
Thank you.
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Sync problems with Samsung Galaxy I9000
I'm having the following issues:
'Market' not functioning ('A network error has occurred. Retry, or cancel...')
Gmail not functioning ('No connection')
Red triangle in top-left of screen = ...
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Set MP3 as ringtone on CyanogenMod 10
Without using a market app, how can I set a custom MP3 file as ringtone?
I've tried placing the MP3 in media/audio/ringtones and variations (e.g. media/ringtones), but the MP3 does not show in ...
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Galaxy S with Cyanogenmod 10 (stable): File Manager needs root permission to access the external SD card
I have an SGS with CM10 installed.
The file manager and Apollo, both of which come with CM10 by default, are having issues reading the SD card.
File Manager needs SU permissions to see it.
Apollo ...
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How to reboot an android device?
Unfortunately, the power button doesn't work and I'm not able to power off the device.
The only way, is physically pull out the battery, but if I'll do so, I wont be able to power it on again.
The ...
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Samsung Galaxy S having internal sd card problems
I have Samsung Galaxy SLCD having android 2.2.1 which is around one and half year old. Around one month back my it started showing message in notification bar 'internal sd card removed unexpectedly' ...
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I lost all my contacts on Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000
Yesterday I lost all the contacts on my GT-I9000. Nothing strange happened, there was no warning, suddenly they were just.. gone. This is the second time this happens. Is there any method to get the ...
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Will flashing ROMs multiple times degrade the performance of phone?
Will flashing ROMs multiple times degrade the performance of phone? If yes, is it possible to retain the performance? If no, then is there any procedure or sequence to flash a ROM on a Samsung Galaxy ...
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Network Connectivity in GSM/WCDMA mode
I am using a Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562 with Android 4.0. Whenever I disconnect a call, the network vanishes for a few seconds when the phone is in GSM/CDMA auto mode. The network is fine in GSM only ...
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Samsung Galaxy S No Unlock Screen
I have a Samsung Galaxy S (with DMB).
It's running Gingerbread and it doesn't have an unlock screen. I have tried to set it up through the settings but it doesn't work. Any idea why?
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Why does Spotify say that there is no Internet connection available when there is one (Samsung Galaxy S)?
When I start the Spotify Android app from my Samsung Galaxy 1 it seems that the internet connection is not working:
What can I do to resolve this?
