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For questions specific to the original Galaxy S. The Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000) was a high-end smartphone at the time of its launch. Variants include Epic 4G, Vibrant, Captivate, and Fascinate. Add a device tag only if your question is genuinely specific to your make and model!
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GPS issue on Galaxy S when abroad
IIRC there is a hidden menu that allows you to enable/disable automatic downloading of the GPS almanac via the data connection. Entering ##3214789650## will bring you into the GPS test mode (with And …
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Why does my Samsung Galaxy S lose data for some applications?
I can't answer why this is happening to your Galaxy S. Mine works just fine and I'm also able to transfer apps to the SD. But here is how I would approach the problem:
Look in the system log, either …
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Why does my Samsung GT-i9000 not detect USB connectivity (not a driver problem)?
I hear these symptoms quite a lot from the Galaxy S: USB charging does work, but the Galaxy S does not get recognized and no USB data connection (mass storage, debug, etc.) is established.
This seem …
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Is there a "hardware reset" for the Galaxy S?
Did you wait some time after the power cord was pluged in? It is normal that this takes some time to show the charging screen if the battery is not charged at all.
For a full factory reset (that is t …
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I have full service but all my messages refuse to send?
This sounds like your SMS settings are wrong. Most likely the SMSC (Short Message Service Center) number is not set. Check your settings with the one your provider/carrier tells you to set.
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Samsung Galaxy S heat up a lot, getting restarted and slow start up time
Seems like you have a battery drainer App which also heats up the CPU by holding a wakelock and using the CPU the whole time. You need to identify and remove that App.
The Galaxy S has a pretty nice …
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Which specific storage space is low, when getting "Low Space" on Samsung Galaxy S?
It is usually /datadata that gets full on the Galaxy S. Interestingly this partition is not displayed in the Storage Setting Menu. The quirk is that /datadata is mounted on a special very fast flash c …
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How can I fix the GPS on my Samsung Galaxy S?
There is a simple guide of the hardware fix on xda-developers, which doesn't require you to remove any screws. It worked surprisingly well on my Galaxy S.
The trick is to increase the pressure of the …
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Why does Kies tell me that my Galaxy S has no updates?
Because the updates that Kies offers you depend from whom and where you bought your phone. If you bought the phone in a shop, you purchased normally a country or region specific version. These version …
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How do I stop the 3g/4g radio from turning off?
If you see the 3G/4G symbol and the arrows are just grey, that just means that you have data connectivity but there is no send or receive activity at the moment.
I guess you made an false assumption: …
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Can I run Samsung apps (app market from Samsung) without a SIM and mobile connection?
No, the Samsung apps market won't start without a SIM card, because the card is used to determine the country of the user.
There is an App called "Kies Air" which allows you to connect your device to …
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Galaxy S with Cyanogenmod 10 (stable): File Manager needs root permission to access the exte...
Sounds like the permission for the mount point of the external sd card got messed up.
This is how it looks like on a SGS with CM 9.1:
shell@android:/ $ ls -l /mnt/
d---rwxr-x system sdcard_rw …
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Samsung Galaxy S in boot loop after following cyanogen mod's full update guide
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Honestly, I am not 100% sure that this was really a problem related to the kernel. I think that the "problem" could be also caused by the fact that pressing the home key in recovery mode results …
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Unsupported File Type: Why did my Samsung Galaxy S suddenly stop supporting MP3s?
A last resort is always a factory reset, which should fix this problem. You could also have a look at the logcat output, maybe this will give you a hint about the cause of the problem.
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Samsung Galaxy 7" (GT-P6210) USB debugging is not detecting in Linux?
When adb shows devices as ???????????? it's usually a permission problem and the usb device file. Your udev rules doesn't seem right. Make sure that you have udev configured to something like this:
S …