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lundi 25 avril 2016

Metro PCS - Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime or HTC Desire 626

I'm not a giant phone nut, but I assume like everyone, I like a solid working phone. I'm currently using a Galaxy Core Prime (it came free when I switched from Verizon). It's having issues with the touchscreen...it doesn't recognize your finger touching the screen. So it's time for a new phone. So I go to the Metro store, explain my problem, and when I go to show the guy my phone suddenly works again! WTF! I'm not taking a chance on just keeping this one cuz it's probably only a matter of time before it stops working again. Anyways, the best two phones available at the Metro store (well best two based on price) are the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime and HTC Desire 626. Neither get great reviews (as I expected) on CNET. The best thing I read was that CNET referred to the Grand Prime as the best entry level Android, or the best one for under $200; I forget which quote they wrote.

Anyways, like I said, I'm not on my phone that often. I'm not a gamer. I mostly watch YouTube and streaming movies, as well as, listen to my music library. I, like everyone, want a decent battery. One of the review sites mentioned some sort of glitch with the Grand Prime where around the 30 day mark, a black splotch appears on the screen. They said it was a glitch that all of them have, so you can't "luck out" and get one that it doesn't happen with. How much truth is there to this? It was also saying that it has a very dim display and it's hard to read in the sun. Could it be worse than the Core Prime I currently have?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, especially from someone who owns/owned one of these two phones.

Thanks,
-Adam


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Black screen after HTC startup logo please help!

Hello,

I was trying to install the Bad Boyz Sprint ONE M8 ROM 6.0 Sense 7 v4.0 one of the requirements was that i should update my firmware to 6.20.651.3 so I did, with the hboot method, everything said ok ok but after rebooting I get a black screen after the HTC logo, can anybody please help me:confused: I think i bricked it :( I tried getting in recovery but doest work, with tried with fastboot tried RUU and FUU but I get an error related that I cant reach my cellphone from my computer. help me please


Thanks!


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YouTube freeze 30 seconds repetitive.

I have an issue with most recently the YouTube app will freeze around the 30 second interval.


Running cm13 temasek rim current gapps. Can't titanium Uninstall ideas?

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N910U signal fluctuations after marshmallow

Does anyone using the N910U model experience signal fluctuations after marshmallow update? I did a factory reset but my signal indicator goes from 2 bars to 4 bars then back to 2 bars within few seconds.


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Usb Wlan doesn't work - RTL8187

Hello guys,

I need your help.

I installed on my samsung galaxy note 12,2 kali-sana-linux with linuxdeploy
Now i need install my awus036h with RTL8187.

when i connect this wifi via otg cabel, i can see it in lsusb. Realtek RTL8187
But i cannot see it in ifconfig or iwconfig
I only see my internal wifi on wlan0
In dmesg is nothing
In rfkill list is all with NO
When i write modprobe, lsmod or something for module i become error mesage :libkmod :ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1638 kmod_module_new_from_loaded:could not open /proc/modules: No such file or directory. ERROR: could not get list of modules: No such file or directory

Any idea?

Thanx for help
B.


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Un- Root - Odin issues

Bought a Note 5, and now sold my phone, but buyer wants it back to stock. I rooted the phone with King Root, worked without a hitch, and have never run an ROM's, just ran stock 5.1.1 OTA update. I've restore phones in the past back to stock, never had problem like this.

I tried (3) versions of Odin, different ports on my PC, couple of different USB drivers. Odin 9 and 10 but immediately failed using stock firmware file. I then tried Odin 1.85 using Pit / JFLTE_USA_ATT_16G, and another stock firmware file, and had success / passed. But according to directions, I was suppose to unplug the USB cable at Pass, and at Samsung logo remove the battery. I wasn't paying attention, and while connecting, the phone booted without issue to new phone / account menu. I then restarted the phone, and it was still showing Samsung with the unlocked padlock symbol, suggesting it still was rooted. I then tried to run Odin 1.85 files again, this time around it would get part way through and Fail. Now it seems Odin might have bricked my phone, now it just goes to screen saying "Firmware upgraded encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies& try again.". I've used Kies in the past to back up phones, update firmware a few times, but never had much luck with the app when it came to recovery. I've tried different cables, different ports, same results.
Any suggestions as where to go from here, or what to try next? I have been unable to get the phone in download mode via home, vol. up, and pwr button.

Before the above issue, I was able to see the device in "This PC", I can see both the device storage, and my SD card. Now my PC not recognizing the phone when plugged in.

Galaxy S4 AT&T SGH-I337
Was at Android 5.1.1
Baseband version: I337UCUGOK2

Odin 3.10 1st attempt fail:
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Binary Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/006> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/006> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/006> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/006> FAIL! (Auth)
<ID:0/006>
<ID:0/006> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)


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The N910V bootloader has been unlocked?

Just saw it on the verizon note 4 forum. How come no one is posting about i? Can it be used on N910A variant?


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