Recent content by BadCash

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    Battery dies incredibly fast lately

    What fixed it for me was going back to some older versions of both Facebook and Messenger, released back in november. Facebook version 102.0.0.28.70: Facebook 102.0.0.28.70 APK Download by Facebook - APKMirror Messenger version 96.0.0.16.70: Facebook Messenger 96.0.0.16.70 APK Download by...
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    Fast battery drain (started today out of nowhere)

    I'm on a Samsung Galaxy S5, but nevertheless this thread came up when searching for news about it. It seems to have been (or maybe it still is) related to Facebook on the server side and affecting the Android apps (can't find any official source for this, but it's a widespread rumour on the net...
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    WiFi login portal sign in in Chrome never works

    Whenever my Galaxy S5 (running 4.4.2) connects to a WiFi with a sign in portal, if I tap the notification it opens the chrome browser and tries to connect to https://google.com, which should bring up the WiFi login page . However, it never works. It works if I manually remove https and replace...
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    Very weird battery usage stats all of a sudden

    I should perhaps add that the screen (according to the battery stats) has been on for 4 and a half hours... I find it hard to believe that anything "normal" like updating apps or basically doing anything would cause 80% Android OS and 5% screen in 13 hours, with 4.5 hours screen on time...
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    Very weird battery usage stats all of a sudden

    I just had a look at my battery stats for today, and something aint right. As you can see, it shows that Android OS has been using 82% of the battery, while the screen comes in second at only 5%. This can't be right, can it? Usually the screen is the big battery user for me. Also, it's weird...
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    What is that round thing on the back of the phone?

    Hey, just got a S3 mini and when I inserted the battery I noticed a small round thing on the back of the phone, just below the battery (see attached photo). What could this be? There is no hole on the back cover for it. It almost looks like an antenna connector, like the one I used to have on my...